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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Comprehensive Community Safety Funding Act [HB-935]
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[Taxes ]
[Crime ]
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Imposing an excise tax on certain gross receipts of certain firearms dealers derived from the sales of firearms, firearm accessories, and ammunition in the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric D. Ebersole
First Reading Ways And Means on 02/02/2024
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Criminal Law - Sexual Crimes - Definition of Consent and Repeal of Force [SB-758]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring certain facts to be considered when determining whether a lack of consent exists for the purposes of certain sexual crimes; altering the elements of second-degree rape to remove the requirement of use of force or threat of force; and requiring the Maryland Judiciary to report certain information to the General Assembly by October 1, 2024, and each October 1 thereafter.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian J. Feldman
Favorable With Amendments {963320/1 Adopted on 04/04/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Department of Emergency Management - Office of Domestic Terrorism Response [SB-755]
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[National Security ]
[Human Rights ]
Establishing the Office of Domestic Terrorism Response within the Maryland Department of Emergency Management for the purpose of implementing measures to prepare for, prevent, and recover from domestic terrorism and hate crimes; requiring the Maryland Task Force on Preventing and Countering Domestic Terrorism to serve in an advisory role for the Office; and requiring the Department to report annually by December 1 to the Governor and the General Assembly on the Office's activities, proposed legislation, and required resources.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/13/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Comprehensive Community Safety Funding Act [SB-784]
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[Taxes ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Altering the sales and use tax rate imposed on firearms, firearm accessories, and ammunition from 6% to 11%; and providing that the sales and use tax does not apply to the sale of certain firearm accessories and ammunition.
Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Ferguson
Hearing 3/28 At 12:00 P.m. on 03/28/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Criminal Law – Crime of Violence – Second Degree Assault of a School Employee or Subcontractor (School Assault Reduction and Prevention Act) [HB-758]
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[Criminal Justice ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing second degree assault of an employee or a subcontractor of a public or private elementary or secondary school as a crime of violence for certain purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason C. Buckel
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Family Law - Protective Orders - Crimes of Violence and Stalking [SB-743]
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[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Adding stalking to the list of offenses for which a certain individual may petition for a protective order; and altering certain provisions of law relating to the issuance of a permanent protective order.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff D. Waldstreicher
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/01/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Family Law - Protective Orders - Stalking and Permanent Protective Orders [HB-745]
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[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Expanding the definition of "person eligible for relief" under the domestic violence statutes to include an individual who alleges that the respondent committed stalking under certain circumstances; and altering certain provisions of law relating to the issuance of a permanent protective order.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin L. Grammer
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/21/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Juvenile Law - Reform [SB-744]
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[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering the jurisdiction of the juvenile court over a child of a certain age alleged to have committed a certain offense; altering certain procedures relating to juvenile intake, detention, and probation; requiring the Secretary of Juvenile Services to include certain programs in a certain plan; requiring the State Board of Victim Services to include certain information about filing a certain complaint in a certain pamphlet; repealing certain provisions relating to the State Advisory Board for Juvenile Services; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Smith
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/20/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Cannabis - Licensee Locations - Restrictions [HB-805]
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[Real Estate ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering the distance restrictions from 2000 feet to one-half mile applicable to a licensed cannabis dispensary; prohibiting a political subdivision from establishing certain zoning requirements that are more restrictive than certain zoning requirements that existed on June 30, 2023; authorizing at least 10 individuals who are residents, commercial tenants who are not holders of or applicants for a license, or real estate owners, and are located within 1,000 of the licensed premises to file a protest against a license; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 244 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Prince George's County - Student Support - Specialist Networks and Success Action Plans (Student Supports and Success Act) PG 502-24 [HB-821]
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[Children and Youth ]
Establishing a Student Support Specialist Network consisting of certain school-based personnel at each public high school in Prince George's County; requiring the Prince George's County Board of Education to develop a certain template using certain guidelines by December 31, 2024; and requiring each Student Support Specialist Network in the county to develop, complete, and implement a certain plan, subject to review and approval by the Prince George's County Board of Education.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 303 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Juvenile Law - Reform [HB-814]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering the jurisdiction of the juvenile court over a child of a certain age alleged to have committed a certain offense; altering certain provisions relating to the taking of a child into custody by a law enforcement officer; expanding certain provisions of law relating to the entry onto certain school or other property by, and the education of, certain sex offender registrants; altering certain provisions relating to the Commission on Juvenile Justice Reform and Emerging and Best Practices; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Luke Clippinger
