Victims
Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Victim Services Programs - Supplementing Federal Funding and Support (Victim Services Stabilization Act) [SB-148]
[Crime ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Providing for the stable funding and support of trauma-informed, high-quality program and services for victims of crime; requiring the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services to help support certain programs providing services for victims of crime; requiring the Office to consult with certain individuals and organizations regarding the allocation of certain funding; and requiring the Governor to include certain funding in the State budget.
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Gettr Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Public Information Act - Inspection of Records From Body-Worn Digital Recording Devices [SB-40]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
Establishing certain requirements for a custodian of records related to certain recordings from a certain body-worn digital recording device worn by a law enforcement officer; and requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission, in consultation with certain other entities and stakeholders, to develop certain uniform standards and policies.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Restorative Justice Program [SB-27]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing the Restorative Justice Program within the Victim Services Unit of the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services to address and ameliorate the harmful effects of offenses on a victim in a certain manner; and establishing the position of Restorative Justice Legal Specialist, the Restorative Justice Program Revolving Fund, and the Maryland Restorative Justice Council.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Hate Crimes – Civil Remedy [HB-13]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Providing that a person who is the victim of an act that would constitute a violation of certain hate crime laws may bring a civil action against the person or persons who committed the act in a court of competent jurisdiction; and authorizing the court to impose an injunction and award certain economic and noneconomic damages.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Hate Crimes – Civil Remedy [SB-5]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Providing that a person who is the victim of an act that would constitute a violation of certain hate crime laws may bring a civil action against the person or persons who committed the act in a court of competent jurisdiction; and authorizing the court to impose an injunction and award certain economic and noneconomic damages.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Public Safety – Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission [SB-110]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Altering the membership and duties of the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission; providing that a law enforcement agency may employ an individual as a police officer for a period exceeding 1 year only if the individual is certified by the Commission or for a period not to exceed 1 year if the individual is provisionally certified by the Commission; and altering provisions of law relating to the certification and recertification of police officers.
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Utah 2023 General Session
Criminal Prosecution Modifications [SB-87]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Criminal Prosecution Modifications
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Utah 2023 General Session
Joint Resolution Amending Rules of Procedure and Evidence Regarding Criminal Prosecutions [SJR-6]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Joint Resolution Amending Rules of Procedure and Evidence Regarding Criminal Prosecutions
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Utah 2023 General Session
Victim Amendments [SB-70]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Victim Amendments
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Utah 2023 General Session
HIV Testing Modifications [HB-106]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
HIV Testing Modifications
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Utah 2022 General Session
Victim Services Amendments [HB-490]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
Victim Services Amendments
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Utah 2022 General Session
Victim Restitution Records [HB-479]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Victim Restitution Records
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure – Postconviction Review – Motion for Reduction of Sentence [SB-976]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing a State's Attorney to file a motion for a reduction of sentence at any time during the period of active incarceration; authorizing the Court to consider multiple factors in determining whether to reduce a sentence, disciplinary record and record of rehabilitation, evidence reflecting a diminished risk for future violence, and changes in circumstances since the original conviction;
prohibiting the State's Attorney, if the court denies the motion, from filing a subsequent motion for at least 3 years; etc.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Family Law - Custody Evaluators - Qualifications and Training [HB-1407]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Education ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
[Mental Health ]
Requiring that an individual meet certain educational and experiential requirements in order to be appointed or approved by a court as a custody evaluator; requiring that, beginning October 1, 2023, an individual complete 20 hours of initial training in certain areas in order to be appointed or approved by a court as a custody evaluator; requiring that an individual receive 5 hours of ongoing education and training every 2 years in order to continue to be appointed or approved by a court as a custody evaluator; etc.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Prince George’s County – National Center for Victims of Crime – Funding [HB-1401]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Requiring the Governor in fiscal years 2024 through 2026 to include an appropriation of $750,000 in the annual budget bill to the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services to be used as an operating grant to the National Center for Victims of Crime to create and enhance services to victims of crime in Prince George's County; and requiring the Office by December 15, 2026 to submit a report to the Governor and General Assembly on the effectiveness of the use of the funds.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Collection and Publication of Criminal Case and Prosecutorial Information [HB-1429]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Data Privacy ]
Establishing requirements for the collection and dissemination of certain information relating to the Office of the State's Attorney in each county and Baltimore City, coordinated in a certain manner by the Administrative Office of the Courts and the State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Scholarships and Police Officer Recruitment [SB-949]
[Crime ]
[Education ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Requiring law enforcement agencies to develop and implement certain recruitment policies; expanding the Edward T. Conroy and Mary A. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program and the Jean B. Cryor Memorial Scholarship Program to include certain postsecondary institutions outside the State as eligible institutions that may award scholarships under the programs; and establishing the Police Officers Educational Benefit Scholarship I and the Police Officers Educational Benefit Scholarship II.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
State Lottery - Instant Ticket Lottery Machines - Fraternal Organizations (ITLMs for Homeless Veterans Act) [HB-1257]
[Gaming ]
[Veterans ]
[Funding ]
Authorizing the Director of the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency to issue certain fraternal organizations a license for not more than five instant ticket lottery machines; providing that proceeds from instant ticket lottery machine sales by a fraternal organization are to be distributed in a certain manner; and declaring the intent of the General Assembly that the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency solicit proposals from multiple vendors for the lease or purchase of instant ticket lottery machines under the Act.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Courts - Falsely Summoning a Police Officer - Civil Liability [HB-1131]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing a person to bring a civil action for damages against another person who knowingly causes a police officer to arrive at a location to contact the person with a certain intent; and establishing an exception in certain cases where a person who alleges to have been a victim of abuse requests the help of a police officer.
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Victims of Sexual Abuse – Provision of Services – Technical Correction [HB-1323]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
Correcting a cross-reference relating to a requirement that a physician or hospital provide certain services to victims of sexual abuse without charge to the victim.