Subject Sexual Offenses | Current
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| MD | SB415 | Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to transmit weekly a specified registry to the State Department of Education in a specified format; prohibiting a registered sex offender from entering onto specified real property o... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 51 |
| MD | HB442 | Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to transmit weekly a specified registry to the State Department of Education in a specified format; prohibiting a registered sex offender from entering onto specified real property o... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 52 |
| MD | HB14 | Altering the definition of a "person in a position of authority" prohibited from engaging in a sexual act, sexual contact, or vaginal intercourse with a specified person under a specified age under specified circumstances to include any employee, con... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-08 Delegates Simmons, Mitchell, and Hough |
| MD | HB478 | Prohibiting a person from committing a specified crime of violence when the person knows or reasonably should know that a minor is present in a residence; establishing specified circumstances under which a minor is present; establishing an enhanced p... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-08 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings |
| MD | SB701 | Authorizing a person to petition the court to shield court records and police records relating to a conviction of the person no earlier than 5 years after the person satisfies the sentence imposed for the conviction, including parole, probation, or m... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-08 |
| MD | SB861 | Prohibiting a person from committing a specified crime of violence when the person knows or reasonably should know that a minor is present in a residence; establishing specified circumstances under which a minor is present; establishing an enhanced p... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-06 |
| MD | HB477 | Defining "convicted of a crime of violence" and "convicted of a disqualifying crime" to include probation before judgment for crimes of violence for the purpose of specified provisions of law that limit a person's right to possess a firearm or obtain... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-05 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary |
| MD | SB105 | Altering the definition of a "person in a position of authority" relating to prohibiting an individual from engaging in a sexual act, sexual contact, or vaginal intercourse with a minor under specified circumstances; prohibiting a person from engagin... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-28 |
| MD | SB377 | Altering the definition of "person in a position of authority" relating to prohibiting an individual from engaging in a sexual act, sexual contact, or vaginal intercourse with a minor under specified circumstances to remove a limitation to full-time ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-28 Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings |
| MD | SB657 | Repealing the requirement that the prosecution of a misdemeanor offense of the prohibition against a specified person in a position of authority engaging in a sexual act or sexual contact with a minor, under specified circumstances, be instituted wit... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-28 Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings |
| MD | HB1267 | Requiring a registered sex offender who applies for admission to a nursing home or an assisted living program to provide a specified notification to the nursing home or assisted living program during the admission process; adding to the information t... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-28 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations Withdrawn |
| MD | HB60 | Prohibiting a specified professional counselor or therapist from engaging in a sexual act, sexual contact, or vaginal intercourse with a person who is receiving counseling from the professional counselor or therapist or received counseling from the p... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-27 |
| MD | SB620 | Excluding as a father of a child a man who has committed a specified sexual crime against the child's mother for purposes of specified provisions relating to the paternity of a child in a guardianship or adoption proceeding under specified circumstan... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-26 |
| MD | HB735 | Requiring specified employers to provide employees with specified earned sick and safe leave; providing for the manner in which earned sick and safe leave is accrued by the employee and treated by the employer; requiring an employer to allow an emplo... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-25 Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters Withdrawn |
| MD | HB985 | Establishing that engaging in sexual contact with another without the consent of the other in connection with a first, second, or third degree burglary constitutes sexual offense in the third degree; establishing that, to be convicted under a specifi... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-25 |
| MD | HB1075 | Repealing the requirement that the prosecution of a misdemeanor offense of the prohibition against a specified person in a position of authority engaging in a sexual act or sexual contact with a minor, under specified circumstances, be instituted wit... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-23 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary |
| MD | HB943 | Reclassifying as a felony a specified offense relating to child kidnapping and prostitution involving an individual under the age of 16 years; and altering the penalty for a specified provision of law relating to child kidnapping and prostitution inv... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-22 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary |
| MD | HB31 | Altering the definition of "person in a position of authority" relating to prohibiting an individual from engaging in a sexual act, sexual contact, or vaginal intercourse with a minor under specified circumstances to remove a limitation to full-time ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary |
| MD | HB1260 | Increasing the penalties for the crime of causing abuse or neglect of a vulnerable adult in the first or second degree. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Withdrawn |
| MD | HB1403 | Providing that a specified restriction against a registered sex offender entering specified real property does not apply if the registrant's ward is a student or receives child care under specified circumstances or the registrant enters the property ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Withdrawn |
