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| 3 | 3 | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXIS TING LAW. | |
| 4 | 4 | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. | |
| 5 | 5 | Underlining indicates amendments to bill. | |
| 6 | 6 | Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by | |
| 7 | 7 | amendment. | |
| 8 | - | Italics indicate opposite chamber/conference committee amendments. | |
| 9 | 8 | *hb0782* | |
| 10 | 9 | ||
| 11 | 10 | HOUSE BILL 782 | |
| 12 | - | F1 (5lr2969) | |
| 13 | - | ENROLLED BILL | |
| 14 | - | — Ways and Means/Education, Energy, and the Environment — | |
| 15 | - | Introduced by Delegate Atterbeary Delegates Atterbeary, Ebersole, Fair, Griffith, | |
| 11 | + | F1 5lr2969 | |
| 12 | + | ||
| 13 | + | By: Delegate Atterbeary Delegates Atterbeary, Ebersole, Fair, Griffith, | |
| 16 | 14 | Hornberger, R. Long, Miller, Mireku–North, Patterson, Roberts, Vogel, | |
| 17 | 15 | Wells, Wilkins, Wims, Wu, and Young | |
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| 19 | - | Read and Examined by Proofreaders: | |
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| 21 | - | _______________________________________________ | |
| 22 | - | Proofreader. | |
| 23 | - | _______________________________________________ | |
| 24 | - | Proofreader. | |
| 25 | - | ||
| 26 | - | Sealed with the Great Seal and presented to the Governor, for his approval this | |
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| 28 | - | _______ day of _______________ at ________________________ o’clock, ________M. | |
| 29 | - | ||
| 30 | - | ______________________________________________ | |
| 31 | - | Speaker. | |
| 16 | + | Introduced and read first time: January 29, 2025 | |
| 17 | + | Assigned to: Ways and Means | |
| 18 | + | Committee Report: Favorable with amendments | |
| 19 | + | House action: Adopted | |
| 20 | + | Read second time: March 4, 2025 | |
| 32 | 21 | ||
| 33 | 22 | CHAPTER ______ | |
| 34 | 23 | ||
| 35 | 24 | AN ACT concerning 1 | |
| 36 | 25 | ||
| 37 | 26 | Study on Detecting Deadly Weapons in Public Middle and High Schools 2 | |
| 38 | 27 | ||
| 39 | 28 | FOR the purpose of requiring the State Department of Education Maryland Center for 3 | |
| 40 | 29 | School Safety to study how best to detect deadly weapons in public middle and high 4 | |
| 41 | 30 | schools and how best to rapidly report the detection of weapons to a law enforcement 5 | |
| 42 | - | agency; requiring the Maryland Center for School Safety to request any available 6 | |
| 43 | - | assessment of the technologies evaluated under this Act; and generally relating to a 7 | |
| 44 | - | study on detecting deadly weapons in public middle and high schools. 8 | |
| 31 | + | agency; and generally relating to a study on detecting deadly weapons in public 6 | |
| 32 | + | middle and high schools. 7 | |
| 45 | 33 | ||
| 46 | - | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 9 | |
| 47 | - | That: 10 | |
| 34 | + | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 8 | |
| 35 | + | That: 9 | |
| 36 | + | ||
| 37 | + | (a) The State Department of Education Maryland Center for School Safety shall 10 | |
| 38 | + | study how best to: 11 | |
| 39 | + | ||
| 40 | + | (1) detect deadly weapons on public middle and high school properties; and 12 | |
| 41 | + | ||
| 42 | + | (2) have schools rapidly report the detection of a deadly weapon to a law 13 | |
| 43 | + | enforcement agency. 14 | |
| 44 | + | ||
| 45 | + | (b) (1) The study required under this section shall include a comprehensive 15 | |
| 46 | + | audit evaluation of the current security infrastructure used in each public school system in 16 | |
| 47 | + | the State. 17 | |
| 48 | 48 | 2 HOUSE BILL 782 | |
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| 50 | 50 | ||
| 51 | - | ( | |
| 52 | - | ||
| 51 | + | (2) The audit evaluation shall include an evaluation of meetings with 1 | |
| 52 | + | members of each local school system to assess: 2 | |
| 53 | 53 | ||
| 54 | - | (1) detect deadly weapons on public middle and high school properties; and 3 | |
