HB 198

Did not advance

School Systems - Reportable Offenses - Notification of Student as Suspect

Sponsor: Mike Griffith (District 35A)Committee: Ways and MeansSubject: Primary and Secondary EducationStatus: Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m. (Ways and Means) (as of Sep 4, 2026)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring law enforcement agencies to notify the State's Attorney if a student is a suspect in an investigation of certain offenses and if the student no longer is a suspect; authorizing the State's Attorney to notify the local superintendent or the superintendent's designee if the student is a suspect in an investigation of certain offenses; and requiring the State's Attorney to notify the local superintendent or the superintendent's designee if a student is no longer a suspect in certain investigations.

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Testimony (24)

MGA witness list

FAV 11FavorableUNF 10UnfavorableINFO 3Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Paige, Lauren	Harford County Board of Education	Oral
FAV	Cassilly, Robert	Harford County Government	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Griffith, Delegate Griffithlegislator	Maryland House of Delegates	Written (PDF)
FAV	Healey, Alison	Maryland State's Attorney's Association	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Griffith, Delegate Griffithlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Lang, Alan	Individual	Position only
FAV	Meyerovich, Mark	Individual	Position only
FAV	Nelson, Mary	Individual	Position only
FAV	Nobles, Tammy	Individual	Oral
FAV	Rosa, Richard	Individual	Position only
FAV	Tibbals, Trudy	Individual	Position only
UNF	McDonald-McNeal, Kezia	Gibson-Banks Center for Race and The Law	Written (PDF)
UNF	Mills, Elizabeth	Juvenile Service Education Program	Written (PDF)
UNF	Ewing, Logan	Kennedy Kreiger Project HEAL	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Quinn, Kelly	Maryland Coalition to Reform to School Discipline	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Flanagan, Abbie	Office of the Public Defender	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Bradford, Levi	Public Justice Center	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Edwards-Luce, Aubrey	Sayra and Neil Meyerhoff Center for Families, Children and the Courts	Position only
UNF	Warnken, Heather	University of Baltimore School of Law Center for Criminal Justice Reform	Position only
UNF	Chaudry, Zainab	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Cichowski, Carol	Individual	Written (PDF)
INFO	Jackson, Samiralobbyist	MD Police Chiefs Assoc. and MD Sheriffs Assoc.	Written (PDF)
INFO	Mathias, Sam	Maryland Association of Boards of Education	Written (PDF)
INFO	Fannon, Mary Patlobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Gibson-Banks Center for Race and The LawUNF 1

Harford County Board of EducationFAV 1

Harford County GovernmentFAV 1

Juvenile Service Education ProgramUNF 1

Kennedy Kreiger Project HEALUNF 1

Maryland Association of Boards of EducationINFO 1

Maryland Coalition to Reform to School DisciplineUNF 1

Maryland House of DelegatesFAV 1

Maryland State's Attorney's AssociationFAV 1

MD Police Chiefs Assoc. and MD Sheriffs Assoc.INFO 1

Office of the Public DefenderUNF 1

Public Justice CenterUNF 1

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

University of Baltimore School of Law Center for Criminal Justice ReformUNF 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

INFOJackson, SamiraMD Police Chiefs Assoc. and MD Sheriffs Assoc.Registered for: Critical Response Group; Dell Technologies Inc.; Empower; Forward Financing; HDR Engineering, Inc.; Maryland Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs…

INFOFannon, Mary PatRegistered for: Public School Superintendents' Association of Maryland