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SENATE BILL 111
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HB 1032/23 – JUD (PRE–FILED) CF HB 458
By: Senator Sydnor
Requested: October 31, 2023
Introduced and read first time: January 10, 2024
Assigned to: Judicial Proceedings
Committee Report: Favorable with amendments
Senate action: Adopted
Read second time: February 12, 2024
CHAPTER ______
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 providing 7
that a court or a party in a criminal or juvenile delinquency case may not disclose or 8
allow inspection of a certain court filing to a nonparty unless the court or the party 9
redacts certain identifying information relating to a minor victim that appears in the 10
filing, subject to a certain exception; and generally relating to protection of victims. 11
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 12
Article – Criminal Procedure 13
Section 11–301 14
Annotated Code of Maryland 15
(2018 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 16
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 17
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 18
Article – Criminal Procedure 19
11–301. 20 2 SENATE BILL 111
(A) On motion of the State or on request of a victim or witness, during a criminal 1
trial or a juvenile delinquency adjudicatory hearing, a court may prohibit the release of the 2
address or telephone number of the victim or witness unless the court determines that good 3
cause is shown for the release of the information. 4
(B) (1) (I) IN THIS SUBSECTION TH E FOLLOWING WORDS HA VE THE 5
MEANINGS INDICATED . 6
(II) “IDENTIFYING INFORMATI ON” MEANS TH E NAME OF, AND 7
ANY OTHER INFORMATIO N THAT COULD REASONA BLY BE EXPECTED TO I DENTIFY, A 8
MINOR VICTIM. 9
(III) “MINOR VICTIM ” MEANS A VICTIM OF A CRIME OR 10
DELINQUENT ACT WHO W AS A MINOR AT THE TI ME THAT THE CRIME OR DELINQUENT 11
ACT OCCURRED . 12
(2) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER LAW , UNLESS THE COURT FIN DS 13
BY CLEAR AND CONVINC ING EVIDENCE THAT TH ERE IS GOOD CAUSE TO ORDER 14
OTHERWISE, A PARTY OR NONPARTY MAKING AN ELECTRONIC OR PAPER COURT 15
FILING, INCLUDING THE FILING OF A CHARGING DOCUME NT, IN A CRIMINAL OR 16
JUVENILE DELINQUENCY CASE S HALL REDACT ANY IDEN TIFYING INFORMATION 17
THAT APPEARS IN THE FILING THE COURT OR A PARTY IN A CRIMINAL OR JUV ENILE 18
DELINQUENCY CASE MAY NOT DISCLOSE OR ALLO W INSPECTION OF AN E LECTRONIC 19
OR PAPER COURT FILIN G, INCLUDING A CHARGING DOCUMEN T, TO A NONPARTY TO 20
THE CRIMINAL OR JUVE NILE DELINQUENCY CAS E UNLESS THE COURT O R THE 21
PARTY DISCLOSING OR ALLOWING INSPECTION OF THE FILING REDACT S ALL 22
IDENTIFYING INFORMAT ION THAT APPEARS IN THE FILING. 23
(3) THE SUPREME COURT OF MARYLAND MAY ADOPT RU LES 24
REQUIRING OR AUTHORI ZING A PERSON MAKING A REDACTED FILING UN DER 25
PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION T O ALSO FILE AN UNRED ACTED COPY UNDER 26
SEAL. 27
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 28
October 1, 2024. 29