Maryland 2025 2025 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1222 Enrolled / Bill

Filed 04/09/2025

                     
 
EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. 
        [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. 
         Underlining indicates amendments to bill. 
         Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by 
amendment. 
         Italics indicate opposite chamber/conference committee amendments. 
          *hb1222*  
  
HOUSE BILL 1222 
E4, P3   	(5lr2365) 
ENROLLED BILL 
— Judiciary/Judicial Proceedings — 
Introduced by Delegates Williams, Acevero, Allen, Amprey, Bagnall, Boafo, Boyce, 
Charkoudian, Crutchfield, Cullison, Davis, Ebersole, Edelson, Embry, Fair, 
Feldmark, Foley, Forbes, Fraser–Hidalgo, Harris, Hill, Ivey, A. Johnson, 
D. Jones, Kaiser, Kaufman, Kerr, Lehman, R. Lewis, J. Long, Lopez, 
Martinez, McCaskill, Mireku –North, Moon, Palakovich Carr, Pasteur, 
Patterson, Pena–Melnyk, Phillips, Queen, Roberson, Ruff, Ruth, Shetty, 
Simpson, Smith, Solomon, Spiegel, Stein, Stewart, Taveras, Taylor, Terrasa, 
Valderrama, Vogel, Wells, White Holland, Wilkins, Wims, Wolek, Woods, 
Woorman, and Young 
 
Read and Examined by Proofreaders: 
 
_______________________________________________ 
Proofreader. 
_______________________________________________ 
Proofreader. 
 
Sealed with the Great Seal and presented to the Governor, for his approval this 
  
_______ day of _______________ at ________________________ o’clock, ________M. 
  
______________________________________________ 
Speaker.  
 
CHAPTER ______ 
 
AN ACT concerning 1 
 
Public Safety – Immigration Enforcement  2 
(Maryland Values Act) 3 
 
FOR the purpose of requiring an employee or agent of a State or local correctional facility 4 
and a law enforcement agent to detain provide certain notice of the release of a 5 
certain individual and transfer the individual to federal immigration authorities 6 
under certain circumstances; prohibiting the State, a unit of local government, a 7  2 	HOUSE BILL 1222  
 
 
county sheriff, or any agency, officer, employee, or agent of the State or a unit of local 1 
government from entering into a certain immigration enforcement agreement; 2 
requiring the termination of an existing immigration enforcement agreement on or 3 
before a certain date; requiring federal law enforcement officers to notify certain 4 
individuals of federal immigration action at certain sensitive locations; prohibiting 5 
certain schools, libraries, and units of State or local government that operate at 6 
certain sensitive locations from allowing certain federal personnel access to certain 7 
areas, subject to certain exceptions; requiring the Attorney General to develop and 8 
publish certain guidance regarding immigration enforcement actions at certain 9 
sensitive locations; encouraging private entities that provide certain services to adopt 10 
certain policies; requiring certain schools, libraries, and units of State and local 11 
government to adopt policies consistent with certain guidance; requiring, on or before 12 
a certain date, certain governmental entities, in consultation with the Department of 13 
Information Technology, to develop and publish certain procedures that prevent the 14 
sale and redisclosure of certain personal records or geolocation data that are provided 15 
or made available by governmental entities; and generally relating to immigration 16 
enforcement.  17 
 
BY adding to 18 
 Article – Correctional Services 19 
Section 9–309 20 
 Annotated Code of Maryland 21 
 (2017 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 22 
 
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 23 
 Article – Criminal Procedure 24 
Section 5–104 25 
 Annotated Code of Maryland 26 
 (2018 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 27 
 
BY adding to 28 
 Article – Criminal Procedure 29 
Section 5–104.1 30 
 Annotated Code of Maryland 31 
 (2018 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 32 
 
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 33 
 Article – Criminal Procedure 34 
 Section 2–104(a) 35 
 Annotated Code of Maryland 36 
 (2018 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 37 
 
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 38 
 Article – Criminal Procedure 39 
 Section 2–104(c) 40 
 Annotated Code of Maryland 41 
 (2018 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 42   	HOUSE BILL 1222 	3 
 
 
 
BY adding to 1 
 Article – Criminal Procedure 2 
 Section 2–104.2 3 
 Annotated Code of Maryland 4 
 (2018 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 5 
 
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 6 
 Article – General Provisions 7 
 Section 4–501(a) 8 
 Annotated Code of Maryland 9 
 (2019 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 10 
 
