2006 Regular Session
Public Safety (E4)
Current Status of Legislation Total number of Bills: 78
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Smigiel
- Entitled
- Repeal of Procedure on Shell Casing Information - Timing of Report on Personalized Handgun Technology
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Smigiel
- Entitled
- Law Enforcement Agencies - Prohibition Against Arrest and Citation Quotas
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Smigiel
- Entitled
- Handgun Safety Devices - Repeal
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Smigiel
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Building Code Enforcement Officials - Removal for Cause
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Pugh, Anderson, C. Davis, Goodwin, Harrison, Kirk, Marriott, McIntosh, and Paige
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Personal Flotation Devices - Mandatory Use
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate D. Davis
- Entitled
- Commissioner of Labor and Industry - Elevator Safety
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental - Military)
- Entitled
- Maryland Military Department - Maryland Defense Force Employment Protection
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Departmental - State Police)
- Entitled
- Department of State Police - Protective Body Armor Fund - Transfer to the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Vallario (Committee to Revise Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments)
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Wearing or Carrying a Dangerous Weapon - Exceptions
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Niemann and Menes
- Entitled
- Gun Shops - Security Requirements for Regulated Firearms
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Dumais, Barkley, Bobo, Bronrott, Feldman, Frush, Gutierrez, Heller, Kaiser, Kelley, King, Lawton, Lee, Madaleno, McHale, Menes, Moe, Montgomery, Pendergrass, Petzold, Quinter, Rosenberg, Stern, F. Turner, and Vaughn
- Entitled
- Police Officer Protection Act of 2006
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Dumais, Barkley, Barve, Bronrott, Brown, Cryor, Dwyer, Feldman, Goldwater, Gutierrez, Heller, Kaiser, Kelley, Kelly, Lawton, Lee, Madaleno, Mandel, Mayer, McComas, Montgomery, Murray, Petzold, Quinter, Rosenberg, Simmons, Sophocleus, Stern, F. Turner, Vallario, and Zirkin
- Entitled
- Correctional and Juvenile Facilities - Contact with Inmates and Juveniles - Penalties
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Departmental - Public Safety and Correctional Services)
- Entitled
- Correctional Services - Correctional Units - Mutual Aid Agreements
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Costa, Aumann, Bartlett, Bates, Boschert, Boteler, Bromwell, Cluster, Donoghue, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elliott, Frank, Gilleland, Impallaria, Jennings, Kach, Kohl, Kullen, Leopold, McDonough, McMillan, Miller, Rudolph, Sophocleus, Sossi, Stocksdale, Stull, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Declaration of Rights - Right to Keep and Bear Arms
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
HB 531
Status as of March 24, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates King, Boschert, Bronrott, Cryor, Dumais, Feldman, Griffith, Kaiser, Lawton, Madaleno, Montgomery, Murray, Patterson, Simmons, Stern, Bartlett, Bozman, C. Davis, Elmore, Gilleland, Goodwin, Healey, Heller, Hixson, Howard, King, Marriott, McKee, Myers, Ramirez, and Ross
- Entitled
- Education - Contractors and Registered Sexual Offenders - Prohibitions
- Committee
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House: Ways and Means
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Anderson, Branch, Holmes, Kelley, Marriott, Simmons, and Vallario
- Entitled
- Local Correctional Facilities - Diminution Credits - Good Conduct
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Rosenberg, Bobo, Bromwell, V. Clagett, DeBoy, Dumais, Jameson, Kach, Kaiser, Krysiak, Kullen, Lee, Love, McHale, Moe, Morhaim, Niemann, Pendergrass, Pugh, Quinter, Simmons, and Vaughn
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Emergency Management - Essential Goods and Services
- Committee
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House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Harford County Delegation and Delegates Hammen, Barve, Benson, Boteler, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Frank, Hubbard, Kach, Kohl, Kullen, Mandel, McDonough, Morhaim, Murray, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, Rudolph, V. Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Education - Tuition Assistance Program for Firemen and Rescue Squad Members - Renaming
- Committee
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House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Marriott (By Request - Baltimore City Administration) and Delegates Anderson, Carter, Goodwin, Harrison, Haynes, Kirk, Krysiak, McHale, McIntosh, Oaks, Paige, Pugh, and Rosenberg
