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HB1541 • 2026

Workgroup to Study Extreme Risk Protective Orders (Sagar Ghimire Act)

Workgroup to Study Extreme Risk Protective Orders (Sagar Ghimire Act)

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Delegate Bhandari
Last action
2026-03-12
Official status
In the House - Hearing 3/12 at 1:30 p.m.
Effective date
2026-06-01

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Workgroup to Study Extreme Risk Protective Orders (Sagar Ghimire Act)

Establishing the Workgroup to Study Extreme Risk Protective Orders; and requiring the Workgroup to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by May 1, 2027, on its policy recommendations for improving the use of extreme risk protective orders in the State.

What This Bill Does

  • Establishing the Workgroup to Study Extreme Risk Protective Orders; and requiring the Workgroup to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by May 1, 2027, on its policy recommendations for improving the use of extreme risk protective orders in the State.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-12 House

    Hearing canceled

  2. 2026-03-12 House

    Hearing 3/12 at 1:30 p.m.

  3. 2026-02-16 House

    Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m.

  4. 2026-02-13 House

    First Reading Judiciary

  5. Maryland General Assembly

    Text - First - Workgroup to Study Extreme Risk Protective Orders (Sagar Ghimire Act)

Official Summary Text

Establishing the Workgroup to Study Extreme Risk Protective Orders; and requiring the Workgroup to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by May 1, 2027, on its policy recommendations for improving the use of extreme risk protective orders in the State.

Current Bill Text

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*hb1541*

HOUSE BILL 1541
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HB 1344/22 – JUD
By: Delegate Bhandari
Introduced and read first time: February 13, 2026
Assigned to: Judiciary

A BILL ENTITLED

AN ACT concerning 1

Workgroup to Study Extreme Risk Protective Orders 2
(Sagar Ghimire Act) 3

FOR the purpose of establishing the Workgroup to Study Extreme Risk Protective Orders; 4
and generally relating to the Workgroup to Study Extreme Risk Protective Orders. 5

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 6
That: 7

(a) There is a Workgroup to Study Extreme Risk Protective Orders. 8

(b) The Workgroup consists of the following members: 9

(1) the Secretary of Health, or the Secretary’s designee; 10

(2) the Attorney General, or the Attorney General’s designee; 11

(3) the Public Defender, or the Public Defender’s designee; 12

(4) the President of the Maryland Chiefs of Police Association, or the 13
President’s designee; 14

(5) the President of the Maryland Sheriffs’ Association, or the President’s 15
designee; and 16

(6) one representative, appointed by the Governor, of an organization 17
specializing in providing mental health services in the State. 18

(c) The Secretary of Health shall be the chair of the Workgroup. 19

(d) The Department of Health shall provide staff for the Workgroup. 20
2 HOUSE BILL 1541

(e) A member of the Workgroup: 1

(1) may not receive compensation as a member of the Workgroup; but 2

(2) is entitled to reimbursement for expenses und er the Standard State 3
Travel Regulations, as provided in the State budget. 4

(f) The Workgroup shall: 5

(1) study the use of extreme risk protective orders in the State; and 6

(2) develop policy recommendations for improving the use of extreme risk 7
protective orders in the State. 8

(g) On or before May 1, 202 7, the Workgroup shall report its findings and 9
recommendations to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2 –1257 of the State 10
Government Article, the General Assembly. 11

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect June 12
1, 2026. It shall remain effective for a period of 2 years and 1 month and, at the end of June 13
30, 202 8, this Act, with no further action required by the General Assembly, shall be 14
abrogated and of no further force and effect. 15