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HB0868 • 2026

Baltimore City - Public Middle Schools - Instruction on the Consequences of a Conviction for Felony Murder

Baltimore City - Public Middle Schools - Instruction on the Consequences of a Conviction for Felony Murder

Crime Education
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Delegate Conaway
Last action
2026-02-11
Official status
In the House - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means)
Effective date
2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

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Baltimore City - Public Middle Schools - Instruction on the Consequences of a Conviction for Felony Murder

Requiring the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners to develop curriculum resources and develop and incorporate instruction on the consequences of a conviction for felony murder for middle school students in Baltimore City public schools.

What This Bill Does

  • Requiring the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners to develop curriculum resources and develop and incorporate instruction on the consequences of a conviction for felony murder for middle school students in Baltimore City public schools.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-11 House

    Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means)

  2. 2026-02-04 House

    First Reading Ways and Means and Judiciary

  3. Maryland General Assembly

    Text - First - Baltimore City - Public Middle Schools - Instruction on the Consequences of a Conviction for Felony Murder

Official Summary Text

Requiring the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners to develop curriculum resources and develop and incorporate instruction on the consequences of a conviction for felony murder for middle school students in Baltimore City public schools.

Current Bill Text

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*hb0868*

HOUSE BILL 868
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HB 994/25 – W&M & JUD
By: Delegate Conaway
Introduced and read first time: February 4, 2026
Assigned to: Ways and Means and Judiciary

A BILL ENTITLED

AN ACT concerning 1

Baltimore City – Public Middle Schools – Instruction on the Consequences of a 2
Conviction for Felony Murder 3

FOR the purpose of requiring the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners to develop 4
curriculum resources and develop and incorporate instruction on the consequences 5
of a conviction for felony murder for middle school students in Baltimore City public 6
schools; and generally relating to a required course on the consequences of a 7
conviction for felony murder for public middle school students in Baltimore City. 8

BY adding to 9
Article – Education 10
Section 7–213 11
Annotated Code of Maryland 12
(2025 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 13

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 14
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 15

Article – Education 16

7–213. 17

(A) IN THIS SECTION , “CONSEQUENCES OF A CO NVICTION FOR FELONY 18
MURDER” MEANS THE LEGAL PENA LTIES THAT TAKE AWAY AN INDIVIDUAL ’S 19
FREEDOM, RIGHTS, AND ACCESS TO PROGRA MS OR SERVICES AFTER CONVI CTION 20
FOR MURDER IN THE FI RST DEGREE UNDER § 2–201(A)(4) OF THE CRIMINAL LAW 21
ARTICLE. 22

(B) THIS SECTION APPLIES ONLY TO BALTIMORE CITY. 23

2 HOUSE BILL 868

(C) (1) THE BALTIMORE CITY BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS 1
SHALL DEVELOP AGE–APPROPRIATE CURRICULUM RESOURCES FOR INSTRUCTION 2
ON THE CONSEQUENCES OF A CONVICTION FOR FELONY MURDER FOR STUDENTS IN 3
GRADES 6 THROUGH 8 IN BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 4

(2) THE BOARD SHALL DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE SUBJ ECT 5
AREA FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES 6 THROUGH 8 TO INCORPORATE INSTRUCTION ON 6
THE CONSEQUENCES OF A CONVICTION FOR FELONY MURDER. 7

(D) BEGINNING IN THE 2027–2028 SCHOOL YEAR , THE BOARD SHALL 8
DEVELOP AND INCORPORATE INSTRUCT ION BASED ON THE CURRICU LUM 9
RESOURCES ON THE CONSEQUENCES OF A CONVICTION FOR FELONY MURD ER 10
DEVELOPED UNDER SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS SECTION. 11

(E) THE CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER SHALL ENSURE THAT EACH STUDENT 12
IS INSTRUCTED ON THE CONSEQUENCES OF A CONVICTION FOR FELONY MURDER AT 13
LEAST ONCE DURING GRADES 6 THROUGH 8. 14

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 15
1, 2026. 16