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 listFAV 5FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsUNF 15UnfavorableINFO 1Information only
| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Levi, Deborah | Office of the Public Defender | Oral |
| FAV | Keipper, Lindsay | Showing Up for Racial Justice- Baltimore | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Delegate Acevero, Delegate Aceverolegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Hanson-Mundell, Nicole | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Tabatabai, Behnam | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Rose, David | Baltimore County Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #4 | Position only |
| UNF | Shier, Michael | FOP | Position only |
| UNF | consoli, angelo | FOP Lodge 89 and Maryland State Lodge | Position only |
| UNF | Yancy, Garry | Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 112 | Position only |
| UNF | Carpenter, Sherrice | Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 89 | Position only |
| UNF | Hunt, Murray | MD FOP 130 | Position only |
| UNF | Patashnick, Gavin | MSAA | Oral |
| UNF | Mansfield, Andrealobbyist | Maryland Chiefs & Sheriffs Associations | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | riley, joseph | Maryland State's Attorneys Association | Oral |
| UNF | Kroll, Steven | Maryland State's Attorneys' Association | Oral |
| UNF | Gill, Brian | State Law Enforcement Officers Labor Alliance | Position only |
| UNF | Foreman, Matthew | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Love, William | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Minnich, Ryan | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Ness, Jonathan | Individual | Position only |
| FWA | Hilliard, Elizabeth | Maryland Office of the Public Defender | Written (PDF) |
| INFO | Brady, Michael | Maryland State Police | Written (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.…
