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HOUSE BILL 332
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By: Delegates J. Lewis, Allen, Attar, Bagnall, Boafo, Charkoudian, Conaway,
Feldmark, Harrison, Healey, Henson, Kaiser, J. Long, Lopez, McCaskill,
Palakovich Carr, Simmons, Simpson, Taveras, and Woods
Introduced and read first time: January 25, 2023
Assigned to: Judiciary
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Public Safety – Law Enforcement – Body–Worn Cameras 2
(Body–Worn Camera Appropriation and Financing Act of 2023) 3
FOR the purpose of requiring the Department of General Services, in coordination with the 4
Department of Information Technology, to negotiate contracts to acquire and 5
maintain body–worn cameras, equipment, and technology at the request of a law 6
enforcement agency; requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards 7
Commission, in coordination with the Department of General Services and the 8
Department of Information Technology, to study the cost and feasibility of 9
implementing a statewide uniform storage and access system for the body–worn 10
camera data of all law enforcement agencies; and generally relating to law 11
enforcement agencies and body–worn cameras. 12
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 13
Article – Public Safety 14
Section 3–101(a) and (e) and 3–201(a) and (d) 15
Annotated Code of Maryland 16
(2022 Replacement Volume) 17
BY adding to 18
Article – Public Safety 19
Section 3–511.1 20
Annotated Code of Maryland 21
(2022 Replacement Volume) 22
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 23
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 24
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3–101. 1
(a) In this title the following words have the meanings indicated. 2
(e) “Law enforcement agency” has the meaning stated in § 3–201 of this title. 3
3–201. 4
(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. 5
(d) (1) “Law enforcement agency” means a governmental police force, sheriff’s 6
office, or security force or law enforcement organization of the State, a county, or a 7
municipal corporation that by statute, ordinance, or common law is authorized to enforce 8
the general criminal laws of the State. 9
(2) “Law enforcement agency” does not include members of the Maryland 10
National Guard who: 11
(i) are under the control and jurisdiction of the Military 12
Department; 13
(ii) are assigned to the military property designated as the Martin 14
State Airport; and 15
(iii) are charged with exercising police powers in and for the Martin 16
State Airport. 17
3–511.1. 18
(A) (1) AT THE REQUEST OF A L AW ENFORCEMENT AGENC Y, THE 19
DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES, IN COORDINATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT 20
OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY , SHALL NEGOTIATE CONTRACTS TO ACQUIRE AND 21
MAINTAIN BODY–WORN CAMERAS , EQUIPMENT, AND TECHNOLOGY FOR THE LAW 22
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. 23
(2) THE CONTRACTS NEGOTIATED UNDER PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS 24
SUBSECTION MAY INCLUDE CONTRACTS FOR ANY RELATED EQUIPMENT OR 25
TECHNOLOGY DETERMINE D TO BE NECESSARY FO R THE EFFECTIVE USE OF 26
BODY–WORN CAMERAS . 27
(B) THE CONTRACTS NEGOTIA TED UNDER SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS 28
SECTION SHALL PRIORI TIZE: 29
(1) EQUIPMENT AND TECHNO LOGY THAT COMPLIES W ITH THE 30
POLICIES DEVELOPED B Y THE MARYLAND POLICE TRAINING AND STANDARDS 31 HOUSE BILL 332 3
COMMISSION UNDER § 3–511 OF THIS SUBTITLE; 1
(2) EQUIPMENT AND TECHNO LOGY THAT CONFORM TO INDUSTRY 2
STANDARDS AND BEST P RACTICES; 3
(3) CYBERSECURITY AND DA TA PRIVACY; 4
(4) COMPATIBILITY WITH D IFFERENT EQUIPMENT A ND 5
TECHNOLOGY; 6
(5) CAPABILITIES TO EFFE CTIVELY VIEW , EDIT, REDACT, AND 7
TRANSFER DATA FROM B ODY–WORN CAMERAS ; AND 8
(6) COST EFFECTIVENESS . 9
(C) FOR ANY CONTRACT NEGO TIATED UNDER SUBSECT ION (A) OF THIS 10
SECTION, THE RIGHT OF A LAW EN FORCEMENT AGENCY TO RECEIVE SERVICES 11
FROM AN ENTITY RELAT ED TO VIEWING, EDITING, REDACTING, OR TRANSFERRING 12
DATA FROM BODY –WORN CAMERAS MAY NOT BE RESTRICTED IN ANY MANNER. 13
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, Tha t: 14
(a) The Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission, in coordination 15
with the Department of General Services and the Department of Information Technology, 16
shall study the cost and feasibility of implementing a statewide uniform storage and access 17
system for the body–worn camera data of all law enforcement agencies, as defined in § 18
3–201 of the Public Safety Article. 19
(b) The study shall include an analysis of: 20
(1) the best practices for the storage of body–worn camera data; and 21
(2) alternatives to a statewide uniform storage and access system for 22
body–worn camera data. 23
(c) On or before December 1, 2023, the Maryland Police Training and Standards 24
Commission shall report the findings of the study to the Senate Budget and Taxation 25
Committee and the House Appropriations Committee, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the 26
State Government Article. 27
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall be construed to 28
apply only prospectively and may not be applied or interpreted to have any effect on or 29
application to any contract related to body–worn cameras negotiated before the effective 30
date of this Act. 31
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SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 1
1, 2023. 2