HB 1190

Did not advance

Criminal Law - Youth Accountability and Safety Act

Sponsor: Charlotte Crutchfield (District 19)Committee: JudiciarySubject: Criminal Law - Substantive CrimesStatus: Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Providing that a person who was a child at the time of the offense may not be found to have committed felony murder in the first degree under certain provisions of law unless the person was a principal in the first degree; and providing for a motion for review of a certain conviction under certain circumstances.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list

FAV 10FavorableFWA 5Favorable with amendmentsUNF 7Unfavorable

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Virgin, Emilylobbyist	Human Rights for Kids	Written (PDF)
FAV	Agarin, Ufuoma	Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	FARRELL, IAN	MAJR	Oral
FAV	Martinez, Ashanti	MD Legislative Latino Caucus	Written (PDF)
FAV	Caroom, Philip	Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Gallagher, E. Flannery	University of Baltimore Law School, Center for Criminal Justice Reform	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Barry, Margaret	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Crutchfield, Delegate Crutchfieldlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Gravatt, Steven	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Meadows, Lila	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Shellenberger, Scott	Baltimore County State's Attorney's Office	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Gallagher, George	Individual	Position only
UNF	Vormelker, Will	Maryland Judiciary	Written (PDF)
UNF	Healey, Alison	Maryland State's Attorney's Association	Oral
UNF	Lang, Alan	Individual	Position only
UNF	Mauer, William	Individual	Position only
UNF	Rosa, Richard	Individual	Position only
FWA	Cross, Dr Cashenna A	Councilwoman At-Large, Glenarden	Oral
FWA	Miller, Brandon	Gibson-Banks Center for Race and the Law	Written (PDF)
FWA	Crutchfield, Charlotte	Office of Delegate Charlotte Crutchfield	Written (PDF)
FWA	Mazur, Tyler	University of Maryland Francis Scott Carey School of Law	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Cichowski, Carol	Individual	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Baltimore County State's Attorney's OfficeUNF 1

Councilwoman At-Large, GlenardenFWA 1

Gibson-Banks Center for Race and the LawFWA 1

Human Rights for KidsFAV 1

IndividualUNF 1

Legislative Black Caucus of MarylandFAV 1

MAJRFAV 1

Maryland Alliance for Justice ReformFAV 1

Maryland JudiciaryUNF 1

Maryland State's Attorney's AssociationUNF 1

MD Legislative Latino CaucusFAV 1

Office of Delegate Charlotte CrutchfieldFWA 1

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

University of Maryland Francis Scott Carey School of LawFWA 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVVirgin, EmilyHuman Rights for KidsRegistered for: Human Rights for Kids