Juvenile Causes
Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Juvenile Law - Lead Testing and Behavioral Health Assessment [SB-1066]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Human Services ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Requiring, instead of authorizing, the juvenile court to order a child to undergo blood lead level testing if the child's parent or guardian consents; requiring, instead of authorizing, the juvenile court to direct the Department of Juvenile Services or another qualified agency to make a certain study concerning the child; requiring that, as part of the study, the Department conduct a comprehensive behavioral health assessment of the child; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Carter Conway
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/23/2018
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Criminal Law - Death Penalty - Murder of Specific Individuals or Mass Murder [HB-887]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Providing that a person who is convicted of murder in the first degree may be sentenced to death under certain circumstances; providing that the murder of a law enforcement officer, a correctional officer, a certain first responder, or a certain witness, or a certain mass murder, under certain circumstances, is an aggravating circumstance that the court or jury must consider in making a determination as to the imposition of the death penalty; establishing procedures for the imposition of the death penalty; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy L. Afzali
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/15/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Juvenile Law - Transfer of Cases to Juvenile Court [HB-859]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring a certain transfer hearing to be held within a certain period of time, except under certain circumstances; authorizing a county administrative judge or a designee of the judge to grant an extension for a transfer hearing under certain circumstances; and requiring the county administrative judge or the judge's designee to state on the record the cause that required the extension and the length of the extension; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Luke Clippinger
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary; Withdrawn on 03/12/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Juvenile Law - Juvenile Diversion Program [HB-827]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Authorizing a court exercising criminal jurisdiction in a certain case involving a child to suspend the sentence and place the child under the supervision of the Department of Juvenile Services for not longer than 18 months for enrollment in the Juvenile Diversion Program established by the Act; requiring the Program to provide an alternative to imprisonment for a child placed under the supervision of the Department; requiring the Program to provide certain services to each child enrolled; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris West
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary; Withdrawn on 03/17/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Juvenile Law - Records - Juveniles Charged as Adults [HB-555]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
Establishing that, pending a determination by a court exercising criminal jurisdiction in a case involving a child whether to transfer its jurisdiction to the juvenile court, provisions of law relating to the confidentiality of juvenile records apply to all police records and court records concerning the child; and repealing provisions of law relating to the expungement of criminal charges transferred to the juvenile court.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles E. Sydnor
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary; Withdrawn on 03/12/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Family Law - Protecting the Resources of Children in State Custody [HB-524]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring the Department of Human Services to identify a representative payee or fiduciary for a child in the Department's custody; requiring the Department, when serving as the representative payee or in any other fiduciary capacity for a child, to provide certain notice to the child, through the child's attorney, of certain actions taken with respect to certain benefits for the child; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen M Dumais
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 815 on 05/26/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Juvenile Law - Lead Testing and Behavioral Health Assessment [HB-479]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Human Services ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Requiring, instead of authorizing, the juvenile court to order a child to undergo blood lead level testing if the child's parent or guardian consents; requiring, instead of authorizing, the juvenile court to direct the Department of Juvenile Services or another qualified agency to make a certain study concerning the child; requiring that, as part of the study, the Department conduct a comprehensive behavioral health assessment of the child; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nick Mosby
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/15/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Public Safety - Youth Crime Prevention and Diversion Parole Fund - Establishment [HB-1732]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Establishing the Youth Crime Prevention and Diversion Parole Fund to provide grant assistance to local law enforcement agencies to police high-crime areas; requiring the Executive Director of the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention to administer the Fund; requiring the Governor to appropriate annually at least $500,000 for the Fund; requiring that priority be given to jurisdictions with the highest number of offenders when determining grant recipients among local law enforcement agencies; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Keith E Haynes
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/19/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Juveniles - Reportable Offenses [HB-1702]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
Making it mandatory for a certain local superintendent of schools or school principal to transmit certain information concerning the arrest of a student for a certain reportable offense or offense related to the student's membership in a criminal gang and the disposition of a certain offense as a confidential file to the local superintendent of another school in the State in which the student has enrolled or to which the student has been transferred for certain purposes under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Washington County Delegation
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/17/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Juvenile Law – Juvenile Court Jurisdiction [HB-1550]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Expanding the jurisdiction of the juvenile court by altering certain provisions of law that exclude from the jurisdiction of the juvenile court a child of a certain age alleged to have committed any of certain offenses; and making certain conforming changes in provisions of law relating to the distinction between an accessory before the fact and a principal in a crime.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles E. Sydnor
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary; Withdrawn on 03/17/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council [HB-1524]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Establishing the Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Council; prohibiting a member of the Council from receiving certain compensation, but authorizing the reimbursement of certain expenses; specifying the duties of the Council; authorizing the Council to request certain technical assistance; requiring the Council to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2019; terminating the Act after June 30, 2021; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen M Dumais
Favorable With Amendments Report By Judicial Proceedings on 04/09/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Baltimore City - Children - Records Access [HB-1508]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Health ]
Extending the termination date of certain provisions of law relating to access to certain court, social services, juvenile, and police records by the Office of Youth Violence Prevention in the Baltimore City Health Department and the Baltimore City Mayor's Office on Criminal Justice under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Curtis S. Anderson
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary; Withdrawn on 03/12/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Social Services – Safe Harbor Child Trafficking Victim Service Pilot Program [HB-1494]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Establishing the Safe Harbor Child Trafficking Victim Service Pilot Program; providing for the purpose of the pilot program; requiring the local departments of social services in Baltimore and Washington counties to implement the pilot program; requiring certain local departments of social services to refer certain children to the Regional Child Trafficking Advocate within a 24 hours of identification; requiring the Secretary of State, after consultation with certain entities, to appoint certain Advocates; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/17/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Family Law – Minors – Emancipation [HB-1304]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
Extending the jurisdiction of the juvenile court to include a petition for the emancipation of a minor; establishing that a minor who is at least 16 years old may become emancipated from a parent or legal guardian under certain circumstances; authorizing a minor to file a petition for emancipation in the minor's own name subject to certain requirements; prohibiting a parent from filing a petition for the emancipation of a minor; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen M Dumais
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary; Withdrawn on 03/15/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Sentencing Guidelines - Previously Adjudicated Delinquent [HB-122]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Limiting the requirement that criminal sentencing guidelines adopted by the State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy set forth a range of increased severity for defendants who have been previously adjudicated delinquent to adjudication and commitment to a hardware secure juvenile detention facility; and defining "hardware secure" as a facility that relies primarily on the use of construction and hardware, including locks, bars, and fences, to restrict freedom.
Sponsored by: Rep. Talmadge Branch
Recommitted To Judiciary (delegate Vallario) on 02/22/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Juvenile Law – Witnesses – Body Attachment [HB-1023]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Authorizing the juvenile court, in a certain case in which jurisdiction is transferred from a court exercising criminal jurisdiction, to issue body attachments for witnesses as provided by a certain Maryland Rule.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel I Rosenberg
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 783 on 05/15/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Criminal Gang Offenses – Penalties, Procedure, and Elements [HB-102]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Providing that the juvenile court does not have jurisdiction over a certain child alleged to have committed a certain criminal gang offense under certain circumstances; altering penalties for certain criminal gang offenses; providing that certain sentences imposed shall be consecutive to certain sentences; altering the elements of a certain criminal gang offense; requiring certain local jurisdictions to use certain divested assets for certain purposes under certain circumstances; altering certain definitions; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2018
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Confidentiality of Juvenile Records - Baltimore City Mayor's Office on Criminal Justice [SB-985]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing that certain provisions of law relating to the confidentiality of juvenile police records and court records do not prohibit access to and confidential use of certain records concerning a child by the Baltimore City Mayor's Office on Criminal Justice if the Office is providing services to the child; specifying that the Baltimore City Mayor's Office on Criminal Justice shall be liable for the unauthorized release of a police record it accesses under the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Ferguson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 37 on 04/18/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Workgroup to Study Shelter and Supportive Services for Unaccompanied Homeless Minors [SB-930]
[Children and Youth ]
[Housing ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
[Public Health ]
Establishing a Workgroup to Study Shelter and Supportive Services for Unaccompanied Homeless Minors; requiring the Joint Committee on Ending Homelessness to provide staff for the Workgroup; requiring the Workgroup to compile existing information on the needs of unaccompanied homeless minors, identify resources available to meet those needs, and identify barriers to accessing safe shelter; requiring the Workgroup to report its recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2019; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee
Hearing 4/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/29/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Juvenile Law - Probation [SB-899]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring that the duration of a term of probation for a certain child be consistent with certain treatment and rehabilitation needs of the child; specifying that the duration of a term of probation may not exceed a certain period of time, except under certain circumstances; and authorizing the juvenile court to require an additional term of probation, not to exceed 1 year, under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill P Carter
Hearing Canceled on 03/07/2019