HB 139

Law Enforcement Officers - Use of Force

Sponsor: Debra Davis (District 28)Committee: JudiciarySubject: Public SafetyStatus: Hearing 2/09 at 1:30 p.m. (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Authorizing a person to seek certain relief for use of force by a law enforcement officer that is inconsistent with a certain provision of the Act by filing a civil action with a certain court; providing that a certain person is not precluded from pursuing a certain legal remedy under certain circumstances; authorizing the Attorney General to file a civil action for certain relief under certain circumstances; providing for the use of force by a certain law enforcement officer; etc.

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Testimony (106)

MGA witness list

FAV 95FavorableFWA 2Favorable with amendmentsUNF 9Unfavorable

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Spielberger, Joe	ACLU of Maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Matiella, Maria C.	AIJN	Oral
FAV	Roth , Kristina	Amnesty International USA	Oral
FAV	Bledsoe, Janice	Baltimore City State's Attorney Office	Oral
FAV	Trostle, Steven	Baltimore City States Attorney office	Oral
FAV	Cocke, Abigail	Baltimore for Border Justice	Written (PDF)
FAV	Rothermel, Tim	Cecil Solidarity	Position only
FAV	Gray-Hopkins, Marion	Coalition of Concerned Mothers	Oral + 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	Marker, David	Howard County Jewish Community Relations Council	Written (PDF)
FAV	STERN, CAROL	Jews United for Justice	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Silver, Joanna	Joanna Silver	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Gan, Quan	Johns Hopkins University	Position only
FAV	Willis , Greta	Kevin L Cooper Foundation	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	McDonald, Ericka	LWVBCO	Written (PDF)
FAV	Schablein, Jared	Lower Shore Progressive Caucus	Position only
FAV	Caroom, Philip	Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform	Written (PDF)
FAV	Winkelman, Michael	Maryland Association for Justice	Oral
FAV	Hansel, Cary	Maryland Association for Justice, Civil Rights Section	Oral
FAV	Kraska, MJ	Maryland Catholic Conference	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kronser, Lori	Maryland Coalition for Justice and Police Accountability	Written (PDF)
FAV	Plante, Cecilia	Maryland Legislative Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Fraser, Stanford	Maryland OPD	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hay, Kimberly	Mom's Demand Action	Oral
FAV	Pedersen, Rachel	Moms Demand Action	Oral
FAV	Elaine, Arndt	Moms Demand Action - MD Chapter	Oral
FAV	Doucoure , Pamela	Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America	Oral
FAV	Britt, Adiena	N/A	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	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	Simmons, Christina	Showing Up for Racial Justice Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Robson, Letitia	Showing Up for Racial Justice Baltimore Chapter	Written (PDF)
FAV	Keipper, Lindsay	Showing Up for Racial Justice- Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Ichile-Mckenzie, Ongisa	Southern Marylanders for Racial Equality	Position only
FAV	Egan, Ashleylobbyist	UULM-MD	Written (PDF)
FAV	Afkinich, Jenny	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Alheri, Onyinye	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Amanuel, Yanetlobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Apple, Christopher	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Beach, Jacqueline	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Benitez-Perez, Jorge	Individual	Oral
FAV	Berger, Zackary	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Blissett, Richard	Individual	Position only
FAV	Brown, Dior	Individual	Oral
FAV	Cain, Darlene	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Cantori, Renee	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Carroll, Ajhani	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Chaudry, Zainab	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Dalton, Dawn	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Danahy, Molly	Individual	Position only
FAV	Delegate Davis, D.M., Delegate Davis, D.M.legislator	Individual	Oral

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Organizations on record

ACLU of MarylandFAV 1

AIJNFAV 1

Amnesty International USAFAV 1

Baltimore City State's Attorney OfficeFAV 1

Baltimore City States Attorney officeFAV 1

Baltimore County Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #4UNF 1

Baltimore County State's Attorney's OfficeUNF 1

Baltimore for Border JusticeFAV 1

Cecil SolidarityFAV 1

City of Havre de GraceUNF 1

Coalition of Concerned MothersFAV 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

Harford County Deputy Sheriff's UnionUNF 1

Howard County Jewish Community Relations CouncilFAV 1

Jews United for JusticeFAV 1

Joanna SilverFAV 1

Johns Hopkins UniversityFAV 1

Kevin L Cooper FoundationFAV 1

LGBTQ Democrats of Montgomery CountyFWA 1

Lower Shore Progressive CaucusFAV 1

LWVBCOFAV 1

Maryland Alliance for Justice ReformFAV 1

Maryland Association for JusticeFAV 1

Maryland Association for Justice, Civil Rights SectionFAV 1

Maryland Catholic ConferenceFAV 1

Maryland Chiefs of Police and Maryland Sheriffs' AssociationUNF 1

Maryland Coalition for Justice and Police AccountabilityFAV 1

Maryland Legislative CoalitionFAV 1

Maryland OPDFAV 1

Maryland State PoliceUNF 1

Mishkan Torah SynagogueFWA 1

Mom's Demand ActionFAV 1

Moms Demand ActionFAV 1

Moms Demand Action - MD ChapterFAV 1

Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in AmericaFAV 1

N/AFAV 1

PG Change MakersFAV 1

PG ChangeMakers CoalitionFAV 1

Prince George's County Young DemocratsFAV 1

Progressive MarylandFAV 2

Public Justice CenterFAV 1

Showing Up for Racial Justice BaltimoreFAV 1

Showing Up for Racial Justice Baltimore ChapterFAV 1

Showing Up for Racial Justice- BaltimoreFAV 1

Southern Marylanders for Racial EqualityFAV 1

SURJFAV 1

SURJ BaltimoreFAV 2

UULM-MDFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVEgan, AshleyUULM-MDRegistered for: UULM-MD

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.

UNFMansfield, 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.…

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