HB 640

Did not advance

Criminal Law - Failure to Obey a Reasonable and Lawful Order - Repeal

Sponsor: Sheila Ruth (District 44B)Committee: JudiciarySubject: Criminal Law - Substantive CrimesStatus: Hearing 2/12 at 1:30 p.m. (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Repealing the prohibition against willfully failing to obey a reasonable and lawful order that a law enforcement officer makes to prevent a disturbance to the public peace.

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Testimony (24)

MGA witness list

FAV 17FavorableUNF 7Unfavorable

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Spielberger, Joe	ACLU of Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Lohrasbi, Munib	Disability Rights Maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	LaMaster, Jeremy	FreeState Justice	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Diamond, Joanna	Health Care for the Homeless	Written (PDF)
FAV	Sevilla, Gabriela	Homeless Persons Representation Project	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Fraser, Stanford	Maryland OPD	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Kerr, Charlie	National Lawyers Guild-Maryland State Chapter	Written (PDF)
FAV	Elliott, Richard DeShay	Prince George's County Young Democrats	Written (PDF)
FAV	Walker, Maureen	Student Homelessness Initiative Partnership of Frederick County	Written (PDF)
FAV	Commission to Decriminalize MD, The People's	The People's Commission to Decriminalize Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Archer, Edwin	Individual	Oral
FAV	Blalock, Isabel	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Ceruolo, Rich	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Clark, Hope	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Ruth, Delegate Ruthlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Law, Jonathan	Individual	Position only
FAV	Ruth, S	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Rose, David	Baltimore County Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #4	Position only
UNF	Shellenberger, Scott	Baltimore County State's Attorney's Office	Oral
UNF	consoli, angelo	FOP Lodge 89 and Maryland State Lodge	Written (PDF)
UNF	Mansfield, Andrealobbyist	Maryland Chiefs of Police and Maryland Sheriffs' Association	Written (PDF)
UNF	Katcef, William	Maryland State's Attorney's Association	Oral
UNF	Kroll, Steven	Maryland State's Attorneys' Association	Oral
UNF	mcavoy, vince	Individual	Oral

Organizations on record

ACLU of MarylandFAV 1

Baltimore County Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #4UNF 1

Baltimore County State's Attorney's OfficeUNF 1

Disability Rights MarylandFAV 1

FOP Lodge 89 and Maryland State LodgeUNF 1

FreeState JusticeFAV 1

Health Care for the HomelessFAV 1

Homeless Persons Representation ProjectFAV 1

Maryland Chiefs of Police and Maryland Sheriffs' AssociationUNF 1

Maryland OPDFAV 1

Maryland State's Attorney's AssociationUNF 1

Maryland State's Attorneys' AssociationUNF 1

National Lawyers Guild-Maryland State ChapterFAV 1

Prince George's County Young DemocratsFAV 1

Student Homelessness Initiative Partnership of Frederick CountyFAV 1

The People's Commission to Decriminalize MarylandFAV 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.…