Courts - Maryland Judicial Public Text Messaging System - Report

HB 240 requires Maryland's Administrative Office of the Courts to submit an annual report to the General Assembly starting December 1, 2025, on the state's judicial text messaging system. The report must include specific data about system usage, such as the number of people who signed up or declined notifications, notification delivery rates, timing of alerts, and comparison of court appearance rates between system users and non-users. This bill does not change how the text messaging system operates but mandates transparency about its current implementation. The report will cover the prior fiscal year's data and include future development plans for the system. It directly affects court administration, not end-users of the text service.