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 11 
 Article – State Government 12 
 Section 1–101(a) and (d) 13 
 Annotated Code of Maryland 14 
 (2021 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 15 
 
BY adding to 16 
 Article – State Government 17 
 Section 6–111 and 10–1702 18 
 Annotated Code of Maryland 19 
 (2021 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement)  20 
 
 SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 21 
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 22 
 
Article – Correctional Services 23 
 
9–309. 24 
 
 (A) (1) IN THIS SECTION THE F OLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS 25 
INDICATED. 26 
 
 (2) “COVERED INDIVIDUAL ” MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO: 27 
 
 (I) IS NOT LAWFULLY PRES ENT IN THE UNITED STATES IS THE 28 
SUBJECT OF AN ACTIVE IMMIGRATION DETAINER REQUEST; AND 29 
 
 (II) 1. HAS BEEN CONVICTED ON OR AFTER JUNE 1, 2025, 30 
OF:  31 
 
 A. A CRIME OF VIOLENCE; 32 
 
 B. ANY FELONY; 33  4 	HOUSE BILL 1222  
 
 
 
 C. USING A FIREARM IN T HE COMMISSION OF A C RIME OF 1 
VIOLENCE UNDER § 4–204(B) OF THE CRIMINAL LAW ARTICLE; 2 
 
 D. DRIVING UNDER THE IN FLUENCE; OR 3 
 
 E. ENGAGING IN CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION ACTIVIT Y; OR 4 
 
 2. HAS BEEN ISSUED AN INTERPOL NOTICE FOR 5 
CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIO N ACTIVITY. 6 
 
 (3) “CRIME OF VIOLENCE ” HAS THE MEANING STAT ED IN § 14–101 OF 7 
THE CRIMINAL LAW ARTICLE. 8 
 
 (4) “CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION ” HAS THE MEANING STAT ED IN §  9 
9–801 OF THE CRIMINAL LAW ARTICLE. 10 
 
 (5) “DRIVING UNDER THE INF LUENCE” HAS THE MEANING STAT ED IN 11 
§ 21–902 OF THE TRANSPORTATION ARTICLE.  12 
 
 (6) “INTERPOL NOTICE” MEANS A REQUEST ISSU ED BY THE 13 
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL POLICE ORGANIZATION FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT 14 
WORLDWIDE TO LOCATE AND PROVISIONALLY ARREST A PERSON PENDING 15 
EXTRADITION, SURRENDER , OR SIMILAR LEGAL ACT ION.  16 
 
 (B) IF REQUESTED BY FEDER AL IMMIGRATION AUTHO RITIES, AN 17 
EMPLOYEE OR AGENT OF A STATE OR LOCAL CORREC TIONAL FACILITY SHAL L: 18 
 
 (1) DETAIN PROVIDE NOTICE OF TH E RELEASE OF A COVERED 19 
INDIVIDUAL FOR UP TO WITHIN 48 HOURS BEFORE THE RELEASE O F THE COVERED 20 
INDIVIDUAL IN ORDER TO FACILITA TE THE TRANSFER OF T HE INDIVIDUAL TO 21 
FEDERAL IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES; AND 22 
 
 (2) TRANSFER A COVERED I NDIVIDUAL TO FEDERAL IMMIGRATION 23 
AUTHORITIES PROVIDED THAT THE TR ANSFER DOES NOT EXTE ND THE TIME IN 24 
CUSTODY OF THE COVER ED INDIVIDUAL BEYOND THE INDIVIDUAL ’S SCHEDULED 25 
RELEASE.  26 
 
Article – Criminal Procedure 27 
 
5–104. 28 
 
 (a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. 29 
   	HOUSE BILL 1222 	5 
 
 
 (2) “Civil immigration violation” means a violation of federal civil 1 
immigration law. 2 
 
 (3) “Family member” means a relative by blood, adoption, or marriage. 3 
 
 (4) “Household member” means a person who lives with another or is a 4 
regular presence in the home of another. 5 
 
 (5) (i) “Law enforcement agent” means an individual who is certified by 6 
the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission under § 3–209 of the Public 7 
Safety Article. 8 
 
 (ii) “Law enforcement agent” does not include an agent or employee 9 
of a State correctional facility or a local correctional facility. 10 
 
 (6) “Local correctional facility” has the meaning stated in § 1–101 of the 11 
Correctional Services Article. 12 
 
 (7) “State correctional facility” has the meaning stated in § 1–101 of the 13 
Correctional Services Article. 14 
 