| MD | SB491 | Requiring a specified supervising authority operating a facility having custody of or providing residential or nonresidential reentry services to a registered sex offender to provide notice of a transfer of the registrant to a facility in another cou... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings Withdrawn |
| MD | SB635 | Providing that a specified restriction against a registered sex offender entering specified real property does not apply if the registrant's ward is a student or receives child care under specified circumstances or the registrant enters the property ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings |
| MD | SB570 | Requiring specified governing bodies that issue licenses or certificates to specified individuals to adopt specified regulations requiring each licensee or certificate holder to complete training in the recognition of child abuse and child sex abuse ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-13 |
| MD | SB722 | Establishing that engaging in sexual contact with another without the consent of the other in connection with a first, second, or third degree burglary constitutes sexual offense in the third degree; altering the definitions of "tier I sex offender",... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-12 |
| MD | SB810 | Prohibiting a coach from engaging in a sexual act, sexual contact, or vaginal intercourse with a minor under specified circumstances; providing for a statute of limitations for the prosecution of a violation of the Act; etc. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-12 |
| MD | SB333 | Establishing a vulnerable adult abuse registry; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to establish and maintain a registry containing the names of specified individuals; requiring that names and information contained in the registry b... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-11 Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings Withdrawn |
| MD | SB354 | Requiring individuals convicted of vulnerable-adult abuse to register with a specified supervising authority by a specified time and to register annually with a local law enforcement unit for a specified term; requiring a specified registration to in... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings Withdrawn |
| MD | HB1255 | Prohibiting, after October 1, 2015, a person from registering a tow truck unless the person obtains a towing license; authorizing a police department to take an improperly registered tow truck into custody; requiring, after October 1, 2015, a person ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 |
| MD | HB544 | Requiring a specified supervising authority operating a facility having custody of or providing residential or nonresidential reentry services to a registered sex offender to provide notice of a transfer of the registrant to a facility in another cou... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-04 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary |
| MD | HB876 | Authorizing the Attorney General to institute a civil action against specified professionals who fail to report child abuse or neglect under specified circumstances; establishing a civil penalty for each violation; requiring a civil penalty collected... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-04 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary |
| MD | SB52 | Prohibiting a court, except under specified circumstances or unless good cause for the award of custody or visitation is shown, from awarding custody of a child or visitation with a child to a parent who has been found guilty of sexual abuse of a min... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-28 |
| MD | HB715 | Excluding as a father of a child a man who has committed a specified sexual crime against the child's mother for purposes of specified provisions relating to the paternity of a child in a guardianship or adoption proceeding under specified circumstan... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-28 |
| MD | SB698 | Requiring specified employers to provide employees with specified earned sick and safe leave; providing for the manner in which earned sick and safe leave is accrued by the employee and treated by the employer; requiring an employer to allow an emplo... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-27 |
| MD | HB326 | Establishing a vulnerable adult abuse registry; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to establish and maintain a registry containing the names of specified individuals; requiring that names and information contained in the registry b... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-25 Unfavorable Report by Judiciary |
| MD | HB897 | Requiring specified governing bodies that issue licenses or certificates to specified individuals to adopt specified regulations requiring each licensee or certificate holder to complete training in the recognition of child abuse and child sex abuse ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-21 |
| MD | HB54 | Requiring individuals convicted of vulnerable-adult abuse to register with a specified supervising authority by a specified time and to register annually with a local law enforcement unit for a specified term; requiring a specified registration to in... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-19 Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations |
| MD | SB214 | Altering the definition of a "person in a position of authority" relating to prohibiting an individual from engaging in a sexual act, sexual contact, or vaginal intercourse with a minor under specified circumstances to remove a limitation to full-tim... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings Withdrawn |
| MD | SB94 | Expanding immunity from civil liability or criminal penalty to a person who provides or participates in providing notice of child abuse or neglect to the appropriate authorities; requiring the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to send an autopsy r... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-30 |
| MD | HB27 | Prohibiting an inmate who is serving a sentence in a State or local correctional facility for committing specified child pornography offenses from earning diminution credits to reduce the inmate's term of confinement, being released on parole in orde... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-22 |
| MD | HB10 | Prohibiting a court, except under specified circumstances or unless good cause for the award of custody or visitation is shown, from awarding custody of a child or visitation with a child to a parent who has been found guilty of sexual abuse of a min... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-17 |
