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| 3 | 3 | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW. | |
| 4 | 4 | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. | |
| 5 | - | Underlining indicates amendments to bill. | |
| 6 | - | Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by | |
| 7 | - | amendment. | |
| 8 | 5 | *hb1429* | |
| 9 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 7 | HOUSE BILL 1429 | |
| 11 | 8 | O4 5lr3318 | |
| 12 | 9 | ||
| 13 | 10 | By: Delegate Holmes | |
| 14 | 11 | Introduced and read first time: February 7, 2025 | |
| 15 | 12 | Assigned to: Appropriations | |
| 16 | - | Committee Report: Favorable | |
| 17 | - | House action: Adopted | |
| 18 | - | Read second time: March 1, 2025 | |
| 19 | 13 | ||
| 20 | - | ||
| 14 | + | A BILL ENTITLED | |
| 21 | 15 | ||
| 22 | 16 | AN ACT concerning 1 | |
| 23 | 17 | ||
| 24 | 18 | Youth Services Bureaus – Criminal History Records Checks – Employees, 2 | |
| 25 | 19 | Volunteers, and Interns 3 | |
| 26 | 20 | ||
| 27 | 21 | FOR the purpose of authorizing youth services bureaus to request a criminal history 4 | |
| 28 | 22 | records check from the Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository for 5 | |
| 29 | 23 | employees, volunteers, and interns; and generally relating to criminal history 6 | |
| 30 | 24 | records checks by a youth services bureau. 7 | |
| 31 | 25 | ||
| 32 | 26 | BY renumbering 8 | |
| 33 | 27 | Article – Human Services 9 | |
| 34 | 28 | Section 9–233(d) and (e) 10 | |
| 35 | 29 | to be Section 9–233(e) and (f), respectively 11 | |
| 36 | 30 | Annotated Code of Maryland 12 | |
| 37 | 31 | (2019 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 13 | |
| 38 | 32 | ||
| 39 | 33 | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 14 | |
| 40 | 34 | Article – Human Services 15 | |
| 41 | 35 | Section 9–233(a) 16 | |
| 42 | 36 | Annotated Code of Maryland 17 | |
| 43 | 37 | (2019 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 18 | |
| 44 | 38 | ||
| 45 | 39 | BY adding to 19 | |
| 46 | 40 | Article – Human Services 20 | |
| 47 | 41 | Section 9–233(d) 21 | |
| 48 | - | Annotated Code of Maryland 22 2 HOUSE BILL 1429 | |
| 42 | + | Annotated Code of Maryland 22 | |
| 43 | + | (2019 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 23 | |
| 44 | + | ||
| 45 | + | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 24 | |
| 46 | + | That Section(s) 9–233(d) and (e) of Article – Human Services of the Annotated Code of 25 | |
| 47 | + | Maryland be renumbered to be Section(s) 9–233(e) and (f), respectively. 26 | |
| 48 | + | 2 HOUSE BILL 1429 | |
| 49 | 49 | ||
| 50 | 50 | ||
| 51 | - | (2019 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 1 | |
| 51 | + | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of Maryland read 1 | |
| 52 | + | as follows: 2 | |
| 52 | 53 | ||
| 53 | - | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 2 | |
| 54 | - | That Section(s) 9–233(d) and (e) of Article – Human Services of the Annotated Code of 3 | |
| 55 | - | Maryland be renumbered to be Section(s) 9–233(e) and (f), respectively. 4 | |
| 54 | + | Article – Human Services 3 | |
| 56 | 55 | ||
| 57 | - | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of Maryland read 5 | |
| 58 | - | as follows: 6 | |
| 56 | + | 9–233. 4 | |
| 59 | 57 | ||
| 60 | - | Article – Human Services 7 | |
| 58 | + | (a) (1) In this section[, “youth] THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE 5 | |
| 59 | + | MEANINGS INDICATED . 6 | |
| 61 | 60 | ||
| 62 | - | 9–233. 8 | |