| 54 | + | (i) physical and technological security measures currently in use; 3 | |
| 55 | + | and 4 | |
| 55 | 56 | ||
| 56 | - | ( | |
| 57 | - | ||
| 57 | + | (ii) any gaps or areas that require improvement within the current 5 | |
| 58 | + | security system. 6 | |
| 58 | 59 | ||
| 59 | - | ( | |
| 60 | - | ||
| 61 | - | ||
| 60 | + | (3) The Center shall build on information collected as part of regular safety 7 | |
| 61 | + | evaluations and other reports collected under § 7–1510 of the Education Article in 8 | |
| 62 | + | conducting its evaluation. 9 | |
| 62 | 63 | ||
| 63 | - | (2) The audit evaluation shall include an evaluation of meetings with 9 | |
| 64 | - | members of each local school system to assess: 10 | |
| 64 | + | (4) Information collected as part of an evaluation is not a public record and 10 | |
| 65 | + | shall be protected in the same manner as records covered by § 4–314.1 of the General 11 | |
| 66 | + | Provisions Article. 12 | |
| 65 | 67 | ||
| 66 | - | (i) physical and technological security measures currently in use; 11 | |
| 67 | - | and 12 | |
| 68 | + | (c) The study shall, at minimum, include an evaluation of: 13 | |
| 68 | 69 | ||
| 69 | - | (ii) any gaps or areas that require improvement within the current 13 | |
| 70 | - | security system. 14 | |
| 70 | + | (1) any widely accepted available methods not currently used by the public 14 | |
| 71 | + | school systems in the State and the feasibility of using those methods to help fill gaps or 15 | |
| 72 | + | make improvements in the security system identified in the comprehensive audit 16 | |
| 73 | + | evaluation; 17 | |
| 71 | 74 | ||
| 72 | - | ( | |
| 73 | - | ||
| 74 | - | ||
| 75 | + | (2) how the current security system could best be adapted to achieve better 18 | |
| 76 | + | detection of deadly weapons and quicker reporting to law enforcement agencies when 19 | |
| 77 | + | deadly weapons have been detected; 20 | |
| 75 | 78 | ||
| 76 | - | (4) Information collected as part of an evaluation is not a public record and 18 | |
| 77 | - | shall be protected in the same manner as records covered by § 4–314.1 of the General 19 | |
| 78 | - | Provisions Article. 20 | |
| 79 | + | (3) software that uses artificial intelligence to identify deadly weapons, and 21 | |
| 80 | + | the necessary steps to ensure that the software works effectively, including integration 22 | |
| 81 | + | used for school safety and how it can best be integrated effectively with security cameras 23 | |
| 82 | + | and other currently used safety measures; 24 | |
| 79 | 83 | ||
| 80 | - | (c) The study shall, at minimum, include an evaluation of: 21 | |
| 84 | + | (4) an increased use of security cameras in public middle and high schools 25 | |
| 85 | + | and their ideal placement; and 26 | |
| 81 | 86 | ||
| 82 | - | (1) any widely accepted available methods not currently used by the public 22 | |
| 83 | - | school systems in the State and the feasibility of using those methods to help fill gaps or 23 | |
| 84 | - | make improvements in the security system identified in the comprehensive audit 24 | |
| 85 | - | evaluation; 25 | |
| 87 | + | (5) an increased use of metal detectors, including handheld metal 27 | |
| 88 | + | detectors, in public middle and high school entrances. 28 | |
| 86 | 89 | ||
| 87 | - | (2) how the current security system could best be adapted to achieve better 26 | |
| 88 | - | detection of deadly weapons and quicker reporting to law enforcement agencies when 27 | |
| 89 | - | deadly weapons have been detected; 28 | |
| 90 | + | (d) (1) On or before December 1, 2025, in a manner that does not jeopardize 29 | |
| 91 | + | school safety, the State Department of Education Maryland Center for School Safety shall 30 | |
| 92 | + | issue an interim report, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, on 31 | |
| 93 | + | the findings of its study to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, the Senate 32 | |
| 94 | + | Committee on Education, Energy, and the Environment, and the House Ways and Means 33 | |
