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Juvenile Child Sex Offenders - Juvenile Sex Offender Registry and Prohibition on In-Person School Attendance

Sponsor: Johnny Ray Salling (District 6)Committee: Judicial ProceedingsSubject: Criminal Law - ProceduresStatus: Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m. (Judicial Proceedings) (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Expanding the acts for which a child adjudicated delinquent is required to register with the juvenile sex offender registry and supervising authority; requiring law enforcement agencies and State's Attorneys to notify schools of certain information when a child is arrested for a certain offense; prohibiting a child from in-person attendance at a public school or a nonpublic school that receives State funds if the child has been convicted or adjudicated delinquent of certain offenses; etc.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list
FAV 18FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsUNF 16Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVGeraghty, LisaMoms for LibertyPosition only
FAVScott, SuzieMoms for Liberty MarylandWritten (PDF)
FAVBarnett, KathleenretiredPosition only
FAVAdams, JenniferIndividualPosition only
FAVBarnett, RobertIndividualPosition only
FAVBrown, JamieIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVDulin, AltheaIndividualPosition only
FAVEichman, GenevieveIndividualPosition only
FAVEsko, RebekahIndividualPosition only
FAVHart, KitIndividualPosition only
FAVHinkhaus, ShannonIndividualPosition only
FAVJohnson, JacquelineIndividualPosition only
FAVLang, AlanIndividualPosition only
FAVMeyerovich, MarkIndividualPosition only
FAVSenator Salling, Senator SallinglegislatorIndividualOral
FAVTibbals, TrudyIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVWentz, BrookeIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVwade, lauraIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFBerger, MeganlobbyistDisability Rights MarylandOral + Written (PDF)
UNFMargolis, LeslielobbyistDisability Rights MarylandWritten (PDF)
UNFJones, BrendaFamilies AdvocatingWritten (PDF)
UNFShah, RiyaJuvenile Law CenterWritten (PDF)
UNFCaroom, PhilipMaryland Alliance for Justice ReformPosition only
UNFQuinn, KellyMaryland Coalition to Reform to School DisciplineOral + Written (PDF)
UNFAanenson, KaralynMaryland Department of Juvenile ServicesWritten (PDF)
UNFBergman, StephenMaryland Office of the Public DefenderOral
UNFFieo, AlyssaMaryland Office of the Public DefenderOral + Written (PDF)
UNFDickerson, TaylorMaryland Psychological AssociationWritten (PDF)
UNFFrey, LeslieMontgomery CountyWritten (PDF)
UNFLetourneau, ElizabethMoore Center for the Prevention of Child Sexual AbuseOral + Written (PDF)
UNFBorror, AmyThe Gault Center (formerly National Juvenile Defender Center)Written (PDF)
UNFWarnken, HeatherUniversity of Baltimore School of Law Center for Criminal Justice ReformWritten (PDF)
UNF(MD), State of MarylandIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFZentz, KimIndividualPosition only
FWAsalling, johnnysenatorWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

UNFBerger, MeganDisability Rights MarylandRegistered for: Disability Rights Maryland
UNFMargolis, LeslieDisability Rights MarylandRegistered for: Disability Rights Maryland