HB 952

Did not advance

Juvenile Sex Offender Registry - Qualifying Offenses and Access

Sponsor: Mike Griffith (District 35A)Committee: JudiciarySubject: Juvenile LawStatus: Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Authorizing a local superintendent or the superintendent's designee to access the Juvenile Sex Offender Registry; and adding certain offenses to the list of offenses for which a person adjudicated delinquent is required to be included in the juvenile sex offender registry.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list

FAV 11FavorableUNF 8Unfavorable

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Bulson, Sean	HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS	Oral
FAV	Cassilly, Robert	Harford County Government	Written (PDF)
FAV	Healey, Alison	Maryland State's Attorney's Association	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Gilbert, Patrick	Maryland State's Attorneys' Association	Written (PDF)
FAV	Giordano, Hassan	State's Attorney for Baltimore City	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Brown, Jamie	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Griffith, Delegate Griffithlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Griffith, Mike	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Lang, Alan	Individual	Position only
FAV	Mauer, William	Individual	Position only
FAV	Teufer, Tina	Individual	Oral
UNF	Berger, Meganlobbyist	Disability Rights Maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Jones, Brenda	Families Advocating Intelligent Registries (FAIR)	Written (PDF)
UNF	Shah, Riya	Juvenile Law Center	Written (PDF)
UNF	Quinn, Kelly	Maryland Coalition to Reform to School Discipline	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Aanenson, Karalyn	Maryland Department of Juvenile Services	Written (PDF)
UNF	Bergman, Stephen	Maryland Office of the Public Defender	Oral
UNF	Fieo, Alyssa	Maryland Office of the Public Defender	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Letourneau, Elizabeth	Moore Center for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse	Oral + Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Disability Rights MarylandUNF 1

Families Advocating Intelligent Registries (FAIR)UNF 1

Harford County GovernmentFAV 1

HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLSFAV 1

Juvenile Law CenterUNF 1

Maryland Coalition to Reform to School DisciplineUNF 1

Maryland Department of Juvenile ServicesUNF 1

Maryland Office of the Public DefenderUNF 2

Maryland State's Attorney's AssociationFAV 1

Maryland State's Attorneys' AssociationFAV 1

Moore Center for the Prevention of Child Sexual AbuseUNF 1

State's Attorney for Baltimore CityFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

UNFBerger, MeganDisability Rights MarylandRegistered for: Disability Rights Maryland