| 95 | + | Committee. 34 | |
| 96 | + | HOUSE BILL 782 3 | |
| 90 | 97 | ||
| 91 | - | (3) software that uses artificial intelligence to identify deadly weapons, and 29 | |
| 92 | - | the necessary steps to ensure that the software works effectively, including integration 30 | |
| 93 | - | used for school safety and how it can best be integrated effectively with security cameras 31 | |
| 94 | - | and other currently used safety measures; 32 | |
| 95 | 98 | ||
| 96 | - | (4) an increased use of security cameras in public middle and high schools 33 | |
| 97 | - | and their ideal placement; and 34 HOUSE BILL 782 3 | |
| 99 | + | (2) On or before December 1, 2026, in a manner that does not jeopardize 1 | |
| 100 | + | school safety, the Maryland Center for School Safety shall issue a final report, in accordance 2 | |
| 101 | + | with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, on the findings of its study to the President 3 | |
| 102 | + | of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, the Senate Committee on Education, Energy, and 4 | |
| 103 | + | the Environment, and the House Ways and Means Committee. 5 | |
| 104 | + | ||
| 105 | + | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER EN ACTED, That this Act shall take effect June 6 | |
| 106 | + | 1, 2025. It shall remain effective for a period of 1 year 2 years and 1 month and, at the end 7 | |
| 107 | + | of June 30, 2026 2027, this Act, with no further action required by the General Assembly, 8 | |
| 108 | + | shall be abrogated and of no further force and effect. 9 | |
| 98 | 109 | ||
| 99 | 110 | ||
| 100 | 111 | ||
| 101 | - | (5) an increased use of metal detectors, including handheld metal 1 | |
| 102 | - | detectors, in public middle and high school entrances. 2 | |
| 103 | 112 | ||
| 104 | - | (d) The Center shall request any available assessment of technologies evaluated 3 | |
| 105 | - | under this Act that analyzes the technology’s: 4 | |
| 106 | - | ||
| 107 | - | (1) efficacy; 5 | |
| 108 | - | ||
| 109 | - | (2) bias; 6 | |
| 110 | - | ||
| 111 | - | (3) data ownership; 7 | |
| 112 | - | ||
| 113 | - | (4) privacy; 8 | |
| 114 | - | ||
| 115 | - | (5) scope of use; and 9 | |
| 116 | - | ||
| 117 | - | (6) risk management. 10 | |
| 118 | - | ||
| 119 | - | (e) (1) On or before December 1, 2025, in a manner that does not jeopardize 11 | |
| 120 | - | school safety, the State Department of Education Maryland Center for School Safety shall 12 | |
| 121 | - | issue an interim report, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, on 13 | |
| 122 | - | the findings of its study to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, the Senate 14 | |
| 123 | - | Committee on Education, Energy, and the Environment, and the House Ways and Means 15 | |
| 124 | - | Committee. 16 | |
| 125 | - | ||
| 126 | - | (2) On or before December 1, 2026, in a manner that does not jeopardize 17 | |
| 127 | - | school safety, the Maryland Center for School Safety shall issue a final report, in accordance 18 | |
| 128 | - | with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, on the findings of its study to the President 19 | |
| 129 | - | of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, the Senate Committee on Education, Energy, and 20 | |
| 130 | - | the Environment, and the House Ways and Means Committee. 21 | |
| 131 | - | ||
| 132 | - | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect June 22 | |
| 133 | - | 1, 2025. It shall remain effective for a period of 1 year 2 years and 1 month and, at the end 23 | |
| 134 | - | of June 30, 2026 2027, this Act, with no further action required by the General Assembly, 24 | |
| 135 | - | shall be abrogated and of no further force and effect. 25 | |
| 113 | + | Approved: | |
| 114 | + | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 115 | + | Governor. | |
| 116 | + | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 117 | + | Speaker of the House of Delegates. | |
| 118 | + | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 119 | + | President of the Senate. |