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HOUSE BILL 929
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CF SB 721
By: Delegates Simpson, Bouchat, Crutchfield, Fair, Tomlinson, and Williams
Introduced and read first time: January 31, 2025
Assigned to: Judiciary
Committee Report: Favorable
House action: Adopted
Read second time: February 25, 2025
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Family Law – Permanent Protective Orders – Consent 2
FOR the purpose of specifying that an individual may consent to the issuance of a 3
permanent protective order against the individual; and generally relating to 4
permanent protective orders. 5
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 6
Article – Family Law 7
Section 4–506(k) 8
Annotated Code of Maryland 9
(2019 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 10
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 11
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 12
Article – Family Law 13
4–506. 14
(k) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the court shall 15
issue a permanent protective order under this subsection against an individual if: 16
(i) an interim, temporary, or final protective order has been issued 17
under this subtitle against the individual; 18
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(ii) 1. the individual was convicted and sentenced to serve a term 1
of imprisonment of at least 5 years for the act of abuse that led to the issuance of the 2
interim, temporary, or final protective order and the individual has served at least 12 3
months of the sentence; [or] 4
2. A. during the term of the interim, temporary, or final 5
protective order, the individual committed an act of abuse against the person eligible for 6
relief; and 7
B. the individual was convicted and sentenced to serve a term 8
of imprisonment of at least 5 years for the act and has served at least 12 months of the 9
sentence; [and] OR 10
3. THE INDIVIDUAL CONSE NTS TO THE ISSUANCE OF THE 11
PERMANENT PROTECTIVE ORDER; AND 12
(iii) the victim of the act of abuse described in item (ii)1 or 2 of this 13
paragraph, who was the person eligible for relief in the interim, temporary, or final 14
protective order, requests the issuance of a permanent protective order under this 15
subsection. 16
(2) In a permanent protective order issued under this subsection, the court 17
may grant only the relief that was granted in the original protective order under § 18
4–504.1(c)(1) or (2) or § 4–505(a)(2)(i) or (ii) of this subtitle or subsection (d)(1) or (2) of this 19
section. 20
(3) Unless terminated at the request of the victim, a protective order issued 21
under this subsection shall be permanent. 22
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 23
October 1, 2025. 24
Approved:
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Governor.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.
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President of the Senate.