HB 272

Did not advance

Juveniles – Sexting

Sponsor: Luke Clippinger (District 46)Committee: JudiciarySubject: Criminal Law - Substantive CrimesStatus: First Reading Judicial Proceedings (as of Nov 6, 2020)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Establishing a certain mitigating factor in a certain juvenile court proceeding against a child for a certain violation; requiring and authorizing the juvenile court to take certain actions in making a certain disposition on a certain finding; prohibiting the juvenile court from taking certain actions in making a certain disposition on a certain finding; establishing that a child who is found by the juvenile court to have violated a certain provision of law is not subject to certain sex offender registration; etc.

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Testimony (15)

MGA witness list

FAV 9FavorableFWA 2Favorable with amendmentsUNF 4Unfavorable

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Williams, Carrie	Attorney General	Written (PDF)
FAV	Jone, Brenda	Families Advocating	Written (PDF)
FAV	Patashnick, Gavin	HCSAO/MSAA	Oral
FAV	Niemann, Doyle	MD State Bar Association	Written (PDF)
FAV	KING, JOYCE	MSAA	Oral
FAV	WILT, LAURA	MSAA	Oral
FAV	Cairns, Peggy	Md. Coalition Against Pornography	Oral
FAV	Shallenberger, Scott	State's Attorney for Baltimore County	Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Clippinger, Delegate Clippingerlegislator	Individual	Position only
UNF	Flores, Ricardo	OPD	Oral
UNF	Gross, Michal	OPD	Oral
UNF	Shapiro, Melanielobbyist	OPD	Oral
UNF	mcavoy, v	Individual	Oral
FWA	Jordan, Lisae Clobbyist	MD Coalition Against Sexual Assault	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Ruth, Laure	WLC of Maryland	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Attorney GeneralFAV 1

Families AdvocatingFAV 1

HCSAO/MSAAFAV 1

MD Coalition Against Sexual AssaultFWA 1

MD State Bar AssociationFAV 1

Md. Coalition Against PornographyFAV 1

MSAAFAV 2

OPDUNF 3

State's Attorney for Baltimore CountyFAV 1

WLC of MarylandFWA 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

UNFShapiro, MelanieOPDRegistered for: Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence

FWAJordan, Lisae CMD Coalition Against Sexual AssaultRegistered for: Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault