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HB 717

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Public Information Act - Required Denials - Distribution Lists

Sponsor: Julie Palakovich Carr (District 17)Committee: Health and Government OperationsSubject: State Government - Regulations and ProceduresStatus: Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Nov 6, 2020)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring a custodian to deny inspection under the Public Information Act of only a certain part of a certain distribution list, rather than the full distribution list; altering a certain purpose of a distribution list for which a custodian must deny inspection; etc.

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Testimony (14)

MGA witness list
FAV 7FavorableUNF 6UnfavorableINFO 1Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVHolness, ToniACLU of MarylandOral + Written (PDF)
FAVANTOINE, JOANNElobbyistCOMMON CAUSE MDOral + Written (PDF)
FAVCoufal, BarbaraCitizens Against Beltway ExpansionWritten (PDF)
FAVKabir, FazlulCouncilmember District 1 - City of College ParkWritten (PDF)
FAVAndreassi, AdrianVillage of North Chevy ChaseWritten (PDF)
FAVsnyder, rebeccalobbyistmddcOral + Written (PDF)
FAVDelegate Carr, Delegate CarrlegislatorIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
UNFDaniel, DebraCity of RockvillePosition only
UNFWoolums, JohnlobbyistMABEWritten (PDF)
UNFKnapp, LesMACoOral + Written (PDF)
UNFFiore, JustinMaryland Municipal LeagueOral + Written (PDF)
UNFanderson wright, laurausmOral
UNFhogan, patricklobbyistusmWritten (PDF)
INFOTSO, MDOTIndividualWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVANTOINE, JOANNECOMMON CAUSE MDRegistered for: Common Cause Maryland
FAVsnyder, rebeccamddcRegistered for: MD/DC Press Association
UNFWoolums, JohnMABERegistered for: Maryland Association of Boards of Education
UNFhogan, patrickusmRegistered for: ALS Association, The; Adobe Inc.; Amgen, Inc.; Annie E. Casey Foundation, Inc., The; AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, LP; Capital One