| MD | HB180 | Intro
25% | Establishing the Gun Violence Victim Relocation Program within the Victim Services Unit of the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention and Policy to provide certain victims of gun violence certain services and assistance related to relocating for the s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-29
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB190 | Intro
25% | Requiring the Maryland Parole Commission to consider the age of incarcerated individuals when determining whether to grant parole; altering how the Commission evaluates a request for medical parole, including providing for a meeting between the inca...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-29
[Hearing: Feb 4 @ 1:00 pm]
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB495 | Intro
25% | Requiring certain schools that have an antidiscrimination policy to ensure that the policy includes certain information and is available to certain individuals in a certain manner; requiring a school to provide a certain training regarding antidiscri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-29
[Hearing: Feb 12 @ 1:00 pm]
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB810 | Intro
25% | Requiring each law enforcement agency to adopt a policy requiring the use of a lethality assessment protocol; and defining "lethality assessment protocol" as a multiprong validated tool intended for use by law enforcement officers investigating domes...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-29
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB142 | Intro
25% | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
Second Reading Passed |
| MD | HB668 | Intro
25% | Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim November 7 as Victims of Communism Memorial Day; and directing the Department of Legislative Services to send a copy of the Act to the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28
[Hearing: Mar 13 @ 1:00 pm]
To House Health and Government Operations Committee |
| MD | SB39 | Intro
25% | Authorizing an individual serving a term of confinement to petition a court to modify or reduce the sentence under certain circumstances; providing that a certain petitioner is entitled to assistance of counsel and, if indigent, representation by the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB141 | Intro
25% | Authorizing an individual who is at least 60 years old and has been imprisoned for at least 20 years to file a motion to reduce the duration of the individual's sentence; requiring the court to conduct a hearing on a motion to reduce the duration of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB613 | Intro
25% | Prohibiting a court or a party in a criminal or juvenile delinquency case from disclosing or allowing inspection of a certain court filing unless the court or the party redacts identifying information relating to a victim of sexual assault that appea...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
[Hearing: Feb 11 @ 1:00 pm]
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB508 | Intro
25% | Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, health maintenance organizations, and managed care organizations to provide coverage to victims of domestic violence for aesthetic services and re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
[Hearing: Feb 11 @ 1:00 pm]
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB541 | Intro
25% | Authorizing the Director of the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency to issue certain fraternal organizations a license for not more than five instant ticket lottery machines; altering the distribution of proceeds from instant ticket lottery machi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
[Hearing: Feb 19 @ 1:00 pm]
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | HB675 | Intro
25% | Altering the purpose and use of the Rape Kit Testing Grant Fund; expanding the duties of the Executive Director of the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention and Policy relating to the Fund; and prohibiting the use of the Fund for the Sexual Assault E...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
[Hearing: Feb 11 @ 1:00 pm]
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB677 | Intro
25% | Authorizing the court to admit into evidence in certain criminal proceedings certain out of court statements made by a vulnerable adult victim or witness under certain circumstances and subject to certain requirements.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
[Hearing: Feb 11 @ 1:00 pm]
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB608 | Intro
25% | Altering the requirements for certification of a U Nonimmigrant Status Petition; altering the individuals eligible to request a certain official to certify victim helpfulness relating to certification of a U Nonimmigrant Status Petition; and authoriz...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB352 | Intro
25% | Establishing or altering certain administrative penalties; altering or repealing certain required appropriations; authorizing the use of certain funds for certain purposes; establishing certain funds; authorizing, requiring, or altering the distribut...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-24
[Hearing: Feb 25 @ 1:00 pm]
To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | SB553 | Intro
25% | Altering the criteria for determining whether a certain victim or the victim's parent, guardian, or next friend shall be considered to be helpful, to have been helpful, or likely to be helpful to the detection, investigation, or prosecution of certai...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-24
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB686 | Intro
25% | Altering the criteria for determining whether a certain victim or the victim's parent, guardian, or next friend shall be considered to be helpful, to have been helpful, or likely to be helpful to the detection, investigation, or prosecution of certai...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-24
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB669 | Intro
25% | Authorizing a recording of a body-worn camera worn by a law enforcement officer to be used as evidence in certain proceedings; requiring a custodian to deny inspection of a recording made with the use of a body-worn camera used by a law enforcement o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-24
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB321 | Intro
25% | Establishing or altering certain administrative penalties; altering or repealing certain required appropriations; authorizing the use of certain funds for certain purposes; establishing certain funds; authorizing, requiring, or altering the distribut...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23
[Hearing: Feb 26 @ 1:00 pm]
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | HB579 | Intro
25% | Altering the requirements for certification of a U Nonimmigrant Status Petition; altering the individuals eligible to request a certain official to certify victim helpfulness relating to certification of a U Nonimmigrant Status Petition; and authoriz...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-23
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB381 | Intro
25% | Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, health maintenance organizations, and managed care organizations to provide coverage to victims of domestic violence for aesthetic services and re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-21
[Hearing: Jan 30 @ 1:00 pm]
To House Health and Government Operations Committee |
| MD | SB333 | Intro
25% | Expanding the evidentiary rule on the admissibility of out of court statements made by child victims or witnesses to make admissible an out of court statement made by a child to a forensic interviewer.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-20
[Hearing: Jan 30 @ 1:00 pm]
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB293 | Intro
25% | 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] | 2025-01-17
[Hearing: Feb 6 @ 1:00 pm]
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB312 | Intro
25% | Altering the time period after which a court is required to dismiss a certain charge against a defendant found incompetent to stand trial to the lesser of 10 years or the maximum sentence for the most serious offense charged under certain circumstanc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-17
[Hearing: Feb 4 @ 1:00 pm]
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB442 | Intro
25% | Expanding the evidentiary rule on the admissibility of out of court statements made by child victims or witnesses to make admissible an out of court statement made by a child to a forensic interviewer.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-17
[Hearing: Feb 6 @ 1:00 pm]
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB89 | Intro
25% | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB241 | Intro
25% | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB274 | Intro
25% | 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] | 2025-01-16
[Hearing: Jan 30 @ 1:00 pm]
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB291 | Intro
25% | Authorizing an individual who is serving a term of confinement to petition a court to reduce the sentence or sentences under certain circumstances; and establishing procedures for a proceeding under the Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-16
[Hearing: Jan 30 @ 1:00 pm]
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB298 | Intro
25% | Authorizing the court to admit into evidence in certain criminal proceedings certain out of court statements made by a vulnerable adult victim or witness under certain circumstances and subject to certain requirements.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-16
[Hearing: Jan 30 @ 1:00 pm]
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB93 | Intro
25% | Establishing a homeless shelter certification program in the Department of Housing and Community Development; requiring the Department to develop certain operational and building standards for homeless shelters and minimum standards for the protectio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-15
[Hearing: Feb 4 @ 1:00 pm]
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | SB234 | Intro
25% | Establishing a homeless shelter certification program in the Department of Housing and Community Development; requiring the Department to develop certain operational and building standards for homeless shelters and minimum standards for the protectio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-15
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB328 | Intro
25% | Authorizing the Director of the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency to issue certain fraternal organizations a license for not more than five instant ticket lottery machines; altering the distribution of proceeds from instant ticket lottery machi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-13
[Hearing: Jan 30 @ 1:00 pm]
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB14 | Intro
25% | Requiring the prosecuting attorney of thefts of property or services with a value less than $1,500 to notify the victim or the victim's representative about each court proceeding, the right of the victim to submit a victim impact statement, any postt...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB64 | Intro
25% | Prohibiting the theft of mail or packages; requiring the prosecutor of a violation of the Act to notify the victim or the victim's representative about each court proceeding, the right of the victim to submit a victim impact statement, any posttrial ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB181 | Intro
25% | Requiring the Maryland Parole Commission to consider the age of incarcerated individuals when determining whether to grant parole; altering how the Commission evaluates a request for medical parole, including providing for a meeting between the inca...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-09
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB152 | Intro
25% | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-02
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
