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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Hate Crimes - Protected Groups and Penalties [SB-220]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Education ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Altering the term "sexual orientation" in the context of hate crimes; including gender identity in the list of characteristics on the basis of which a person may not commit certain acts; authorizing a court to require an offender convicted of hate crimes to complete an antibias education program in addition to any other penalties imposed; requiring the University System of Maryland to manage the development of an antibias education program by January 1, 2023; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Hearing 1/20 At 11:00 A.m. on 12/28/2021
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Gettr Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Public Schools – Social Media Use by Educators [SB-904]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the State Board of Education to develop a certain model policy for public schools regarding the use of social media by educators; requiring the model policy to include certain guidelines and model forms; requiring each local school system to establish a certain policy regarding the use of social media and to provide certain training; prohibiting an educator from publishing a work product or image of a student on a social media personal account; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen M. Waugh
Hearing 3/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/29/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
General Assembly - Department of Legislative Services - Reorganization and Duties [SB-892]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Executive Director of the Department of Legislative Services to ensure that the responsibilities of the offices of the Department are carried out; altering the offices that comprise the Department; altering certain duties of the Department to review certain reporting requirements; establishing the Office of Operations and Support Services in the Department; providing that the Office of Policy Analysis is not required to prepare an analysis of certain enabling acts under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas V. Miller
Hearing 3/15 At 11:00 A.m. on 03/15/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Human Trafficking and Prostitution Offenses [SB-881]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering the elements of the prohibitions against human trafficking and renaming them sex trafficking; prohibiting a person from knowingly obtaining or procuring for any person the labor or services of another by certain means; prohibiting a person from knowingly causing another to engage in a debt bondage; prohibiting a person from aiding, abetting, or conspiring with another to violate the Act; establishing that the lack of knowledge about a victim's age is not a defense to certain offenses involving a child; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 03/27/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Sextortion and Revenge Porn [SB-769]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a person from causing another to engage in certain sexual activity or in the production of a certain visual representation or performance by making certain threats; prohibiting a person from knowingly distributing a certain visual representation; establishing and applying certain penalties for violation of the Act; authorizing a sentence imposed under the Act to be separate from and consecutive to or concurrent with a sentence for any other crime based on the action establishing a violation of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert A Zirkin
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 365 on 05/08/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Bullying, Cyberbullying, Harassment, and Intimidation – School Response [SB-725]
[Education ]
[Crime ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Authorizing a school principal to make a report to a law enforcement agency if, after an investigation is completed, the principal has reason to believe that a student has engaged in conduct that constitutes a certain criminal offense; requiring certain school policies prohibiting bullying, harassment, or intimidation to include procedures for providing notice of an act of bullying, harassment, or intimidation to a parent or guardian of the alleged victim and of the alleged perpetrator within 5 days after the act is reported; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 366 on 05/08/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Hate Crimes - Threats and Penalties [SB-671]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a person from threatening to commit certain hate crimes; applying and altering certain penalties; and authorizing a court to require a certain person to attend certain educational classes and perform certain community service as a condition of supervised release.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert A Zirkin
Hearing 4/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 04/03/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Child Protection - Reporting - Threat of Harm [SB-584]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Human Services ]
Authorizing an individual to notify the local department of social services or the appropriate law enforcement agency if the individual has reason to believe that a verbal threat of imminent severe bodily harm or death to a child has been made by a certain individual and that the child is at substantial risk of child abuse; specifying certain procedures and requirements for a report concerning a certain verbal threat of harm to a child; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Victor R. Ramirez
Hearing 2/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Maryland Safe to Learn Act of 2018 [SB-1265]
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[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Maryland Center for School Safety to collaborate with certain persons and entities to provide a comprehensive approach to school safety; requiring the School Safety Subcabinet to develop a model policy for building assessment teams; requiring the development of a training curriculum for school resource officers and other school security employees; authorizing the Safe Schools Fund to provide grants to local school systems to enhance school safety; requiring a $10,000,000 annual appropriation to the Fund for certain purposes;etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas McClain Middleton
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 30 on 04/10/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Public Safety – School Mental Health Services and Mental Disorder Weapon Restraining Order [SB-1263]
[Public Safety ]
[Mental Health ]
[Crime ]
[Healthcare ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Education ]
Altering a certain prohibition on making certain threats to commit or cause to be committed a crime of violence; requiring the State Department of Education to develop a certain model policy for the establishment of a threat assessment team by January 1, 2019; authorizing a certain petitioner, under certain circumstances, to file a petition for a certain restraining order alleging that, due to a mental disorder, a certain respondent is a danger to self or the person or property of another; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen M. Waugh
Hearing 3/29 At 1:00 P.m. (judicial Proceedings) on 03/29/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Safe Schools Act of 2018 [SB-1257]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring each county board of education to employ a designated security administrator; requiring each county board to prepare a school emergency plan for all public schools in the county; requiring each county board to perform a safety assessment of each public school in the county each year; requiring each county board to establish a school threat assessment team; establishing the Safe Schools Fund to provide grants to county boards for the implementation of approved emergency emergency plans; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas V. Miller
Hearing 3/15 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Health, And Environmental Affairs) on 03/15/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Criminal Law – Threat of Mass Violence [SB-1250]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering a certain prohibition relating to threatening to commit a certain crime of violence so as to prohibit a person from knowingly threatening to commit or threatening to cause to be committed a certain crime of violence that would place five or more minors at substantial risk of death or serious physical injury if the threat were carried out.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee
Hearing 4/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 04/04/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Criminal Law – Comprehensive Crime Bill of 2018 [SB-122]
[Crime ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Providing that the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony or other crime of violence constitutes a crime of violence; expanding the list of controlled dangerous substances applicable to a certain prohibition against volume dealing; increasing maximum penalties for certain crimes; establishing the Tyrone Ray Violence Intervention and Prevention Fund to be used to support effective violence reduction strategies through grants to local communities; establishing the Task Force to Study Maryland's Criminal Gang Statutes; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert A Zirkin
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 04/09/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
General Assembly - Department of Legislative Services - Reorganization and Duties [HB-874]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Executive Director of the Department of Legislative Services to ensure that the responsibilities of the Department are carried out; altering the offices that comprise the Department; requiring the Executive Director, with the approval of and in consultation with certain individuals, to appoint certain office directors; altering certain duties of the Department to review certain reporting requirements; establishing the Office of Operations and Support Services to directly supervise certain support services; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. The Speaker
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 281 on 04/24/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Child Protection - Reporting - Threat of Harm [HB-838]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Human Services ]
Authorizing an individual to notify the local department of social services or the appropriate law enforcement agency if the individual has reason to believe that a verbal threat of imminent severe bodily harm or death to a child has been made by a certain individual and that the child is at substantial risk of child abuse; specifying certain procedures and requirements for a report concerning a certain verbal threat of harm to a child; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/22/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Hate Crimes - Threats and Penalties [HB-246]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a person from threatening to commit certain hate crimes; applying and altering certain penalties; and authorizing a court to require a certain person to attend certain educational classes and perform certain community service as a condition of supervised release.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen M Dumais
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary; Withdrawn on 03/05/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Baltimore County - Public Schools - Active Assailant Event Training and Drills [HB-23]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Baltimore County Superintendent of Schools to conduct active assailant event training for school personnel in Baltimore County each school year; requiring the Baltimore County Superintendent to require certain public schools to hold an active assailant event drill three times each school year; requiring certain training and drills to comply with guidelines established by the United States Department of Homeland Security or be consistent with available best practices; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert B. Long
Hearing 2/01 At 2:00 P.m. on 02/01/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Safe Schools Act of 2018 [HB-1816]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Requiring each county board of education to employ a designated security administrator; requiring each county board to prepare a school emergency plan for all public schools in the county; requiring each county board to perform a safety assessment of each public school in the county each year; requiring each county board to establish a school threat assessment team; establishing the Safe Schools Fund to provide grants to county boards for the implementation of approved school emergency plans; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. The Speaker
Hearing 3/22 At 1:00 P.m. (ways And Means) on 03/22/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Education - Threat Assessment Teams - Establishment and Oversight [HB-1811]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the State Department of Education to develop a certain model policy for the establishment of a threat assessment team by January 1, 2019; requiring a certain model policy to include certain policies and procedures; requiring each county board of education to establish at least one threat assessment team in the local school system beginning in the 2019-2020 school year; requiring, beginning January 1, 2021, that each threat assessment team report annually quantitative data on its activities to a certain individual and to certain entities;
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Vincent Fraser-hidalgo
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 03/06/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Threat of Mass Violence and Deadly Weapons on Public School Property [HB-1807]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Education ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering a certain prohibition relating to threatening to commit a certain crime of violence so as to prohibit a person from knowingly threatening to commit or threatening to cause to be committed a certain crime of violence that would place five or more minors at substantial risk of death or serious physical injury if the threat were carried out; altering and establishing certain penalties; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Elizabeth Carozza
Hearing 3/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/16/2018