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Criminal Procedure – Police Officers – Stop Procedures (Know Your Rights Act)

Sponsor: Charles E. Sydnor, III (District 44)Committee: Judicial ProceedingsSubject: Criminal Law - ProcedureStatus: Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring a police officer to display proper identification and provide certain information to certain individuals at the commencement of a certain stop, with a certain exception; requiring a police officer to inform certain passengers and occupants of a certain vehicle of the right to refuse to provide identification to the police officer at a certain time; prohibiting a police officer from seizing certain items without a warrant or using certain tactics or deliberately misrepresenting facts for a certain purpose; etc.

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Testimony (17)

MGA witness list
FAV 8FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsUNF 7UnfavorableINFO 1Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVFranklin, NeillLaw Enforcement Action PartnershipWritten (PDF)
FAVGreenberg, LawrenceMaryland Association for JusticeOral
FAVDove, SpencerMaryland Commission on Civil RightsWritten (PDF)
FAVPlante, CeciliaMaryland Legislative CoalitionWritten (PDF)
FAVFraser, StanfordMaryland OPDOral + Written (PDF)
FAVBritt, AdienaN/APosition only
FAVClark, EugeneSenator Charles E. Sydnor IIIOral + Written (PDF)
FAVSenator Sydnor, Senator SydnorlegislatorIndividualOral
UNFShellenberger, ScottBaltimore County State's Attorney's OfficeOral + Written (PDF)
UNFconsoli, angeloFOP Lodge 89 and Maryland State LodgePosition only
UNFGibson, RichHoward County State's Attorney's OfficeOral + Written (PDF)
UNFMansfield, AndrealobbyistMaryland Chiefs of Police and Maryland Sheriffs' AssociationWritten (PDF)
UNFriley, josephMaryland State's Attorneys AssociationOral
UNFMassoni, JennalobbyistIndividualPosition only
UNFmcavoy, vinceIndividualOral
FWAGiannetti , JohnlobbyistMCDAA - Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys' AssociationWritten (PDF)
INFOWilliams, ThomasMaryland State PoliceWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

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.
UNFMassoni, JennaRegistered for: ZeroEyes; Heritage Memorial Cemetery; Maryland Farm Bureau; Mechanical Contractors Association of Maryland, Inc.; ALS Association DC/MD/VA Chapter (ALSA); Alorica
FWAGiannetti , JohnMCDAA - Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys' AssociationRegistered for: Stellar IT Maryland; Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys Association