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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 under certain circumstances; requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to develop and a...
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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
MDSB949Engross
50%
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...
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2024-04-08
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDHB1063Enroll
75%
Altering the definition of "underlying crime" that is applicable to certain prohibitions against participation in criminal organizations.
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2024-04-08
Returned Passed
MDHB1047Enroll
75%
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...
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2024-04-08
Passed Enrolled
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%
Prohibiting the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services and the Maryland Judiciary from engaging in any procurement related to the central repository, the judicial case management system, or any successor database that serves the same p...
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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 to a nonparty to the case unless the court or the party disclosing or allowing inspection of the ...
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2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled
MDHB667Engross
50%
Establishing that certain crimes relating to animals do not include certain activities; establishing that each animal harmed in a violation of a prohibition against animal cruelty is a separate offense and shall be deemed an individual victim for pur...
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2024-04-05
To Senate Rules Committee
MDSB17Engross
50%
Establishing that each domestic or farm animal harmed in a violation of a prohibition against animal cruelty is a separate offense and shall be deemed an individual victim for purposes of the sentencing guidelines stacking rule; and establishing that...
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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
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
MDHB544Enroll
75%
Altering the statute of limitations applicable to the crime of sexual extortion to be 5 years; altering the statute of limitations applicable to the crime of stalking to be 10 years; providing that the State may institute a prosecution for revenge po...
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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
MDSB391Enroll
75%
Altering the statute of limitations applicable to the crime of sexual extortion to be 5 years and the crime of stalking to be 10 years; providing that the State may institute a prosecution for revenge porn at any time; and providing that, for purpose...
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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
MDSB1158Intro
25%
Prohibiting a person from committing a crime of violence while the person is in an educational facility, a medical facility, or a place of worship; and providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a felony and, in addition to any other p...
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2024-03-21
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB1150Intro
25%
Prohibiting a person from committing a crime of violence while the person is in an educational facility, a medical facility, or a place of worship; and providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a felony, and in addition to any other p...
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2024-03-21
Withdrawn by Sponsor
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
MDHB593Engross
50%
Extending from 1 year to 3 years the statute of limitations for prosecutions relating to destroying funerary objects and other elements of a cemetery to begin at the time local authorities knew or reasonably should have known of the violation; and pr...
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2024-03-20
To Senate Judicial Proceedings 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
MDHB550Engross
50%
Authorizing a person to file a petition for partial expungement for a certain eligible offense even if another charge or conviction arising out of the same incident, transaction, or set of facts is not eligible for expungement; requiring a court to o...
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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
MDHB274Engross
50%
Reclassifying, as a misdemeanor instead of a felony, a certain offense relating to the prohibition against intercepting and disclosing any wire, oral, or electronic communications.
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2024-03-14
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB290Engross
50%
Authorizing a person to intercept a wire, oral, or electronic communication if the person has a good faith belief that the person intercepting the communication or another person is in imminent danger of becoming the victim of a crime of violence, st...
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2024-03-14
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB406Engross
50%
Clarifying that "spouse" includes a former spouse for purposes of disclosure of confidential communications occurring during marriage; and establishing that a spouse, who is the alleged victim, is competent to disclose a confidential communication be...
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2024-03-14
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
MDHB249Engross
50%
Requiring a certain DNA sample to be collected in a certain manner from an individual who is required to register as a sex offender; requiring a DNA sample to be collected by a certain individual or at a certain location under certain circumstances; ...
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2024-03-13
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB549Engross
50%
Increasing from 1 year to 3 years the statute of limitations for the prosecution or suit for enforcement of local consumer protection codes.
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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
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