| MD | HB5 | Engross 50% | Prohibiting a person from committing the common law crime of indecent exposure; prohibiting a person from, with prurient intent, committing the common law crime of indecent exposure when the person knows or reasonably should know that a minor is pres... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-29 Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings |
| MD | HB99 | Engross 50% | 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. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-29 Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings |
| MD | HB382 | Engross 50% | Establishing exceptions to certain criminal prohibitions against trespass on property and the civil tort of trespass for professional land surveyors, and agents and employees of professional land surveyors, who enter the property of another to practi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-29 Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings |
| MD | SB391 | Engross 50% | Altering the statute of limitations applicable to the crime of sexual extortion to be 5 years and the crime of stalking to be 10 years; providing that the State may institute a prosecution for revenge porn at any time; and providing that, for purpose... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-29 Favorable Report by Judiciary |
| MD | HB544 | Engross 50% | Altering the statute of limitations applicable to the crime of sexual extortion to be 5 years; altering the statute of limitations applicable to the crime of stalking to be 10 years; providing that the State may institute a prosecution for revenge po... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-29 Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings |
| MD | SB575 | Engross 50% | Authorizing a certain protected individual or the Office of Information Privacy in the Administrative Office of the Courts to request that a governmental entity or person not publish personal information of the protected individual on the Internet, s... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-29 Favorable Report by Judiciary |
| MD | SB113 | Engross 50% | 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. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28 Second Reading Passed |
| MD | SB273 | Engross 50% | Prohibiting a person from intentionally operating an unmanned aircraft over a correctional facility to record images of the facility without the authorization of the managing official of the correctional facility or the Secretary of Public Safety and... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28 [Hearing: Mar 28 @ 1:00 pm] To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB130 | Engross 50% | Prohibiting a person from committing the common law crime of indecent exposure; prohibiting a person from, with prurient intent, committing the common law crime of indecent exposure when the person knows or reasonably should know that a minor is pres... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28 Second Reading Passed |
| MD | SB65 | Engross 50% | 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28 [Hearing: Mar 28 @ 1:00 pm] To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB344 | Engross 50% | Establishing exceptions to certain criminal prohibitions against trespass on property and the civil tort of trespass for professional land surveyors, and agents and employees of professional land surveyors, who enter the property of another to practi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28 Second Reading Passed |
| MD | SB379 | Engross 50% | Extending the Task Force to Study Crime Classification and renaming it to be the Task Force to Study Crime Reclassification and Penalties; requiring the Task Force to study the penalties for crimes and civil offenses under State law, the potential ne... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28 [Hearing: Mar 28 @ 1:00 pm] To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB585 | Engross 50% | Requiring the operator of a vessel involved in a collision, accident, or other casualty to return to and remain at the scene of the collision, accident, or casualty until the operator has rendered certain assistance and provided certain information; ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27 To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB944 | Engross 50% | Repealing a prohibition against the sale of nonlatex condoms through a vending machine or other automatic device; prohibiting the sale of natural membrane condoms through a vending machine or other automatic device; and authorizing registered nurses ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27 To House Health and Government Operations Committee |
| MD | HB496 | Engross 50% | Requiring certain facts to be considered when determining whether a lack of consent exists for the purposes of certain sexual crimes; and altering the elements of second-degree rape to remove the requirement of use of force or threat of force. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-26 [Hearing: Apr 2 @ 1:00 pm] To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB100 | Engross 50% | Providing that multiple thefts committed by the same person in multiple counties under one scheme or continuing course of conduct may be joined and prosecuted in any county in which any of the thefts occurred; prohibiting one or more persons from com... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21 [Hearing: Apr 1 @ 1:00 pm] To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB1111 | Intro 25% | Establishing the statute of limitations for a certain civil action for damages resulting from certain participation in a criminal organization; altering certain definitions of "criminal organization" and "underlying crime"; authorizing the filing of ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21 [Hearing: Apr 2 @ 1:00 pm] To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB1148 | Intro 25% | Altering, from intentional to reckless, the mental state required as an element of cruelty to animals owned or used by law enforcement units. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21 [Hearing: Apr 2 @ 1:00 pm] To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB1158 | Intro 25% | Prohibiting a person from committing a crime of violence while the person is in an educational facility, a medical facility, or a place of worship; and providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a felony and, in addition to any other p... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21 [Hearing: Apr 2 @ 1:00 pm] To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB1150 | Intro 25% | Prohibiting a person from committing a crime of violence while the person is in an educational facility, a medical facility, or a place of worship; and providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a felony, and in addition to any other p... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21 Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB145 | Engross 50% | Establishing that the statute of limitations for a prosecution relating to harassment by distribution of a deep fake image is 5 years after the victim knew or should have known of the violation; establishing that it is harassment for a person to dist... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB17 | Engross 50% | Establishing that each domestic or farm animal harmed in a violation of a prohibition against animal cruelty is a separate offense and shall be deemed an individual victim for purposes of the sentencing guidelines stacking rule; and establishing that... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20 To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB128 | Engross 50% | Prohibiting a person from intentionally threatening to physically harm a witness or retaliating against a witness or intentionally soliciting another to threaten a witness or retaliate against a witness to affect testimony before a legislative body i... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB373 | Engross 50% | Altering the prohibition against taking and breaking a letter; prohibiting the theft of mail under certain circumstances; prohibiting a person from possessing an arrow key with the intent to use or allow the use of the arrow key in the commission of ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20 [Hearing: Apr 1 @ 1:00 pm] To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB810 | Engross 50% | Altering the term "rapid fire trigger activator" to be "rapid fire activator"; adding "switch/auto-sear" to the definition of "rapid fire activator" for purposes of certain prohibitions on rapid fire activators; and prohibiting a person from transpor... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB763 | Engross 50% | Altering the membership of the Commission on Hate Crime Response and Prevention; and terminating the Commission after June 30, 2027. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB892 | Engross 50% | Prohibiting a person from knowingly recruiting, harboring, transporting, or obtaining an individual for the purpose of appropriating the government benefits of an individual for the benefit of the person or another through deception, coercion, exploi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB1056 | Engross 50% | Prohibiting licensees that sell cigarettes, other tobacco products, or electronic smoking devices at retail from displaying cigarettes, other tobacco products, or electronic smoking devices for sale unless located behind a counter; requiring certain ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20 [Hearing: Mar 28 @ 1:00 pm] To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB288 | Engross 50% | Prohibiting a person from conducting visual surveillance with prurient intent of an individual located in a residence or place of private use or accommodation without the consent of the individual; altering the penalties for the crime of visual surve... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB321 | Engross 50% | Prohibiting a person from committing a certain crime of malicious or fraudulent burning that causes the death of or serious physical injury to a firefighter; and establishing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a felony and on conviction ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB346 | Engross 50% | Authorizing a person who is at least 21 years age to manufacture a personal use amount of cannabis products or concentrated cannabis for personal use or adult sharing at a private residence if the manufacturing process does not involve the use of a v... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB1041 | Engross 50% | Defining "disability" as it relates to laws prohibiting hate crimes; and prohibiting a person from committing or attempting to commit certain crimes motivated either in whole or in substantial part by another person's religion. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB1171 | Engross 50% | Prohibiting the sale of natural membrane condoms, rather than all nonlatex condoms, through a vending machine or other automatic device; repealing a criminal penalty related to the sale of certain contraceptives by means of a vending machine or other... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB664 | Engross 50% | Authorizing a certain protected individual or the Office of Information Privacy in the Administrative Office of the Courts to request that a governmental entity or person not publish personal information of the individual on the Internet, social medi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-11 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB70 | Engross 50% | Prohibiting a person from taking certain actions with the intent to interrupt or impair the functioning of a public safety answering point; prohibiting a person from taking certain actions that interrupt or impair the functioning of a public safety a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-08 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB439 | Intro 25% | Adding a certain intent requirement to the elements of the crime of first degree assault, with regard to committing an assault with a firearm. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-04 Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1301 | Intro 25% | Requiring a business that does not want firearms on the business's property to post a clear and conspicuous sign at the main or any secondary entrance of the business at least 24 inches from the edge of the entryway and 4 feet off the ground. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-04 Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB26 | Engross 50% | Increasing the maximum period of imprisonment for a first conviction for manslaughter by vehicle or vessel from 10 years to 20 years and for a second or subsequent conviction, or having been previously convicted for certain other crimes, from 15 year... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-23 To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB683 | Intro 25% | Specifying that certain crimes involving homicide or life-threatening injury by motor vehicle or vessel are violent crimes for the purpose of parole eligibility; increasing penalties for certain crimes involving homicide or life-threatening injury by... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-21 To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB1180 | Intro 25% | Prohibiting a person from making a threat to take the life of, kidnap, or cause physical injury to an immediate family member of a State or local official or a certain government employee. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-20 To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | HB1469 | Intro 25% | Prohibiting a person from intentionally causing physical injury to another if the person knows or has reason to know that the other is an official, umpire, referee, or judge officiating at a sporting event; authorizing a police officer to arrest a pe... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14 To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | HB1063 | Intro 25% | Establishing the statute of limitations for a certain civil action for damages resulting from certain participation in a criminal organization; altering certain definitions of "criminal organization" and "underlying crime"; authorizing the filing of ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13 To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB1245 | Intro 25% | Prohibiting an individual from distributing heroin or fentanyl or chemical analogues of heroin or fentanyl without the lawful authority to do so, the use of which results in the death or serious bodily injury of another. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13 To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB1419 | Intro 25% | Prohibiting the intentional fraudulent sale, conveyance, or lease or attempted sale, conveyance, or lease of real property by a person who does not own the real property; prohibiting the acquisition, sale, or conveyance or the attempted acquisition, ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13 To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB619 | Intro 25% | Substituting civil penalties in place of criminal penalties for certain offenses relating to possessing, possessing with the intent to distribute, and cultivating cannabis and manufacturing cannabis products. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB1460 | Intro 25% | Prohibiting a person from intentionally disseminating the personal identifying information or image of a minor without express permission and with the intent to intimidate or harm the minor; and establishing that a person who violates the Act is guil... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12 To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | SB1159 | Intro 25% | Prohibiting a person responsible for a premises from conducting, causing, authorizing, or aiding in maintaining an unruly social event; authorizing certain fire officials to enter a certain premises for a certain purpose without a search warrant unde... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-11 To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | HB302 | Intro 25% | Altering penalties relating to sexual contact between a law enforcement officer, correctional employee, or court-ordered services provider and certain individuals under certain circumstances; increasing the penalties from a misdemeanor to a felony, a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-10 To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB316 | Intro 25% | Establishing that a violation of a condition of probation, parole, or mandatory supervision that involves the use or possession of a firearm is not a technical violation for certain purposes; requiring the Commissioner of Correction to provide a cert... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-10 To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB684 | Intro 25% | Establishing a certain intent element for wearing, carrying, or transporting a handgun in certain prohibited places; repealing a certain rebuttable presumption that a person transporting a handgun under certain circumstances transports the handgun kn... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-10 To House Judiciary Committee |