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2026 Regular Session

HB1146

Crime of Violence - Medical Facilities and Places of Worship - Penalty (Sacred Places Safety Act)

Prohibiting a person from committing a crime of violence while the person is in a medical facility or a place of worship; and providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment of up to 10 years.

Current disposition
Pending: House Judiciary
Last status date
February 16, 2026
Last status update
Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending committee
Judiciary
Author
Tiffany Alston
Co-sponsors
Gabriel AceveroBarry BeauchampDerrick ColeyAaron KaufmanJeffrie LongAshanti MartinezSusan McComasApril Fleming MillerMatt MorganLaToya NkongoloScott PhillipsKent RobersonDenise RobertsMalcolm RuffStuart SchmidtGary SimmonsKym TaylorChris TomlinsonJamila Woods

Legislative progress

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Introduced in House February 11, 2026
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Instrument history

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  1. House Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.
  2. House First Reading Judiciary
Source provenance
LegiScan bill ID
2113814
LegiScan session ID
2240
Source file
var/states/maryland/source/legiscan/2240-842f860f45b5/bill/HB1146.json
Package observed
2026-07-17T02:49:46+00:00