| 61 | + | (2) “CRIMINAL REPOSITORY” MEANS THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE 7 | |
| 62 | + | INFORMATION SYSTEM CENTRAL REPOSITORY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC 8 | |
| 63 | + | SAFETY AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES. 9 | |
| 63 | 64 | ||
| 64 | - | ( | |
| 65 | - | ||
| 65 | + | (3) “YOUTH services bureau” means a community–based entity that is 10 | |
| 66 | + | operated: 11 | |
| 66 | 67 | ||
| 67 | - | (2) “CRIMINAL REPOSITORY” MEANS THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE 11 | |
| 68 | - | INFORMATION SYSTEM CENTRAL REPOSITORY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC 12 | |
| 69 | - | SAFETY AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES. 13 | |
| 68 | + | [(1)] (I) to provide community–oriented delinquency prevention, youth 12 | |
| 69 | + | suicide prevention, drug and alcohol abuse prevention, and youth development; 13 | |
| 70 | 70 | ||
| 71 | - | ( | |
| 72 | - | ||
| 71 | + | [(2)] (II) to ameliorate conditions that contribute to delinquency, youth 14 | |
| 72 | + | suicide, drug and alcohol abuse, and family disruption; and 15 | |
| 73 | 73 | ||
| 74 | - | [(1)] (I) to provide community–oriented delinquency prevention, youth 16 | |
| 75 | - | suicide prevention, drug and alcohol abuse prevention, and youth development; 17 | |
| 74 | + | [(3)] (III) to function as an advocate of youth needs. 16 | |
| 76 | 75 | ||
| 77 | - | [(2)] (II) to ameliorate conditions that contribute to delinquency, youth 18 | |
| 78 | - | suicide, drug and alcohol abuse, and family disruption; and 19 | |
| 76 | + | (D) (1) A YOUTH SERVICES BUREA U MAY APPLY TO THE CENTRAL 17 | |
| 77 | + | REPOSITORY FOR A STATE AND NATIONAL CRIMINAL HISTORY REC ORDS CHECK 18 | |
| 78 | + | FOR AN EMPLOYEE , A VOLUNTEER , OR AN INTERN OF THE BUREAU . 19 | |
| 79 | 79 | ||
| 80 | - | [(3)] (III) to function as an advocate of youth needs. 20 | |
| 80 | + | (2) AS PART OF THE APPLICATION FOR A CR IMINAL HISTORY 20 | |
| 81 | + | RECORDS CHECK , THE BUREAU SHALL SUB MIT TO THE CENTRAL REPOSITORY: 21 | |
| 81 | 82 | ||
| 82 | - | ( | |
| 83 | - | ||
| 84 | - | ||
| 83 | + | (I) A COMPLETE SET OF LEGIBLE FINGERPRINTS TAKEN IN A 22 | |
| 84 | + | FORMAT APPROVED BY T HE DIRECTOR OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF 23 | |
| 85 | + | INVESTIGATION ; 24 | |
| 85 | 86 | ||
| 86 | - | (2) AS PART OF THE APPLICATION FOR A CR IMINAL HISTORY 24 | |
| 87 | - | RECORDS CHECK , THE BUREAU SHALL SUB MIT TO THE CENTRAL REPOSITORY: 25 | |
| 87 | + | (II) THE MANDATORY PROCES SING FEE REQUIRED BY THE 25 | |
| 88 | + | FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FOR A F EDERAL CRIMINAL HIST ORY 26 | |
| 89 | + | RECORDS CHECK ; AND 27 | |
| 88 | 90 | ||
| 89 | - | (I) A COMPLETE SET OF LEGIBLE FINGERPRINTS TAKEN IN A 26 | |
| 90 | - | FORMAT APPROVED BY T HE DIRECTOR OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF 27 | |
| 91 | - | INVESTIGATION ; 28 | |
| 92 | - | ||
| 93 | - | (II) THE MANDATORY PROCES SING FEE REQUIRED BY THE 29 | |
| 94 | - | FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FOR A F EDERAL CRIMINAL HIST ORY 30 | |
| 95 | - | RECORDS CHECK ; AND 31 HOUSE BILL 1429 3 | |
| 91 | + | (III) THE FEE AUTHORIZED UNDER § 10–221(B)(7) OF THE 28 | |
| 92 | + | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ARTICLE FOR ACCESS TO MARYLAND CRIMINAL HIS TORY 29 | |
| 93 | + | RECORDS. 30 | |
| 94 | + | HOUSE BILL 1429 3 | |
| 96 | 95 | ||
| 97 | 96 | ||
| 97 | + | (3) IN ACCORDANCE WITH §§ 10–201 THROUGH 10–229 OF THE 1 | |
| 98 | + | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ARTICLE, THE CENTRAL REPOSITORY SHALL FORW ARD TO 2 | |