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 735 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Prince George's County - Student Support and School Facilities and Public Safety Surcharges and Report - Sunset Extension [SB-654]
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[Children and Youth ]
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Establishing a Student Support Specialist Network consisting of certain school-based personnel at each public high school in Prince George's County; requiring the County Board of Education to develop a certain template using certain guidelines on or before December 31, 2024; altering the reporting date for the County to report to the County Council, the County School Board, and the County delegation to the General Assembly on the impact of the school facilities surcharge and the public safety surcharge to December 1, 2026; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo T. Washington
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 304 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Crimes – Interception of Wire, Oral, or Electronic Communications – Exception for Imminent Danger [SB-610]
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[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Data Privacy ]
Authorizing a person to intercept a wire, oral, or electronic communication if the person has a good faith belief that the person intercepting the communication or another person is in imminent danger of becoming the victim of a crime of violence, stalking, abuse, or a violation of a protective order.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Folden
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Homicide or Life-Threatening Injury by Motor Vehicle or Vessel - Parole Eligibility and Penalties [HB-683]
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[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Specifying that certain crimes involving homicide or life-threatening injury by motor vehicle or vessel are violent crimes for the purpose of parole eligibility; increasing penalties for certain crimes involving homicide or life-threatening injury by motor vehicle or vessel; and establishing a subsequent offender penalty for causing life-threatening injury by operating a motor vehicle or vessel in a criminally negligent manner.
Sponsored by: Rep. Rachel Munoz
Hearing Canceled on 02/21/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Sexual Crimes - Definition of Consent and Repeal of Force [HB-496]
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[Criminal Justice ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring certain facts to be considered when determining whether a lack of consent exists for the purposes of determining certain sexual crimes; altering the elements of second-degree rape to remove the requirement of use of force or threat of force; and requiring the Maryland Judiciary to report to the General Assembly, beginning October 1, 2024, and each October 1 thereafter, certain data for the preceding calendar year, disaggregated by county and offender age, race, and sex.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 761 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Unauthorized Dissemination of Personal Identifying Information - Prohibition [HB-555]
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[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Prohibiting the unauthorized dissemination of certain personal identifying information without permission, with the intent to threaten, intimidate, abuse, harass or frighten a person, or place the person in reasonable fear of death or serious bodily injury or intend the information to be used in such a way; establishing a cause of action for a person injured by the intentional dissemination of certain personal identifying information; establishing certain penalties; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin L. Grammer
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/30/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Victim Compensation - Alterations (Victim Compensation Reform Act of 2024) [HB-575]
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[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering the composition of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board; altering certain duties, powers, and procedures for the Board to make awards to victims of crime; altering the powers and duties of certain employees; altering the amount and types of awards the Board is authorized to make to certain victims of crime; authorizing reconsideration and judicial review of decisions of the Board; authorizing the Governor to include certain funding in the annual budget bill for the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 705 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Primary and Secondary Education - Comprehensive Health Education Framework - Established [HB-558]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the State Department of Education, in collaboration with the Maryland Department of Health, to develop a comprehensive health education framework; requiring each county board of education to create an age-appropriate curriculum that is consistent with the comprehensive health education framework; requiring each county board to establish policies, guidelines, and procedures for a parent or guardian to opt out of a certain topic for the parent's or guardian's student, subject to certain requirements; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Mental Health - Assisted Outpatient Treatment Programs [HB-576]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Human Services ]
Authorizing each county to establish an assisted outpatient treatment program by July 1, 2026; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish an assisted outpatient treatment program in a county that does not opt to establish the program by July 1, 2026; requiring the Office of the Public Defender to provide representation in assisted outpatient treatment proceedings; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 703 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Center for Firearm Violence Prevention and Intervention - Establishment [HB-583]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Public Health ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing the Center for Firearm Violence Prevention and Intervention in the Maryland Department of Health to reduce firearm violence, harm from firearm violence, and misuse of firearms in the State by partnering with federal, State, and local agencies and affected communities to implement a public health approach to firearm violence reduction; requiring the Center to submit to the Governor and the General Assembly by May 1, 2025, a preliminary State Plan for a Public Health Approach to Reducing Firearm Violence; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 706 on 05/16/2024