Criminal Procedure - Search Warrants - Utility Meters [HB-56]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Prohibiting a law enforcement officer from accessing utility data information recorded by a smart meter in the course of an investigation from certain utility companies without a certain search warrant.
Landlord-Tenant Action - Body Attachment - Prohibition (Jared Kushner Act) [HB-545]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a court from issuing a body attachment for a tenant who is a defendant in a landlord-tenant action in which the amount of rent claimed does not exceed $5,000, exclusive of interest and costs.
Criminal Procedure - Incompetency and Criminal Responsibility [HB-385]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring a court to determine eligibility for and conditions of pretrial release for a certain defendant in accordance with certain rules at a certain time; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to arrange for admission of a certain defendant to an appropriate facility within 21 days after the date of commitment in accordance with the Health Department's facility and admission policy; etc.
HB-385: Criminal Procedure - Incompetency and Criminal Responsibility
Sponsored by: Rep.
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 02/19/2018
Criminal Procedure - Charging Procedures and Documents - Citation [HB-323]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Modifying the circumstances under which a police officer is required to charge by citation; modifying the categories of offenses for which a police officer is authorized to charge by citation; and modifying the circumstances under which a police officer may charge a defendant by citation.
HB-323: Criminal Procedure - Charging Procedures and Documents - Citation
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Hearing 1/30 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/30/2018
Maryland Dentistry Act - Revisions [HB-1726]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing the president or executive director of the State Board of Dental Examiners to apply to a District Court or circuit court for a search warrant to enter private premises where the Board has determined there is cause to believe that an individual, who is not licensed to practice, is practicing or intending to practice clinical dentistry; authorizing the Board to issue a cease and desist order; prohibiting a person from practicing or intending to practice clinical or nonclinical dentistry without a certain license; etc.
HB-1726: Maryland Dentistry Act - Revisions
Sponsored by: Rep.
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/19/2018
Criminal Procedure - Firearms - Transfer [HB-1646]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring a State's Attorney to serve a written notice on a certain defendant, defendant's counsel, and the court prior to trial or the acceptance of a guilty plea or the equivalent; requiring a court to inform, verbally or in writing, a defendant convicted of a certain offense that the defendant is prohibited from possessing certain firearms and is ordered to transfer certain firearms in accordance with the Act; authorizing the court to issue a search warrant based on probable cause that certain weapons have not been surrendered; etc.
HB-1646: Criminal Procedure - Firearms - Transfer
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 251 on 04/24/2018
Criminal Procedure - Pretrial Release Services Program - Victim Notification [HB-1520]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring a judicial officer to consider the recommendation of a certain pretrial release services program in making a certain determination; requiring a court or District Court commissioner to consider including certain no contact provisions as a condition of pretrial release if a certain pretrial release services program has made a certain request; requiring a certain pretrial release services program to notify the court on receipt of certain information; etc.
Criminal Procedure – Immigration – Supporting All Families Everywhere [HB-1461]
[Immigration ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Providing that an official of State government or a local government is immune from criminal and civil liability for refusing to provide information to the federal government or another state that will be used for certain purposes; stating it is the intent of the General Assembly to maintain community trust in Maryland governmental operations and law enforcement by clarifying the parameters of State and local participation in federal immigration enforcement efforts; requiring the Attorney General to develop certain policies; etc.
HB-1461: Criminal Procedure – Immigration – Supporting All Families Everywhere
Sponsored by: Rep. Tawanna Gaines
Hearing 3/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/13/2018
Criminal Procedure - Expungement - Expansion (Maryland Record Expungement Designed to Enhance Employment (REDEEM) Act of 2018) [HB-1383]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Authorizing a person who is the subject of a certain warrant to file a certain petition for expungement; providing that a person who, on or after October 1, 2018, has been charged with the commission of a certain crime, has been charged with a certain civil offense or infraction, or is the subject of a certain warrant is entitled to automatic expungement of certain records under certain circumstances; specifying that certain dispositions are eligible for automatic expungement at certain times; etc.
HB-1383: Criminal Procedure - Expungement - Expansion (Maryland Record Expungement Designed to Enhance Employment (REDEEM) Act of 2018)
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrienne Jones
Hearing 3/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/13/2018
You have voted HB-1383: Criminal Procedure - Expungement - Expansion (Maryland Record Expungement Designed to Enhance Employment (REDEEM) Act of 2018).
Civil Actions – Body Attachment – Procedures [HB-1081]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Requiring a judicial officer to give a certain individual taken into custody on a body attachment the opportunity to make a complete declaration of the individual's income and assets on a certain form; requiring a judicial officer to release an individual on personal recognizance without any additional conditions and to provide a copy of a certain declaration to a certain judgment creditor under certain circumstances; and requiring the Court of Appeals to adopt a certain form.
