Maryland Police Accountability Act of 2021 - Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights - Repeal and Procedures for Discipline
Sponsor: Senator CarterCommittee: Judicial ProceedingsSubject: Public SafetyStatus: Third Reading Passed with Amendments (94-42) (as of Dec 1, 2021)
What this bill does
Official synopsis
Repealing certain provisions of the Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights; providing for the discipline of law enforcement officers; providing that provisions of the Act supersede and preempt any other law of the State, a county, or a municipal corporation; providing that a law enforcement agency or the agency's superior governmental authority and a collective bargaining unit may not enter into a certain agreement; recodifying certain provisions of law relating to certain employment rights and the expungement of certain records; etc.
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Testimony (104)
MGA witness listFAV 69FavorableFWA 26Favorable with amendmentsUNF 9Unfavorable
| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Rocah, David | ACLU of Maryland | Oral |
| FAV | Rocah, David | ACLU of Maryland | Position only |
| FAV | Gudlavalleti, Rajani | Baltimore Harm Reduction Coalition | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Cocke, Abigail | Baltimore for Border Justice | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Morris, Marguerite | For Kathy's Sake/Community Actively Seeking Transparency | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Lloyd, Rianna | Jews United for Justice | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | McDonald, Ericka | LWVBCO | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Franklin, Neill | Law Enforcement Action Partnership | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Love, Dayvon | Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle | Oral |
| FAV | Schablein, Jared | Lower Shore Progressive Caucus | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Caroom, Philip | Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform | Position only |
| FAV | Britt, Adiena | N/A | Position only |
| FAV | Britt, Adiena | N/A | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Petty , Agbeko | NAACP Legal Defense Fund | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Elliott, Richard DeShay | Prince George's County Young Democrats | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Hutto, Jonathan | Prince George's People's Coalition | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Gardner, Debra | Public Justice Center | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Kleinman, Jan | SURJ | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Pham Linhoff, Christina | 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 | Healy, James | Self Employed | Position only |
| FAV | Powell, Holly | Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Simmons, Christina | Showing Up for Racial Justice Baltimore | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Keipper, Lindsay | Showing Up for Racial Justice- Baltimore | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Ichile-Mckenzie, Ongisa | Southern Marylanders for Racial Equality | Position only |
| FAV | Parker, Emil | Takoma Park Mobilization | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Amanuel, Yanetlobbyist | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Amer, Ziad | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Apple, Christopher | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Atkinson, David | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Berger, Zackary | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Bock-Singleton, Natasza | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Buchman, Emma | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Cain, Darlene | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Cantori, Renee | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Carter, Jill | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Chaudry, Zainab | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Ciambrone, Alicia | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Dalton, Dawn | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Diaz, Lorena | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Dwyer, Maura | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Evans-Goldstein, Annalobbyist | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Fertig, Benjamin | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Gray, Chelsea | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Hamlett, Erica | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Harrison, Jeffrey | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Hurley, Ayla | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | John, Beverly | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Jones, Tawanda | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Joseph, Stephanie | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Juberg, Arielle | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Novak, Natalie | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Paul, Cathrynlobbyist | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Plymyer, David | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Rehr, Nathan | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Rochkind, Jonathan | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Rock-Foster, Charlene | Individual | Written (PDF) |
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Organizations on record
ACLU of MarylandFAV 2
Leaders of a Beautiful StruggleFAV 1UNF 1
LWVBCOFAV 1
Maryland JudiciaryUNF 1
N/AFAV 2
Public Justice CenterFAV 1FWA 1
Self EmployedFAV 1
Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)FAV 1FWA 1
SURJFAV 2
SURJ - BaltimoreFAV 1
SURJ BaltimoreFAV 2FWA 3
SURJ3AFAV 1
Registered lobbyists who testified
FAVEvans-Goldstein, AnnaRegistered for: Baltimore Roundtable for Economic Democracy c/o SEED Commons
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…
FWAMansfield, 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.…