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HB 788

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State and Local Parks - Child Safe Zone Program - Establishment (Equitable Access to Safe Parks Act)

Sponsor: Dana Stein (District 11B)Committee: Environment and TransportationSubject: Natural Resources - GenerallyStatus: Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Nov 15, 2022)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Establishing the Child Safe Zone Program in the Department of Natural Resources to improve public safety at State and local parks, install signage in prominent areas of each State park identifying the parks as Child Safe Zones, and facilitate coordination with local jurisdictions to designate local parks as Child Safe Zones; and establishing the Child Safe Zone Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund to provide funding for capital and operating expenses associated with enhancing public safety in State and local parks.

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Testimony (16)

MGA witness list
FAV 12FavorableUNF 1UnfavorableINFO 3Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVBeller, JoelBaltimore County GovernmentWritten (PDF)
FAVFoster, PatriciaCylburn ArboretumWritten (PDF)
FAVFry, DonaldGreater Baltimore CommitteeWritten (PDF)
FAVFiore, JustinMaryland Municipal LeagueWritten (PDF)
FAVSchugam, LarryNorthwest Baltimore PartnershipWritten (PDF)
FAVJohnson, StevenPimlico Terrace Neighborhood AssociationOral + Written (PDF)
FAVAtlas, RandyIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVDelegate Stein, Delegate SteinlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVLane, FrankIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVMichael, LeVarIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVRosenberg, AdamIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVStein, Del. DanaIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFMcGuire, JamesIndividualPosition only
INFOLuffman, BunkyDepartment of Natural ResourcesWritten (PDF)
INFONathanson, MarthalobbyistLifebridge HealthWritten (PDF)
INFOWilkins, BarbaraIndividualWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

INFONathanson, MarthaLifebridge HealthRegistered for: Lifebridge Health, Inc.