Public Safety - Persistent Aerial Surveillance [HB-682]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Drones ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Prohibiting persistent aerial surveillance by a unit, an agency, or a political subdivision of the State to gather evidence or other information in a criminal investigation, subject to certain exceptions; and defining "persistent aerial surveillance" as the use of aircraft to record video or a concurrent series of images or pictures that when viewed in aggregate depict a person's actions over time.
HB-682: Public Safety - Persistent Aerial Surveillance
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025
Real Property - Fraudulent Possession and Unauthorized Lease or Listing - Prohibition and Removal [SB-556]
[Real Estate ]
[Crime ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Property Tax ]
Prohibiting the knowing and willful presentation of certain false documents in order to possess real property; prohibiting a person from leasing to another real property the person does not own or is not authorized to lease and from listing or advertising for sale real property if the person knows the purported seller is not the owner of the property; etc.
SB-556: Real Property - Fraudulent Possession and Unauthorized Lease or Listing - Prohibition and Removal
Sponsored by: Sen. Justin Ready
Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/28/2025
Related To Law Enforcement. [HB-1189]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Requires law enforcement to post notice that a warranted or warrantless search has been conducted on a property. Requires a law enforcement officer to secure any entrance used by an officer in the search.
HB-1189: Related To Law Enforcement.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terez Amato
Referred To Jha, Referral Sheet 4 on 01/27/2025
Real Property - Landlord and Tenant - Procedures for Failure to Pay Rent, Breach of Lease, and Tenant Holding Over [SB-442]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
Requiring a landlord to provide certain notice to a tenant when a court has issued a warrant of restitution for a failure of a tenant to pay rent, a breach of lease, or a tenant holding over under certain circumstances; establishing certain procedures and requirements for the execution of a warrant for repossession; establishing that the Act does not restrict the authority of the State or a local jurisdiction to enact or enforce certain legislation; and applying the Act prospectively.
SB-442: Real Property - Landlord and Tenant - Procedures for Failure to Pay Rent, Breach of Lease, and Tenant Holding Over
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Sydnor
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/05/2025
Criminal Law - Third-Degree Assault [HB-544]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing that it is a misdemeanor to intentionally cause offensive contact, engage in conduct tending to put another in fear of offensive contact, or attempt to cause offensive contact; and altering a certain list of convictions that are eligible for expungement under certain circumstances.
HB-544: Criminal Law - Third-Degree Assault
Sponsored by: Rep. David Moon
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/27/2025
Motor Vehicles - Automated Enforcement Programs - Privacy Protections [HB-516]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring a custodian of recorded images produced by certain automated enforcement systems to deny inspection of the images, subject to certain exceptions; prohibiting certain State and local agencies from using a recorded image or associated data from an automated enforcement system subject to certain exceptions; and establishing certain requirements and authorizations for the removal and destruction of recorded images and associated data produced by an automated enforcement system.
HB-516: Motor Vehicles - Automated Enforcement Programs - Privacy Protections
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 464 on 05/13/2025
Related To Law Enforcement. [SB-601]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Requires law enforcement to post notice that a warranted or warrantless search has been conducted on a property. Requires a law enforcement officer to secure any entrance used by an officer in the search. Requires law enforcement agencies to develop a policy for securing the entrances to a house, store, or other building designated as a place to be searched after a search is completed. Allows the breaking of any doors, gates, other bars to the entrance, closets, and other closed places during a search when reasonable and other means of entering
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SB-601: Related To Law Enforcement.
Sponsored by: Sen. Donna Kim
Act 245, On 06/30/2025 (gov. Msg. No. 1348). on 06/30/2025
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.
HB-352: Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2025
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 604 on 05/20/2025
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.
SB-321: Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2025
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing Canceled on 02/14/2025
Courts and Judicial Proceedings - Statement of Charges - Human Service Workers [HB-302]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Expanding certain provisions of law relating to a certain investigation and recommendation by a State's Attorney concerning the filing of a statement of charges against certain professionals to include certain human service workers.
HB-302: Courts and Judicial Proceedings - Statement of Charges - Human Service Workers
Sponsored by: Rep. David Moon
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 134 on 04/22/2025
State and Local Government - Sanctuary Policies and Enforcement of Federal Immigration Law (Rachel Morin Act) [HB-85]
[Immigration ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[National Security ]
[Public Safety ]
Repealing provisions of law prohibiting law enforcement agents from taking certain actions related to an individual's citizenship or immigration status; prohibiting a county or municipality from adopting, enacting, or enforcing a sanctuary policy; requiring a county or municipality to fully cooperate with federal immigration authorities regarding certain individuals unlawfully present in the United States; etc.
