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HB1429 - Criminal Procedure - Evidence - Protecting the Admissibility of Creative Expression (PACE Act)
Marlon Amprey, Karen R. Toles, Adrian Boafo
Last updated 8 months ago
20 Co-Sponsors
Providing that the creative expression of a criminal defendant or juvenile respondent is not admissible against the defendant or respondent unless the court makes certain findings; and defining "creative expression" as the expression or application of creativity or imagination in the production or arrangement of forms, sounds, words, movements, or symbols.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1307 - Family Law – Child Custody and Visitation – Visitation Reevaluations and Remedies
Scott Phillips, Karen R. Toles, Mary A. Lehman
Last updated 8 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing a parent to petition a court for an emergency hearing to reevaluate a visitation schedule if the other parent fails to comply with a court-ordered visitation schedule without just cause; and requiring and authorizing a court to take certain actions as a result of a parent's failure to comply with a court-ordered visitation schedule.
STATUS
Introduced
HB619 - Public Health - Commission on Universal Health Care
Sheila Ruth, Nick Allen, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 8 months ago
21 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Commission on Universal Health Care to determine the feasibility of establishing a State universal health care program to provide health benefits to all residents of the State through a single-payer system; and requiring the Commission to submit an interim report on June 1, 2026 and a final report with its analysis and recommendations to the Governor and certain committees of the General Assembly by October 1, 2027.
STATUS
Introduced
HB115 - Criminal Procedure - Victims' Rights - Notification of Release From Confinement (Jaycee Webster Victims' Rights Act)
Aaron M. Kaufman, Jared Scott Solomon, Dalya Attar
Last updated 5 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Requiring a certain commitment unit to include in a notification given to a victim, victim's representative, or witness regarding the release from confinement of a sentenced defendant or child respondent the telephone number of the Maryland Crime Victims Resource Center.
STATUS
Passed
HB1316 - Real Property – Holding Over – Expedited Hearing and Service of Summons for Active Duty Service Member
Brian Alan Chisholm, Christopher Troy Adams, Steven J. Arentz
Last updated 7 months ago
21 Co-Sponsors
Requiring a District Court to hold a hearing on a tenant holding over within 45 days after a landlord makes a complaint if the landlord or the landlord's spouse is on active duty with the United States military; and authorizing a private process server to serve a summons if the constable or sheriff fails to serve the summons within 10 days after the summons is issued by the court.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB209 - Prison Education Delivery Reform Commission
Marlon Amprey, Frank M Conaway, Aaron M. Kaufman
Last updated 5 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Prison Education Delivery Reform Commission to develop recommendations relating to education and its impact on the criminal justice system; and requiring the Commission to submit an interim report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by June 1, 2025, and a final report by January 1, 2026.
STATUS
Passed
HB978 - Courts - Maryland Judicial Public Text Messaging System - Report
Caylin Allen Young, Gabriel Acevero, Frank M Conaway
Last updated 7 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Administrative Office of the Courts, beginning December 1, 2024, and each December 1 thereafter, to provide a report to the General Assembly containing certain information on the Maryland Judicial Public Text Messaging System; and requiring the report to include a review of any future plans for development, expansion, and implementation of the System.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB724 - Criminal Procedure - Petition to Reduce Sentence
Cheryl E. Pasteur, Jackie Addison, Adrian Boafo
Last updated 8 months ago
24 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing an individual who is serving a term of confinement to petition a court to reduce the sentence if the individual has served at least 20 years of the individuals term of confinement and at least 3 years have passed since the court decided any petition previously filed by the individual for a reduced sentence; and establishing procedures for a proceeding under the Act.
STATUS
Introduced
HB542 - Department of Human Services - Children in Foster Care - Luggage
Joe Vogel, Gabriel Acevero, Brooke Grossman
Last updated 5 months ago
21 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Department of Human Services to establish and maintain a decentralized supply of new luggage to be used to transport the personal belongings of a child in foster care; requiring the Department to provide new luggage to a child in foster care who is entering foster care, moving from one placement to another, or exiting foster care; prohibiting the Department from using disposable bags or trash bags to transport a child's belongings; and requiring the Department to maintain certain records.
STATUS
Passed
HB550 - Criminal Procedure - Expungement - Vendor Contracts
Nicole A. Williams, David H. Moon, Gary Simmons
Last updated 6 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to include system upgrades required to allow for automated expungement of charges and partial expungement of charges in certain vendor contracts.
STATUS
Engrossed
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Representative from Maryland district HD-010
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