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Race-Based Traffic Stops - Sunset Extension and Reporting Requirements
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Washington County Delegation
- Entitled
- Washington County - Fire Companies - Designation of Deputy Sheriff Appointees
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Rudolph
- Entitled
- Emergency Management - Emergency Plans for Human Service Facilities
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Petzold, King, Lawton, Stern, and Vallario
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Statewide DNA Data Base System
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Menes
- Entitled
- Identification Numbers - Crimes - Penalties
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Prince George's County Delegation
- Entitled
- Local State of Emergency - Prince George's County - Reserve Sheriff's Deputies PG 319-06
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Barkley, Bates, G. Clagett, Levy, and Niemann
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Correctional Officers - Minimum Age
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Howard, Benson, Conroy, Cryor, C. Davis, D. Davis, Frush, Goodwin, Healey, Holmes, Kaiser, Kelley, Parker, Patterson, Ramirez, Ross, and Vaughn
- Entitled
- Task Force to Study Violent Crime
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Gordon, Cardin, and King
- Entitled
- Public Safety - State Aid for Police Protection Fund - Municipal Sworn Officer Allocation
- Committee
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House: Appropriations
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Stull, Barkley, Bartlett, Bates, Bohanan, Bozman, G. Clagett, Cluster, Conway, DeBoy, Dwyer, Eckardt, Edwards, Elliott, Glassman, Hogan, Impallaria, James, Jennings, Kohl, Krebs, Kullen, Levy, Malone, Mayer, McComas, McDonough, McKee, McMillan, Miller, Moe, Montgomery, Myers, O'Donnell, Paige, Parker, Parrott, Shank, Shewell, Sossi, Stocksdale, F. Turner, Weldon, and Wood
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Fire Companies - Limited Access to Private Water Sources
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Brown, Benson, Conroy, D. Davis, Frush, Gaines, Griffith, Holmes, Howard, Hubbard, Kelley, King, Menes, Montgomery, Paige, Parker, Patterson, Petzold, Ramirez, Ross, V. Turner, Vallario, and Vaughn
- Entitled
- State Aid for Police Protection - Supplemental Grants
- Committee
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House: Appropriations
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Dwyer, Bates, Boschert, Boteler, Costa, DeBoy, Eckardt, Edwards, Frank, Gilleland, Glassman, Hogan, Impallaria, Kohl, Krebs, McComas, McConkey, McKee, Myers, O'Donnell, Parrott, Shewell, Smigiel, Stocksdale, and Walkup
- Entitled
- Women and Children's Protection Act of 2006
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Dwyer, Aumann, Bartlett, Bates, Boschert, Boteler, Cluster, Costa, DeBoy, Eckardt, Edwards, Frank, Gilleland, Glassman, Hogan, Impallaria, Jennings, Kach, Kohl, Krebs, Leopold, McComas, McConkey, McDonough, McKee, Miller, Myers, O'Donnell, Parrott, Shank, Shewell, Smigiel, Sossi, Stocksdale, Stull, Walkup, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Handgun Permits - Repeal of Finding Requirement
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Cryor, Barkley, Bobo, Bronrott, Cadden, G. Clagett, V. Clagett, Doory, Dumais, Eckardt, Feldman, Franchot, Gutierrez, James, Jameson, King, Kullen, Lawton, Lee, Love, Madaleno, Mandel, McComas, McKee, Menes, Montgomery, Murray, Pendergrass, Petzold, Smigiel, Stern, F. Turner, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Missing Persons - Reports and Investigations
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Smigiel, Aumann, Cluster, Costa, Dwyer, Elliott, Elmore, Frank, Kelley, Mayer, McConkey, Miller, Minnick, Shank, Simmons, Sophocleus, Sossi, and Stocksdale
- Entitled
- Task Force to Study the Feasibility of Establishing a Correctional Facility for the Incarceration and Treatment of Sex Offenders
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Smigiel and Sossi
- Entitled
- Building Permits - Notice - Required Sign
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Menes
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Correctional Institutions - Inmate Telephone Contracts and Welfare Funds
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
HB 1281
Status as of March 14, 2006: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Frush and Kach
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Emergency Management Advisory Council - Recommendations for Care of Domestic Animals During Emergency
- Committee
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House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Quinter, Anderson, Barkley, Benson, Bronrott, Brown, Burns, Conroy, Doory, Dumais, Feldman, Franchot, Frush, Gaines, Gutierrez, Haynes, Heller, Hubbard, Kelley, Krysiak, Lee, Madaleno, McIntosh, Menes, Moe, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Oaks, Paige, Patterson, Petzold, Ramirez, Rosenberg, Ross, Stern, Vaughn, and Zirkin