 (b) (1) In this subsection, “arrest” does not include a routine booking 15 
procedure. 16 
 
 (2) Except as provided in paragraphs (3) [and], (4), AND (5) of this 17 
subsection, a law enforcement agent may not, during the performance of regular police 18 
functions: 19 
 
 (i) inquire about an individual’s citizenship, immigration status, or 20 
place of birth during a stop, a search, or an arrest; 21 
 
 (ii) detain, or prolong the detention of, an individual: 22 
 
 1. for the purpose of investigating the individual’s 23 
citizenship or immigration status; or 24 
 
 2. based on the suspicion that the individual has committed 25 
a civil immigration violation; 26 
 
 (iii) transfer an individual to federal immigration authorities unless 27 
required by federal law; or 28 
 
 (iv) coerce, intimidate, or threaten any individual based on the actual 29 
or perceived citizenship or immigration status of the individual or: 30 
 
 1. the individual’s family member; 31 
  6 	HOUSE BILL 1222  
 
 
 2. the individual’s household member; 1 
 
 3. the individual’s legal guardian; or 2 
 
 4. another individual for whom the individual is a legal 3 
guardian. 4 
 
 (3) Nothing in this subsection shall prevent a law enforcement agent from 5 
inquiring about any information that is material to a criminal investigation. 6 
 
 (4) If the citizenship or immigration status of an individual is relevant to a 7 
protection accorded to the individual under State or federal law, or subject to a requirement 8 
imposed by international treaty, a law enforcement agent may: 9 
 
 (i) notify the individual of the protection or requirement; and 10 
 
 (ii) provide the individual an opportunity to voluntarily disclose the 11 
individual’s citizenship or immigration status for the purpose of receiving the protection or 12 
complying with the requirement. 13 
 
 (5) (I) IN THIS PARAGRAPH , “COVERED INDIVIDUAL ” HAS THE 14 
MEANING STATED IN § 9–309 OF THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES ARTICLE.  15 
 
 (II) IF REQUESTED BY FEDER AL IMMIGRATION AUTHO RITIES, A 16 
LAW ENFOR CEMENT AGENT SHALL : 17 
 
 1. DETAIN PROVIDE NOTICE OF TH E RELEASE OF A 18 
COVERED INDIVIDUAL F OR UP TO WITHIN 48 HOURS BEFORE THE RELEASE O F THE 19 
COVERED INDIVIDUAL TO FACILITATE THE TR ANSFER OF THE INDIVI DUAL TO 20 
FEDERAL IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES; AND 21 
 
 2. TRANSFER A COVERED I NDIVIDUAL TO FEDERAL 22 
IMMIGRATION AUTHORIT IES PROVIDED THAT THE TR ANSFER DOES NOT EXTE ND 23 
THE TIME IN CUSTODY OF THE COVERED INDIV IDUAL BEYOND THE IND IVIDUAL’S 24 
SCHEDULED RELEASE .  25 
 
5–104.1. 26 
 
 (A) (1) IN THIS SECTION , “IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AGREEMEN T” 27 
MEANS A CONTRACT , AN AGREEMENT , AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL SERVICE 28 
AGREEMENT , OR A MEMORANDUM OF U NDERSTANDING WITH TH E FEDERAL 29 
GOVERNMENT THAT AUTH ORIZES THE STATE, A UNIT OF LOCAL GOVE RNMENT, A 30 
COUNTY SHERIFF , OR ANY AGENCY , OFFICER, EMPLOYEE, OR AGENT OF THE STATE 31 
OR A UNIT OF LOCAL G OVERNMENT TO ENFORCE CIVIL IMMIGRATION LA W. 32 
   	HOUSE BILL 1222 	7 
 
 
 (2) “IMMIGRATION ENFORCEME NT AGREEMENT ” INCLUDES AN 1 
AGREEMENT MADE IN AC CORDANCE WITH : 2 
 
 (I) 8 U.S.C. § 1103; 3 
 
 (II) 8 U.S.C. § 1357; OR 4 
 
 (III) ANY OTHER FEDERAL LAW . 5 
 
 (B) THE STATE, A UNIT OF LOCAL GOVE RNMENT, A COUNTY SHERIFF , OR 6 
ANY AGENCY, OFFICER, EMPLOYEE, OR AGENT OF THE STATE OR A UNIT OF LO CAL 7 
GOVERNMENT MAY NOT E NTER INTO AN IMMIGRA TION ENFORCEMENT AGR EEMENT. 8 
 
