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  "path": "/2026/04/03/house-panel-accepts-senate-bill-to-limit-offenses-that-charge-youth-as-adults/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-03T10:35:34.000Z",
  "site": "https://marylandmatters.org",
  "tags": [
    "Gov & Politics",
    "Justice",
    "adult court",
    "Del. Andrea Fletcher Harrison",
    "Del. Frank Conaway Jr.",
    "Del. J. Sandy Bartlett",
    "Del. Lauren Arikan",
    "Del. Tiffany Alston",
    "juvenile court",
    "Sen. William C. Smith Jr."
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  "textContent": "A House panel Thursday approved a clean Senate version of a bill that would make it harder to charge youth in adult courts, smoothing the way to final passage for a proposal that has been more than a decade in the making.",
  "title": "House panel accepts Senate bill to limit offenses that charge youth as adults"
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