SB 530

Housing Opportunities Made Equal Act

Sponsor: William C. Smith, Jr. (District 20)Committee: Judicial ProceedingsSubject: Human RelationsStatus: Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 117 (as of Nov 6, 2020)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Expanding the housing policy of the State to include providing for fair housing to all citizens regardless of source of income; stating the Act seeks to deconcentrate poverty by providing additional opportunities for tenants utilizing public subsidies to live in certain neighborhoods; prohibiting a person from refusing to sell or rent a dwelling to any person because of source of income; establishing qualifications and limitations on the prohibition against discrimination in housing based on source of income; etc.

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Testimony (53)

MGA witness list

FAV 47FavorableFWA 5Favorable with amendmentsUNF 1Unfavorable

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Spielberger, Joseph	ACLU of Maryland	Position only
FAV	Pittman, Steuart	Anne Arundel County Executive	Written (PDF)
FAV	Tilghman, Rev. Marlon	BRIDGE MD	Written (PDF)
FAV	Olszewski, Jr., John	Baltimore County	Written (PDF)
FAV	Karpewicz, Erin	Baltimore Regional Fair Housing Group	Written (PDF)
FAV	Wilson Randall, Claudia	CDN	Written (PDF)
FAV	Wilpone-Welborn, Kira	Consumer Protection Division	Written (PDF)
FAV	Parajon, Stephanie	LWVMD	Written (PDF)
FAV	WALLERSTEDT, ANNElobbyist	MD CATHOLIC CONFERENCE	Written (PDF)
FAV	Frazee, Brianlobbyist	Maryland Hospital Association	Written (PDF)
FAV	CAPONE, KEN	PEOPLE ON THE GO	Oral
FAV	Govt, PG Co	Prince George's County Government	Written (PDF)
FAV	Cavanagh, Terry	SEIU STATE COUNCIL	Position only
FAV	Faulkner, Rachael	TCC	Written (PDF)
FAV	Shahinian, The Rev. Kathy	The Episcopal Diocese of Maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	spielberger, joseph	aclu of md	Written (PDF)
FAV	crutchfield, adria	baltimore regional housing partnership	Written (PDF)
FAV	bradford, mary	beyond the boundaries	Written (PDF)
FAV	rinehart mello, catherine	brain injury association of md	Written (PDF)
FAV	prater, david	disability rights md	Written (PDF)
FAV	lafferty, stephan	former legislator	Position only
FAV	diamond, joanna	healtg care for the homeless	Written (PDF)
FAV	proestel, stephanie	housing initiatives partnership	Written (PDF)
FAV	cimino, kelly	howard county department of housing & community development	Written (PDF)
FAV	kahn, bruce	jewish war veterans of the us	Written (PDF)
FAV	jefferson, stacy	marylanders against poverty	Written (PDF)
FAV	quinlan, margolobbyist	marylanders against poverty	Position only
FAV	darden, miranda	md affordable housing coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	basehart, sarah	md association of centers for independent	Written (PDF)
FAV	brogdan, henry	md nonprofits	Written (PDF)
FAV	klingenmaier, lisalobbyist	md senior citizen action network	Written (PDF)
FAV	cavanagh, terry	seiu	Written (PDF)
FAV	gilman, michele	university of baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	klingenmaier, lisalobbyist	welfare advocates	Position only
FAV	siri, michellelobbyist	womens law center of maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hodges-Hiken, Lisa	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Smith, Senator	Individual	Position only
FAV	dunlap, ciera	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	fasanelli, antonia	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	hill, matt	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	hodges, lisa	Individual	Position only
FAV	london, rachel	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	martin, clif	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	olszewski, john	Individual	Position only
FAV	reich, brock	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	sheik, yara	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	williams, jill	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Starr, Caitlin	Individual	Position only
FWA	Bradley, Erinlobbyist	AOBA	Written (PDF)
FWA	Lehman, Mindy	MBA	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Castelli, Bill	Md Realtors	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	greenfield, aaronlobbyist	mmha	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	howard, kathy	regional management	Position only

Organizations on record

ACLU of MarylandFAV 1

aclu of mdFAV 1

Anne Arundel County ExecutiveFAV 1

AOBAFWA 1

Baltimore CountyFAV 1

Baltimore Regional Fair Housing GroupFAV 1

baltimore regional housing partnershipFAV 1

beyond the boundariesFAV 1

brain injury association of mdFAV 1

BRIDGE MDFAV 1

CDNFAV 1

Consumer Protection DivisionFAV 1

disability rights mdFAV 1

former legislatorFAV 1

healtg care for the homelessFAV 1

housing initiatives partnershipFAV 1

howard county department of housing & community developmentFAV 1

jewish war veterans of the usFAV 1

LWVMDFAV 1

Maryland Hospital AssociationFAV 1

marylanders against povertyFAV 2

MBAFWA 1

md affordable housing coalitionFAV 1

md association of centers for independentFAV 1

MD CATHOLIC CONFERENCEFAV 1

md nonprofitsFAV 1

Md RealtorsFWA 1

md senior citizen action networkFAV 1

mmhaFWA 1

PEOPLE ON THE GOFAV 1

Prince George's County GovernmentFAV 1

regional managementFWA 1

seiuFAV 1

SEIU STATE COUNCILFAV 1

TCCFAV 1

The Episcopal Diocese of MarylandFAV 1

university of baltimoreFAV 1

welfare advocatesFAV 1

womens law center of marylandFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVWALLERSTEDT, ANNEMD CATHOLIC CONFERENCERegistered for: Maryland Food Bank

FAVFrazee, BrianMaryland Hospital AssociationRegistered for: Maryland Hospital Association

FAVquinlan, margomarylanders against povertyRegistered for: Mental Health Association of Maryland

FAVklingenmaier, lisamd senior citizen action networkRegistered for: Maryland Family Network; Maryland RISE

FAVklingenmaier, lisawelfare advocatesRegistered for: Maryland Family Network; Maryland RISE

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

FWABradley, ErinAOBARegistered for: Planned Parenthood of Maryland

FWAgreenfield, aaronmmhaRegistered for: BTS Bioenergy; Baltimore Area Council Boy Scouts of America, Inc.; Embassy of Japan; Ernst & Young, LLP; FEi Systems; Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake…