HB 836

Did not advance

County Police Accountability Boards - Investigation of Complaints of Police Misconduct

Sponsor: Debra Davis (District 28)Committee: JudiciarySubject: Public SafetyStatus: Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Authorizing the local governing body of a county to authorize, by local law, the county's police accountability board to exercise investigatory and subpoena powers; and authorizing a police accountability board to conduct an investigation of police misconduct concurrently with a law enforcement agency investigating the complaint.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list

FAV 18FavorableFWA 2Favorable with amendmentsUNF 7Unfavorable

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Morris, Marguerite	For Kathy's Sake/Community Actively Seeking Transparency	Oral
FAV	Owens, Nikki	Impacted Family Member	Oral
FAV	Love, Dayvon	Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle	Oral
FAV	Sample, Sarah	Maryland Association of Counties	Written (PDF)
FAV	Plante, Cecilia	Maryland Legislative Coalition	Position only
FAV	Themelis, Nina	Mayor's Office of Government Relations	Written (PDF)
FAV	Chang, Nicole	NAACP	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Harris, Joshua	NAACP	Oral
FAV	James, Keisha	National Lawyers Guild - National Police Accountability Project	Written (PDF)
FAV	Turner, Jamal	Police Accountability Board- Baltimore City	Oral
FAV	Kaplowitz, Richard KAP	Year	Written (PDF)
FAV	Amanuel, Yanetlobbyist	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Davis, Debra	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Davis, Delegate Davislegislator	Individual	Position only
FAV	Hamlett, Erica	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	John, Beverly	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Novak, Natalie	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Richkus, Peta	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Cohen, Elliot	Baltimore City Police Fraternal Order of Police Lodge # 3	Position only
UNF	Rose, Dave	Baltimore County FOP Lodge #4	Position only
UNF	Shier, Michael	FOP	Oral
UNF	consoli, angelo	FOP Lodge 89 and Maryland State Lodge	Position only
UNF	Jackson, Samiralobbyist	Licensed Clinical Professional Counselors of Maryland	Written (PDF)
UNF	Boatwright, Clyde	Maryland Fraternal Order of Police	Oral
UNF	Davey, Michael	State Fraternal Order of Police	Oral
FWA	Landers, Claire	Individual	Written (PDF)
FWA	Riggins, Jesmond	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Baltimore City Police Fraternal Order of Police Lodge # 3UNF 1

Baltimore County FOP Lodge #4UNF 1

FOPUNF 1

FOP Lodge 89 and Maryland State LodgeUNF 1

For Kathy's Sake/Community Actively Seeking TransparencyFAV 1

Impacted Family MemberFAV 1

Leaders of a Beautiful StruggleFAV 1

Licensed Clinical Professional Counselors of MarylandUNF 1

Maryland Association of CountiesFAV 1

Maryland Fraternal Order of PoliceUNF 1

Maryland Legislative CoalitionFAV 1

Mayor's Office of Government RelationsFAV 1

NAACPFAV 2

National Lawyers Guild - National Police Accountability ProjectFAV 1

Police Accountability Board- Baltimore CityFAV 1

State Fraternal Order of PoliceUNF 1

YearFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVAmanuel, YanetRegistered for: ACLU of Maryland

UNFJackson, SamiraLicensed Clinical Professional Counselors of MarylandRegistered for: Critical Response Group; Dell Technologies Inc.; Empower; Forward Financing; HDR Engineering, Inc.; Maryland Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs…