Juvenile Law
Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Minors Convicted as Adults - Sentencing - Transfer to Juvenile Court [HB-170]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Requiring a court to consider certain factors before sentencing a minor convicted as an adult and to state on the record its consideration of the factors at the time of sentencing; 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. Terri Hill
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/20/2023
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Juvenile Court - Jurisdiction (Youth Equity & Safety Act) [HB-96]
[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. Charlotte Agnes Crutchfield
Hearing 3/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Custodial Interrogation of Minors - Admissibility of Statements [HB-76]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
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 under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gabriel Acevero
Hearing 1/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/17/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Juvenile Law - Child in Need of Supervision - Mandatory Petition and Notice (NyKayla Strawder Memorial Act) [SB-15]
[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 either delinquent or 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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill P Carter
Hearing 4/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/22/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
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Juvenile Court – Concurrent Jurisdiction – Juvenile Offenses on Military Installations [SB-115]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Military ]
[National Security ]
[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 under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael A. Jackson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 726 on 05/16/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Juvenile Court – Jurisdiction [SB-93]
[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. Jill P Carter
Hearing 2/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/26/2023
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Custodial Interrogation of Minors - Admissibility of Statements [HB-1374]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
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 under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary A. Lehman
Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Department of Juvenile Services - Juvenile Offense Database [HB-1142]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the Department of Juvenile Services, in coordination with the Administrative Office of the Courts, to develop, maintain, regularly update, and publish a searchable database of all offenses involving juveniles on its website; and prohibiting the database from containing certain identifying information.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel I Rosenberg
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
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Department of Legislative Services - Collection of Information Related to Public Safety, Criminal Justice, Corrections, and Juvenile Services [HB-1023]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the Department of State Police to collect, analyze, and disseminate, and law enforcement agencies to submit to the Department, certain information about law enforcement employees; altering the information that law enforcement agencies are required to submit to the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to include each serious officer-involved incident each year; requiring the Department of Legislative Services and the Department of State Police to enter into a certain memorandum of understanding; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 508 on 05/29/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Victims of Child Sex Trafficking and Human Trafficking - Safe Harbor and Service Response [SB-768]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering procedures that a law enforcement officer is required to follow when the law enforcement officer 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 in a criminal proceeding where the defendant is a minor or a delinquency proceeding against a child it is an affirmative defense of duress to certain offenses if the defendant or child committed the offense as a direct result of sex trafficking or being a victim of human trafficking; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee
Favorable With Amendments Report By Judicial Proceedings on 04/09/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Department of Legislative Services - Collection of Information Related to Public Safety, Criminal Justice, Corrections, and Juvenile Services [SB-785]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, the Department of State Police, the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission, and the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services to provide certain information related to public safety and criminal justice in a certain manner to the Department of Legislative Services on or before a certain date each year; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Minors Convicted as Adults - Sentencing - Transfer to Juvenile Court [SB-769]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring a court to consider certain factors before sentencing a minor convicted as an adult; 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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee
Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Juveniles Charged as Adults - Confinement [HB-877]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
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; providing Baltimore City is not required to comply with the provisions of the Act until October 1, 2022; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Judiciary
Hearing 3/24 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/18/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
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Juvenile Justice Reform [SB-691]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering provisions of law relating to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, the juvenile intake process, and the placement of a certain child in detention or community detention; altering provisions of law relating to the authority of the juvenile court in making a disposition on a certain petition; specifying the authority of the juvenile court to place a child on probation under certain circumstances; requiring a certain report from the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill P Carter
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(b) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 41 on 04/09/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Juveniles - Truancy Reduction Pilot Program - Expansion [SB-668]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
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 Engagement Program in certain juvenile courts in accordance with rules adopted by the Court of Appeals; and requiring the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals to annually report certain information to the General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Smith
Hearing 3/31 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/23/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Victims of Child Sex Trafficking and Human Trafficking - Safe Harbor and Service Response [HB-833]
[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 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 sex trafficking or being a victim of human trafficking; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brooke Elizabeth Lierman
Senate Conference Committee Appointed (senators Lee, Carter And Cassilly) on 04/11/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Minors Convicted as Adults – Sentencing – Transfer to Juvenile Court [HB-754]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring a court to consider certain factors before sentencing a minor convicted as an adult; 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 authorizing the juvenile court to simultaneously make a juvenile determination and determine an adult sentence.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lesley J. Lopez
Hearing 2/17 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Juveniles – Truancy Reduction Pilot Program – Expansion [HB-823]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Expanding, renaming, and altering certain provisions relating to a certain truancy reduction program in certain juvenile courts; and authorizing a county or circuit administrative judge to establish a certain Truancy Reduction and School Engagement Program in certain juvenile courts in accordance with rules adopted by the Court of Appeals.
Sponsored by: Rep. Luke Clippinger
First Reading Judiciary on 02/03/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
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Juvenile Justice Reform [HB-459]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering provisions of law relating to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, the juvenile intake process, and the placement of a certain child in detention or community detention; altering provisions of law relating to the authority of the juvenile court in making a disposition on a certain petition; specifying the authority of the juvenile court to place a child on probation under certain circumstances; establishing the Commission on Juvenile Justice Reform and Emerging and Best Practices; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Luke Clippinger
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(b) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 42 on 04/09/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Juvenile Law - Informal Adjustment [HB-360]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Authorizing the juvenile court to refer a certain matter to the Department of Juvenile Services for a certain informal adjustment if the time for a certain adjudicatory hearing has been waived and the petition is not the result of an unsuccessful informal adjustment; and requiring a certain petition to be dismissed if a certain informal adjustment is successfully completed.
Sponsored by: Rep. Geraldine Valentino-Smith
Hearing 2/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/27/2022