SB 422

Juvenile Court - Jurisdiction

Sponsor: Chair, Judicial Proceedings CommitteeCommittee: Judicial ProceedingsSubject: Juvenile LawStatus: Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m. (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 19FavorableFWA 40Favorable with amendmentsUNF 7UnfavorableINFO 3Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Gregory, Henry	Baltimore Homa Community	Written (PDF)
FAV	Quarles, Antoin	Helping Oppressed People Excel (H.O.P.E.)	Position only
FAV	Virgin, Emilylobbyist	Human Rights for Kids	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Ashanti, Mary	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Agarin, Ufuoma	Legislative Black Caucus of Md	Written (PDF)
FAV	Clay, Regina	Life Change AME Church	Written (PDF)
FAV	Caroom, Philip	Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Aanenson, Karalyn	Maryland Department of Juvenile Services	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	East, Heather	Maryland Episcopal Public Policy Network	Written (PDF)
FAV	Orbe, Jr., Carlos	Maryland Latinos Unidos	Written (PDF)
FAV	Ryan, Elizabeth	N/A	Oral
FAV	Slayton, Kevin	Northwood Appold United Methodist Church	Written (PDF)
FAV	Speaks, Terry	Out for Justice	Position only
FAV	Blake, Sharon	Restore Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Davis, Andre	Retired Judge	Oral
FAV	Borror, Amy	The Gault Center (formerly National Juvenile Defender Center)	Written (PDF)
FAV	Brown, Miner	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee, Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee	Individual	Oral
FAV	Dadone, Mary	Individual	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	Mitchell, Karen	Maryland State's Attorney Association	Oral
UNF	Kroll, Steven	Maryland State's Attorneys' Association	Oral
UNF	Woodward, Carlotta	Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office	Oral
UNF	Dykes, Jamie	Office of the State's Attorney for Wicomico County	Oral
UNF	Giordano, Hassan	State's Attorney for Baltimore City	Written (PDF)
FWA	Patinella, Franklobbyist	ACLU of Maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Wilkerson, Alicelobbyist	Advance Maryland	Written (PDF)
FWA	RUBIN, ANNA	Anna Rubin	Written (PDF)
FWA	Tilghman, Marlon	Bridge Maryland, Inc	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Dixon, Monique	Gibson-Banks Center for Race and the Law, University of Maryland Carey School of Law	Oral
FWA	Flowers, Willie	HoCo NAACP	Written (PDF)
FWA	Salganik, Laura	Jewish Community Relations Council of Howard County	Written (PDF)
FWA	Lampel, Anita	Jews United for Justice	Written (PDF)
FWA	Love, Dayvon	Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle	Oral
FWA	Park, Liz	MD Association of Youth Service Bureaus	Written (PDF)
FWA	O'Day, Garrettlobbyist	Maryland Catholic Conference	Written (PDF)
FWA	Salter, Robin	Maryland Office of the Public Defender	Oral
FWA	Seagears, Erin	Maryland Office of the Public Defender	Oral
FWA	Watts, Kimberlee	Maryland Office of the Public Defender	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Dickerson, Taylor	Maryland Psychological Association	Written (PDF)
FWA	Goemann, Melissa	National Youth Justice Network	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Duckett-Randolph, Neka	Out 4 Justice	Oral
FWA	Edwards-Luce, Aubrey	Sayra and Neil Meyerhoff Center for Families, Children and the Courts	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Quinn, Kelly	The Choice Program at UMBC	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Rovner, Josh	The Sentencing Project	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Warnken, Heather	University of Baltimore School of Law Center for Criminal Justice Reform	Oral
FWA	Bergofsky, Linda	Individual	Written (PDF)
FWA	DeVaughn, Ashley	Individual	Position only
FWA	Ditz, Toby	Individual	Written (PDF)
FWA	Doyle, Rachel	Individual	Written (PDF)
FWA	Dratch, Tyler	Individual	Written (PDF)
FWA	Finch, Molly	Individual	Written (PDF)
FWA	Friedman, David	Individual	Written (PDF)
FWA	Greengrass, Mara	Individual	Written (PDF)
FWA	Jacobsohn, Deedee	Individual	Written (PDF)
FWA	Joseph, Stephanie	Individual	Written (PDF)
FWA	Krol, Devin	Individual	Written (PDF)
FWA	Landers, Claire	Individual	Written (PDF)
FWA	Massey, Michael	Individual	Written (PDF)