Victims
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Domestic Violence - Warrantless Arrests and Victims [SB-739]
[Crime ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing a police officer to arrest a certain person without a warrant if the police officer has probable cause to believe that the person battered another person with whom the person has had a sexual relationship within the past year; and altering the definition of "victim of domestic violence" in provisions relating to a certain domestic violence program to include an individual who has received certain injuries from another individual with whom the individual has had a sexual relationship within the past year.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Folden
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Gettr Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Probation Before Judgment - Defendants Diagnosed With Autism or Intellectual Disabilities [HB-940]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Disabilities ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Requiring a court to stay the entering of judgment, defer further proceedings, and place a defendant diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder or an intellectual disability on probation before judgment under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marc Korman
Hearing Canceled on 02/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Postconviction Review - Procedure to Reduce Duration of Sentence (Maryland Second Look Act) [HB-853]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing a certain individual to file a motion to reduce the duration of a certain sentence if the individual was convicted between the ages of at least 18 and under 25, was not sentenced to life, is not a sex offender, has served at least 20 years of the term of confinement, and was not convicted of murder involving a victim who was a first responder who was killed in the line of duty; applying procedures for a proceeding under the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 96 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Safety - Rape Kit Testing - Tracking Program and Grant Fund [SB-669]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Altering the date from December 31, 2025, to March 31, 2026, by which a certain report under a certain sexual assault evidence collection kit tracking program is required to be submitted; altering the purpose and use of the Rape Kit Testing Grant Fund; expanding the duties of the Executive Director of the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention and Policy relating to the Fund; prohibiting the use of the Fund for a certain sexual assault evidence collection kit tracking program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 667 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Safety - Lethality Assessment Protocol [HB-810]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring each law enforcement agency to adopt a policy requiring the use of a lethality assessment protocol; and defining "lethality assessment protocol" as a multiprong validated tool intended for use by law enforcement officers investigating domestically related crime, which uses evidence-based questions to assess certain risk to an individual, and includes offering local resources to an individual in danger of death or injury from an intimate partner.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Grammer
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/24/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - U Nonimmigrant Status Petitions [SB-608]
[Immigration ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Altering the requirements for certification of a U Nonimmigrant Status Petition; altering the individuals eligible to request a certain official to certify victim helpfulness relating to certification of a U Nonimmigrant Status Petition; altering the time periods within which a certain certifying entity shall certify or decline a certain form under certain circumstances; and requiring a certifying entity to develop protocols to assist certain petitioners to take certain actions.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 114 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Victims and Witnesses - U Nonimmigrant Status - Certification of Victim Helpfulness [HB-686]
[Crime ]
[Immigration ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the criteria for determining whether a certain victim or the victim's parent, guardian, or next friend shall be considered to be helpful, to have been helpful, or likely to be helpful to the detection, investigation, or prosecution of certain criminal activity for a certain purpose; altering the time periods within which a certain certifying entity shall certify or decline a certain form under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Ebersole
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Victims and Witnesses - U Nonimmigrant Status - Certification of Victim Helpfulness [SB-553]
[Crime ]
[Immigration ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the criteria for determining whether a certain victim or the victim's parent, guardian, or next friend shall be considered to be helpful, to have been helpful, or likely to be helpful to the detection, investigation, or prosecution of certain criminal activity for a certain purpose; altering the time periods within which a certain certifying entity shall certify or decline a certain form under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Malcolm Augustine
Hearing Canceled on 02/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Out of Court Statements - Vulnerable Adult Victims and Witnesses [HB-677]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Human Services ]
[Disabilities ]
Authorizing the court to admit into evidence in certain criminal proceedings certain out of court statements made by a vulnerable adult victim or witness under certain circumstances and subject to certain requirements.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Lehman
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/27/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Law Enforcement Officers - Body-Worn Cameras - Requirements [HB-669]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
