MD HB810 | 2025 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: Introduced on January 29 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-31 - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Hearing: Feb 18 @ 1:00 pm House Judiciary Hearing
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 29 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-31 - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Hearing: Feb 18 @ 1:00 pm House Judiciary Hearing
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Requiring each law enforcement agency to adopt a policy requiring the use of a lethality assessment protocol; and defining "lethality assessment protocol" as a multiprong validated tool intended for use by law enforcement officers investigating domestically related crime, which uses evidence-based questions to assess certain risk to an individual, and includes offering local resources to an individual in danger of death or injury from an intimate partner.
Title
Public Safety - Lethality Assessment Protocol
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-31 | House | Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. |
| 2025-01-29 | House | First Reading Judiciary |
Subjects
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Criminal Procedure | 11 | 1011 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
Maryland State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0810?ys=2025RS |
| Text | https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb0810f.pdf |
