Governor Holds Last Bill Signing Ceremony
On Tuesday, Mary 16, Governor Wes Moore held his final ceremony for signing into law bills passed by the 2023 Maryland Gerneral Assembly....
As part of a larger effort to address issues of racial justice, we are supporting measures for Criminal Justice Reform and Police Accountability. As bills are introduced, we will provide bill numbers and links to the actual bill text.
Measures Expected in 2023:
With Executive Branch leadership that appears favorable to significant criminal justice measures, UULM-MD and other advocates are proposing several bills, including:
HB 64 / SB 87 - Office of the Attorney General - Correctional Ombudsman- Continuing support for creating an Ombudsman for correctional services (a proposal by Marylanders for Justice Reform).
HB 523 / SB 759 - Correctional Services - Pregnancy and Postpartum Support (Prevention of Forced Infant Separation Act) - A bill to require the Division of Correction to allow an incarcerated pregnant woman or one who recently gave birth to transfer to the prerelease unit for women to facilitate strong bonds between incarcerated women and their children.
SB 459 / HB 385 - Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing - Limitations (Maryland Mandela Act) - Requiring hearing officers and personnel involved with the supervision and care of individuals placed in restrictive housing to undergo certain training; establishing guidelines and procedures for the placement of incarcerated individuals in certain types of restrictive housing or disciplinary segregation; and requiring each correctional facility to create a monthly report containing certain information about individuals placed in restrictive housing and to publish the report on the facility's website.
HB 96 / SB 93 - Juvenile Court - Jurisdiction (Youth Equity & Safety Act) - A follow-up measure for last year's Juvenile Justice Reform law to clarify which children could be referred to adult processes upon arrest and which would remain in the juvenile system.
HB 156 / SB 98 - Correctional Services - Geriatric and Medical Parole - A bill to require the Maryland Parole Commission to consider the age of an inmate when determining whether to grant parole, and to alter how the Commission evaluates a request for medical parole.
SB 27 - Criminal Procedure - Restorative Justice Program - Establishing the Restorative Justice Program within the Victim Services Unit of the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services. Establish the position of Restorative Justice Legal Specialist, the Restorative Justice Program Revolving Fund, and the Maryland Restorative Justice Council.
For more information, please contact Criminal Justice Reform Issue Team Lead Candy Clark at CriminalJustice@uulmmd.org.
Subject | Bill Number | XFile Bill Number | Sponsor | Title | Status | Current Location | Priority | Position | Action | Synopsis |
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Prevention of Forced Infant Separation | HB0523 | SB0759 | Delegate Mireku-North | Correctional Services - Pregnancy and Postpartum Support (Prevention of Forced Infant Separation Act) | Hearing Held, no action by committee | Judiciary | o | Support | Requiring the Division of Correction to allow a certain pregnant woman and a certain woman who recently gave birth to transfer to the prerelease unit for women for a certain time period; establishing the Healthy Start Bonding Program to facilitate strong bonds between incarcerated women and their children; and requiring the Division to allow liberal visitation between certain individuals and certain children under certain circumstances. | |
Prevention of Forced Infant Separation | SB0759 | HB0523 | Senator Carter | Correctional Services - Pregnancy and Postpartum Support (Prevention of Forced Infant Separation Act) | Hearing Held, no action by committee | Judicial Proceedings | o | Support | Requiring the Division of Correction to allow a certain pregnant woman and a certain woman who recently gave birth to transfer to the prerelease unit for women for a certain time period; establishing the Healthy Start Bonding Program to facilitate strong bonds between incarcerated women and their children; and requiring the Division to allow liberal visitation between certain individuals and certain children under certain circumstances. | |
Restorative justice | SB0027 | Senator West | Criminal Procedure - Restorative Justice Program | Hearing Held, no action by committee | Judicial Proceedings | o | Support | Establishing the Restorative Justice Program within the Victim Services Unit of the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services to address and ameliorate the harmful effects of offenses on a victim in a certain manner; and establishing the position of Restorative Justice Legal Specialist, the Restorative Justice Program Revolving Fund, and the Maryland Restorative Justice Council. | ||
Correctional Ombudsman | HB0064 | SB0087 | Delegate Davis | Office of the Attorney General - Correctional Ombudsman | Hearing Held, no action by committee | Judiciary | X | Support | Establishing the Correctional Ombudsman in the Office of the Attorney General; requiring the Ombudsman to conduct investigations, reviews, and assessments of administrative acts taken by the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services or in relation to individuals confined by the Department; requiring the Ombudsman to refer matters for criminal charges or disciplinary proceedings when appropriate; establishing the Correctional Ombudsman Advisory Board; etc. | |
Correctional Ombudsman | SB0087 | HB0064 | Senator Hettleman | Office of the Attorney General - Correctional Ombudsman Unit | Not assigned to standing committee | Rules and Executive Nominations | X | Support | Establishing the Correctional Ombudsman Unit in the Office of the Attorney General; requiring the Unit to conduct investigations, reviews, and assessments of administrative acts taken by the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services or in relation to individuals confined by the Department; requiring the Unit to refer certain matters for criminal charges or disciplinary proceedings as appropriate; establishing the Correctional Ombudsman Advisory Board to assist the Unit in identifying certain matters to investigate; etc. | |
