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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Public Safety – Pretrial Services Program Grant Fund – Extension and Program Requirements [SB-229]
Prohibiting a pretrial services program that receives a certain grant from charging a fee to a defendant for participation in the program; and extending the termination date of the Pretrial Services Program Grant Fund to June 30, 2028.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher
Hearing 2/03 At 11:00 A.m. on 12/28/2021
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Criminal Procedure - Victim Services Unit - Victims' Compensation [SB-963]
Establishing a Victim Services Unit in the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention; transferring existing functions and operations of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board and the sexual assault forensic examinations program to the Unit; requiring the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board to maintain an office in Baltimore City to accept and provide assistance in processing claims; requiring the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to report on matters related to crime victims by December 31, 2020; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Douglas Peters
Senators Hough, Lee, And Kelley on 04/09/2018
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Public Safety - SWAT Team Activation and Deployment - Reports [SB-705]
Requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission, in consultation with the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention, to develop a standardized format that certain law enforcement agencies shall use in reporting certain data relating to the activation and deployment of certain SWAT teams to the Office and to certain local officials; requiring the Office to submit and publish a certain report; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/15/2018
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Public Safety - Maryland Violence Intervention and Prevention Program Fund - Establishment [SB-545]
Establishing the Maryland Violence Intervention and Prevention Program Fund to provide funds to local governments to implement evidence-based or evidence-informed health programs and to evaluate the efficacy of evidence-based and evidence-informed health programs; requiring the Governor to annually appropriate at least $5,000,000 to the Fund; establishing the Maryland Violence Intervention and Prevention Advisory Council; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Conway
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/27/2018
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Criminal Law – Comprehensive Crime Bill of 2018 [SB-122]
Providing that the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony or other crime of violence constitutes a crime of violence; expanding the list of controlled dangerous substances applicable to a certain prohibition against volume dealing; increasing maximum penalties for certain crimes; establishing the Tyrone Ray Violence Intervention and Prevention Fund to be used to support effective violence reduction strategies through grants to local communities; establishing the Task Force to Study Maryland's Criminal Gang Statutes; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Zirkin
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 04/09/2018
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Pretrial Services Program Grant Fund - Establishment [SB-1156]
Establishing the Pretrial Services Program Grant Fund to provide grants to eligible counties to establish pretrial services programs; requiring the Executive Director of the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to administer the Fund; requiring certain distributions from the Fund to be used to supplement and not supplant certain other funds; establishing the requirements for a certain pretrial services program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Favorable With Amendments Report By Judicial Proceedings on 04/09/2018
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Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council [SB-1134]
Establishing the Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council in the Department of Juvenile Services; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Council; prohibiting a member of the Council from receiving certain compensation, but authorizing the reimbursement of certain expenses; specifying the duties of the Council; authorizing the Council to request certain technical assistance; requiring the Council to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2021; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Ferguson
Favorable With Amendments Report By Judicial Proceedings on 04/09/2018
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Public Safety - Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention and the Maryland Statistical Analysis Center - Reporting Requirements [SB-107]
Repealing the requirement for the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to report certain information to certain committees of the General Assembly regarding interrogation rooms; requiring the Office to place on its website in an easily accessible location a filterable data display showing all data collected and a summary relating to the establishment of certain interrogation rooms; requiring the Office to provide a paper copy of certain information under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Favorable With Amendments Report By Judiciary on 04/09/2018
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Public Safety - SWAT Team Activation and Deployment - Reports [HB-920]
Requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission, in consultation with the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention, to develop a standardized format that certain law enforcement agencies shall use in reporting certain data relating to the activation and deployment of certain SWAT teams to the Office and certain local officials; requiring the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to provide and publish a certain report; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Afzali
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 02/26/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Public Safety - Community Program Fund - Firearm Laws [HB-813]
Altering the purpose of the Community Program Fund to include a study of the enforcement and effects of State firearm laws; requiring that, in fiscal years 2019 and 2020, $100,000 from the Fund be used to provide grants for a comprehensive study of the enforcement and effects of certain firearm laws; requiring the Executive Director of the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to establish a process for the award of grant funds; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/06/2018
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Task Force to Study Law Enforcement Surveillance Technologies [HB-578]
