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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2023 Regular Session

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.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher Third Reading Passed (46-0) on 04/04/2023

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 113th General Assembly

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.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Janince Bowling Effective Date(s) 07/01/2023 on 05/24/2023

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2023-2024 Session

2022 Budget Technical Corrections [HB-2] [Budget and Spending ]
2022 Budget Technical Corrections

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Harry Warren Ch. Sl 2023-11 on 04/03/2023

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2023-2024 Session

Require ICE Cooperation & Budget Adjustments [HB-10] [Budget and Spending ] [Immigration ] [Law Enforcement ] [National Security ] [Public Safety ]
Require ICE Cooperation & Budget Adjustments

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dennis Riddell Ch. Sl 2024-55 on 11/20/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2023 Regular Session

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.

  

Sponsored by: No sponsors First Reading Ways And Means on 01/25/2023

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2023 Regular Session

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.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Angus McKelvey Referred To Psm, Wam. on 01/27/2023

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2023 Regular Session

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.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson Approved By The Governor - Chapter 725 on 05/16/2023

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2023 Regular Session

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.

  

Sponsored by: No sponsors Referred Rules on 04/10/2023

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State (Texas)
Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to assignment of traffic citations to justices of the peace in large counties. [HB-1468] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Law Enforcement ] [Criminal Justice ]
Relating to assignment of traffic citations to justices of the peace in large counties.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jolanda Jones Read First Time on 03/03/2023

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2023 Regular Session

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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill First Reading Ways And Means on 01/18/2023

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State (Texas)
Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to deputy sheriff civil service appeals of certain sheriff's department actions. [HB-1353] [Law Enforcement ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Public Safety ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ]
Relating to deputy sheriff civil service appeals of certain sheriff's department actions.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Armando Martinez Referred To Local Government on 05/16/2023

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2023 Regular Session

State's Attorney, Clerk of the Circuit Court, Register of Wills, Sheriff, and Judge of the Orphans' Court - Nonpartisan Elections [SB-132] [Elections ] [Law Enforcement ] [Criminal Justice ]
Requiring State's Attorneys, clerks of the circuit court, registers of wills, sheriffs, and judges of the orphans' court to be elected on a nonpartisan basis; and establishing procedures for the nomination and election of State's Attorneys, clerks of the circuit court, registers of wills, sheriffs, and judges of the orphans' court on a nonpartisan basis.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson Hearing Canceled (education, Energy, And The Environment) on 02/13/2023

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2023 Regular Session

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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve Approved By The Governor - Chapter 488 on 05/08/2023

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2023 Regular Session

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.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe Approved By The Governor - Chapter 559 on 05/08/2023

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2023 Regular Session

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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Timothy Anderson Left In Public Safety on 02/07/2023

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2023 Regular Session

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.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Phillip Wheeler To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (s) on 01/05/2023

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2023 Regular Session

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 (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown Introduced In House on 01/03/2023

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State (Texas)
Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to certain notice and filing requirements in court proceedings involving persons with mental illness. [HB-1042] [Mental Health ] [Healthcare ] [Law Enforcement ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ] [Disabilities ]
Relating to certain notice and filing requirements in court proceedings involving persons with mental illness.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gina Hinojosa Placed On General State Calendar on 05/11/2023

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State (Texas)
Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to sheriff's department civil service systems in certain counties. [HB-994] [Crime ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
Relating to sheriff's department civil service systems in certain counties.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sergio Munoz Referred To Local Government on 05/16/2023

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State (Texas)
Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to sheriff's department disability leave in certain counties. [HB-995] [Law Enforcement ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Disabilities ] [Workers' Compensation ] [Public Safety ]
Relating to sheriff's department disability leave in certain counties.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sergio Munoz Effective Immediately on 06/10/2023

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