Education in Prisons | HB0416 | Delegate Amprey | Resources and Education for All Prisons (REAP) Act | No Conference Committee Report | Conference Committee | X | Support | Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to assist inmates in accessing federal Pell grants for higher education; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to set goals for the number of inmates in education programs and establish tracking systems relating to the number of inmates and their progress in education programs; and requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission and the Department of Human Services to assist the Maryland Department of Labor in establishing certain tracking systems. | ||
Geriatric & medical parole | HB0157 | SB0098 | Delegate Moon | Correctional Services - Geriatric and Medical Parole | Hearing Held, no action by committee | Judiciary | X | Support | Requiring the Maryland Parole Commission to consider the age of an inmate when determining whether to grant parole; altering how the Commission evaluates a request for medical parole; requiring the Commission to develop procedures for assessing parole requests by certain inmates; and requiring the Commission to report certain information relating to outcomes of parole considerations under the process to the Justice Reinvestment Oversight Board. | |
Geriatric & medical parole | SB0098 | HB0157 | Senator Hettleman | Correctional Services - Geriatric and Medical Parole | Hearing Held, no action by committee | Judicial Proceedings | X | Support | Requiring the Maryland Parole Commission to consider the age of an inmate when determining whether to grant parole; altering how the Commission evaluates a request for medical parole; and requiring the Commission to develop procedures for assessing parole requests by certain inmates. | |
Juvenile justice jurisdiction | HB0096 | SB0093 | Delegate Crutchfield | Juvenile Court - Jurisdiction (Youth Equity & Safety Act) | Hearing Held, no action by committee | Judiciary | X | Support | 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 certain acts. | |
Juvenile justice jurisdiction | SB0093 | HB0096 | Senator Carter | Juvenile Court - Jurisdiction | Hearing Held, no action by committee | Judicial Proceedings | X | Support | 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 certain acts. | |
Restrictive Housing-limitations | HB0385 | SB0459 | Delegate Bartlett | Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing - Limitations (Maryland Mandela Act) | Hearing Held, no action by committee | Judiciary | X | Support | Requiring hearing officers and personnel involved with the supervision and care of individuals placed in restrictive housing to undergo at least 40 hours of training; establishing guidelines and procedures for the placement of incarcerated individuals in certain types of restrictive housing or disciplinary segregation; and requiring each correctional facility to create a monthly report containing certain information about individuals placed in restrictive housing and to publish the report on the facility's website. | |
Restrictive Housing-limitations | SB0459 | HB0385 | Senator Washington, M. | Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing - Limitations (Maryland Mandela Act) | To Interim Study | X | Support | Requiring hearing officers and personnel involved with the supervision and care of individuals placed in restrictive housing to undergo certain training; establishing guidelines and procedures for the placement of incarcerated individuals in certain types of restrictive housing or disciplinary segregation; and requiring each correctional facility to create a monthly report containing certain information about individuals placed in restrictive housing and to publish the report on the facility's website. | ||
Cannabis offenses-civil penalties | SB0073 | HB0280 | Senator Carter | Criminal Law - Cannabis-Related Offenses - Civil Penalties | Hearing Held, no action by committee | Judicial Proceedings | Support | Substituting civil penalties in place of criminal penalties for certain offenses relating to possessing, possessing with the intent to distribute, and cultivating cannabis and manufacturing cannabis products. | ||
Cannabis possession-expungement | SB0088 | Senator Waldstreicher | Criminal Procedure - Automatic Expungement - Pardoned Conviction of Possession of Cannabis (Pardons for Simple Possession of Cannabis Act of 2023) | Hearing Held, no action by committee | Judicial Proceedings | Support | Requiring that certain records relating to a certain conviction of possession of cannabis that has been fully and unconditionally pardoned by the Governor be automatically expunged; and establishing a procedure for the automatic expungement of pardoned possession of cannabis convictions. | |||
Police accountability Boards | SB0285 | Senator Carter | County Police Accountability Boards - Investigation of Complaints of Police Misconduct | Hearing Held, no action by committee | Judicial Proceedings | Support | Authorizing the local governing body of a county, including Baltimore City, to authorize its police accountability board to exercise investigatory and subpoena powers; and authorizing a police accountability board to conduct an investigation of police misconduct concurrently with a law enforcement agency investigating the complaint. | |||
Cannabis offenses-civil penalties | HB0280 | SB0073 | Delegate Davis | Criminal Law - Cannabis-Related Offenses - Civil Penalties | Hearing Held, no action by committee | Judiciary | Support | Substituting civil penalties in place of criminal penalties for certain offenses relating to possessing, possessing with the intent to distribute, and cultivating cannabis and manufacturing cannabis products. | ||
Felony Murder-Limit for Youth | HB1180 | SB0652 | Delegate Crutchfield | Criminal Law - Youth Accountability and Safety Act | Hearing Held, no action by committee | Judiciary | Support | Providing that a person who was under the age of 25 years at the time of the offense may not be found to have committed murder in the first degree if the charge is based on a murder committed in the perpetration or attempt to perpetrate a certain felony. | ||
Felony Murder-Limit for Youth | SB0652 | HB1180 | Senator Carter | Criminal Law - Felony Murder - Limitation for Youth (Youth Accountability and Safety Act) | Withdrawn | Judicial Proceedings | Support | Providing that a person who was under the age of 25 years at the time of the offense may not be found to have committed murder in the first degree if the charge is based on a murder committed in the perpetration or attempt to perpetrate a certain felony. | ||
Felony Murder-Limit for Youth | SB0850 | Senator Carter | Criminal Law - Youth (Youth Accountability and Safety Act) | Hearing Held, no action by committee | Judicial Proceedings | Support | Providing that a person who was under the age of 25 years at the time of the offense may not be found to have committed murder in the first degree under certain provisions of law. | |||
Police accountability/liability | HB0430 | Delegate Wilkins | Public Safety - Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission - Notification of Action Filed Against Police Officer | Not assigned to standing committee | Rules | Support | Requiring a court to notify the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission of the filing of a civil action against a police officer involving allegations that the police officer wrongfully caused the death of or serious bodily injury to an individual; and requiring the court to make the required notification within 10 days after the filing of the civil action. | |||
Police officer civil liability | HB0115 | Delegate Acevero | Civil Rights - Violation of Rights - Government Liability | Hearing Held, no action by committee | Judiciary | Support | Establishing the civil liability of a police officer who deprives or allows another to deprive an individual of certain rights under the Maryland Declaration of Rights and the Maryland Constitution; requiring that the employer of a police officer indemnify the law enforcement officer against a judgment or settlement entered against the officer under the Act subject to certain exceptions; requiring that a civil action under the Act be filed within 2 years after the cause of action accrues; etc. | |||
Transgender in prison | HB0426 | SB0761 | Delegate Lopez | Correctional Facilities - Transgender, Nonbinary, and Intersex Inmates (Transgender Respect, Agency, and Dignity Act) | Hearing Held, no action by committee | Judiciary | Support | Requiring the Commissioner of Correction to report certain information regarding the gender identities of inmates and the housing status of transgender, nonbinary, or intersex inmates; prohibiting an employee of a correctional facility from discriminating against inmates on the basis of certain protected classes; requiring the managing official of a correctional facility to develop a written nondiscrimination policy regarding inmates; etc. | ||
Transgender in prison | SB0761 | HB0426 | Senator Carter | Correctional Facilities - Transgender, Nonbinary, and Intersex Inmates (Transgender Respect, Agency, and Dignity Act) | Hearing Held, no action by committee | Judicial Proceedings | Support | Requiring the Commissioner of Correction to report certain information regarding the gender identities of inmates and the housing status of transgender, nonbinary, or intersex inmates; prohibiting an employee of a correctional facility from discriminating against inmates on the basis of certain protected classes; requiring the managing official of a correctional facility to develop a written nondiscrimination policy regarding inmates; etc. | ||
AG prosecution from investigations | HB0857 | SB0290 | Delegate Clippinger | Office of the Attorney General - Independent Investigations Division - Authority to Prosecute | Hearing Held, no action by committee | Judiciary | Expanding the investigative jurisdiction of the Independent Investigations Division of the Office of the Attorney General to include a police-involved incident resulting in injury to an individual that is not otherwise within the jurisdiction of the Division; repealing a requirement that the Division submit a certain report to a certain State's Attorney at a certain time; and authorizing the Attorney General to prosecute certain criminal matters under certain circumstances. | |||
AG prosecution from investigations | SB0290 | HB0857 | Senator Smith | Office of the Attorney General - Independent Investigations Division - Authority to Prosecute | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 632 | Governor | Expanding the investigative jurisdiction of the Independent Investigations Division of the Office of the Attorney General to include a police-involved incident resulting in serious bodily injury to an individual that is not otherwise within the jurisdiction of the Division; requiring the Division to submit an annual report on its activities in the prior calendar year to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before January 31; authorizing the Attorney General to prosecute certain criminal matters under certain circumstances; etc. | |||
Anti-swatting complaints | HB0745 | SB0340 | Delegate Hill | Criminal Law - False Statements - Emergency or Commission of Crime (Antiswatting Act of 2023) | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 698 | Governor | Prohibiting a person from making or causing to be made a false statement, report, or complaint to a governmental emergency report recipient with reckless disregard of causing bodily harm to an individual as a direct result of a response to the statement, report, or complaint; and providing that a person who violates the Act, in addition to any penalties imposed, is civilly liable to an individual harmed by the violation. | |||
Anti-swatting complaints | SB0340 | HB0745 | Senator Kagan | Criminal Law - False Statements - Emergency or Commission of Crime (Antiswatting Act of 2023) | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 699 | Governor | Prohibiting a person from making or causing to be made a false statement, report, or complaint to a governmental emergency report recipient with reckless disregard of causing bodily harm to an individual as a direct result of a response to the statement, report, or complaint; and providing that a person who violates the Act, in addition to any penalties imposed, is civilly liable to an individual harmed by the violation. | |||
Automatic Expungement | HB0189 | SB0173 | Delegate Moon | Automatic Expungement - Clarification | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 684 | Governor | Clarifying the language of provisions of law requiring the expungement of certain records maintained by the State or a political subdivision of the State relating to the charging of certain offenses under certain circumstances and notification of a certain right to expungement. | |||
Automatic Expungement | SB0173 | HB0189 | Senator Waldstreicher | Automatic Expungement - Clarification | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 685 | Governor | Clarifying the language of provisions of law requiring the expungement of certain records maintained by the State or a political subdivision of the State relating to the charging of certain offenses under certain circumstances and notification of a certain right to expungement. | |||
Baltimore City Police Commissioner | HB0853 | SB0758 | Baltimore City Delegation | Baltimore City - Control Over Powers of Police Commissioner | No action by Senate committee | Judicial Proceedings | Repealing a prohibition on certain Baltimore City ordinances or acts of certain municipal officials from conflicting, impeding, obstructing, hindering, or interfering with the powers of the Baltimore City Police Commissioner. | |||
Baltimore City Police Commissioner | SB0758 | HB0853 | Senator Carter | Baltimore City - Control Over Powers of Police Commissioner | Hearing Held, no action by committee | Judicial Proceedings | Repealing a prohibition on certain Baltimore City ordinances or acts of certain municipal officials from conflicting, impeding, obstructing, hindering, or interfering with the powers of the Baltimore City Police Commissioner. | |||
Body-worn camera financing/storage | HB0332 | SB0330 | Delegate Lewis, J. | Public Safety - Law Enforcement - Body-Worn Cameras (Body-Worn Camera Appropriation and Financing Act of 2023) | Not assigned to standing committee | Rules | Requiring the Department of General Services, in coordination with the Department of Information Technology, to negotiate certain contracts with third parties for the acquisition or maintenance of body-worn cameras, equipment, or technology for certain law enforcement agencies; and requiring the Department of Information Technology, in coordination with the Department of General Services, to study the cost and feasibility of implementing a statewide uniform storage and access system for law enforcement body-worn camera data. | |||
Body-worn camera financing/storage | SB0330 | HB0332 | Senator Ready | Public Safety - Law Enforcement - Body-Worn Cameras (Body-Worn Camera Appropriation and Financing Act of 2023) | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 743 | Governor | Requiring the Department of General Services, in coordination with the Department of Information Technology, to negotiate certain contracts with third parties for the acquisition or maintenance of body-worn cameras, equipment, or technology for certain law enforcement agencies; requiring the Department of Information Technology, in coordination with the Department of General Services, to study the cost and feasibility of implementing a statewide uniform storage and access system for law enforcement body-worn camera data; etc. | |||
Cannabis reform | HB0556 | SB0516 | Delegate Wilson | Cannabis Reform | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 254 | Governor | Renaming the Alcohol and Tobacco Commission to be the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission; establishing the Maryland Cannabis Administration as an independent unit of State government; establishing a regulatory and licensing system for adult-use cannabis; imposing a sales and use tax of 9% on the sale of cannabis; requiring the Administration, by July 1, 2023, to convert medical cannabis licenses to licenses to operate a medical and adult-use cannabis business; etc. | |||
Cannabis reform | SB0516 | HB0556 | Senator Feldman | Cannabis Reform | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 255 | Governor | Renaming the Alcohol and Tobacco Commission to be the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission; establishing the Maryland Cannabis Administration as an independent unit of State government; establishing a regulatory and licensing system for adult-use cannabis; imposing the sales and use tax on the sale of adult-use cannabis at 9%; requiring the Administration, on or before July 1 2023, to convert medical cannabis licenses to licenses to operate a medical and adult-use cannabis business; etc. | |||
Collateral consequences study | HB0544 | SB0123 | Delegate Mireku-North | Department of Planning - Collateral Consequences for Individuals With Criminal Records - Study | Hearing Held, no action by committee | Judiciary | Requiring the Maryland Department of Planning, in coordination with the Maryland State Data Center, to study, report on, and make recommendations relating to certain collateral consequences for individuals with criminal records; and requiring the Department to report certain information to the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2023. | |||
Collateral consequences study | SB0123 | HB0544 | Senator Ellis | Department of Planning - Collateral Consequences for Individuals With Criminal Records - Study | Hearing Held, no action by committee | Judicial Proceedings | Requiring the Maryland Department of Planning, in coordination with the Maryland State Data Center, to study, report on, and make recommendations relating to certain collateral consequences for individuals with criminal records; and requiring the Department to report certain information to the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2023. | |||
Correctional health & wellness | HB0059 | SB0942 | Delegate Hill | Health and Wellness Standards - Correctional Facilities | Hearing Held, no action by committee | Health and Government Operations | Requiring the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services, with the advice of the Secretary of Health, to update certain minimum mandatory standards for inmate food services to reflect certain practices and guidelines; establishing the Correctional Facilities Health and Wellness Pilot Program to establish minimum mandatory standards for inmate food services in facilities participating in the Program; and requiring the Secretary of Health to adopt health and wellness standards for certain facilities. | |||
Correctional health & wellness | SB0942 | HB0059 | Senator Benson | Health and Wellness Standards - Correctional Facilities | Hearing Held, no action by committee | Judicial Proceedings | Requiring the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services, with the advice of the Secretary of Health, to update certain minimum mandatory standards for inmate food services to reflect certain practices and guidelines; establishing the Correctional Facilities Health and Wellness Pilot Program to establish minimum mandatory standards for inmate food services in facilities participating in the Program; and requiring the Secretary of Health to adopt health and wellness standards for certain facilities. | |||
Corrections - Intake and Release | HB0877 | Delegate Feldmark | Correctional Services - Incarcerated Individuals - Intake and Release (Reentry Success Act) | Hearing Held, no action by committee | Judiciary | Requiring the Division of Correction to provide screening for and access to certain mediation for an incarcerated individual; requiring the Division to work with an incarcerated individual to ensure access to medication, social service programs, and public transportation at the time of the incarcerated individual's release; and requiring a State transit system or transit system partially funded by the State to provide the Division with transit passes for use by released incarcerated individuals at no cost to the Division. | ||||
