EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
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SENATE BILL 721
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CF HB 929
By: Senator Henson
Introduced and read first time: January 27, 2025
Assigned to: Judicial Proceedings
A BILL ENTITLED
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
(ii) 1. the individual was convicted and sentenced to serve a term 19
of imprisonment of at least 5 years for the act of abuse that led to the issuance of the 20
interim, temporary, or final protective order and the individual has served at least 12 21
months of the sentence; [or] 22
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2. A. during the term of the interim, temporary, or final 1
protective order, the individual committed an act of abuse against the person eligible for 2
relief; and 3
B. the individual was convicted and sentenced to serve a term 4
of imprisonment of at least 5 years for the act and has served at least 12 months of the 5
sentence; [and] OR 6
3. THE INDIVIDUAL CONSE NTS TO THE ISSUANCE OF THE 7
PERMANENT PROTECTIVE ORDER ; AND 8
(iii) the victim of the act of abuse described in item (ii)1 or 2 of this 9
paragraph, who was the person eligible for relief in the interim, temporary, or final 10
protective order, requests the issuance of a permanent protective order under this 11
subsection. 12
(2) In a permanent protective order issued under this subsection, the court 13
may grant only the relief that was granted in the original protective order under § 14
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 15
section. 16
(3) Unless terminated at the request of the victim, a protective order issued 17
under this subsection shall be permanent. 18
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 19
October 1, 2025. 20