| MD | SB323 | Pass | 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 any crime punishable by life imprisonment; requiring an intake officer to aut...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 609 |
| MD | HB552 | Pass | Establishing the Commission on the House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children; requiring the Commission to direct and oversee the investigation by contracting with qualified professional experts, universities, research institutions, an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 608 |
| MD | SB524 | Pass | Establishing that certain provisions of law relating to the confidentiality of juvenile police records and court records do not prohibit access to and confidential use of certain records by the Baltimore City Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Safety and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 733 |
| MD | HB776 | Pass | Requiring an intake officer to file a petition alleging that a child under the age of 13 years is 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 o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 635 |
| MD | SB715 | Pass | Authorizing the Circuit Administrative Judge of the Fourth Circuit to establish a Truancy Reduction Pilot Program in the juvenile court in Washington County.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 812 |
| MD | SB776 | Pass | Establishing the Commission on the House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children to research the history, operations, and resident deaths at the House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children and provide a complete and public a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 607 |
| MD | HB1457 | Pass | Authorizing the Circuit Administrative Judge of the Fourth Circuit to establish a Truancy Reduction Pilot Program in the juvenile court in Washington County.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 811 |
| MD | SB180 | Engross
Sine Die | Providing that it is lawful for a person to intercept an oral communication if the person is working as a fair housing tester for a fair housing testing program operated by the federal government, the State, a local government, or a nonprofit civil r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (113-19) |
| MD | HB921 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering certain requirements for regulations adopted by the Department of Juvenile Services relating to the placement of a minor in restrictive housing and confinement; requiring that locked door seclusion and restraints be used only when all less r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-25
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB1058 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing the Youth Delinquency Prevention Fund to provide grants to community-based programs that provide services for youth suicide prevention, drug and alcohol use prevention, and youth development, and to ameliorate conditions that contribute ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-19
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB737 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the juvenile court to order certain probation for a child found to have committed certain delinquent acts more than once or adjudicated to be a child in need of supervision more than once because of habitual truancy; requiring probation of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-09
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB449 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering a certain provision of law authorizing a law enforcement officer to conduct an otherwise lawful custodial interrogation of a child if the child's parent, guardian, or custodian consents to the custodial interrogation of the child without the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-23
Unfavorable Report by Judiciary |
| MD | SB436 | Intro
Sine Die | 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 determin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-23
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB716 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering a provision of law relating to charging a law enforcement officer with a crime to include a special police officer for the Maryland Judiciary.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-12
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB1145 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing that certain provisions of law relating to the confidentiality of juvenile police records and court records do not prohibit access to and confidential use of certain records by the Baltimore City Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Safety and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB537 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Youth Delinquency Prevention Fund.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-05
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB626 | Intro
Sine Die | 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 use...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-02
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB409 | Intro
Sine Die | 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 any crime punishable by life imprisonment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-29
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB475 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting the Department of Juvenile Services from hiring or retaining an individual convicted of certain crimes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-29
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB296 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering and establishing certain provisions relating to the detention, confinement, and transportation of children arrested, convicted, or awaiting trial for certain offenses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-22
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB389 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering and establishing certain provisions relating to the detention, confinement, and transportation of children arrested, convicted, or awaiting trial on certain charges.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-22
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB12 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing a local superintendent or the superintendent's designee to access the registry of juvenile sex offenders; and adding certain offenses to the list of offenses for which a person adjudicated delinquent is required to be included in the regi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB309 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a person from being stopped, detained, or arrested for certain civil offenses while the individual is in a judicial facility or is traveling within 1 mile of a judicial facility for the purpose of attending a meeting, a hearing, or anothe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