Court ordered fines and fees | HB0154 | SB0924 | Delegate Wells | Workgroup to Study the Impact of Court-Mandated Fines and Fees | Hearing Held, no action by committee | Judiciary | Establishing the Workgroup to Study the Impact of Court-Mandated Fines and Fees, particularly as it relates to low-income residents; requiring the Workgroup to develop a plan and legislative recommendations for eliminating or reducing court-mandated fines and fees, and a comprehensive database and schedule of court-mandated fines and fees; and requiring the Workgroup to report its plan and recommendations to the General Assembly by December 31, 2023. | |||
Court ordered fines and fees | SB0924 | HB0154 | Senator Washington, A. | Workgroup to Study the Impact of Court-Mandated Fines and Fees | Not assigned to standing committee | Rules | Establishing the Workgroup to Study the Impact of Court-Mandated Fines and Fees, particularly as it relates to low-income residents; requiring the Workgroup to develop a plan and legislative recommendations for eliminating or reducing court-mandated fines and fees, and a comprehensive database and schedule of court-mandated fines and fees; and requiring the Workgroup to report its plan and recommendations to the General Assembly by December 31, 2023. | |||
Expungement for good cause | HB0664 | SB0017 | Delegate Williams | Criminal Procedure - Expungement of Records - Good Cause | Hearing Held, no action by committee | Judiciary | 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. | |||
Expungement for good cause | SB0017 | HB0664 | Senator Carter | Criminal Procedure - Expungement of Records - Good Cause | Hearing canceled | Judicial Proceedings | 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. | |||
Expungement of convictions | HB0660 | SB0505 | Delegate Alston | Criminal Procedure - Expungement - Convictions | Hearing Held, no action by committee | Judiciary | Authorizing a person to file a petition for expungement of a conviction of certain misdemeanor and felony convictions. | |||
Expungement of convictions | SB0505 | HB0660 | Senator Muse | Criminal Procedure - Expungement and Shielding - Probation Before Judgment for Driving While Impaired or Under the Influence | Amended in House; not reconciled | House Floor | Authorizing a person to file a petition listing relevant facts for expungement of certain records relating to a probation before judgment for driving while impaired or driving while under the influence; authorizing a certain person to petition a court to shield certain records relating to a probation before judgment for driving while impaired or driving while under the influence; etc. | |||
Expungement-mistaken identity | SB0066 | Senator Jackson | Criminal Procedure - Expungement - Mistaken Identity | Withdrawn | Judicial Proceedings | Requiring a State's Attorney to give notice to the court when seeking to dismiss a charge based on mistaken identity; requiring the automatic expungement of records relating to charges that are dismissed or of which a person is acquitted as a result of mistaken identity; and requiring a custodian of records to advise, within 60 days after the entry of a certain order, the court and the person charged of compliance with an order entered under the Act. | ||||
Expungement-waiting periods | HB0097 | SB0037 | Delegate Bartlett | Criminal Procedure - Expungement of Records (REDEEM Act of 2023) | Not assigned to standing committee | Rules | Providing that any unpaid court fees or costs are not a bar to a certain expungement; requiring a court to waive any court fees and costs associated with the charge being expunged when ordering or effecting a certain expungement; adding malicious destruction of property to the list of misdemeanor convictions that may be expunged; and altering the waiting periods applicable to the filing of petitions for expungement of convictions of certain crimes. | |||
Expungement-waiting periods | SB0037 | HB0097 | Senator Waldstreicher | Criminal Procedure - Expungement of Records (REDEEM Act of 2023) | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 683 | Governor | Providing that any unpaid court fees or costs are not a bar to a certain expungement; requiring a court to waive certain court fees and costs when ordering or effecting a certain expungement; adding malicious destruction of property to the list of misdemeanor convictions that may be expunged; and altering the waiting periods applicable to the filing of petitions for expungement of convictions of certain crimes. | |||
Frederick City offender road work | HB0640 | Delegate Simpson | City of Frederick - Assignment of Offenders to Road Work - Repeal | Hearing Held, no action by committee | Judiciary | Repealing a provision of law requring a District Court judge to assign, if practicable, an offender to work the public roads of Frederick County or the City of Frederick as a penalty for a violation of a municipal law or ordinance of the City of Frederick. | ||||
Fredetrick jail use of polygraphs | HB0439 | Frederick County Delegation | Frederick County - Adult Detention Center - Polygraph Examinations of Employees | Hearing Held, no action by committee | Judiciary | Exempting individuals who apply for employment or are employed in any capacity that involves direct personal contact with an inmate in the Frederick County Adult Detention Center from the prohibition on employers requiring an employee or a prospective employee to take a polygraph examination or similar test as a condition of prospective or continued employment. | ||||
Handgun Theft | SB0564 | Senator Ready | Criminal Law - Theft of a Handgun | Hearing Held, no action by committee | Judicial Proceedings | Establishing the felony of theft of a handgun; and establishing a penalty for theft of a handgun of, for a first conviction, 2 to 5 years of imprisonment or a fine of up to $1,000 or both and, for a second or subsequent conviction, imprisonment for 5 to 10 years or a fine of up to $2,500 or both. | ||||
Housing discrimination-reentry status | HB0577 | Delegate Fennell | Human Relations - Discrimination in Housing - Reentry-Into-Society Status | Withdrawn | Environment and Transportation | Establishing reentry-into-society status as a protected class for purposes of State fair housing laws and prohibiting discriminatory practices in residential real estate transactions and the sale or rental of a dwelling because of a person's reentry-into-society status; and defining 'reentry-into-society status' as the state of having completed a court-ordered sentence of imprisonment. | ||||
