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HB 536

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Court Officials – Public Disclosure of Personal Information

Sponsor: Luke Clippinger (District 46)Committee: JudiciarySubject: Courts and Court Personnel - StatewideStatus: Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Nov 9, 2023)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Authorizing certain judges and prosecutors and certain immediate family members to make a written request that certain personal information be removed from the Internet or from certain other publications; requiring a person who receives a request under the Act to remove the information within 72 hours; and prohibiting the inspection without permission of public records containing the home address or telephone number of certain current and former judges and prosecutors.

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Testimony (8)

MGA witness list
FAV 6FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsUNF 1Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVCarrion, Chief Judge AudreyMaryland JudiciaryOral
FAVFader, Chief Judge MatthewMaryland JudiciaryOral
FAVMorrisey , Chief Judge JohnMaryland JudiciaryOral + Written (PDF)
FAVWells, Chief Judge E GregMaryland JudiciaryOral
FAVKatana, ShaolilobbyistMaryland State Bar AssociationOral + Written (PDF)
FAVDelegate Clippinger, Delegate ClippingerlegislatorIndividualOral
UNFKohler, GeneIndividualPosition only
FWAHilliard, ElizabethMaryland Office of the Public DefenderOral

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVKatana, ShaoliMaryland State Bar AssociationRegistered for: Maryland State Bar Association, Inc.