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Residential Child Care Programs - Transportation Companies - Regulation (Preventing Abduction in Youth Transport Act of 2025)

Sponsor: Dawn Gile (District 33)Committee: FinanceSubject: Social Services - GenerallyStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 344 (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Prohibiting transportation companies that transport children to residential child care programs from using certain restraints unless there is a substantial likelihood of imminent serious physical harm to a child or others; prohibiting transportation companies that transport children to residential child care programs from picking up children between the hours of 9 p.m. and 6 a.m.; authorizing an individual and the Attorney General to bring a certain civil action against certain transportation companies; and applying the Act prospectively.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list
FAV 9FavorableFWA 4Favorable with amendments
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVPlante, CeciliaMaryland Legislative CoalitionPosition only
FAVMcNair, LeeUnitarian Universalist Environmental Justice MinistryPosition only
FAVCole, CarolineIndividualOral
FAVGile, SenatorIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVHilton, ParisIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVMauer, WilliamIndividualPosition only
FAVSenator Gile, Senator GilelegislatorIndividualOral
FAVSenator Gile, Senator GilelegislatorIndividualOral
FAVTenney, PhD, MPhil, MPA, BPS, LaurenIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FWAGoedeke, AnneCitizens Commission on Human Rights, National Affairs OfficeOral
FWAGovernment Affairs, Rachel SledgeDepartment of Human ServicesWritten (PDF)
FWAMargolis, LeslielobbyistDisability Rights MarylandOral + Written (PDF)
FWAMargolis, LeslielobbyistDisability Rights MarylandWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FWAMargolis, LeslieDisability Rights MarylandRegistered for: Disability Rights Maryland
FWAMargolis, LeslieDisability Rights MarylandRegistered for: Disability Rights Maryland