Correctional Officers - Body-Worn Digital Recording Devices [SB-1046]
Authorizing the interception of certain oral communications by a correctional officer with a body-worn digital recording device under certain circumstances and subject to certain requirements; and requiring the Maryland Correctional Training Commission to develop and publish online by January 1, 2026, a certain policy relating to the use of body-worn digital recording devices by a correctional officer.
SB-1046: Correctional Officers - Body-Worn Digital Recording Devices
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Motion Rules Suspend For Late Introduction (senator Mckay) Adopted on 03/06/2025
Public Safety - Immigration Enforcement (Maryland Values Act) [HB-1222]
Requiring an employee or agent of a State or local correctional facility and a law enforcement agent to provide certain notice of the release of an individual who is the subject of an active immigration detainer request and has been convicted of a certain crime of violence and transfer the individual to federal immigration authorities under certain circumstances; requiring the termination of an existing immigration enforcement agreement by July 1, 2025; etc.
HB-1222: Public Safety - Immigration Enforcement (Maryland Values Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 4/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025
Property Tax - Credit for Law Enforcement Officer or Rescue Worker - Expansion to Judicial Officer [HB-1200]
Authorizing the governing body of a county or municipal corporation or the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City to provide a certain property tax credit to certain judicial officers, surviving spouses, or cohabitants; requiring the county or municipal corporation to define, by law, who is a correctional officer and judicial officer; and applying the Act retroactively to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2022.
HB-1200: Property Tax - Credit for Law Enforcement Officer or Rescue Worker - Expansion to Judicial Officer
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Referred Budget And Taxation on 03/14/2025
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.
HB-1157: Correctional Services - Assessment of State Correctional System
Sponsored by: Rep. Scott Phillips
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025
State Retirement and Pension System - Military Service Credit - Eligibility [HB-1102]
Authorizing certain members and former members of the State Retirement and Pension System to receive credit for certain military service even if the member receives military service credit in another retirement system; and prohibiting an individual from receiving credit more than once.
HB-1102: State Retirement and Pension System - Military Service Credit - Eligibility
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Griffith
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/21/2025
Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Membership - Clarifications [HB-1029]
Clarifying the membership in the Correctional Officers' Retirement System for certain employees of certain Maryland Department of Health facilities; and clarifying that certain participating employees who are appointed, promoted, or transferred are members of the Correctional Officers' Retirement System as a condition of employment.
HB-1029: Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Membership - Clarifications
Sponsored by: Rep. Catherine Forbes
Referred Budget And Taxation on 03/17/2025
Calvert County Sheriff - Deputy Sheriffs and Correctional Deputies - Collective Bargaining [SB-767]
Providing that full-time deputy sheriffs and correctional deputies at the rank of major and below in the Calvert County Sheriff's Office have the right to organize and negotiate with the County Administrator of Calvert County and the Calvert County Sheriff with regard to certain wages and employee benefits in a certain manner.
SB-767: Calvert County Sheriff - Deputy Sheriffs and Correctional Deputies - Collective Bargaining
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025
Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Membership - Clarifications [SB-768]
Clarifying the membership in the Correctional Officers' Retirement System for certain employees of certain Maryland Department of Health facilities; and clarifying that certain participating employees who are appointed, promoted, or transferred are members of the Correctional Officers' Retirement System as a condition of employment.
SB-768: Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Membership - Clarifications
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson
Hearing 3/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025
State Retirement and Pension System – Deferred Vested Former Members – Return to Service [HB-886]
Establishing that an individual who, after earning service credit sufficient for a vested allowance in the State Police Retirement System, the Correctional Officers' Retirement System, or the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System, separates from service, and subsequently returns to service in a position in the same system under certain circumstances, is subject to the same requirements to which certain members of the same system are subject.
HB-886: State Retirement and Pension System – Deferred Vested Former Members – Return to Service
Sponsored by: Rep. Catherine Forbes
Third Reading Passed (135-0) on 03/17/2025
Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing [SB-702]
Altering a certain definition of restrictive housing; limiting the amount of time that an individual may be placed in restrictive housing from approximately 22 hours to 17 hours in a 24-hour period; requiring all restrictive housing units to create the least restrictive environment necessary for certain purposes; prohibiting the placement of a certain member of a vulnerable population in restrictive housing for any period of time; etc.
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.
SB-694: Correctional Services - Assessment of State Correctional System
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Public Safety Employee Retirement Income [HB-792]
Increasing, from $15,000 to $20,000, the amount allowed as a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for retirement income attributable to an individual's employment as a public safety employee; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024.
HB-792: Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Public Safety Employee Retirement Income
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
First Reading Ways And Means on 01/29/2025
State Retirement and Pension System - Deferred Vested Former Members - Return to Service [SB-612]
Establishing that an individual who, after earning service credit sufficient for a vested allowance in the State Police Retirement System, the Correctional Officers' Retirement System, or the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System, separates from service and subsequently returns to service in a position in the same system under certain circumstances is subject to the same requirements to which certain members of the same system are subject.
SB-612: State Retirement and Pension System - Deferred Vested Former Members - Return to Service
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson
Hearing 3/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025
Property Tax - Credit for Law Enforcement Officer or Rescue Worker - Expansion to Judicial Officer [SB-502]
Authorizing the governing body of a county or municipal corporation or the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City to provide a certain property tax credit to certain judicial officers, surviving spouses, or cohabitants; requiring the county or municipal corporation to define, by law, who is a correctional officer and judicial officer; and applying the Act retroactively to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2022.
SB-502: Property Tax - Credit for Law Enforcement Officer or Rescue Worker - Expansion to Judicial Officer
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 3/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/03/2025
Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing [HB-647]
Altering a certain definition of restrictive housing; limiting the amount of time that an individual may be placed in restrictive housing from approximately 22 hours to 17 hours in a 24-hour period; requiring all restrictive housing units to create the least restrictive environment necessary for certain purposes; prohibiting the placement of a certain member of a vulnerable population in restrictive housing for any period of time; etc.
Public Safety Officer - Performance of Duties - Death Benefits [SB-396]
Altering circumstances under which certain individuals are presumed to have died as a direct and proximate result of an injury sustained in the performance of duties for purposes of eligibility for death benefits.
SB-396: Public Safety Officer - Performance of Duties - Death Benefits
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Hearing 3/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025
Public Safety Officer - Performance of Duties - Death Benefits [HB-76]
Altering circumstances under which certain individuals are presumed to have died as a direct and proximate result of an injury sustained in the performance of duties for purposes of eligibility for death benefits.
HB-76: Public Safety Officer - Performance of Duties - Death Benefits
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseline Pena-Melnyk
Favorable With Amendments Report By Appropriations on 03/17/2025
Davis Martinez Public Employee Safety and Health Act [HB-176]
Requiring the Correctional Training Commission to adopt regulations for the training, issuance, and use of body-worn cameras by January 1, 2026; establishing the Public Employees' Safety and Health Unit in the Division of Labor and Industry to administer and enforce certain duties regarding the oversight of certain public bodies; establishing and applying certain civil and criminal penalties to public bodies and persons in government; requiring the Commissioner to submit a report by July 1 each year on safety and health in public bodies; etc.
HB-176: Davis Martinez Public Employee Safety and Health Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Solomon
Hearing 3/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/18/2025
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Public Safety Employee Retirement Income [SB-30]
Increasing, from $15,000 to $20,000, the amount allowed as a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for retirement income attributable to an individual's employment as a public safety employee; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024.
SB-30: Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Public Safety Employee Retirement Income
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Bailey
First Reading Budget And Taxation on 01/08/2025