File Code: Public Safety
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 311  
- Sponsored By: 
 - 
The President (By Request - Administration) and Senators Frosh, Lenett,
Brochin, Forehand, Gladden, Muse, Raskin, and Simonaire
 
- Entitled: 
 - 
Freedom of Association and Assembly Protection Act of 2009
 
Prohibiting a law enforcement agency from conducting a covert
investigation of a person, group, or organization unless a chief or
designee makes a written finding at a specified time that the covert
investigation is justified for specified reasons; establishing that
membership or participation in a specified group or organization does
not alone establish reasonable, articulable suspicion of criminal
activity; requiring a law enforcement agency to conduct specified
investigations for a legitimate law enforcement objective; etc.
Legislative date is used to record
history occurring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
Senate Action
- 1/23
 - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
 - 1/30
 - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 2/3
 - Hearing cancelled
 -      Hearing 3/3 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 3/23
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
 - 3/25
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 3/27
 - Third Reading Passed (45-0)
 - 4/8
 - Senate Refuses to Concur - House Amendments
 -      Senate Requests House Recede
 -      Conference Committee Appointed ...
 -      Senators Raskin, Forehand, and Mooney
 - 4/10
 - Conference Committee Report Adopted
 -      Third Reading Passed (44-0)
 -      Passed Enrolled
 
House Action
- 3/24
 - First Reading Judiciary
 - 3/30
 - Hearing 4/2 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 4/9
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
 - 4/3
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 4/4
 - Third Reading Passed with Amendments (136-0)
 - 4/9
 - House Refuses to Recede
 -      Conference Committee Appointed ...
 -      Delegates Dumais, Valderrama, and Frank
 - 4/10
 - Conference Committee Report Adopted
 -      Third Reading Passed (134-0)
 
Action after passage in Senate and House
- 5/19
 - Approved by the Governor
 -      - Chapter 492
 
Sponsored by:
- President, The
 - Administration
 - Senator James Brochin, District 42
 - Senator Jennie M. Forehand, District 17
 - Senator Brian E. Frosh, District 16
 - Senator Lisa A. Gladden, District 41
 - Senator Mike Lenett, District 19
 - Senator C. Anthony Muse, District 26
 - Senator Jamie Raskin, District 20
 - Senator Bryan W. Simonaire, District 31
 
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Disclosure
 - Discrimination
 - Electronic Government
 - Electronic Surveillance -see also- Wiretapping
 - Ethics
 - Harassment
 - Investigations and Inquiries -see also- Crim Bckgrnd Invest.
 - Law Enforcement -see also- State Police, Department of
 - Privacy
 - Records -see also- Land Records; Vital Records
 - Reports
 - Rules and Regulations
 - State Police, Department of
 - Wiretapping
 
Bill affects the following Statute:
-   Public Safety
 - (
 3-701 
)
 
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
 First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter
 - Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
 Available
 - Amendments (Displayed in PDF Format):
 Senate
- Number: 868473/01     Offered on: March 25, 2009      at:
1:44 p.m.      Status: Adopted
 
House 
- Number: 612216/01     Offered on: April 9, 2009       at:
12:33 p.m.     Status: Adopted
 
- Conference Committee Documents (Displayed in PDF Format):
 
- Report Number: 453526/1      Offered on: April 13, 2009      at:
11:01 p.m.     Status: Adopted
 - Amendment Number: 203926/1      Offered on: April 13, 2009      at:
11:01 p.m.     Status: Incomplete
 
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
 Senate
- March 27, 2009: Third Reading Passed  (45-0)
 - April 10, 2009: Third Reading Passed  (44-0)
 
House 
- April 4, 2009: Third Reading Passed  (136-0)
 - April 10, 2009: Third Reading Passed  (134-0)