Juvenile Law
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Primary and Secondary Education - Definition and Notification of Reportable Offense - Alterations [HB-526]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Altering the definition of "reportable offense" to remove the requirement that the offense occurred off school premises and did not occur at an event sponsored by the school; and requiring the Department of Juvenile Services to report to the local superintendent of schools and school principal for certain decisions made during a certain inquiry of a juvenile offender for certain offenses.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason C. Buckel
Hearing Canceled (ways And Means) And Hearing Canceled (judiciary) on 02/12/2025
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Gettr Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Juvenile Court - Jurisdiction [SB-422]
[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: Sen. Judicial Proceedings
Hearing 2/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/24/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Juvenile Law - Police Record Concerning a Child - Confidentiality Exception [SB-404]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing the public disclosure by the Office of the Attorney General of the name and age of a child injured or killed in a police-involved incident, subject to the express consent of the child's parent or guardian.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles E. Sydnor
Hearing 2/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/24/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Primary and Secondary Education - Definition and Notification of Reportable Offense - Alterations [SB-386]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Altering the definition of "reportable offense" to remove the requirement that the offense occurred off school premises and did not occur at an event sponsored by the school; and requiring the Department of Juvenile Services to report to the local superintendent of schools and school principal for certain decisions made during a certain inquiry of a juvenile offender for certain offenses.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Folden
Hearing Canceled (education, Energy, And The Environment) on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Minors Convicted as Adults - Sentencing - Transfer to Juvenile Court [SB-389]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
Establishing a presumption that the sentencing of a minor convicted as an adult should be transferred to the juvenile court, under certain circumstances, and authorizing the court to do so; and requiring the juvenile court to make a juvenile determination under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Folden
Hearing 2/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/24/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Minors Convicted as Adults - Sentencing - Transfer to Juvenile Court [HB-441]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing a presumption that the sentencing of a minor convicted as an adult should be transferred to the juvenile court, under certain circumstances, and authorizing the court to do so; and requiring the juvenile court to make a juvenile determination under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Charlotte Agnes Crutchfield
Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Juvenile Law - Police Record Concerning a Child - Confidentiality Exception [HB-366]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Data Privacy ]
Authorizing the public disclosure by the Office of the Attorney General of the name and age of a child injured or killed in a police-involved incident resulting in the death or injury of a child, subject to the express consent of the child's parent or guardian.
Sponsored by: Rep. Elizabeth M. Embry
Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Custodial Interrogation of Minors - Admissibility of Statements [HB-165]
[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: Rep. Gabriel Acevero
Hearing 1/30 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Juvenile Law - Probation and Treatment Services - Required Disposition (Parental Accountability Act) [SB-75]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Human Services ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the juvenile court to order certain probation for a child found to have committed certain delinquent acts or adjudicated to be a child in need of supervision because of habitual truancy; requiring probation of a child adjudged delinquent for certain acts or a child in need of supervision to include the adoption of a treatment service plan and providing the child and the child's family with certain services; and requiring the juvenile court to order a parent, guardian, or custodian to participate in a treatment service plan.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne C. Benson
Hearing 1/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/09/2025
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Frederick County - Juveniles - Truancy Reduction Pilot Program [HB-1479]
[Children and Youth ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing the Circuit Administrative Judge of the Sixth Circuit to establish a Truancy Reduction Pilot Program in the juvenile court in Frederick County.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Third Reading Passed (134-0) on 04/06/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Juvenile Law - Juvenile Crime Reform [HB-1437]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the jurisdiction of the juvenile court over a child who is at least 13 years of age alleged to have committed a certain offense; expanding a reporting requirement by the Secretary of Juvenile Services; and expanding a certain provision relating to data collection and analysis by the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin L. Grammer
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/04/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Facilities - Disabilities and Juveniles - Community Relations Plans [HB-1359]
[Disabilities ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Community Development ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring that certain regulations adopted by the Department of Juvenile Services governing juvenile care facilities and juvenile detention facilities include a requirement for the establishment, implementation, and review of certain community relations plans that include descriptions of certain processes and procedures; and requiring certain State residential centers and private group homes to establish, implement, and revise certain community relations plans.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel I Rosenberg
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/04/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Juvenile Law - Questioning of a Juvenile - Crime of Violence or Crime Involving a Firearm [HB-1248]
[Crime ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Providing that a law enforcement officer may conduct a certain interrogation of a child if probable cause exists for the law enforcement officer to believe that the child committed a certain crime of violence or a crime involving a firearm and the law enforcement officer has made an effort reasonably calculated to give actual notice to the child's parent, guardian, or custodian that the child will be interrogated.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ric Metzgar
First Reading Judiciary on 02/08/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Health - Child Advocacy Centers - Reporting Requirements and Investigations [HB-1100]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Mental Health ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring child advocacy centers to report annually to the Behavioral Health Administration certain information related to behavioral health care services provided at the center; requiring the Administration to include in its annual report certain information related to child advocacy centers; and authorizing the Secretary of Health to investigate certain complaints related to child advocacy centers.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jon S Cardin
Hearing 3/13 At 1:00 P.m. (health And Government Operations) on 02/12/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Health – Child Advocacy Centers – Reporting Requirements and Investigations [SB-1110]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring child advocacy centers to report annually to the Behavioral Health Administration certain information related to behavioral health care services provided at the center; requiring the Administration to include in its annual report certain information related to child advocacy centers; and authorizing the Secretary of Health to investigate certain complaints related to child advocacy centers.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Anthony Muse
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/04/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
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Frederick County - Juveniles - Truancy Reduction Pilot Program [SB-1039]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing the Circuit Administrative Judge of the Sixth Circuit to establish a Truancy Reduction Pilot Program in the juvenile court in Frederick County.
Sponsored by: Sen. Frederick County Senators
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 993 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Juveniles - Truancy Reduction Pilot Program - Expansion [SB-865]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Expanding, renaming, and altering certain provisions relating to a certain truancy reduction program in certain juvenile courts; authorizing a county or circuit administrative judge to establish a certain Truancy Reduction and School Reengagement Program as a problem-solving court in certain juvenile courts in accordance with rules adopted by the Supreme Court of Maryland; and requiring the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland to annually report certain information to the General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian J. Feldman
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Juvenile Law - Expedited Pretrial Status Hearing [HB-927]
[Crime ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring a magistrate for juvenile causes to determine a child's pretrial status within 24 hours after a child is charged with a violation involving a crime of violence, the unlawful possession of a firearm, or the unlawful taking or unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dalya Attar
Hearing 2/08 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/02/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Juvenile Law - Restrictive Housing - Limitations [HB-855]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Limiting the circumstances under which an incarcerated minor may be involuntarily placed in restrictive housing; 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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jazz Lewis
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Juvenile Law - Juvenile Justice Reform - Juvenile Court Jurisdiction [SB-792]
[Crime ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering the jurisdiction of the juvenile court to establish that the juvenile court has exclusive jurisdiction over a child who is at least 11 years old alleged to have committed a crime of violence or a crime involving the use or possession of a firearm or alleged to have committed any crime if the child has been arrested on two prior occasions.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Elizabeth Carozza
First Reading Judicial Proceedings on 02/01/2024