SB 853

Juvenile Law - Juvenile Justice Reform Council Extension and Grant Funding

Sponsor: Senator CarterCommittee: Judicial ProceedingsSubject: Juvenile LawStatus: First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the Governor, beginning in fiscal year 2023, to appropriate at least $2,000,000 in the annual budget bill for a grant to Roca Baltimore, LLC; requiring the Juvenile Justice Reform Council to submit a supplemental report on its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by October 1, 2021; and extending the termination date of the Council to June 30, 2022.

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Testimony (35)

MGA witness list

FAV 31FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsUNF 2UnfavorableINFO 1Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Breakstone, Hannah	Advocates for Children and Youth	Written (PDF)
FAV	Freeman, Iman	Baltimore Action Legal Team	Written (PDF)
FAV	Zernhelt, Matthew	Baltimore Action Legal Team	Written (PDF)
FAV	Scott, Brandon	Baltimore City Administration	Oral
FAV	Muhammad, Huzzaifa	CAIR Office in Maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	MALONGA-NTINOU, JADE	Community Law in Action (CLIA)	Written (PDF)
FAV	Abed, Sec. Sam	Department of Juvenile Services	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Tompsett, Thomas	Harris Jones & Malone	Written (PDF)
FAV	Park, Liz	MD Association of Youth Service Bureaus	Written (PDF)
FAV	O'Day, Garrettlobbyist	MD Catholic Conference	Written (PDF)
FAV	Caroom, Philip	Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform	Written (PDF)
FAV	Moroney, Nick	Maryland Juvenile Justice Monitoring Unit	Written (PDF)
FAV	Egan, Jenny	Maryland Office of the Public Defender	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Hall, Michele	Maryland Office of the Public Defender	Written (PDF)
FAV	Mehu, Natashalobbyist	Mayor's Office of Government Relations	Written (PDF)
FAV	Britt, Adiena	N/A	Position only
FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	NAACP Maryland	Oral
FAV	Borror, Amy	National Juvenile Defender Center	Written (PDF)
FAV	Wang, Tiffany	Players Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Mooney, Emily	R Street Institute	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kasemeyer, Pam	Schwartz, Metz & Wise, P.A.	Written (PDF)
FAV	Ichile-Mckenzie, Ongisa	Southern Marylanders for Racial Equality	Written (PDF)
FAV	Wilkerson, Alicelobbyist	Strong Future Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Balis, Nate	The Annie E. Casey Foundation	Oral
FAV	Rovner, Josh	The Sentencing Project	Written (PDF)
FAV	Nelson, Marta	The Vera Institute for Justice	Oral
FAV	frazier, derrell	mental health association of maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Carter, Jill	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Habash, Maya	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Henning, Kristin	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Senator Carter, Senator Carterlegislator	Individual	Oral
UNF	Mansfield, Andrealobbyist	Maryland Chiefs of Police and Maryland Sheriffs' Association	Written (PDF)
UNF	Elalamy, Sara	Maryland Judiciary	Written (PDF)
FWA	Tomasello, Beth	Montgomery County Women's Democratic Club	Written (PDF)
INFO	Patashnick, Gavin	MSAA	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Advocates for Children and YouthFAV 1

Baltimore Action Legal TeamFAV 2

Baltimore City AdministrationFAV 1

CAIR Office in MarylandFAV 1

Community Law in Action (CLIA)FAV 1

Department of Juvenile ServicesFAV 1

Harris Jones & MaloneFAV 1

Maryland Alliance for Justice ReformFAV 1

Maryland Chiefs of Police and Maryland Sheriffs' AssociationUNF 1

Maryland JudiciaryUNF 1

Maryland Juvenile Justice Monitoring UnitFAV 1

Maryland Office of the Public DefenderFAV 2

Mayor's Office of Government RelationsFAV 1

MD Association of Youth Service BureausFAV 1

MD Catholic ConferenceFAV 1

mental health association of marylandFAV 1

Montgomery County Women's Democratic ClubFWA 1

MSAAINFO 1

N/AFAV 1

NAACP MarylandFAV 1

National Juvenile Defender CenterFAV 1

Players CoalitionFAV 1

R Street InstituteFAV 1

Schwartz, Metz & Wise, P.A.FAV 1

Southern Marylanders for Racial EqualityFAV 1

Strong Future MarylandFAV 1

The Annie E. Casey FoundationFAV 1

The Sentencing ProjectFAV 1

The Vera Institute for JusticeFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVO'Day, GarrettMD Catholic ConferenceRegistered for: Maryland Catholic Conference

FAVMehu, NatashaMayor's Office of Government RelationsRegistered for: Maryland Hospital Association; Maryland Patient Care and Access Coalition; Maryland Association of Certified Public Accountants; Maryland Academy of Advanced Practice Clinicians; Baltimore Washington Rapid Rail, LLC; Maryland Works, Inc.…

FAVWilkerson, AliceStrong Future MarylandRegistered for: Advance Maryland

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.…