SB 691

Enacted

Juvenile Justice Reform

Sponsor: Senator CarterCommittee: Judicial ProceedingsSubject: Juvenile LawStatus: Enacted under Article II, Section 17(b) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 41 (as of Nov 15, 2022)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Altering provisions of law relating to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, the juvenile intake process, and the placement of a certain child in detention or community detention; altering provisions of law relating to the authority of the juvenile court in making a disposition on a certain petition; specifying the authority of the juvenile court to place a child on probation under certain circumstances; requiring a certain report from the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services; etc.

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Testimony (30)

MGA witness list

FAV 25FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsUNF 3UnfavorableINFO 1Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Tolentino, Betsy	Asst. Secretary - Dept. of Juvenile Services	Oral
FAV	Tilghman, Marlon	Bridge Maryland, Inc	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Abed, Sec. Sam	Department of Juvenile Services	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Tolentino, Betsy	Department of Juvenile Services	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Dold, Jameslobbyist	Human Rights for Kids	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Schindler, Marc	Justice Policy Institute	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Gross, Michal	MARYLAND OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER	Oral
FAV	Park, Liz	MD Association of Youth Service Bureaus	Written (PDF)
FAV	O'Day, Garrettlobbyist	Maryland Catholic Conference	Oral + 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	Goemann, Melissa	National Juvenile Justice Network	Written (PDF)
FAV	LeGrande, David	Our Revolution, Howard County, MD	Written (PDF)
FAV	Szilak, Maya	R Street Institute	Written (PDF)
FAV	Wilkerson, Alicelobbyist	Strong Future Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Rovner, Josh	The Sentencing Project	Written (PDF)
FAV	Egan, Ashleylobbyist	UULM-MD	Written (PDF)
FAV	frazier, derrell	mhamd	Written (PDF)
FAV	Carter, Jill	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hogan, Keisha	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Kasemeyer, Pam	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Miicke , Sarahlobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Nalley, Justin	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Senator Carter, Senator Carterlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Senator Carter, Senator Carterlegislator	Individual	Oral
UNF	Katcef, William	Maryland State's Attorney's Association	Oral
UNF	Diefenbach, Linda	Individual	Position only
UNF	mcavoy, vince	Individual	Written (PDF)
FWA	Tomasello, Beth	Montgomery County Women's Democratic Club	Written (PDF)
INFO	Patashnick, Gavin	MSAA	Written (PDF)