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Criminal Procedure - Search Warrants

Sponsor: Gabriel Acevero (District 39)Committee: JudiciarySubject: Criminal Law - ProceduresStatus: Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Nov 15, 2022)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Repealing the authority for the issuance and execution of a no-knock search warrant; providing that a search warrant may not authorize an officer executing the warrant to enter a building, an apartment, a premises, or a place to be searched without first announcing the officer's purpose and authority; authorizing a search warrant to be executed only between 8:00 A.M. and 7:00 P.M.; etc.

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Testimony (22)

MGA witness list
FAV 5FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsUNF 15UnfavorableINFO 1Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVLevi, DeborahOffice of the Public DefenderOral
FAVKeipper, LindsayShowing Up for Racial Justice- BaltimoreWritten (PDF)
FAVDelegate Acevero, Delegate AceverolegislatorIndividualOral
FAVHanson-Mundell, NicoleIndividualOral
FAVTabatabai, BehnamIndividualPosition only
UNFRose, DavidBaltimore County Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #4Position only
UNFShier, MichaelFOPPosition only
UNFconsoli, angeloFOP Lodge 89 and Maryland State LodgePosition only
UNFYancy, GarryFraternal Order of Police Lodge 112Position only
UNFCarpenter, SherriceFraternal Order of Police Lodge 89Position only
UNFHunt, MurrayMD FOP 130Position only
UNFPatashnick, GavinMSAAOral
UNFMansfield, AndrealobbyistMaryland Chiefs & Sheriffs AssociationsWritten (PDF)
UNFriley, josephMaryland State's Attorneys AssociationOral
UNFKroll, StevenMaryland State's Attorneys' AssociationOral
UNFGill, BrianState Law Enforcement Officers Labor AlliancePosition only
UNFForeman, MatthewIndividualPosition only
UNFLove, WilliamIndividualPosition only
UNFMinnich, RyanIndividualPosition only
UNFNess, JonathanIndividualPosition only
FWAHilliard, ElizabethMaryland Office of the Public DefenderWritten (PDF)
INFOBrady, MichaelMaryland State PoliceWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

UNFMansfield, AndreaMaryland Chiefs & Sheriffs AssociationsRegistered for: HDR Engineering, Inc.; Adventist HealthCare, Inc.; Alkermes; Alterwood Health, Inc.; American Chemistry Council; Amrize North America Inc., formerly Holcim Participations (US) Inc.