Incarcerated Individuals | SB0293 | Senator Sydnor | Corrections - Incarcerated Individuals | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 721 | Governor | Altering the term 'inmate' to be 'incarcerated individual' meaning an individual who is actually or constructively detained or confined in a correctional facility. | ||||
Inmate release to home county | SB0427 | Senator Corderman | Correctional Services - Inmate Release | Unfavorable | Judicial Proceedings | Requiring the Division of Correction to transport a certain inmate from a certain correctional facility to the county of the inmate's address recorded at the time the inmate entered the correctional facility after the inmate is released from a State correctional facility; and requiring the Division of Parole and Probation to supervise any required probation, parole, or mandatory supervision of a certain inmate in a certain county after the inmate is released from a State correctional facility. | ||||
Inspection of body cam records | SB0040 | Senator Sydnor | Public Information Act - Inspection of Records From Body-Worn Digital Recording Devices | Hearing Held, no action by committee | Judiciary | Establishing certain requirements for a custodian of records related to certain recordings from a certain body-worn digital recording device worn by a law enforcement officer; and requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission, in consultation with certain other entities and stakeholders, to develop certain uniform standards and policies. | ||||
Juvenile Court Jurisdiction - Age of Child | HB0698 | Delegate Szeliga | Juvenile Law - Juvenile Court Jurisdiction - Age of Child | Hearing Held, no action by committee | Judiciary | Altering the age, from 13 years old to 11 years old, at which a certain child is subject to the exclusive original jurisdiction of the juvenile court. | ||||
Juvenile felony database | HB0358 | Delegate Attar | Department of Juvenile Services - Juvenile Felony Database | Hearing Held, no action by committee | Judiciary | Requiring the Department of Juvenile Services, in coordination with the Administrative Office of the Courts, to develop, maintain, regularly update, and publish on its website a searchable database of all offenses committed by juveniles that would be felonies if committed by adults; and prohibiting the database from containing certain identifying information. | ||||
Juvenile interrogations | HB0076 | Delegate Acevero | Custodial Interrogation of Minors - Admissibility of Statements | Hearing Held, no action by committee | Judiciary | Establishing a certain rebuttable presumption that a statement made by a minor during a custodial interrogation is involuntary and is inadmissible in a juvenile or criminal proceeding against the minor under certain circumstances. | ||||
Juveniles - homicide | SB0015 | Senator Carter | Juvenile Law - Child in Need of Supervision - Mandatory Petition and Notice (NyKayla Strawder Memorial Act) | Hearing Held, no action by committee | Judiciary | Requiring an intake officer to file a petition alleging that a child under the age of 13 years is either delinquent or a child in need of supervision if the child is alleged to have committed an act that results in the death of a victim; and requiring a law enforcement officer to forward a complaint alleging that a child under the age of 13 years committed an act that resulted in the death of a victim to the Department of Juvenile Services. | ||||
Keeping families connected | SB0257 | Senator Waldstreicher | Task Force to Assess the Viability for No-Charge Phone Calls for State Incarcerated Individuals (Keeping Families Connected Act of 2023) | Hearing Held, no action by committee | Judiciary | Establishing the Task Force to Assess the Viability for No-Charge Phone Calls for State Incarcerated Individuals; requiring the Task Force to analyze data related to no-charge prison phone call programs in other states, evaluate the projected program cost to the State, and evaluate and make recommendations to allow for no-charge phone calls by individuals confined in State correctional facilities while minimizing financial cost to the State; and requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations by December 31, 2023. | ||||
Labor, Job Training, and Education | HB1057 | SB0941 | Delegate Hill | Correctional Services - Inmates - Labor, Job Training, and Educational Courses | Hearing Held, no action by committee | Judiciary | Establishing a minimum hourly compensation rate for inmate labor in Maryland Correctional Enterprises of $5; requiring the Division of Correction to offer job training and educational courses to certain inmates; requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to report annually on or before March 1 on the job training and educational courses offered by the Division; and requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to evaluate the job training and educational courses offered by the Division on an ongoing basis. | |||
Labor, Job Training, and Education | SB0941 | HB1057 | Senator Benson | Correctional Services - Inmates - Labor, Job Training, and Educational Courses | Hearing Held, no action by committee | Judicial Proceedings | Requiring the compensation rate for inmate labor in Maryland Correctional Enterprises to be not less than the federal minimum wage; requiring the Division of Correction to offer to inmates job training, focused on marketable skills, and educational courses; and requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to evaluate the job training and educational courses offered by the Division and by December 31 every 3 years, beginning in 2024, report to the Governor and the General Assembly. | |||
MPTSC members-white supremacy | HB0088 | Delegate Acevero | Public Safety - Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission - Prohibition Against Certain Affiliation or Support by Police Officers | Hearing Held, no action by committee | Judiciary | Requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to prohibit police officers from affiliating with, supporting, or advocating for White supremacist groups, ideologies, or causes or participating in or actively promoting a certain extremist group. | ||||
