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*hb0632*
HOUSE BILL 632
D2 3lr1805
By: Delegate Smith
Introduced and read first time: February 3, 2023
Assigned to: Judiciary
Committee Report: Favorable
House action: Adopted
Read second time: March 10, 2023
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Baltimore City Sheriff – Staffing 2
FOR the purpose of increasing the number of assistant sheriffs required to be appointed by 3
the Baltimore City Sheriff; repealing a limitation on the number of certain other staff 4
that the Baltimore City Sheriff may appoint; and generally relating to staff of the 5
Baltimore City Sheriff. 6
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 7
Article – Courts and Judicial Proceedings 8
Section 2–316(a) 9
Annotated Code of Maryland 10
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2022 Supplement) 11
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 12
Article – Courts and Judicial Proceedings 13
Section 2–316(d) 14
Annotated Code of Maryland 15
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2022 Supplement) 16
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 17
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 18
Article – Courts and Judicial Proceedings 19
2–316. 20 2 HOUSE BILL 632
(a) This section applies only in Baltimore City. 1
(d) (1) The Sheriff shall appoint: 2
(i) An undersheriff or chief deputy sheriff; 3
(ii) [One] THREE assistant [sheriff] SHERIFFS; 4
(iii) Three deputy sheriff majors; 5
(iv) Three deputy sheriff captains; 6
(v) Six deputy sheriff lieutenants; 7
(vi) One secretary sheriff; and 8
(vii) One fiscal clerk sheriff. 9
(2) The Sheriff may appoint [up to a maximum of]: 10
(i) [9 deputy] DEPUTY sheriff sergeants; 11
(ii) [103 deputy] DEPUTY sheriffs; 12
(iii) [2 domestic] DOMESTIC violence clerks; [and] 13
(iv) [2 domestic] DOMESTIC violence advocates; 14
(V) SOCIAL WORKERS ; AND 15
(VI) ANY ADDITIONAL SWORN OR CIVILIAN PERSONNE L THAT 16
ARE FUNDED BY THE SHERIFF’S OPERATING BUDGET O R BY ANY OTHER FUNDI NG 17
SOURCE. 18
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act s hall take effect 19
October 1, 2023. 20