HB 120

Public Information Act – Personnel Records – Investigations of Law Enforcement Officers (Anton’s Law)

Sponsor: Gabriel Acevero (District 39)Committee: JudiciarySubject: State Government - Regulations and ProceduresStatus: Hearing 2/09 at 1:30 p.m. (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Establishing that a record relating to an administrative or criminal investigation of misconduct by a law enforcement officer is not a personnel record for purposes of certain provisions of the Public Information Act; authorizing a custodian to deny inspection of records relating to an administrative or criminal investigation of misconduct by a law enforcement officer; defining 'law enforcement officer'; and applying the Act prospectively

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Testimony (124)

MGA witness list

FAV 114FavorableFWA 4Favorable with amendmentsUNF 6Unfavorable

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	DUMAIS, BRIG	1199SEIU UHE	Written (PDF)
FAV	Rocah, David	ACLU of Maryland	Oral
FAV	Spielberger, Joe	ACLU of Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Freeman, Iman	Baltimore Action Legal Team	Written (PDF)
FAV	Truong, Hieu	Baltimore Asian Resistance in Solidarity	Written (PDF)
FAV	Cocke, Abigail	Baltimore for Border Justice	Written (PDF)
FAV	Ewing, Hamza	CAIR Office in Maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Rothermel, Tim	Cecil Solidarity	Position only
FAV	Stewart, Kate	City of Takoma Park	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Holley, LaToya	Coalition for Justice for Anton Black	Oral
FAV	Gray-Hopkins, Marion	Coalition of Concerned Mothers	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Braganca, Meagan	Columbia Democratic Club	Written (PDF)
FAV	Antoine, Joannelobbyist	Common Cause Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bamiro, Seanniece	Community Justice	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bartlett, Olivia	DoTheMostGood	Written (PDF)
FAV	Morris, Marguerite	For Kathy's Sake/Community Actively Seeking Transparency	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Billups, Akiyyah	Frederick March For Justice	Oral
FAV	Coco, Michael	Greater Baltimore Democratic Socialists of America (GBDSA)	Written (PDF)
FAV	Marker, David	Howard County Jewish Community Relations Council	Written (PDF)
FAV	ERB, NATHANIELlobbyist	Innocence Project	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Blau, Samantha	Jews United for Justice	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Lloyd, Rianna	Jews United for Justice	Written (PDF)
FAV	Gan, Quan	Johns Hopkins University	Position only
FAV	Willis , Greta	Kevin L Cooper Foundation	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Morris, Edmund	LGBTQ Democrats of Montgomery County	Written (PDF)
FAV	McDonald, Ericka	LWVBCO	Written (PDF)
FAV	Pruitt, Sonia	Law Enforcement Action Partnership	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Synan, Tom	Law Enforcement Action Partnership	Written (PDF)
FAV	Thompson, Thomas	Law Enforcement Action Partnership	Written (PDF)
FAV	Love, Dayvon	Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle	Oral
FAV	Schablein, Jared	Lower Shore Progressive Caucus	Written (PDF)
FAV	Caroom, Philip	Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform	Position only
FAV	Hansel, Cary	Maryland Association for Justice, Civil Rights Section	Oral
FAV	Kronser, Lori	Maryland Coalition for Justice and Police Accountability	Oral
FAV	Dove, Spencer	Maryland Commission on Civil Rights	Written (PDF)
FAV	Plante, Cecilia	Maryland Legislative Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Shapiro, Melanielobbyist	Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence	Written (PDF)
FAV	Norken, David	Mishkan Torah Synagogue	Oral
FAV	Chamblee, Andrea	Moms Demand Action	Oral
FAV	Larkin, Vita	Moms Demand Action	Oral
FAV	Rados, William	Moms Demand Action	Oral
FAV	Remaley, Karen	Moms Demand Action	Oral
FAV	Welliver, Caralyn	Moms Demand Action	Oral
FAV	Douglass, Jessica	Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America	Oral
FAV	Green, Linda	Mount Rainier Organizing for Racial Equality	Written (PDF)
FAV	Britt, Adiena	N/A	Written (PDF)
FAV	Levi, Deborah	Office of the Public Defender	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Oriadha, Krystal	PG Change Makers	Oral
FAV	Pope, Amity	PG ChangeMakers Coalition	Oral
FAV	Elliott, Richard DeShay	Prince George's County Young Democrats	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Hutto, Jonathan	Prince George's People's Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bannerman, Sharity	Progressive Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Marguerite, Christianne	Progressive Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Gardner, Debra	Public Justice Center	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Kleinman, Jan	SURJ	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hauck, Barbara	SURJ Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Smeton, Jonathan	SURJ Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Towne, Ezra	Self and/or, TransMaryland, MoCo Prde Center	Written (PDF)
FAV	Simmons, Christina	Showing Up for Racial Justice Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Robson, Letitia	Showing Up for Racial Justice Baltimore Chapter	Written (PDF)

