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MD HB810

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/29/2025

Primary Sponsor

Robin Grammer

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Origin

House of Delegates

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Every law enforcement agency in Maryland must adopt a policy requiring use of a lethality assessment protocol when investigating domestic violence cases

  • The lethality assessment protocol is a validated, evidence-based screening tool used by officers to evaluate a victim's risk of being injured or killed by an intimate partner

  • Officers must use the protocol to evaluate any person believed to be a victim of or injured in a domestically related crime or abuse

  • The protocol requires officers to offer local resources to individuals identified as being at high risk of intimate partner violence

  • Effective date: October 1, 2025

Legislative Description

Public Safety - Lethality Assessment Protocol

Death

Last Action

Withdrawn by Sponsor

2/24/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary1/29/2025

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