Sexual Offenses

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 46

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  HB 6

  Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 360

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Anderson, Vallario, Rosenberg, Ramirez, Valderrama, Schuler, Dumais, Gutierrez, Ivey, Conaway, Shank, Carter, McConkey, McComas, and Smigiel

  Entitled

  Criminal Procedure - Custodial Interrogation - Recordation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 18

  Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 353

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Smigiel, Kach, Bromwell, Impallaria, and Olszewski

  Entitled

  Sex Offender Registry - Additional Information

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 34

  Status as of February 11, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Minnick

  Entitled

  Violent Crimes and Sexual Offenses - Diminution Credits and Mandatory Minimum Sentencing

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 60

  Status as of February 25, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Stifler

  Entitled

  Criminal Procedure - Offender Registry - Possession of Child Pornography

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 61

  Status as of February 25, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Stifler

  Entitled

  Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act Task Force

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 73

  Status as of February 25, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Olszewski

  Entitled

  Child Protection from Predators Act of 2008

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 252

  Status as of March 10, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates O'Donnell, Anderson, Aumann, Bartlett, Bates, Beitzel, Bohanan, Boteler, Burns, G. Clagett, Costa, DeBoy, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elliott, Elmore, Frank, George, Gilchrist, Haddaway, James, Jennings, Kelly, King, Kipke, Krebs, Kullen, Levy, McComas, McConkey, McDonough, McKee, Miller, Minnick, Murphy, Myers, Norman, Riley, Schuh, Shank, Shewell, Smigiel, Sophocleus, Sossi, Stifler, Stocksdale, Weldon, and Wood

  Entitled

  Child Protection from Predators Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 381

  Status as of March 11, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Stifler, Conaway, DeBoy, Elliott, Howard, Impallaria, James, Jennings, Kelly, King, Krebs, McComas, Myers, Norman, Robinson, Shewell, Stull, and Tarrant

  Entitled

  Public Safety - Offender Registry - Frequency of Photograph

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 400

  Status as of March 10, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Dumais

  Entitled

  Child Welfare - Reports of Children at Substantial Risk of Abuse or Neglect

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 425

  Status as of February 25, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Shank

  Entitled

  Evidence - Separate Act of Sexual Misconduct Involving a Minor - Admissibility

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 496

  Status as of February 25, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Kach, Bromwell, Impallaria, and Olszewski

  Entitled

  Criminal Procedure - Sexual Offenders - Supervision, Notifications, and Penalties

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 500

  Status as of January 30, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Dumais, Ali, Barkley, Barnes, Barve, Bates, Beidle, Benson, Bobo, Branch, Braveboy, Bromwell, Bronrott, Burns, V. Clagett, DeBoy, Doory, Eckardt, Feldman, Frick, Frush, Gaines, Gilchrist, Glenn, Griffith, Gutierrez, Haddaway, Harrison, Healey, Hecht, Hixson, Holmes, Howard, Hucker, Ivey, Jameson, Jones, Kaiser, Kirk, Krebs, Krysiak, Kullen, Lafferty, Lee, Love, Manno, Mathias, McIntosh, Mizeur, Montgomery, Murphy, Nathan-Pulliam, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Proctor, Reznik, Rice, Robinson, Ross, Schuler, Shewell, Smigiel, Sophocleus, Stein, Stifler, Stocksdale, Stull, Tarrant, F. Turner, V. Turner, Valderrama, Waldstreicher, and Weldon

  Entitled

  Family Law - Denial of Paternity, Custody, and Visitation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 523

  Status as of March 10, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Glenn and Valderrama

  Entitled

  Criminal Law - Third Degree Sexual Offense - Person in a Position of Authority

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 574

  Status as of February 25, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates McComas, DeBoy, Eckardt, Elliott, Frank, George, Haddaway, James, Kipke, Krebs, Levy, McConkey, Miller, Myers, Norman, O'Donnell, Schuh, Shank, Shewell, Sophocleus, Stocksdale, and Wood

  Entitled

  Criminal Law - Possession of Child Pornography - Enhanced Penalties

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 619

  Status as of February 25, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates McDonough, Ali, DeBoy, Elliott, Impallaria, Kipke, Krebs, Riley, and Sossi

  Entitled

  Jessica's Law Part II - Truth in Sentencing

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 621

  Status as of February 25, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates McDonough, DeBoy, Elliott, Kipke, Krebs, and Sossi

  Entitled

  Truth in Sentencing Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 652

  Status as of April 24, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 289

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Ways and Means Committee (By Request - Departmental - Education)

  Entitled

  Education - Public School Employees - Criminal Convictions

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 729

  Status as of March 17, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Jameson, Lee, Ali, Barkley, Beitzel, Bohanan, Boteler, Bronrott, G. Clagett, V. Clagett, DeBoy, Doory, Elmore, Feldman, Frank, George, Haddaway, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Impallaria, James, Jennings, Kach, Kelly, King, Kramer, Krebs, Krysiak, Kullen, Levy, Love, Malone, Mathias, McDonough, McKee, Miller, Minnick, Montgomery, Murphy, Myers, O'Donnell, Olszewski, Riley, Ross, Schuh, Shank, Sossi, Stein, Stocksdale, Stull, Vaughn, Weir, and Wood

  Entitled

  Public Safety - Statewide DNA Database System - Sexual Offenses and Kidnapping - Sample Collection on Arrest

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 761

  Status as of February 29, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Shank, Kelly, Kramer, McComas, and Valderrama

