Juvenile Law
Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Juvenile Law - Informal Adjustment [HB-495]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Authorizing a certain court to refer a certain matter to the Department of Juvenile Services for a certain informal adjustment if it is in the best interests of the public and the child; and requiring a certain petition to be dismissed if a certain informal adjustment is successfully completed.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jazz Lewis
First Reading Judiciary on 02/01/2019
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Juvenile Law - Waiver and Transfer of Jurisdiction [HB-418]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Repealing a certain provision requiring the juvenile court, for purposes of determining whether to waive its jurisdiction under certain circumstances, to assume that a certain child committed a certain delinquent act; altering the criteria that the juvenile court is required to consider in determining whether to waive jurisdiction with respect to a petition alleging delinquency; specifying that the State has the burden of proving that a certain court should not transfer jurisdiction to the juvenile court; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David H. Moon
First Reading Judiciary on 01/31/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Evidence - Chain of Custody of DNA [HB-372]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Science ]
Establishing that a certain report signed by the DNA analyst is prima facie evidence of certain matters for a certain purpose under certain circumstances; providing that a certain DNA profile may be established without the necessity for the DNA analyst to personally appear in court under certain circumstances; providing that certain provisions of law do not preclude the right of any party to introduce any evidence supporting or contradicting certain evidence or presumptions; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen M Dumais
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary; Withdrawn on 03/11/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
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State Advisory Board for Juvenile Services - Duties and Access to Records [HB-169]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
[Crime ]
Expanding the duties of the State Advisory Board for Juvenile Services to include the examination and review of fatalities involving children under the supervision of the Department of Juvenile Services for the purpose of advising the Secretary of Juvenile Services; establishing that a prohibition against the disclosure of a court record pertaining to a certain child does not prohibit access to and confidential use of the court record by the State Advisory Board for Juvenile Services for certain purposes; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Judiciary
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 271 on 04/30/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Prince George's County - Juvenile Law - Diversion Program PG 307-19 [HB-1398]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing the State's Attorney for Prince George's County to refer a child to a diversion program under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Prince George's County Delegation
Rereferred To Judiciary on 03/13/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Juvenile Law - Diversion Program [HB-1367]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing a State's Attorney to refer a child to a diversion program under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Erek Barron
Hearing 3/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/05/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Department of Juvenile Services - Juvenile Strategic Reentry Program [HB-1344]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Requiring the Secretary of Juvenile Services to establish the Juvenile Strategic Reentry Program for children committed to the custody or under the guardianship of the Department of Juvenile Services; establishing the purpose of the Program; requiring the Department to direct reentry specialists to oversee the return of certain children to the community; requiring that a reentry specialist meet with a child at least 45 days before the release of the child from an out-of-home placement; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Hearing 3/26 At 12:00 P.m. on 03/21/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Juveniles Charged as Adults – Confidentiality of Records [HB-11]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
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 from the time of the child's arrest until a certain event occurs; establishing that, if a case is transferred to the juvenile court, certain provisions of law relating to confidentiality of juvenile records continue to apply; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank M Conaway
Favorable With Amendments Report By Judicial Proceedings on 04/08/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Public Safety - Criminal Gangs - Database (Fair and Accurate Gang Database Act) [HB-1028]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring a certain law enforcement agency to provide certain notice in order for the law enforcement agency to designate the person as a criminal gang member or criminal gang associate in a shared gang database; requiring a certain notice to contain certain information; providing that a certain person may submit a certain request regarding criminal gang status; requiring a certain law enforcement agency to provide certain information under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo T. Washington
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary; Withdrawn on 03/27/2019
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Juvenile Law - Continuum of Care - Repeal of Termination Date [SB-81]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Repealing the June 30, 2016, termination date of provisions of law authorizing the Department of Juvenile Services to transfer a child committed to residential placement from one facility to another facility under specified circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Judicial Proceedings
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings; Withdrawn on 03/11/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Juvenile Court - Jurisdiction [SB-498]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Repealing the jurisdiction of the juvenile court over a child at least 14 years old alleged to have done specified acts and over a child at least 16 years old alleged to have committed specified crimes.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Anthony Muse
Hearing 2/17 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/17/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Juvenile Services Education - Modifications [SB-325]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
Requiring county boards of education and the State to provide a specified amount to the State Department of Education for specified individuals receiving education services at specified facilities; requiring that teachers and other professional personnel providing educational services at specified facilities be paid an annual salary that is at least equal to the average annual salary of teachers and other professional personnel in the county that provides the highest average annual salary; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Hearing 2/17 At 1:00 P.m. (budget And Taxation) on 02/17/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
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Coordinating Council for Juvenile Services Educational Programs - Membership [SB-317]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering the membership of the Coordinating Council for Juvenile Services Educational Programs; providing for the terms of office of the appointed members of the Coordinating Council; terminating on December 31, 2016, the term of the member of the Coordinating Council who is a county superintendent of schools; providing that the terms of specified appointed and ex officio members of the Coordinating Council shall begin on January 1, 2017; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 63 on 04/12/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Juvenile Court - Jurisdiction [SB-243]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Repealing provisions of law that exclude from the jurisdiction of the juvenile court a child of a specified age alleged to have committed specified offenses; repealing provisions of law governing the transfer of specified criminal cases to the juvenile court; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 02/29/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Juvenile Law - Adjudication of Delinquency - Collateral Consequences [SB-209]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Requiring that, before a child admits to the commission of a delinquent act, the child's counsel inform the child in developmentally and age-appropriate language of specified collateral consequences that may result from an adjudication of delinquency.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 02/15/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Juveniles - Restraint and Searches - Limitations [SB-189]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting the use of mechanical restraints by the Department of Juvenile Services on a child in the Department's custody except under specified circumstances; prohibiting the use of physical restraint on a child known to be in the third trimester of pregnancy or in labor, delivery, or postpartum recovery except under specified circumstances; prohibiting the strip search of a child under specified circumstances; limiting specified searches of a child; limiting the length of time the Department may use mechanical restraints on a child; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores G Kelley
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings; Withdrawn on 02/08/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Juvenile Law - Citations for Violations [SB-149]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Adding specified offenses to the list of offenses for which a law enforcement officer authorized to make arrests is required to issue a citation to a child under specified circumstances; and altering a specified definition.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Warner Simonaire
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings; Withdrawn on 02/15/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Task Force to Study the Restraint, Searches, and Needs of Children in the Juvenile Justice System [SB-1072]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing the Task Force to Study the Restraint, Searches, and Needs of Children in the Juvenile Justice System; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to make recommendations regarding changes in policies, practices or capital expenditures in order to address issues involving the restraint and search of children within the juvenile justice system; requiring the Task Force to report its findings to the Governor and General Assembly on or before December 31, 2016; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Anthony Muse
Hearing 4/09 At 1:00 P.m. on 04/09/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Juvenile Services - Child Victims of Human Trafficking [HB-811]
[Human Rights ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Providing that, if a complaint filed with a Department of Juvenile Services intake officer alleges that a child violated specified laws relating to prostitution, the intake officer shall refuse authorization to file a delinquency petition with the juvenile court, shall immediately refer the child to a program that provides services for victims of human trafficking, may authorize shelter care, and, under specified circumstances, shall notify the local department of social services; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Smith
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/18/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Juvenile Law - Adjudication of Delinquency - Collateral Consequences [HB-634]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Requiring that, before a child admits to the commission of a delinquent act, the child's counsel inform the child in developmentally and age-appropriate language of specified collateral consequences that may result from an adjudication of delinquency.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen M Dumais
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary; Withdrawn on 02/22/2016