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SB 420

VetoedCrossfile HB 372
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Criminal Law – Drug Paraphernalia for Administration – Decriminalization

Sponsor: Senator CarterCommittee: Judicial ProceedingsSubject: Criminal Law - Substantive CrimesStatus: Vetoed by the Governor (Policy) (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 list of certain items that indicate intent to use certain controlled paraphernalia for certain purposes; etc.

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Testimony (20)

MGA witness list
FAV 20Favorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVAgus, DeborahBHLI - Behavioral Health Leadership InstituteOral
FAVGudlavalleti, RajaniBaltimore Harm Reduction CoalitionOral + Written (PDF)
FAVO'Keefe, OwenBaltimore Harm Reduction CoalitionOral + Written (PDF)
FAVJefferson , StaceylobbyistBehavioral Health System BaltimoreWritten (PDF)
FAVDiamond, JoannaHealth Care for the HomelessWritten (PDF)
FAVEmerson, JessicaHuman Trafficking Prevention ProjectOral
FAVHilliard, MichaelLaw Enforcement Action PartnershipOral + Written (PDF)
FAVNiemann, DoyleLegislative Committee, Criminal Law & Practice Section, Maryland State Bar AssociationWritten (PDF)
FAVFraser, StanfordMaryland OPDWritten (PDF)
FAVAdams, MD, JosephMaryland-DC Society of Addiction MedicineWritten (PDF)
FAVRosen-Cohen, NancyNCADD-MarylandWritten (PDF)
FAVDwyer, JenniferProgressive MarylandWritten (PDF)
FAVWilson , AlexSPARCOral
FAVKasemeyer, PamSchwartz, Metz & Wise, P.A.Written (PDF)
FAVAlheri, OnyinyeIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVCarter, JillIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVDunleavy, JessieIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVHigdon, ThomasIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVSawyer, AnneIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVSenator Carter, Senator CarterlegislatorIndividualOral

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVJefferson , StaceyBehavioral Health System BaltimoreRegistered for: Behavioral Health System Baltimore