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Bills/2023 Regular Session

SB 340

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Criminal Law - False Statements - Emergency or Commission of Crime (Antiswatting Act of 2023)

Sponsor: Cheryl C. Kagan (District 17)Committee: Judicial ProceedingsSubject: Criminal Law - Substantive CrimesStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 699 (as of Nov 9, 2023)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Prohibiting a person from making or causing to be made a false statement, report, or complaint to a governmental emergency report recipient with reckless disregard of causing bodily harm to an individual as a direct result of a response to the statement, report, or complaint; and providing that a person who violates the Act, in addition to any penalties imposed, is civilly liable to an individual harmed by the violation.

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Testimony (23)

MGA witness list
FAV 20FavorableFWA 2Favorable with amendmentsUNF 1Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVWeisel, MeredithlobbyistADLOral + Written (PDF)
FAVCarrington, DarrellCarrington & Associates, LLCOral + Written (PDF)
FAVKinnally, KevinMaryland Association of Counties (MACo)Written (PDF)
FAVKinnally, KevinMaryland Association of Counties (MACo)Written (PDF)
FAVSierra, AnnaMaryland Department of Emergency ManagementWritten (PDF)
FAVSierra, AnnaMaryland Department of Emergency ManagementWritten (PDF)
FAVPlante, CeciliaMaryland Legislative CoalitionWritten (PDF)
FAVPlante, CeciliaMaryland Legislative CoalitionWritten (PDF)
FAVKagan, Sen. CherylMaryland State SenateOral + Written (PDF)
FAVKagan, Sen. CherylMaryland State SenateWritten (PDF)
FAVHill, RobertMontgomery County State's Attorney's Office and Maryland State's Attorney's AssociationOral
FAVBritt, AdienaN/APosition only
FAVWojahn, PatrickPrince George's County Municipal AssocPosition only
FAVGoldstein, MathewSecular MarylandWritten (PDF)
FAVGoldstein, MathewSecular MarylandWritten (PDF)
FAVFerretti, WilliamIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVJasen, DebiIndividualPosition only
FAVSenator Kagan, Senator KaganlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVSenator Kagan, Senator KaganlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVWest, DerekIndividualPosition only
UNFKhalfani, NatashaOffice of the Public Defender MarylandWritten (PDF)
FWAMansfield, AndrealobbyistMD Chiefs and Sheriffs AssociationWritten (PDF)
FWARuth, LaureWomen's Law Center of Maryland, Inc.Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

ADLFAV 1
Carrington & Associates, LLCFAV 1
Maryland Association of Counties (MACo)FAV 2
Maryland Department of Emergency ManagementFAV 2
Maryland Legislative CoalitionFAV 2
Maryland State SenateFAV 2
MD Chiefs and Sheriffs AssociationFWA 1
Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office and Maryland State's Attorney's AssociationFAV 1
N/AFAV 1
Office of the Public Defender MarylandUNF 1
Prince George's County Municipal AssocFAV 1
Secular MarylandFAV 2
Women's Law Center of Maryland, Inc.FWA 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVWeisel, MeredithADLRegistered for: Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
FWAMansfield, 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.…