February 5th, 2025 by WCBC Radio

One of Senator Mike McKay’s bills this year in Annapolis is designed to give more protections for burial plots and monuments placed by families for departed loved ones. Senate Bill 421 extends the statute of limitations for prosecutions for desecration of these sacred sites. The bill was heard in the Judicial Proceedings Committee where Senator Mary Dulany-James shared her experience with family plots being destroyed. She agreed that more time is needed to investigate crimes violating burial plots and property…

   

“They can catch people, but it takes a certain amount of time. And you’re right – I was the first one to bring it to their attention and I was doing my annual visit. So, I think you really do understand the problem, and I appreciate your thinking about it and putting this bill in.”