HB 449

Did not advance

Juvenile Justice Restoration Act

Sponsor: Stuart Michael Schmidt, Jr. (District 33B)Committee: JudiciarySubject: Juvenile LawStatus: Unfavorable Report by Judiciary (as of Sep 4, 2026)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Altering a certain provision of law authorizing a law enforcement officer to conduct an otherwise lawful custodial interrogation of a child if the child's parent, guardian, or custodian consents to the custodial interrogation of the child without the child's consultation with an attorney.

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Testimony (27)

MGA witness list

FAV 10FavorableUNF 17Unfavorable

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Shellenberger, Scott	Baltimore County State's Attorney's Office	Written (PDF)
FAV	Price, Suzanne	Concerned Citizen	Position only
FAV	Jackson, Samiralobbyist	MD Police Chiefs Assoc. and MD Sheriffs Assoc.	Written (PDF)
FAV	Culver, Allan	Maryland State's Attorney's Association	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Carter, Alita-Geri	Qualequity Access	Written (PDF)
FAV	Crisafulli, Matthew	Worcester County Sheriffs Office	Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Schmidt, Delegate Schmidtlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Lang, Alan	Individual	Position only
FAV	Robey, Erik	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Tibbals, Trudy	Individual	Position only
UNF	Patinella, Franklobbyist	ACLU of Maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Wilkerson, Alicelobbyist	Advance Maryland	Written (PDF)
UNF	Tilghman, Marlon	Bridge Maryland, Inc	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Dold, Jameslobbyist	Human Rights for Kids	Oral
UNF	Boddie-Willis, Cynthia	League of Women Voters of Maryland	Written (PDF)
UNF	Carlson, Bill	Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform	Written (PDF)
UNF	Watts, Kimberlee	Maryland Office of the Public Defender	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Dickerson, Taylor	Maryland Psychological Association	Written (PDF)
UNF	Healey, Alison	Maryland State's Attorney's Association	Oral
UNF	Lotridge, Keith	Office of the Public Defender,	Oral
UNF	Edwards-Luce, Aubrey	Sayra and Neil Meyerhoff Center for Families, Children and the Courts	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Quinn, Kelly	The Choice Program at UMBC	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Warnken, Heather	University of Baltimore School of Law Center for Criminal Justice Reform	Position only
UNF	Kaplowitz, Richard KAP	Year	Written (PDF)
UNF	Chaudry, Zainab	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Cichowski, Carol	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Hybl, Lois	Individual	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

ACLU of MarylandUNF 1

Advance MarylandUNF 1

Baltimore County State's Attorney's OfficeFAV 1

Bridge Maryland, IncUNF 1

Concerned CitizenFAV 1

Human Rights for KidsUNF 1

League of Women Voters of MarylandUNF 1

Maryland Alliance for Justice ReformUNF 1

Maryland Office of the Public DefenderUNF 1

Maryland Psychological AssociationUNF 1

Maryland State's Attorney's AssociationFAV 1UNF 1

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

Office of the Public Defender,UNF 1

Qualequity AccessFAV 1

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

The Choice Program at UMBCUNF 1

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

Worcester County Sheriffs OfficeFAV 1

YearUNF 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVJackson, 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…

UNFPatinella, FrankACLU of MarylandRegistered for: ACLU of Maryland; American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland

UNFWilkerson, AliceAdvance MarylandRegistered for: Advance Maryland

UNFDold, JamesHuman Rights for KidsRegistered for: Human Rights for Kids