Threats
Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Threat Against Public Health Official or Hospital Staff Member [SB-298]
[Public Health ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a person from making or sending a threat to a public health official or hospital staff member with the intent to intimidate, interfere with, or impede a public health official or hospital staff member from performing official duties; and providing that a person who violated the Act is guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to imprisonment of up to 90 days and a fine of up to $500, or both.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne C. Benson
Hearing 2/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/20/2022
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Criminal Law - Threat Against Public Health Official or Hospital Staff Member [HB-267]
[Public Health ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a person from making or sending a threat to a public health official with the intent to intimidate, interfere with, or impede a public health official from performing the official's duties; and providing that a person who violated the Act is guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to imprisonment of up to 90 days and a fine of up to $500, or both.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Hearing 1/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/14/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Insurance Carriers and Managed Care Organizations - Cybersecurity Standards [SB-207]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Insurance ]
[Healthcare ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing certain cybersecurity standards applicable to insurance carriers, including health maintenance organizations and third-party administrators; requiring a carrier to take certain actions related to cybersecurity, including developing, implementing, and maintaining a written information security program, identifying certain threats, and establishing a certain incident response plan; applying certain requirements relating to cybersecurity to managed care organizations; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Finance
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 231 on 04/21/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Maryland Wage and Hour Law and Maryland Wage Payment and Collection Law - Revisions (Maryland Wage Protection Act) [SB-78]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Altering certain provisions related to the payment of wages, including the application, penalty, and enforcement provisions of the Maryland Wage and Hour Law and the Maryland Wage Payment and Collection Law, the provision of information related to the payment of wages by employers to employees, and adverse actions by an employer.
Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Smith
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 01/24/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Education – Crimes on School Grounds – Application [SB-119]
[Education ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Children and Youth ]
Specifying that provisions of law prohibiting and penalizing disruptive and threatening behavior on the grounds of, in the classes of, or in the home of an employee of an institution of elementary, secondary, or higher education do not apply to students who commit offenses at the institution they attend or students who commit offenses while participating in or attending a sporting event or other extracurricular program sponsored at that institution.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
Hearing 3/24 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/09/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Education – Crimes on School Grounds – Application [HB-84]
[Education ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Specifying that provisions of law prohibiting and penalizing disruptive and threatening behavior on the grounds of, in the classes of, or in the home of an employee of an institution of elementary, secondary, or higher education do not apply to students who commit offenses at the institution they attend, students on exclusionary discipline who commit offenses at the institution they attend, or students who commit offenses at another institution while attending a sporting event or other extracurricular program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Referred Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 02/25/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Maryland Wage and Hour Law and Maryland Wage Payment and Collection Law – Revisions (Maryland Wage Protection Act) [HB-72]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Altering certain provisions related to the payment of wages, including the application, penalty, and enforcement provisions of the Maryland Wage and Hour Law and the Maryland Wage Payment and Collection Law, the provision of information related to the payment of wages by employers to employees, and adverse actions by an employer.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/14/2022
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Criminal Law – Threat Against Public Health Official [HB-1380]
[Public Health ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a person from making or sending a threat to a public health official with the intent to intimidate, interfere with, or impede a public health official from performing the official's duties; and providing that a person who violated the Act is guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to imprisonment of up to 90 days and a fine of up to $500, or both.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Motion Rules Suspend For Late Introduction (delegate K. Young) Adopted (126-4) on 03/11/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Threat Against Public Health Official [SB-957]
[Public Health ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a person from making or sending a threat to a public health official with the intent to intimidate, interfere with, or impede a public health official from performing the official's duties; and providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to imprisonment of up to 90 days and a fine of up to $500, or both.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald N Young
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/20/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Domestic Terrorism Task Force [SB-953]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[National Security ]
Establishing the Domestic Terrorism Task Force; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to study and develop a plan to establish a statewide network to communicate threats of domestic terrorism to the public and among State and federal governmental entities; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly by October 1, 2022; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Malcolm L. Augustine
