Real Property - Actions for Possession - Pet Protections [SB-279]
[Real Estate ]
[Animals ]
[Agriculture ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Department of Agriculture to develop, publish, and regularly update a fact sheet on the care and protection of pets in the event of an eviction or any other loss of possession of real property; requiring a landlord to provide a link to the fact sheet at the execution of a lease on or after November 1, 2023; requiring a sheriff or any other official to return a pet to a tenant or certain other person or to contact an animal shelter or rescue organization; prohibiting the leaving of a pet on public property; etc.
SB-279: Real Property - Actions for Possession - Pet Protections
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher
Third Reading Passed (46-0) on 04/04/2023
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 8 and Title 29, relative to liability for certain acts. [SB-491]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
As enacted, requires an action brought against a county for any wrong, injury, loss, damage or expense resulting from any act or failure to act on the part of any deputy appointed by the sheriff to be filed within one year after the cause of action accrued; clarifies that failure of the county to respond in 60 days is not a default but rather the county is deemed to have denied the material, well pleaded factual allegations of the complaint. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 8 and Title 29.
SB-491: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 8 and Title 29, relative to liability for certain acts.
Sponsored by: Sen. Janince Bowling
Effective Date(s) 07/01/2023 on 05/24/2023
Montgomery County – Voting Methods MC 03–23 [HB-344]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Authorizing the Montgomery County Council to adopt, by law, a ranked choice voting method or an approval voting method for elections for certain local offices; and authorizing the Montgomery County Council to provide for the format of ballots to be used in an election conducted by ranked choice voting or approval voting.
HB-344: Montgomery County – Voting Methods MC 03–23
Sponsored by: No sponsors
First Reading Ways And Means on 01/25/2023
Relating To The Department Of Law Enforcement. [SB-1156]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Appropriates funds to the Department of Law Enforcement for an additional fifteen full-time equivalent (15.0 FTE) sheriff positions for Central Patrol.
SB-1156: Relating To The Department Of Law Enforcement.
Sponsored by: Sen. Angus McKelvey
Referred To Psm, Wam. on 01/27/2023
Prince George's County - Office of the Sheriff - Deputy Sheriffs and Labor Organizations [SB-191]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Increasing from four to five the number of full-time assistant sheriffs provided to the Sheriff of Prince George's County; and providing that benefits other than salary increases for deputy sheriffs in Prince George's County will be negotiated the Fraternal Order of Police rather than the Deputy Sheriffs' Association.
SB-191: Prince George's County - Office of the Sheriff - Deputy Sheriffs and Labor Organizations
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 725 on 05/16/2023
Washington County - Sheriff's Salary - Alteration [HB-197]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Taxes ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Altering the salary of the Washington County Sheriff to be 90% of the salary of the State's Attorney of Washington County; and repealing the requirement for the Washington County Salary Study Commission to study and issue a report that contains recommendations relating to the salary of the Sheriff of Washington County.
HB-197: Washington County - Sheriff's Salary - Alteration
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Referred Rules on 04/10/2023
Local Public Campaign Financing - Expansion to Additional Offices [HB-176]
[Elections ]
[Funding ]
[Ethics ]
Authorizing the governing body of a county to establish a system of public campaign financing for the offices of State's Attorney, sheriff, register of wills, judge and clerk of the circuit court, judge of the orphans' court, or an elected member of the county board of education after the governing body of the county has implemented a system of public campaign financing for elective offices in the executive or legislative branches of county government for at least one complete election cycle.
HB-176: Local Public Campaign Financing - Expansion to Additional Offices
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
First Reading Ways And Means on 01/18/2023
You have voted SB-132: State's Attorney, Clerk of the Circuit Court, Register of Wills, Sheriff, and Judge of the Orphans' Court - Nonpartisan Elections.
Real Property - Actions for Possession - Pet Protections [HB-102]
[Real Estate ]
[Animals ]
[Agriculture ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Department of Agriculture to publish a fact sheet on the protection of pets in the event of an eviction or any other loss of possession of real property; requiring a landlord to provide a link to the fact sheet on the Department's website at the execution of a lease on or after November 1, 2023; requiring the Maryland Judiciary to provide a link to the fact sheet at certain times; requiring a sheriff or any other official to return a pet to a tenant or certain other person or to contact an animal shelter or rescue organization; etc.
HB-102: Real Property - Actions for Possession - Pet Protections
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 488 on 05/08/2023
Property Tax Credit - Public Safety Officer [SB-61]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Repealing the definition of "public safety officer" for purposes of a certain credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on a dwelling owned by a public safety officer; repealing a certain limitation on the amount of the credit; requiring the governing body of a county or municipal corporation that authorizes the credit to establish, by law, the definition of "public safety officer" for purposes of eligibility for the credit; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2023.
SB-61: Property Tax Credit - Public Safety Officer
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 559 on 05/08/2023
Court duties of sheriff; commitment hearings at locations other than a courthouse. [HB-1646]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Mental Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Court duties of sheriff; commitment hearings at locations other than a courthouse. Allows a judge or special justice who conducts a commitment hearing at a location other than a courthouse to request that the sheriff of the appropriate jurisdiction provide a deputy to accompany the judge or special justice to such commitment hearing. The bill requires that, upon receiving such request, such sheriff shall provide a deputy to accompany such judge or special justice to such commitment hearing.
HB-1646: Court duties of sheriff; commitment hearings at locations other than a courthouse.
Sponsored by: Rep. Timothy Anderson
Left In Public Safety on 02/07/2023
AN ACT relating to sheriffs. [SB-41]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 70 to give sheriffs and deputy sheriffs statewide authority, provide for protocols when sheriffs and deputy sheriffs perform law enforcement activities in counties outside of their original jurisdiction; amend KRS 431.007 to set circumstances in which special deputies may assist in law enforcement outside of their county of appointment.
SB-41: AN ACT relating to sheriffs.
Sponsored by: Sen. Phillip Wheeler
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (s) on 01/05/2023
AN ACT relating to local regulatory actions. [HB-34]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Housing ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Construction ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 82 to define "city," "project labor agreement," and "public construction project"; permit a city to establish a mandatory preference for awarding public construction project contracts to unions through a negotiated project labor agreement; permit cities to negotiate wages that are higher than the state or federal minimum wage as a condition of the project labor agreement; create a new section in KRS Chapter 337 to define "city," "prevailing wage," "prevailing wage rate," and "public works project"; permit a city
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HB-34: AN ACT relating to local regulatory actions.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/03/2023