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SB740 - Operating a Vessel While Under the Influence of Alcohol - Enforcement (Nick's Law)
Dawn D. Gile, Jack Bailey, Michael A. Jackson
Last updated 7 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Altering the time period within which a court may prohibit a person convicted under certain circumstances of operating a vessel while under the influence of alcohol from operating a vessel on the waters of the State; requiring the Department of Natural Resources, in coordination with the Natural Resources Police Force, to establish and maintain a database of persons prohibited from operating a vessel on the waters of the State due to a certain conviction for operating a vessel while under the influence of alcohol; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB39 - Gun Theft Felony Act of 2024
Justin D Ready, Jack Bailey, Mary Elizabeth Carozza
Last updated 11 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Classifying the theft of a firearm as a felony; and establishing a penalty for theft of a firearm of imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or a fine not exceeding $1,000 for a first offense, and imprisonment not exceeding 10 years or a fine not exceeding $2,500 for a second or subsequent offense.
STATUS
Introduced
SB718 - Maryland Pathway to Nursing Pilot Program and Advisory Committee - Establishment
Clarence K. Lam, Mike McKay
Last updated 7 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Maryland Pathway to Nursing Pilot Program in the Maryland Higher Education Commission to support students in licensed practical nursing education programs who intend to practice nursing as a career in the State; requiring the Secretary of Higher Education to issue grants to at least two pilot sites on or before July 1, 2025; requiring the Secretary, on or before each December 15 annually through 2029, to report to the Governor and the General Assembly on the implementation of the Program; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB453 - Mental Health - Assisted Outpatient Treatment Programs
Pamela G Beidle, Karen Lewis Young, Benjamin T. Brooks
Last updated 7 months ago
15 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing each county to establish an assisted outpatient treatment program; requiring the Maryland Department of Health, on or before July 1, 2026, to establish an assisted outpatient treatment program in a county that does not opt to establish a program; and requiring the Office of the Public Defender to provide representation in assisted outpatient treatment proceedings.
STATUS
Passed
SB609 - Criminal Law - Hate Crimes - Law Enforcement Officers
William Folden, Jack Bailey, Mary Elizabeth Carozza
Last updated 10 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Including law enforcement officers within the scope of certain prohibitions against committing certain crimes against certain persons, damaging certain property of certain persons, burning certain objects, and damaging certain buildings with which certain persons or groups have contacts or associations or under circumstances exhibiting animosity against a certain person or group.
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 10 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
SB632 - Peace Orders - Visual Surveillance
Paul Corderman, Chris West, Jack Bailey
Last updated 10 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing a certain person to petition for a peace order against another person whom the petitioner alleges has conducted visual surveillance of areas of the petitioner's residence where the petitioner has a reasonable expectation of privacy.
STATUS
Introduced
SB503 - Vehicle Laws - Protective Headgear Requirement - Exception (In Remembrance of Gary "Pappy" Boward)
Mike McKay, Justin D Ready, Johnny Ray Salling
Last updated 10 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Establishing an exception to the prohibition against operating or riding on a motorcycle without certain protective headgear for an individual at least 21 years of age who has been licensed to operate a motorcycle for at least 2 years or has completed a certain motorcycle safety course and for the individual's passenger.
STATUS
Introduced
SB584 - Motor Vehicles - Parking - Armed Forces Special Registration Plates
Bryan Warner Simonaire, Johnny Ray Salling, Joanne C. Benson
Last updated 10 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting a political subdivision from adopting or enforcing an ordinance, a regulation, or a policy that requires payment of a fee for parking a motor vehicle in a parking space served by a parking meter if the motor vehicle has an individually-earned, combat-related armed forces special registration plate or a U.S. Department of Defense Gold Star recipient special registration plate.
STATUS
Introduced
SB501 - Handguns - Wear, Carry, and Transport Laws - Handbook Publication
Mike McKay
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring the Secretary of State Police to annually publish, beginning October 1, 2024, in consultation with the Office of the Attorney General, a handbook summarizing the State laws relating to wearing, carrying, and transporting a handgun in public; requiring the Secretary to make copies of the handbook available to members of the public in print and electronic form; and requiring the Secretary to notify by e-mail each person who currently holds a handgun permit each time the Secretary publishes an updated version of the handbook.
STATUS
Engrossed
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