Medical Parole | HB0047 | SB0033 | Delegate Bartlett | Correctional Services - Medical Parole - Life Imprisonment | Hearing Held, no action by committee | Judiciary | Repealing provisions relating to gubernatorial approval of a decision of the Maryland Parole Commission to grant medical parole to an inmate serving a sentence of life imprisonment. | |||
Medical Parole | SB0033 | HB0047 | Senator Carter | Correctional Services - Parole - Life Imprisonment | Hearing Held, no action by committee | Judiciary | Repealing provisions relating to gubernatorial approval of a decision of the Maryland Parole Commission to grant parole to an inmate serving a sentence of life imprisonment. | |||
Minors convicted as adults | HB0170 | Delegate Simpson | Minors Convicted as Adults - Sentencing - Transfer to Juvenile Court | Withdrawn | Judiciary | Requiring a court to consider certain factors before sentencing a minor convicted as an adult and to state on the record its consideration of the factors at the time of sentencing; 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 determination under certain circumstances. | ||||
Murder - Diminution Credits | SB0569 | Senator Folden | Correctional Services - Murder - Diminution Credits | Hearing Held, no action by committee | Judicial Proceedings | Prohibiting the earning of diminution credits to reduce the term of confinement of an inmate who is serving a sentence for murder in the first degree or murder in the second degree in a State or local correctional facility. | ||||
No-knock warrants - repeal | HB0038 | Delegate Acevero | No-Knock Warrants | Hearing Held, no action by committee | Judiciary | Repealing the authority for the issuance and execution of a no-knock search warrant; and establishing procedures for the issuance and execution of a search warrant. | ||||
Personnel Records - Police Officers | SB0747 | Senator Folden | Public Information Act - Personnel Records - Police Officers | Hearing Held, no action by committee | Judicial Proceedings | Providing that records relating to investigations of police officers for misconduct are personnel records under the Public Information Act, except for records relating to allegations of excessive force or racial bias. | ||||
Police Accountability Boards | HB0518 | SB0409 | Delegate Lopez | Police Accountability Boards and Administrative Charging Committees - Municipal Corporations | Hearing Held, no action by committee | Judiciary | Authorizing a municipal corporation in the State to have a police accountability board to receive complaints of police misconduct from the public; requiring the board to submit an annual report to the governing body of the municipal corporation identifying trends in the disciplinary process of police officers and recommending changes to improve police accountability; and authorizing a municipal corporation to establish an administrative charging committee to serve law enforcement agencies in the municipal corporation. | |||
Police Accountability Boards | SB0409 | HB0518 | Senator Watson | Police Accountability Boards and Administrative Charging Committees - Municipal Corporations | Hearing Held, no action by committee | Judicial Proceedings | Authorizing a municipal corporation in the State to have a police accountability board to receive complaints of police misconduct from the public; requiring the board to submit an annual report to the governing body of the municipal corporation identifying trends in the disciplinary process of police officers and recommending changes to improve police accountability; and authorizing a municipal corporation to establish an administrative charging committee to serve law enforcement agencies in the municipal corporation. | |||
Police Accountability-time to file | HB0582 | SB0571 | Delegate Cardin | Public Safety - Police Accountability - Time Limit for Filing Administrative Charges | Hearing Held, no action by committee | Judiciary | Requiring a law enforcement agency to file any administrative charges arising out of an investigation of alleged police officer misconduct that is not required to be reviewed by an administrative charging committee within 1 year and 1 day from the date of the incident that led to the investigation. | |||
Police Accountability-time to file | SB0571 | HB0582 | Senator Folden | Public Safety - Police Accountability - Time Limit for Filing Administrative Charges | Hearing Held, no action by committee | Judicial Proceedings | Requiring a law enforcement agency to file any administrative charges arising out of an investigation of alleged police officer misconduct that is not required to be reviewed by an administrative charging committee within 1 year and 1 day from the date of the incident that led to the investigation. | |||
Police compensation study | SB0105 | Senator Jackson | Law Enforcement Officers - Compensation and Benefits - Study | Hearing Held, no action by committee | Budget and Taxation | Requiring the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services to study and report on the compensation and benefits of law enforcement officers in the State; requiring certain units of State government to provide assistance to the Office by providing information necessary to conduct the study; and requiring the Office to submit its report to certain committees of the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2023. | ||||
Police retention workgroup | HB0308 | SB0018 | Delegate Tomlinson | Police Retention Workgroup | Hearing Held, no action by committee | Appropriations | Establishing the Police Retention Workgroup to study issues and factors potentially contributing to the decline in police officer retention statewide; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 30, 2024. | |||
Police retention workgroup | SB0018 | HB0308 | Senator West | Police Recruitment and Retention Workgroup | Hearing Held, no action by committee | Appropriations | Establishing the Police Recruitment and Retention Workgroup to study issues and factors potentially contributing to recruitment challenges and the decline in police officer retention statewide; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 30, 2024. | |||
Postconviction Work Readiness | HB1022 | Delegate Young | Labor and Employment - Postconviction Work Readiness Program | Hearing Held, no action by committee | Judiciary | Establishing the Postconviction Work Readiness Program to provide dedicated services for individuals who have been convicted of a felony with obtaining and retaining employment; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to establish the Program in at least four counties in the State; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $4,000,000 for the Program; and requiring the Department to submit a report to the General Assembly by October 1, 2025, that evaluates the Postconviction Work Readiness Program. | ||||
