Juvenile Law
Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Juvenile Law - Custodial Interrogation - Parental Consultation [SB-120]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing a child to consult with the child's parent, guardian, or custodian instead of an attorney before a law enforcement officer may conduct a custodial interrogation of the child.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Elizabeth Carozza
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/15/2024
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Custodial Interrogation of Minors - Admissibility of Statements [HB-169]
[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 Canceled on 02/01/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Juvenile Law - Electronic Harassment and Bullying - Inquiry by Intake Officer [HB-31]
[Children and Youth ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring a Department of Juvenile Services intake officer to forward a complaint that alleges a violation involving the misuse of electronic communication or interactive computer service and a related case file to the State's Attorney under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jon S Cardin
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/04/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Department of Juvenile Services - Firearm Offenses - Reporting [SB-73]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Department of Juvenile Services to report to the General Assembly, by January 1 each year, on the number of assessments completed during the intake process involving children who commit firearm offenses.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Anthony Muse
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/15/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Education - Financial Literacy Curriculum (Financial Literacy for All Act) [HB-138]
[Education ]
[Finance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the State Department of Education to update the Maryland State Curriculum for Personal Financial Literacy Education and corresponding financial literacy standards to include certain content; requiring the State Board of Education to develop online or virtual curriculum content in financial literacy, including a certain course; authorizing each county board of education to offer the financial literacy curriculum content in every public high school in the county for credit, beginning in the 2025-2026 school year; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marlon Amprey
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/12/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Juvenile Law - Juvenile Court Jurisdiction - Age of Child [HB-134]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Altering the age, from 13 years old to 11 years old, at which a certain child is subject to the exclusive original jurisdiction of the juvenile court.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nino Mangione
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/04/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Juvenile Law - Intake and Probation [SB-94]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering provisions of law relating to the juvenile intake process such that certain complaints and case files are required to be forwarded to the State's Attorney under certain circumstances; and altering provisions of law relating to the length of juvenile probationary periods.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Elizabeth Carozza
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/15/2024
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Juveniles - Truancy Reduction Pilot Program - Expansion [HB-1190]
[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: Rep. Luke Clippinger
Third Reading Passed (134-0) on 03/20/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
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Juvenile Court - Concurrent Jurisdiction - Juvenile Offenses on Military Installations [HB-749]
[Crime ]
[Military ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing that the jurisdiction of the juvenile court is concurrent with that of a federal court sitting in the State over certain proceedings involving violations of federal law by a child on a military installation if the federal court waives exclusive jurisdiction and the violation of federal law is also a crime under State law.
Sponsored by: Rep. Charlotte Agnes Crutchfield
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 727 on 05/16/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Juvenile Court - Jurisdiction - Gun Offenses (Juvenile Gun Offenses Accountability Act of 2023) [HB-753]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering the jurisdiction of the juvenile court to establish that the juvenile court has exclusive original jurisdiction over a child who is at least 10 years old alleged to have committed a certain offense involving the use or possession of a firearm.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus R Kipke
Hearing 3/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Child Advocacy Centers - Care Providers [HB-762]
[Children and Youth ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing procedures for child advocacy centers when there is a change in certain health care providers for children; and establishing that the Health Care Worker Whistleblower Protection Act applies to behavioral, mental, and other health care providers working with child advocacy centers to ensure their protection if raising concerns about center operations, services, and standards of care.
Sponsored by: Rep. David H. Moon
Hearing 3/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Juvenile Law – Community Detention [SB-703]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the definition of community detention to apply the program to children over whom a criminal court exercises jurisdiction.
Sponsored by: Sen. Judicial Proceedings
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Children Charged as Adults - Confinement [SB-704]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Repealing certain provisions requiring a certain court exercising criminal jurisdiction in a certain case involving a child to order the child to be held in a secure juvenile facility pending a certain determination, except under certain circumstances; requiring a certain child to be held in a certain secure juvenile facility while the child is awaiting trial or other legal process, except under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Judicial Proceedings
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/27/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Juvenile Law - Juvenile Court Jurisdiction - Age of Child [HB-698]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Altering the age, from 13 years old to 11 years old, at which a certain child is subject to the exclusive original jurisdiction of the juvenile court.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus R Kipke
Hearing 3/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Child Advocacy Centers - Care Providers [SB-503]
[Healthcare ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Establishing procedures for child advocacy centers when there is a change in certain health care providers for children at the center; and establishing that the Health Care Worker Whistleblower Protection Act applies to certain health care providers working with child advocacy centers to ensure their protection under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Anthony Muse
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Juvenile Law - Electronic Harassment and Bullying - Inquiry by Intake Officer [HB-403]
[Children and Youth ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Requiring a Department of Juvenile Services intake officer to forward a complaint that alleges a violation involving the misuse of electronic communication or interactive computer service and a related case file to the State's Attorney under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jon S Cardin
Hearing 2/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/01/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
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Criminal Law - Victims of Child Sex Trafficking and Human Trafficking - Safe Harbor and Service Response [SB-292]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering procedures that a law enforcement officer and a court are required to follow when the law enforcement officer or court has reason to believe that a child who has been detained is a victim of sex trafficking or a victim of human trafficking; providing that a minor may not be criminally prosecuted or proceeded against under certain provisions of law for a certain offense if the minor committed the offense as a direct result of being a victim of sex trafficking or being a victim of human trafficking; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Folden
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 686 on 05/16/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Department of Juvenile Services - Juvenile Felony Database [HB-358]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Department of Juvenile Services, in coordination with the Administrative Office of the Courts, to develop, maintain, regularly update, and publish on its website a searchable database of all offenses committed by juveniles that would be felonies if committed by adults; and prohibiting the database from containing certain identifying information.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dalya Attar
First Reading Judiciary on 01/26/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
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Criminal Law - Victims of Child Sex Trafficking and Human Trafficking - Safe Harbor and Service Response [HB-297]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering procedures that a law enforcement officer and a court are required to follow when the law enforcement officer or court has reason to believe that a child who has been detained is a victim of sex trafficking or a victim of human trafficking; providing that a minor may not be criminally prosecuted or proceeded against under certain provisions of law for a certain offense if the minor committed the offense as a direct result of being a victim of sex trafficking or being a victim of human trafficking; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David H. Moon
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 687 on 05/16/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Juveniles - Truancy Reduction Pilot Program - Expansion [SB-220]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Expanding, renaming, and altering certain provisions relating to a certain truancy reduction programs in certain juvenile courts; authorizing a county or circuit administrative judge to establish a certain Truancy Reduction and School Reengagement Program 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 on the participation rate, the outcomes and recommendations for program improvements to the General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Smith
Hearing 2/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/26/2023