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State and Local Correctional Facilities - Operation of Unmanned Aircraft - Image Recording and Delivery of Contraband

Sponsor: Chair, Judicial Proceedings CommitteeCommittee: Judicial ProceedingsSubject: CorrectionsStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 101 (as of Nov 13, 2024)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Prohibiting a person from intentionally operating an unmanned aircraft over a correctional facility to record images of the facility without the authorization of the managing official of the correctional facility or the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services; prohibiting a person from using an unmanned aircraft to deliver contraband to a person detained or confined in a place of confinement; and requiring a correctional facility to post signage warning of the prohibitions in a visible area on the exterior of the property.

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Testimony (10)

MGA witness list
FAV 10Favorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVMehu, NatashalobbyistChiefs and Sheriffs AssociationsWritten (PDF)
FAVKahl, CatherineDPSCSWritten (PDF)
FAVKahl, CatherineDPSCSWritten (PDF)
FAVMummey, JanelleDPSCSOral
FAVEtting, ErrolDepartment of Public Safety and Correctional ServicesOral
FAVEtting, ErrolDepartment of Public Safety and Correctional ServicesOral
FAVMansfield, AndrealobbyistMD Chiefs and Sheriffs AssociationWritten (PDF)
FAVRoss, RyanMaryland Correctional Administrators AssociationPosition only
FAVChair, Judicial Proceedings Committee, Chair, Judicial Proceedings CommitteeIndividualOral
FAVChair, Judicial Proceedings Committee, Chair, Judicial Proceedings CommitteeIndividualOral

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVMehu, NatashaChiefs and Sheriffs AssociationsRegistered for: Maryland Hospital Association; Maryland Patient Care and Access Coalition; Maryland Association of Certified Public Accountants; Maryland Academy of Advanced Practice Clinicians; Baltimore Washington Rapid Rail, LLC; Maryland Works, Inc.
FAVMansfield, 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.