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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Malicious Destruction of Property - Penalties [HB-967]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Property Tax ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Increasing the penalties for willfully and maliciously destroying, injuring, or defacing the real or personal property of another.
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Gettr Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Family Law - Domestic Violence - Definition of Abuse [HB-416]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering the definition of "abuse" for purposes of specified provisions of law relating to domestic violence to include harassment, trespass, and malicious destruction of property under specified provisions of law.
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Real Property - Obliterating, Damaging, or Removing Property Markers - Penalty [HB-117]
[Real Estate ]
[Property Tax ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Increasing from $500 to $2,500 the penalty for willfully obliterating, damaging, or removing any stake, marker, monument, or other landmark set in the property of another person by any civil engineer, surveyor, or real estate appraiser or any of their assistants except under specified circumstances.
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Election Law - Petitions - Prohibited Actions [HB-101]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Prohibiting a person from willfully and knowingly obtaining or attempting to obtain a signature on a petition by threat, menace, or intimidation; prohibiting a person from willfully and knowingly preventing, hindering, or delaying a person who has a lawful right to sign a petition from signing a petition through the use of fraud, duress, force, threat, menace, or intimidation; etc.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Malicious Destruction of Property - Affirmative Defense [HB-739]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing that it is an affirmative defense to a charge of malicious destruction of property that the defendant was attempting to repair, clean, remove, or cover a previous act of graffiti.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Malicious Destruction of Property - Penalties [HB-738]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Increasing the penalties for willfully and maliciously destroying, injuring, or defacing the real or personal property of another; requiring a court, in the case of a conviction for causing malicious destruction by an act of graffiti, to order the defendant to pay restitution; and authorizing a court, in the case of a conviction for causing malicious destruction by an act of graffiti, to order the defendant to perform community service.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Malicious Destruction - Property of Another - Definition and Foreclosure [HB-347]
[Crime ]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Public Safety ]
Defining "property of another" for purposes of the prohibition against malicious destruction of property; requiring that specified notices sent to occupants of residential property in foreclosure contain a specified paragraph informing the occupants of the criminal sanctions for malicious destruction of property; etc.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Public Schools - Student Gang Activity - Records and Reporting [HB-1371]
[Education ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring public schools to maintain a record of an individual determined to be a school gang member and the incidents that precipitated that determination; requiring the record to include specified information; requiring a record of a public school student determined to be a school gang member to be a part of an individual's permanent school record and to be reported to an individual's teachers; requiring specified records to be reported to a law enforcement unit; and defining the term "school gang member".
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Criminal Gangs - Underlying Crime [HB-1265]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Gaming ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering the definition of "underlying crime" for purposes of specified criminal gang offenses to add misdemeanor assaults, malicious destruction, human trafficking, receiving earnings of a prostitute, and betting, wagering, and gambling.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Crimes - Hate Crimes - Use of a Noose or Swastika to Threaten or Intimidate [HB-1218]
[Crime ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Prohibiting a person from affixing, erecting, or placing a noose or swastika on a specified building or real property without the express permission of the owner, owner's agent, or lawful occupant of the building or property, with the intent to threaten or intimidate any person or group of persons; establishing penalties; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Aquaculture Leases – Marking Requirements and Use of Lease – Alterations [HB-1434]
[Agriculture ]
[Water ]
[Environmental ]
[Science ]
Establishing certain circumstances under which a leaseholder of certain aquaculture leases is not required to mark a lease area; repealing the authority of the Department of Natural Resources to waive the requirements for active use of a lease due to the unavailability of shellfish seed; requiring the Department to waive the requirements for active use of a lease on a showing that shellfish larvae or shellfish seed is unavailable; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Unruly Social Gatherings - Civil Penalties [HB-654]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Prohibiting a person responsible for any premises from conducting, causing, permitting, or aiding an unruly social gathering; authorizing certain law enforcement officers to issue a citation for certain violations of the Act; specifying who may be issued a citation for certain violations; excluding a certain type of party or gathering from the prohibitions in the Act; providing certain circumstances constituting a certain defense; requiring that a citation include certain information; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Hate Crimes - Harassment and Destruction of Property [SB-335]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Altering the basis on which a certain person is prohibited from taking certain actions against a certain group.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Motion to Vacate Judgment - Human Trafficking (True Freedom Act of 2020) [HB-242]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering the eligibility for the filing of a certain motion to vacate judgment if the person's participation in the offense was a direct result of being a victim of human trafficking; requiring that a certain motion be served on a certain State's Attorney; requiring that a certain motion be mailed to a victim or victim's representative at a certain address if the qualifying offense occurred within 5 years before the filing of the motion; requiring the court to take certain factors into consideration when making a certain finding; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Motion to Vacate Judgment - Human Trafficking (True Freedom Act of 2020) [SB-206]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering the eligibility for the filing of a certain motion to vacate judgment if the person's participation in the offense was a direct result of being a victim of human trafficking; requiring that a certain motion be served on a certain State's Attorney; requiring that a certain motion be mailed to a victim or victim's representative at a certain address if the qualifying offense occurred within 5 years before the filing of the motion; requiring the court to take certain factors into consideration when making a certain finding; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Unruly Social Gatherings - Civil Penalties [SB-209]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Prohibiting a person responsible for any premises from conducting, causing, permitting, or aiding an unruly social gathering; authorizing certain law enforcement officers to issue a citation for certain violations of the Act; specifying who may be issued a citation for certain violations; excluding a certain type of party or gathering from the prohibitions in the Act; providing certain circumstances constituting a certain defense; requiring that a citation include certain information; etc.
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Relating To Public Schools. [SB-591]
[Education ]
Increases the amount of damages allowed for public school restitution agreements from $3,500 to $10,000. Takes effect 6/18/2050. (SD1)
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Prince George's County - Domestic Violence - Definition of Abuse PG 314-17 [HB-1272]
[Crime ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering, in Prince George's County, the definition of "abuse" to include harassment and malicious destruction of property for purposes of specified provisions of law relating to domestic violence.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
State Highway Administration - Traffic Control Devices - Decorative Treatments [HB-1334]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the State Highway Administration to establish a policy regarding the application of decorative treatments on traffic control devices that have been marred by graffiti or vandalism; authorizing a person to apply to a district office within the Administration for a permit to install decorative treatments, including a digitally printed vinyl wrap or paint, on a traffic control device; authorizing a district office to issue a specified permit; requiring the Administration to adopt specified regulations; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Domestic Violence - Education and Definition of Abuse [SB-900]
[Crime ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the State Board of Education to encourage county boards of education to incorporate age-appropriate lessons on domestic violence into a specified curriculum; altering the definition of "abuse" for purposes of specified provisions of law relating to domestic violence to include harassment and malicious destruction of property; and defining harassment and malicious destruction of property.