SB 617

Did not advance

Task Force to Study Transparency Standards for State's Attorneys and the State's Attorney Case Management System Grant Fund

Sponsor: Charles E. Sydnor, III (District 44)Committee: Judicial ProceedingsSubject: Criminal Law - ProceduresStatus: Hearing 2/09 at 12:00 p.m. (as of Nov 13, 2024)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Establishing the State's Attorney Case Management System Grant Fund to provide grants to State's Attorneys' offices to establish or improve case management systems; altering the membership of the Task Force to Study Transparency Standards for State's Attorneys; making the reporting requirement for the Task Force an annual report; and altering the termination date of the Task Force to June 30, 2027.

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Testimony (15)

MGA witness list

FAV 11FavorableFWA 3Favorable with amendmentsUNF 1Unfavorable

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Love, Dayvon	Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle	Oral
FAV	Caroom, Philip	Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform	Written (PDF)
FAV	Britt, Adiena	N/A	Position only
FAV	Lotridge, Keith	Office of the Public Defender,	Oral
FAV	Pearson, Melba	Prosecutorial Performance Indicators Project at Florida International University	Oral
FAV	Sydnor III, Charles E.	Senator Charles E. Sydnor III	Written (PDF)
FAV	Gallagher, E. Flannery	University of Baltimore Law School, Center for Criminal Justice Reform	Position only
FAV	Warnken, Heather	University of Baltimore School of Law Center for Criminal Justice Reform	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Sahaf, Mona	Vera Institute of Justice	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Brown, Renaud	Individual	Position only
FAV	Senator Sydnor, Senator Sydnorlegislator	Individual	Oral
UNF	Kroll, Steven	Maryland State's Attorneys' Association	Oral
FWA	King, Joyce	Frederick County State's Attorney's Office	Oral
FWA	Rodriguez, Amanda	Maryland Human Trafficking Task Force/ TurnAround, Inc.	Written (PDF)
FWA	Spangler, Adam	Office of Attorney General	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Frederick County State's Attorney's OfficeFWA 1

Leaders of a Beautiful StruggleFAV 1

Maryland Alliance for Justice ReformFAV 1

Maryland Human Trafficking Task Force/ TurnAround, Inc.FWA 1

Maryland State's Attorneys' AssociationUNF 1

N/AFAV 1

Office of Attorney GeneralFWA 1

Office of the Public Defender,FAV 1

Prosecutorial Performance Indicators Project at Florida International UniversityFAV 1

Senator Charles E. Sydnor IIIFAV 1

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

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

Vera Institute of JusticeFAV 1