SB 88

State and Local Government - Participation in Federal Immigration Enforcement

Sponsor: William C. Smith, Jr. (District 20)Committee: Judicial ProceedingsSubject: Public SafetyStatus: Hearing 1/27 at 11:00 a.m. (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Providing that an official of State or local government is immune from criminal and civil liability for refusing to provide information to the federal government or another state for a certain purpose; authorizing the State to indemnify a certain official for certain costs or judgments; expressing the intent of the General Assembly to maintain community trust in Maryland governmental operations and law enforcement efforts by clarifying the parameters of State and local participation in federal immigration enforcement efforts; etc.

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Testimony (78)

MGA witness list

FAV 62FavorableUNF 16Unfavorable

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Spielberger, Joe	ACLU of Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Weisel, Meredithlobbyist	ADL	Written (PDF)
FAV	Truong, Hieu	Baltimore Asian Resistance in Solidarity	Position only
FAV	Cocke, Abigail	Baltimore for Border Justice	Written (PDF)
FAV	Muhammad, Huzzaifa	CAIR Office in Maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Vaughan, Reganlobbyist	Catholic Charities of Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Alston, Linwood	City of Mount Rainier Police Department	Oral
FAV	Kickenson, Jerry	Congregation Action Network	Written (PDF)
FAV	Fraser, Andrea	District 43, Doctorate in Public Health and Environmental Engineering	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bartlett, Olivia	DoTheMostGood	Written (PDF)
FAV	Sugarman, Kate	Doctors For Camp Closure and MD Against ICE Detention	Written (PDF)
FAV	David, Michael	Howard County Coalition for Immigrant Justice	Oral
FAV	Lloyd, Rianna	Jews United for Justice	Written (PDF)
FAV	Williams, Krystal	MARYLAND OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kraska, MJ	Maryland Catholic Conference	Written (PDF)
FAV	Schumitz, Kalilobbyist	Maryland Center on Economic Policy	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kronser, Lori	Maryland Coalition for Justice and Police Accountability	Written (PDF)
FAV	Plante, Cecilia	Maryland Legislative Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Shapiro, Melanielobbyist	Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence	Written (PDF)
FAV	Smith, William	Maryland Senate	Oral
FAV	DeLong, Michael	Montgomery County Young Democrats	Written (PDF)
FAV	Britt, Adiena	N/A	Written (PDF)
FAV	Conner, Charleslobbyist	Office of the Baltimore County Executive	Written (PDF)
FAV	Murray, Kerriann	SURJ	Written (PDF)
FAV	Esposito, Lindsay	SURJ - Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hauck, Barbara	SURJ Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Smeton, Jonathan	SURJ Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Sell, Jennifer	SURJ3A	Written (PDF)
FAV	Geglia, Elizabeth	Sanctuary DMV	Written (PDF)
FAV	Robson, Letitia	Showing Up for Racial Justice Baltimore Chapter	Written (PDF)
FAV	Atwood, Laura	Takoma Park Mobilization	Written (PDF)
FAV	Lazar, Corey	The Vera Institute of Justice	Written (PDF)
FAV	Siri, Michellelobbyist	The Women's Law Center of Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Egan, Ashleylobbyist	UULM-MD	Written (PDF)
FAV	Berger, Zackary	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Blalock, Isabel	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Cantori, Renee	Individual	Position only
FAV	DeBrosse, Ren	Individual	Position only
FAV	Doogan, Suzanne	Individual	Position only
FAV	Dwyer, Maura	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Emmanuelle, Colline	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Escobar, George	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Feldenzer, Emile	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Gephart, Connor	Individual	Position only
FAV	Harrison, Jeffrey	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Juberg, Arielle	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Katz, Nick	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Law, Jonathan	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Madan, Gaurav	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Martinez, Ashanti	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Otter, Justin	Individual	Position only
FAV	Paul, Cathrynlobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Ramirez, Ericka	Individual	Oral
FAV	Ratnayake, Kushan	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Rochkind, Jonathan	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Senator Smith, Senator Smithlegislator	Individual	Position only
FAV	Shin, Rebecca	Individual	Position only
FAV	Shock, Jack	Individual	Position only
FAV	Todd, Tamara	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Viqueira, Rachel	Individual	Written (PDF)

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Organizations on record

ACLU of MarylandFAV 1

ADLFAV 1

Baltimore Asian Resistance in SolidarityFAV 1

Baltimore for Border JusticeFAV 1

CAIR Office in MarylandFAV 1

Catholic Charities of BaltimoreFAV 1

City of Mount Rainier Police DepartmentFAV 1

Congregation Action NetworkFAV 1

District 43, Doctorate in Public Health and Environmental EngineeringFAV 1

Doctors For Camp Closure and MD Against ICE DetentionFAV 1

DoTheMostGoodFAV 1

FAIRUNF 1

Frederick County Sheriff's OfficeUNF 1

Harford County Sheriff's OfficeUNF 1

Help Save Maryland.orgUNF 1

Howard County Coalition for Immigrant JusticeFAV 1

Jews United for JusticeFAV 1

Maryland Catholic ConferenceFAV 1

Maryland Center on Economic PolicyFAV 1

Maryland Chiefs of Police and Maryland Sheriffs' AssociationUNF 1

Maryland Coalition for Justice and Police AccountabilityFAV 1

Maryland Department of TransportationUNF 1

Maryland JudiciaryUNF 1

Maryland Legislative CoalitionFAV 1

Maryland Network Against Domestic ViolenceFAV 1

MARYLAND OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDERFAV 1

Maryland SenateFAV 1

Maryland State PoliceUNF 1

MFRWUNF 1

Montgomery County Young DemocratsFAV 1

N/AFAV 1UNF 1

Office of the Baltimore County ExecutiveFAV 1

Sanctuary DMVFAV 1

Showing Up for Racial Justice Baltimore ChapterFAV 1

SURJFAV 1

SURJ - BaltimoreFAV 1

SURJ BaltimoreFAV 2

SURJ3AFAV 1

Takoma Park MobilizationFAV 1

The Vera Institute of JusticeFAV 1

The Women's Law Center of MarylandFAV 1

UULM-MDFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVWeisel, MeredithADLRegistered for: Anti-Defamation League (ADL)

FAVVaughan, ReganCatholic Charities of BaltimoreRegistered for: Catholic Charities

FAVSchumitz, KaliMaryland Center on Economic PolicyRegistered for: Maryland Center on Economic Policy

FAVShapiro, MelanieMaryland Network Against Domestic ViolenceRegistered for: Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence

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

FAVSiri, MichelleThe Women's Law Center of MarylandRegistered for: Maryland Legal Services Corporation; Women's Law Center of Maryland, Inc.

FAVEgan, AshleyUULM-MDRegistered for: UULM-MD

FAVPaul, CathrynRegistered for: CASA de Maryland, Inc.

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.…