HB 151

Did not advance

Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights - Repeal

Sponsor: Gabriel Acevero (District 39)Committee: JudiciarySubject: Public SafetyStatus: Hearing 2/09 at 1:30 p.m. (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Repealing the Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights; providing for the prospective application of the Act; and requiring the publishers of the Annotated Code of Maryland, in consultation with and subject to the approval of the Department of Legislative Services, to take certain actions.

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Testimony (132)

MGA witness list

FAV 120FavorableFWA 2Favorable with amendmentsUNF 9UnfavorableINFO 1Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Stevenson, Christopher	1199SEIU	Written (PDF)
FAV	Spielberger, Joe	ACLU of Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Agus, Deborah	BHLI - Behavioral Health Leadership Institute	Written (PDF)
FAV	Freeman, Iman	Baltimore Action Legal Team	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Truong, Hieu	Baltimore Asian Resistance in Solidarity	Position only
FAV	Bledsoe, Janice	Baltimore City State's Attorney Office	Oral
FAV	Cocke, Abigail	Baltimore for Border Justice	Written (PDF)
FAV	Younis, Fatima	CAIR Office in Maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Rothermel, Tim	Cecil Solidarity	Written (PDF)
FAV	Stewart, Kate	City of Takoma Park	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Enenmoh, Ikechukwu	Coalition Against Policing by Hopkins	Written (PDF)
FAV	Lizzappi, Malcolm	Coalition Against Policing by Hopkins	Oral
FAV	Gray-Hopkins, Marion	Coalition of Concerned Mothers	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Braganca, Meagan	Columbia Democratic Club	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	El Said, Nariman	Greater Baltimore Democratic Socialists of America	Written (PDF)
FAV	Coco, Michael	Greater Baltimore Democratic Socialists of America (GBDSA)	Written (PDF)
FAV	Lloyd, Rianna	Jews United for Justice	Written (PDF)
FAV	Silver, Joanna	Joanna Silver	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Gan, Quan	Johns Hopkins University	Written (PDF)
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	Love, Dayvon	Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle	Oral
FAV	Schablein, Jared	Lower Shore Progressive Caucus	Written (PDF)
FAV	Marjanovic, Sophia	Maryland Alliance for Court Reform	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Caroom, Philip	Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform	Position only
FAV	Kronser, Lori	Maryland Coalition for Justice and Police Accountability	Written (PDF)
FAV	Dove, Spencer	Maryland Commission on Civil Rights	Written (PDF)
FAV	Plante, Cecilia	Maryland Legislative Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	DeLong, Michael	Montgomery County Young Democrats	Written (PDF)
FAV	Green, Linda	Mount Rainier Organizing for Racial Equality	Written (PDF)
FAV	Cagri, Ilhan	Muslim Voices Coalition	Oral
FAV	Britt, Adiena	N/A	Written (PDF)
FAV	Levi, Deborah	Office of the Public Defender	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Spillane, John	Our Revolution Prince George's	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	Pham Linhoff, Christina	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	McRury, Katherine	Sunrise Movement Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	McNary, Ethan	Sunrise Movement Baltimore and Maryland Campaign for Environmental Human Rights	Written (PDF)
FAV	Parker, Emil	Takoma Park Mobilization	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Egan, Ashleylobbyist	UULM-MD	Written (PDF)
FAV	Afkinich, Jenny	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Aganga-Williams, Olufemi	Individual	Position only

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Organizations on record

1199SEIUFAV 1

ACLU of MarylandFAV 1FWA 1

Baltimore Action Legal TeamFAV 1

Baltimore Asian Resistance in SolidarityFAV 1

Baltimore City State's Attorney OfficeFAV 1

Baltimore County Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #4UNF 1

Baltimore for Border JusticeFAV 1

BHLI - Behavioral Health Leadership InstituteFAV 1

CAIR Office in MarylandFAV 1

Cecil SolidarityFAV 1

City of Havre de GraceUNF 1

City of Takoma ParkFAV 1

Coalition Against Policing by HopkinsFAV 2

Coalition of Concerned MothersFAV 1

Columbia Democratic ClubFAV 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 AmericaFAV 1

Greater Baltimore Democratic Socialists of America (GBDSA)FAV 1

Jews United for JusticeFAV 1

Joanna SilverFAV 1

Johns Hopkins UniversityFAV 1

Kevin L Cooper FoundationFAV 1

Leaders of a Beautiful StruggleFAV 1

LGBTQ Democrats of Montgomery CountyFAV 1

Lower Shore Progressive CaucusFAV 1

LWVBCOFAV 1

Maryland Alliance for Court ReformFAV 1

Maryland Alliance for Justice ReformFAV 1

Maryland Chiefs of Police and Maryland Sheriffs' AssociationUNF 1

Maryland Coalition for Justice and Police AccountabilityFAV 1

Maryland Commission on Civil RightsFAV 1

Maryland Department of TransportationINFO 1

Maryland Legislative CoalitionFAV 1

Maryland State PoliceUNF 1

Montgomery County Young DemocratsFAV 1

Mount Rainier Organizing for Racial EqualityFAV 1

Muslim Voices CoalitionFAV 1

N/AFAV 1

Office of the Public DefenderFAV 1

Our Revolution Prince George'sFAV 1

PG Change MakersFAV 1

PG ChangeMakers CoalitionFAV 1

Prince George's County Young DemocratsFAV 1

Prince George's People's CoalitionFAV 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

St. Mary's County GovernmentUNF 1

Sunrise Movement BaltimoreFAV 1

Sunrise Movement Baltimore and Maryland Campaign for Environmental Human RightsFAV 1

SURJFAV 2

SURJ BaltimoreFAV 2

Takoma Park MobilizationFAV 1

UULM-MDFAV 1

Warnken, LLCUNF 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVEgan, AshleyUULM-MDRegistered for: UULM-MD

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

FAVPaul, CathrynRegistered for: CASA de Maryland, Inc.

FAVStoica, IoanaRegistered for: Job Opportunities Task Force (JOTF); Jews United for Justice

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.…

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…

FWAAmanuel, YanetRegistered for: ACLU of Maryland