HB 698

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Juvenile Law - Juvenile Court Jurisdiction - Age of Child

Sponsor: Kathy Szeliga (District 7A)Committee: JudiciarySubject: Juvenile LawStatus: Hearing 3/02 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Nov 9, 2023)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Altering the age, from 13 years old to 11 years old, at which a certain child is subject to the exclusive original jurisdiction of the juvenile court.

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Testimony (20)

MGA witness list

FAV 7FavorableUNF 12UnfavorableINFO 1Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Reiber, Will	Aberdeen Police Dept.	Oral
FAV	Shellenberger, Scott	Baltimore County State's Attorney's Office	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Kennedy, Sean	Maryland Public Policy Institute & Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Szeliga, Kathy	Maryland State Delegate	Written (PDF)
FAV	Consoli, Jr, Angelo	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Szeliga, Delegate Szeligalegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	mcavoy, vince	Individual	Position only
UNF	Tilghman, Marlon	Bridge Maryland, Inc	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Aanenson, Kara	DJS	Written (PDF)
UNF	Watkins, Ralph	League of Women Voters of Maryland	Written (PDF)
UNF	Gross, Michal	MARYLAND OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER	Oral
UNF	Caroom, Philip	Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform	Position only
UNF	Egan, Jenny	Maryland Office of the Public Defender	Oral
UNF	Walker, Evelyn	Maryland Office of the Public Defender	Oral
UNF	Frey, Leslie	Montgomery County	Written (PDF)
UNF	Goemann, Melissa	National Juvenile Justice Network	Written (PDF)
UNF	Rovner, Josh	The Sentencing Project	Position only
UNF	Jasen, Debi	Individual	Position only
UNF	Portera, Lucy	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
INFO	Seacrest, Logan	R Street Institute	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Aberdeen Police Dept.FAV 1

Baltimore County State's Attorney's OfficeFAV 1

Bridge Maryland, IncUNF 1

DJSUNF 1

League of Women Voters of MarylandUNF 1

Maryland Alliance for Justice ReformUNF 1

Maryland Office of the Public DefenderUNF 2

MARYLAND OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDERUNF 1

Maryland Public Policy Institute & Law Enforcement Legal Defense FundFAV 1

Maryland State DelegateFAV 1

Montgomery CountyUNF 1

National Juvenile Justice NetworkUNF 1

R Street InstituteINFO 1

The Sentencing ProjectUNF 1