Issue Position: Protecting Maryland Families

Issue Position

Keeping schools as well as our local and online communities safe
Technology presents some of our greatest opportunities and greatest threats. It's critical for Maryland to develop modern laws that anticipate and stay ahead of emerging trends -- establishing a tech-savvy and pliable foundation to continually keep Maryland families safe.

In 2014, I wrote Grace's Law -- one of the toughest anti-cyber bullying laws in the nation and a model other states have followed -- to keep our children safe from online predators and bullies. In addition, I sponsored and supported common-sense measures to protect Marylanders from gang and gun violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking.

Select accomplishments:

Supporter of common-sense gun reform, including the Governor's Firearms Safety Act of 2013 and the Maryland assault weapons ban, to keep weapons of out of the hands of criminals.

A leading voice for combating gang violence in our community, including a supporter of the Maryland Gang Prosecution Act of 2007 which established tougher accountability measures for schools to monitor gang involvement.

Supporter of Megan's Law, which set tougher penalties for sex offenders, rapists and child abusers.
Along with being author and sponsor of Grace's law, one of the toughest anti-cyber bullying laws in the nation, led the passage of a bill requiring every school to develop a plan to combat bullying.

A leader in the fight to end the devastating effects of human trafficking, which pull thousands of young men and women into a cycle of exploitation and abuse every year. Cardin co-sponsored legislation to strip convicted human traffickers of the profits of their crimes.

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