| MD | HB126 | Pass | Prohibiting a pretrial services program that receives a certain grant from charging a fee to a defendant for participation in the program; and extending the termination date of the Pretrial Services Program Grant Fund to June 30, 2028.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-30
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 364 |
| MD | HB115 | Pass | Altering certain penalties for a person who displays a canceled, revoked, or suspended driver's license; and providing that a person who violates a certain section of the Act must appear in court and may not prepay the fine.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-30
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 612 |
| MD | HB719 | Veto | Providing that a personal liability clause in a commercial lease or associated document is unenforceable if, as the result of certain proclamations relating to the outbreak of COVID-19, a commercial tenant was required to cease operations or close to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-28
Vetoed by the Governor (Policy) |
| MD | HB372 | Engross
Sine Die | Repealing the prohibition against a person using or possessing with intent to use drug paraphernalia to inject, ingest, inhale, or otherwise introduce into the human body a controlled dangerous substance; repealing the prohibition against a person de...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-22
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB489 | Engross
Sine Die | Adding misconduct in office to certain lists of crimes for which certain evidence may be gathered by interception of oral, wire, or electronic communications.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-04
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB324 | Engross
Sine Die | Increasing, from 10 grams to 1 ounce, the amount of marijuana below which possession is a civil offense, rather than a criminal offense; and creating a presumption that a person in possession of less than 1 ounce of marijuana is not in violation of a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-16
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB1080 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing, if an animal is seized under a certain provision of law, certain individuals to file a petition for certain costs against a certain owner or custodian for certain costs of caring for the animal, including the provision of food, water, sh...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB354 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing a court to stay the entering of judgment, defer further proceedings, and place a certain defendant on probation subject to reasonable conditions if the court finds facts justifying a finding of guilt; repealing a requirement that certain ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-31
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB721 | Intro
Sine Die | Increasing the limits on liability of a local government, from $400,000 for an individual claim and $800,000 for total claims to $600,000 for an individual claim and $1,200,000 for total claims, and the State and its units, from $400,000 to a single ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-26
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB728 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing that a certain committed person may file exceptions to a certain report of the Office of Administrative Hearings only if that person appeared at a certain release hearing; altering a provision of law to require a court to hold a certain hea...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-26
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB720 | Intro
Sine Die | Reclassifying, as a misdemeanor instead of a felony, a certain offense relating to the prohibition against intercepting and disclosing certain communications; altering certain penalties relating to the prohibition against intercepting and disclosing ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-26
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB727 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a policy for the issuance and use of a body-worn camera by a law enforcement officer developed and published by the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to require that a body-worn camera purchased or otherwise procured for use...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-26
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB488 | Intro
Sine Die | Making certain violations relating to the use or possession of certain de minimis quantities of certain controlled dangerous substances a civil offense rather than a misdemeanor; applying penalties for a first or second finding of guilt involving the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-18
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB385 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering provisions of law relating to murder in the first degree; providing that a person who was a child at the time of the offense may not be found to have committed murder in the first degree under certain provisions of law; authorizing a person ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-23
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB343 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a sentence for a conviction under a provision of law prohibiting a parent from willfully failing to provide for the support of his or her minor child to run concurrently with a sentence for any other conviction under the same provision of l...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-23
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB341 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the earliest day on which a local board of elections may open an envelope of an absentee ballot from the Wednesday after election day to 14 days before election day; altering a requirement for a local board to release an unofficial absentee ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-22
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB265 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution to require an individual appointed by the Governor to fill a vacancy in the office of Delegate or Senator in the General Assembly to serve for the remainder of the term if the vacancy occurs after a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-12-22
To House Ways and Means Committee |