| 99 | + | THE BUREAU AND THE INDIVIDUAL TH E INDIVIDUAL’S CRIMINAL HISTORY R ECORD 3 | |
| 100 | + | INFORMATION . 4 | |
| 98 | 101 | ||
| 99 | - | (III) THE FEE AUTHORIZED U NDER § 10–221(B)(7) OF THE 1 | |
| 100 | - | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ARTICLE FOR ACCESS TO MARYLAND CRIMINAL HIS TORY 2 | |
| 101 | - | RECORDS. 3 | |
| 102 | + | (4) INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THE CENTRAL REPOSITORY 5 | |
| 103 | + | UNDER THIS SECTION : 6 | |
| 102 | 104 | ||
| 103 | - | (3) IN ACCORDANCE WITH §§ 10–201 THROUGH 10–229 OF THE 4 | |
| 104 | - | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ARTICLE, THE CENTRAL REPOSITORY SHALL FORW ARD TO 5 | |
| 105 | - | THE BUREAU AND THE INDIVIDUAL T HE INDIVIDUAL’S CRIMINAL HISTORY R ECORD 6 | |
| 106 | - | INFORMATION . 7 | |
| 105 | + | (I) IS CONFIDENTIAL ; 7 | |
| 107 | 106 | ||
| 108 | - | (4) INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THE CENTRAL REPOSITORY 8 | |
| 109 | - | UNDER THIS SECTION : 9 | |
| 107 | + | (II) MAY NOT BE REDISSEMI NATED; AND 8 | |
| 110 | 108 | ||
| 111 | - | (I) IS CONFIDENTIAL ; 10 | |
| 109 | + | (III) SHALL BE USED O NLY FOR THE EMPLOYMENT AND 9 | |
| 110 | + | VOLUNTEERING PURPOSES AUTHORIZED BY THIS S ECTION. 10 | |
| 112 | 111 | ||
| 113 | - | (II) MAY NOT BE REDISSEMI NATED; AND 11 | |
| 112 | + | (5) THE SUBJECT OF A CRIM INAL HISTORY RECORDS CHECK UNDER 11 | |
| 113 | + | THIS SECTION MAY CON TEST THE CONTENTS OF THE CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD 12 | |
| 114 | + | INFORMATION ISSUED B Y THE CENTRAL REPOSITORY AS PROVIDE D IN § 10–223 OF 13 | |
| 115 | + | THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ARTICLE. 14 | |
| 114 | 116 | ||
| 115 | - | (III) SHALL BE USED O NLY FOR THE EMPLOYMENT AND 12 | |
| 116 | - | VOLUNTEERING PURPOSES AUTHORIZED BY THIS S ECTION. 13 | |
| 117 | + | (6) IF CRIMINAL HISTORY R ECORD INFORMATION IS REPORTED TO 15 | |
| 118 | + | THE CENTRAL REPOSITORY AFTER THE DATE OF THE INITIAL CRIMINAL HISTORY 16 | |
| 119 | + | RECORDS CHECK , THE CENTRAL REPOSITORY SHALL PROV IDE TO THE BUREAU AN D 17 | |
| 120 | + | THE INDIVIDUAL REVISED CRIMINAL HIS TORY RECORD INFORMAT ION. 18 | |
| 117 | 121 | ||
| 118 | - | (5) THE SUBJECT OF A CRIM INAL HISTORY RECORDS CHECK UNDER 14 | |
| 119 | - | THIS SECTION MAY CON TEST THE CONTENTS OF THE CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD 15 | |
| 120 | - | INFORMATION ISSUED B Y THE CENTRAL REPOSITORY AS PR OVIDED IN § 10–223 OF 16 | |
| 121 | - | THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ARTICLE. 17 | |
| 122 | - | ||
| 123 | - | (6) IF CRIMINAL HISTORY R ECORD INFORMATION IS REPORTED TO 18 | |
| 124 | - | THE CENTRAL REPOSITORY AFTER THE DATE OF THE INITIAL CRIMINAL HISTORY 19 | |
| 125 | - | RECORDS CHECK , THE CENTRAL REPOSITORY SHALL PROV IDE TO THE BUREAU AN D 20 | |
| 126 | - | THE INDIVIDUAL REVISED CRIMINAL HIS TORY RECORD INFORMAT ION. 21 | |
| 127 | - | ||
| 128 | - | SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 22 | |
| 129 | - | October 1, 2025. 23 | |
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| 132 | - | ||
| 133 | - | Approved: | |
| 134 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 135 | - | Governor. | |
| 136 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 137 | - | Speaker of the House of Delegates. | |
| 138 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 139 | - | President of the Senate. | |
| 122 | + | SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 19 | |
| 123 | + | October 1, 2025. 20 |