 (C) THE STATE, A UNIT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT , A COUNTY SHERIFF , OR 9 
ANY AGENCY, OFFICER, EMPLOYEE, OR AGENT OF THE STATE OR A UNIT OF LO CAL 10 
GOVERNMENT WITH AN E XISTING IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AGREEMEN T SHALL 11 
EXERCISE THE TERMINA TION PROVISION CONTA INED IN THE IMMIGRAT ION 12 
ENFORCEMENT AGREEME NT NOT LATER THAN JULY 1, 2025. 13 
 
Article – Criminal Procedure 14 
 
2–104. 15 
 
 (a) In this section, “federal law enforcement officer” means an officer who may: 16 
 
 (1) make an arrest with or without a warrant for violations of the United 17 
States Code; and 18 
 
 (2) carry firearms in the performance of the officer’s duties. 19 
 
 (c) (1) A federal law enforcement officer who acts under the authority granted 20 
by this section shall notify the following persons of an investigation [or], AN enforcement 21 
action, OR A FEDERAL IMM IGRATION ENFORCEMENT ACTION AT A SENSITIV E 22 
LOCATION, AS DEFINED IN § 6–111 OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT ARTICLE: 23 
 
 (i) 1. the chief of police, if any, or chief’s designee, when in a 24 
municipal corporation; 25 
 
 2. the police commissioner or police commissioner’s designee, 26 
when in Baltimore City; 27 
 
 3. the chief of police or chief’s designee, when in a county with 28 
a county police department, except Baltimore City; 29 
  8 	HOUSE BILL 1222  
 
 
 4. the sheriff or sheriff’s designee, when in a county without a 1 
county police department; 2 
 
 5. the Secretary of Natural Resources or Secretary’s designee, 3 
when on property owned, leased, operated by, or under the control of the Department of 4 
Natural Resources; or 5 
 
 6. the chief of police of the Maryland Transportation 6 
Authority or chief’s designee, when on property owned, leased, operated by, or under the 7 
control of the Maryland Transportation Authority, Maryland Aviation Administration, or 8 
Maryland Port Administration; and 9 
 
 (ii) the Department of State Police barrack commander or 10 
commander’s designee, unless there is an agreement otherwise with the Department of State 11 
Police. 12 
 
 (2) When the federal law enforcement officer participates in a joint 13 
investigation with officials from a State or local law enforcement unit, the federal law 14 
enforcement officer shall give the notice required under paragraph (1) of this subsection 15 
reasonably in advance. 16 
 
2–104.2. 17 
 
 (A) IN THIS SECTION, “SENSITIVE LOCATION ” HAS THE MEANING STAT ED IN 18 
§ 6–111 OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT ARTICLE. 19 
 
 (B) (1) THIS SUBSECTION DOES NOT APPLY TO A STATE OR LOCAL 20 
CORRECTIONAL FACILIT Y OR A DETENTION FAC ILITY IN A DISTRICT COURT OR 21 
CIRCUIT COURT HOUSE . 22 
 
 (2) A PUBLIC SCHOOL , A PUBLIC LIBRARY , OR A UNIT OF THE 23 
EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF STATE OR LOCAL GOVERN MENT THAT O PERATES AT A 24 
SENSITIVE LOCATION S HALL DENY ACCESS TO ANY PORTION OF THE S ENSITIVE 25 
LOCATION THAT IS NOT ACCESSIBLE TO THE GE NERAL PUBLIC TO ANY INDIVIDUAL 26 
WHO IS SEEKING ACCES S FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENFORCING FEDERAL IM MIGRATION 27 
LAW, UNLESS: 28 
 
 (I) THE INDIVIDUAL PRESENTS A VALI D WARRANT ISSUED BY A 29 
FEDERAL COURT ; OR 30 
 
 (II) EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCE S EXIST. 31 
 
Article – General Provisions 32 
 
4–501. 33   	HOUSE BILL 1222 	9 
 
 
 
 (a) In this section, “personal record” means a public record that names or, with 1 
reasonable certainty, otherwise identifies an individual by an identifying factor such as: 2 
 
 (1) an address; 3 
 
 (2) a description; 4 
 
 (3) a fingerprint or voice print; 5 
 
 (4) a number; or 6 
 
 (5) a picture. 7 
 
Article – State Government 8 
 
1–101. 9 
 
 (a) In this article the following words have the meanings indicated. 10 
 
 (d) “Person” means an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal 11 
representative, fiduciary, or representative of any kind and any partnership, firm, 12 
association, corporation, or other entity. 13 
 
