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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2020 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to peace officer professional certification. [HB-409] [Crime ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
Amend KRS 15.400, relating to peace officer professional certification, to extend the time from 100 days to 5 years that a certified peace officer may separate from the original employer at the time and secure another peace officer position without losing his or her certification status, and prohibit law enforcement agencies from using the fact that a candidate for a law enforcement position is certified as a factor for an employment decision as long as the person remains certified.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Bobby McCool To Veterans, Military Affairs, And Public Protection (h) on 02/12/2020

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Sheriff of Harford County - Salary [HB-1177] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
Altering the annual salary of the Sheriff of Harford County to be equal to the salary of the Department of State Police lieutenant colonel, at the highest available step for a lieutenant colonel under the Department of State Police pay plan in effect on the day prior to the day that the Sheriff begins a term of office.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Teresa Reilly Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 438 on 05/08/2020

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Public Safety – Pilot Program – Handgun Permit – Church Property [HB-1268] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [Public Safety ] [Religion ] [Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing, in Harford County, a person to, without a permit, carry a handgun on the property of a church during certain events, with advance notice to the Harford County Sheriff, and transport a handgun to and from certain church events if the person has the written consent of a certain church to carry a handgun on the property during certain events and has the intent to wear, carry, or transport a handgun for certain purposes on the property of the church; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Teresa Reilly Hearing Canceled on 03/03/2020

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Wicomico County – Alcoholic Beverages – Board of License Commissioners [HB-1319] [Alcoholic Beverages ] [Public Safety ]
Requiring the Governor to appoint five members of the Board of License Commissioners for Wicomico County; requiring that members of the Board be nominated in a certain manner; requiring that three members of the Board be residents of the City of Salisbury, nominated jointly by the County Executive and the Mayor of Salisbury; staggering the terms of member of the Board in a certain manner; and specifying the expiration of the terms of certain members of the Board.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sheree Sample-Hughes Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 459 on 05/08/2020

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Anne Arundel County - Correctional Services - Removal From Court [HB-1259] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
Repealing a certain provision of law authorizing the Anne Arundel County Council to provide in a certain manner that a certain officer shall remove a certain individual from court at a certain time; requiring the Sheriff of Anne Arundel County to remove a certain individual from a certain court at a certain time and deliver the individual to a certain facility at a certain expense; requiring a local facility to transport individuals to and from District Court; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Chang First Reading Judiciary on 02/07/2020

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Criminal Law - Death Penalty - Mass Murder (Capital Gazette Shooting Memorial Act) [HB-1322] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
Providing that a person who is convicted of first-degree murder may be sentenced to death under certain circumstances; providing that a certain mass murder under certain circumstances constitutes an aggravating circumstance that the court or jury must consider in making a determination as to the imposition of the death penalty; establishing procedures for the imposition of the death penalty; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay Hearing Canceled on 03/03/2020

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Adjudicatory Hearings - Attorney Security Passes for Attorneys in Good Standing [HB-1009] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ]
Requiring the Administrative Office of the Courts to adopt certain procedures in consultation with the Maryland State Bar Association relating to certain attorney security passes and to statewide acceptance of attorney security passes at State court facilities; and authorizing the Maryland State Bar Association to manage and administer the issuance of an attorney security pass.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Haven Shoemaker Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2020

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Anne Arundel County - Service of Summary Ejectment Papers - Sheriff's Surcharge and Authorization for Private Process Server [HB-976] [Housing ] [Law Enforcement ] [Property Tax ]
Requiring a certain surcharge for service of summary ejectment papers by the Anne Arundel County Sheriff's Office; and authorizing, in an action to repossess any premises in Anne Arundel County, service of process on a tenant to be directed to any person authorized under the Maryland Rules to serve process.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Chang First Reading Judiciary on 02/05/2020

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Anne Arundel County - Sheriff - Salary [HB-995] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Budget and Spending ]
Altering the salary of the Sheriff of Anne Arundel County; and providing that the Act does not apply to the salary or compensation of the Sheriff while serving in a term of office beginning before the effective date of the Act.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Chang Referred Budget And Taxation on 03/15/2020

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Adjudicatory Hearings - Attorney Security Passes for Attorneys in Good Standing [SB-889] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ]
Requiring the Administrative Office of the Courts to adopt certain procedures in consultation with the Maryland State Bar Association relating to the issuance and renewal of attorney security passes and to statewide acceptance of attorney security passes at State court facilities; and authorizing the Maryland State Bar Association to manage and administer the issuance of an attorney security pass.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith Hearing 3/04 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/06/2020

