---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juvenile Law - Reform"
description: "Juvenile Law - Reform"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 814"
citation: "Maryland HB 814 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clippinger", "Speaker"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97c6a01d-7e02-4d87-b9d8-d6902f995c2a"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0814?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d73a1afd8a25236412f821456fb096d701c1493cf07aa1ca26d4dce085b10e84"
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 814 (2024) — Juvenile Law - Reform

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Juvenile Law - Reform** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_735_hb0814e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Juvenile Law - Reform** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0814e.pdf)
3. **First - Juvenile Law - Reform** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0814f.pdf)
4. **Racial Equity Impact Note** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/Pubs/BudgetFiscal/2024RS-HB0814-REIN.pdf)
5. **Third - Juvenile Law - Reform** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0814t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **114–8** (pass) · lower
- Chair, JUD Committee Amendment /513928/1 — **97–35** (pass) · lower
- FLA Del. Griffith /383728/1 — **32–102** (fail) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **42–2** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **126–6** (pass) · lower
- Floor Amendment Ready /343329/1 (Amend) — **18–26** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Clippinger — primary (person)
- Speaker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-31** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-01** Hearing canceled
- **2024-02-01** Hearing 2/08 at 12:00 p.m.
- **2024-02-23** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-27** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-27** Motion Special Order until 02/28 (Delegate Clippinger) Adopted
- **2024-02-28** Floor Amendment {
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- **2024-02-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-01** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-04** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-04** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-04** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-04-04** Floor Amendment {
- **2024-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2024-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Passed Enrolled
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 735 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/97c6a01d-7e02-4d87-b9d8-d6902f995c2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).