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SB 949

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Consumer Protection - Self-Administered Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kits

Sponsor: Shelly Hettleman (District 11)Committee: Judicial ProceedingsSubject: Commercial Law - Consumer ProtectionStatus: First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations (as of Nov 13, 2024)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Providing that a party in a criminal trial involving an allegation of sexually assaultive behavior may not introduce information that physical evidence of sexually assaultive behavior was obtained using certain materials; providing that selling, offering for sale, or distributing a certain self-administered sexual assault evidence collection kit is an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice; establishing the Forensic Nurse Examiner Training Grant Program and the Forensic Nurse Examiner Training Grant Program Fund; etc.

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Testimony (27)

MGA witness list
FAV 17FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsUNF 7UnfavorableINFO 2Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVShellenberger, ScottBaltimore County State's Attorney's OfficeOral + Written (PDF)
FAVJessick, LauraMCASAOral + Written (PDF)
FAVHettleman, ShellyMGA- Senator HettlemanWritten (PDF)
FAVJordan, Lisae ClobbyistMaryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MCASA)Oral + Written (PDF)
FAVKrienke, JanelobbyistMaryland Hospital AssociationWritten (PDF)
FAVRodriguez, AmandaMaryland Human Trafficking Task Force/ TurnAround, Inc.Oral
FAVShapiro, MelanielobbyistMaryland Network Against Domestic ViolencePosition only
FAVBogdan, HenrylobbyistMaryland NonprofitsPosition only
FAVKATZ, DANIELMaryland State PoliceOral
FAVSybert, JoeyMaryland State PoliceWritten (PDF)
FAVThemelis, NinaMayor's Office of Government RelationsWritten (PDF)
FAVForsyth, HeatherOAG/HEAUOral + Written (PDF)
FAVHatfield, CarisaOffice of the Attorney General - SAEK CommitteeOral + Written (PDF)
FAVRuth, LaureWomen's Law Center of Maryland, Inc.Written (PDF)
FAV(MD), State of MarylandIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVEdith Patterson, DelegateIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVSenator Hettleman, Senator HettlemanlegislatorIndividualOral
UNFBogle, SeanLeda HealthOral + Written (PDF)
UNFGanesan, DeepaLeda HealthOral
UNFMadden, JacobLeda HealthOral
UNFJohansen, MichaellobbyistRWLOral
UNFEscobar, SamanthaSelfOral
UNFAvorn, AndrewIndividualOral
UNFLove, WilliamIndividualPosition only
FWAVolz, JessicaAdventist HealthCare Shady Grove Medical CenterOral
INFOBrocato, DeborahlobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
INFOHarris, Mrs.IndividualPosition only

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVJordan, Lisae CMaryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MCASA)Registered for: Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault
FAVKrienke, JaneMaryland Hospital AssociationRegistered for: Maryland Hospital Association
FAVShapiro, MelanieMaryland Network Against Domestic ViolenceRegistered for: Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence
FAVBogdan, HenryMaryland NonprofitsRegistered for: Maryland Nonprofits
UNFJohansen, MichaelRWLRegistered for: 1/ST Racing MD LLC; ASC Engineered Solutions; Access Holdings Management Company, LLC; Alterwood Health, Inc.; Ashley, Inc.; Baltimore Streetcar Museum
INFOBrocato, DeborahRegistered for: Maryland Right to Life, Inc.