HB 771

Human Relations - Patterns and Practices of Civil Rights Violations - Remedies

Sponsor: SpeakerCommittee: JudiciarySubject: Human RelationsStatus: Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Nov 9, 2023)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Authorizing the Attorney General to investigate and initiate a civil action to remedy unlawful patterns or practices committed by certain government officials; providing that the Attorney General shall have subpoena power to support certain investigations; and providing that the Attorney General may obtain equitable and declaratory relief to eliminate the pattern or practice of certain conduct.

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Testimony (30)

MGA witness list

FAV 19FavorableFWA 5Favorable with amendmentsUNF 5UnfavorableINFO 1Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Ndumele, Nicole Lee	American Progress	Oral
FAV	Farris, Jaden	Annapolis Pride	Position only
FAV	Baron, Peter	Anne Arundel County	Written (PDF)
FAV	Downs, Jason	Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck	Oral
FAV	Ford, Gerald	Maryland Commission on Civil Rights	Written (PDF)
FAV	Trivedi, Somillobbyist	Maryland Legal Aid	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Plante, Cecilia	Maryland Legislative Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bogdan, Henrylobbyist	Maryland Nonprofits	Position only
FAV	Britt, Adiena	N/A	Position only
FAV	Levi, Deborah	Office of the Public Defender	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Hanson, Nicole	Out for Justice	Oral
FAV	Goldstein, Mathew	Secular Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Warnken, Heather	U of Baltimore	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Smith, Jonathan	Washington Law	Oral
FAV	Smith, Eric	Winning Strategies: Fatherhood, The Courts & Custody, Incorporated	Position only
FAV	Barkan, Lisa	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Hicks, Myleslobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Jasen, Debi	Individual	Position only
FAV	Speaker, Speaker	Individual	Oral
UNF	Duffy, Suzanne	Concerned Citizen	Position only
UNF	Gibson, Rich	Howard County State's Attorney's Office	Written (PDF)
UNF	Kroll, Steven	Maryland State's Attorneys' Association	Oral
UNF	Howell, Marlin	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	mcavoy, vince	Individual	Oral
FWA	Silver, Joanna	Joanna Silver	Written (PDF)
FWA	Liu, Allen	NAACP LDF	Written (PDF)
FWA	Mulhauser, Dana	Office of Attorney General	Oral
FWA	Brown, Anthony	Office of the Attorney General	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Carroll, Daraja	Individual	Written (PDF)
INFO	Popkin, Darren	MD Chiefs of Police Assn	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

American ProgressFAV 1

Annapolis PrideFAV 1

Anne Arundel CountyFAV 1

Brownstein Hyatt Farber SchreckFAV 1

Concerned CitizenUNF 1

Howard County State's Attorney's OfficeUNF 1

Joanna SilverFWA 1

Maryland Commission on Civil RightsFAV 1

Maryland Legal AidFAV 1

Maryland Legislative CoalitionFAV 1

Maryland NonprofitsFAV 1

Maryland State's Attorneys' AssociationUNF 1

MD Chiefs of Police AssnINFO 1

N/AFAV 1

NAACP LDFFWA 1

Office of Attorney GeneralFWA 1

Office of the Attorney GeneralFWA 1

Office of the Public DefenderFAV 1

Out for JusticeFAV 1

Secular MarylandFAV 1

U of BaltimoreFAV 1

Washington LawFAV 1

Winning Strategies: Fatherhood, The Courts & Custody, IncorporatedFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVTrivedi, SomilMaryland Legal AidRegistered for: Maryland Legal Aid

FAVBogdan, HenryMaryland NonprofitsRegistered for: Maryland Nonprofits

FAVHicks, MylesRegistered for: Marylanders to Prevent Gun Violence