SB 763

Public Safety and Criminal Justice - Transparency and Accountability

Sponsor: Charles E. Sydnor, III (District 44)Committee: Judicial ProceedingsSubject: Criminal Law - ProceduresStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 141 (as of Nov 15, 2022)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the Division of Parole and Probation to report certain information annually to the General Assembly; requiring a certain annual report by the State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy to identify certain information for crimes of violence; requiring the Commission to include certain information in a data dashboard on its public website; altering the definition of 'student data' to allow certain criminal and CINA records to be shared with the Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center; etc.

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Testimony (22)

MGA witness list

FAV 9FavorableUNF 11UnfavorableINFO 2Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Antoine, LaTrina	Baltimore Witness	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Williams, Krystal	MARYLAND OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER	Position only
FAV	Caroom, Philip	Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform	Written (PDF)
FAV	Coleman, Ryan	President, Randallstown NAACP	Written (PDF)
FAV	Sydnor III, Charles E.	Senator Charles E. Sydnor III	Written (PDF)
FAV	Sahaf, Mona	Vera Institute of Justice	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Senator Sydnor, Senator Sydnorlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Senator Sydnor, Senator Sydnorlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Snyder, Rebeccalobbyist	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Shellenberger, Scott	Baltimore County State's Attorney's Office	Written (PDF)
UNF	Patashnick, Gavin	MSAA	Oral
UNF	Sanderson, Michael	Maryland Association of Counties (MACo)	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Elalamy, Sara	Maryland Judiciary	Written (PDF)
UNF	Harris , Pamela	Maryland Judiciary	Oral
UNF	Morrisey , Chief Judge John	Maryland Judiciary	Oral
UNF	Katana, Shaolilobbyist	Maryland State Bar Association	Written (PDF)
UNF	Soule, David	Maryland State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy	Written (PDF)
UNF	Mitchell, Karen	Maryland State's Attorney Association	Oral
UNF	Culver, Allan	Maryland State's Attorney's Association	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Kroll, Steven	Maryland State's Attorneys' Association	Oral
INFO	Beskid, Jennifer	Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services	Written (PDF)
INFO	Williams, Krystal	MARYLAND OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER	Oral