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SENATE BILL 111
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HB 1032/23 – JUD (PRE–FILED) CF 4lr1343
By: Senator Sydnor
Requested: October 31, 2023
Introduced and read first time: January 10, 2024
Assigned to: Judicial Proceedings
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Criminal Procedure – Protection of Identity of Minor Victim 2
FOR the purpose of requiring, with a certain exception, a party or nonparty making a 3
certain filing in a criminal or juvenile delinquency case to redact certain identifying 4
information relating to a minor victim that appears in the filing; authorizing the 5
Supreme Court of Maryland to adopt rules requiring or authorizing a person making 6
a redacted filing under this Act to also file an unredacted copy under seal; and 7
generally relating to protection of victims. 8
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 9
Article – Criminal Procedure 10
Section 11–301 11
Annotated Code of Maryland 12
(2018 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 13
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 14
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 15
Article – Criminal Procedure 16
11–301. 17
(A) On motion of the State or on request of a victim or witness, during a criminal 18
trial or a juvenile delinquency adjudicatory hearing, a court may prohibit the release of the 19
address or telephone number of the victim or witness unless the court determines that good 20
cause is shown for the release of the information. 21
(B) (1) (I) IN THIS SUBSECTION THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE 22
MEANINGS INDICATED . 23 2 SENATE BILL 111
(II) “IDENTIFYING INFORMATI ON” MEANS THE NAME OF , AND 1
ANY OTHER INFORMATIO N THAT COULD REASONA BLY BE EXPECTED TO I DENTIFY, A 2
MINOR VICTIM. 3
(III) “MINOR VICTIM ” MEANS A VICTIM OF A CRIME OR 4
DELINQUENT ACT WHO WAS A MINOR AT THE TIME THAT THE CRIME OR DELINQUENT 5
ACT OCCURRED . 6
(2) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY O THER LAW, UNLESS THE COURT FIN DS 7
BY CLEAR AND CONVINC ING EVIDENCE THAT TH ERE IS GOOD CAUSE TO ORDER 8
OTHERWISE, A PARTY OR NONPARTY MAKING AN ELECTRONIC OR PAPER COURT 9
FILING, INCLUDING THE FILING OF A CHARGING DOCUME NT, IN A CRIMINAL OR 10
JUVENILE DELINQUENCY CASE SHALL REDACT AN Y IDENTIFYING INFORM ATION 11
THAT APPEARS IN THE FILING. 12
(3) THE SUPREME COURT OF MARYLAND MAY ADOPT RU LES 13
REQUIRING OR AUTHORI ZING A PERSON MAKING A REDACTED FILING UNDE R 14
PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION T O ALSO FILE AN UNRED ACTED COPY UNDER 15
SEAL. 16
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 17
October 1, 2024. 18