Juvenile Law

State (Maryland)
Maryland 2022 Regular Session

Facilities - Disabilities, Juveniles, Behavioral Health, and Health Care - Plans [HB-297] [Disabilities ] [Healthcare ] [Mental Health ] [Public Health ] [Children and Youth ] [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 revision of safety plans related to the persons in the care of the facility; requiring residential centers and group homes to establish, implement, and revise a certain safety plan; requiring regulations adopted by the Behavioral Health Administration to include a revision for safety plans every 5 years; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel I Rosenberg Referred Rules on 04/09/2022

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Maryland 2022 Regular Session

Juvenile Court - Jurisdiction [HB-294] [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. David H. Moon Hearing 2/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/27/2022

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Maryland 2022 Regular Session

Juveniles - Reportable Offenses [HB-214] [Children and Youth ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Education ] [Public Safety ]
Requiring the Department of Juvenile Services to notify a certain local superintendent of schools or school principal of a school in which a student is enrolled or has transferred of a student's arrest for a reportable offense or one that is related to a student's membership in a criminal organization; and requiring the Department to provide certain educational programming information to a certain student.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Neil C Parrott Hearing 2/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/14/2022

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Maryland 2022 Regular Session

Juvenile Law - Child Interrogation Protection Act [HB-269] [Children and Youth ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Requiring a law enforcement officer who takes a child into custody, interrogates a child, or charges a child with a criminal violation to provide reasonable notice to the child's parents, guardian, or custodian; requiring the notice to include the child's location, the reason for the custody action, and instructions on how to make in-person contact; prohibiting the interrogation of a child by a law enforcement officer until the child has consulted with a certain attorney and notice has been provided to certain individuals; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mark S. Chang Referred Rules on 03/31/2022

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Maryland 2022 Regular Session

Department of Juvenile Services - Facilities - J. DeWeese Carter Center [SB-172] [Children and Youth ] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
Repealing an obsolete reference to the J. DeWeese Carter Center in a provision relating to certain facilities operated by the Department of Juvenile Services.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Judicial Proceedings Approved By The Governor - Chapter 219 on 04/21/2022

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2022 Regular Session

Juvenile Court – Jurisdiction [SB-165] [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 First Reading Judicial Proceedings on 01/12/2022

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Maryland 2022 Regular Session

Juvenile Law - Child Interrogation Protection Act [SB-53] [Children and Youth ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Requiring a law enforcement officer who takes a child into custody or charges a child with a criminal violation to provide actual notice to the child's parents, guardian, or custodian; requiring the notice to include the child's location, the reason for the custody action or charge, and instructions on how to make in-person contact; prohibiting the interrogation of a child by a law enforcement officer until the child has consulted with a certain attorney and a notice has been provided to the child's parents, guardian, or custodian; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee Overridden (30-16) on 04/09/2022

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Maryland 2022 Regular Session

Facilities - Disabilities, Juveniles, Behavioral Health, and Health Care - Plans [SB-3] [Disabilities ] [Healthcare ] [Mental Health ] [Public Health ] [Children and Youth ] [Public Safety ]
Requiring that regulations adopted by the Department of Juvenile Services governing juvenile care facilities and juvenile detention facilities include the establishment, implementation, and revision of safety plans related to the persons in the care of the facility; requiring residential centers and group homes to establish, implement, and revise a certain safety plan; requiring regulations adopted by the Behavioral Health Administration to include a revision for safety plans not less than every 5 years; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jill P Carter Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 513 on 05/29/2022

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2022 Regular Session

Juvenile Court Jurisdiction - Peace Orders - Repeal [HB-121] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Children and Youth ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
Repealing provisions granting the juvenile court jurisdiction over a peace order proceeding in which the respondent is a minor.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jon S Cardin First Reading Judiciary on 01/12/2022

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Maryland 2022 Regular Session

Education - Reportable Offenses, Student Discipline, and School Disruptions - Presence of an Attorney and Reporting [HB-146] [Education ] [Crime ] [Public Safety ] [Children and Youth ] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ]
Altering the definition of "reportable offense" to include only offenses that occurred off school premises, that did not occur at events sponsored by the school, and that involved certain crimes of violence; requiring the State Department of Education to issue a report to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 30 each year containing certain information about reportable offenses; requiring each county board of education to report annually to the Department information on certain school disruptions; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 742 on 05/29/2022

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2022 Regular Session

Correctional Education - Juvenile Services Education Program and Correction Education Teachers [HB-139] [Education ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Criminal Justice ] [Children and Youth ]
Providing that teachers in the Juvenile Services Education Program who are employed by the Department of Juvenile Services and teachers in an educational and workforce skills program who are employed by the Maryland Department of Labor are in the professional service in the State Personnel Management System; requiring the Director of Education and Workforce Skills Training for Correctional Institutions to set certain qualification standards for teachers in workforce skills training programs; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Eric G Luedtke Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 733 on 05/29/2022

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2021 Regular Session

Juvenile Court - Jurisdiction - Adults [HB-1338] [Children and Youth ] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ] [Crime ]
Repealing the jurisdiction of the juvenile court over an adult alleged to have willfully contributed to, encouraged, caused or tended to cause any act, omission, or condition which results in a certain violation or renders a child a delinquent child or a child in need of supervision; repealing the jurisdiction of the juvenile court over an adult alleged to have willfully contributed to, encouraged, caused or tended to cause any act, omission, or condition that renders a child in need of assistance; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen M Dumais Hearing 3/15 At 1:30 P.m. on 02/24/2021

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2021 Regular Session

Juvenile Services - Workgroup to Develop Evidence-Based, Research-Based, and Culturally Competent Practices [SB-905] [Children and Youth ] [Human Services ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ] [Community Development ] [Law Enforcement ] [Education ] [Crime ]
Requiring the Department of Juvenile Services and the Department of Human Services to convene a certain workgroup to increase accountability for prevention and intervention services delivered to children by the Department of Juvenile Services through evidence-based, research-based, and culturally competent practices; requiring the workgroup to complete a certain assessment and prepare and publish a certain inventory; requiring the workgroup to consider and identify certain factors in assessing certain practices; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Charles E. Sydnor Hearing Canceled on 02/26/2021

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2021 Regular Session

Juvenile Law - Dispositions - Placement Guidance [SB-875] [Children and Youth ] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Crime ]
Modifying the circumstances under which the juvenile court is prohibited from committing a child to the Department of Juvenile Services for out-of-home placement.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michael A. Jackson Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/09/2021

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Maryland 2021 Regular Session

Juvenile Law - Juvenile Justice Reform Council Extension and Grant Funding [SB-853] [Children and Youth ] [Criminal Justice ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Budget and Spending ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Crime ]
Requiring the Governor, beginning in fiscal year 2023, to appropriate at least $2,000,000 in the annual budget bill for a grant to Roca Baltimore, LLC; requiring the Juvenile Justice Reform Council to submit a supplemental report on its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by October 1, 2021; and extending the termination date of the Council to June 30, 2022.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jill P Carter Third Reading Passed (45-0) on 04/12/2021

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2021 Regular Session

Juvenile Law - Juvenile Justice Reform [HB-1187] [Children and Youth ] [Criminal Justice ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Budget and Spending ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Crime ]
Requiring the Governor, beginning in fiscal year 2023, to appropriate at least $2,000,000 in the annual budget bill for a grant to Roca Baltimore, LLC; requiring the Juvenile Justice Reform Council to submit a supplemental report on its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by October 1, 2021; and extending the termination date of the Council to June 30, 2022.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Luke Clippinger Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 596 on 05/30/2021

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2021 Regular Session

Juvenile Services - Workgroup to Develop Evidence-Based, Research-Based, and Culturally Competent Practices [HB-1121] [Children and Youth ] [Human Services ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ] [Education ] [Community Development ] [Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Department of Juvenile Services and the Department of Human Services to convene a workgroup with a public policy institute in the State to increase accountability for prevention and intervention services delivered to children by the Department of Juvenile Services through evidence-based, research-based, and culturally competent practices; requiring the workgroup to complete a baseline assessment and publish a certain inventory; requiring the workgroup to consider and identify certain factors; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Charlotte Agnes Crutchfield Referred Judicial Proceedings on 03/19/2021

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2021 Regular Session

Juvenile Law - Child Custodial Interrogation - Rights [HB-1116] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Children and Youth ] [Public Safety ]
Requiring that a child in custody be advised of certain rights before questioning; prohibiting any admission or confession resulting from the questioning of a child from being admitted into evidence except under certain circumstances; requiring that the parent, guardian, or custodian of a certain child be advised of the child's rights in certain circumstances; providing that a parent, guardian, or custodian may not waive certain rights on behalf of a child; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/02/2021

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2021 Regular Session

Juvenile Law - Dispositions - Placement Guidance [HB-1028] [Children and Youth ] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Crime ]
Modifying the circumstances under which the juvenile court is prohibited from committing a child to the Department of Juvenile Services for out-of-home placement.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Charlotte Agnes Crutchfield Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/02/2021

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Maryland 2021 Regular Session

Juvenile Court - Jurisdiction [HB-1029] [Children and Youth ] [Criminal Justice ] [Crime ] [Public Safety ]
Altering the jurisdiction of the juvenile court by repealing provisions specifying that the juvenile court does not have jurisdiction over a child at least a certain age alleged to have committed certain acts.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Charlotte Agnes Crutchfield Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/02/2021

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