Hearing 3/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/15/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Real Property - Mobile Home Parks - Rent Increases [HB-924]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring a certain owner of a mobile home park to provide written notice of any increase in the annual rent for a site to a certain resident, a certain homeowners association, and the Division of Consumer Protection in the Office of the Attorney General at least 90 days before the effective date of the increase; authorizing an increase in annual rent to exceed an increase in a certain index only under certain circumstances; requiring a park owner to schedule a certain meeting and provide certain information; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lauren Arikan
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/19/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Maryland Police Accountability Act of 2021 - Law Enforcement Officers - Use of Force, Reporting, and Whistleblower Protections [SB-626]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Rights ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Prohibiting a law enforcement officer from intentionally using excessive force; requiring a law enforcement officer to intervene to prevent another officer's use of excessive force; prohibiting a law enforcement officer from intentionally refusing to promptly provide or make a reasonable effort to obtain medical treatment for a person injured by a police officer's use of excessive force; requiring a law enforcement officer to make an immediate report to a superior regarding certain actions of another law enforcement officer; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill P Carter
Hearing 3/25 At 1:30 P.m. on 03/12/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Human Relations - Discrimination in Housing - Reentry-Into-Society Status [HB-560]
[Housing ]
[Human Rights ]
[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Expanding the housing policy of the State to include providing for fair housing to all citizens regardless of reentry-into-society status; prohibiting a person from refusing to sell or rent a dwelling to any person because of reentry-into-society status; prohibiting a person from discriminating against any person in the terms, conditions, or privileges of the sale or rental of a dwelling because of reentry-into-society status; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Diana M. Fennell
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/08/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Victims of Crime - Private Room [SB-484]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring the State Board of Victim Services to develop a poster to notify a victim of the right to request a certain private room in a law enforcement agency or unit when reporting a crime, other than homicide, that primarily involves injury to a person; requiring a certain law enforcement agency to display a poster developed by the State Board of Victim Services informing a victim of the right to request a private room; and requiring a certain law enforcement agency to provide a certain private room to a certain victim.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 86 on 04/13/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Disturbing the Peace - Prohibited Actions [HB-198]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering the prohibited actions for the crime of disturbing the peace; and repealing certain definitions.
Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/02/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Hate Crimes - Protected Groups and Penalties [HB-128]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Education ]
[Human Rights ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the term "sexual orientation" in the context of hate crimes; including gender identity in the list of characteristics protected by the prohibition on hate crimes; authorizing a court to require an offender convicted of hate crimes to complete an antibias education program; requiring the University System of Maryland to manage the development of an antibias education program that provides antibias education relevant to certain provisions of Maryland law by January 1, 2023; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vaughn Stewart
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 385 on 05/30/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Victims of Crime - Private Room [HB-193]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring the State Board of Victim Services to develop a poster to notify a victim of the right to request a certain private room in a law enforcement agency or unit when reporting a crime, other than homicide, that primarily involves injury to a person; requiring a certain law enforcement agency to display a poster developed by the State Board of Victim Services informing a victim of the right to request a private room; and requiring a certain law enforcement agency to provide a certain private room to a certain victim.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michele Guyton
Hearing 1/21 At 1:30 P.m. on 12/23/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Public Ethics - Officials and Employees - Acceptance of Gifts and Prohibited Retaliation [HB-363]
[Ethics ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting an official or a State employee from accepting a gift from a certain association or an entity acting on behalf of the association; and prohibiting an official or employee from retaliating against an individual for reporting or participating in an investigation of a potential violation of the Maryland Public Ethics Law.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brooke Elizabeth Lierman
Hearing 1/21 At 1:30 P.m. on 12/22/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Hate Crimes - Law Enforcement Officers and First Responders [SB-99]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Including law enforcement officers and first responders within the scope of certain prohibitions against committing certain crimes against certain persons, damaging certain property of certain persons, burning certain objects, and damaging certain buildings with which certain persons or groups have contacts or associations or under circumstances exhibiting certain animosity against a certain person or group; providing certain penalties; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Bailey
Hearing 2/04 At 11:00 A.m. on 12/28/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Public Ethics - Officials and Employees - Acceptance of Gifts and Prohibited Retaliation [SB-4]
[Ethics ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting an official or a State employee from accepting a gift from an association, or any entity acting on behalf of an association, that is engaged only in representing counties or municipal corporations; and prohibiting an official or employee from retaliating against an individual for reporting or participating in an investigation of a potential violation of the Maryland Public Ethics Law.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian J. Feldman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 254 on 05/18/2021