- Entitled
- Maryland Assault Weapons Ban of 2006
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Quinter and Dumais
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Handgun Identification Requirements - Alternative Means of Compliance
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Rosenberg
- Entitled
- Correctional Services - Offender Rehabilitation and Reentry Pilot Program
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Miller, Aumann, Bartlett, Bates, Boteler, Cluster, Dwyer, Eckardt, Edwards, Elliott, Elmore, Frank, Gilleland, Glassman, Hogan, Impallaria, Kach, Kohl, Krebs, Leopold, McConkey, McDonough, McKee, Myers, O'Donnell, Parrott, Shank, Shewell, Smigiel, Sossi, Stocksdale, Stull, Walkup, Weir, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Regulated Firearms - License Issued by Another State - Reciprocity
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Marriott
- Entitled
- Task Force to Study Prison Violence in Maryland
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Cluster
- Entitled
- Department of State Police - Police Training Commission - Information About Law Enforcement Related Motor Vehicle Accidents
- Committee
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House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Glassman, Bozman, Conway, Costa, Jennings, Malone, Moe, Parrott, Sossi, Stull, and Weir
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Volunteer Company Assistance Fund - Grants and Loans
- Committee
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House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hubbard and Conroy
- Entitled
- Burglary and Robbery Alarm Systems - Response Verification - Requirements
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Economic Matters
HB 1526
Status as of February 16, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Ross
- Entitled
- Vehicle Violations - Fines - State Aid for Police Protection Fund
- Committee
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House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Malone and Moe
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Carbon Monoxide Detectors
- Committee
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House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Cadden
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Internal Investigative Unit - Transferred
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
HB 1584
Status as of February 22, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Ross
- Entitled
- Task Force on Verified Responses of Alarm Signals
- Committee
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House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Conroy, Cadden, Edwards, Gaines, Goodwin, Harrison, Howard, Patterson, Pugh, and Wood
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Employees Killed in the Performance of Duties - Death Benefits
- Committee
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House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Carter and Oaks
- Entitled
- Accurate Crime Reporting Act of 2006
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Conway, Bozman, Cane, Eckardt, Elmore, Haddaway, Smigiel, Sossi, and Walkup
- Entitled
- Public Safety Employees Killed in Performance of Duties - Death Benefits
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
Senate: Budget and Taxation
HB 1740
Status as of March 20, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates McMillan, Boschert, and Gilleland
- Entitled
- Public Safety Employees - Duty to Help, Protect, or Rescue
- Committee
Assignments -
House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
HJ 4
Status as of March 20, 2006: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Mandel, Bobo, V. Clagett, Conroy, Cryor, Dumais, Goldwater, Heller, Howard, Kaiser, Lawton, Lee, Madaleno, McComas, Montgomery, Murray, Parker, Pendergrass, and Stern
- Entitled
- ICE Designation on Cell Phones
- Committee
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House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Mooney
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Law Enforcement Agencies - Return of Personal Property to Owner
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Finance Committee (By Request - Departmental - Labor, Licensing and Regulation)
- Entitled
- Commissioner of Labor and Industry - Elevator Safety
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee (By Request - Departmental - Education)
- Entitled
- Education - Nonpublic School Employees - Criminal Convictions
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Ways and Means
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Judicial Proceedings Committee (By Request - Departmental - Public Safety and Correctional Services)
