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HOUSE BILL 492
E2, L2 5lr1950
CF SB 995
By: Delegates Simpson, Fair, Kerr, Miller, Rose, and Tomlinson
Introduced and read first time: January 20, 2025
Assigned to: Judiciary
Committee Report: Favorable
House action: Adopted
Read second time: March 2, 2025
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Frederick County – County Employees and Volunteers – Criminal History 2
Records Check 3
FOR the purpose of authorizing the Director of Human Resources of Frederick County to 4
request in a certain manner a State and national criminal history records check for 5
a prospective or current county employee or county volunteer; requiring the Central 6
Repository to forward certain information to certain persons; specifying that 7
information obtained from the Central Repository under this Act is confidential, may 8
not be redisseminated, and may be used only for certain purposes; authorizing the 9
subject of a criminal history records check to contest the contents of a certain 10
statement in a certain manner; and generally relating to criminal history records 11
checks for current or prospective county employees and county volunteers of 12
Frederick County. 13
BY adding to 14
Article – Criminal Procedure 15
Section 10–232.2 16
Annotated Code of Maryland 17
(2018 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 18
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 19
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 20
Article – Criminal Procedure 21
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10–232.2. 1
(A) IN THIS SECTION , “CENTRAL REPOSITORY” MEANS THE CRIMINAL 2
JUSTICE INFORMATION SYSTEM CENTRAL REPOSITORY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 3
PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES. 4
(B) THE DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES OF FREDERICK COUNTY MAY 5
REQUEST FROM THE CENTRAL REPOSITORY A STATE AND NATIONAL CR IMINAL 6
HISTORY RECORDS CHEC K FOR A PROSPECTIVE OR CURRENT EMPLOYEE OR 7
VOLUNTEER OF FREDERICK COUNTY. 8
(C) (1) AS PART OF THE APPLIC ATION FOR A CRIMINAL HISTORY 9
RECORDS CHECK , THE DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES OF FREDERICK COUNTY 10
SHALL SUBMIT TO THE CENTRAL REPOSITORY: 11
(I) TWO COMPLETE SETS OF THE PROSPECTIVE OR C URRENT 12
EMPLOYEE’S OR VOLUNTEER ’S LEGIBLE FINGERPRIN TS TAKEN ON FORMS 13
APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRAL REPOSITORY AND THE DIRECTOR 14
OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ; 15
(II) THE FEE AUTHORIZED U NDER § 10–221(B)(7) OF THIS 16
SUBTITLE FOR ACCESS TO MARYLAND CRIMINAL HIS TORY RECORDS ; AND 17
(III) THE MANDATORY PROCES SING FEE REQUIRED BY THE 18
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FOR A N ATIONAL CRIMINAL HIS TORY 19
RECORDS CHECK . 20
(2) IN ACCORDANCE WITH §§ 10–201 THROUGH 10–250 OF THIS 21
SUBTITLE, THE CENTRAL REPOSITORY SHALL FORW ARD TO THE PROSPECTI VE OR 22
CURRENT EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER AND THE DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES 23
OF FREDERICK COUNTY THE PROSPECTIVE OR C URRENT EMPLOYEE ’S OR 24
VOLUNTEER ’S CRIMINAL HISTORY R ECORD INFORMATION . 25
(3) INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THE CENTRAL REPOSITORY 26
UNDER THIS SECTION : 27
(I) IS CONFIDENTIAL AND MAY NOT BE REDISSEMI NATED; AND 28
(II) MAY BE USED ONLY FOR A PERSONNEL –RELATED PURPOSE 29
CONCERNING THE PROSPECTIVE OR CURRE NT EMPLOYEE OR VOLUN TEER OF THE 30
COUNTY AS AUTHORIZED BY THIS SECTION. 31
HOUSE BILL 492 3
(4) THE SUBJECT OF A CRIM INAL HISTORY RECORDS CHECK UNDER 1
THIS SECTION MAY CON TEST THE CONT ENTS OF THE PRINTED STATEMENT ISSUED 2
BY THE CENTRAL REPOSITORY AS PROVIDE D IN § 10–223 OF THIS SUBTITLE. 3
(D) THE GOVERNING BODY OF FREDERICK COUNTY SHALL ADOPT 4
GUIDELINES TO CARRY OUT THIS SECTION . 5
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 6
October 1, 2025. 7
Approved:
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Governor.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.
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President of the Senate.