HB-1081: Civil Actions – Body Attachment – Procedures
Sponsored by: Rep. Carolyn Howard
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/21/2018
Juvenile Law – Witnesses – Body Attachment [HB-1023]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Authorizing the juvenile court, in a certain case in which jurisdiction is transferred from a court exercising criminal jurisdiction, to issue body attachments for witnesses as provided by a certain Maryland Rule.
HB-1023: Juvenile Law – Witnesses – Body Attachment
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 783 on 05/15/2018
Licensing and Registration - Unpaid Fines or Failure to Appear - Penalties [SB-925]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Repealing the requirement that an individual have $300 of unpaid fines before qualifying to enter into a payment plan with the clerk of the court to pay certain overdue fines; requiring that a traffic citation provide certain notice that a person may be unable to have the person's driver's license or permit issued, reissued, or renewed under certain circumstances; clarifying the circumstances under which the Motor Vehicle Administration may charge a fee to an individual for certain registration renewal; etc.
SB-925: Licensing and Registration - Unpaid Fines or Failure to Appear - Penalties
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris West
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/14/2019
Criminal Procedure - Expungement - Expansion [SB-833]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Repealing a certain provision of law that authorizes the expungement of certain convictions; authorizing a person who is the subject of a certain warrant to file a certain petition for expungement; authorizing a person who was found guilty of a certain civil offense or infraction to file a certain petition for expungement; authorizing a person who was convicted of a misdemeanor or a certain felony to file a certain petition for expungement; etc.
Division of Parole and Probation - Central Home Detention Unit - Powers [SB-779]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Establishing the Central Home Detention Unit of the Division of Parole and Probation; authorizing the Director of the Division of Parole and Probation to authorize certain employees of the Central Home Detention Unit to exercise certain powers, including executing warrants for the retaking or arrest of certain offenders and executing search warrants; requiring an employee of the Central Home Detention Unit to meet certain minimum qualifications and training of the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission; etc.
SB-779: Division of Parole and Probation - Central Home Detention Unit - Powers
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings; Withdrawn on 04/08/2019
Criminal Procedure - Pretrial Release Services Program - Victim Notification [SB-551]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring a judicial officer to consider the recommendation of a certain pretrial release services program in making a certain determination; requiring a court or District Court commissioner to consider including certain no-contact provisions as a condition of pretrial release if a certain pretrial release services program has made a certain request; requiring a certain pretrial release services program to notify the court on receipt of certain information; etc.
Juveniles Charged as Adults – Confidentiality of Records [SB-452]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing that, pending a determination by a court exercising criminal jurisdiction in a case involving a child whether to transfer its jurisdiction to the juvenile court, provisions of law relating to the confidentiality of juvenile records apply to all police records and court records concerning the child from the time of the child's arrest until a certain event occurs; establishing that, if a case is transferred to the juvenile court, certain provisions of law relating to confidentiality of juvenile records continue to apply; etc.
SB-452: Juveniles Charged as Adults – Confidentiality of Records
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Delegates Moon, W. Fisher, And Bartlett on 04/08/2019
Criminal Procedure - Charging Procedures and Documents - Citation [SB-341]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Modifying the circumstances under which a police officer is required to charge by citation for certain misdemeanor or local ordinance violations that have an imprisonment penalty of up to 90 days; modifying the categories of offenses for which a police officer is authorized to charge by citation; and modifying the circumstances under which a police officer may charge a defendant by citation.
SB-341: Criminal Procedure - Charging Procedures and Documents - Citation
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/11/2019
Criminal Law - Death Penalty - Law Enforcement Officers and First Responders [SB-295]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Providing that a person who is convicted of first-degree murder may be sentenced to death under certain circumstances; providing that the murder of a law enforcement officer or a first responder under certain 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.
SB-295: Criminal Law - Death Penalty - Law Enforcement Officers and First Responders
Sponsored by: Sen. J.B. Jennings
First Reading Judicial Proceedings on 01/29/2019
Maryland Income Tax Refund - Warrant Intercept Program - Termination Repeal [SB-109]
[Taxes ]
[Crime ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Repealing the termination of a program authorizing certain warrant officers to request the Comptroller to withhold the income tax refund of certain individuals with certain outstanding warrants; etc.
SB-109: Maryland Income Tax Refund - Warrant Intercept Program - Termination Repeal
Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Reilly
First Reading Budget And Taxation on 01/15/2019