Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB687 Compare Versions

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3	3	EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDE D TO EXISTING LAW .
4	4	[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
5	5	hb0687
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7	7	HOUSE BILL 687
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9	9	HB 6/24 – JUD
10	10	By: Delegates Grammer, Acevero, Bartlett, Bouchat, Chisholm, Conaway,
11	11	Hornberger, Ivey, Kaufman, Martinez, McComas, Pasteur, Phillips,
12	12	Schindler, Schmidt, Simmons, Simpson, Szeliga, Taylor, Williams, and
13	13	Young
14	14	Introduced and read first time: January 24, 2025
15	15	Assigned to: Judiciary
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17	17	A BILL ENTITLED
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19	19	AN ACT concerning 1
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21	21	Public Safety – Law Enforcement – Quotas 2
22	22	(Community–Oriented Policing Act) 3
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24	24	FOR the purpose of altering a prohibition against using the number of arrests made, 4
25	25	investigations conducted, citations issued, or warrants served or executed by a law 5
26	26	enforcement officer as a criterion for the evaluation, compensation, discipline, 6
27	27	promotion, demotion, dismissal, or transfer of the officer; prohibiting law 7
28	28	enforcement agencies from requiring, suggesting, requesting, or directing certain 8
29	29	actions by a law enforcement officer; and generally relating to law enforcement 9
30	30	quotas. 10
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32	32	BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 11
33	33	Article – Public Safety 12
34	34	Section 3–504(a) 13
35	35	Annotated Code of Maryland 14
36	36	(2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 15
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38	38	BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 16
39	39	Article – Public Safety 17
40	40	Section 3–504(b) 18
41	41	Annotated Code of Maryland 19
42	42	(2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 20
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44	44	Preamble 21
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46	46	WHEREAS, The Maryland General Assembly prohibits a law enforcement agency 22
47	47	from establishing a “quota” for the agency or law enforcement officers of the agency for law 23
48	48	enforcement activities; and 24 2 HOUSE BILL 687
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52	52	WHEREAS, The Maryland General Assembly prohibits a law enforcement agency 1
53	53	from using the number of law enforcement activities by a law enforcement officer as the 2
54	54	sole or primary criterion for evaluation or transfer purposes; and 3
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56	56	WHEREAS, The prohibition on establishing “quotas” does not preclude the use of 4
57	57	quantitative data for law enforcement activities as management tools or in evaluating that 5
58	58	a particular law enforcement officer or group of law enforcement officers does not violate 6
59	59	an applicable legal obligation; now, therefore, 7
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61	61	SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 8
62	62	That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 9
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64	64	Article – Public Safety 10
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66	66	3–504. 11
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68	68	(a) In this section, “quota” means the mandating of a finite number of arrests 12
69	69	made or citations issued that a law enforcement officer must meet in a specified time period. 13
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71	71	(b) A law enforcement agency may not: 14
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73	73	(1) establish OR MAINTAIN a formal or informal quota for the law 15
74	74	enforcement agency or law enforcement officers of the agency; [or] 16
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76	76	(2) use the number of arrests made [or], INVESTIGATIONS CONDU CTED, 17
77	77	citations issued, OR WARRANTS SERVED O R EXECUTED by a law enforcement officer as 18
78	78	[the sole or primary] A criterion for EVALUATIO N, COMPENSATION , DISCIPLINE, 19
79	79	promotion, demotion, dismissal, or transfer of the officer; OR 20
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81	81	(3) REQUIRE, SUGGEST, OR REQUEST ENFORCEME NT ACTIONS OR 21
82	82	DIRECT AN OFFICER TO ACT FOR THE PURPOSE OF INCREASING THE NU MBER OF 22
83	83	INVESTIGATIONS CONDU CTED, WARRANTS S ERVED OR EXECUTED , OR CITATIONS OR 23
84	84	ARRESTS DELIVERED BY THE OFFICER. 24
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86	86	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 25
87	87	October 1, 2025. 26
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