| MD | HB115 | Pass | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 758 |
| MD | HB105 | Pass | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 715 |
| MD | HB315 | Pass | 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; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 741 |
| MD | HB338 | Pass | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 809 |
| MD | HB476 | Pass | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 830 |
| MD | HB458 | Pass | 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 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 878 |
| MD | HB496 | Pass | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 761 |
| MD | HB575 | Pass | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 705 |
| MD | HB576 | Pass | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 703 |
| MD | HB801 | Pass | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 759 |
| MD | HB814 | Pass | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 735 |
| MD | HB969 | Pass | 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 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 829 |
| MD | HB1127 | Pass | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 832 |
| MD | HB1402 | Pass | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 968 |
| MD | HB432 | Pass | Replacing references to mental retardation with references to an intellectual disability in certain provisions of law.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 444 |
| MD | HB1047 | Pass | Providing 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 262 |
| MD | HB123 | Pass | Altering 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 97 |
| MD | HB1470 | Intro
Sine Die | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB175 | Engross
Sine Die | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB73 | Engross
Sine Die | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB854 | Engross
Sine Die | 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 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB943 | Engross
Sine Die | 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 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB141 | Engross
Sine Die | 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.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB1346 | Intro
Sine Die | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB41 | Intro
Sine Die | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-04
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB10 | Intro
Sine Die | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-04
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1130 | Intro
Sine Die | 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.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-04
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1185 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a person who has been convicted of a crime of violence from entering into a plea agreement; and applying the Act prospectively.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-04
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1170 | Intro
Sine Die | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1493 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a child from in-person attendance at a public school or a nonpublic school that receives State funds if the child has been convicted or adjudicated delinquent of rape or other sexual offenses; and requiring each local school system to pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-15
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | HB1469 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a person from intentionally causing physical injury to another if the person knows or has reason to know that the other is an official, umpire, referee, or judge officiating at a sporting event; authorizing a police officer to arrest a pe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | HB268 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering certain definitions of "expunge" and "expungement".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB269 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifying that refusal by a person to disclose information about criminal charges that have been expunged may not be the sole reason for a unit, an official, or an employee of the State or political subdivision of the State to deny the person's appl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB270 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing a person to file for a petition for expungement of a conviction of failure to obey a court order to report to a place of confinement.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB474 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a court from revoking a defendant's pretrial release or finding that a defendant has violated probation, and the Maryland Parole Commission from finding that a parolee has violated parole, based solely on the use of cannabis or a positive...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB523 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing a court to grant a petition for expungement of records relating to a certain conviction at any time on a showing of good cause.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB658 | Intro
Sine Die | 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; establishing procedures for the au...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB867 | Intro
Sine Die | 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 authorizing a certain person to petition the court to shield certa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB1245 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting an individual from distributing heroin or fentanyl or chemical analogues of heroin or fentanyl without the lawful authority to do so, the use of which results in the death or serious bodily injury of another.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB27 | Intro
Sine Die | Repealing the authority for the issuance and execution of a no-knock search warrant; establishing that a warrant may not authorize an officer to enter a building, apartment, premises or place without first announcing the officer's purpose and authori...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB320 | Intro
Sine Die | Repealing a certain prohibition against a law enforcement officer initiating a stop or a search of a motor vehicle based solely on the odor of burnt or unburnt cannabis; and repealing a certain provision of law rendering inadmissible certain evidenc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB302 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering penalties relating to sexual contact between a law enforcement officer, correctional employee, or court-ordered services provider and certain individuals under certain circumstances; increasing the penalties from a misdemeanor to a felony, a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB1448 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to automatically expunge information in the public driving record of a licensee if the information has been expunged from a court record or a police record.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB691 | Intro
Sine Die | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
To House Health and Government Operations Committee |
| MD | HB942 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Crime Solvers Reward Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund in the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to provide grants to law enforcement agencies and county reward programs to be used as rewards offered to the public...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB445 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing a presumption that the sentencing of a minor convicted as an adult should be transferred to the juvenile court, under certain circumstances, and authorizing the court to do so; and requiring the juvenile court to make a juvenile determin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB87 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing that a person who is convicted of first-degree murder may be sentenced to death under certain circumstances; and establishing certain procedures relating to custody, warrant of execution, incompetency, method of execution, witnesses, certif...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-30
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB724 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing an individual who is serving a term of confinement to petition a court to reduce the sentence if the individual has served at least 20 years of the individuals term of confinement and at least 3 years have passed since the court decided a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-30
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB310 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting the earning of diminution credits to reduce the term of confinement of an incarcerated individual who is serving a sentence for murder in the first degree or murder in the second degree in a State or local correctional facility; prohibiti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-23
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB482 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the reimbursement of certain physicians, qualified health care providers, and hospitals by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board for certain forensic examinations of and health care services provided to a victim of nonfatal strangulati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-23
To House Judiciary Committee |
