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SB774 - Public Safety - Maryland Entertainment District Security Grant Program
William C. Ferguson, William C. Smith, Jeff D. Waldstreicher
Last updated 6 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Maryland Entertainment District Security Grant Program to assist community organizations, nonprofit entities, and local governments in funding security operations during times of high pedestrian traffic in certain entertainment districts; establishing the Maryland Entertainment District Security Grant Program Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; authorizing the Governor, beginning in fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter, to appropriate up to $1,000,000 in the annual budget bill to the Fund; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB442 - Street Racing and Exhibition Driving - Prohibited Acts, Enforcement, and Penalties
Pamela G Beidle, Malcolm L. Augustine, Nick Charles
Last updated 6 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Altering certain penalties and points assessments for certain motor vehicle violations related to participation in a race or speed contest; prohibiting a person from engaging in exhibition driving on any highway or private property that is used for driving by the public; and establishing certain affirmative defenses to a certain charge of exhibition driving.
STATUS
Passed
SB1178 - Higher Education - Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship - Repeal of Service Terminal Date
Jack Bailey, Malcolm L. Augustine, Pamela G Beidle
Last updated 7 months ago
47 Co-Sponsors
Repealing the service terminal date required to be eligible for the Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship.
STATUS
Passed
SB2 - Juvenile Law - Child in Need of Supervision - Mandatory Petition (NyKayla Strawder Memorial Act)
Jill P Carter, Nick Charles, William Folden
Last updated 9 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Requiring an intake officer to file a petition alleging that a child under the age of 13 years is either delinquent or a child in need of supervision if the child is alleged to have committed an act that results in the death of a victim; and requiring a law enforcement officer to forward a complaint alleging that a child under the age of 13 years committed an act that resulted in the death of a victim to the Department of Juvenile Services for appropriate action.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB134 - Office of the Correctional Ombudsman - Establishment and Funding
Shelly Hettleman, Jill P Carter, Nick Charles
Last updated 6 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Office of the Correctional Ombudsman; authorizing the Justice Reinvestment Oversight Board to make a recommendation for the distribution of money from the Performance Incentive Grant Fund to the Office for fiscal year 2025 only; requiring the Office to conduct investigations, reviews, and assessments of administrative acts taken by the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, by the Department of Juvenile Services, or in relation to individuals confined by either department; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB50 - Human Relations - Commission on Civil Rights - Appeal of Final Orders
Clarence K. Lam, Joanne C. Benson, Benjamin T. Brooks
Last updated 7 months ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Providing that a certain final order of the Commission on Civil Rights on a complaint alleging a discriminatory act is appealable in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.
STATUS
Passed
SB65 - Criminal Law - Child Pornography - Prohibitions and Penalties
Mary Dulany James, William C. Smith, Jeff D. Waldstreicher
Last updated 9 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting a person from possessing more than 100 images of certain child pornography or possessing images of certain child pornography depicting a minor or an individual indistinguishable from an actual minor younger than 13 years of age; providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 10 years; and providing that a sentence under the Act may be separate from and consecutive to or concurrent with a sentence imposed for certain other crimes.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB113 - Criminal Law - Sexual Solicitation of a Minor Through Child Pornography - Prohibition
Ariana M. Kelly, William C. Smith, Jeff D. Waldstreicher
Last updated 6 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting an individual from knowingly and with a certain intent soliciting a minor or law enforcement officer posing as a minor to engage in certain prohibited sexual acts with the minor by a certain means.
STATUS
Passed
SB975 - Maryland Department of Health - Reproductive Health Care Clinic Security Grant Program - Establishment (Supporting Reproductive Health Care Clinics Act)
Sarah K. Elfreth, Dawn D. Gile, Shelly Hettleman
Last updated 6 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Reproductive Health Care Clinic Security Grant Program in the Maryland Department of Health to assist reproductive health care clinics in the State with costs associated with security improvements and safety operational expenses; prohibiting the Department from disclosing certain personal information of an individual associated with the Program; and authorizing the Governor to include in the annual budget bill for fiscal year 2026 an appropriation of $500,000 to the Program.
STATUS
Passed
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