HB 315

Juvenile Law - Juvenile Interrogation Protection Act

Sponsor: J. Sandy Bartlett (District 32)Committee: JudiciarySubject: Juvenile LawStatus: First Reading Judicial Proceedings (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring a law enforcement officer who takes a child into custody to provide notice to the child's parents, guardian, or custodian in a manner reasonably calculated to give actual notice; prohibiting the interrogation of a child by a law enforcement officer until the child has consulted with a certain attorney and an effort to provide certain notice to the child's parent, guardian, or custodian has been made; requiring an interrogation of a child to be recorded under certain circumstances; etc.

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Testimony (63)

MGA witness list

FAV 52FavorableFWA 3Favorable with amendmentsUNF 8Unfavorable

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Joseph, Michael	ACLU Advocates for Chidren	Oral
FAV	DeVaughn, Ashley	Advocates for Children and Youth	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Comer, John	Architects of Justice	Oral
FAV	Lipscomb , Lauren	Baltimore City State's Attorney Office	Oral
FAV	Mosby, Marilyn	Baltimore City State's Attorney Office	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Kavanaugh, Ph.D., ABPP , Antoinette	Board Certified Forensic Psychologist	Oral
FAV	Young, David	Bridge Maryland, Inc.	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Ewing, Hamza	CAIR Office in Maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Nirider, Laura	Center on Wrongful Convictions, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Dold, Jameslobbyist	Human Rights for Kids	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Gaines, MarTaze	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Thomas, K	Individual	Oral
FAV	Lloyd, Rianna	Jews United for Justice	Written (PDF)
FAV	STERN, CAROL	Jews United for Justice	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Wallington, Keithlobbyist	Justice Policy Institute	Written (PDF)
FAV	Stoutmiles, Ebby	Juvenile Law Center/ MD Commission on Juvenile Justice	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Hurley, Katherine	King County (Washington) Department of Public Defense	Oral
FAV	McDonald, Ericka	LWVBCO	Written (PDF)
FAV	Williams, Krystal	MARYLAND OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER	Oral
FAV	Park, Liz	MD Association of Youth Service Bureaus	Written (PDF)
FAV	O'Day, Garrettlobbyist	MD Catholic Conference	Written (PDF)
FAV	Moroney, Nick	Maryland Juvenile Justice Monitoring Unit	Oral
FAV	Egan, Jenny	Maryland Office of the Public Defender	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Tomasello, Beth	Montgomery County Women's Democratic Club	Written (PDF)
FAV	Britt, Adiena	N/A	Position only
FAV	drizin, steven	Northwestern Pritzker School of Law/Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth	Oral
FAV	Hanson - Mundell, Nicole	Out for Justice	Oral
FAV	Esposito, Lindsay	SURJ - Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hauck, Barbara	SURJ Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Smeton, Jonathan	SURJ Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kasemeyer, Pam	Schwartz, Metz & Wise, P.A.	Written (PDF)
FAV	Towne, Ezra	Self and/or, TransMaryland, MoCo Prde Center	Written (PDF)
FAV	Simmons, Christina	Showing Up for Racial Justice Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Syrrakos, Holly	Takoma Park Mobilization	Written (PDF)
FAV	Benn, Sarahia	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Caucus, MD Latino	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Bartlett, Delegate Bartlettlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Feldman, Michelle	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Fertig, Benjamin	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Glickman, Ilene	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Habash, Maya	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Henning, Kristin	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kolp, Ande	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kukucka, Jeff	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Lloyd, Harold	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Luft, Emily	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Nalley, Justin	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Rehr, Nathan	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Richards, Elizabeth	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Spicyn, Natalie	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Wilkins, Katherine	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Yoder, Daryl	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Barton, Alvin	Baltimore County Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 4	Written (PDF)
UNF	Shellenberger, Scott	Baltimore County State's Attorney's Office	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Berry, Troy	Charles County Sheriff's Office	Oral
UNF	Patashnick, Gavin	MSAA	Oral
UNF	Mansfield, Andrealobbyist	Maryland Chiefs of Police and Maryland Sheriffs' Association	Written (PDF)
UNF	Spencer, Jerome	Maryland Chiefs' and Sheriffs' Associations	Oral
UNF	riley, joseph	Maryland State's Attorneys Association	Oral
UNF	Kroll, Steven	Maryland State's Attorneys' Association	Oral

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Organizations on record

ACLU Advocates for ChidrenFAV 1

Advocates for Children and YouthFAV 1

Architects of JusticeFAV 1

Baltimore City State's Attorney OfficeFAV 2

Baltimore County Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 4UNF 1

Baltimore County State's Attorney's OfficeUNF 1

Board Certified Forensic PsychologistFAV 1

Bridge Maryland, IncFWA 1

Bridge Maryland, Inc.FAV 1

CAIR Office in MarylandFAV 1

Center on Wrongful Convictions, Northwestern University Pritzker School of LawFAV 1

Charles County Sheriff's OfficeUNF 1

Human Rights for KidsFAV 1

IndividualFAV 2

Jews United for JusticeFAV 2

Justice Policy InstituteFAV 1

Juvenile Law Center/ MD Commission on Juvenile JusticeFAV 1

King County (Washington) Department of Public DefenseFAV 1

LWVBCOFAV 1

Maryland Chiefs of Police and Maryland Sheriffs' AssociationUNF 1

Maryland Chiefs' and Sheriffs' AssociationsUNF 1

Maryland Juvenile Justice Monitoring UnitFAV 1

Maryland Office of the Public DefenderFAV 1

MARYLAND OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDERFAV 1

Maryland State's Attorneys AssociationUNF 1

Maryland State's Attorneys' AssociationUNF 1

MD Association of Youth Service BureausFAV 1

MD Catholic ConferenceFAV 1

Montgomery County Women's Democratic ClubFAV 1

MSAAUNF 1

N/AFAV 1

Northwestern Pritzker School of Law/Center on Wrongful Convictions of YouthFAV 1

Out for JusticeFAV 1

Schwartz, Metz & Wise, P.A.FAV 1

Self and/or, TransMaryland, MoCo Prde CenterFAV 1

Showing Up for Racial Justice BaltimoreFAV 1

SURJ - BaltimoreFAV 1

SURJ BaltimoreFAV 2

Takoma Park MobilizationFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVDold, JamesHuman Rights for KidsRegistered for: Human Rights for Kids

FAVWallington, KeithJustice Policy InstituteRegistered for: Justice Policy Institute

FAVO'Day, GarrettMD Catholic ConferenceRegistered for: Maryland Catholic Conference

UNFMansfield, AndreaMaryland Chiefs of Police and Maryland Sheriffs' AssociationRegistered for: HDR Engineering, Inc.; Adventist HealthCare, Inc.; Alkermes; Alterwood Health, Inc.; American Chemistry Council; Amrize North America Inc., formerly Holcim Participations (US) Inc.…