City of Baltimore - File #: 13-0261

• File #: 13-0261
• Version: 0
• Name: Minors - Curfew Reform
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 9/9/2013
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 6/9/2014
• Enactment #: 14-231
• Title: Minors - Curfew Reform FOR the purpose of changing the hours that minors of various ages are subject to a curfew; deleting exemptions from the curfew for married minors and minors on an errand for a parent; allowing for the stay of certain citations if counseling sessions are attended; requiring regularized annual reporting from the Police Commissioner on the effects of the curfew for minors; clarifying and conforming related provisions; and generally relating to a curfew for minors.
• Sponsors: Brandon M. Scott, James B. Kraft, Bill Henry, Warren Branch, William H. Cole, IV, Edward Reisinger, Nick Mosby, President Young, Sharon Green Middleton, Helen L. Holton, William "Pete" Welch
• Indexes: Curfew, Minors, Reform

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/9/2014	0	Mayor	Signed by Mayor
6/2/2014	0	City Council	Amended
6/2/2014	0	City Council	Advanced to Enrolled 3rd Reader
6/2/2014	0	City Council	Approved and Sent to the Mayor
5/12/2014	0	Public Safety Committee	Recommended Favorably with Amendment
5/12/2014	0	City Council	Advanced to 3rd Rdr., Adopted Comm. Report
4/29/2014	0	Public Safety Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
11/4/2013	0	Public Safety Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
9/12/2013	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
9/12/2013	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
9/12/2013	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
9/12/2013	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
9/12/2013	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
9/9/2013	0	City Council	Introduced
9/9/2013	0	City Council	Assigned

EXPLANATION: CAPITALS indicate matter added to existing law.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL

Introduced by: Councilmember Scott


A BILL ENTITLED

AN ORDINANCE concerning
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Minors - Curfew Reform

FOR the purpose of changing the hours that minors of various ages are subject to a curfew; deleting exemptions from the curfew for married minors and minors on an errand for a parent; allowing for the stay of certain citations if counseling sessions are attended; requiring regularized annual reporting from the Police Commissioner on the effects of the curfew for minors; clarifying and conforming related provisions; and generally relating to a curfew for minors.
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BY repealing and reordaining, with amendments
Article 19 - Police Ordinances
Section(s) 34-3 to 34-6, 34-8(a), 34-9, and 34-10
Baltimore City Code
(Edition 2000)

SECTION 1. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That the Laws of Baltimore City read as follows:

Baltimore City Code

Article 19. Police Ordinances

Subtitle 34. Minors - Daytime and Nighttime Curfews

§ 343. Prohibited conduct of minors — nighttime curfew.

(a) Scope of section.

This section does not apply to a minor:

(1) accompanied by the minor’s parent;


(2) [on an errand at the direction of the minor’s parent, without any detour or stop] EXERCISING FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS PROTECTED BY THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTIO...