SB 89

Corrections: parole; parole board interview of prisoner serving sentence for first degree murder or sentence of imprisonment for life without parole; modify

Appropriations: department of health and human services; appropriations for fiscal year 2026-2027; provide for

Criminal procedure: sentencing guidelines; sentencing guideline for facility that receives or maintains an adult who requires residential psychiatric care when the facility's license has been revoked or suspended or it has refused to renew its license; enact

Occupations: notaries public; remote notary services; allow

Insurance: health insurers; reimbursement rate for telehealth visits; modify

Health occupations: physical therapists; licensing process; modify to incorporate physical therapy licensing compact

Corrections: parole; certain parole terms; amend

Criminal procedure: indigent defense; parent and child legal representation commission; create

Criminal procedure: mental capacity; outpatient treatment for misdemeanor offenders with mental health issues; provide for

Criminal procedure: sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for intentionally discharging a firearm from a vehicle or at a dwelling or potentially occupied structure; amend

Criminal procedure: sentencing guidelines; guidelines for firearm sale without accompanying safety device; revise cross reference to reflect amendment of other section of law

Crimes: terrorism; crime of making terrorist threat or false report of terrorism; modify

Relating to persons convicted of a crime

An Act relating to distribution of a forged digital likeness; relating to crime and criminal procedure; relating to distribution of a generated sexual depiction; relating to generated obscene child sexual abuse material; relating to teaching certificates; relating to licensing of school bus drivers; relating to civil penalties for an organization that facilitates the generation of child sexual abuse material; relating to social media and minors; and providing for an effective date.

Correctional Services - Maryland Parole Commission - Members and Hearing Examiners

Creating crime of attempting to smuggle contraband into federal correctional institutions within the state

Increasing the criminal penalties for DUI causing death to be known as “Baylea’s Law.”

Creating the crime of conspiracy to deny medical treatment to victim of sexual offense