Maryland HB 588: Juveniles - Reportable Offenses

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HOUSE BILL 588
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HB 214/22 – JUD
By: Delegates Grammer, Arikan, Chisholm, Fisher, M. Morgan, Nawrocki, and
Szeliga
Introduced and read first time: January 23, 2025
Assigned to: Judiciary

A BILL ENTITLED

AN ACT concerning 1

Juveniles – Reportable Offenses 2

FOR the purpose of requiring the Department of Juvenile Services to notify a certain local 3
superintendent of schools or school principal of a certain student’s arrest for certain 4
offenses; requiring the Department to provide certain educational programming 5
information to a certain student; and generally relating to juveniles and reportable 6
offenses. 7

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 8
Article – Education 9
Section 7–303 10
Annotated Code of Maryland 11
(2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 12

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 13
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 14

Article – Education 15

7–303. 16

(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. 17

(2) “Criminal organization” has the meaning stated in § 9–801 of the 18
Criminal Law Article. 19

(3) “Law enforcement agency” means the law enforcement agencies listed 20
in § 3–101(e) of the Public Safety Article. 21

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(4) “Local school system” means the schools and school programs under the 1
supervision of the local superintendent. 2

(5) “Local superintendent” means: 3

(i) The county superintendent, for the county in which a student is 4
enrolled, or a designee of the superintendent, who is an administrator; or 5

(ii) The superintendent of schools for the: 6

1. Archdiocese of Baltimore; 7

2. Archdiocese of Washington; and 8

3. Catholic Diocese of Wilmington. 9

(6) “Reportable offense” means an offense that: 10

(i) Occurred off school premises; 11

(ii) Did not occur at an event sponsored by the school; and 12

(iii) Involved any of the following: 13

1. A crime of violence, as defined in § 14–101 of the Criminal 14
Law Article; 15

2. Any of the offenses enumerated in § 3–8A–03(e)(4) of the 16
Courts Article; 17

3. A violation of § 4–101, § 4–102, § 4–203, or § 4–204 of the 18
Criminal Law Article; 19

4. A violation of § 5–602, § 5–603, § 5–604, § 5–605, § 5–606, 20
§ 5–607, § 5–608, § 5–608.1, § 5–609, § 5–612, § 5–613, § 5–614, § 5–617, § 5–618, § 5–627, 21
or § 5–628 of the Criminal Law Article; 22

5. A violation of § 4–503, § 9–504, or § 9–505 of the Criminal 23
Law Article; 24

6. A violation of § 6–102, § 6–103, § 6–104, or § 6–105 of the 25
Criminal Law Article; 26

7. A violation of § 9–802 or § 9–803 of the Criminal Law 27
Article; 28

8. A violation of § 3–203 of the Criminal Law Article; 29

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9. A violation of § 6–301 of the Criminal Law Article; 1

10. A violation of § 9–302, § 9–303, or § 9–305 of the Criminal 2
Law Article; 3

11. A violation of § 7–105 of the Criminal Law Article; 4

12. A violation of § 6–202 of the Criminal Law Article; or 5

13. A violation of § 10–606 of the Criminal Law Article. 6

(7) “School principal” means the principal of the public or nonpublic school 7
in which a student is enrolled, or a designee of the principal, who is an administrator. 8

(8) (i) “School security officer” includes a school principal, another 9
school administrator, a law enforcement officer, or other individual employed by a local 10
school system or a local government who is designated by the county superintendent or a 11
school principal to help maintain the security and safety of a school. 12

(ii) “School security officer” does not include a teacher. 13

(9) “Student” means an individual enrolled in a public school system or 14
nonpublic school in the State who is 5 years of age or older and under 22 years of age. 15

(b) If a student is arrested for a reportable offense or an offense that is related to 16
the student’s membership in a criminal organization, the law enforcement agency making 17
the arrest: 18

(1) Shall notify the following individuals of the arrest and the charges 19
within 24 hours of the arrest or as soon as practicable: 20

(i) The local superintendent; 21

(ii) The school principal; and 22

(iii) For a school that has a school security officer, the school security 23
officer; and 24

(2) May notify the State’s Attorney of the arrest and charges. 25

(c) The State’s Attorney shall promptly notify either the local superintendent or 26
the school principal of the disposition of the reportable offense required to be reported under 27
subsection (b) of this section. 28

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(d) Except by order of a juvenile court or other court upon good cause shown, the 1
information obtained by an individual pursuant to subsections (b) [and], (c), AND (F) of 2
this section: 3

(1) Is confidential and may not be redisclosed by subpoena or otherwise 4
except as provided pursuant to subsections (e) and