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Maryland Senate Bill SB334

Maryland 2025 Regular Session

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33 EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW.
44 [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
5- Underlining indicates amendments to bill.
6- Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by
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107 SENATE BILL 334
118 E1 5lr1301
12-HB 321/24 – JUD CF HB 943
13-By: Senators Waldstreicher and Smith, Smith, Muse, Love, Folden, and West
9+HB 321/24 – JUD CF 5lr2789
10+By: Senators Waldstreicher and Smith
1411 Introduced and read first time: January 15, 2025
1512 Assigned to: Judicial Proceedings
16-Committee Report: Favorable with amendments
17-Senate action: Adopted
18-Read second time: February 3, 2025
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20-CHAPTER ______
14+A BILL ENTITLED
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2216 AN ACT concerning 1
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2418 Criminal Law – Crimes of Malicious or Fraudulent Burning – Prohibitions and 2
2519 Penalties 3
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2721 FOR the purpose of prohibiting a person from committing a certain crime of malicious or 4
2822 fraudulent burning that results in the death of or serious physical injury to a 5
2923 firefighter; and generally relating to crimes of malicious or fraudulent burning. 6
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3125 BY adding to 7
3226 Article – Criminal Law 8
3327 Section 6–112 9
3428 Annotated Code of Maryland 10
3529 (2021 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 11
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3731 SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 12
3832 That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 13
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4034 Article – Criminal Law 14
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4236 6–112. 15
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4438 (A) (1) IN THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS 16
4539 INDICATED. 17
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41+ (2) “CRIME OF MALICIOUS OR FRAUDULENT BURNING ” MEANS A 18
42+VIOLATION OF § 6–104, § 6–105, OR § 6–106 OF THIS SUBTITLE. 19
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44+ (3) “SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY” HAS THE MEANING STAT ED IN § 20
45+3–201 OF THIS ARTICLE. 21
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49- (2) “CRIME OF MALICIOUS OR FRAUDULENT BURNING” MEANS A 1
50-VIOLATION OF § 6–104, § 6–105, OR § 6–106 OF THIS SUBTITLE. 2
49+ (B) A PERSON MAY NOT COMMI T A CRIME OF MALICIO US OR FRAUDULENT 1
50+BURNING THAT RESULTS IN THE DEATH OF OR SERI OUS PHYSICAL INJURY TO A 2
51+FIREFIGHTER. 3
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52- (3) “SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY” HAS THE MEANING STAT ED IN § 3
53-3–201 OF THIS ARTICLE. 4
53+ (C) A PERSON WHO VIOLATES THIS SECTION IS GUIL TY OF A FELONY AND 4
54+ON CONVICTION IS SUB JECT TO IMPRISONMENT NOT EXCEEDING 10 YEARS. 5
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55- (B) A PERSON MAY NOT COMMI T A CRIME OF MALICIO US OR FRAUDULENT 5
56-BURNING THAT RESULTS IN THE DEATH OF OR SERI OUS PHYSICAL INJURY TO A 6
57-FIREFIGHTER. 7
56+ (D) A SENTENCE IMPOSED UND ER THIS SECTION MAY BE SEPARATE FROM 6
57+AND CONSECUTIVE TO O R CONCURRENT WITH A SENTENCE IMPOSED F OR ANY 7
58+CRIME BASED ON THE A CT ESTABLISHING THE VIOLATION OF THIS SE CTION. 8
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59- (C) A PERSON WHO VIOLATES THIS SECTION IS GUIL TY OF A FELONY AND 8
60-ON CONVICTION IS SUB JECT TO IMPRISONMENT NOT EXCEEDING 10 YEARS. 9
60+ SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 9
61+October 1, 2025. 10
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62- (D) A SENTENCE IMPOSED UND ER THIS SECTION MAY BE SEPARATE FROM 10
63-AND CONSECUTIVE TO O R CONCURRENT WITH A SENTENCE IMPOSED F OR ANY 11
64-CRIME BASED ON THE A CT ESTABLISHING THE VIOLATION OF THIS SE CTION. 12
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66- SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 13
67-October 1, 2025. 14
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72-Approved:
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74- Governor.
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76- President of the Senate.
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78- Speaker of the House of Delegates.