SB 509

Drug Paraphernalia for Administration - Decriminalization

Sponsor: Senator CarterCommittee: Judicial ProceedingsSubject: Criminal Law - Substantive CrimesStatus: Hearing 2/16 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Nov 15, 2022)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Repealing the prohibition against a person using or possessing with intent to use drug paraphernalia to inject, ingest, inhale, or otherwise introduce into the human body a controlled dangerous substance; altering a prohibition against a person possessing or distributing controlled paraphernalia under circumstances which reasonably indicate an intention to use the controlled paraphernalia for certain purposes; altering a list of items that indicate intent to use certain controlled paraphernalia; etc.

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Testimony (37)

MGA witness list

FAV 15FavorableFWA 21Favorable with amendmentsUNF 1Unfavorable

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Henderson, Jane	Communities United	Oral
FAV	Phillips, Ronald	Communities United	Oral
FAV	Niemann, Doyle	Legislative Committee, Criminal Law & Practice Section, Maryland State Bar Association	Written (PDF)
FAV	Shek, Heather	Maryland Department of Health	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hilliard, Elizabeth	Maryland Office of the Public Defender	Written (PDF)
FAV	Rosen-Cohen, Nancy	NCADD-Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Williams, Carrie	Office of the Attorney General	Written (PDF)
FAV	Emerson, Jessica	The Human Trafficking Prevention Project	Written (PDF)
FAV	Blinder , Lee	Trans Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Apple, Chris	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Bailey, Michael	Individual	Position only
FAV	Carlin-Weber, Daniel	Individual	Position only
FAV	DeTello, Nicholas	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	McWilliams, Elaina	Individual	Oral
FAV	Senator Carter, Senator Carterlegislator	Individual	Oral
UNF	Ennis, Ella	Individual	Written (PDF)
FWA	Sperlein, Joan	Baltimore City Substance Abuse Directorate	Written (PDF)
FWA	Fell, Dave	Baltimore Harm Reduction Coalition	Oral
FWA	Gudlavalleti, Rajani	Baltimore Harm Reduction Coalition	Oral
FWA	Gudlavalleti, Rajani	Baltimore Harm Reduction Coalition	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	O'Keefe, Owen	Baltimore Harm Reduction Coalition	Oral
FWA	Smith, Harriet	Baltimore Harm Reduction Coalition (BHRC)	Oral
FWA	Jefferson , Staceylobbyist	Behavioral Health System Baltimore	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Billipp, Katharine	Health Care for the Homeless	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Hilliard, Mike	Law Enforcement Action Partnership	Written (PDF)
FWA	Geddes, Annlobbyist	Maryland Coalition of Families	Written (PDF)
FWA	Adams, MD, Joseph	Maryland-DC Society of Addiction Medicine	Written (PDF)
FWA	Vigna, Elizabeth	Office of Senator Jill P. Carter	Written (PDF)
FWA	Livshin, Michelle	On Our Own of Maryland, Inc.	Written (PDF)
FWA	Muniak, Lindsey	Progressive Maryland	Written (PDF)
FWA	frazier, derrell	mhamd	Written (PDF)
FWA	Dunleavy, Jessie	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Heiman, Heather	Individual	Written (PDF)
FWA	Kasemeyer, Pam	Individual	Written (PDF)
FWA	Mihm, Blake	Individual	Written (PDF)
FWA	Schuster, Calvin	Individual	Written (PDF)
FWA	Taccheri, Claudia	Individual	Written (PDF)

Registered lobbyists who testified

FWAJefferson , StaceyBehavioral Health System BaltimoreRegistered for: Behavioral Health System Baltimore

FWAGeddes, AnnMaryland Coalition of FamiliesRegistered for: Mental Health Association of Maryland; Maryland Coalition of Families

SB 509

What this bill does

Testimony (37)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified