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