HB 1187

Juvenile Law - Juvenile Justice Reform

Sponsor: Luke Clippinger (District 46)Committee: JudiciarySubject: Juvenile LawStatus: Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 596 (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

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.

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Testimony (47)

MGA witness list

FAV 42FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsUNF 3UnfavorableINFO 1Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Breakstone, Hannah	Advocates for Children and Youth	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Tilghman, Marlon	Bridge Maryland, Inc	Written (PDF)
FAV	Schiraldi, Vincent	Columbia University	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Tardio, Sheri	Community Mediation Center of Calvert	Written (PDF)
FAV	Abed, Sec. Sam	Department of Juvenile Services	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Tolentino, Betsy	Dept. Juvenile Services	Oral
FAV	Tompsett, Thomas	Harris Jones & Malone	Written (PDF)
FAV	Dold, Jameslobbyist	Human Rights for Kids	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Blau, Samantha	Jews United for Justice	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Rips, Eve	Loyola University Chicago - Civitas ChildLaw Center	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Park, Liz	MD Association of Youth Service Bureaus	Written (PDF)
FAV	O'Day, Garrettlobbyist	MD Catholic Conference	Written (PDF)
FAV	Jordan, Lisae Clobbyist	Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MCASA)	Position only
FAV	Augarten, Ian	Maryland Office of the Public Defender	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Bergman, Stephen	Maryland Office of the Public Defender	Oral
FAV	Egan, Jenny	Maryland Office of the Public Defender	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Hall, Michele	Maryland Office of the Public Defender	Written (PDF)
FAV	Mehu, Natashalobbyist	Mayor's Office of Government Relations	Written (PDF)
FAV	Green, James	My Brother's Keeper Baltimore	Oral
FAV	Miles, Elijah	My Brother's Keeper Baltimore	Oral
FAV	Borror, Amy	National Juvenile Defender Center	Written (PDF)
FAV	Goemann, Melissa	National Juvenile Justice Network	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Kemerer, Hannibal	Office of Attorney General	Written (PDF)
FAV	Mooney, Emily	R Street Institute	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Kasemeyer, Pam	Schwartz, Metz & Wise, P.A.	Written (PDF)
FAV	Ichile-Mckenzie, Ongisa	Southern Marylanders for Racial Equality	Oral
FAV	King, John	Strong Future Maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Balis, Nate	The Annie E. Casey Foundation	Oral
FAV	Rovner, Josh	The Sentencing Project	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Nelson, Marta	The Vera Institute for Justice	Oral
FAV	frazier, derrell	mental health association of maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Brown, Shelly	Individual	Oral
FAV	Chaudry, Zainab	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Chavarria , Erika	Individual	Oral
FAV	Delegate Clippinger, Delegate Clippingerlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Glickman, Ilene	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Habash, Maya	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Henning, Kristin	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Hogan, Keisha	Individual	Oral
FAV	Nalley, Justin	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Spicyn, Natalie	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Taube, Oscar	Individual	Oral
UNF	Mansfield, Andrealobbyist	Maryland Chiefs of Police and Maryland Sheriffs' Association	Written (PDF)
UNF	Elalamy, Sara	Maryland Judiciary	Written (PDF)
UNF	mcavoy, vince	Individual	Oral
FWA	Tomasello, Beth	Montgomery County Women's Democratic Club	Written (PDF)
INFO	Patashnick, Gavin	MSAA	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Advocates for Children and YouthFAV 1

Bridge Maryland, IncFAV 1

Columbia UniversityFAV 1

Community Mediation Center of CalvertFAV 1

Department of Juvenile ServicesFAV 1

Dept. Juvenile ServicesFAV 1

Harris Jones & MaloneFAV 1

Human Rights for KidsFAV 1

Jews United for JusticeFAV 1

Loyola University Chicago - Civitas ChildLaw CenterFAV 1

Maryland Chiefs of Police and Maryland Sheriffs' AssociationUNF 1

Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MCASA)FAV 1

Maryland JudiciaryUNF 1

Maryland Office of the Public DefenderFAV 4

Mayor's Office of Government RelationsFAV 1

MD Association of Youth Service BureausFAV 1

MD Catholic ConferenceFAV 1

mental health association of marylandFAV 1

Montgomery County Women's Democratic ClubFWA 1

MSAAINFO 1

My Brother's Keeper BaltimoreFAV 2

National Juvenile Defender CenterFAV 1

National Juvenile Justice NetworkFAV 1

Office of Attorney GeneralFAV 1

R Street InstituteFAV 1

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

Southern Marylanders for Racial EqualityFAV 1

Strong Future MarylandFAV 1

The Annie E. Casey FoundationFAV 1

The Sentencing ProjectFAV 1

The Vera Institute for JusticeFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

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

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

FAVJordan, Lisae CMaryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MCASA)Registered for: Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault

FAVMehu, NatashaMayor's Office of Government RelationsRegistered for: Maryland Hospital Association; Maryland Patient Care and Access Coalition; Maryland Association of Certified Public Accountants; Maryland Academy of Advanced Practice Clinicians; Baltimore Washington Rapid Rail, LLC; Maryland Works, Inc.…

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.…