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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Home Detention - Time Served Credits [HB-1358]
Prohibiting the Division of Correction from applying credit for any portion of the time served in a certain home detention program toward any sentence of a certain incarcerated individual; requiring that a court consider pending cases of a defendant in determining appropriate conditions of pretrial release; and providing that certain provisions relating to the application of credit toward a certain sentence do not apply to a certain defendant.
Sponsored by: Rep. Teresa Reilly
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025
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Correctional Services - Home Detention - Removal [HB-1154]
Requiring the Commissioner of Correction or the Commissioner's designee to remove an incarcerated individual from home detention for violating a condition of the incarcerated individual's placement in home detention.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Assessment of State Correctional System [HB-1157]
Requiring the Office of the Correctional Ombudsman to engage an independent consultant to perform a comprehensive assessment of the State's correctional system beginning on or before October 1, 2026; altering the items required to be included in a certain annual report of the Office; and requiring the consultant to complete the assessment and provide the Office with a written report of its findings and recommendations by October 1, 2028.
Sponsored by: Rep. Scott Phillips
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Assessment of State Correctional System [SB-694]
Requiring the Office of the Correctional Ombudsman to engage an independent consultant to perform a comprehensive assessment of the State's correctional system beginning on or before October 1, 2026; altering the items required to be included in a certain annual report of the Office; and requiring the consultant to complete the assessment and provide the Office with a written report of its findings and recommendations by October 1, 2028.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Death of Incarcerated Individual - Notification [HB-775]
Requiring the Commissioner of Correction to notify certain elected representatives whenever an incarcerated individual dies in a Division of Correction facility; and requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to adopt certain regulations compliant with the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Arentz
Hearing 3/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/15/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Drug Paraphernalia for Administration - Decriminalization [SB-370]
Repealing the prohibition against a person using or possessing with intent to use, delivering or selling under certain circumstances, or manufacturing or possessing with intent to deliver or sell under certain circumstances drug paraphernalia to inject, ingest, inhale, or otherwise introduce into the human body a controlled dangerous substance; altering a prohibition against a person possessing or distributing controlled paraphernalia under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray
Hearing 1/29 At 11:00 A.m. on 01/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services - Incarcerated Individual Apprenticeship Program [HB-289]
Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to develop and offer an apprenticeship program in skilled trades for incarcerated individuals; establishing the purpose of the program is to assist incarcerated individuals to develop marketable job skills and to earn money that can be used once the individual is released from incarceration; authorizing the Department to pay all or part of an incarcerated individual's wages to a spouse, child, or other dependent in need of financial support; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ric Metzgar
Hearing 1/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/10/2025
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Corrections - Segregated Housing - Limitations [HB-1144]
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 establishing guidelines and procedures for the placement of incarcerated individuals in certain types of segregated housing.
Sponsored by: Rep. Charlotte Crutchfield
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Maryland Correctional Enterprises - Formerly Incarcerated Individuals [SB-1017]
Requiring Maryland Correctional Enterprises to develop a plan for program participants to obtain employment after release on parole or supervised mandatory release; requiring the Division of Parole and Probation to report on individuals who participated in Maryland Correctional Enterprises programming; establishing certain procedures for appointing formerly incarcerated individuals to certain State positions; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo Washington
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/13/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Corrections - Segregated Housing - Limitations [SB-1085]
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 establishing guidelines and procedures for the placement of incarcerated individuals in certain types of segregated housing.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Home Detention - Removal [HB-799]
Requiring the Commissioner of Correction or the Commissioner's designee to remove an incarcerated individual from home detention for violating a condition of the incarcerated individual's placement in home detention.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Formerly Incarcerated Individuals and Individuals on Probation - Re-Entry Services [SB-720]
Establishing a program within the Division of Correction that provides formerly incarcerated individuals and individuals on probation with certain services; requiring the facility that administers the program to be located in Prince George's County; and requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter an appropriation of $3,000,000 for the program.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/01/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Crimes and Corrections - Penalties and Procedures (Violent Firearms Offender Act of 2024) [HB-316]
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 certain inmate with a certain reentry kit and assistance in obtaining Medicaid benefits under certain circumstances; altering the elements of certain prohibitions against using a certain firearm in the commission of a certain crime; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Crimes and Corrections - Penalties and Procedures (Violent Firearms Offender Act of 2024) [SB-28]
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 certain inmate with a certain reentry kit and assistance in obtaining Medicaid benefits under certain circumstances; altering the elements of certain prohibitions against using a certain firearm in the commission of a certain crime; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Hearing 1/25 At 2:00 P.m. on 01/15/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Inmate Employment - Agricultural Work [SB-187]
Repealing 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 Queen Anne's County or any other county with a similar camp.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Sydnor
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 887 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Geriatric and Medical Parole [SB-128]
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; requiring the Commission to develop procedures for assessing parole requests by certain incarcerated individuals; and requiring the Commission to report yearly to the Justice Reinvestment Oversight Board on the outcomes of certain parole considerations.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Hearing 2/07 At 2:00 P.m. on 01/15/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Geriatric and Medical Parole [HB-118]
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; requiring the Commission to develop procedures for assessing parole requests by certain incarcerated individuals; and requiring the Commission to report yearly to the Justice Reinvestment Oversight Board on the outcomes of certain parole considerations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Juanita Bartlett
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Pregnancy and Postpartum Support (Prevention of Forced Infant Separation Act) [SB-71]
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 up to 1 year following the birth; 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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill Carter
Referred Judiciary on 03/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Division of Pretrial Detention and Services - Facilities [SB-251]
Altering the composition and authority of the Division of Pretrial Detention and Services within the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services; altering the authority of the Commissioner of the Division; establishing the Youth Detention Center in the Division; establishing the facility administrator and authorizing assistant facility administrators for the Youth Detention Center; and repealing authorization for the Baltimore City Detention Center.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 100 on 04/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Crimes and Corrections - Penalties and Procedures (Violent Firearms Offender Act of 2024) [SB-179]
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 certain inmate with a certain reentry kit and assistance in obtaining Medicaid benefits under certain circumstances; altering the elements of certain prohibitions against using a certain firearm in the commission of a certain crime; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Hearing 1/25 At 2:00 P.m. on 01/15/2024