HB 372

Criminal Law - Drug Paraphernalia for Administration - Decriminalization

Sponsor: David Moon (District 20)Committee: JudiciarySubject: Criminal Law - Substantive CrimesStatus: First Reading Judicial Proceedings (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Repealing the prohibition against a person using or possessing with intent to use drug paraphernalia to inject, ingest, inhale, or otherwise introduce into the human body a controlled dangerous substance; repealing the prohibition against a person delivering or selling, or manufacturing or possessing with intent to deliver or sell drug paraphernalia under certain circumstances; altering a prohibition against a person possessing or distributing controlled paraphernalia under certain circumstances; etc.

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Testimony (20)

MGA witness list

FAV 18FavorableUNF 2Unfavorable

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Fell, Dave	Baltimore Harm Reduction Coalition	Oral
FAV	Gudlavalleti, Rajani	Baltimore Harm Reduction Coalition	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Kerr, Samantha	Baltimore Harm Reduction Coalition	Oral
FAV	Morris Sr., Ricky	Baltimore Harm Reduction Coalition (BHRC)	Oral
FAV	Diamond, Joanna	Health Care for the Homeless	Written (PDF)
FAV	Emerson, Jessica	Human Trafficking Prevention Project	Oral
FAV	Hilliard, Michael	Law Enforcement Action Partnership	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Williams, Krystal	MARYLAND OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Adams, MD, Joseph	Maryland-DC Society of Addiction Medicine	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Rosen-Cohen, Nancy	NCADD-Maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Thompson, Emily	PIVOT, Inc.	Written (PDF)
FAV	Marguerite, Christianne	Progressive Maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Wilson , Alex	SPARC	Oral
FAV	Flath, Natalie	University of Maryland School of Social Work	Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Moon, Delegate Moonlegislator	Individual	Position only
FAV	Moon, David	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Phillips, Ron	Individual	Oral
FAV	Schneider, Adam	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Shellenberger, Scott	Baltimore County State's Attorney's Office	Oral
UNF	Mansfield, Andrealobbyist	Maryland Chiefs of Police and Maryland Sheriffs' Association	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Baltimore County State's Attorney's OfficeUNF 1

Baltimore Harm Reduction CoalitionFAV 3

Baltimore Harm Reduction Coalition (BHRC)FAV 1

Health Care for the HomelessFAV 1

Human Trafficking Prevention ProjectFAV 1

Law Enforcement Action PartnershipFAV 1

Maryland Chiefs of Police and Maryland Sheriffs' AssociationUNF 1

MARYLAND OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDERFAV 1

Maryland-DC Society of Addiction MedicineFAV 1

NCADD-MarylandFAV 1

PIVOT, Inc.FAV 1

Progressive MarylandFAV 1

SPARCFAV 1

University of Maryland School of Social WorkFAV 1

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.…