House panel pressed to accept Senate bill to cut number of youth charged as adults

By: William J. Ford

Outlets: Maryland Matters

Published: April 1, 2026

Words: 855

Last Updated: 3 months, 4 weeks ago

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With one eye fixed on the calendar, supporters of a bill that would make it harder to charge juveniles as adults pressed a House committee to accept a clean Senate version of the bill to improve its chances of passage in the remaining days of the session.

“I would caution against changes being made, just given the tenuous nature of the coalition that we had to cobble together to get this bill over here in …

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