Residential Child Care Programs - Transportation Companies - Regulation (Preventing Abduction in Youth Transport Act of 2025)
What this bill does
Prohibiting transportation companies that transport children to residential child care programs from using certain restraints unless there is a substantial likelihood of imminent serious physical harm to a child or others; prohibiting transportation companies that transport children to residential child care programs from picking up children between the hours of 9 p.m. and 6 a.m.; authorizing an individual and the Attorney General to bring a certain civil action against certain transportation companies; and applying the Act prospectively.
Analysis reads the bill text, the fiscal note, and the witness list. It is generated by Claude and reviewed by nobody, so check the source documents before you rely on it.
Testimony (0)
MGA witness list| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Grone, Rebecca | 11:11 Media Impact | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Hilton, Paris | 11:11 Media Impact | Oral |
| FAV | Eastgate, Jan | Citizens Commission on Human Rights | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Dougherty, Kimberly | Justice Law Collaborative, LLC - Law Firm | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Plante, Cecilia | Maryland Legislative Coalition | Position only |
| FAV | McNair, Lee | Unitarian Universalist Environmental Justice Ministry | Position only |
| FAV | Block, Emily | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Cole, Caroline | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Delegate Stewart, Delegate Stewartlegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Dobud, Will | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Paulsgrove, Valerie | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Stewart, Vaughn | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | TOWNSEND, LAURIE | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Tenney, PhD, MPhil, MPA, BPS, Lauren | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | stusek, sarah | Individual | Oral |
| FWA | Margolis, Leslielobbyist | Disability Rights Maryland | Oral + Written (PDF) |