Police Discipline - Administrative Charging Committees - Additional Charging Committee [HB-985]
Authorizing the local governing body of a county to authorize the use of a second administrative charging committee if the local governing body determines that one administrative charging committee is insufficient to serve the countywide law enforcement agencies and local law enforcement agencies within the county.
County Police Accountability Boards - Investigation of Complaints of Police Misconduct [HB-836]
Authorizing the local governing body of a county to authorize, by local law, the county's police accountability board to exercise investigatory and subpoena powers; and authorizing a police accountability board to conduct an investigation of police misconduct concurrently with a law enforcement agency investigating the complaint.
HB-836: County Police Accountability Boards - Investigation of Complaints of Police Misconduct
Sponsored by: Rep. Debra Davis
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025
Law Enforcement Officers - Body-Worn Cameras - Requirements [HB-669]
Authorizing a recording of a body-worn camera worn by a law enforcement officer to be used as evidence in certain proceedings; requiring a custodian to deny inspection of a recording made with the use of a body-worn camera used by a law enforcement officer, subject to certain exceptions; establishing minimum requirements for a body-worn camera policy for a law enforcement agency and the model policy created by the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission; etc.
HB-669: Law Enforcement Officers - Body-Worn Cameras - Requirements
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicole Williams
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025
Public Safety - Police Accountability - Time Limit for Filing Administrative Charges [SB-533]
Altering the deadline for the completion of the process of review by a certain investigating unit through disposition by an administrative charging committee under certain circumstances; requiring a law enforcement agency to file any administrative charges arising out of an investigation of alleged police officer misconduct that is not required to be reviewed by an administrative charging committee within 1 year and 1 day after the date that the appropriate official employed by the law enforcement agency became aware of the incident; etc.
SB-533: Public Safety - Police Accountability - Time Limit for Filing Administrative Charges
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Hearing 3/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025
Police Discipline - Order to Show Cause [SB-532]
Authorizing a police officer who is denied a certain right to apply to the circuit court at any time before a hearing is held by the hearing board for an order that directs the law enforcement agency to show cause why the right should not be granted.
SB-532: Police Discipline - Order to Show Cause
Sponsored by: Sen. William Folden
Hearing Canceled on 02/06/2025
Motor Vehicles - Secondary Enforcement and Admissibility of Evidence [HB-635]
Requiring a police officer to document all reasons for a traffic stop or other stop on a citation or police report resulting from the stop; establishing that certain evidence obtained during a traffic stop or other stop in violation of certain provisions may be or is inadmissible in certain proceedings; authorizing a police officer to enforce certain provisions of the Maryland Vehicle Law only as a secondary action; etc.
HB-635: Motor Vehicles - Secondary Enforcement and Admissibility of Evidence
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. (judiciary) on 01/27/2025
Police Discipline - Order to Show Cause [HB-537]
Authorizing a police officer who is denied a certain right to apply to the circuit court at any time before a hearing is held by the hearing board for an order that directs the law enforcement agency to show cause why the right should not be granted.
HB-537: Police Discipline - Order to Show Cause
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheree Sample-Hughes
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025
Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission - Review of Report and Recommendations [SB-391]
Requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to annually review a certain report published by the Independent Investigations Division of the Office of the Attorney General; and requiring the Commission to make any recommendations that the Commission determines are appropriate based on its review of the report.
SB-391: Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission - Review of Report and Recommendations
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Hearing 3/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025
Motor Vehicles - Secondary Enforcement and Admissibility of Evidence [SB-292]
Requiring a police officer to document all reasons for a traffic stop or other stop on a citation or police report resulting from the stop; establishing that certain evidence obtained during a traffic stop or other stop in violation of certain provisions may be or is inadmissible in certain proceedings; authorizing a police officer to enforce certain provisions of the Maryland Vehicle Law only as a secondary action; etc.
SB-292: Motor Vehicles - Secondary Enforcement and Admissibility of Evidence
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Sydnor
Hearing 1/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/16/2025
Police Discipline - Order to Show Cause [SB-606]
Authorizing a police officer who is denied a certain right to apply to the circuit court at a certain time for an order that directs the law enforcement agency to show cause why the right should not be granted.
SB-606: Police Discipline - Order to Show Cause
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2024
Public Safety - Police Accountability - Time Limit for Filing Administrative Charges [SB-608]
Altering a requirement for a law enforcement agency to file administrative charges relating to alleged police officer misconduct that is required to be reviewed by an administrative charging committee within 30 days; requiring a law enforcement agency to file any administrative charges arising out of an investigation of alleged police officer misconduct that is not required to be reviewed by an administrative charging committee within 1 year and 1 day after the date that the agency became aware of the incident; etc.
SB-608: Public Safety - Police Accountability - Time Limit for Filing Administrative Charges
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Favorable With Amendments Report By Judiciary on 04/08/2024
County Police Accountability Boards - Investigation of Complaints of Police Misconduct [SB-621]
Authorizing the local governing body of a county, including Baltimore City, to authorize its police accountability board to exercise investigatory and subpoena powers; and authorizing a police accountability board to conduct an investigation of police misconduct concurrently with a law enforcement agency investigating the complaint.
SB-621: County Police Accountability Boards - Investigation of Complaints of Police Misconduct
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill Carter
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2024
Public Safety - Police Accountability and Discipline - Summary Punishment [SB-607]
Authorizing the imposition of certain summary punishment of a police officer for a minor violation of law enforcement agency rules and regulations that does not involve an interaction between the police officer and a member of the public if the facts that constitute the minor violation are not in dispute, the police officer agrees the facts are not in dispute, and the police officer accepts the summary punishment.
SB-607: Public Safety - Police Accountability and Discipline - Summary Punishment
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Hearing Canceled on 03/28/2024
County Police Accountability Boards – Investigation of Complaints of Police Misconduct [HB-533]
Authorizing the local governing body of a county, including Baltimore City, to authorize its police accountability board to exercise investigatory and subpoena powers; and authorizing a police accountability board to conduct an investigation of police misconduct concurrently with a law enforcement agency investigating the complaint.
HB-533: County Police Accountability Boards – Investigation of Complaints of Police Misconduct
Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle Wilkins
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2024