6–111. 14 
 
 (A) (1) IN THIS SECTION THE F OLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS 15 
INDICATED. 16 
 
 (2) “COLLATERAL IMMIGRATIO N ENFORCEMENT ” MEANS FEDERAL 17 
IMMIGRATION ENFORCEM ENT ACTIONS THAT AFF ECT INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NOT 18 
THE PRIMARY TARGET O F THE ENFORCEMENT AC TION BUT ARE PRESENT AT THE 19 
LOCATION OF THE ENFO RCEMENT ACTION . 20 
 
 (3) “IMMIGRATION ENFORCEME NT” MEANS FEDERAL IMMIGR ATION 21 
ENFORCEMEN T ACTIONS. 22 
 
 (4) “SENSITIVE LOCATION ” MEANS: 23 
 
 (I) A PUBLIC SCHOOL ; 24 
 
 (II) A PUBLIC LIBRARY ; 25 
 
 (III) A HEALTH CARE FACILI TY OPERATED BY A UNI T OF STATE 26 
OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT ; 27 
  10 	HOUSE BILL 1222  
 
 
 (IV) A FACILITY OPERATED BY THE COMPTROLLER ;  1 
 
 (V) A COURTHOUSE ; OR 2 
 
 (VI) ANY OTHER LOCATION T HAT: 3 
 
 1. PROVIDES STATE–FUNDED SERVICES RELA TED TO: 4 
 
 A. PHYSICAL OR MENTAL H EALTH; 5 
 
 B. EDUCATION; 6 
 
 C. SHELTER CARE ; OR 7 
 
 D. ACCESS TO JUSTICE ; AND 8 
 
 2. AS DETERMINED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, 9 
REQUIRES SPECIA L CONSIDERATION FOR IMMIGRATION ENFORCEM ENT ACTIVITIES.  10 
 
 (B) THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SHALL DEVELOP AND PUBLISH GUIDANCE 11 
THAT INFORMS THE PUB LIC AND RELEVANT STATE AGENCIES ABOUT : 12 
 
 (1) DELINEATING BETWEEN IMMIGRATION ENFORCEM ENT WITHIN 13 
THE PUBLIC PORTIONS OF SENSITIVE LOCATIO NS AND THE NONPUBLIC OR PRIVATE 14 
PORTIONS OF SENSITIV E LOCATIONS; 15 
 
 (2) VERIFYING THE IDENTI TY OF IMMIGRATION EN FORCEMENT 16 
AGENTS AND VALIDATIN G IMMIGRATION ENFORC EMENT DOCUMENTATION SEEKING 17 
SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS ; 18 
 
 (3) LIMITING LIABILITY EXPOSURE F OR STATE, LOCAL, AND PRIVATE 19 
INSTITUTIONS AND THE PARTICIPATION OF THE EMPLOYEES OF THOSE 20 
INSTITUTIONS IN IMMI GRATION ENFORCEMENT AT SENSITIVE LOCATIO NS; 21 
 
 (4) FACILITATING RELATIO NSHIPS BETWEEN FEDER AL LAW 22 
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIA LS AND LAW 23 
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN ORDER TO CONDUCT IMMIGRATION ENFORCEM ENT 24 
ACTIVITIES THROUGH T HE LEAST DANGEROUS A ND DISRUPTIVE MEANS ; AND 25 
 
 (5) COMPLYING WITH EXIST ING LEGAL OBLIGATION S AND 26 
LIMITATIONS ON STATE AND LOCAL AGENC IES WHILE MAINTAINING PUBL IC SAFETY 27 
AND ACCESSIBILITY TO THOSE AGENCIES . 28 
   	HOUSE BILL 1222 	11 
 
 
 (C) PRIVATE ENTITIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO ADOPT POLICIES CONSISTENT 1 
WITH THE GUIDANCE DE VELOPED UNDER SUBSEC TION (B) OF THIS SECTION IF T HE 2 
PRIVATE ENTITIES PRO VIDE SERVICES RELATE D TO: 3 
 