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Organizations on record

1199SEIU UHEFAV 1

ACLU of MarylandFAV 2

Baltimore Action Legal TeamFAV 1

Baltimore Asian Resistance in SolidarityFAV 1

Baltimore City States Attorney officeFWA 1

Baltimore County State's Attorney's OfficeUNF 1

Baltimore for Border JusticeFAV 1

CAIR Office in MarylandFAV 1

Cecil SolidarityFAV 1

City of Havre de GraceUNF 1

City of Takoma ParkFAV 1

Coalition for Justice for Anton BlackFAV 1

Coalition of Concerned MothersFAV 1

Columbia Democratic ClubFAV 1

Common Cause MarylandFAV 1

Community JusticeFAV 1

DoTheMostGoodFAV 1

FOP Lodge 89 and Maryland State LodgeUNF 1

For Kathy's Sake/Community Actively Seeking TransparencyFAV 1

Frederick March For JusticeFAV 1

Greater Baltimore Democratic Socialists of America (GBDSA)FAV 1

Harford County Deputy Sheriff's UnionUNF 1

Howard County Jewish Community Relations CouncilFAV 1

Innocence ProjectFAV 1

Jews United for JusticeFAV 2

Johns Hopkins UniversityFAV 1

Kevin L Cooper FoundationFAV 1

Law Enforcement Action PartnershipFAV 3

Leaders of a Beautiful StruggleFAV 1

LGBTQ Democrats of Montgomery CountyFAV 1

Lower Shore Progressive CaucusFAV 1

LWVBCOFAV 1

Maryland Alliance for Court ReformFWA 1

Maryland Alliance for Justice ReformFAV 1

Maryland Association for Justice, Civil Rights SectionFAV 1

Maryland Chiefs of Police and Maryland Sheriffs' AssociationFWA 1

Maryland Coalition for Justice and Police AccountabilityFAV 1

Maryland Commission on Civil RightsFAV 1

Maryland Legislative CoalitionFAV 1

Maryland Network Against Domestic ViolenceFAV 1

Mishkan Torah SynagogueFAV 1

Moms Demand ActionFAV 5

Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in AmericaFAV 1

Mount Rainier Organizing for Racial EqualityFAV 1

N/AFAV 1

Office of the Public DefenderFAV 1

PG Change MakersFAV 1

PG ChangeMakers CoalitionFAV 1

Prince George's County State's Attorney's OfficeFWA 1

Prince George's County Young DemocratsFAV 1

Prince George's People's CoalitionFAV 1

Progressive MarylandFAV 2

Public Justice CenterFAV 1

Self and/or, TransMaryland, MoCo Prde CenterFAV 1

Showing Up for Racial Justice BaltimoreFAV 1

Showing Up for Racial Justice Baltimore ChapterFAV 1

Southern Marylanders for Racial EqualityFAV 1

Sunrise Movement BaltimoreFAV 1

SURJFAV 1

SURJ BaltimoreFAV 2

Takoma Park MobilizationFAV 1

Takoma Park Presbyterian ChurchFAV 1

Warnken, LLCUNF 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVAntoine, JoanneCommon Cause MarylandRegistered for: Common Cause Maryland

FAVERB, NATHANIELInnocence ProjectRegistered for: Innocence Project

FAVShapiro, MelanieMaryland Network Against Domestic ViolenceRegistered for: Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence

FAVGrimes, SethTakoma Park MobilizationRegistered for: Washington Area Bicyclist Association

FAVAmanuel, YanetRegistered for: ACLU of Maryland

FAVEvans-Goldstein, AnnaRegistered for: Baltimore Roundtable for Economic Democracy c/o SEED Commons

FAVPaul, CathrynRegistered for: CASA de Maryland, Inc.

UNFSmith, RebeccaWarnken, LLCRegistered for: Hopewell Fund

UNFMassoni, JennaRegistered for: ZeroEyes; Heritage Memorial Cemetery; Maryland Farm Bureau; Mechanical Contractors Association of Maryland, Inc.; ALS Association DC/MD/VA Chapter (ALSA); Alorica…

FWAMansfield, AndreaMaryland Chiefs of Police and Maryland Sheriffs' AssociationRegistered for: HDR Engineering, Inc.; Adventist HealthCare, Inc.; Alkermes; Alterwood Health, Inc.; American Chemistry Council; Amrize North America Inc., formerly Holcim Participations (US) Inc.…