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MDSB1106PassCorrecting certain errors or omissions in certain articles of the Annotated Code; clarifying language; correcting certain obsolete references; reorganizing certain sections of the Annotated Code; providing that this Act is not intended to affect any ...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 382
MDHB1047PassProviding that a party in a criminal trial involving an allegation of sexually assaultive behavior may not introduce information that physical evidence of sexually assaultive behavior was obtained using certain materials; providing that selling, offe...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 262
MDHB123PassAltering a certain condition regarding the payment of certain restitution, fines, and fees that a certain supervised individual must satisfy to accrue certain earned compliance credit while under the supervision of the Division of Parole and Probatio...
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2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 97
MDSB260PassAltering a certain condition regarding the payment of certain restitution, fines, and fees that a certain supervised individual must satisfy to accrue certain earned compliance credit while under the supervision of the Division of Parole and Probatio...
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2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 98
MDSB118Engross
50%
Authorizing a person to file a petition for expungement of certain records relating to a probation before judgment for driving while impaired or driving while under the influence; and requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to require certain pers...
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2024-04-08
Third Reading Passed (113-24)
MDHB115Enroll
75%
Requiring a certain commitment unit to include in a notification given to a victim, victim's representative, or witness regarding the release from confinement of a sentenced defendant or child respondent the telephone number of the Maryland Crime Vic...
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2024-04-08
Returned Passed
MDSB182Enroll
75%
Establishing requirements, procedures, and prohibitions relating to the use of facial recognition technology by a law enforcement agency; requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to develop and administer a training progra...
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2024-04-08
Passed Enrolled
MDSB2Engross
50%
Requiring an intake officer to file a petition alleging that a child under the age of 13 years is either delinquent or a child in need of supervision if the child is alleged to have committed an act that results in the death of a victim; and requirin...
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2024-04-08
Third Reading Passed (136-0)
MDHB105Enroll
75%
Authorizing a person to file a petition for expungement of certain records relating to a probation before judgment for driving while impaired or driving while under the influence; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to require persons convicte...
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2024-04-08
Passed Enrolled
MDHB338Enroll
75%
Establishing requirements, procedures, and prohibitions relating to the use of facial recognition technology by a law enforcement agency; requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to administer a training program regarding...
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2024-04-08
Passed Enrolled
MDHB432Enroll
75%
Replacing references to mental retardation with references to an intellectual disability in certain provisions of law.
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2024-04-08
Returned Passed
MDSB551Enroll
75%
Providing that certain provisions of the Maryland Rules relating to discovery in civil matters apply in a certain administrative proceeding; requiring a court that receives a certain report to promptly notify counsel of record for the committed perso...
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2024-04-06
Returned Passed
MDSB11Enroll
75%
Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to include system upgrades required to allow for automated expungement of charges and partial expungement of charges in any vendor contracts being negotiated at a certain time.
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2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled
MDSB111Enroll
75%
Providing that a court or a party in a criminal or juvenile delinquency case may not disclose or allow inspection of an electronic or paper court filing, including a charging document, to a nonparty to the case unless the court or the party disclosin...
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2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled
MDHB496Enroll
75%
Requiring certain facts to be considered when determining whether a lack of consent exists for the purposes of determining certain sexual crimes; altering the elements of second-degree rape to remove the requirement of use of force or threat of force...
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2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled
MDHB576Enroll
75%
Authorizing each county to establish an assisted outpatient treatment program by July 1, 2026; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish an assisted outpatient treatment program in a county that does not opt to establish the program by...
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2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled
MDHB814Enroll
75%
Altering the jurisdiction of the juvenile court over a child of a certain age alleged to have committed a certain offense; altering certain provisions relating to the taking of a child into custody by a law enforcement officer; expanding certain prov...
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2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled
MDSB177Intro
25%
Altering the prohibition against certain sex acts between a law enforcement officer and certain individuals; altering the penalty relating to sexual contact between a law enforcement officer and a person in the custody of the officer by making a viol...
