HB 1265

Did not advanceEmergency bill

Education - Reportable Offenses and Prohibited Behavior on School Grounds - Alterations

Sponsor: Chair, Ways and Means CommitteeCommittee: Ways and MeansSubject: Juvenile LawStatus: Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment) (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Altering the offenses that constitute 'reportable offenses' that a law enforcement agency must report to certain school personnel under certain circumstances; altering certain provisions relating to the provision of notification to certain school personnel of the arrest of a student for a certain reportable offense; requiring the State Department of Education to develop an operational protocol to guide the transmission of reportable offense information; etc.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list

FAV 10FavorableFWA 5Favorable with amendmentsUNF 1UnfavorableINFO 7Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Pogue, Kimberly	Juvenile Services Education Program	Written (PDF)
FAV	Quinn, Kelly	Maryland Coalition to Reform to School Discipline	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Aanenson, Karalyn	Maryland Department of Juvenile Services	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Flanagan, Abbie	Office of the Public Defender	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Coleman, Ryan	President, Randallstown NAACP	Position only
FAV	Bradford, Levi	Public Justice Center	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Chair, Ways and Means Committee, Chair, Ways and Means Committee	Individual	Oral
FAV	Chair, Ways and Means Committee, Chair, Ways and Means Committee	Individual	Oral
FAV	Ewing, Logan	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Mauer, William	Individual	Position only
UNF	Wieland, Tom	Ritchie Pharmacy , Brooklyn Park, Md.	Position only
FWA	Pogue, Kimberly	Juvenile Services Education Program	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Mathias, Sam	Maryland Association of Boards of Education	Written (PDF)
FWA	Aanenson, Karalyn	Maryland Department of Juvenile Services	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Fannon, Mary Patlobbyist	Individual	Oral
FWA	Fannon, Mary Patlobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)
INFO	Howard County, Staff	Board of Education of Howard County	Written (PDF)
INFO	Howard County, Staff	Board of Education of Howard County	Written (PDF)
INFO	Mathias, Sam	Maryland Association of Boards of Education	Written (PDF)
INFO	O'Day, Garrettlobbyist	Maryland Catholic Conference	Written (PDF)
INFO	O'Day, Garrettlobbyist	Maryland Catholic Conference	Written (PDF)
INFO	Houck, Madeline	Maryland State Department of Education	Written (PDF)
INFO	Houck, Madeline	Maryland State Department of Education	Written (PDF)