Maryland legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Maryland HB604: Criminal Law - Financial Exploitation of Vulnerable and Senior Adults
Status: In committee, April 3, 2025
Prohibiting a person who is a caregiver to or a family member or household member of an individual from knowingly and willfully obtaining the property of the individual with the intent to deprive the individual of the individual's property if the individual is a vulnerable adult or an individual of at least 68 years of age and the person knows or reasonably should know the individual is a vulnerable adult of at least 68 years of age; and providing certain penalties for a violation of the Act.
What the bill says
From the chaptered text, March 27, 2025:
HB0604/643420/1 BY: Judicial Proceedings Committee AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL 604 (Third Reading File Bill) AMENDMENT NO. 1 On page 1, in line 4, strike "and Senior"; and in line 22, after "willfully" insert "exerting unauthorized control over and". On page 2, in lines 1 and 2, strike "and senior". AMENDMENT NO. 2 On page 10, in line 10, after "WILLFULLY" insert "EXERT UNAUTHORIZED CONTROL OVER AND"; strike beginning with "OR" in line 13 down through "OLD" in line 14; and in line 16, strike "OR IS AT LEAST 68 YEARS OLD".
Sponsors
- Adrienne Jones (D, 10) · primary sponsor
- Jon Cardin (D, HD-011)
- Gary Simmons (D, 12B)
- Scott Phillips (D, HD-010)
- David Moon (D, 20)
- Frank Conaway (D, HD-040)
- Aaron Kaufman (D, HD-018)
- Nicole Williams (D, 22)