Authorizing a recording of a body-worn camera worn by a law enforcement officer to be used as evidence in certain proceedings; requiring a custodian to deny inspection of a recording made with the use of a body-worn camera used by a law enforcement officer, subject to certain exceptions; establishing minimum requirements for a body-worn camera policy for a law enforcement agency and the model policy created by the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicole Williams
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Safety - Rape Kit Testing - Tracking Program and Grant Fund [HB-675]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Altering from December 31, 2025, to March 31,2026, the date by which a certain report under a certain sexual assault evidence collection kit tracking program is required to be submitted; altering the purpose and use of the Rape Kit Testing Grant Fund; expanding the duties of the Executive Director of the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention and Policy relating to the Fund; and prohibiting the use of the Fund for a certain sexual assault evidence collection kit tracking program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 668 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Lottery - Instant Ticket Lottery Machines - Veterans' and Fraternal Organizations [SB-541]
[Gaming ]
[Veterans ]
Authorizing the Director of the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency to issue certain fraternal organizations a license for not more than three instant ticket lottery machines; altering the distribution of proceeds from instant ticket lottery machine sales by veterans' organizations; providing for the distribution of proceeds from instant ticket lottery machine sales by fraternal organizations; altering certain requirements concerning the conduct of gaming through instant ticket lottery machines; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Victims of Communism Memorial Day [HB-668]
[Human Rights ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim November 7 as Victims of Communism Memorial Day; and directing the Department of Legislative Services to send a copy of the Act to the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Hearing Canceled on 03/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Required Coverage for Aesthetic Services and Restorative Care for Victims of Domestic Violence (Healing Our Scars Act) [SB-508]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, health maintenance organizations, and managed care organizations to provide coverage to victims of domestic violence for aesthetic services and restorative care determined to be medically necessary for the treatment of physical injuries caused by domestic violence.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shaneka Henson
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/27/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Protection of Identity of Victim of Sexual Assault [HB-613]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a court or a party in a criminal or juvenile delinquency case from disclosing or allowing inspection of a certain court filing unless the court or the party redacts identifying information relating to a victim of sexual assault that appears in the filing, subject to a certain exception; requiring a court to redact identifying information relating to a victim of sexual assault from an existing filing on a written request; requiring the Supreme Court of Maryland to adopt a certain rule regarding the redaction of certain information; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/27/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - U Nonimmigrant Status Petitions and Immigration Enforcement at Sensitive Locations [HB-579]
[Immigration ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring federal law enforcement officers to notify certain individuals of federal immigration action at certain sensitive locations; altering the requirements for certification of a U Nonimmigrant Status Petition; altering the individuals eligible to request a certain official to certify victim helpfulness relating to certification of a U Nonimmigrant Status Petition; authorizing the disclosure of certain information under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle Wilkins
Third Reading Passed (124-14) on 04/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Education - Antidiscrimination Policies - Policy and Notice Requirements [HB-495]
[Education ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring certain schools that have an antidiscrimination policy to ensure that the policy includes certain information and is available to certain individuals in a certain manner; requiring a school to provide a certain training regarding antidiscrimination policies to students and employees in a certain manner; and requiring, if sufficient resources are not available to provide training, a school to coordinate with a community organization with certain expertise to provide the training to students and employees at no cost.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. (ways And Means) on 01/29/2025
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Arizona Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session (2025)
Victims; disclosure requirements; witnesses; names [HB-2653]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Victims; disclosure requirements; witnesses; names
Sponsored by: Rep. Jeff Weninger
Chapter 87 on 04/18/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Victims and Witnesses - Out of Court Statement of Child to Forensic Interviewer [HB-442]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Expanding the evidentiary rule on the admissibility of out of court statements made by child victims or witnesses to make admissible an out of court statement made by a child to a forensic interviewer.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Kerr
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 147 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Required Coverage for Aesthetic Services and Restorative Care for Victims of Domestic Violence (Healing Our Scars Act) [HB-381]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, health maintenance organizations, and managed care organizations to provide coverage to victims of domestic violence for aesthetic services and restorative care determined to be medically necessary for the treatment of physical injuries caused by domestic violence.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robbyn Lewis
Hearing 1/30 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/21/2025