SB 23

Conditions of Pretrial Release - Home Detention Monitoring

Sponsor: Shelly Hettleman (District 11)Committee: Judicial ProceedingsSubject: Criminal Law - ProcedureStatus: First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Exempting certain defendants placed in private home detention as a condition of pretrial release from the requirement to pay a certain monitoring fee if the defendant qualifies as an indigent individual under certain circumstances or if a home detention monitoring device is provided by the State or a local jurisdiction; establishing the Workgroup on Home Detention Monitoring to study and make recommendations regarding the costs and availability of publicly and privately provided pretrial home detention monitoring systems; etc.

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Testimony (31)

MGA witness list

FAV 30FavorableUNF 1Unfavorable

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Ansah, Samuela	American Civil Liberties Union	Written (PDF)
FAV	Freeman, Iman	Baltimore Action Legal Team	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Collins, Michael	Baltimore City State's Attorney Office	Oral
FAV	York, Caryn	JOTF - CEO	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Quarles, Antoine	JOTF - Witness	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	McDonald, Ericka	LWVBCO	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hettleman, Shelly	MGA- Senator Hettleman	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Caroom, Philip	Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform	Written (PDF)
FAV	Britt, Adiena	N/A	Position only
FAV	Philip, Diana	NARAL Pro-Choice Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Oppenheim, Todd	Office of Public Defender	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Jung, Roy	Office of the Attorney General -- Legislative Affairs Unit	Written (PDF)
FAV	Conner, Charleslobbyist	Office of the Baltimore County Executive	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hanson - Mundell, Nicole	Out for Justice	Oral
FAV	Kleinman, Jan	SURJ	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hauck, Barbara	SURJ Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Smeton, Jonathan	SURJ Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Sell, Jennifer	SURJ3A	Written (PDF)
FAV	Powell, Holly	Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)	Written (PDF)
FAV	Keipper, Lindsay	Showing Up for Racial Justice- Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Dwyer, Maura	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Fertig, Benjamin	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Johnson, Travon	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Novak, Natalie	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Rochkind, Jonathan	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Rosenthal, Anne	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Senator Hettleman, Senator Hettlemanlegislator	Individual	Position only
FAV	Todd, Tamara	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Wilkins, Katherine	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Yoder, Daryl	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	John, Beverly	Individual	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

American Civil Liberties UnionFAV 1

Baltimore Action Legal TeamFAV 1

Baltimore City State's Attorney OfficeFAV 1

JOTF - CEOFAV 1

JOTF - WitnessFAV 1

LWVBCOFAV 1

Maryland Alliance for Justice ReformFAV 1

MGA- Senator HettlemanFAV 1

N/AFAV 1

NARAL Pro-Choice MarylandFAV 1

Office of Public DefenderFAV 1

Office of the Attorney General -- Legislative Affairs UnitFAV 1

Office of the Baltimore County ExecutiveFAV 1

Out for JusticeFAV 1

Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)FAV 1

Showing Up for Racial Justice- BaltimoreFAV 1

SURJFAV 1

SURJ BaltimoreFAV 2

SURJ3AFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVConner, CharlesOffice of the Baltimore County ExecutiveRegistered for: MedStar Health