Juvenile Law
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Juvenile Law - Child in Need of Supervision - Mandatory Petition (NyKayla Strawder Memorial Act) [HB-1504]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring an intake officer to file a petition alleging that a child under the age of 13 years is a child in need of supervision if the child is alleged to have committed an act that results in the death of a victim; and requiring a law enforcement officer to forward a complaint alleging that a child under the age of 13 years committed an act that resulted in the death of a victim to the Department of Juvenile Services for appropriate action.
Sponsored by: Rep. Malcolm Ruff
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/14/2025
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Education - Reportable Offenses and Prohibited Behavior on School Grounds - Alterations [HB-1265]
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[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Altering the offenses that constitute "reportable offenses" that a law enforcement agency must report to certain school personnel under certain circumstances; altering certain provisions relating to the provision of notification to certain school personnel of the arrest of a student for a certain reportable offense; requiring the State Department of Education to develop an operational protocol to guide the transmission of reportable offense information; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Energy, And The Environment) on 03/18/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Juveniles - Truancy Reduction Pilot Programs - Report [HB-1442]
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[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland to report annually by November 1 to the General Assembly on the Truancy Reduction Pilot Program; and requiring the report to include the number of Truancy Reduction Pilot Programs established in State, the number of participants in each pilot program; information on the outcomes of the participants in each program, and recommendations to improve the function of the current program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Edelson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 577 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Juvenile Court - Jurisdiction [HB-1433]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Altering the jurisdiction of the juvenile court by repealing provisions specifying that the juvenile court does not have jurisdiction over a child alleged to have committed certain acts.
Sponsored by: Rep. Edith Patterson
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. (judiciary) on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Juvenile Law - Confinement and Restrictive Housing - Limitations [HB-1107]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Limiting the circumstances under which an incarcerated minor may be involuntarily placed in restrictive housing to the extent necessary to eliminate identifiable risk; prohibiting the placement of a minor in restrictive housing for more than 6 hours; authorizing a correctional facility to place a minor in restrictive housing at the minor's request; establishing certain requirements for detaining, confining, or transporting a child; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jazz Lewis
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Juvenile Law - Confinement and Restrictive Housing - Limitations [SB-827]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Limiting the circumstances under which an incarcerated minor may be involuntarily placed in restrictive housing to the extent necessary to eliminate identifiable risk; prohibiting the placement of a minor in restrictive housing for more than 6 hours; and authorizing a correctional facility to place a minor in restrictive housing at the minor's request; establishing certain requirements for detaining, confining, or transporting a child; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Government - Office of the Correctional Ombudsman - Juvenile Justice Monitor - Appointment [SB-924]
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[Crime ]
Providing that the Director of Juvenile Justice Monitoring is appointed by the Correctional Ombudsman to serve a term of 4 years; and requiring the appointment of the Director of Juvenile Justice Monitoring to be subject to the advice and consent of the Senate if the appointee has already served in that role.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Juvenile Sex Offender Registry - Qualifying Offenses and Access [HB-952]
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[Criminal Justice ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing a local superintendent or the superintendent's designee to access the Juvenile Sex Offender Registry; and adding certain offenses to the list of offenses for which a person adjudicated delinquent is required to be included in the juvenile sex offender registry.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Juvenile Law - Juvenile Court Jurisdiction - Theft of a Motor Vehicle [HB-873]
[Crime ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the jurisdiction of the juvenile court over a child of at least 13 years of age alleged to have committed a certain offense.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Department of Juvenile Services - Report on Youth Service Bureaus [HB-814]
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[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Department of Juvenile Services to submit an annual report to certain committees of the General Assembly by October 1 detailing efforts by the Department to promote predelinquent programs, including youth service bureaus, efforts by the Department to collaborate with and provide technical assistance to local governments regarding the establishment of youth service bureaus, and an assessment of the programs and activities of the bureaus and any other efforts to prevent youth offenses.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kym Taylor
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 576 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Juvenile Law - Custodial Interrogation (Juvenile Justice Restoration Act of 2025) [SB-531]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering a certain provision of law authorizing a law enforcement officer to conduct an otherwise lawful custodial interrogation of a child if the child's parent, guardian, or custodian consents to the custodial interrogation of the child without the child's consultation with an attorney.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Carozza
Hearing Canceled on 02/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Department of Juvenile Services - Employees - Prohibited Convictions [HB-652]
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[Criminal Justice ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
Prohibiting the Department of Juvenile Services from hiring or retaining an individual convicted of certain crimes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Juvenile Services Education Board - Alterations [HB-658]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing the Secretary of Higher Education and the State Superintendent of Schools to select a designee to serve on the Juvenile Services Education Board; altering the terms of membership for the Board; and altering certain requirements for meetings of the Board.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Ebersole
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 456 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Custodial Interrogation of Minors - Admissibility of Statements [SB-512]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing a certain rebuttable presumption that a statement made by a minor during a custodial interrogation is involuntary and is inadmissible in a juvenile or criminal proceeding against the minor if the law enforcement officer intentionally used information known by the officer to be false in order to elicit the statement.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shaneka Henson
Hearing Canceled on 02/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Criminal or Delinquent Act of a Child - Liability of a Parent, Guardian, or Custodian [HB-683]
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[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting the parent, guardian, or custodian of a child from intentionally, knowingly, recklessly, or negligently acting or failing to act in a manner that results in the child committing a crime or delinquent act; requiring an individual convicted under the Act to participate in certain proceedings and programs and establishing the failure to do so as contempt of court; and requiring the court to order a parent, guardian, or custodian to pay certain court costs and restitution related to a child's crime or delinquent act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Grammer
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Juveniles - Reportable Offenses [HB-588]
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[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Department of Juvenile Services to notify of a certain student's arrest a local superintendent of schools or school principal of a school in which the student has enrolled or to which the student has been transferred; and requiring the Department to provide certain educational programming information to a certain student.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Grammer
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Juvenile Law - Custodial Interrogation (Juvenile Justice Restoration Act of 2025) [HB-622]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering a certain provision of law authorizing a law enforcement officer to conduct an otherwise lawful custodial interrogation of a child if the child's parent, guardian, or custodian consents to the custodial interrogation of the child without the child's consultation with an attorney.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Juveniles - Sexual Offenses - Registration and Reporting Requirements [HB-638]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring a person who has been adjudicated delinquent for an act that, if committed by an adult, would constitute a certain sexual offense to register as a juvenile sex offender; requiring a juvenile registrant to remain on the juvenile sex offender registry until the registrant reaches 21 years of age under certain circumstances; expanding the definition of "reportable offense" to include certain sexual offenses; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Grammer
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Department of Juvenile Services - Rehabilitation Services - Funding [HB-522]
[Funding ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing the Department of Juvenile Services to provide funding for up to 1 year of certain rehabilitation services to certain rehabilitation institutions.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseline Pena-Melnyk
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/27/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Department of Juvenile Services - Employees - Prohibited Convictions [SB-454]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
Prohibiting the Department of Juvenile Services from hiring or retaining an individual convicted of certain crimes.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Hearing Canceled on 02/06/2025