HB 12

Did not advance

Juvenile Sex Offender Registry - Qualifying Offenses and Access

Sponsor: Mike Griffith (District 35A)Committee: JudiciarySubject: Juvenile LawStatus: Hearing 1/29 at 2:00 p.m. (as of Sep 4, 2026)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Authorizing a local superintendent or the superintendent's designee to access the registry of juvenile sex offenders; and adding certain offenses to the list of offenses for which a person adjudicated delinquent is required to be included in the registry of juvenile sex offenders.

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Testimony (21)

MGA witness list

FAV 8FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsUNF 12Unfavorable

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Cassilly, Robert	Harford County Executive	Written (PDF)
FAV	Cairns, Peggy	Maryland Coalition Against Pornography	Position only
FAV	Mupanduki, Joanna	Maryland Crime Victims' Resource Center, Inc.	Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Griffith, Delegate Griffithlegislator	Maryland House of Delegates	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Brown, Jamie	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Griffith, Delegate Griffithlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Lang, Alan	Individual	Position only
FAV	Tibbals, Trudy	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Berger, Megan	Disability Rights Maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Margolis, Leslielobbyist	Disability Rights Maryland	Written (PDF)
UNF	Jones, Brenda	Families Advocating Intelligent Registries (FAIR)	Written (PDF)
UNF	Shah, Riya	Juvenile Law Center	Written (PDF)
UNF	Quinn, Kelly	MD Coalition to Reform School Discipline	Written (PDF)
UNF	Fox Tolentino, Betsy	Maryland Department of Juvenile Services	Written (PDF)
UNF	Bergman, Stephen	Maryland Office of the Public Defender	Oral
UNF	Fieo, Alyssa	Maryland Office of the Public Defender	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Letourneau, Elizabeth	Moore Center for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse	Written (PDF)
UNF	Lofgren, Ingrid	Public Justice Center	Written (PDF)
UNF	Edwards-Luce, Aubrey	Sayra and Neil Meyerhoff Center for Families, Children and the Courts	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Cichowski, Carol	Individual	Written (PDF)
FWA	Carter, Alita-Geri	Qualequity Access	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Disability Rights MarylandUNF 2

Families Advocating Intelligent Registries (FAIR)UNF 1

Harford County ExecutiveFAV 1

Juvenile Law CenterUNF 1

Maryland Coalition Against PornographyFAV 1

Maryland Crime Victims' Resource Center, Inc.FAV 1

Maryland Department of Juvenile ServicesUNF 1

Maryland House of DelegatesFAV 1

Maryland Office of the Public DefenderUNF 2

MD Coalition to Reform School DisciplineUNF 1

Moore Center for the Prevention of Child Sexual AbuseUNF 1

Public Justice CenterUNF 1

Qualequity AccessFWA 1

Sayra and Neil Meyerhoff Center for Families, Children and the CourtsUNF 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

UNFMargolis, LeslieDisability Rights MarylandRegistered for: Disability Rights Maryland