HB 857

Office of the Attorney General - Independent Investigations Division - Authority to Prosecute

Sponsor: Luke Clippinger (District 46)Committee: JudiciarySubject: Public SafetyStatus: Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Nov 9, 2023)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Expanding the investigative jurisdiction of the Independent Investigations Division of the Office of the Attorney General to include a police-involved incident resulting in injury to an individual that is not otherwise within the jurisdiction of the Division; repealing a requirement that the Division submit a certain report to a certain State's Attorney at a certain time; and authorizing the Attorney General to prosecute certain criminal matters under certain circumstances.

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Testimony (35)

MGA witness list

FAV 17FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsUNF 17Unfavorable

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	McKesson, DeRay	Campaign Zero	Oral
FAV	Kelly, Raymond	Citizens Policing Project	Written (PDF)
FAV	Dartigue, Natasha	MARYLAND OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER	Oral
FAV	Caroom, Philip	Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Boyd, Linda	Maryland Episcopal Public Policy Network	Position only
FAV	Plante, Cecilia	Maryland Legislative Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Flowers , Willie	NAACP - Maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Hogan, Gerard	None	Written (PDF)
FAV	Mulhauser, Dana	Office of Attorney General	Oral
FAV	Brown, Anthony	Office of the Attorney General	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Hanson, Nicole	Out for Justice	Oral
FAV	Rosenthal, Josh	Public Rights Project	Written (PDF)
FAV	Warnken, Heather	University of Baltimore School of Law Center for Criminal Justice Reform	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Britt, Adiena	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Chavis, Kami	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Clippinger, Delegate Clippingerlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Draughon, Dwight	Individual	Oral
UNF	Shellenberger, Scott	Baltimore County State's Attorney's Office	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Harvey, Robert	Calvert County State's Attorney's Office	Oral
UNF	Shoemaker, Haven	Carroll County State's Attorney's Office	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Duffy, Suzanne	Concerned Citizen	Position only
UNF	Shier, Michael	FOP	Oral
UNF	Gibson, Rich	Howard County State's Attorney's Office	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Mansfield, Andrealobbyist	MD Chiefs and Sheriffs Association	Written (PDF)
UNF	Healey, Alison	Maryland State's Attorney's Association	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Kroll, Steven	Maryland State's Attorneys' Association	Oral
UNF	Smith, Rebeccalobbyist	Maryland Troopers Association	Oral
UNF	Dellmyer, James	Office of the State's Attorney for Cecil County	Oral
UNF	Dykes, Jamie	Office of the State's Attorney for Wicomico County	Oral
UNF	Davey, Michael	State Fraternal Order of Police	Oral
UNF	Gill, Brian	State Law Enforcement Officers Labor Alliance	Written (PDF)
UNF	Bollinger, John	Talbot County Sheriff's Office	Oral
UNF	HEARD, WANDA	Individual	Oral
UNF	Massoni, Jennalobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)
FWA	Hoefner, Ferd	Takoma Park Presbyterian Church	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Baltimore County State's Attorney's OfficeUNF 1

Calvert County State's Attorney's OfficeUNF 1

Campaign ZeroFAV 1

Carroll County State's Attorney's OfficeUNF 1

Citizens Policing ProjectFAV 1

Concerned CitizenUNF 1

FOPUNF 1

Howard County State's Attorney's OfficeUNF 1

Maryland Alliance for Justice ReformFAV 1

Maryland Episcopal Public Policy NetworkFAV 1

Maryland Legislative CoalitionFAV 1

MARYLAND OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDERFAV 1

Maryland State's Attorney's AssociationUNF 1

Maryland State's Attorneys' AssociationUNF 1

Maryland Troopers AssociationUNF 1

MD Chiefs and Sheriffs AssociationUNF 1

NAACP - MarylandFAV 1

NoneFAV 1

Office of Attorney GeneralFAV 1

Office of the Attorney GeneralFAV 1

Office of the State's Attorney for Cecil CountyUNF 1

Office of the State's Attorney for Wicomico CountyUNF 1

Out for JusticeFAV 1

Public Rights ProjectFAV 1

State Fraternal Order of PoliceUNF 1

State Law Enforcement Officers Labor AllianceUNF 1

Takoma Park Presbyterian ChurchFWA 1

Talbot County Sheriff's OfficeUNF 1

University of Baltimore School of Law Center for Criminal Justice ReformFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

UNFMansfield, AndreaMD Chiefs and Sheriffs AssociationRegistered for: HDR Engineering, Inc.; Adventist HealthCare, Inc.; Alkermes; Alterwood Health, Inc.; American Chemistry Council; Amrize North America Inc., formerly Holcim Participations (US) Inc.…

UNFSmith, RebeccaMaryland Troopers AssociationRegistered for: Hopewell Fund

UNFMassoni, JennaRegistered for: ZeroEyes; Heritage Memorial Cemetery; Maryland Farm Bureau; Mechanical Contractors Association of Maryland, Inc.; ALS Association DC/MD/VA Chapter (ALSA); Alorica…