HB 165

Custodial Interrogation of Minors - Admissibility of Statements

Sponsor: Gabriel Acevero (District 39)Committee: JudiciarySubject: Juvenile LawStatus: Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Establishing a certain rebuttable presumption that a statement made by a minor during a custodial interrogation is involuntary and is inadmissible in a juvenile or criminal proceeding against the minor if the law enforcement officer intentionally used information known by the officer to be false in order to elicit the statement.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list

FAV 13FavorableUNF 7UnfavorableINFO 1Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Hudson, Lee	Delaware-Maryland Synod, ELCA	Position only
FAV	Wilkins, Jheanelle	Legislative Black aucus of MD	Written (PDF)
FAV	Martinez, Ashanti	MD Legislative Latino Caucus	Written (PDF)
FAV	Carlson, Bill	Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform	Written (PDF)
FAV	Plante, Cecilia	Maryland Legislative Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Walker, Evelyn	Maryland Office of the Public Defender	Written (PDF)
FAV	Edwards-Luce, Aubrey	Sayra and Neil Meyerhoff Center for Families, Children and the Courts	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Phelps Jr, Ken	The Episcopal Diocese of Maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Warnken, Heather	University of Baltimore School of Law Center for Criminal Justice Reform	Position only
FAV	Chaudry, Zainab	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Acevero, Delegate Aceverolegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Jasen, Debi	Individual	Position only
FAV	Jeter, Mya	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Rose, Dave	Baltimore County FOP Lodge #4	Position only
UNF	Shellenberger, Scott	Baltimore County State's Attorney's Office	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Wilt, Laura	Frederick Co State's Attorney's Office	Written (PDF)
UNF	Jackson, Samiralobbyist	Licensed Clinical Professional Counselors of Maryland	Written (PDF)
UNF	Ball, Chaz	Maryland State Fraternal Order of Police	Oral
UNF	Gilbert, Patrick	Maryland State's Attorneys' Association	Written (PDF)
UNF	Meyerovich, Mark	Individual	Position only
INFO	Vormelker, Will	Maryland Judiciary	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Baltimore County FOP Lodge #4UNF 1

Baltimore County State's Attorney's OfficeUNF 1

Delaware-Maryland Synod, ELCAFAV 1

Frederick Co State's Attorney's OfficeUNF 1

Legislative Black aucus of MDFAV 1

Licensed Clinical Professional Counselors of MarylandUNF 1

Maryland Alliance for Justice ReformFAV 1

Maryland JudiciaryINFO 1

Maryland Legislative CoalitionFAV 1

Maryland Office of the Public DefenderFAV 1

Maryland State Fraternal Order of PoliceUNF 1

Maryland State's Attorneys' AssociationUNF 1

MD Legislative Latino CaucusFAV 1

Sayra and Neil Meyerhoff Center for Families, Children and the CourtsFAV 1

The Episcopal Diocese of MarylandFAV 1

University of Baltimore School of Law Center for Criminal Justice ReformFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

UNFJackson, SamiraLicensed Clinical Professional Counselors of MarylandRegistered for: Critical Response Group; Dell Technologies Inc.; Empower; Forward Financing; HDR Engineering, Inc.; Maryland Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs…