Maryland legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Maryland HB1392: Public Safety - Law Enforcement - Quotas (Community-Oriented Policing Act)
Status: In committee, February 16, 2026
Authorizing a law enforcement officer to report the use of quotas to the Office of the Attorney General; requiring the Office to create and make readily available a certain form; requiring the Office to investigate certain reports within 1 year after the submission of the report; requiring the Office to order a law enforcement agency to cease and desist under certain circumstances; etc.
What the bill says
A bill ENTITLED AN ACT concerning Public Safety - Law Enforcement - Quotas (Community-Oriented Policing Act) FOR the purpose of altering a prohibition against a certain law enforcement agency using quotas; authorizing a law enforcement officer to report the use of quotas to the Office of the Attorney General; requiring the Office to create and make readily available a certain form; requiring the Office to investigate certain reports within a certain period of time; requiring the Office to order a law enforcement agency to cease and desist under certain circumstances…
From the introduced text, February 13, 2026:
A BILL ENTITLED AN ACT concerning Public Safety - Law Enforcement - Quotas (Community-Oriented Policing Act) FOR the purpose of altering a prohibition against a certain law enforcement agency using quotas; authorizing a law enforcement officer to report the use of quotas to the Office of the Attorney General; requiring the Office to create and make readily available a certain form; requiring the Office to investigate certain reports within a certain period of time; requiring the Office to order a law enforcement agency to cease and desist under certain circumstances; and generally relating to law enforcement quotas. BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, Article - Public Safety Section 3-504 Annotated Code of Maryland (2022 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: Article - Public Safety 3-504. (a) In this section, "quota" means the mandating of a finite number of arrests made or citations issued that a law enforcement officer must meet in a specified time period. (b) A law enforcement agency may not: (1) establish OR MAINTAIN a formal or informal quota for the law EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW. [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from exist in g l aw . *hb1392* HOUSE BILL 1392 enforcement agency or law enforcement …