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MD HB1125

MD HB1125
Workgroup on Home Detention Monitoring - Report Alterations and Data Collection


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Introduced
02/05/2025
In Committee
04/03/2025
Crossed Over
03/14/2025
Passed
04/04/2025
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
05/13/2025

Introduced Session

2025 Regular Session

Bill Summary

Requiring the Workgroup on Home Detention Monitoring to study and make recommendations to the General Assembly regarding certain policies, practices, and responses when a person violates a condition of home detention monitoring; and requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to collect and report to the Workgroup certain data on or before September 1 each year.

AI Summary

This bill establishes a Workgroup on Home Detention Monitoring comprised of 15 members representing various stakeholders, including legislators, government officials, law enforcement, judicial representatives, and advocacy organizations. The Workgroup will study and make recommendations about home detention monitoring, focusing specifically on the costs and availability of monitoring systems, policies and practices for handling violations of home detention conditions, and the responses of public safety departments and monitoring agencies when violations occur. The Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services will be required to collect and report detailed annual data to the Workgroup by September 1 each year, including the number of people placed on home detention monitoring, disaggregated by race, gender, jurisdiction, and monitoring service provider, as well as data on violations, reports to law enforcement, and reports to judges. Workgroup members will serve without compensation but can receive travel expense reimbursements, and they must adopt a code of conduct at their first meeting after July 1, 2024. The Workgroup is mandated to submit an annual report of its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by December 31 each year, with the bill taking effect on June 1, 2025.

Committee Categories

Justice

Sponsors (1)

Last Action

Approved by the Governor - Chapter 455 (on 05/13/2025)

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