Baltimore City Council
File #: 22-0255    Version: 0 Name: Arson Offender Registration
Type: Ordinance Status: Enacted
File created: 7/25/2022 In control: Baltimore City Council
On agenda: Final action: 8/21/2023
Enactment #: 23-254
Title: Arson Offender Registration For the purpose of requiring an individual who has been convicted of a specified crime to regularly register certain information with the Police Commissioner for Baltimore City; specifying location, timing, content, and form of the registration; defining certain terms; and generally relating to arson offender registration.
Sponsors: Kristerfer Burnett, John T. Bullock, Odette Ramos, Danielle N. McCray, Sharon Green Middleton, Phylicia Porter, James Torrence, Zeke Cohen, Ryan Dorsey
Indexes: Arson Offender, Registration
Attachments: 1. 22-0255~1st Reader, 2. Law 22-0255, 3. BPD 22-0255, 4. Synopsis 22-0255, 5. Hearing Agenda 22-0255, 6. PSGO Hearing Notes 22-0255, 7. Attendance 22-0255, 8. Hearing Minutes 22-0255, 9. Agenda 22-0255 May 10 2023, 10. Hearing Notes 22-0255 May 10 2023, 11. Minutes 22-0255, 12. Attendance 22-0255, 13. Voting Record 22-0255, 14. cc22-0255(1)~1st (PSGO), 15. cc22-0255(1)~1st (Conway - Floor), 16. 22-0255~3rd Reader, 17. 22-0255 Signed, 18. Completed Ordinance 22-0255
Explanation: Capitals indicate matter added to existing law.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.

* Warning: This is an unofficial, introductory copy of the bill.
The official copy considered by the City Council is the first reader copy.
Introductory*

City of Baltimore
Council Bill

Introduced by: Councilmember Burnett


A Bill Entitled

An Ordinance concerning
title
Arson Offender Registration
For the purpose of requiring an individual who has been convicted of a specified crime to regularly register certain information with the Police Commissioner for Baltimore City; specifying location, timing, content, and form of the registration; defining certain terms; and generally relating to arson offender registration.
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By adding
Article 19 - Police Ordinances
Section(s) 61-1 through 61-11 to be under the new subtitle designation,
“Subtitle 61. Arson Offender Registration”
Baltimore City Code
(Edition 2000)

Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, That the Laws of Baltimore City read as follows:

Baltimore City Code

Article 19. Police Ordinances

Subtitle 61. Arson Offender Registration

§ 61-1. Definitions.

(a) In general.

In this subtitle, the following terms have the meanings indicated.

(b) Arson or malicious burning offender.

(1) In general.

“Arson or malicious burning offender” or “offender” means any individual who is convicted of an arson or malicious burning offense in any degree in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City or the District Court of Maryland for Baltimore City.

(2) Exclusions.

“Arson or malicious burning offender” does not include an individual:

(i) whose ...

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