HB 892

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Criminal Law - Benefits Exploitation

Sponsor: Aaron M. Kaufman (District 18)Committee: JudiciarySubject: Criminal Law - Substantive CrimesStatus: Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Nov 13, 2024)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Prohibiting a person from knowingly recruiting, harboring, transporting, or obtaining an individual for the purpose of appropriating the government benefits of an individual for the benefit of the person or another through deception, coercion, exploitation, isolation, or any other means; prohibiting a person from aiding, abetting, or conspiring with one or more persons to violate a certain provision of the Act; establishing that a violation of the Act is a felony; etc.

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Testimony (30)

MGA witness list

FAV 20FavorableFWA 7Favorable with amendmentsINFO 3Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Burnett, Kristerfer	Baltimore City Council	Written (PDF)
FAV	Burnett, Kristerfer	Baltimore City Council	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Miicke, Sarahlobbyist	Baltimore Jewish Council	Written (PDF)
FAV	Murphy, Erin	Bpd	Written (PDF)
FAV	Carrington, Darrell	Carrington & Associates, LLC	Written (PDF)
FAV	Croft, Leonard	Center For Hope	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Kaufman, Aaron	Delegate-Maryland House of Delegates	Written (PDF)
FAV	Government Affairs, Rachel Sledge	Department of Human Services	Written (PDF)
FAV	Themelis, Nina	Mayor's Office of Government Relations	Written (PDF)
FAV	Holbrook, Debbie	Mercy Medical Forensic Nursing	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Proctor, Karessa	NASW	Written (PDF)
FAV	Sauer, Kim	Office of Baltimore City Councilman Kristerfer Burnett (District 8)	Written (PDF)
FAV	Sauer, Kim	Office of Baltimore City Councilman Kristerfer Burnett (District 8)	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Watts, Lydia	Rebuild, Overcome, and Rise (ROAR) Center at UMB	Written (PDF)
FAV	Emerson, Jessica	The Human Trafficking Prevention Project	Written (PDF)
FAV	OMalley, Catherine	Women's Law Center	Position only
FAV	Delegate Kaufman, Delegate Kaufmanlegislator	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Kaufman, Delegate Kaufmanlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Legal Aid, Maryland	Individual	Position only
FAV	Rosenberg, Adam	Individual	Written (PDF)
FWA	Miicke, Sarahlobbyist	Baltimore Jewish Council	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Government Affairs, Rachel Sledge	Department of Human Services	Written (PDF)
FWA	Rodriguez, Amanda	Maryland Human Trafficking Task Force/ TurnAround, Inc.	Oral
FWA	Gilbert, Patrick	Maryland State's Attorneys' Association	Written (PDF)
FWA	Kroll, Steven	Maryland State's Attorneys' Association	Oral
FWA	Themelis, Nina	Mayor's Office of Government Relations	Written (PDF)
FWA	Emerson, Jessica	The Human Trafficking Prevention Project	Oral + Written (PDF)
INFO	Miller, Linda	Maryland Judiciary	Written (PDF)
INFO	Miller, Linda	Maryland Judiciary	Written (PDF)
INFO	Jimenez-Anderson, Anamari	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)