| MD | SB220 | Pass | Altering the term "sexual orientation" in the context of hate crimes; including gender identity in the list of characteristics on the basis of which a person may not commit certain acts; authorizing a court to require an offender convicted of hate cr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-30
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 386 |
| MD | HB128 | Pass | Altering the term "sexual orientation" in the context of hate crimes; including gender identity in the list of characteristics protected by the prohibition on hate crimes; authorizing a court to require an offender convicted of hate crimes to complet...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-30
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 385 |
| MD | HB231 | Pass | Establishing that the discovery or perception of, or belief about, another person's race, color, national origin, sex, gender identity, or sexual orientation, whether or not accurate, does not constitute legally adequate provocation to mitigate a kil...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-30
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 369 |
| MD | SB420 | Veto | 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] | 2021-05-26
Vetoed by the Governor (Policy) |
| MD | HB234 | Pass | Prohibiting a person from willfully and maliciously killing, injuring, or interfering with the use of a certain service animal in a certain manner, or allowing a certain animal to kill, injure, or interfere with the use of a certain service animal in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-18
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 178 |
| MD | HB277 | Pass | Establishing as first-degree child abuse three or more acts that constitute second-degree child abuse committed as a continuing course of conduct; and applying certain penalties.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-18
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 183 |
| MD | SB270 | Pass | Defining the term "indecent exposure" to establish that the offense of indecent exposure prohibits a person from engaging in a certain act of masturbation in public.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-18
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 331 |
| MD | SB17 | Pass | Prohibiting a person from causing a life-threatening injury to another as a result of the person's driving, operating, or controlling a motor vehicle or vessel in a criminally negligent manner; exempting certain conduct that results in a life-threate...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-18
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 144 |
| MD | HB425 | Pass | Prohibiting a person from committing a certain prohibited act with the intent to interrupt or impair the functioning of a health care facility or a public school; prohibiting a person from knowingly possessing certain ransomware with the intent to us...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-18
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 145 |
| MD | SB505 | Pass | Establishing as first-degree child abuse three or more acts that constitute second-degree child abuse committed as a continuing course of conduct; and applying certain penalties.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-18
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 184 |
| MD | SB623 | Pass | Prohibiting a person from committing a certain prohibited act with the intent to interrupt or impair the functioning of a health care facility or a public school; prohibiting a person from knowingly possessing ransomware with the intent to use the ra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-18
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 146 |
| MD | SB607 | Pass | Prohibiting a person from willfully and maliciously killing, injuring, or interfering with the use of a certain service animal, or willfully and maliciously allowing a certain animal to kill, injure, or interfere with the use of a certain service ani...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-18
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 179 |
| MD | SB43 | Pass | Prohibiting a law enforcement officer from engaging in certain sexual acts, sexual contact, or vaginal intercourse with a person who is a victim, witness, or suspect in an open investigation that the officer is conducting, supervising, or assisting w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-18
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 314 |
| MD | SB250 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering the definition of "sexual contact"; and repealing a certain prohibition on prosecuting a person for rape or a certain sexual offense against a victim who was the person's legal spouse at the time of the alleged rape or sexual offense.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-10
House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Crutchfield, Shetty and Arikan) |
| MD | SB46 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing that the discovery or perception of, or belief about, another person's race, color, national origin, sex, gender identity, or sexual orientation, whether or not accurate, does not constitute legally adequate provocation to mitigate a kil...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-02
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | SB852 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the Commissioner of Correction to provide a certain inmate with a reentry kit that includes clothing, an identification card, contact information on reentry services, information on Medicaid and the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange, and tra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-02
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | SB268 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering the list of crimes included within a certain definition of "crime of violence" to include sexual abuse of a minor if the offender is at least 21 years old and the victim is under the age of 16 years; requiring a sentence for certain persons ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-23
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB1114 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting a person from disposing of yard waste on a highway; establishing certain penalties for certain violations of the Act; authorizing a court to order a person who disposes of yard waste in violation of the Act to remove or render harmless th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-23
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| 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 | HB855 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting a person from causing a life-threatening injury to another as a result of the person's driving, operating, or controlling a motor vehicle or vessel in a criminally negligent manner; exempting certain conduct that results in a life-threate...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-22
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB471 | Engross
Sine Die | Extending the due date to December 31, 2021, by which the Task Force to Study Crime Classification and Penalties is required to submit a report on certain findings and recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly; and extending the terminatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-20
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB306 | Engross
Sine Die | Clarifying that the making of a certain false statement to a law enforcement officer may form the basis for a certain hate crime.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-19
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB997 | Intro
Sine Die | Repealing provisions of law providing for the prosecution for murder or manslaughter of a viable fetus under certain circumstances; declaring the intent of the General Assembly regarding the provision of equal protection for all unborn human beings w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-18
To House Health and Government Operations Committee |
| MD | SB385 | Engross
Sine Die | Providing that multiple thefts committed by the same person in multiple counties under one scheme or continuing course of conduct may be aggregated and prosecuted in any county in which any one of the thefts occurred; altering a certain reference to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB1164 | Intro
Sine Die | Increasing the maximum term of imprisonment for the offense of manslaughter by vehicle or vessel from 10 to 20 years, and from 15 to 25 years for an individual who has previously been convicted of certain other driving-related offenses, and the maxim...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-16
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB953 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Domestic Terrorism Task Force; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to study and develop a plan to establish a statewide network to communicate threats of domestic terrorism t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-15
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB145 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering the statute of limitations for a violation of the prohibition on preventing or interfering with the making of a certain report of suspected sexual abuse of a child; and providing that a person who violates the prohibition on preventing or in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB626 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting a law enforcement officer from intentionally using excessive force; requiring a law enforcement officer to intervene to prevent another officer's use of excessive force; prohibiting a law enforcement officer from intentionally refusing to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB1380 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a person from making or sending a threat to a public health official with the intent to intimidate, interfere with, or impede a public health official from performing the official's duties; and providing that a person who violated the Act...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-11
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | HB688 | 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, an umpire, a referee, or a judge officiating at a sporting event; authorizing a police officer to arre...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-09
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1115 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the required elements for murder in the first degree under certain circumstances; authorizing a person convicted of felony murder to petition for a review of a certain conviction under certain circumstances; requiring a court to hold a heari...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-09
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB347 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering the definition of "undue influence" for purposes of provisions of law prohibiting the exploitation of certain vulnerable adults or individuals at least 68 years old that results in inequity; requiring a court, in determining whether a transf...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-04
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB395 | 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 persons...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-04
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB713 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a person from willfully and maliciously destroying, injuring, or defacing a campaign sign that is on another person's property; establishing that a violation of the Act is a misdemeanor with a fine of up to $1,000, or imprisonment for not...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-03
To Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee |
| MD | HB198 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the prohibited actions for the crime of disturbing the peace; and repealing certain definitions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-02
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1338 | Intro
Sine Die | Repealing the jurisdiction of the juvenile court over an adult alleged to have willfully contributed to, encouraged, caused or tended to cause any act, omission, or condition which results in a certain violation or renders a child a delinquent child ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-24
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB957 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a person from making or sending a threat to a public health official with the intent to intimidate, interfere with, or impede a public health official from performing the official's duties; and providing that a person who violates the Act...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-20
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | HB81 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting a person from leaving a dog outside and unattended for longer than 30 minutes without access to continuous suitable shelter during extreme weather conditions, subject to certain exceptions; defining "extreme weather conditions" as tempera...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-17
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 | HB147 | Engross
Sine Die | Repealing a certain prohibition on prosecuting a person for rape or a certain sexual offense against a victim who was the person's legal spouse at the time of the alleged rape or sexual offense.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-16
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB438 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a person from willfully and maliciously destroying, damaging, vandalizing, or desecrating a certain historically significant monument; providing penalties for violations of the Act; authorizing a court to consider as one crime the aggrega...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB645 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a person from knowingly and without lawful purpose obstructing, hindering, impeding, or blocking the use of a highway; and establishing that knowingly and without lawful purpose obstructing, hindering, impeding, or blocking the use of a h...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB896 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the list of crimes included within a certain definition of "crime of violence" to include sexual abuse of a minor if the victim is under the age of 16 instead of under the age of 13.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB1110 | 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 a worker who is providing emergency and related services in a certain department at a certain hospital or certain f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB1001 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a person from indecently exposing private parts of the person's body with lascivious or prurient intent in a public place in the presence of another; altering a certain definition of "tier I sex offender" to include a person who has been ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB867 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a person, with certain motivation, from willfully intimidating, harassing, or terrorizing another person, causing certain damage to certain property of another person without permission, or causing death or serious bodily harm to another ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-09
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB708 | Intro
Sine Die | Substituting the term "cannabis" for the term "marijuana" in certain provisions of law; altering a certain quantity threshold and establishing a certain age limit applicable to a certain civil offense of use or possession of cannabis; establishing a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-08
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB200 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering a certain prohibition to prohibit a person from storing or leaving a firearm in a location where a minor could gain access to the firearm; altering a certain exception to the prohibition; establishing certain exceptions to the prohibition; p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-05
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB926 | Intro
Sine Die | Increasing the maximum term of imprisonment for the offense of manslaughter by vehicle or vessel from 10 to 20 years, and from 15 to 30 years for an individual who has previously been convicted of certain other driving-related offenses, and the maxim...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-05
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB633 | Intro
Sine Die | Classifying the theft of a firearm as a felony; and establishing a penalty for theft of a firearm of imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or a fine not exceeding $1,000 for a first offense, and imprisonment not exceeding 10 years or a fine not exceedin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-31
To House Judiciary Committee |