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2024-04-04
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
MDSB123Engross
50%
Authorizing an individual who is serving a term of confinement to petition a court to reduce the sentence under certain circumstances; limiting the number of petitions that an individual may file to two; and establishing procedures for a proceeding u...
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2024-04-04
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
MDSB119Enroll
75%
Altering the definition of "legally protected health care" to include certain gender-affirming treatment, including medications and supplies, for the purposes of certain provisions of law that prohibit health occupations disciplinary actions and cert...
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2024-04-04
Returned Passed
MDHB315Enroll
75%
Repealing and altering a reporting requirement to require the Maryland Judiciary, instead of the State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy, to report on the number of charges, convictions, and sentences for certain regulated firearm violations; ...
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2024-04-04
Returned Passed
MDHB476Enroll
75%
Providing that certain provisions of law regarding the use of a certain forensic genetic genealogical DNA analysis and search (FGGS) do not apply when the FGGS is conducted solely for the purpose of identifying an individual who is deceased or the su...
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2024-04-04
Returned Passed
MDHB458Enroll
75%
Providing that a court or a party in a criminal or juvenile delinquency case may not disclose or allow inspection of an electronic or paper court filing to a nonparty to the case unless the court or the party disclosing or allowing inspection of the ...
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2024-04-04
Returned Passed
MDHB575Enroll
75%
Altering the composition of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board; altering certain duties, powers, and procedures for the Board to make awards to victims of crime; altering the powers and duties of certain employees; altering the amount and types...
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2024-04-04
Returned Passed
MDSB687Enroll
75%
Repealing certain provisions of law relating to bail bonds in the Seventh Judicial Circuit.
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2024-04-04
Returned Passed
MDHB801Enroll
75%
Providing that certain provisions of the Maryland Rules relating to discovery in civil matters apply in a certain administrative proceeding; requiring a court that receives a certain report to promptly notify counsel of record for the committed perso...
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2024-04-04
Returned Passed
MDHB969Enroll
75%
Requiring, if a victim's initial determination of death recorded on the victim's death certificate was amended or corrected to be undetermined or homicide, an assistant State's Attorney with knowledge of the case to meet with a person in interest on ...
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2024-04-04
Returned Passed
MDHB1127Enroll
75%
Authorizing the reimbursement of a sexual assault forensic exam conducted through peer-to-peer telehealth under certain circumstances; requiring the Maryland Sexual Assault Evidence Kit Policy and Funding Committee to conduct a study on the feasibili...
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2024-04-04
Returned Passed
MDHB1402Enroll
75%
Establishing the right of certain employees of the Office of the State's Attorney in Montgomery County to organize and collectively bargain in accordance with certain personnel law governing county employees; establishing that employees of the Office...
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2024-04-04
Returned Passed
MDSB319Enroll
75%
Repealing and altering a reporting requirement to require the Maryland Judiciary, instead of the State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy, to report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before October 1 each year on the number of char...
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2024-04-03
Returned Passed
MDSB549Enroll
75%
Providing that certain provisions of law regarding the use of a certain forensic genetic genealogical DNA analysis and search (FGGS) do not apply when the FGGS is conducted solely for the purpose of identifying an individual who is deceased or the su...
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2024-04-03
Returned Passed
MDSB950Enroll
75%
Authorizing the reimbursement of a sexual assault forensic exam conducted through peer-to-peer telehealth under certain circumstances; requiring the Maryland Sexual Assault Evidence Kit Policy and Funding Committee to conduct a study on the feasibili...
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2024-04-03
Returned Passed
MDSB471Engross
50%
Altering the composition of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board; altering certain duties, powers, and procedures for the Board to make awards to victims of crime; altering the powers and duties of certain employees; altering the amount and types...
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2024-04-02
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDHB1470Intro
25%
Altering the time period after which a court is required to dismiss a certain charge against a defendant found incompetent to stand trial under certain circumstances; and authorizing a victim or victim's representative to petition the court to extend...
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2024-04-02
To House Judiciary Committee
MDSB1145Engross
50%
Requiring law enforcement agencies and State's Attorneys to notify schools of certain information when a child is arrested for a sexual offense in the third degree; prohibiting a child from in-person attendance at a public school or a nonpublic schoo...
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2024-03-27
To House Ways and Means Committee
MDSB1111Intro
25%
Establishing the statute of limitations for a certain civil action for damages resulting from certain participation in a criminal organization; altering certain definitions of "criminal organization" and "underlying crime"; authorizing the filing of ...
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2024-03-21
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB449Engross
50%
Altering the time period after which a court is required to dismiss a certain charge against a defendant found incompetent to stand trial under certain circumstances.
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2024-03-20
To House Judiciary Committee
MDSB744Engross
50%
Altering the jurisdiction of the juvenile court over a child of a certain age alleged to have committed a certain offense; altering certain procedures relating to juvenile intake, detention, and probation; requiring the Secretary of Juvenile Services...
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2024-03-20
To House Judiciary Committee
MDHB175Engross
50%
Establishing a predetermination review process for occupational licenses and certificates in certain departments of State government; authorizing a department to charge a criminal history review fee of not more than $100 or to waive the fee under cer...
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2024-03-18
To Senate Finance Committee
MDHB73Engross
50%
Altering certain provisions of law relating to waiting periods for the filing of certain petitions for expungement to authorize the filing of a petition a certain amount of time after the completion of the sentence; and requiring a court to determine...
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2024-03-18
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB854Engross
50%
Specifying that a person required to register as a sex offender in a county with a population of more than 300,000 residents may register at any location designated by a county law enforcement agency; and requiring a county law enforcement agency in ...
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2024-03-18
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB943Engross
50%
Clarifying that expungement does not prohibit disclosure of records that contain information that is also contained in an expunged record, is formatted to facilitate research, and contains de-identified data; and providing that certain provisions of ...
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2024-03-18
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB141Engross
50%
Altering a certain requirement under which a court is authorized to order that the testimony of a child victim be taken outside a courtroom and shown in the courtroom by closed circuit television in certain child abuse cases.
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2024-03-13
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB1346Intro
25%
Altering the procedures related to competency evaluations, including by requiring the Maryland Department of Health, rather than the court, to determine the basis on which a defendant will be examined; altering the definition of "designated health ca...
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2024-03-12
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDHB41Intro
25%
Establishing, altering, and clarifying penalties for and elements of certain firearm-related crimes; prohibiting a District Court commissioner from authorizing the pretrial release of a certain defendant charged with a certain firearm-related crime u...
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2024-03-04
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDHB10Intro
25%
Altering which individuals are eligible to receive mental health counseling paid for by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund; requiring the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board to provide direct reimbursement to mental health professionals providi...
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2024-03-04
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDHB1130Intro
25%
Specifying that there is no statute of limitations for when a qualifying criminal activity must have occurred relative to the filing of a request for certification of victim helpfulness for a petition for U Nonimmigrant Status.
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2024-03-04
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDHB1185Intro
25%
Prohibiting a person who has been convicted of a crime of violence from entering into a plea agreement; and applying the Act prospectively.
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2024-03-04
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDHB1170Intro
25%
Establishing, beginning in 2026, the salary of the State's Attorney of Garrett County to be 80% of the salary of a judge of the District Court of Maryland; and repealing the authorization of the Garrett County Salary Study Commission to recommend and...
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2024-02-26
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDSB4Engross
50%
Requiring a certain commitment unit to include in a notification given to a victim, victim's representative, or witness regarding the release from confinement of a sentenced defendant or child respondent the name and telephone number of the lead vict...
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2024-02-21
To House Judiciary Committee
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