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SB 484

EnactedCrossfile HB 193
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Criminal Procedure - Victims of Crime - Private Room

Sponsor: Shelly Hettleman (District 11)Committee: Judicial ProceedingsSubject: Criminal Law - ProcedureStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 86 (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the State Board of Victim Services to develop a poster to notify a victim of the right to request a certain private room in a law enforcement agency or unit when reporting a crime, other than homicide, that primarily involves injury to a person; requiring a certain law enforcement agency to display a poster developed by the State Board of Victim Services informing a victim of the right to request a private room; and requiring a certain law enforcement agency to provide a certain private room to a certain victim.

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Testimony (11)

MGA witness list
FAV 11Favorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVHettleman, ShellyMGA- Senator HettlemanWritten (PDF)
FAVSiri, MicheleMLAWOral
FAVJordan, Lisae ClobbyistMaryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MCASA)Oral + Written (PDF)
FAVShapiro, MelanielobbyistMaryland Network Against Domestic ViolenceOral + Written (PDF)
FAVPhilip, DianaNARAL Pro-Choice MarylandWritten (PDF)
FAVLee, MichelleOffice of the State's Attorney for Baltimore CityOral + Written (PDF)
FAVRuth, LaureWomen's Law Center of Maryland, Inc.Oral + Written (PDF)
FAVBaranauskas, AnthonyIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVSayan, IsabellaIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVSayan, KristenIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVSenator Hettleman, Senator HettlemanlegislatorIndividualOral

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVJordan, Lisae CMaryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MCASA)Registered for: Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault
FAVShapiro, MelanieMaryland Network Against Domestic ViolenceRegistered for: Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence