| MD | SB323 | Pass | Altering the jurisdiction of the juvenile court by repealing provisions specifying that the juvenile court does not have jurisdiction over a child alleged to have committed any crime punishable by life imprisonment; requiring an intake officer to aut...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 609 |
| MD | HB1001 | Pass | Requiring a police officer who is on duty at a polling place to obey the authority of the State Administrator, the Deputy State Administrator, or a local election director; providing that, in a polling place, certain individuals have the authority to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 467 |
| MD | SB670 | Pass | Requiring a police officer who is on duty at a polling place to obey the authority of the State Administrator, the Deputy State Administrator, or a local election director; providing that in a polling place certain individuals have the authority to k...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 468 |
| MD | HB351 | Pass | Establishing certain civil liability for an individual who, under color of law, deprives another, or causes or allows another to be deprived, of a right, a privilege, or an immunity secured by the U.S. Constitution or the laws of the United States.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 459 |
| MD | HB336 | Engross
50% | Authorizing a District Court commissioner to issue a summons based on an application for a statement of charges filed by a certain individual under certain circumstances; prohibiting a District Court commissioner from issuing an arrest warrant based ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Third Reading Passed (35-11) |
| MD | HB907 | Engross
50% | Establishing that it is a misdemeanor to intentionally cause offensive contact, engage in conduct tending to put another in fear of offensive contact, or attempt to cause offensive contact; providing a penalty for a person who violates the Act of imp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Third Reading Passed (44-0) |
| MD | SB514 | Engross
50% | Providing that a District Court commissioner may not issue an arrest warrant under certain circumstances; establishing that it is a misdemeanor to intentionally cause offensive contact, engage in conduct tending to put another in fear of offensive co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-10
House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Moon, Cardin and Valentine) |
| MD | SB988 | Intro
25% | Prohibiting a person from being stopped, detained, or arrested for certain civil offenses while the individual is in a judicial facility or is traveling within 1 mile of a judicial facility for the purpose of attending a meeting, a hearing, or anothe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-06
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB285 | Intro
25% | Transferring the monitoring and security of the home detention programs of the Division of Correction to the Warrant Apprehension Unit of the Intelligence and Investigative Division within the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-23
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB550 | Intro
25% | Establishing certain civil liability for a federal law enforcement officer who, under color of law, deprives another of a right, a privilege, or an immunity secured by the U.S. Constitution; and applying the Act retroactively to a cause of action ari...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-23
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1419 | Intro
25% | Establishing the Centralized Background Check Division in the Department of State Police; requiring the Division to require each unit of State and local government to take certain actions; requiring the Division to provide or coordinate certain suppo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-19
To House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee |
| MD | SB210 | Intro
25% | Transferring the monitoring and security of the home detention programs of the Division of Correction to the Warrant Apprehension Unit of the Intelligence and Investigative Division within the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB495 | Intro
25% | Providing that a certain individual duly and in good faith attending a certain court proceeding is immune from a certain immigration arrest in connection with attendance at a court proceeding under certain circumstances; and prohibiting a person from...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB1309 | Intro
25% | Establishing the Commission to Review and Assess Racial Disparities in the State Criminal Justice System to study and make recommendations on certain matters involving the disparate treatment of African Americans, Hispanics, and other non-White indiv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB1359 | Intro
25% | Requiring each law enforcement agency in the State to submit the agency's policy regarding pursuit of fleeing suspects to the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission annually on or before January 1 each year, beginning in 2027; requiring th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB1392 | Intro
25% | Authorizing a law enforcement officer to report the use of quotas to the Office of the Attorney General; requiring the Office to create and make readily available a certain form; requiring the Office to investigate certain reports within 1 year after...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB752 | Intro
25% | Establishing the Commission to Review and Assess Racial Disparities in the State Criminal Justice System to study and make recommendations on certain matters involving the disparate treatment of African Americans, Hispanics, and other non-White indiv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-12
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB1053 | Intro
25% | 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] | 2026-02-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB719 | Intro
25% | Prohibiting the State, a unit of local government, a county sheriff, or an agency, an officer, an employee, or an agent of the State or a unit of local government from adopting or having in effect a certain sanctuary policy; and repealing certain pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-05
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB198 | Intro
25% | Requiring law enforcement agencies to notify the State's Attorney if a student is a suspect in an investigation of certain offenses and if the student no longer is a suspect; authorizing the State's Attorney to notify the local superintendent or the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-02
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB113 | Intro
25% | Adding convictions for resisting arrest, making a false statement to a law enforcement officer, and making a false statement to a law enforcement officer when under arrest to the list of misdemeanor convictions that a person may expunge under certain...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-29
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB362 | Intro
25% | Establishing that a person who has been granted an expungement shall be determined for all purposes not to have been arrested for, cited for, charged with, or convicted of the underlying offense.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-29
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB398 | Intro
25% | Prohibiting persistent aerial surveillance by a unit, an agency, or a political subdivision of the State to gather evidence or other information in a criminal investigation, subject to certain exceptions; and defining "persistent aerial surveillance"...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-29
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB409 | Intro
25% | Altering the jurisdiction of the juvenile court by repealing provisions specifying that the juvenile court does not have jurisdiction over a child alleged to have committed any crime punishable by life imprisonment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-29
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB471 | Intro
25% | Providing that certain evidence obtained through the use of an unmanned aircraft is inadmissible in a criminal, civil, or administrative proceeding; prohibiting a unit of State government or a political subdivision of the State from deploying or oper...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-29
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB123 | Intro
25% | Including institutions and programs of higher education in which a student is enrolled as part of a dual enrollment program in the definition of "school system"; adding certain offenses to the list of offenses a law enforcement agency must report to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-21
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB309 | Intro
25% | Prohibiting a person from being stopped, detained, or arrested for certain civil offenses while the individual is in a judicial facility or is traveling within 1 mile of a judicial facility for the purpose of attending a meeting, a hearing, or anothe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB129 | Intro
25% | Authorizing a police officer to arrest a certain person without a warrant if the police officer has probable cause to believe that the person battered another person with whom the person has had a sexual relationship within the past year; and alterin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-13
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
