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SB644 - Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases and Holdover Tenancies - Local Just Cause Termination Provisions
Charles Anthony Muse, Jill P Carter, Charles E. Sydnor
Last updated 8 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing a county to adopt by local law or ordinance provisions prohibiting a landlord of residential property from failing to renew a lease or from terminating a holdover tenancy without just cause; and establishing certain requirements for a local law or ordinance adopted in accordance with the Act.
STATUS
Introduced
SB661 - Public Safety - Law Enforcement - Use of Body-Worn Cameras
Charles E. Sydnor
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Altering certain provisions of law to require a certain law enforcement agency to require the use of body-worn cameras, subject to a certain policy, by each sworn law enforcement officer, regardless of rank, employed by the law enforcement agency while the officer is in uniform, in public, and conducting law enforcement related duties.
STATUS
Introduced
SB602 - Criminal Procedure - Automated Expungement, Waiting Periods, and Adverse Actions (Clean Slate Act of 2024)
Mike McKay, Charles Anthony Muse, Charles E. Sydnor
Last updated 8 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Altering certain provisions of law relating to waiting periods for the filing of certain petitions for expungement to authorize the filing of a petition a certain amount of time after the completion of the sentence; establishing procedures for the automated expungement of certain clean slate eligible charges; requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to submit a report semiannually detailing the progress and outcomes of the automated expungement process during the preceding 6 months; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
SB617 - Task Force to Study Transparency Standards for State's Attorneys and the State's Attorney Case Management System Grant Fund
Charles E. Sydnor, William C. Smith
Last updated 8 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the State's Attorney Case Management System Grant Fund to provide grants to State's Attorneys' offices to establish or improve case management systems; altering the membership of the Task Force to Study Transparency Standards for State's Attorneys; making the reporting requirement for the Task Force an annual report; and altering the termination date of the Task Force to June 30, 2027.
STATUS
Introduced
SB549 - Criminal Procedure - Forensic Genetic Genealogical DNA Analysis and Search - Applicability for Deceased and Missing Individuals
Charles E. Sydnor
Last updated 4 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Providing that certain provisions of law regarding the use of a certain forensic genetic genealogical DNA analysis and search (FGGS) do not apply when the FGGS is conducted solely for the purpose of identifying an individual who is deceased or the subject of a certain missing person report and whose whereabouts are unknown.
STATUS
Passed
SB550 - Children - Labor Trafficking
Charles E. Sydnor
Last updated 5 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Altering the definition of "abuse" to include labor trafficking of a child by any individual for purposes of provisions of law governing children in need of assistance cases and child abuse and neglect reporting; and expanding provisions of law relating to the Safe Harbor Regional Navigator Grant Program to apply to child victims of labor trafficking.
STATUS
Passed
SB551 - Criminal Procedure - Committed Persons - Release Proceedings
Charles E. Sydnor
Last updated 4 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Providing that certain provisions of the Maryland Rules relating to discovery in civil matters apply in a certain administrative proceeding; requiring a court that receives a certain report to promptly notify counsel of record for the committed person; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to notify the court and certain persons if the Department receives a certain report; requiring a court to hold a hearing on request by any party after a certain application is made; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB660 - Maryland Voting Rights Act of 2024 - Counties and Municipalities
Charles E. Sydnor
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Prohibiting local governments from denying or impairing the right of a protected class member to vote; establishing requirements on the State Board of Elections and local governments related to the provision of language-related assistance in local government elections; requiring the Attorney General or the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County to review and grant preclearance to certain policies before enactment or implementation; prohibiting acts of intimidation or obstruction that interfere with the right to vote; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
SB182 - Criminal Procedure - Facial Recognition Technology - Requirements, Procedures, and Prohibitions
Charles E. Sydnor
Last updated 4 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Establishing requirements, procedures, and prohibitions relating to the use of facial recognition technology by a law enforcement agency; requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to develop and administer a training program regarding the use of facial recognition technology on or before June 30, 2026; requiring the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention and Policy, on or before October 1 each year, to report to the General Assembly information reported by law enforcement agencies using facial recognition technology; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB187 - Correctional Services - Inmate Employment - Agricultural Work
Charles E. Sydnor
Last updated 4 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
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.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from Maryland district SD-044
COMMITTEES
Maryland Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Charles E. Sydnor III is a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, representing District 74. He assumed office on January 11, 2018. Sydnor is an attorney. He earned his B.A. from Hampden-Sydney College and his J.D. from the University of Richmond School of Law. Prior to his election, Sydnor served as Assistant Attorney General in the Office of the Attorney General of Virginia. He also worked in private legal practice. Sydnor serves on the boards of the Richmond Crusade for Voters, Hampden-Sydney College Alumni Association, St. Joseph’s Villa, and the Richmond Symphony.read less
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