 (1) PHYSICAL OR MENTAL H EALTH; 4 
 
 (2) EDUCATION; 5 
 
 (3) SHELTER CARE ; OR 6 
 
 (4) ACCESS TO JUSTICE . 7 
 
 (D) ON OR BEFORE OCTOBER 1, 2025, EACH PUBLIC SCHOOL , PUBLIC 8 
LIBRARY, AND UNIT OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF STATE OR LOCAL GOVERN MENT 9 
THAT OPERATES AT A SENSITIVE LOCATION S HALL IMPLEMENT A POL ICY 10 
CONSISTENT WITH THE GUIDANCE ISSUED BY T HE ATTORNEY GENERAL UNDER THIS 11 
SECTION. 12 
 
 (E) THE GUIDANCE AND POLI CIES REQUIRED BY THI S SECTION ARE NOT 13 
SUBJECT TO TITLE 10, SUBTITLES 1, 2, AND 3 OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT 14 
ARTICLE.  15 
 
10–1702. 16 
 
 (A) (1) IN THIS SECTION THE F OLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS 17 
INDICATED. 18 
 
 (2) “GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY ” MEANS A UNIT OR INST RUMENTALITY 19 
OF STATE OR LOCAL GOVERN MENT. 20 
 
 (3) “PERSONAL RECORD ” HAS THE MEANING STAT ED IN § 4–501 OF 21 
THE GENERAL PROVISIONS ARTICLE. 22 
 
 (B) (1) SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION , ON OR BEFORE 23 
JULY 1, 2026, EACH GOVERNMENTAL EN TITY, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE 24 
DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY , SHALL DEVELOP A ND PUBLISH 25 
PROCEDURES THAT PREV ENT THE SALE AND RED ISCLOSURE OF PERSONA L RECORDS 26 
AND GEOLOCATION DATA PROVIDED OR MADE AVA ILABLE BY THE GOVERN MENTAL 27 
ENTITY IN A WAY THAT HARMS THE PRIVACY OF RESIDENTS OF THE STATE. 28 
 
 (2) THE PROCEDURES REQUIR ED AND PUBLISHED UNDER 29 
PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION S HALL ADDRESS : 30 
  12 	HOUSE BILL 1222  
 
 
 (I) ANY POSSIBLE CONTRAC TUAL LIMITATIONS ON THE SALE OR 1 
REDISCLOSURE OF PERS ONAL RECORDS OR GEOL OCATION DATA THAT A 2 
GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY MAY PLACE ON A PERSO N WHO RECEIVES PERSO NAL 3 
RECORDS OR GEOLOCATION DATA THAT ARE PROVIDED OR MADE AVAILABLE BY TH E 4 
GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY ; 5 
 
 (II) CONSIDERATIONS REGAR DING: 6 
 
 1. THE THREAT TO PRIVAC Y POSED BY DATA BROK ERS 7 
WHO UTILIZE PERSONAL RECORDS OR GEOLOCATI ON DATA FOR COMMERCI AL 8 
PURPOSES; 9 
 
 2. THE RISK THAT PERSONAL R	ECORDS OR 10 
GEOLOCATION DATA MAY BE USED FOR PURPOSES OTHER THAN THE PURPO SES FOR 11 
WHICH THE PERSONAL R ECORDS OR GEOLOCATIO N DATA WERE DEVELOPE D OR 12 
COLLECTED; AND 13 
 
 3. GEOLOCATION , GENETIC, AND OTHER SENSITIVE 14 
DATA; AND 15 
 
 (III) ANY OTHER CONSIDERATIONS NECESSARY TO : 16 
 
 1. PROTECT THE PRIVACY OF RESIDENTS OF THE STATE; 17 
 
 2. DISCOURAGE THE DEVEL OPMENT OF A SECONDAR Y 18 
COMMERCIAL MARKET FO R PERSONAL RECORDS O R GEOLOCATION DATA T HAT ARE 19 
PROVIDED OR MADE AVA ILABLE BY A GOVERNME NTAL ENTITY; AND 20 
 
 3. LIMIT A PERSON WHO R ECEIVES PERSONAL REC ORDS 21 
OR GEOLOCATION DATA THAT ARE PROVIDED OR MADE AVAILABLE BY A 22 
GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY FROM SELLING OR REDI SCLOSING THE DATA WI TH OTHER 23 
PERSONS. 24 
 
 (C) ON OR BEFORE JULY 1, 2026, EACH GOVERNMENTAL EN TITY SHALL, IN 25 
ACCORDANCE WITH § 2–1257 OF THIS ARTICLE, SUBMIT TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 26 
A COPY OF THE PROCED URES DEVELOPED UNDER SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION.  27 
 
 SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect June 28 
1, 2025.  29