Legislation - HB0236

Title: Peace Orders and Criminal Harassment - Intentional Visual Surveillance
Sponsored by: Delegates Valentine, Crutchfield, Cardin, Tomlinson, Schmidt, Simmons, Phillips, Arikan, Simpson, Grammer, Sample-Hughes, Conaway, Kaufman, and Williams
Status: In the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Analysis: Fiscal and Policy Note

Synopsis

Expanding the relief that may be included in a final peace order; altering the acts that constitute criminal harassment to include certain visual surveillance of an area of another person's residence where the other has a reasonable expectation of privacy; and providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction for a first offense is subject to imprisonment of up to 90 days or a fine of $500 or both, and for a second or subsequent offense, imprisonment of up to 180 days or a fine of $1,000 or both.

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Opposite:: Judicial Proceedings

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Cross-filed with: SB0092

Introduced in a prior session as: HB0911 Session: 2024 Regular Session

Bill File Type: Pre-Filed

Effective Date(s): October 1, 2025

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 10/10/2024 Legislative Date 10/10/2024 Action Pre-filed Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/08/2025 Legislative Date 1/08/2025 Action First Reading Judiciary Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Peace Orders - Intentional Visual Surveillance Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/10/2025 Legislative Date 1/10/2025 Action Hearing 1/23 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/16/2025 Legislative Date 1/16/2025 Action Hearing canceled Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/16/2025 Legislative Date 1/16/2025 Action Hearing 1/23 at 11:00 a.m. Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Vote - House - Committee - Judiciary Proceedings Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/03/2025 Legislative Date 3/03/2025 Action Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/04/2025 Legislative Date 2/25/2025 Action Favorable with Amendments {693029/1 Adopted Proceedings 37BClick to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/04/2025 Legislative Date 2/25/2025 Action Second Reading Passed with Amendments Proceedings 37BClick to view Recorded Media
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - Third - Peace Orders and Criminal Harassment - Intentional Visual Surveillance Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/06/2025 Legislative Date 2/27/2025 Action Third Reading Passed (135-0) Proceedings 39 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 3/07/2025 Legislative Date 2/19/2025 Action Referred Judicial Proceedings Proceedings 39 Click to view Recorded Media

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action	Proceedings
House	10/10/2024	10/10/2024	Pre-filed
House	1/08/2025	1/08/2025	First Reading Judiciary
			Text - First - Peace Orders - Intentional Visual Surveillance
House	1/10/2025	1/10/2025	Hearing 1/23 at 1:00 p.m.
House	1/16/2025	1/16/2025	Hearing canceled
House	1/16/2025	1/16/2025	Hearing 1/23 at 11:00 a.m.
			Vote - House - Committee - Judiciary	Click to view Recorded Media
House	3/03/2025	3/03/2025	Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
House	3/04/2025	2/25/2025	Favorable with Amendments {693029/1 Adopted	37BClick to view Recorded Media
House	3/04/2025	2/25/2025	Second Reading Passed with Amendments	37BClick to view Recorded Media
			Text - Third - Peace Orders and Criminal Harassment - Intentional Visual Surveillance
House	3/06/2025	2/27/2025	Third Reading Passed (135-0)	39 Click to view Recorded Media
Senate	3/07/2025	2/19/2025	Referred Judicial Proceedings	39 Click to view Recorded Media

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