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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *hb0026* |
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| 7 | 7 | | HOUSE BILL 26 |
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| 8 | 8 | | E4 5lr1413 |
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| 9 | 9 | | HB 308/24 – JUD (PRE–FILED) |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Delegate Healey |
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| 11 | 11 | | Requested: October 28, 2024 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Introduced and read first time: January 8, 2025 |
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| 13 | 13 | | Assigned to: Judiciary |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 17 | 17 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Public Safety – Missing Person Reports – Collection and Publication 2 |
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| 21 | 21 | | FOR the purpose of requiring the Department of State Police to compile and report on its 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | website certain information on missing person reports in the State; requiring a local 4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | law enforcement agency to provide certain information on missing person reports to 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | the Department of State Police as required by the Department of State Police; 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | requiring the Department of State Police to adopt procedures for the collection of 7 |
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| 26 | 26 | | information from local law enforcement agencies; and generally relating to missing 8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | person cases. 9 |
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| 29 | 29 | | BY adding to 10 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Article – Public Safety 11 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Section 3–609 12 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 13 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 14 |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 15 |
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| 36 | 36 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 16 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Article – Public Safety 17 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 3–609. 18 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (A) THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE SHALL COLLECT AND PUBLISH ON 19 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ITS WEBSITE INFORMAT ION ON MISSING P ERSON REPORTS IN THE STATE. 20 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (B) THE INFORMATION PUBLI SHED UNDER SUBSECTIO N (A) OF THIS 21 |
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| 46 | 46 | | SECTION SHALL : 22 |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2 HOUSE BILL 26 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (1) BE DISAGGREGATED BY AGE, RACE, AND REPORTING COUNTY ; 1 |
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| 51 | 51 | | AND 2 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (2) PROVIDE THE NUMBER O F RESOLVED MISSING P ERSON REPORTS 3 |
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| 54 | 54 | | IN THE PRECEDING MON TH. 4 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (C) ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 31 EACH YEAR, THE DEPARTMENT OF 5 |
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| 57 | 57 | | STATE POLICE SHALL PUBLISH ON ITS WEBSITE A SUM MARY OF ALL INFORMAT ION 6 |
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| 58 | 58 | | ON MISSING PERSON RE PORTS REQUIRED UNDER THIS SECTION FOR THE 7 |
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| 59 | 59 | | PRECEDING CALENDAR Y EAR. 8 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (D) EACH LOCAL LAW ENFORC EMENT AGENCY SHALL PROVIDE THE 9 |
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| 62 | 62 | | DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE WITH INFORMATI ON REGARDING ANY MIS SING 10 |
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| 63 | 63 | | PERSON WITHIN THE JU RISDICTION OF THE AG ENCY AS REQUIRED BY THE 11 |
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| 64 | 64 | | DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE. 12 |
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| 66 | 66 | | (E) THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE SHALL ADOPT PR OCEDURES 13 |
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| 67 | 67 | | NECESSARY FOR THE CO LLECTION OF INFORMAT ION PROVIDED BY LOCA L LAW 14 |
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| 68 | 68 | | ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AS REQUIRED UNDER SU BSECTION (D) OF THIS SECTION. 15 |
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| 70 | 70 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 16 |
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| 71 | 71 | | 1, 2026. 17 |
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