Public Safety – Rifles and Shotguns – Sales, Rentals, and Transfers [HB-4]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Providing that a person who is not a certain licensee may not complete the sale, rental, or transfer of a certain rifle or shotgun as a purchaser, lesse, or transferee, except under certain circumstances; requiring, before a certain sale, rental, or transfer is conducted, the seller, lessor, or transferor and purchaser, lessee, or transferee to request that a certain licensee facilitate the sale, rental, or transfer; authorizing a seller, lessor, or transferor to deliver a rifle or shotgun in a certain manner; etc.
HB-4: Public Safety – Rifles and Shotguns – Sales, Rentals, and Transfers
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/07/2020
Family Law - Grounds for Divorce [HB-80]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Altering certain grounds for a limited divorce and an absolute divorce; authorizing the court to decree a limited divorce on the ground of irreconcilable differences, if the marriage is irretrievably broken and there is no reasonable expectation of reconciliation; and authorizing the court to decree an absolute divorce on the ground of completion of a 6-month waiting period, if one of the parties has filed for a limited divorce under certain provisions of the Act at least 6 months before the filing of the application for divorce.
HB-80: Family Law - Grounds for Divorce
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary
Hearing Canceled on 03/15/2020
Peace Orders - Workplace Violence [HB-126]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Making certain provisions of law relating to the filing, issuance, and modification of certain peace orders and to the shielding of certain court records of certain peace order proceedings apply to certain peace orders filed by certain employers on the basis of certain acts committed against certain employees under certain circumstances; requiring an employer to notify an employee before the employer files a certain petition; providing immunity from civil liability to a certain employer under certain circumstances; etc.
HB-126: Peace Orders - Workplace Violence
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary
Favorable With Amendments Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/18/2020
Community Parks and Playgrounds Program - Baltimore County and Howard County - Expansion [HB-203]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
[Recreation ]
Altering the purpose of the Community Parks and Playgrounds Program to include making flexible grants available to the governing bodies of Baltimore County and Howard County for certain purposes; and altering a certain public policy.
HB-203: Community Parks and Playgrounds Program - Baltimore County and Howard County - Expansion
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/02/2020
Protective Orders - Relief Eligibility - Rape and Sexual Offenses [HB-248]
[Crime ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Removing rape and certain sexual offenses from the list of offenses alleged to have been committed by a certain respondent against a certain victim for which a peace order petition may be filed under certain circumstances; and altering the definition of "person eligible for relief" for purposes of certain provisions of law relating to domestic violence protective orders to include an individual who alleges the commission of certain acts against the individual by a certain respondent.
HB-248: Protective Orders - Relief Eligibility - Rape and Sexual Offenses
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 132 on 05/08/2020
Sexual Solicitation of a Minor – Solicitation Through Parent, Guardian, or Custodian – Prohibition and Penalties [HB-246]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a person from knowingly and with a certain intent soliciting the consent of a parent, guardian, or custodian of a minor, or a law enforcement officer posing as a parent, guardian, or custodian of a minor, to engage in certain prohibited sexual acts with the minor; and establishing and altering certain penalties.
HB-246: Sexual Solicitation of a Minor – Solicitation Through Parent, Guardian, or Custodian – Prohibition and Penalties
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 128 on 05/08/2020
Criminal Law – Assault in the First Degree – Strangulation [HB-233]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a person from intentionally strangling another in the commission of an assault; and providing a penalty of imprisonment not exceeding 25 years for a violation of the Act.
HB-233: Criminal Law – Assault in the First Degree – Strangulation
Sponsored by: Rep. Barrie Ciliberti
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 119 on 05/08/2020
Peace Orders and Protective Orders – Extension [HB-250]
[Crime ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Specifying that, if a petitioner or person eligible for relief files a certain motion to extend the term of a final peace order or final protective order during the term of the order and a hearing on the motion is not held before the order's original expiration date, the order is automatically extended and its terms remain in full force and effect until the hearing on the motion.
HB-250: Peace Orders and Protective Orders – Extension
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 134 on 05/08/2020
Criminal Procedure - Motion to Vacate Judgment - Human Trafficking (True Freedom Act of 2020) [HB-242]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering the eligibility for the filing of a certain motion to vacate judgment if the person's participation in the offense was a direct result of being a victim of human trafficking; requiring that a certain motion be served on a certain State's Attorney; requiring that a certain motion be mailed to a victim or victim's representative at a certain address if the qualifying offense occurred within 5 years before the filing of the motion; requiring the court to take certain factors into consideration when making a certain finding; etc.
HB-242: Criminal Procedure - Motion to Vacate Judgment - Human Trafficking (True Freedom Act of 2020)
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 126 on 05/08/2020
Criminal Law - Deadly Weapons on School Property - Nonpublic Schools (No Weapons on Nonpublic School Property Act) [HB-302]
[Crime ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Altering the scope of a certain prohibition against carrying or possessing a deadly weapon on public school property to include nonpublic school property; and extending specified exceptions that allow the carrying or possessing of a deadly weapon on public school property to nonpublic school property.
HB-302: Criminal Law - Deadly Weapons on School Property - Nonpublic Schools (No Weapons on Nonpublic School Property Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
Hearing 2/05 At 2:00 P.m. on 01/22/2020