| MD | SB550 | Pass | Altering the definition of "abuse" to include labor trafficking of a child by any individual for purposes of provisions of law governing children in need of assistance cases and child abuse and neglect reporting; and expanding provisions of law relat... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 348 |
| MD | HB508 | Pass | Altering the definition of "abuse" to include labor trafficking of a child by any individual for purposes of provisions of law governing children in need of assistance cases and child abuse and neglect reporting; expanding provisions of law relating ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 349 |
| MD | SB182 | Enroll 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08 Passed Enrolled |
| MD | HB338 | Enroll 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08 Passed Enrolled |
| MD | SB883 | Engross 50% | Requiring a county board of education, a nonpublic school, or a contracting agency that has contracted with a virtual tutoring service to require the virtual tutoring service to conduct a criminal history records check for any individual at the virtu... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08 House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Ebersole, Patterson and Fair) |
| MD | SB220 | Enroll 75% | Repealing the exceptions that allow the sale, distribution, or purchase of tobacco products, tobacco paraphernalia, and electronic smoking devices to or for certain individuals who are active duty members of the military; authorizing the Maryland Dep... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-05 Passed Enrolled |
| MD | HB42 | Enroll 75% | Repealing the exceptions that allow the sale, distribution, or purchase of tobacco products, tobacco paraphernalia, and electronic smoking devices to or for certain individuals who are active duty members of the military; authorizing the Maryland Dep... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28 Passed Enrolled |
| MD | SB89 | Engross 50% | Requiring a local director of a local department of social services or the Secretary of Human Services to disclose certain reports and records of child abuse and neglect within 30 days after receiving a request if certain conditions are met; requirin... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19 To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB1254 | Engross 50% | Requiring certain individuals to submit to a criminal history records check before the individual is authorized to have a position involving direct contact with children in a licensed child care center, registered family child care home, or registere... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19 To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB1140 | Engross 50% | Requiring a virtual tutoring service that contracts with a county board of education, including the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners, or a nonpublic school to conduct a criminal history records check for any individual at the virtual tuto... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14 To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB141 | Engross 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. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB1100 | Intro 25% | Requiring child advocacy centers to report annually to the Behavioral Health Administration certain information related to behavioral health care services provided at the center; requiring the Administration to include in its annual report certain in... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12 To House Health and Government Operations Committee |
| MD | HB937 | Intro 25% | Requiring a local director of a local department of social services or the Secretary of Human Services to disclose certain reports and records of child abuse and neglect within 30 days after receiving a request if certain conditions are met; requirin... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06 To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB313 | Intro 25% | Establishing the Maryland Wiretap and Electronic Surveillance Reform Workgroup to study the effectiveness of Maryland's wiretapping and electronic surveillance laws, examine current technologies, and examine ways to make certain audio and visual reco... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-05 Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB1110 | Intro 25% | Requiring child advocacy centers to report annually to the Behavioral Health Administration certain information related to behavioral health care services provided at the center; requiring the Administration to include in its annual report certain in... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-04 To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | HB405 | Intro 25% | Specifying certain qualifications and training necessary for an individual to be appointed or approved by a court as a custody evaluator; specifying that certain expert evidence is admissible in certain child custody and visitation proceedings under ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31 To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB644 | Intro 25% | Requiring a local department of social services or a law enforcement agency to provide a certain notice to a parent or caretaker of a child at a certain time during an investigation of suspected child abuse or neglect; and excluding evidence obtained... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31 To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB670 | Intro 25% | Requiring the court, in determining the appropriate allocation of custody or visitation between the parties that is in the best interest of the child, to consider the ability of each of the parties to meet the child's developmental needs, the relatio... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB365 | Intro 25% | Specifying certain qualifications and training necessary for an individual to be appointed or approved by a court as a custody evaluator; and specifying that certain expert evidence is admissible in certain child custody and visitation proceedings un... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-18 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB195 | Intro 25% | Requiring a law enforcement officer to make a certain report to a local department of social services after a certain arrest of a certain child under the age of 13 for purposes of a neglect investigation. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-15 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB153 | Intro 25% | Requiring the Maryland Department of Transportation to develop and implement a certain training program for certain transportation-sector employees, taxicab drivers, and transportation network operators on the identification and reporting of suspecte... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-15 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |