Review Boards
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Folden
Hearing Canceled on 02/06/2025
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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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheree Sample-Hughes
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Police Discipline - Trial Board Composition [HB-186]
Altering the composition of trial boards responsible for adjudicating matters of police discipline to include certain attorneys.
Sponsored by: Rep. Caylin Young
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Department of Health - Forensic Review Board - Established [HB-32]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish a forensic review board at facilities that have charge of persons who have been committed to the facility as not criminally responsible; authorizing a forensic review board to make recommendations relating to the release or rehabilitation of a committed person; requiring the board to give notice at least 10 days before a meeting concerning the committed person; requiring the board to give consideration to a written statement offered by the committed person to the board; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Referred Finance Judicial Proceedings on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Department of Health - Forensic Review Board - Established [SB-43]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish a forensic review board at facilities that have charge of persons who have been committed to the facility as not criminally responsible; authorizing a forensic board to make recommendations relating to the release or rehabilitation of a committed person; requiring the Board to give notice at least 10 days before a meeting concerning the committed person; requiring the Board to give consideration to a written statement offered by the committed person to the Board; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Malcolm Augustine
Third Reading Passed (42-0) on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
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.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Adult Protective Services - Review Boards - Membership and Terms [SB-270]
Altering provisions relating to the membership of, and the terms of members appointed to, adult public guardianship review boards.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 428 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Baltimore City - Civilian Review Board and Police Accountability Board [HB-1197]
Altering the powers and duties of the Baltimore City Civilian Review Board; altering the powers and duties of the Baltimore City police accountability board; and repealing the Baltimore City Civilian Review Board on April 1, 2024.
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephanie Smith
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/06/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Baltimore City – Civilian Review Board and Office of Equity and Civil Rights [HB-864]
Repealing provisions of law establishing and providing for the responsibilities of the Baltimore City Civilian Review Board; requiring the Baltimore City Office of Equity and Civil Rights to review and investigate all complaints alleging police misconduct involving a member of the public and a police officer in a certain manner; providing that the Board may not initiate a new investigation into an allegation of police misconduct after July 1, 2023; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
First Reading Judiciary on 02/09/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Baltimore City – Civilian Review Board and Office of Equity and Civil Rights [SB-763]
Repealing provisions of law establishing and providing for the responsibilities of the Baltimore City Civilian Review Board; requiring the Baltimore City Office of Equity and Civil Rights to review and investigate all complaints alleging police misconduct involving a member of the public and a police officer in a certain manner; providing that the Board may not initiate a new investigation into an allegation of police misconduct after a certain date; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill Carter
Hearing 3/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Department of Agriculture - Urban Agriculture Grant Programs - Alterations [HB-152]
Altering the purpose and contents of and the requirements and qualifications under the Urban Agriculture Grant Fund; requiring the Governor, in each of fiscal years 2025 through 2029, to include at least $100,000 for the Fund in the annual budget bill; establishing the Urban Agriculture Advisory Committee to recommend guidelines, policies, and practices for the implementation of the Grant Program; and requiring the Advisory Committee to report to certain committees of the General Assembly by December 30, 2023.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 519 on 05/08/2023
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Police Accountability Boards and Administrative Charging Committees - Municipal Corporations [HB-1184]
Authorizing each municipal corporation in the State to have a police accountability board to receive complaints of police misconduct filed by members of the public; and authorizing each municipal corporation to establish an administrative charging committee to serve law enforcement agencies in the municipal corporations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Haven Shoemaker
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Baltimore City - Civilian Review Board and Police Accountability Board [HB-991]
Altering the powers and duties of the Baltimore City Civilian Review Board; altering the powers and duties of the Baltimore City police accountability board; and repealing the Baltimore City Civilian Review Board on April 1, 2023.
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephanie Smith
Hearing Canceled on 03/29/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Baltimore City - Civilian Review Board [SB-441]
Altering the powers and duties of the Baltimore City Civilian Review Board; and authorizing the Baltimore City Civilian Review Board to function as a police accountability board.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill Carter
Hearing 2/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Public Safety - Maryland Police Accountability Act Revisions and Clarifications [SB-389]
Specifying that a certain disciplinary matrix applies to all complaints of police misconduct; specifying that the purpose of a certain trial board process is to adjudicate all internal and external matters for which a police officer is subject to disciplin; requiring a trial board for a statewide or bicounty law enforcement agency, within 45 days of a final hearing, to issue a written decision reflecting the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of a majority of the trial board; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson
Rereferred To Judiciary on 04/07/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Baltimore City - Civilian Review Board - Police Accountability Board [SB-309]
Providing that the Civilian Review Board of Baltimore City is established to provide a permanent, statutory agency in Baltimore City to fulfill the functions of a certain police accountability board; providing that the provisions of Title 3, Subtitle 1 of the Public Safety Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland govern all matters relating to police accountability and discipline in Baltimore City and supersede any inconsistent laws; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill Carter
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/02/2022
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Baltimore City – Police Officers – Promotional Appointments [HB-1316]
Altering the procedures used by the Police Commissioner of Baltimore City to award promotional appointments; and authorizing the Commissioner to remove certain applicants from the list of eligible appointees if the Civilian Review Board has sustained a certain misconduct complaint against the applicant between the time the applicant applied for the promotion and the time in which the applicant is to be selected for the promotion.
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephanie Smith
Hearing 2/23 At 1:30 P.m. on 02/10/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Baltimore City - Police Officers - Promotional Appointments [SB-752]
Altering the procedures used by the Police Commissioner of Baltimore City to award promotional appointments; and authorizing the Commissioner to remove certain applicants from the list of eligible appointees if the Civilian Review Board or the Baltimore City Police Department's Disciplinary Review Committee has sustained a certain misconduct complaint against the applicant between the time the applicant applied for the promotion and the time in which the applicant is to be selected for the promotion.
Sponsored by: Sen. Antonio Hayes
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 366 on 05/30/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights - Uniform Disciplinary Procedures [HB-687]
Providing that a law enforcement agency and the agency's superior governmental authority and a collective bargaining unit may not enter into an agreement that is inconsistent with the provisions of the Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights; repealing a certain authorization for a law enforcement agency or the agency's superior governmental authority to negotiate with a certain representative, under certain circumstances, an alternative method of forming a certain hearing board; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan McComas
First Reading Judiciary on 01/26/2021
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Maryland Police Accountability Act of 2021 - Police Discipline and Law Enforcement Programs and Procedures [HB-670]
Repealing the Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights; prohibiting a police officer from preventing a citizen from recording the officer's actions if the citizen is otherwise acting lawfully and safely; establishing the Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Police Officers and the Maryland Police Officers Scholarship Program; requiring the Police Training and Standards Commission to take certain actions in response to violations of a certain Use of Force Statute; requiring each county to have a police accountability board; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrienne Jones
Gubernatorial Veto Override (legislative Date: 4/9/2021) - Chapter 59 on 04/10/2021