HB-85: State and Local Government - Sanctuary Policies and Enforcement of Federal Immigration Law (Rachel Morin Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Nino Mangione
Hearing Canceled on 02/17/2025
Davis Martinez Public Employee Safety and Health Act [HB-176]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Correctional Training Commission to adopt regulations for the training, issuance, and use of body-worn cameras by January 1, 2026; establishing the Public Employees' Safety and Health Unit in the Division of Labor and Industry to administer and enforce certain duties regarding the oversight of workplace safety and health of employees of certain public bodies; establishing and applying certain civil and criminal penalties to public bodies and persons in government; etc.
HB-176: Davis Martinez Public Employee Safety and Health Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Solomon
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 609 on 05/20/2025
No-Knock Warrants [HB-255]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Repealing the authority for the issuance and execution of a no-knock search warrant; establishing that a warrant may not authorize an officer to enter a building, apartment, premises, or place without first announcing the officer's purpose and authority; specifying that a warrant may be executed only between 8:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.; and requiring an officer executing a search warrant, prior to entering certain areas to be searched, to give reasonable notice to alert any occupants of the officer's authority and purpose.
HB-255: No-Knock Warrants
Sponsored by: Rep. Gabriel Acevero
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025
Davis Martinez Public Employee Safety and Health Act [SB-26]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Health ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Crime ]
Requiring the Correctional Training Commission to adopt regulations for the training, issuance, and use of body-worn cameras by January 1, 2026; establishing the Public Employees' Safety and Health Unit in the Division of Labor and Industry to administer and enforce certain duties regarding the oversight of workplace safety and health of employees of certain public bodies; establishing and applying certain civil and criminal penalties to public bodies and persons in government; etc.
SB-26: Davis Martinez Public Employee Safety and Health Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Kramer
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 608 on 05/20/2025
Criminal Procedure – District Court Commissioners and False Statements [HB-21]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a District Court commissioner from issuing an arrest warrant to an individual other than a police officer or a State's Attorney; increasing the penalty for making a certain false statement or report to a certain governmental official or unit from 6 months to up to 3 years imprisonment; and retaining the maximum $500 fine.
HB-21: Criminal Procedure – District Court Commissioners and False Statements
Sponsored by: Rep. Jackie Addison
Hearing 1/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/10/2025
Real Property - Expedited Wrongful Detainer Proceedings - Property for Sale or Lease [HB-271]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Property Tax ]
Requiring certain expedited proceedings in a wrongful detainer action if the property that is the subject of the action is, at the time of the complaint, advertised or listed for sale or lease by the complainant and requiring that notice of a hearing or appeal be served in person or, under certain circumstances, posted conspicuously on the property; etc.
HB-271: Real Property - Expedited Wrongful Detainer Proceedings - Property for Sale or Lease
Sponsored by: Rep. Jackie Addison
Hearing Canceled on 03/04/2025
Real Property - Recovery of Possession - Filing of Sworn Affidavit [SB-1181]
[Real Estate ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Housing ]
[Property Tax ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the District Court to issue, and a sheriff to immediately execute, a warrant for possession of a property to a person that has submitted a sworn affidavit stating that a person is unlawfully in possession of the property.
SB-1181: Real Property - Recovery of Possession - Filing of Sworn Affidavit
Sponsored by: Sen. J.B. Jennings
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/20/2024
Criminal Procedure - District Court Commissioners and False Statements [HB-1183]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a District Court commissioner from issuing an arrest warrant to an individual other than a police officer or a State's Attorney; and increasing the penalty for making a certain false statement or report to a certain governmental official or unit from 6 months to up to 3 years imprisonment.
HB-1183: Criminal Procedure - District Court Commissioners and False Statements
Sponsored by: Rep. Caylin Young
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2024
Criminal Organizations - Underlying Crime [HB-1063]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the definition of "underlying crime" that is applicable to certain prohibitions against participation in criminal organizations.
Real Property - Landlord and Tenant - Procedures for Failure to Pay Rent, Breach of Lease, and Tenant Holding Over [HB-1114]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Property Tax ]
Requiring a landlord to provide certain notice to a tenant when a court has issued a warrant of restitution for a failure of a tenant to pay rent, a breach of lease, or a tenant holding over under certain circumstances; establishing certain procedures and requirements for the execution of a warrant for repossession; providing for the disposition of certain personal property following the execution of a warrant of restitution; etc.
HB-1114: Real Property - Landlord and Tenant - Procedures for Failure to Pay Rent, Breach of Lease, and Tenant Holding Over
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2024