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MDSB36PassRequiring the Department of State Police, on or before December 31 each year, to post on its website and submit to the Governor and the General Assembly a report detailing, for the preceeding calendar year, the number of investigations completed by t...
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2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 955
MDSB134PassEstablishing the Office of the Correctional Ombudsman; authorizing the Justice Reinvestment Oversight Board to make a recommendation for the distribution of money from the Performance Incentive Grant Fund to the Office for fiscal year 2025 only; requ...
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2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 836
MDSB187PassRepealing the authority of the Division of Correction to arrange for inmates not needed or being used by the State Highway Administration to perform emergency road work to be employed in agricultural work during any part of the year at a camp in Quee...
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2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 887
MDSB623PassEstablishing the Prison Education Delivery Reform Commission to develop recommendations relating to education and its impact on the criminal justice system; and requiring the Commission to submit to the Governor and the General Assembly an interim re...
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2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 946
MDSB620PassRequiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to assist incarcerated individuals in accessing federal Pell Grants for higher education; requiring the Department to set goals for the number of incarcerated individuals in certain ...
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2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 943
MDSB1036PassEstablishing the Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services; and requiring the Task Force to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2025.
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2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 936
MDSB1098PassProhibiting the earning of diminution credits to reduce the term of confinement of an incarcerated individual who is serving a sentence for rape in the first degree in a State or local correctional facility.
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2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 712
MDSB271PassAltering the information that clerks of the circuit court for each county and administrative clerks for each District Court are required to report to the State Administrator of Elections to include the names and addresses, if available, of individual...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 430
MDSB890PassAltering certain benefits that a certain individual who has been erroneously convicted of a crime is entitled to receive; requiring the State to notify a certain individual of certain information in writing under certain circumstances when the State ...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 139
MDSB123Engross

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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
MDSB404Engross

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Establishing an exemption for a certain person who enters or trespasses on real property while wearing, carrying, or transporting a firearm under certain circumstances.
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2024-04-02
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDSB1154Intro

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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 Fred...
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2024-02-11
To Senate Rules Committee
MDSB948Intro

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Providing that a State correctional facility is responsible for the payment of costs charged by a telephone service provider under certain circumstances; providing that a State correctional facility and a telephone service provider may not charge an ...
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2024-02-07
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB1085Intro

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Altering a reporting requirement for correctional units relating to restrictive housing; requiring hearing officers and personnel involved with the supervision and care of individuals placed in restrictive housing to undergo certain training; and est...
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2024-02-07
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB145Intro

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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...
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2024-02-05
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDSB389Intro

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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 ...
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2024-01-30
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB44Intro

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Prohibiting the earning of diminution credits to reduce the term of confinement of an incarcerated individual who is serving a sentence for murder in the first degree or murder in the second degree in a State or local correctional facility; prohibiti...
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2024-01-15
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB179Intro

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Establishing that a violation of a condition of probation, parole, or mandatory supervision that involves the use or possession of a firearm is not a technical violation for certain purposes; requiring the Commissioner of Correction to provide a cert...
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2024-01-15
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB282Intro

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Altering a certain requirement that the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services annually report to the General Assembly about opioid use disorder among incarcerated individuals in local correctional facilities by repealing c...
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2024-01-15
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB318Intro

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Authorizing a State's Attorney to file a motion for a reduction of sentence at any time during the period of active incarceration recommending a lesser sentence if it is in the interest of justice; authorizing an individual to file a response within ...
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2024-01-15
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
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