SB 290

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

Sponsor: William C. Smith, Jr. (District 20)Committee: Judicial ProceedingsSubject: Public SafetyStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 632 (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 serious bodily injury to an individual that is not otherwise within the jurisdiction of the Division; requiring the Division to submit an annual report on its activities in the prior calendar year to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before January 31; authorizing the Attorney General to prosecute certain criminal matters under certain circumstances; etc.

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Testimony (53)

MGA witness list

FAV 31FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsUNF 21Unfavorable

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Hatch, Joshua	Freedom Fighters, LLC	Oral
FAV	Dartigue, Natasha	MARYLAND OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER	Oral
FAV	Caroom, Philip	Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform	Written (PDF)
FAV	Rhudy, Robert	Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform	Oral
FAV	Phelps, Jr., Kenneth	Maryland Episcopal Public Policy Network	Position only
FAV	Phelps, Jr., Kenneth	Maryland Episcopal Public Policy Network	Written (PDF)
FAV	Plante, Cecilia	Maryland Legislative Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Plante, Cecilia	Maryland Legislative Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Britt, Adiena	N/A	Written (PDF)
FAV	Flowers , Willie	NAACP - Maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Hogan, Gerard	None	Written (PDF)
FAV	Brown, Anthony	OAG	Oral
FAV	Kemerer, Hannibal	Office of Attorney General	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Mulhauser, Dana	Office of Attorney General	Oral
FAV	Brown, Anthony	Office of the Attorney General	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Parker, Josh	Policing Project at NYU School of Law	Written (PDF)
FAV	Rosenthal, Josh	Public Rights Project	Written (PDF)
FAV	miller, david	Uncut media llc	Position only
FAV	Warnken, Heather	University of Baltimore School of Law Center for Criminal Justice Reform	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Beverley, Cassandra	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	DeVaughn- Johnson, Ashley	Individual	Oral
FAV	Draughon, Dwight	Individual	Oral
FAV	Hanson- Mundell, Nicole	Individual	Oral
FAV	Hellerbach, Hilary	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Mckesson, DeRay	Individual	Oral
FAV	Moore, Kelly	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Parker, Kristy	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Ramirez, Jared	Individual	Position only
FAV	Senator Smith, Senator Smithlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Senator Smith, Senator Smithlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Soreng, Nancy	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Leitess, Anne Colt	Anne Arundel State's Attorney	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Shellenberger, Scott	Baltimore County State's Attorney's Office	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Plaut, Arilobbyist	Boston Plaut Attorneys at Law	Oral
UNF	Shoemaker, Haven	Carroll County State's Attorney's Office	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Lambert, Melissa	Harford County Sheriff's Office	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Gibson, Rich	Howard County State's Attorney's Office	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Mansfield, Andrealobbyist	MD Chiefs and Sheriffs Association	Written (PDF)
UNF	Lewis, Mike	Maryland Chiefs & Sheriffs Associations	Oral
UNF	Boatwright, Clyde	Maryland Fraternal Order of Police	Oral
UNF	Healey, Alison	Maryland State's Attorney's Association	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Kroll, Steven	Maryland State's Attorneys' Association	Oral
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	Davey, Michael	State Fraternal Order of Police	Oral
UNF	Gill, Brian	State Law Enforcement Officers Labor Alliance	Written (PDF)
UNF	Bates, Ivan	State's Attorney for Baltimore City	Oral
UNF	Dykes, Jamie	Wicomico County	Oral
UNF	HEARD, WANDA	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Massoni, Jennalobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	mcavoy, vince	Individual	Position only
FWA	Veiga, Robert	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Anne Arundel State's AttorneyUNF 1

Baltimore County State's Attorney's OfficeUNF 1

Boston Plaut Attorneys at LawUNF 1

Carroll County State's Attorney's OfficeUNF 1

Freedom Fighters, LLCFAV 1

Harford County Sheriff's OfficeUNF 1

Howard County State's Attorney's OfficeUNF 1

Maryland Alliance for Justice ReformFAV 2

Maryland Chiefs & Sheriffs AssociationsUNF 1

Maryland Episcopal Public Policy NetworkFAV 2

Maryland Fraternal Order of PoliceUNF 1

Maryland Legislative CoalitionFAV 2

MARYLAND OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDERFAV 1

Maryland State's Attorney's AssociationUNF 1

Maryland State's Attorneys' AssociationUNF 2

Maryland Troopers AssociationUNF 1

MD Chiefs and Sheriffs AssociationUNF 1

N/AFAV 1

NAACP - MarylandFAV 1

NoneFAV 1

OAGFAV 1

Office of Attorney GeneralFAV 2

Office of the Attorney GeneralFAV 1

Office of the State's Attorney for Cecil CountyUNF 1

Policing Project at NYU School of LawFAV 1

Public Rights ProjectFAV 1

State Fraternal Order of PoliceUNF 1

State Law Enforcement Officers Labor AllianceUNF 1

State's Attorney for Baltimore CityUNF 1

Uncut media llcFAV 1

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

Wicomico CountyUNF 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

UNFPlaut, 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…

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…