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HB 197

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Criminal Procedure – Police Officers – Stop Procedures (Know Your Rights Act)

Sponsor: C. T. Wilson (District 28)Committee: JudiciarySubject: Criminal Law - ProcedureStatus: Hearing 2/09 at 1:30 p.m. (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring a police officer to display proper identification and provide certain information to certain individuals at the commencement of a certain stop, with a certain exception; requiring a police officer to inform certain passengers and occupants of a certain vehicle of the right to refuse to provide identification to the police officer at a certain time; prohibiting a police officer from seizing certain items without a warrant or using certain tactics or deliberately misrepresenting facts for a certain purpose; etc.

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Testimony (21)

MGA witness list
FAV 13FavorableUNF 8Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVTruong, HieuBaltimore Asian Resistance in SolidarityPosition only
FAVGreenberg, LawrenceMD Assoc. For JusticeOral
FAVDove, SpencerMaryland Commission on Civil RightsWritten (PDF)
FAVWilson, Delegate C.T.Maryland General Assembly (Delegate)Oral + Written (PDF)
FAVFraser, StanfordMaryland OPDOral + Written (PDF)
FAVBritt, AdienaN/APosition only
FAVElliott, Richard DeShayPrince George's County Young DemocratsWritten (PDF)
FAVBlissett, RichardIndividualPosition only
FAVCheakalos, PaulIndividualPosition only
FAVDelegate Wilson, Delegate WilsonlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVLaw, JonathanIndividualPosition only
FAVParker, JannaIndividualOral
FAVShin, RebeccaIndividualPosition only
UNFRose, DavidBaltimore County Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #4Position only
UNFShellenberger, ScottBaltimore County State's Attorney's OfficeOral + Written (PDF)
UNFconsoli, angeloFOP Lodge 89 and Maryland State LodgePosition only
UNFMansfield, AndrealobbyistMaryland Chiefs of Police and Maryland Sheriffs' AssociationWritten (PDF)
UNFWilliams, ThomasMaryland State PoliceWritten (PDF)
UNFriley, josephMaryland State's Attorneys AssociationOral
UNFKroll, StevenMaryland State's Attorneys' AssociationOral
UNFMassoni, JennalobbyistIndividualPosition only

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

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