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HOUSE BILL 687
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HB 6/24 – JUD
By: Delegates Grammer, Acevero, Bartlett, Bouchat, Chisholm, Conaway,
Hornberger, Ivey, Kaufman, Martinez, McComas, Pasteur, Phillips,
Schindler, Schmidt, Simmons, Simpson, Szeliga, Taylor, Williams, and
Young
Introduced and read first time: January 24, 2025
Assigned to: Judiciary
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Public Safety – Law Enforcement – Quotas 2
(Community–Oriented Policing Act) 3
FOR the purpose of altering a prohibition against using the number of arrests made, 4
investigations conducted, citations issued, or warrants served or executed by a law 5
enforcement officer as a criterion for the evaluation, compensation, discipline, 6
promotion, demotion, dismissal, or transfer of the officer; prohibiting law 7
enforcement agencies from requiring, suggesting, requesting, or directing certain 8
actions by a law enforcement officer; and generally relating to law enforcement 9
quotas. 10
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 11
Article – Public Safety 12
Section 3–504(a) 13
Annotated Code of Maryland 14
(2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 15
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 16
Article – Public Safety 17
Section 3–504(b) 18
Annotated Code of Maryland 19
(2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 20
Preamble 21
WHEREAS, The Maryland General Assembly prohibits a law enforcement agency 22
from establishing a “quota” for the agency or law enforcement officers of the agency for law 23
enforcement activities; and 24 2 HOUSE BILL 687
WHEREAS, The Maryland General Assembly prohibits a law enforcement agency 1
from using the number of law enforcement activities by a law enforcement officer as the 2
sole or primary criterion for evaluation or transfer purposes; and 3
WHEREAS, The prohibition on establishing “quotas” does not preclude the use of 4
quantitative data for law enforcement activities as management tools or in evaluating that 5
a particular law enforcement officer or group of law enforcement officers does not violate 6
an applicable legal obligation; now, therefore, 7
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 8
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 9
Article – Public Safety 10
3–504. 11
(a) In this section, “quota” means the mandating of a finite number of arrests 12
made or citations issued that a law enforcement officer must meet in a specified time period. 13
(b) A law enforcement agency may not: 14
(1) establish OR MAINTAIN a formal or informal quota for the law 15
enforcement agency or law enforcement officers of the agency; [or] 16
(2) use the number of arrests made [or], INVESTIGATIONS CONDU CTED, 17
citations issued, OR WARRANTS SERVED O R EXECUTED by a law enforcement officer as 18
[the sole or primary] A criterion for EVALUATIO N, COMPENSATION , DISCIPLINE, 19
promotion, demotion, dismissal, or transfer of the officer; OR 20
(3) REQUIRE, SUGGEST, OR REQUEST ENFORCEME NT ACTIONS OR 21
DIRECT AN OFFICER TO ACT FOR THE PURPOSE OF INCREASING THE NU MBER OF 22
INVESTIGATIONS CONDU CTED, WARRANTS S ERVED OR EXECUTED , OR CITATIONS OR 23
ARRESTS DELIVERED BY THE OFFICER. 24
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 25
October 1, 2025. 26