HB 294

Juvenile Court - Jurisdiction

Sponsor: Charlotte Crutchfield (District 19)Committee: JudiciarySubject: Juvenile LawStatus: Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Nov 15, 2022)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

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 certain acts.

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Testimony (59)

MGA witness list

FAV 52FavorableFWA 2Favorable with amendmentsUNF 5Unfavorable

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Freeman, Iman	Baltimore Action Legal Team	Written (PDF)
FAV	Rodriguez, Gianna	Baltimore Youth Arts	Written (PDF)
FAV	Tilghman, Marlon	Bridge Maryland, Inc	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Bartlett, Olivia	DoTheMostGood	Position only
FAV	Tompsett, Thomas	Harris Jones & Malone	Written (PDF)
FAV	Dold, Jameslobbyist	Human Rights for Kids	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Serpick, Evan	Jews United for Justice	Written (PDF)
FAV	Wallington, Keithlobbyist	Justice Policy Institute	Written (PDF)
FAV	McDonald, Ericka	LWVMD	Written (PDF)
FAV	Williams, Krystal	MARYLAND OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER	Oral
FAV	Stewart, Laura	MCCPTA	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Park, Liz	MD Association of Youth Service Bureaus	Written (PDF)
FAV	Dalessio, Donna	MOPD	Oral
FAV	Carlson, Bill	Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform	Written (PDF)
FAV	Caroom, Philip	Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform	Oral
FAV	O'Day, Garrettlobbyist	Maryland Catholic Conference	Written (PDF)
FAV	Razi, Fatima	Maryland Juvenile Justice Coalition (MDJJC)	Written (PDF)
FAV	Moroney, Nick	Maryland Juvenile Justice Monitoring Unit	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Egan, Jenny	Maryland Office of the Public Defender	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Watts, Kimberlee	Maryland Office of the Public Defender	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Frey, Leslie	Montgomery County	Written (PDF)
FAV	Barry, Margaret	Montgomery County Women's Democratic Club	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Goemann, Melissa	National Juvenile Justice Network	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Pope, Jeremiah	Office of Delegate Charlotte Crutchfield	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Levy, Brian	Office of the Public Defender	Oral
FAV	Powell, Rowan	On Our Own of Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Szilak, Maya	R Street Institute	Written (PDF)
FAV	Simon-Higgs, Liz	Showing Up for Racial Justice	Written (PDF)
FAV	Powell, Holly	Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)	Written (PDF)
FAV	Keipper, Lindsay	Showing Up for Racial Justice- Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	King, John	Strong Future Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Wilkerson, Alicelobbyist	Strong Future Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Borror, Amy	The Gault Center (formerly National Juvenile Defender Center)	Written (PDF)
FAV	Rovner, Josh	The Sentencing Project	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Egan, Ashleylobbyist	UULM-MD	Written (PDF)
FAV	Drayton, Brianna	Youth, Education and Justice Clinic (Maryland Carey Law)	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	frazier, derrell	mhamd	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Bair, Gary	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Crutchfield, Delegate Crutchfieldlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Doles, Devonie	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Joseph, Stephanie	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kasemeyer, Pam	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	King, John	Individual	Oral
FAV	Megginson, Howard	Individual	Oral
FAV	Mendoza, Michael	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Miicke , Sarahlobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Nalley, Justin	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Seel, Brian	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Socol, Maxlobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Spicyn, Natalie	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Thomson, Lillian	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Williams, DeVaughan	Individual	Oral
UNF	Coyne, Edward	Carroll County State's Attorney's Office/ MSAA	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Patashnick, Gavin	MSAA	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Culver, Allan	Maryland State's Attorney's Association	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Kroll, Steven	Maryland State's Attorneys' Association	Oral
UNF	mcavoy, vince	Individual	Oral
FWA	Jordan, Lisae Clobbyist	Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MCASA)	Written (PDF)
FWA	Kemerer, Hannibal	Office of Attorney General	Written (PDF)