Victims
Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Victims and Witnesses - U Nonimmigrant Status - Certification of Victim Helpfulness [HB-1208]
[Immigration ]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing, for purposes of filing a petition for U Nonimmigrant Status, a victim or victim's family member to request a certifying official to certify victim helpfulness on a Form I-918, Supplement B certification; providing that, for the purpose of the Act, a victim shall be considered to be helpful, to have been helpful, or likely to be helpful to the detection, investigation, or prosecution of a qualifying criminal activity; requiring the certifying official to sign and complete the certification in a specified manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen M Dumais
Favorable With Amendments Report By Judicial Proceedings on 04/10/2017
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Human Trafficking Victims - Establishment of Diversionary Docket and Workgroup [HB-1202]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the circuit administrative judge in each circuit to establish and maintain a specified diversionary docket for minors to be used as an alternative to conviction for an offense or adjudication of a child as delinquent; providing specifications for participation in the diversionary docket; establishing the Workgroup to Study Single-Point Entry for Services and Criminal Immunity for Victims of Human Trafficking to study specified issues relating to minors who are victims of human trafficking; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen M Dumais
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/13/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Conditional Release - Electronic Monitoring (Amber's Law) [HB-1163]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring a judicial officer to provide a specified individual with the opportunity to request specified reasonable protections for the safety of an alleged victim or the victim's family at a specified time; requiring that a specified victim impact statement identify a request by a victim that a person be placed on electronic monitoring or electronic monitoring with victim stay-away alert technology; requiring that information be available to a victim on how to request that a person be placed on specified electronic monitoring; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen M Dumais
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 643 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Sexual Assault Victims Resources Act of 2017 [HB-1209]
[Crime ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Mental Health ]
[Human Services ]
Expanding the services to be provided by specified sexual assault crisis programs; specifying criteria for receiving specified grant funding; requiring the Governor to include a minimum of $3,000,000 each fiscal year in the State budget; authorizing the Governor, under specified circumstances, to reduce a specified appropriation; establishing the Maryland Sexual Assault Evidence Kit Policy and Funding Committee; requiring the Attorney General to adopt specified regulations in consultation with the Committee; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen M Dumais
Rereferred To Budget And Taxation And Judicial Proceedings on 03/29/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Victim Notification - Dissemination and National Standards [SB-1025]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering a definition of "disseminate" to exclude providing information to victims of crime or their representatives; altering the purposes of specified provisions of law relating to the Criminal Justice Information System; and requiring the Department of Information Technology to conduct a specified study relating to interfaces used for automated victim notification and to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2017.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee
Hearing 3/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/15/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Victim's Representative Notification - License Suspension Hearing [HB-1071]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to distribute the victim's representation notification form developed by the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to each law enforcement agency in the State; requiring a specified investigating agency to provide specified information and a specified form to a victim's representative; altering the time period during which a victim's representative may file a specified form to at least 30 days prior to a specified hearing; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin E Holmes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 702 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kits - Analysis [HB-1076]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring a specified law enforcement agency to submit a sexual assault evidence collection kit to a forensic laboratory for analysis within 30 days of receipt, to notify the victim when the kit was sent and of the results of the analysis, to utilize community-based sexual assault victim service organizations, and ensure privacy protections; requiring a specified forensic laboratory to take specified actions within 150 days; requiring the development of specified policies and procedures; applying the Act retroactively; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/17/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Postsentencing - Victim Notification [SB-934]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Expanding the types of crimes for which a victim may receive specified notification regarding a specified offender's mandatory supervision, parole, commutation of sentence, pardon, or remission of sentence; expanding the types of crimes for which a victim may submit a specified impact statement to the Parole Commission or the Division of Parole and Probation; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Smith
Favorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 04/10/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Human Trafficking Victims - Establishment of Workgroup [SB-1018]
[Human Rights ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing the Workgroup to Study Single-Point Entry for Services and Criminal Immunity for Victims of Human Trafficking; providing the purpose of the Workgroup is to study issues relating to a single point of entry for minors who are victims of human trafficking; requiring the Workgroup to submit a final report on its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2019; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/17/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Death Penalty - Law Enforcement Officers and First Responders [SB-958]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Providing that a person who is convicted of first-degree murder may be sentenced to death under specified circumstances; providing that the murder of a law enforcement officer or a first responder under specified circumstances constitutes aggravating circumstances that the court or jury must consider in making a determination as to the imposition of the death penalty; establishing procedures for the imposition of the death penalty; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. J.B. Jennings
