Victims
Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Victims and Witnesses - U Nonimmigrant Status - Certification of Victim Helpfulness [SB-616]
[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: Sen. Victor R. Ramirez
Favorable With Amendments Report By Judicial Proceedings on 04/10/2017
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Civil Action - Unauthorized Access to Computers and Data [HB-772]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Crime ]
Authorizing a victim of a specified offense to bring a civil action for damages against a specified person; providing for the recovery of reasonable attorney's fees and court costs in an action brought under the Act; and providing for the prospective application of the Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ned Carey
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 02/27/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Shieldable Conviction - Motion to Vacate Judgment [SB-480]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Altering the type of conviction on which a specified motion to vacate may be based; altering the contents of the motion; requiring a specified person to provide the State's Attorney with a copy of the motion; authorizing the State's Attorney to file a response to the motion at a specified time; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings; Withdrawn on 03/15/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Victims and Witnesses - Out of Court Statement of Child Victim [HB-483]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Expanding a specified evidentiary rule to render admissible a specified statement made by a specified child victim to a specified adult describing a specified offense.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary
Hearing 3/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/28/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Shieldable Conviction - Motion to Vacate Judgment [HB-502]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the type of conviction on which a specified motion to vacate may be based; altering the contents of a specified motion to vacate; requiring a specified person to provide the State's Attorney with a copy of the motion; authorizing the State's Attorney to file a response to a motion to vacate; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen M Dumais
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary; Withdrawn on 03/13/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Sexual Offenses - Physical Resistance [HB-429]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing that evidence of physical resistance by a victim is not required to prove that a sexual crime was committed; establishing that a specified provision of the Act may not be construed to affect the admissibility of evidence of actual physical resistance by a victim of a sexual crime; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel T Oaks
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 163 on 04/18/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Sexual Assault Victims' Rights - Disposal of Rape Kit Evidence and Notification [SB-349]
[Crime ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring a specified health care provider to provide a victim of sexual assault with written information describing the laws and policies governing the testing, preservation, and disposal of a sexual assault evidence collection kit; requiring a hospital or child advocacy center to transfer a sexual assault evidence collection kit to a law enforcement agency within 30 days of the exam; prohibiting a law enforcement agency from destroying or disposing of specified evidence of sexual assault within 20 years of its collection; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 158 on 04/18/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Civil Action - Unauthorized Access to Computers and Data [SB-287]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Crime ]
Authorizing a victim of a specified offense to bring a civil action for damages against a specified person; providing for the recovery of reasonable attorney's fees and court costs in an action brought under the Act; and providing for the prospective application of the Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings; Withdrawn on 02/20/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Sexual Assault Victims' Rights - Disposal of Rape Kit Evidence and Notification [HB-255]
[Crime ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring a specified health care provider to provide a victim of sexual assault with written information describing the laws and policies governing the testing, preservation, and disposal of a sexual assault evidence collection kit; requiring a hospital or child advocacy center to transfer a sexual assault evidence collection kit to a law enforcement agency within 30 days of the exam; prohibiting a law enforcement agency from destroying or disposing of specified evidence of sexual assault within 20 years of its collection; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 159 on 04/18/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Duplicate Drivers' Licenses - Victims of Robbery [HB-244]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing a victim of a robbery whose driver's license is taken during the robbery to drive without a license for 2 weeks under specified circumstances; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration, when processing an application for a duplicate license of a victim of a robbery, to process the victim's application on an expedited basis and give the application precedence over other applications for duplicate licenses under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. C. William Frick
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/01/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Prostitution and Assignation - Penalties [SB-271]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering the penalty to which a person is subject on conviction of procuring or soliciting or offering to procure or solicit for prostitution or assignation; altering the penalty to which a person is subject on conviction of engaging in prostitution or assignation; and altering the penalty to which a person is subject for keeping, setting up, occupying, maintaining, or operating specified structures for prostitution or assignation.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings; Withdrawn on 02/20/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Disclosure of Medical Records - Guardian Ad Litem - Victims of Crime or Delinquent Acts [HB-233]
[Healthcare ]
[Crime ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[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 use in specified court proceedings; authorizing a specified guardian ad litem to redisclose a specified record under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Erek Barron
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 166 on 04/18/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Public Safety - Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission - Sexual Assault Investigation Training [HB-213]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to develop and maintain a uniform, statewide training and certification curriculum to ensure use of best practices in sexual assault investigations; requiring the Commission to determine the percentage of officers required to receive the in-service training and the frequency at which officers should receive refresher training; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen M Dumais
Hearing 3/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/22/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Sexual Offenses - Physical Resistance [SB-217]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing that evidence of physical resistance by a victim is not required to prove that a sexual crime was committed; establishing that a specified provision of the Act may not be construed to affect the admissibility of evidence of actual physical resistance by a victim of a sexual crime; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 160 on 04/18/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Pretrial Release - Victim Protection [SB-219]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring that a confidential supplement to an application for statement of charges and a statement of probable cause provide for a request by an alleged victim or the victim's representative for reasonable protections and registration with the State's Victim Information and Notification Everyday vendor; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Hearing 1/31 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Police Training Commission - Training Requirements - Human Trafficking [SB-220]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the Police Training Commission to require that the specified entrance-level and in-service police training conducted by the State and each county and municipal police training school include specified training relating to the criminal laws concerning human trafficking, including services and support available to victims and the rights and appropriate treatment of victims; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 645 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Health Insurance - Required Conformity With Federal Law [HB-123]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
Altering the length of a policy term and the information provided in a specified notice for short-term medical insurance procured from a nonadmitted insurer; making specified provisions of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act relating to preventive and wellness services and chronic disease management applicable to specified individual health insurance coverage; authorizing the dependents of specified victims to enroll in a specified health plan, at a specified time, under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Health and Government Operations
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 720 on 05/25/2017
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South Dakota 2017 Regular Session
Revise the state automated victim notification system. [SB-26]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Revise the state automated victim notification system.
Sponsored by: Sen. Judiciary
Signed By The Governor On February 15, 2017 S.j. 408 on 02/16/2017