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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *hb0441* |
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| 7 | 7 | | HOUSE BILL 441 |
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| 8 | 8 | | E3, E2 5lr2412 |
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| 9 | 9 | | HB 445/24 – JUD CF 5lr2411 |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Delegates Simpson, Acevero, Crutchfield, and Williams |
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| 11 | 11 | | Introduced and read first time: January 16, 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Assigned to: Judiciary |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 16 | 16 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Minors Convicted as Adults – Sentencing – Transfer to Juvenile Court 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | FOR the purpose of establishing a presumption that the sentencing of a minor convicted as 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | an adult should be transferred to the juvenile court, under certain circumstances, 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | and authorizing the court to do so; requiring the juvenile court to make a juvenile 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | determination under certain circumstances; and generally relating to the sentencing 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | of minors convicted as adults. 7 |
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| 26 | 26 | | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Article – Criminal Procedure 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Section 6–235 10 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 11 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (2018 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 12 |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 13 |
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| 33 | 33 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 14 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Article – Criminal Procedure 15 |
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| 37 | 37 | | 6–235. 16 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when sentencing a minor 17 |
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| 40 | 40 | | convicted as an adult, a court: 18 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (1) may impose a sentence less than the minimum term required under 19 |
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| 43 | 43 | | law; and 20 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (2) may not impose a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility 21 |
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| 46 | 46 | | of parole or release. 22 |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2 HOUSE BILL 441 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (B) (1) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY O THER PROVISION OF LA W, IF THE 1 |
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| 51 | 51 | | COURT DETERMINES BY CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE THAT THE IN DIVIDUAL 2 |
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| 52 | 52 | | AGAINST WHOM THE MIN OR IS CONV ICTED OF COMMITTING THE OFFENSE 3 |
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| 53 | 53 | | PREVIOUSLY COMMITTED A SEX CRIME UNDER TITLE 3, SUBTITLE 3 OF THE 4 |
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| 54 | 54 | | CRIMINAL LAW ARTICLE OR HUMAN TRAF FICKING UNDER TITLE 3, SUBTITLE 11 OF 5 |
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| 55 | 55 | | THE CRIMINAL LAW ARTICLE AGAINST THE M INOR WITHIN 3 MONTHS BEFORE THE 6 |
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| 56 | 56 | | OFFENSE FOR WHIC H THE MINOR WAS CONV ICTED, THE COURT MAY TRANSF ER THE 7 |
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| 57 | 57 | | MINOR TO THE JUVENIL E COURT FOR SENTENCI NG. 8 |
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| 59 | 59 | | (2) IF A MINOR IS TRANSFE RRED TO THE JURISDIC TION OF THE 9 |
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| 60 | 60 | | JUVENILE COURT UNDER THIS SUBSECTION , THE JUVENILE COURT S HALL MAKE A 10 |
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| 61 | 61 | | JUVENILE DISPOSITION . 11 |
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| 63 | 63 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 12 |
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| 64 | 64 | | October 1, 2025. 13 |
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