  Entitled

  Criminal Procedure - Offender Registry - Retroactivity

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 858

  Status as of March 3, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Bromwell, Anderson, Barve, DeBoy, Gutierrez, and Rudolph

  Entitled

  Civil Actions - Child Sexual Abuse - Statute of Limitations and Limitation of Damages

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 1066

  Status as of February 25, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Conaway and James

  Entitled

  Subsequent Sexual Offenders - Parole Elimination

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 1243

  Status as of February 18, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Ways and Means

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Conaway

  Entitled

  State Department of Education and the Maryland Higher Education Commission Study - Sexual Offenses Against Spouses - Student Knowledge

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Ways and Means
  

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  HB 1332

  Status as of April 7, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Dumais

  Entitled

  Criminal Procedure - Offender Registry - Minors

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 1413

  Status as of February 8, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Dumais and Vallario

  Entitled

  Peace Orders - Referral to Mediation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 1439

  Status as of March 3, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Bromwell and Olszewski

  Entitled

  Registered Sex Offenders - Residence Adjacent to Locations Where Children Congregate - Prohibition

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 1440

  Status as of March 3, 2008: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Bromwell and Olszewski

  Entitled

  Baltimore County - Registered Sex Offenders - Residence Adjacent to Locations Where Children Congregate - Prohibition

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 1450

  Status as of March 25, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Departmental - Public Safety and Correctional Services)

  Entitled

  Criminal Procedure - Sexual Offenders - Homeless Registrants and Supervision

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 1538

  Status as of February 26, 2008: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Chair, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Departmental - Public Safety and Correctional Services)

  Entitled

  Criminal Procedure - Sex Offenders - Notification and Registration

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  SB 5

  Status as of February 6, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Jacobs

  Entitled

  Child Protection from Predators Act of 2008

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 6

  Status as of March 7, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Simonaire

  Entitled

  Criminal Procedure - Offender Registry - Possession of Child Pornography

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 16

  Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 345

  Sponsored By

  Senators Simonaire, Mooney, Jacobs, Haines, Brochin, Stone, and Muse

  Entitled

  Crimes - Sexual Offenders - Sentencing

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 24

  Status as of March 7, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Simonaire, Stone, and Jacobs

  Entitled

  Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act Task Force

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 26

  Status as of February 6, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Simonaire

  Entitled

  Task Force to Study the Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators to Facilities of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 43

  Status as of February 6, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Stone

  Entitled

  Sexual Offender Registration Information - Re-Incarceration for New Crime

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 51

  Status as of April 5, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Stone, Brochin, Della, Haines, Jacobs, and Klausmeier

  Entitled

  Public Safety - Statewide DNA Data Base System - Sample Collection on Arrest - First and Second Degree Rape

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 56

  Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 352

  Sponsored By

  Senators Zirkin, Brochin, Currie, Haines, Jacobs, Kittleman, Kramer, Mooney, Muse, Raskin, Robey, Stoltzfus, Forehand, Simonaire, and Stone

  Entitled

  Sex Offender Registry - Additional Information

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 75

  Status as of February 6, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Stone, Della, and Jacobs

  Entitled

  Criminal Law - Possession of Child Pornography - Enhanced Penalties

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 76

  Status as of May 13, 2008: Became Law - Chapter 359

  Sponsored By

  Senators Conway, Della, Exum, Gladden, Jones, Kelley, McFadden, Pinsky, Pugh, and Raskin

  Entitled

  Criminal Procedure - Custodial Interrogation - Recordation

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 231

  Status as of February 6, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Jacobs, Brinkley, Colburn, Forehand, Glassman, Haines, Kelley, Kittleman, Klausmeier, Kramer, Middleton, Munson, Muse, Simonaire, Stoltzfus, and Stone

  Entitled

  Public Schools - Certified Teachers - Flagging Investigative Proceedings

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 241

  Status as of January 23, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Kelley, Conway, Currie, Forehand, Jones, and Lenett

  Entitled

  Child Welfare - Reports of Children at Substantial Risk of Abuse or Neglect

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 385

  Status as of March 6, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Withdrawn Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Greenip, Brinkley, Colburn, DeGrange, Forehand, Harris, Jacobs, Kittleman, Lenett, Stoltzfus, and Stone

  Entitled

  Family Law - Termination of Parental Rights - Child Conceived as the Result of Rape

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 441

  Status as of April 7, 2008: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Senators Frosh, Brochin, Garagiola, Forehand, Jacobs, Mooney, Raskin, Simonaire, and Stone

  Entitled

  Criminal Procedure - Offender Registry - Minors

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 516

  Status as of March 24, 2008: Bill is in the House - First Reading Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Senators Raskin, Astle, Brochin, Colburn, Conway, Currie, Forehand, Garagiola, Jacobs, Jones, Kelley, King, Klausmeier, Kramer, Lenett, Madaleno, McFadden, Middleton, Mooney, Muse, Peters, Pinsky, Pugh, Robey, Rosapepe, Stoltzfus, Stone, and Greenip

  Entitled

  Family Law - Denial of Paternity, Custody, and Visitation

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 575

  Status as of April 5, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senators Forehand, Garagiola, and Klausmeier

  Entitled

  Public Safety - Statewide DNA Database System - Sexual Offenses and Kidnapping - Sample Collection on Arrest

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  

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  SB 629

  Status as of April 7, 2008: Bill is in the House - Re-referred Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Senators Jacobs and Stone

  Entitled

  Criminal Procedure - Offender Registry - Retroactivity

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 740

  Status as of February 6, 2008: Bill is in the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Muse

  Entitled

  Criminal Law - Third Degree Sexual Offense - Person in a Position of Authority

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings