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Read. Follow. Verify.Maryland Senate Bill 536 Ends Law Enforcement Notification for Private Home Detention Monitoring Violations
Last action · February 5, 2026: Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.Sponsor: Bill Folden
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What This Bill Would Do
Repealing the requirement that a private home detention monitoring agency provide notice to the designated law enforcement agency for violating a condition of home detention monitoring under certain circumstances.
Law enforcement agencies in Baltimore City and Maryland counties will stop receiving automatic violation notices from private monitors for general rule breaches, while courts will continue to be notified.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
private home detention monitoring agencies
law enforcement agencies
defendants on pretrial home detention
Defendants subject to private home detention monitoring will have general violations reported only to the court rather than to both the court and law enforcement.
Key Facts
- The bill repeals the requirement for private home detention monitoring agencies to notify designated law enforcement agencies in Baltimore City or the county where the court is located upon discovering a general violation of home detention conditions.
- Agencies remain obligated to notify the court that ordered private home detention monitoring within 24 hours of determining a violation has occurred under § 5–201(b) of the Criminal Procedure Article.
- For equipment tampering or failure to maintain equipment, agencies must still notify both the court and the designated law enforcement agency within 1 hour.
- For entering an expressly prohibited area, agencies must immediately notify both the court and the designated law enforcement agency.
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- The Act is set to take effect on October 1, 2026.
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Procedural history
2 actions- Feb 5, 2026SenateHearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- Feb 4, 2026SenateIntroducedFirst Reading Judicial Proceedings
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