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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 | | *hb0653* |
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| 6 | 6 | | |
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| 7 | 7 | | HOUSE BILL 653 |
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| 8 | 8 | | E5 5lr2182 |
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| 9 | 9 | | HB 1505/24 – HRU |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Delegates Szeliga, Adams, Arentz, Arikan , Beauchamp, Chisholm, Fisher, |
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| 11 | 11 | | Grammer, Hartman, Hutchinson, Jacobs, Kipke, R. Long, Mangione, |
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| 12 | 12 | | McComas, Miller, M. Morgan, T. Morgan, Nawrocki, Otto, Pippy, Reilly, |
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| 13 | 13 | | Rose, Tomlinson, Valentine, and Wivell |
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| 14 | 14 | | Introduced and read first time: January 24, 2025 |
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| 15 | 15 | | Assigned to: Judiciary |
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| 16 | 16 | | |
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| 17 | 17 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 18 | 18 | | |
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| 19 | 19 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Correctional Services – Transfers to Federal Authorities – Undocumented 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Immigrants 3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | (Protecting Marylanders From Violent Crime Act of 2025) 4 |
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| 25 | 25 | | FOR the purpose of requiring a certain State or local correctional facility, on request of the 5 |
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| 26 | 26 | | United States Department of Homeland Security, to transfer a certain 6 |
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| 27 | 27 | | undocumented immigrant to the United States Department of Homeland Security 7 |
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| 28 | 28 | | under certain circumstances; and generally relating to transfers of incarcerated 8 |
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| 29 | 29 | | individuals to federal authorities. 9 |
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| 31 | 31 | | BY adding to 10 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Article – Correctional Services 11 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Section 9–309 12 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 13 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (2017 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 14 |
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| 36 | 36 | | |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 16 |
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| 40 | 40 | | Article – Correctional Services 17 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 9–309. 18 |
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| 44 | 44 | | ON REQUEST OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 19 |
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| 45 | 45 | | SECURITY, A STATE OR LOCAL CORREC TIONAL FACILITY WITH CUSTODY OF AN 20 |
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| 46 | 46 | | UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRA NT WHO IS SERVING A SENTENCE IN THE FACI LITY FOR 21 |
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| 47 | 47 | | CONVICTION OF A CRIM E SHALL TRANSFER THE INDIVIDUAL TO THE UNITED 22 2 HOUSE BILL 653 |
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| 50 | 50 | | STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY IF THE INDIV IDUAL: 1 |
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| 51 | 51 | | |
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| 52 | 52 | | (1) HAS ENGAGED IN OR IS SUSPECTED OF TERRORI SM OR 2 |
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| 53 | 53 | | ESPIONAGE, OR OTHERWISE POSES A DANGER TO NATIONAL S ECURITY; 3 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (2) HAS BEEN CONVICTED O F AN OFFENSE OF WHIC H AN ELEMENT IS 4 |
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| 56 | 56 | | ACTIVE PARTICIPATI ON IN A CRIMINAL STR EET GANG, AS DEFINED IN 18 U.S.C. § 5 |
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| 57 | 57 | | 521; 6 |
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| 59 | 59 | | (3) IS AT LEAST 16 YEARS OLD AND INTENT IONALLY PARTICIPATED 7 |
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| 60 | 60 | | IN A CRIMINAL STREET GANG, AS DEFINED IN 18 U.S.C. § 521, TO FURTHER ILLEGAL 8 |
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| 61 | 61 | | ACTIVITIES; 9 |
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| 63 | 63 | | (4) HAS BEEN CONVICTED O F AN AGGRAVATED FELONY, AS DEFINED 10 |
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| 64 | 64 | | IN 8 U.S.C. § 1101; OR 11 |
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| 66 | 66 | | (5) HAS BEEN CONVICTED O F A SEXUAL OFFENSE F OR WHICH 12 |
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| 67 | 67 | | REGISTRATION IS REQU IRED UNDER TITLE 11, SUBTITLE 7 OF THE CRIMINAL 13 |
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| 68 | 68 | | PROCEDURE ARTICLE. 14 |
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| 70 | 70 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 15 |
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| 71 | 71 | | October 1, 2025. 16 |
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