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HB 477

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Court Order to Use a Cell Site Simulator or Obtain Location Information From an Electronic Device - Procedures

Sponsor: Jesse T. Pippy (District 4)Committee: JudiciarySubject: Criminal Law - ProcedureStatus: Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 392 (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Providing the ways in which an application for a court order authorizing or directing a law enforcement officer to use a cell site simulator or obtain location information from an electronic device may be submitted to a judge; providing for the ways in which an applicant for the court order and a judge may converse about the court order application; and providing for the ways in which a judge may issue the court order.

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Testimony (4)

MGA witness list
FAV 4Favorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVShellenberger, ScottBaltimore County State's Attorney's OfficeOral + Written (PDF)
FAVElalamy, SaraMaryland JudiciaryWritten (PDF)
FAVKroll, StevenMaryland State's Attorneys' AssociationOral
FAVDelegate Pippy, Delegate PippylegislatorIndividualOral

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