Maryland Senate Bill 981 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on February 3 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-03-09 - Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requiring the Department of Juvenile Services to adopt regulations applicable to specified facilities that specify policies for the use of mechanical restraints on children; authorizing the transport of a child to or from a detention facility or hardware secure facility in mechanical restraints, except under specified circumstances and subject to specified conditions; prohibiting a child from being transported to or from a staff secure program in mechanical restraints, except under specified circumstances; etc.

Juveniles - Mechanical Restraints

Sen. Anthony Muse [D]

Sen. Joanne Benson [D]

Sen. Richard Madaleno [D]

Sen. Barbara Robinson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-09	Senate	Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
2017-03-01	Senate	Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m.
2017-02-03	Senate	First Reading Judicial Proceedings

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0981?ys=2017rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/sb/sb0981f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/fnotes/bil_0001/sb0981.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/votes_comm/sb0981_jpr.pdf