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/21/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Workgroup to Study Safe Harbor Policy for Youth Victims of Human Trafficking - Sunset Extension [SB-1017]
[Human Rights ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Extending the termination date to June 30, 2019, for the Workgroup to Study Safe Harbor Policy for Youth Victims of Human Trafficking; requiring the Workgroup to submit specified reports to the Governor and the General Assembly; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 164 on 04/18/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Pretrial Release [SB-983]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring a judicial officer to make a specified determination regarding release or detention of a defendant before trial; requiring a judicial officer to consider specified information; prohibiting a judicial officer from imposing specified financial conditions of release on a defendant for a specified reason; establishing the Pretrial Services Workgroup to examine the financial impacts of pretrial release conditions, conduct public hearings, and study what pretrial release services were provided to defendants; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Anthony Muse
Hearing 4/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 04/05/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Conditional Release - Electronic Monitoring (Amber's Law) [SB-976]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring a judicial officer to provide a specified individual with the opportunity to request specified reasonable protections for the safety of an alleged victim or the victim's family at a specified time; requiring that a specified victim impact statement identify a request by a victim that a person be placed on electronic monitoring or electronic monitoring with victim stay-away alert technology; requiring that information be available to a victim on how to request that a person be placed on specified electronic monitoring; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Favorable With Amendments Report By Judicial Proceedings on 04/10/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Public Information Act - Inspection of Records From Body-Worn Digital Recording Devices [SB-970]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring a custodian of records to deny inspection of the part of a recording from a specified body-worn digital recording device worn by a law enforcement officer regarding specified individuals; requiring specified notification of specified individuals under specified circumstances; requiring the Attorney General to adopt specified regulations in consultation with specified groups; requiring a custodian of records to allow inspection of a recording under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/17/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Sexual Assault Victims Resources Act of 2017 [SB-734]
[Crime ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Expanding the services to be provided by specified sexual assault crisis programs; specifying criteria for receiving specified grant funding; requiring the Governor to include $3,000,000 each fiscal year in the State budget; authorizing the Governor, under specified circumstances, to reduce a specified appropriation; establishing the Maryland Sexual Assault Evidence Kit Policy and Funding Committee; requiring the Attorney General to adopt specified regulations in consultation with the Committee; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 659 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Death Penalty - Law Enforcement Officers, Correctional Officers, and First Responders [HB-881]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Providing that a person who is convicted of first-degree murder may be sentenced to death under specified circumstances; providing that the murder of a law enforcement officer, a correctional officer, or a first responder under specified circumstances constitutes aggravating circumstances that the court or jury must consider in making a determination as to the imposition of the death penalty; establishing procedures for the imposition of the death penalty; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus R Kipke
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/06/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Testing - HIV and Hepatitis C [SB-781]
[Healthcare ]
[Crime ]
[Public Health ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Including hepatitis C as a disease for which a person charged with causing prohibited exposure may be tested under specified circumstances; authorizing a judge to issue an emergency order to obtain an oral swab from a person to be tested for the presence of HIV when it is made to appear there is probable cause to believe that the person has caused prohibited exposure to a victim; requiring a law enforcement officer to deliver an oral swab to a local health official or health care provider for immediate testing; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 485 on 05/04/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Petition for Expungement [SB-774]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting expungement of a specified assault in the second degree offense if the victim of that offense was disabled, a vulnerable adult, or a minor; limiting expungement of a specified offense relating to prostitution; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gail H Bates
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings; Withdrawn on 03/09/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Disclosure of Medical Records - Guardian Ad Litem - Victims of Crime or Delinquent Acts [SB-666]
[Healthcare ]
[Crime ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Disabilities ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring a health care provider to disclose a medical record without specified authorization to a guardian ad litem appointed by a court to protect specified interests of a minor or a disabled or elderly individual who is a specified victim, for a specified purpose and for use in specified court proceedings; authorizing a specified guardian ad litem to redisclose a specified record under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Smith
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 165 on 04/18/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Public Information Act - Inspection of Records From Body-Worn Digital Recording Devices [HB-767]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Requiring a custodian of records to deny inspection of the part of a recording from a specified body-worn digital recording device worn by a law enforcement officer regarding specified individuals; requiring specified notification of specified individuals; requiring the Police Training and Standards Commission to develop specified uniform standards and policies in consultation with specified groups; requiring a custodian of records to allow inspection of a recording under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen M Dumais
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/23/2017