HB 541

Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission - Training Requirements - Hate Crimes

Sponsor: Lesley J. Lopez (District 39)Committee: JudiciarySubject: Public SafetyStatus: Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 237 (as of Nov 6, 2020)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to require entrance-level and in-service police training conducted by the State and each county and municipal police training school to include in their curriculum training relating to the criminal laws concerning recognition of, reporting of, and response to hate crimes.

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Testimony (23)

MGA witness list

FAV 22FavorableINFO 1Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Amanuel, Yanetlobbyist	ACLU of Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Baron, Peter	Anne Arundel County	Written (PDF)
FAV	Weisel, Meredithlobbyist	Anti Defamation League	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Peterson, Matt	Baltimore Jewish Council	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Bagwell, Ashlielobbyist	Jewish Community Relations Council	Written (PDF)
FAV	Dove, Spencer	MCCR	Position only
FAV	Allston, Katie	Marian House	Written (PDF)
FAV	Latino Caucus, MD	Maryland Legislative Latino Caucus	Written (PDF)
FAV	O'Croinin, Dawn	Maryland Office of Attorney General	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Morningstar, Sara	MoCo	Written (PDF)
FAV	Helton, Dan	MoCo Police Dept	Position only
FAV	Farinholt, Kate	NAMI	Written (PDF)
FAV	cyphers, moiralobbyist	NAMI	Written (PDF)
FAV	Flores, Ricardo	OPD	Position only
FAV	Kelly, Lisa	Office of Civil Rights & Wage Enforcement	Position only
FAV	ECKSTEIN, MARK	PFLAG	Oral
FAV	Chaudry, Zainab	council on american-islamic relations	Written (PDF)
FAV	procopio, mark	freestate justice	Written (PDF)
FAV	warbelow, sarah	human rights campaign	Written (PDF)
FAV	hughes, glendora	maryland commission on civil rights	Written (PDF)
FAV	siri, michellelobbyist	women's law center of maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Lopez, Delegate Lopezlegislator	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
INFO	Mansfield, Andrealobbyist	MD Chiefs and Sheriffs	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

ACLU of MarylandFAV 1

Anne Arundel CountyFAV 1

Anti Defamation LeagueFAV 1

Baltimore Jewish CouncilFAV 1

council on american-islamic relationsFAV 1

freestate justiceFAV 1

human rights campaignFAV 1

Jewish Community Relations CouncilFAV 1

Marian HouseFAV 1

maryland commission on civil rightsFAV 1

Maryland Legislative Latino CaucusFAV 1

Maryland Office of Attorney GeneralFAV 1

MCCRFAV 1

MD Chiefs and SheriffsINFO 1

MoCoFAV 1

MoCo Police DeptFAV 1

NAMIFAV 2

Office of Civil Rights & Wage EnforcementFAV 1

OPDFAV 1

PFLAGFAV 1

women's law center of marylandFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVAmanuel, YanetACLU of MarylandRegistered for: ACLU of Maryland

FAVWeisel, MeredithAnti Defamation LeagueRegistered for: Anti-Defamation League (ADL)

FAVBagwell, AshlieJewish Community Relations CouncilRegistered for: AbbVie Inc.; Aligned Data Centers; American Academy of Anesthesiology Assistants, Inc.; Atmosphere Data Centers LLC; Baltimore Civic Fund, Inc.; Beltway Fine Wine…

FAVcyphers, moiraNAMIRegistered for: American Clean Power; American Clean Power Association (ACP)

FAVsiri, michellewomen's law center of marylandRegistered for: Maryland Legal Services Corporation; Women's Law Center of Maryland, Inc.

INFOMansfield, AndreaMD Chiefs and SheriffsRegistered for: HDR Engineering, Inc.; Adventist HealthCare, Inc.; Alkermes; Alterwood Health, Inc.; American Chemistry Council; Amrize North America Inc., formerly Holcim Participations (US) Inc.…