- Entitled
- Correctional Services - Maryland Correctional Enterprises - Construction
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Judicial Proceedings Committee (By Request - Departmental - Public Safety and Correctional Services)
- Entitled
- Criminal Law - Telecommunication Device in Place of Confinement - Prohibition
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator McFadden (By Request - Baltimore City Administration)
- Entitled
- Vehicle Laws - Race-Based Traffic Stops - Sunset Extension and Reporting Requirements
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senators Stone and Giannetti (Committee to Revise Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments)
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Wearing or Carrying a Dangerous Weapon - Exceptions
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Green, Britt, Conway, Della, Exum, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, Gladden, Grosfeld, Hogan, Hollinger, Hughes, Jimeno, Jones, Kasemeyer, Kelley, Klausmeier, Pinsky, Stone, and Teitelbaum
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Emergency Management - Essential Goods and Services
- Committee
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Senate: Judicial Proceedings and Finance
House: Economic Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senators DeGrange, Britt, Della, Dyson, Garagiola, Hogan, Jimeno, Kasemeyer, Klausmeier, Munson, Jones, Kramer, Lawlah, Schrader, and Stoltzfus
- Entitled
- Public Safety Employees Killed in Performance of Duties - Death Benefits
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Frosh, Garagiola, Green, and Jimeno
- Entitled
- Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights - Hearing Boards - Binding Arbitration
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Harford County Senators
- Entitled
- Education - Tuition Assistance Program for Firemen and Rescue Squad Members - Renaming
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Gladden, Garagiola, Green, Jacobs, Jimeno, and Frosh
- Entitled
- Law Enforcement Agencies - Prohibition Against Arrest and Citation Quotas
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senators Haines, Astle, Brinkley, DeGrange, Della, Giannetti, Jacobs, Jimeno, Mooney, and Stone
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Disposal of Handguns Owned by a Law Enforcement Agency
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator Haines
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Fire Companies - Limited Access to Private Water Sources
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Environmental Matters
- Sponsored By
- Senators Munson, Astle, Brinkley, DeGrange, Dyson, Hafer, Hughes, Jones, McFadden, Ruben, and Stoltzfus
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Officer or Emergency Personnel Death in Line of Duty - Death Benefit
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
- Sponsored By
- Senators Lawlah, Colburn, Currie, Exum, Giannetti, Green, and Pinsky
- Entitled
- State Aid for Police Protection - Supplemental Grants
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Budget and Taxation
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Garagiola and Jacobs
- Entitled
- Law Enforcement Agencies - Prohibition Against Arrest and Citation Quotas
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
SB 668
Status as of February 15, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - Re-assigned Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senators Garagiola, Astle, Brochin, Dyson, Forehand, Giannetti, Haines, Jacobs, Klausmeier, and Mooney
- Entitled
- Education - Contractors with Criminal Convictions - Prohibitions on Contracts
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Pipkin
- Entitled
- Maryland Video Surveillance Camera Deployment Commission and Fund - Establishment
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator Hughes
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Baltimore City Community College Police - Law Enforcement Officer
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Senator DeGrange
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Internal Investigative Unit - Transferred
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Hooper, Brinkley, Colburn, Greenip, Haines, Jacobs, Jimeno, Kittleman, Mooney, Pipkin, and Stone
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Handgun Permits - Repeal of Finding Requirement
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator Klausmeier
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Carbon Monoxide Detectors
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senators Jacobs and Forehand
- Entitled
- Accurate Crime Reporting Act of 2006
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Jones, Britt, Conway, Currie, DeGrange, Exum, Gladden, Hughes, Lawlah, McFadden, Munson, and Ruben
- Entitled
- Task Force to Study Prison Violence in Maryland
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
