Study on Detecting Deadly Weapons in Public Middle and High Schools [HB-782]
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[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the Maryland Center for School Safety to study how best to detect deadly weapons in public middle and high schools and how best to rapidly report the detection of weapons to a law enforcement agency; requiring the Center to request any available assessment technologies evaluated under the Act; and requiring the Center to issue an interim report by December 1, 2025, and a final report on the findings of the study, in a manner that does not jeopardize school safety, by December 1, 2026.
HB-782: Study on Detecting Deadly Weapons in Public Middle and High Schools
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Ebersole
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 244 on 05/06/2025
You have voted HB-2095: Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of reckless discharge of a firearm in certain municipalities and counties..
SB-908: Relating to the regulation of certain firearm transfers, to the unlawful possession or acquisition of a firearm or ammunition, and to reports of lost or stolen firearms; creating criminal offenses.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cesar Blanco
Read First Time on 02/13/2025
You have voted SB-908: Relating to the regulation of certain firearm transfers, to the unlawful possession or acquisition of a firearm or ammunition, and to reports of lost or stolen firearms; creating criminal offenses..
HB-2066: Relating to the expunction of arrest records and files for certain defendants placed on deferred adjudication community supervision for the unlawful carrying of a handgun.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Tinderholt
Considered In Calendars on 04/30/2025
You have voted HB-2066: Relating to the expunction of arrest records and files for certain defendants placed on deferred adjudication community supervision for the unlawful carrying of a handgun..
HB-2044: Relating to certain offenses and conduct subject to expulsion that are associated with possessing, carrying, exhibiting, or using a firearm on or within 1,000 feet of school property.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eugene Wu
Read First Time on 03/14/2025
You have voted HB-2044: Relating to certain offenses and conduct subject to expulsion that are associated with possessing, carrying, exhibiting, or using a firearm on or within 1,000 feet of school property..
HB-2031: Relating to the possession, carrying, transporting, or storing of a firearm or firearm ammunition by a tenant on the leased premises; providing a civil penalty.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Tinderholt
Comte Report Filed With Committee Coordinator on 05/13/2025
You have voted HB-2031: Relating to the possession, carrying, transporting, or storing of a firearm or firearm ammunition by a tenant on the leased premises; providing a civil penalty..
Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing [HB-647]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering a certain definition of restrictive housing; limiting the amount of time that an individual may be placed in restrictive housing from approximately 22 hours to 17 hours in a 24-hour period; requiring all restrictive housing units to create the least restrictive environment necessary for certain purposes; prohibiting the placement of a certain member of a vulnerable population in restrictive housing for any period of time; etc.
Education - Prohibited Behavior on School Grounds and Property - Application [HB-627]
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[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Specifying that provisions of law prohibiting and penalizing certain disruptive and threatening behavior on certain school grounds and property do not apply to students who commit offenses at the institution they attend or students who commit offenses at another institution while participating in or attending a sporting event or other extracurricular program sponsored at that institution.
HB-627: Education - Prohibited Behavior on School Grounds and Property - Application
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Ebersole
Favorable Report By Ways And Means on 01/29/2025