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Sheriff of Baltimore City - Salaries and Collective Bargaining [SB-823] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Law Enforcement ] [Budget and Spending ] [Public Safety ] [Crime ]
Authorizing certain sworn law enforcement officers and court security officers in Baltimore City to collectively bargain with the Secretary of Budget and Management and the Sheriff of Baltimore City; requiring the Sheriff and the Secretary to recognize a certain exclusive representative for the purpose of collective bargaining; authorizing the Sheriff, the Secretary, and the exclusive representative to select the number of individuals designated to represent certain parties in collective bargaining; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray Hearing Canceled on 02/17/2020

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Correctional Services - Immigration Detention - Prohibition (Dignity Not Detention Act) [SB-850] [Immigration ] [Crime ] [Human Rights ] [Criminal Justice ]
Stating certain findings of the General Assembly; prohibiting certain governmental entities from entering into agreements facilitating immigration-related detention by private entities; prohibiting governmental entities from entering into certain agreements to house immigration-related detainees; requiring governmental entities to terminate existing contracts for the detention of immigration-related detainees not later than October 1, 2021; and making the provisions of the Act severable.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee Hearing 2/26 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/06/2020

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2020 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to fees that are established for services provided by elected officials. [HB-367] [Finance ] [Taxes ] [Budget and Spending ] [Property Tax ] [Funding ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 64 to define "elected official"; establish that a statutory fee amount for services performed by elected officials or their offices be considered the maximum fee amount; allow the elected official to charge a lower fee amount when the maximum fee amount is not necessary for funding purposes; require a schedule of current fee rates to be posted and records of historical fee rates when the elected official charges a lower fee amount.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Chad McCoy Recommitted To Local Government (h) on 03/09/2020

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2020 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to prisoners and declaring an emergency. [HB-361] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Amend KRS 441.520, relating to the transfer of prisoners, to require an agreement between an originating and receiving jail before ordering the transfer of a prisoner; specify that if a transfer is ordered before receiving an agreement, the receiving jail shall not be required to house the prisoner nor shall the receiving jail's jailer be subject to contempt; outline what a receiving jail may charge for housing a transferred prisoner; require a sheriff to transport the transferred prisoner; require a Circuit Judge to review his or her transfer order (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Meredith Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 109) on 04/24/2020

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Sheriff of Harford County - Salary [SB-599] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Law Enforcement ] [Budget and Spending ] [Public Safety ]
Altering the annual salary of the Sheriff of Harford County to be equal to the salary of the Department of State Police lieutenant colonel, at the highest available step for a lieutenant colonel under the Department of State Police pay plan in effect on the day prior to the day that the Sheriff begins a term of office; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 439 on 05/08/2020

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2020 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to missing persons. [HB-360] [Crime ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Children and Youth ]
Amend KRS 39F.180 to require that any agency searching for a lost or missing person contact appropriate agencies within four hours of receiving the report and utilize existing resources, including but not limited to electronic highway signs, the Amber Alert system, law enforcement communication systems, electronic media, local, regional, and statewide media providers, and the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System, if authorized and under conditions permitted by the federal government.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Elliott To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (s) on 02/26/2020

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Harford County – Workers’ Compensation – Permanent Partial Disability – Detention and Correctional Officers and Deputy Sheriffs [HB-685] [Workers' Compensation ] [Law Enforcement ]
Providing for enhanced workers' compensation benefits for a Harford County deputy sheriff, a Harford County correctional officer, and a Harford County detention officer for a compensable permanent partial disability of less than 75 weeks; and providing that the Act applies only prospectively.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Impallaria Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 303 on 05/08/2020

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Correctional Services - Immigration Detention - Prohibition (Dignity Not Detention Act) [HB-677] [Immigration ] [Crime ] [Human Rights ] [Criminal Justice ]
Stating certain findings of the General Assembly; prohibiting certain governmental entities from entering into agreements facilitating immigration-related detention by private entities; prohibiting governmental entities from entering into certain agreements to house immigration-related detainees; requiring governmental entities to terminate existing contracts for the detention of immigration-related detainees not later than October 1, 2021; and making the provisions of the Act severable.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein First Reading Judiciary on 01/30/2020

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2020 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to duties of elected officials. [HB-342] [Ethics ] [Law Enforcement ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 67 to require that all elected county officers develop and maintain a records retention policy and an inventory policy for the elected office; establish a penalty for failure to comply.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Nancy Tate Posted In Committee on 01/31/2020

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Harford County - Service of Process - Detention Center Employees [HB-573] [Crime ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ]
Expanding the authority of a certain individual who is designated to serve criminal process by the administrator of the local detention center in Harford County to serve process within the Circuit Court for Harford County and the District Court of Maryland for Harford County.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 260 on 05/08/2020

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