2012 Regular Session
Prisoners -see also- Ex-Offenders
Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 38
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hough, Afzali, Boteler, Cluster, Dwyer, Eckardt, Frank, George, Hogan, Kaiser, Kipke, McComas, McDermott, McDonough, McMillan, Parrott, Ready, and Smigiel
- Entitled
- Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services - Study and Reports on Effectiveness of Programs for Offenders
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Frederick County Delegation
- Entitled
- Frederick County - Adult Detention Center - Processing and Administrative Fees
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Maryland Judicial Conference)
- Entitled
- Courts - Sentence Review - Review Panel
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Anderson, Alston, Braveboy, Carter, Clippinger, Conaway, Gaines, Glenn, Haynes, Howard, Jones, McDermott, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, B. Robinson, Smigiel, Stukes, Tarrant, V. Turner, Vallario, Vaughn, Waldstreicher, Walker, Washington, and Zucker
- Entitled
- DNA Evidence - Postconviction Review - Continuation of Reforms
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate McDonough
- Entitled
- Local Jurisdictions - Prohibition on Receiving State Public Safety Funds - Nonparticipation in Federal Secure Communities Program
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Frederick County Delegation
- Entitled
- Frederick County - Adult Detention Center - Medical and Dental Fees
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates K. Kelly, Beitzel, Clippinger, Cluster, Dumais, Hough, McConkey, Myers, Parrott, Valentino-Smith, and Wilson
- Entitled
- Public Health - Inmates - HIV Testing
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Delegates K. Kelly, Beitzel, Cluster, Dumais, McDermott, Parrott, Simmons, and Valentino-Smith
- Entitled
- Criminal Procedure - Custody of Arrested Persons Before Release
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Bates, Afzali, Aumann, Burns, Elliott, Glass, Jameson, Kipke, Krebs, McComas, McDonough, Parrott, Schuh, Sophocleus, Stocksdale, and Wood
- Entitled
- Death Penalty - Evidentiary Requirements - Murder in the First Degree Committed in a Correctional Facility
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Departmental - Public Safety and Correctional Services)
- Entitled
- Criminal Law - Contraband - Telecommunication Devices - Penalty
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Departmental - Public Safety and Correctional Services)
- Entitled
- Correctional Services - Maryland Parole Commission - Eligibility for Parole
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Waldstreicher (By Request - Task Force on Prisoner Reentry) and Delegates Anderson, Barnes, Carter, Clippinger, Davis, Gaines, Haynes, Hough, Ivey, McIntosh, Mitchell, Pena-Melnyk, Proctor, Rosenberg, Ross, Simmons, V. Turner, Valderrama, and Washington
- Entitled
- Correctional Services - Diminution Credits - Educational Accomplishment
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Waldstreicher (By Request - Task Force on Prisoner Reentry) and Delegates Anderson, Barnes, Carter, Clippinger, Dumais, Gaines, Haynes, Hough, Ivey, McIntosh, Pena-Melnyk, Proctor, Rosenberg, Ross, Simmons, V. Turner, Valderrama, and Washington
- Entitled
- Child Support - Incarcerated Obligors - Suspension of Payments and Accrual of Arrearages
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kramer and W. Miller
- Entitled
- Correctional Services - Limitation on Total Number of Diminution Credits - Single Sentence for Crime of Violence
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kramer and W. Miller
- Entitled
- Correctional Services - Limitation on Total Number of Diminution Credits - Violent Offenders and Sexual Offenders
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Simmons
- Entitled
- Truth in Sentencing Task Force
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
HB 743
Status as of February 15, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Nathan-Pulliam, Branch, Braveboy, Burns, Costa, Elliott, Gaines, Gutierrez, Howard, Hubbard, Ivey, Jones, Kipke, Krebs, Murphy, Oaks, B. Robinson, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Valderrama
- Entitled
- Inmates - Hepatitis C - Testing, Prevention, Counseling, and Treatment
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Mizeur, Alston, Anderson, Dumais, Kaiser, Lee, McComas, Reznik, Stukes, F. Turner, and Valentino-Smith
- Entitled
- Bringing Maryland Families Together Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Cluster
- Entitled
- Criminal Procedure - Parole - Eligibility
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Conaway
- Entitled
- Correctional Services - Division of Correction - Length of Sentence
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kramer and W. Miller
- Entitled
- Division of Correction - Revocation of Diminution Credits - Telecommunication Devices
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Valderrama, Anderson, Lee, F. Turner, and Valentino-Smith
- Entitled
- Juveniles - Confinement in Juvenile Facilities - Report
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Valentino-Smith, Alston, Carter, McComas, Mitchell, Mizeur, Valderrama, Vallario, and Wilson
- Entitled
- Correctional Services - Inmate Welfare Fund - Telephone Financial Assistance
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Lee, Smigiel, Afzali, Beitzel, Clagett, Conaway, Cullison, DeBoy, Hammen, Healey, Howard, Jameson, Kach, A. Kelly, McComas, Nathan-Pulliam, Pendergrass, B. Robinson, Stocksdale, Tarrant, V. Turner, Bromwell, Costa, Donoghue, Elliott, Frank, Hubbard, Kipke, Krebs, McDonough, Morhaim, Murphy, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Ready, and Reznik
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Coverage for Services Delivered Through Telemedicine
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Finance
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee (By Request - Maryland Judicial Conference)
- Entitled
- Courts - Sentence Review - Review Panel
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Brinkley and Young
- Entitled
- Frederick County - Adult Detention Center - Medical and Dental Fees
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Brinkley and Young
- Entitled
- Frederick County - Adult Detention Center - Processing and Administrative Fees
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator Gladden
- Entitled
- Inmates - Life Imprisonment - Parole Approval - Felony Murder Accomplice
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator King
- Entitled
- Correctional Services - Limitation on Total Number of Diminution Credits - Single Sentence for Crime of Violence
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator King
- Entitled
- Correctional Services - Limitation on Total Number of Diminution Credits - Violent Offenders and Sexual Offenders
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator McFadden
- Entitled
- Inmates - Life Imprisonment - Parole Approval - Act Committed While a Minor
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Gladden and Muse
- Entitled
- Public Institutions of Higher Education - Waiver of Tuition - Individual Exonerated After Wrongful Conviction
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Shank
- Entitled
- Division of Correction - Revocation of Diminution Credits - Telecommunication Devices
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
SB 720
Status as of March 30, 2012: Bill is in the Senate - Recommit to Committee Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator Zirkin (By Request - Task Force on Prisoner Reentry) and Senator Jones-Rodwell
- Entitled
- Child Support - Incarcerated Obligors - Suspension of Payments and Accrual of Arrearages
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator Gladden
- Entitled
- Correctional Services - Inmates - Video Visitation Program
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
SB 761
Status as of April 1, 2012: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Senator Gladden
- Entitled
- Juveniles - Confinement in Juvenile Facilities - Report
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Pugh, Pipkin, Mathias, Middleton, Montgomery, Astle, Glassman, Kelley, Kittleman, and Klausmeier
- Entitled
- Health Insurance - Coverage for Services Delivered Through Telemedicine
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Finance
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Raskin and Gladden
- Entitled
- Correctional Services - Inmate Welfare Fund - Telephone Financial Assistance
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
