---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juvenile Law - Juvenile Justice Reform"
description: "Juvenile Law - Juvenile Justice Reform"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1187"
citation: "Maryland HB 1187 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clippinger"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-08"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88aad9bd-0127-43ec-9718-f97f9818ec16"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1187?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "af063f40701f4e0de29440b1a1b76c9d352318dcd2c73bcb929ffcbd9106d8eb"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
---

# Maryland HB 1187 (2021) — Juvenile Law - Juvenile Justice Reform

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Juvenile Law - Juvenile Justice Reform** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_596_hb1187e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Juvenile Law - Juvenile Justice Reform** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb1187e.pdf)
3. **First - Juvenile Law - Juvenile Justice Reform** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb1187f.pdf)
4. **Third - Juvenile Law - Juvenile Justice Reform** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb1187t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **95–41** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **97–40** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Clippinger — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-02-08** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Hearing 2/25 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate Clippinger) Adopted
- **2021-03-17** Floor Amendment {
- **2021-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-19** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 596 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/88aad9bd-0127-43ec-9718-f97f9818ec16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).