Pregnant inmates-drug assessment/Tx | HB0044 | SB0190 | Delegate Lopez | Correctional Services - Pregnant Incarcerated Individuals - Substance Use Disorder Assessment and Treatment | Hearing Held, no action by committee | Judiciary | Requiring that a pregnant incarcerated individual be screened for substance use disorder at intake, regardless of the jurisdiction or the length of the individual's sentence, be referred to health care providers, and be provided with certain medications and treatment; requiring a correctional unit to arrange for health insurance coverage and follow-up health care before release of a pregnant incarcerated individual; and requiring that a pregnant incarcerated individual be provided with medical records on release. | |||
Pregnant inmates-drug assessment/Tx | SB0107 | Senator Lee | Correctional Services - Pregnant Incarcerated Individuals - Substance Use Disorder Assessment and Treatment | Withdrawn | Judicial Proceedings | Requiring that a pregnant incarcerated individual be screened for substance use disorder at intake regardless of the jurisdiction or the length of the individual's sentence, be referred to health care providers, and be provided with certain medications and treatment; requiring a correctional unit to arrange for health insurance coverage and follow-up health care before release of a pregnant incarcerated individual; and requiring that a pregnant incarcerated individual be provided with medical records on release. | ||||
Pregnant inmates-drug assessment/Tx | SB0190 | HB0044 | Senator West | Correctional Services - Pregnant Incarcerated Individuals - Substance Use Disorder Assessment and Treatment | Hearing Held, no action by committee | Judicial Proceedings | Requiring that a pregnant incarcerated individual be screened for substance use disorder at intake regardless of the jurisdiction or the length of the individual's sentence, be referred to health care providers, and be provided with certain medications and treatment; requiring a correctional unit to arrange for health insurance coverage and follow-up health care before release of a pregnant incarcerated individual; and requiring that a pregnant incarcerated individual be provided with medical records on release. | |||
Provisional police certification | SB0110 | Senator Jackson | Public Safety - Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission | Unfavorable | Judicial Proceedings | Altering the membership and duties of the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission; providing that a law enforcement agency may employ an individual as a police officer for a period exceeding 1 year only if the individual is certified by the Commission or for a period not to exceed 1 year if the individual is provisionally certified by the Commission; and altering provisions of law relating to the certification and recertification of police officers. | ||||
Reentry employment fund-PG | HB0464 | SB0156 | Delegate Lewis, J. | Prince George's County - Prince George's County Reentry Employment Incentive Program - Funding | Not assigned to standing committee | Rules | Requiring the Governor, for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2028, to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $500,000 to the Prince George's County Office of the County Executive to be used for the Prince George's County Reentry Employment Incentive Program; and requiring that funds made available by the Act are supplemental to, and may not supplant, funds otherwise available for the reentry employment incentives in Prince George's County. | |||
Reentry employment fund-PG | SB0156 | HB0464 | Prince George's County Senators | Prince George's County - Prince George's County Reentry Employment Incentive Program - Funding | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 791 | Governor | Requiring the Governor, for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2028, to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $500,000 to the Prince George's County Office of the County Executive to be used for the Prince George's County Reentry Employment Incentive Program; and requiring that funds made available by the Act are supplemental to, and may not supplant, funds otherwise available for the reentry employment incentives in Prince George's County. | |||
Reentry study | HB0661 | SB0499 | Delegate Lewis, J. | Workgroup to Study Reentry | Hearing Held, no action by committee | Judiciary | Establishing the Workgroup to Study Reentry; requiring the Workgroup to examine the current role of State and local agencies in the reentry of formerly incarcerated individuals after completing their terms of confinement in State and local correctional facilities; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations regarding policy changes for improvement of reentry to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 31, 2024. | |||
Reentry study | SB0499 | HB0661 | Senator West | Workgroup to Study Reentry | Hearing Held, no action by committee | Judicial Proceedings | Establishing the Workgroup to Study Reentry; requiring the Workgroup to examine the current role of State and local agencies in the reentry of formerly incarcerated individuals after completing their terms of confinement in State and local correctional facilities; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations regarding policy changes for improvement of reentry to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 31, 2024. | |||
Restrictive Housing-limitations | SB0045 | Senator Lee | Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing - Limitations (Maryland Mandela Act) | Withdrawn | Judicial Proceedings | Requiring hearing officers and personnel involved with the supervision and care of individuals placed in restrictive housing to undergo certain training; establishing guidelines and procedures for the placement of incarcerated individuals in certain types of restrictive housing or disciplinary segregation; and requiring each correctional facility to create a monthly report containing certain information about individuals placed in restrictive housing and to publish the report on the facility's website. | ||||
Violence Intervention and Prevention | SB0598 | Senator Carter | Maryland Violence Intervention and Prevention Program Fund - Appropriation | Withdrawn | Budget and Taxation | Increasing, from at least $3,000,000 to at least $40,000,000, the annual appropriation that the Governor is required to include in the budget bill for the Maryland Violence Intervention and Prevention Program fund. |