SB 704

Conditions of Pretrial Release - Home Detention Monitoring - Alterations and Extension

Sponsor: Shelly Hettleman (District 11)Committee: Judicial ProceedingsSubject: Criminal Law - ProceduresStatus: Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 544 (as of Nov 15, 2022)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the State to use available federal funds to provide certain payments to private home detention monitoring agencies for certain costs under certain circumstances; requiring the Workgroup on Home Detention Monitoring to submit a report of its recommendations regarding the costs and availability of both publicly and privately provided pretrial home detention monitoring systems to the General Assembly by December 31 each year; stating the intent of the General Assembly to fund certain requirements using only federal funds; etc.

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Testimony (38)

MGA witness list

FAV 36FavorableUNF 2Unfavorable

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Winchester, Danielle	Advantage Sentencing Alternative Programs, Inc.	Oral
FAV	Blau, Samantha	Baltimore Action Legal Team	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Plaut, Arilobbyist	Boston Plaut Attorneys at Law	Oral
FAV	Quarles, Antoin	Helping Oppressed People Excel (H.O.P.E.)	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bensky, Stacy	JOTF	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Dews, Christopherlobbyist	JOTF	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	McDermott, Eliza	JOTF - Witness	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kerny, Dwight	JOTF Witness	Written (PDF)
FAV	Johnson, Qiana	Life After Release	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hettleman, Shelly	MGA- Senator Hettleman	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hettleman, Shelly	MGA- Senator Hettleman	Written (PDF)
FAV	Caroom, Philip	Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform	Written (PDF)
FAV	Harlock, Nicole	Maryland Association of Counties (MACo)	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Plante, Cecilia	Maryland Legislative Coalition	Position only
FAV	Bogdan, Henrylobbyist	Maryland Nonprofits	Written (PDF)
FAV	Green, Linda	Mount Rainier Organizing for Racial Equality	Written (PDF)
FAV	Oppenheim, Todd	Office of Public Defender	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Oppenheim, Todd	Office of Public Defender	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Lima, Marianne	Office of the Public Defender	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Freeman, Iman	People's Commission to Decriminalize MD	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kleinman, Jan	SURJ	Written (PDF)
FAV	Palmisano, Erica	SURJ Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Smeton, Jonathan	SURJ Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Keipper, Lindsay	Showing Up for Racial Justice- Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Boston, Frank	Individual	Oral
FAV	Darby, Tim	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hanson-Mundell, Nicole	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Johnson, Sarah	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Juberg, Arielle	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Pereschuk, Alicia	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Schmitz, Martha	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Seel, Brian	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Senator Hettleman, Senator Hettlemanlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Senator Hettleman, Senator Hettlemanlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Wilkins, Katherine	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Yoder, Daryl	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Elalamy, Sara	Maryland Judiciary	Written (PDF)
UNF	Pelz, Suzanne	Individual	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Advantage Sentencing Alternative Programs, Inc.FAV 1

Baltimore Action Legal TeamFAV 1

Boston Plaut Attorneys at LawFAV 1

Helping Oppressed People Excel (H.O.P.E.)FAV 1

JOTFFAV 2

JOTF - WitnessFAV 1

JOTF WitnessFAV 1

Life After ReleaseFAV 1

Maryland Alliance for Justice ReformFAV 1

Maryland Association of Counties (MACo)FAV 1

Maryland JudiciaryUNF 1

Maryland Legislative CoalitionFAV 1

Maryland NonprofitsFAV 1

MGA- Senator HettlemanFAV 2

Mount Rainier Organizing for Racial EqualityFAV 1

Office of Public DefenderFAV 2

Office of the Public DefenderFAV 1

People's Commission to Decriminalize MDFAV 1

Showing Up for Racial Justice- BaltimoreFAV 1

SURJFAV 1

SURJ BaltimoreFAV 2

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVPlaut, AriBoston Plaut Attorneys at LawRegistered for: ADT, LLC dba ADT Security Services; Altria Client Services LLC and its Affiliates - Philip Morris USA Inc., John Middleton Co., U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Co., Helix Innovations LLC & NJOY, LLC; Amazon.com Services, Inc c/o Frank D. Boston III, Attorney at Law; Baltimore City Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 3; CoinFlip; Crown MD Online Gaming LLC…

FAVDews, ChristopherJOTFRegistered for: Advance Maryland Education Fund; Beyond Impact; Center for Urban Families; Dews & Associates; Out for Justice, Inc.; REFORM Alliance…

FAVBogdan, HenryMaryland NonprofitsRegistered for: Maryland Nonprofits