Purpose: The bill aims to establish the Gun Violence Victim Relocation Program within the Victim Services Unit of the Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention and Policy to provide certain victims of gun violence with services and assistance related to relocating for their safety.

Key Changes:

Establishes the Gun Violence Victim Relocation Program and the Gun Violence Victim Relocation Program Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund.

Requires the Victim Services Unit to establish an oversight commission to ensure proper administration of the program and appropriate use of the fund.

Provides financial assistance for moving expenses, security deposits, and rent, as well as other support services such as counseling, legal assistance, job training, and resources for individuals with disabilities.

Collaborates with other state and local agencies to provide comprehensive services to victims.

Conducts community outreach to educate the public about the program and encourage victims to seek assistance.

Protects victims who are renters from eviction or being denied rental housing based on their status in the program.

Establishes an appeal process for individuals determined to be ineligible for the program.

Purpose: The bill aims to establish a Safe Neighborhoods Pilot Program to provide doorbell cameras or security systems with doorbell cameras to residents of high-crime areas.

Key Changes:

Requires the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention and Policy to establish the Safe Neighborhoods Pilot Program.

Provides doorbell cameras or security systems with doorbell cameras to residents who apply to participate in the program.

Engages community organizations and residents to promote community participation.

Provides training for residents on the use of doorbell cameras or security systems.

Establishes a process for residents to contact law enforcement and submit video evidence.

Identifies high-crime areas and facilitates training for residents.

Prohibits law enforcement from compelling residents to share footage obtained by the cameras.

Ensures privacy and data security for residents.

Purpose: The bill aims to establish a Coordinated Youth Violence Review and Response Team in Prince George’s County to examine and prevent violence against youth through intensive case management.

Key Changes:

Establishes the Prince George’s County Coordinated Youth Violence Review and Response Team.

Provides the review team with access to certain information and records.

Sets confidentiality and disclosure requirements for the information and records accessed by the review team.

Authorizes the sharing of certain police records with the review and response team.

Outlines the membership and responsibilities of the review and response team, including creating safety plans for youth at high risk of imminent harm.

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• Juvenile Law - Confinement and Restrictive Housing - Limitations:

  • Limit the circumstances under which incarcerated minors may be involuntarily placed in restrictive housing.

Key Provisions:

• Prohibition on Restrictive Housing:

  • Minors cannot be placed in restrictive housing for discipline, punishment, administrative convenience, retaliation, or staffing shortages.

  • Restrictive housing is only allowed as a temporary measure if there is an immediate and substantial risk of physical harm or security threat.

  • Specific requirements for using restrictive housing, including clear evidence of risk, least restrictive conditions, and plans to return the minor to the general population as soon as possible.

• Mental Health Provisions:

  • Mental health screening within 1 hour of placement in restrictive housing.

  • Provision of necessary mental health services.

• Duration and Alternatives:

  • Restrictive housing duration not to exceed 6 hours.

  • Alternatives to restrictive housing include returning to the general population, transferring to a mental health facility, or providing individualized programming.

• Voluntary Placement:

  • Minors may request restrictive housing and can revoke the request at any time.

• Basic Rights:

  • Access to phone calls, visits, mail, food, water, showers, sanitary supplies, property, medical, mental, and dental health care, and recreation, education, and programming.

Effective Date: October 1, 2025.

Purpose: The bill aims to require the juvenile court to order certain probation and treatment services for children found to have committed delinquent acts or adjudicated as children in need of supervision.

Key Changes:

Mandates probation for children not ordered to be held in secure confinement if they committed a violent crime or used a firearm in the commission of a crime.

Requires the adoption of a treatment service plan for children on probation, involving the child and their family in rehabilitative services.

Obligates parents, guardians, or custodians to participate in the treatment service plan and meet with juvenile counselors.

Specifies the components of a treatment service plan, including supervision levels, goals, services, and timelines.

Establishes procedures for the implementation and review of treatment service plans by the Department of Juvenile Services and the court

Purpose: The bill aims to alter the information required to be provided by local law enforcement agencies and collected, analyzed, and reported by the Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention and Policy.

Key Changes:

Alters the annual due dates for certain reports required to be submitted by the Office.

Repeals a certain periodic reporting requirement for the Maryland Statistical Analysis Center in the Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention and Policy.

Changes the requirement that a panel of criminal justice system stakeholders be convened for a certain purpose at a certain time.

• Appointment of Juvenile Justice Monitor:

  • Modify the appointment process and term for the Director of Juvenile Justice Monitoring.

Key Provisions:

• Appointment Process:

  • Director of Juvenile Justice Monitoring appointed by the Correctional Ombudsman.

  • Appointment is for a 4-year term.

  • If reappointed, the appointment must be approved by the Senate.

• Unit Staffing and Salaries:

  • Includes a full-time Director of Juvenile Justice Monitoring and other staff.

  • Salaries and operating expenses provided in the State budget.

Effective Date: October 1, 2025