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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Education – Coaches – Mental Health Training [SB-165]
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Requiring the State Department of Education to develop guidelines for public schools and the Maryland Higher Education Commission to develop guidelines for public institutions of higher education to train coaches to recognize indicators of mental illness and behavioral distress in students who participate in athletic programs in public schools and public institutions of higher education; requiring public schools and public institutions that offer athletic programs to provide a certain mental health training to coaches; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian J. Feldman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 734 on 05/16/2024
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Education - Student Behavior - Parent and Guardian Notice and Required Counseling (Parent and Guardian Accountability Act) [HB-206]
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Establishing that it is unlawful for a parent or guardian of a student in a public school to fail to seek and participate in counseling with the parent's or guardian's child after receiving a certain notice of violent and disruptive behavior; and requiring a public school principal to provide a certain written notice to the parent or guardian of a student who engages in two or more incidents of violent and disruptive behavior on school premises or during school-related activities during the school year.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert B. Long
Hearing 1/31 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination Review Process [HB-175]
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[Crime ]
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Establishing a predetermination review process for occupational licenses and certificates in certain departments of State government; authorizing a department to charge a criminal history review fee of not more than $100 or to waive the fee under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Andrea Fletcher Harrison
Referred Finance Education, Energy, And The Environment on 03/18/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Homicide or Life-Threatening Injury by Motor Vehicle or Vessel - Parole Eligibility and Penalties [SB-87]
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[Public Safety ]
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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: Sen. Mary Elizabeth Carozza
Hearing 2/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/15/2024
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Public Safety - Statewide DNA Database System, DNA Collection, and Penalties - Alterations [SB-967]
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Altering the circumstances in which a certain DNA sample must be collected from an individual charged with or convicted of certain offenses for storage in the statewide DNA database system within the Department of State Police; providing that a DNA sample collected from an individual charged with certain offenses may not be placed in the database system until after a certain time; and prohibiting an individual from refusing to provide a DNA sample as required for collection in the database system.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Anthony Muse
Hearing 3/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/16/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Office of the Attorney General - Violent Crimes Special Prosecution Unit for Baltimore City [HB-1266]
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Establishing the Violent Crimes Special Prosecution Unit for Baltimore City in the Office of the Attorney General to prosecute violent crimes in Baltimore City, in coordination with local, State, and federal law enforcement; requiring the Governor, for fiscal year 2023 and each fiscal year thereafter, to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of at least $10,000,000 for the Unit; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nino Mangione
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/17/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Public Safety - Gun Violence Victim Relocation Program - Establishment [SB-921]
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Establishing the Gun Violence Victim Relocation Program within the Victim Services Unit of the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services 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 as a special, nonlapsing fund; requiring the Victim Services Unit to establish a certain oversight commission; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory V. McCray
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/16/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Department of Emergency Management - Office of Domestic Terrorism Response [HB-1075]
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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: Rep. Samuel I Rosenberg
Third Reading Passed (100-35) on 03/20/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure – Plea Agreements – Crime of Violence [HB-959]
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Prohibiting a person who has been convicted of a certain crime of violence from entering into a plea agreement; and applying the Act prospectively.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven J. Arentz
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Public Safety - Gun Violence Victim Relocation Program - Establishment [HB-974]
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Establishing the Gun Violence Victim Relocation Program within the Victim Services Unit of the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services 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 as a special, nonlapsing fund; requiring the Victim Services Unit to establish a certain oversight commission; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank M Conaway
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Transportation – Assaults on Public Transit Operators – Report [HB-1049]
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[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Maryland Transit Administration to submit a report by December 1, 2023, and each year thereafter on assaults on public transit operators to each local executive authority, the State's Attorney for each county, and certain committees of the General Assembly; and requiring the report to include information on the nature of each assault, the mode of transit involved, the location of the assault, whether the police were involved, and the outcome of any investigation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Bridges
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 502 on 05/08/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Victim Compensation - Alterations [HB-861]
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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 amount and types of awards the Board is authorized to make to victims of crime; authorizing reconsideration and judicial review of decisions of the Board; requiring the Governor to include $7,000,000 in the annual budget bill for the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund beginning in fiscal year 2025; and altering funding for the Fund.
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephanie Smith
First Reading Judiciary on 02/09/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Statewide Rental Assistance Voucher Program – Establishment [HB-826]
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Establishing a Statewide Rental Assistance Voucher Program in the Department of Housing and Community Development to provide vouchers and housing assistance payments for low-income families that are on a waiting list under the federal Housing Choice Voucher Program; requiring the Department and public housing agencies to administer the State Program; requiring the Governor, for fiscal years 2025, 2026, and 2027, to include in the annual budget bill $10,000,000 for the State Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle K. Wilkins
Referred Rules on 04/10/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Pretrial Release - Crime of Violence (No Bail for Repeat Violent Offenders Act of 2023) [HB-736]
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Prohibiting a judicial officer from authorizing the pretrial release of a defendant who is charged with a crime of violence if the defendant has a pending charge for a crime of violence or was convicted within the previous 10 years of a crime of violence.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus R Kipke
Hearing 2/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Crimes - Interception of Wire, Oral, or Electronic Communications - Exception for Imminent Danger and Admission as Evidence [SB-749]
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[Data Privacy ]
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Authorizing a person to intercept a wire, oral, or electronic communication when the person reasonably believes that the person is in imminent danger of becoming the victim of a crime of violence, stalking, abuse, or a violation of a protective order; and authorizing the admission of a communication intercepted as authorized under the Act as evidence under certain circumstances and subject to certain notice requirements.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Folden
Hearing 3/09 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Statewide Rental Assistance Voucher Program - Establishment [SB-848]
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[Poverty ]
[Community Development ]
Establishing a Statewide Rental Assistance Voucher Program in the Department of Housing and Community Development to provide vouchers and housing assistance payments for low-income families that are currently on a waiting list under the federal Housing Choice Voucher Program for housing in units approved by the Department or a public housing agency, in accordance with guidelines under the federal program; and requiring the Department and public housing agencies to administer the State Program.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy J Guzzone
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 446 on 05/08/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Department of Emergency Management - Office of Domestic Terrorism Response [SB-785]
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[Public Safety ]
[National Security ]
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; and requiring the Maryland Task Force on Preventing and Countering Domestic Terrorisn to serve in an advisory role for the Office.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Violent Crime - Parole [HB-715]
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[Criminal Justice ]
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Altering the portion of a sentence that must be served before a certain inmate convicted of a certain violent crime committed on or after October 1, 2023, can be paroled; and altering the number of years that must be served before a certain inmate who has been sentenced to life imprisonment on or after October 1, 2023, can be paroled.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin L. Grammer
Hearing 2/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Prince George’s County Violence Interrupter Support Program Fund [SB-833]
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Establishing the Prince George's County Violence Interrupter Support Program Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund to provide funding for violence interrupter support programs that use community-based efforts to reduce incidents of violence in Prince George's County; authorizing the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $1,000,000 to the Fund in fiscal years 2025 through 2028; and requiring interest earnings of the Fund to be credited to the Fund.
Sponsored by: Sen. Prince George's County Senators
Hearing Canceled on 03/26/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Public Information Act - Personnel Records - Police Officers [SB-747]
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[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Data Privacy ]
Providing that records relating to investigations of police officers for misconduct are personnel records under the Public Information Act, except for records relating to allegations of excessive force or racial bias.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Folden
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2023