Public Safety - Persistent Aerial Surveillance
Sponsor: Robin L. Grammer, Jr. (District 6)Committee: JudiciarySubject: Public SafetyStatus: Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Dec 1, 2025)
What this bill does
Official synopsis
Prohibiting persistent aerial surveillance by a unit, an agency, or a political subdivision of the State to gather evidence or other information in a criminal investigation, subject to certain exceptions; and defining 'persistent aerial surveillance' as the use of aircraft to record video or a concurrent series of images or pictures that when viewed in aggregate depict a person's actions over time.
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Testimony (0)
MGA witness listFAV 3FavorableUNF 9UnfavorableINFO 1Information only
| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Delegate Grammer, Delegate Grammerlegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Lang, Alan | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Tibbals, Trudy | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Cohen, Elliot | Baltimore City Police Fraternal Order of Police Lodge # 3 | Position only |
| UNF | Shellenberger, Scott | Baltimore County State's Attorney's Office | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | consoli, angelo | FOP Lodge 89 and Maryland State Lodge | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Rease, Anthony | Forest Heights Police Department | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Hayes, Travis | Harford County Sheriff's Office | Oral |
| UNF | Luedtke, Dawn | Montgomery County Council District 7 | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Morningstar, Sara | Montgomery County Government | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Picerno, Nick | Montgomery County Police | Oral |
| UNF | Mansfield, Andrealobbyist | Towing & Recovery Professionals of Maryland | Written (PDF) |
| INFO | Rothstein, Melissa | Maryland Office Of The Public Defender | Written (PDF) |
Organizations on record
Registered lobbyists who testified
UNFMansfield, AndreaTowing & Recovery Professionals of MarylandRegistered for: HDR Engineering, Inc.; Adventist HealthCare, Inc.; Alkermes; Alterwood Health, Inc.; American Chemistry Council; Amrize North America Inc., formerly Holcim Participations (US) Inc.…