Victims
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2025 [HB-352]
[Finance ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Establishing or altering certain administrative penalties; altering or repealing certain required appropriations; authorizing the use of certain funds for certain purposes; establishing certain funds; authorizing, requiring, or altering the distribution of certain revenue; altering the rates and rate brackets under the State income tax on certain income of individuals; increasing the cap on the percentage that may be deducted from all open purses and paid to a certain organization; etc.
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Gettr Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2025 [SB-321]
[Finance ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Establishing or altering certain administrative penalties; altering or repealing certain required appropriations; authorizing the use of certain funds for certain purposes; establishing certain funds; authorizing, requiring, or altering the distribution of certain revenue; altering the rates and rate brackets under the State income tax on certain income of individuals; requiring certain groups of corporations to file a combined income tax return reflecting the aggregate income tax liability of all members of the group; etc.
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Utah 2025 General Session
Criminal Protective Order Amendments [SB-123]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Criminal Protective Order Amendments
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Arizona Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session (2025)
Victims; witnesses; names; disclosure requirements [HB-2321]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Victims; witnesses; names; disclosure requirements
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Victims and Witnesses - Out of Court Statement of Child to Forensic Interviewer [SB-333]
[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.
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Arizona Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session (2025)
Police reports; victims; prosecuting agency [SB-1104]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Police reports; victims; prosecuting agency
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Utah 2025 General Session
Victim Privacy Changes [HB-171]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
Victim Privacy Changes
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Incompetency to Stand Trial [HB-312]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the time period after which a court is required to dismiss a certain charge against a defendant found incompetent to stand trial to the lesser of 10 years or the maximum sentence for the most serious offense charged under certain circumstances.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Lottery – Instant Ticket Lottery Machines – Veterans’ and Fraternal Organizations [HB-328]
[Gaming ]
[Veterans ]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Public Safety ]
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.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Petition to Reduce Sentence (Maryland Second Look Act) [SB-291]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing an individual who is serving a term of confinement to petition a court to reduce the sentence or sentences under certain circumstances; and establishing procedures for a proceeding under the Act.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Out of Court Statements - Vulnerable Adult Victims and Witnesses [SB-298]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Disabilities ]
[Human Services ]
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.
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Utah 2025 General Session
Protection Order Amendments [HB-159]
[Crime ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Protection Order Amendments
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Utah 2025 General Session
Punitive Damages Amendments [HB-154]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Punitive Damages Amendments
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Child Victims - Testimony in Child Abuse Cases [HB-293]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering a certain requirement under which a court is authorized to order that the testimony of a child victim be taken outside a courtroom and shown in the courtroom by closed circuit television in certain child abuse cases; requiring the testimony of a child victim taken by closed circuit television within the courthouse be in a setting that reasonably mitigates the likelihood the child victim will suffer emotional distress; etc.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Child Victims - Testimony in Child Abuse Cases [SB-274]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering a certain requirement under which a court is authorized to order that the testimony of a child victim be taken outside a courtroom and shown in the courtroom by closed circuit television in certain child abuse cases; requiring the testimony of a child victim taken by closed circuit television within the courthouse be in a setting that reasonably mitigates the likelihood the child victim will suffer emotional distress; etc.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Crimes Relating to Animals - Conviction and Sentencing [SB-152]
[Animals ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing that certain crimes relating to animals do not include certain activities; establishing that each animal harmed in a violation of a prohibition against animal cruelty is a separate offense and shall be deemed an individual victim for purposes of the sentencing guidelines stacking rule; establishing that a conviction for a crime relating to animals may not merge with a conviction for any other crime based on the act establishing the violation; etc.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Incarcerated Seniors - Motion to Reduce the Duration of a Sentence [SB-141]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing an individual who is at least 60 years old and has been imprisoned for at least 20 years to file a motion to reduce the duration of the individual's sentence; requiring the court to conduct a hearing on a motion to reduce the duration of a sentence, unless the court has held a hearing on a similar motion in the preceding 5 years; and requiring a court to consider enumerated factors in determining whether to grant a motion to reduce the duration of a sentence and to issue its decision in writing or on the record in open court.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Theft - Notification of Victims and Victims' Representatives [HB-14]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the prosecuting attorney of thefts of property or services with a value less than $1,500 to notify the victim or the victim's representative about each court proceeding, the right of the victim to submit a victim impact statement, any posttrial court proceedings, any appeal, and any sentence review related to the case.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Geriatric and Medical Parole [SB-181]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Safety ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Requiring the Maryland Parole Commission to consider the age of incarcerated individuals when determining whether to grant parole; altering how the Commission evaluates a request for medical parole; repealing the authorization for the Governor to disapprove a decision to grant medical parole; requiring the Commission, within 60 days of receiving a name for parole consideration, to conduct a risk assessment for an individual serving sentences for crimes of violence with an aggregate term of confinement of 40 years or more; etc.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Safety - Gun Violence Victim Relocation Program - Establishment [HB-180]
[Crime ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Establishing the Gun Violence Victim Relocation Program within the Victim Services Unit of the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention and Policy to provide certain victims of gun violence certain services and assistance related to relocating for the safety of the victim or the victim's family; establishing the Gun Violence Victim Relocation Program Fund; requiring the Victim Services Unit to establish a certain oversight commission; requiring the Unit to submit a yearly status report on the Program by December 1, beginning in 2027; etc.