# Maryland HB 1060: Judicial and Public Safety for Service Members Act Maryland HB 1060, Judicial and Public Safety for Service Members Act, is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Charlotte Crutchfield (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-05-06 (Approved by the Governor - Chapter 262); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB1060-2025RS - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Maryland HB 1060 - State: Maryland - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: Judicial and Public Safety for Service Members Act - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-05 - Last action: 2025-05-06, Approved by the Governor - Chapter 262 - Sponsor: Charlotte Crutchfield (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: State Government - Agencies, Offices, and Officials, Public Safety, Courts and Court Personnel - Statewide, Criminal Law - Procedures, Family Law, Corrections, Real Property, Armed Forces -see also- Military Department; Veterans, Courts -see also- AppCt; Circuit; District; Orphans'; etc., Family Law -see also- Adoption; Alimony; Annulment; etc., Federal Government, Judges, Military Families, Rules and Regulations, Safety -see also- Occupational Safety, Veterans - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 2 (184 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 16 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - More foster support for young adults: benefit, high. Beginning October 1, 2025, certain former foster youth can receive continued court oversight until age 21. Their commitment to a local department must have ended after age 18 but before age 20 years and 6 months. They cannot have left care through reunification, adoption, guardianship, marriage, or… - Firearm exceptions expand for service members: benefit, medium. Beginning October 1, 2025, qualifying service members gain specified exceptions for firearm purchases, rentals, transfers, and training. Eligibility depends on the particular rule’s service status, duty, membership, or Uniformed Services identification requirements. Uniformed Services and National… - Rent caps for reassigned military families: benefit, medium. Beginning October 1, 2025, active service members and their spouses have capped lease costs after a qualifying assignment change. This includes specified military orders and release from active duty. Tenants must give the landlord written notice and proof of the change. Liability is limited to rent… - Police certification opens to resident veterans: benefit, medium. Beginning October 1, 2025, Maryland’s police training commission can certify permanent legal residents who are U.S. armed forces veterans. Applicants must have a U.S. citizenship application pending approval. An honorable discharge is not required for this path. Certification remains the commission… - Earlier marriage licenses for military couples: benefit, low. Beginning October 1, 2025, a Maryland circuit court judge can let a marriage license take effect before the waiting period ends. At least one person must be a service member or Maryland resident. The couple must show good cause, and approval remains the judge’s decision. - Free claim records for military households: benefit, low. Beginning October 1, 2025, court clerks must give qualifying current and former service members specified records without charge. The records must support a claim against the federal government. Surviving spouses and children can get free marriage records for dependent or beneficiary claims. This d… - Uniforms cannot block public recreation entry: benefit, low. Beginning October 1, 2025, public amusement and recreation venues cannot deny covered service members admission because they are in uniform. The protection covers officers and enlisted members of the Uniformed Services and Maryland’s or another state’s organized militia. - Military moves allow penalty-free service cancellations: benefit, low. Beginning October 1, 2025, eligible service members and spouses can cancel covered services after military relocation orders lasting at least 90 days. Covered contracts include telecommunications, Internet, television, gym or athletic club memberships, and satellite radio. The service must be unusa… - Military service eases public safety hiring: benefit, low. Beginning October 1, 2025, honorably discharged reserve members join honorably discharged veterans in exemption from correctional-officer minimum age rules. The age minimum is 21 for Division of Correction hires after October 1, 2007. It also covers Pretrial Detention and Services and Patuxent Inst… - More service backgrounds qualify military officers: benefit, low. Beginning October 1, 2025, Maryland Defense Force appointment qualifications include Uniformed Services reserve service and Uniformed Services University graduates. General officers and colonels need prior service at grade O–4 or higher; line lieutenant-colonels and majors need two years of officer… - Criminal law recognizes broader service identification: benefit, low. Beginning October 1, 2025, a Maryland criminal-law provision recognizes Uniformed Services identification documents as government identification. This replaces its narrower reference to military identification. It does not create a general right to use that identification for every state purpose. - Listed military groups gain legal exemption: benefit, low. Beginning October 1, 2025, section 13–902 does not apply to Uniformed Services members or organized militia members from Maryland or another state. Maryland Defense Force officers are also exempt. Associations qualify only when all members are honorably discharged from the Uniformed Services. The s… - More funeral honor options for veterans: benefit, low. Beginning October 1, 2025, a veteran’s relative, friend, or accredited veterans’ organization commander can request a burial honor guard. The Adjutant General can provide a National Guard or organized militia guard when active-service and veterans’ organization guards are unavailable. The Adjutant… - Discharge history can bar Defense Force: cost, low. Beginning October 1, 2025, specified military dismissals or discharges bar commissioning or enlistment in the Maryland Defense Force. The bar covers bad conduct, dishonorable, and other-than-honorable discharges from covered military or naval organizations, the Uniformed Services, or auxiliaries. - Family courts use narrower deployment rules: cost, low. Beginning October 1, 2025, certain family-law rules use a narrower definition of deployment. Orders must require combat or other active service, with the member reporting without family or to a branch-designated remote assignment. Reserve annual training, inactive duty days, and drill weekends do n… - Undisclosed military enlistment counts as desertion: cost, low. Beginning October 1, 2025, Maryland State military members must disclose when they have not been regularly separated from their force. Enlisting or accepting an appointment without full disclosure counts as desertion. This covers joining the same or another state military force, or the Uniformed Se… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Charlotte Crutchfield (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Aaron M. Kaufman (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-07 | Senate | Third Reading Passed | pass | 47 | 0 | | | 2025-03-12 | House | Third Reading Passed | pass | 137 | 0 | 4 | ## Actions (15) - 2025-05-06: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 262 - 2025-04-07: Returned Passed (House) - 2025-04-07: Third Reading Passed (47-0) (Senate) - 2025-04-04: Second Reading Passed (Senate) - 2025-04-04: Favorable Adopted (Senate) - 2025-04-04: Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings (Senate) - 2025-03-12: Referred Judicial Proceedings Education, Energy, and the Environment (Senate) - 2025-03-12: Third Reading Passed (137-0) (House) - 2025-03-11: Second Reading Passed with Amendments (House) - 2025-03-11: Favorable with Amendments {423923/1 Adopted (House) - 2025-03-10: Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary (House) - 2025-02-17: Hearing 2/18 at 11:00 a.m. (House) - 2025-02-17: Hearing canceled (House) - 2025-02-05: Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (House) - 2025-02-05: First Reading Judiciary (House) ## Bill text - Enacted, 2025-05-06: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_262_hb1060t.pdf) - Third Reading, 2025-03-11: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1060t.pdf) - First Reading, 2025-02-05: [PDF](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1060f.pdf) ## Related bills - HB 0384: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established (vetoed) - SB 0227: Workers' Compensation - Payment From Uninsured Employers' Fund - Revisions (vetoed) - HB 0482: Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination Review Process (vetoed) - SB 0157: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established (vetoed) - HB 1294: Commercial Law - Credit Regulation - Earned Wage Access and Credit Modernization (became law) - HB 0228: Maryland Veterans Trust – Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard (signed) ## Sources - [Enacted (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/Chapters_noln/CH_262_hb1060t.pdf) - [Third Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1060t.pdf) - [First Reading (PDF)](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/hb/hb1060f.pdf) ## Related - [HB 0384: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0384-2025RS) - [SB 0227: Workers' Compensation - Payment From Uninsured Employers' Fund - Revisions](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0227-2025RS) - [HB 0482: Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0482-2025RS) - [SB 0157: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-SB0157-2025RS) - [HB 1294: Commercial Law - Credit Regulation - Earned Wage Access and Credit Modernization](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB1294-2025RS) - [HB 0228: Maryland Veterans Trust – Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB0228-2025RS) - [Maryland bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/maryland/bills) - [Maryland state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/maryland) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MD-HB1060-2025RS (as of 2026-10-17).