Establishing the Task Force to Study Law Enforcement Surveillance Technologies for the purpose of reviewing the current and planned use of surveillance technology by law enforcement agencies in the State, including certain matters; requiring State agencies represented to staff the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to submit its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 5, 2018; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary; Withdrawn on 03/12/2018
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Law Enforcement - First Responders Killed or Disabled in the Line of Duty Fund [HB-543]
Establishing the First Responders Killed or Disabled in the Line of Duty Fund to provide financial assistance to first responders and the families of first responders who are killed or disabled in the line of duty; requiring the Executive Director of the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to administer the Fund; requiring the State Treasurer to hold the Fund and the Comptroller to account for the Fund; authorizing the Executive Director to make one-time grants to a first responder or the family of a first responder; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/05/2018
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Pretrial Services Program Grant Fund - Establishment [HB-447]
Establishing the Pretrial Services Program Grant Fund to provide grants to eligible counties to establish or improve pretrial services programs; requiring the Executive Director of the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to administer the Fund; providing for the uses, purposes, sources of funding, investment of money, and auditing of the Fund; requiring certain distributions from the Fund to be used to supplement and not supplant certain other funds; establishing the requirements for a certain pretrial services program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 771 on 05/15/2018
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Public Safety – Grant Programs and Funding (Public Safety and Violence Prevention Act of 2018) [HB-432]
Establishing the Maryland Violence Intervention and Prevention Program Fund to support effective violence reduction strategies by providing competitive grants to local governments and nonprofit organizations to fund evidence-based health programs or evidence-informed health programs and to evaluate certain programs; authorizing the Governor to annually appropriate up to $10,000,000 to the Fund; establishing the Maryland Violence Intervention and Prevention Advisory Council; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. C. William Frick
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 148 on 04/24/2018
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Criminal Procedure - Victim Services Unit - Victims' Compensation [HB-247]
Establishing a Victim Services Unit in the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention; transferring existing functions and operations of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board and the sexual assault forensic examinations program to the Unit; requiring the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board office to remain in Baltimore City until at least July 1, 2020, for the purpose of accepting claims, providing assistance on filing claims, and holding hearings; requiring certain employees to maintain a certain work location; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 422 on 05/08/2018
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Task Force to Study the Baltimore Police Department [HB-1822]
Establishing the Task Force to Study the Baltimore Police Department; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; prohibiting a member of the Task Force from receiving compensation, but authorizing certain reimbursement; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and to make recommendations regarding whether to disband or reform the Department and to recommend improvements to the operations of the Department to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2018; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
Motion Rules Suspended For Late Introduction (delegate Ali) Adopted (125-3) on 03/12/2018
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Public Safety - Youth Crime Prevention and Diversion Parole Fund - Establishment [HB-1732]
Establishing the Youth Crime Prevention and Diversion Parole Fund to provide grant assistance to local law enforcement agencies to police high-crime areas; requiring the Executive Director of the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to administer the Fund; requiring the Governor to appropriate annually at least $500,000 for the Fund; requiring that priority be given to jurisdictions with the highest number of offenders when determining grant recipients among local law enforcement agencies; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Keith Haynes
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/19/2018
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Public Safety - Student Peer Mediation Program Fund - Establishment [HB-1731]
Establishing the Student Peer Mediation Program Fund to provide grant assistance to schools and community-based organizations in Baltimore City to establish student peer mediation programs to reduce juvenile violence; requiring the Executive Director of the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to administer the Fund; requiring the Governor to annually appropriate at least $250,000 for the Fund; requiring the Executive Director to establish grant application procedures for certain organizations in Baltimore City; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Keith Haynes
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/19/2018
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Public Safety – Police Misconduct and Civil Rights Actions – Settlement Database [HB-1649]
Requiring, on or before March 1 each year, a certain law enforcement agency to provide the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention with the total dollar amount for the previous calendar year that was paid to settle claims and pay judgments for certain police misconduct and civil rights actions; requiring the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to adopt certain procedures and analyze and disseminate certain information; requiring a certain annual report; and defining certain terms.
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo Washington
Hearing 3/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/13/2018
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Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council [HB-1524]
Establishing the Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Council; prohibiting a member of the Council from receiving certain compensation, but authorizing the reimbursement of certain expenses; specifying the duties of the Council; authorizing the Council to request certain technical assistance; requiring the Council to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2019; terminating the Act after June 30, 2021; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Favorable With Amendments Report By Judicial Proceedings on 04/09/2018