Juveniles - Arrest by Law Enforcement - Report to Local Department of Social Services
Sponsor: Ron Watson (District 23)Committee: Judicial ProceedingsSubject: Juvenile LawStatus: Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Nov 13, 2024)
What this bill does
Official synopsis
Requiring a law enforcement officer to make a certain report to a local department of social services after a certain arrest of a certain child under the age of 13 for purposes of a neglect investigation.
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Testimony (28)
MGA witness listFAV 20FavorableFWA 3Favorable with amendmentsUNF 5Unfavorable
| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Bowie, City Council | City of Bowie | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Price, Suzanne | Concerned Citizen | Position only |
| FAV | Hudson, Lee | Delaware-Maryland Synod, ELCA | Position only |
| FAV | Arshavsky, Svetlana | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Benjaminson, Heather | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Diefenbach, Linda | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Ditraglia, Frank | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | D’Orazio , Daniela | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Elbourn, James | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Gross, Kenneth | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Katz, Janet | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Lang, Alan | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Love, William | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Pedersen, Stacy | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Senator Watson, Senator Watsonlegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Sirkel, Robin | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Volkmar, Leslie | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Williams, Peggy | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | mcavoy, vince | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | sirkel, jess | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Proctor, Karessa | NASW Maryland | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Goemann, Melissa | National Youth Justice Network | Position only |
| UNF | Khalfani, Natasha | Office of the Public Defender Maryland | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Edwards-Luce, Aubrey | Sayra and Neil Meyerhoff Center for Families, Children and the Courts | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Blechinger, Alaina | Youth, Education, and Justice Clinic | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Watkins, Ralph | League of Women Voters of Maryland | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Gilbert, Patrick | Maryland State's Attorneys' Association | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Cross, Cashenna | NAACP | Oral |