SB 658

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

Sponsor: PresidentCommittee: Judicial ProceedingsSubject: Human RelationsStatus: Hearing 2/28 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 18FavorableFWA 5Favorable with amendmentsUNF 6UnfavorableINFO 1Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Farris, Jaden	Annapolis Pride	Position only
FAV	Baron, Peter	Anne Arundel County	Written (PDF)
FAV	Ndumele, Nicole	Center for American Progress	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Dartigue, Natasha	MARYLAND OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER	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	Position only
FAV	Levi, Deborah	Office of the Public Defender	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bickel, Karl	Retired	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Goldstein, Mathew	Secular Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Warnken, Heather	University of Baltimore School of Law Center for Criminal Justice Reform	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Smith, Jonathan	Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Smith, Eric	Winning Strategies: Fatherhood, The Courts & Custody, Incorporated	Position only
FAV	Downs, Jason	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Hicks, Myleslobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Jasen, Debi	Individual	Position only
FAV	President, President	Individual	Oral
FAV	Soreng, Nancy	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Duffy, Suzanne	Concerned Citizen	Position only
UNF	Beskid, Jennifer	Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services	Written (PDF)
UNF	Gibson, Rich	Howard County State's Attorney's Office	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Kroll, Steven	Maryland State's Attorneys' Association	Oral
UNF	Kahl, Catherine	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	Mansfield, Andrealobbyist	MD Chiefs and Sheriffs Association	Written (PDF)

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVTrivedi, SomilMaryland Legal AidRegistered for: Maryland Legal Aid

FAVHicks, MylesRegistered for: Marylanders to Prevent Gun Violence

INFOMansfield, 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.…

SB 658

What this bill does

Testimony (30)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified