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HOUSE BILL 1392
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HB 687/25 – JUD
By: Delegates Grammer, Conaway, Davis, McComas, and Taylor
Introduced and read first time: February 13, 2026
Assigned to: Judiciary
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Public Safety – Law Enforcement – Quotas 2
(Community–Oriented Policing Act) 3
FOR the purpose of altering a prohibition against a certain law enforcement agency using 4
quotas; authorizing a law enforcement officer to report the use of quotas to the Office 5
of the Attorney General; requiring the Office to create and make readily available a 6
certain form; requiring the Office to investigate certain reports within a certain 7
period of time; requiring the Office to order a law enforcement agency to cease and 8
desist under certain circumstances; and generally relating to law enforcement 9
quotas. 10
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 11
Article – Public Safety 12
Section 3–504 13
Annotated Code of Maryland 14
(2022 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 15
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 16
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 17
Article – Public Safety 18
3–504. 19
(a) In this section, “quota” means the mandating of a finite number of arrests 20
made or citations issued that a law enforcement officer must meet in a specified time period. 21
(b) A law enforcement agency may not: 22
(1) establish OR MAINTAIN a formal or informal quota for the law 23
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enforcement agency or law enforcement officers of the agency; [or] 1
(2) use the number of arrests made [or], INVESTIGATIONS CONDUCTED, 2
citations issued, OR WARRANTS SERVED OR EXECUTED by a law enforcement officer as 3
[the sole or primary criterion ] THE BASIS for EVALUATION, COMPENSATION, 4
DISCIPLINE, promotion, demotion, dismissal, or transfer of the officer; 5
(3) REQUIRE A LAW ENFORCEMENT OF FICER OR SUGGEST TO A LAW 6
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER THAT THE OFFICER IS EXPECTED TO MEET A QUOTA; OR 7
(4) OFFER A FINANCIAL RE WARD OR OTHER BENEFIT TO A LAW 8
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER DETERMINED BY OR BAS ED ON THE QUOTA OF T HE 9
OFFICER. 10
(c) This section does not preclude a law enforcement agency from: 11
(1) using quantitative data for arrests, citations, and other law 12
enforcement activities as management tools or in evaluating performance; 13
(2) collecting, analyzing, and applying information concerning the number 14
of arrests and citations in order to ensure that a particular law enforcement officer or group 15
of law enforcement officers does not violate an applicable legal obligation; or 16
(3) assessing the proportion of the arrests made and citations issued by a 17
law enforcement officer or group of law enforcement officers. 18
(D) (1) A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER MAY REPORT THE USE OF QUOTAS 19
BY A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. 20
(2) THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SHALL CREATE AND 21
MAKE READILY AVAILABLE ONLINE A STANDARD FORM THAT MAY BE USE D BY ANY 22
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFI CER TO REPORT THE US E OF QUOTAS BY A LAW 23
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OF THE OFFICER. 24
(3) THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SHALL INVESTI GATE 25
ANY REPORT MADE UNDE R PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION W ITHIN 1 YEAR 26
AFTER THE SUBMISSION OF THE REPORT. 27
(4) IF AFTER THE INVESTIG ATION THE OFFICE OF T HE ATTORNEY 28
GENERAL FINDS THAT A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY USED QUOTAS IN VIOLATION 29
OF SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SHALL ORDER THE 30
AGENCY TO CEASE AND DESIST FROM USING QUOTAS. 31
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(5) THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SHALL ADOPT 1
REGULATIONS THAT: 2
(I) DETERMINE THE PROCED URE FOR THE INVESTIG ATION 3
REQUIRED UNDER PARAGRAPH (3) OF THIS SUBSECTION; AND 4
(II) PROVIDE THE LAW ENFO RCEMENT AGENCY THAT IS THE 5
SUBJECT OF THE INVESTIGATION AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD. 6
SECTION 2. AND BE I T FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 7
October 1, 2026. 8