HB 1433

Juvenile Court - Jurisdiction

Sponsor: Karen Toles (District 25)Committee: JudiciarySubject: Juvenile LawStatus: Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary) (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Altering the jurisdiction of the juvenile court by repealing provisions specifying that the juvenile court does not have jurisdiction over a child alleged to have committed certain acts.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list

FAV 24FavorableFWA 42Favorable with amendmentsUNF 6UnfavorableINFO 1Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Palmer, Equire, Rev. Ryan	7th Baptist Church	Oral
FAV	Elkoshairi, Yasmeen	CAIR	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Emerson, Katrina	District Heights Family and Youth Services Bureau	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Cure, Gen	GC	Written (PDF)
FAV	Dixon, Monique	Gibson-Banks Center for Race and the Law, University of Maryland Carey School of Law	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Virgin, Emilylobbyist	Human Rights for Kids	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Grandpre, Lawrence	Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle	Oral
FAV	Agarin, Ufuoma	Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Natesan, Krishnan	Love AME Church	Position only
FAV	Caroom, Philip	Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Aanenson, Karalyn	Maryland Department of Juvenile Services	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	TOLES, KAREN	Maryland General Assembly	Oral
FAV	Ryan, Elizabeth	N/A	Oral
FAV	McKoy, Michele	NAACP; NC100BW	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Blake, Sharon	Restore Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	SWASC, UM	Social Work Advocates for Social Change	Written (PDF)
FAV	Finigan-Carr, Nadine	UMB: Center for Violence Prevention	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	McNair, Lee	Unitarian Universalist Environmental Justice Ministry	Position only
FAV	Palmer, Antonio	United Black Clergy of Anne Arundel County, Inc.	Written (PDF)
FAV	Smith, Taj	Washington County NAACP Branch 7030B	Written (PDF)
FAV	Ashraf, Iqra	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Brown, Miner	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Toles, Delegate Toleslegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Yeary, S. Todd	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	rosenblatt, catharine	Baltimore City State's Attorney's Office	Oral
UNF	Shellenberger, Scott	Baltimore County State's Attorney's Office	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Healey, Alison	Maryland State's Attorney's Association	Oral
UNF	Selden, Trina	Out for Justice	Oral
UNF	Lang, Alan	Individual	Position only
UNF	Mauer, William	Individual	Position only
FWA	Patinella, Franklobbyist	ACLU of Maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Wilkerson, Alicelobbyist	Advance Maryland	Written (PDF)
FWA	Tillett, Stephen	Asbury Broadneck United Methodist Church	Written (PDF)
FWA	Tilghman, Marlon	Bridge Maryland, Inc	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Davis, Charles	Full Gospel Baptist Church	Written (PDF)
FWA	Flowers, Willie	HoCo NAACP	Written (PDF)
FWA	Lampel, Anita	Jews United for Justice	Written (PDF)
FWA	Caplan, Karen	Karen D. Caplan	Written (PDF)
FWA	Dartigue, Natasha	MARYLAND OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER	Oral
FWA	Williams, Krystal	MD Office of the Public Defender	Oral
FWA	Flowers, Willie	MOPD	Written (PDF)
FWA	O'Day, Garrettlobbyist	Maryland Catholic Conference	Written (PDF)
FWA	Watts, Kimberlee	Maryland Office of the Public Defender	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Goemann, Melissa	National Youth Justice Network	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Duckett-Randolph, Neka	Out 4 Justice	Oral
FWA	Watts, Lydia	Rebuild, Overcome, and Rise (ROAR) Center at UMB	Written (PDF)
FWA	Edwards-Luce, Aubrey	Sayra and Neil Meyerhoff Center for Families, Children and the Courts	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	mcdaniel, mikkyo	Senator Carter Aide	Written (PDF)
FWA	Quinn, Kelly	The Choice Program at UMBC	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Rovner, Josh	The Sentencing Project	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	PEAK, GERI	Two Gems Consulting Services	Written (PDF)
FWA	Gallagher, E. Flannery	University of Baltimore Law School, Center for Criminal Justice Reform	Oral
FWA	Kaplowitz, Richard KAP	Year	Written (PDF)
FWA	Reeder, Julie	Youth As Resources (YAR)	Written (PDF)
FWA	Asin, Steven	Individual	Written (PDF)
FWA	Bergofsky, Linda	Individual	Written (PDF)
FWA	Brooks, Monica	Individual	Written (PDF)
FWA	Ditz, Toby	Individual	Written (PDF)
FWA	Dratch, Tyler	Individual	Written (PDF)
FWA	Eastham, Franklin	Individual	Written (PDF)