HB 468

Did not advance

Petitions for Emergency Evaluation (Arnaud and Magruder Memorial Act)

Sponsor: Tiffany T. Alston (District 24)Committee: Health and Government OperationsSubject: Public HealthStatus: Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance) (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Specifying that a petition for emergency evaluation is effective for 5 days after being endorsed by a certain court; authorizing a court, on a certain motion and for good cause shown, to extend a petition for up to 5 days at a time, not to exceed a total of 30 days; requiring the court to include the date the petition expires on the petition; and authorizing peace officers to use reasonable and necessary force when executing a petition.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list

FAV 8FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsUNF 10Unfavorable

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Clark, Ashleylobbyist	Harris Jones & Malone, LLC	Written (PDF)
FAV	Vormelker, Will	Maryland Judiciary	Written (PDF)
FAV	Vormelker, Will	Maryland Judiciary	Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Alston, Delegate Alstonlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Delegate Alston, Delegate Alstonlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Krone, Christinelobbyist	Individual	Position only
FAV	Krone, Christinelobbyist	Individual	Position only
FAV	Wiseman, Christine	Individual	Oral
UNF	Johnson, Daralobbyist	American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland	Oral
UNF	Bergan, Courtneylobbyist	Disability Rights Maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Bergan, Courtneylobbyist	Disability Rights Maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	McCabe, Carroll	MARYLAND OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Williams, Krystal	MD Office of the Public Defender	Oral
UNF	Fuld, Samantha	N/A	Written (PDF)
UNF	Livshin, Michelle	On Our Own of Maryland, Inc.	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Livshin, Michelle	On Our Own of Maryland, Inc.	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Landau, Robert	SSJC	Written (PDF)
UNF	Ruttenberg, Miriam	Silver Spring Justice Coalition	Written (PDF)
FWA	Burton, Evelyn	Schizophrenia and Psychosis Action Alliance	Oral + Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

American Civil Liberties Union of MarylandUNF 1

Disability Rights MarylandUNF 2

Harris Jones & Malone, LLCFAV 1

Maryland JudiciaryFAV 2

MARYLAND OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDERUNF 1

MD Office of the Public DefenderUNF 1

N/AUNF 1

On Our Own of Maryland, Inc.UNF 2

Schizophrenia and Psychosis Action AllianceFWA 1

Silver Spring Justice CoalitionUNF 1

SSJCUNF 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVClark, AshleyHarris Jones & Malone, LLCRegistered for: Beltway Fine Wine; Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Company; Community Associations Institute/Maryland Legislative Action Committee; Employ Prince George's, Inc.; Frederick Community College; Greater Baltimore Committee…

FAVKrone, ChristineRegistered for: American Coatings Association; Baltimore Gas and Electric Company; City of Rockville; Coordinating Center for Home and Community Care, The, LLC (dba The Coordinating Center); Greater Washington Society for Clinical Social Work, Inc.; LifeSpan Network…

UNFJohnson, DaraAmerican Civil Liberties Union of MarylandRegistered for: ACLU of Maryland

UNFBergan, CourtneyDisability Rights MarylandRegistered for: Disability Rights Maryland