Criminal Law - Destroying Funerary Objects and Cemetery Elements - Statute of Limitations and Prohibition

HB 616 Criminal Law Destroying Funerary Objects and Cemetery Elements Statute of Limitations and Prohibition

Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Criminal Law - Destroying Funerary Objects and Cemetery Elements - Statute of Limitations and Prohibition
HB-616


About HB-616

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 prohibiting a person from willfully destroying, damaging, defacing, or removing landscaping or part of the grounds of a cemetery.

  

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Engrossed 02/25/2025

Introduced 01/23/2025

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Third Reading Passed

02/27/2025

Yeas: 133 | Nays: 0
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History

Referred Judicial Proceedings

02/28/2025

Third Reading Passed (133-0)

02/27/2025

Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

02/25/2025

Favorable Report By Judiciary

02/24/2025

Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m.

01/27/2025

First Reading Judiciary

01/23/2025