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Bills/2025 Regular Session

HB 1123

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Correctional Services - Geriatric and Medical Parole

Sponsor: J. Sandy Bartlett (District 32)Committee: JudiciarySubject: CorrectionsStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 103 (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the Maryland Parole Commission to consider the age of an incarcerated individual when determining whether to grant parole; altering how the Commission evaluates a request for medical parole; requiring the Commission to develop procedures for assessing parole requests by certain incarcerated individuals; repealing the authorization for the Governor to disapprove of a decision by the Commission to grant medical parole; requiring the Commission to conduct a certain risk assessment at a certain time; etc.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list
FAV 14FavorableFWA 5Favorable with amendmentsUNF 5Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVDews, ChristopherlobbyistCornerstone Government AffairsPosition only
FAVDews, ChristopherlobbyistCornerstone Government AffairsPosition only
FAVEley Jr., ErnestDPSCSOral + Written (PDF)
FAVThoms, ChristopherDPSCSWritten (PDF)
FAVBartolomeo, KathleenGCAN, MCRTPosition only
FAVLennig, DorothylobbyistGovernor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim ServicesOral + Written (PDF)
FAVLennig, DorothylobbyistGovernor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim ServicesWritten (PDF)
FAVBartlett, SandyMaryland House of DelegatesOral + Written (PDF)
FAVThemelis, NinaMayor's Office of Government RelationsWritten (PDF)
FAVThemelis, NinaMayor's Office of Government RelationsWritten (PDF)
FAVClark, KarenUnitarian Universalist League MinWritten (PDF)
FAVDelegate Bartlett, Delegate BartlettlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVDelegate Bartlett, Delegate BartlettlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVLao, SerenaIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFShellenberger, ScottBaltimore County State's Attorney's OfficeOral + Written (PDF)
UNFHudson, LeeDelaware-Maryland Synod, ELCAPosition only
UNFHudson, LeeDelaware-Maryland Synod, ELCAPosition only
UNFKouadio, MicheleMaryland Alliance for Criminal Justice ReformPosition only
UNFMeadows, LilaIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FWAJohnson, DaralobbyistACLU Testimony HB1123Written (PDF)
FWAJohnson, DaralobbyistAmerican Civil Liberties Union of MarylandPosition only
FWABraveheart, T. ShekhinahlobbyistJustice PoIicy InstituteWritten (PDF)
FWAGilbert, PatrickMaryland State's Attorneys' AssociationWritten (PDF)
FWAMeadows, LilaIndividualOral + Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

ACLU Testimony HB1123FWA 1
American Civil Liberties Union of MarylandFWA 1
Baltimore County State's Attorney's OfficeUNF 1
Cornerstone Government AffairsFAV 2
Delaware-Maryland Synod, ELCAUNF 2
DPSCSFAV 2
GCAN, MCRTFAV 1
Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim ServicesFAV 2
Justice PoIicy InstituteFWA 1
Maryland Alliance for Criminal Justice ReformUNF 1
Maryland House of DelegatesFAV 1
Maryland State's Attorneys' AssociationFWA 1
Mayor's Office of Government RelationsFAV 2
Unitarian Universalist League MinFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVDews, ChristopherCornerstone Government AffairsRegistered for: Advance Maryland Education Fund; Beyond Impact; Center for Urban Families; Dews & Associates; Out for Justice, Inc.; REFORM Alliance…
FAVDews, ChristopherCornerstone Government AffairsRegistered for: Advance Maryland Education Fund; Beyond Impact; Center for Urban Families; Dews & Associates; Out for Justice, Inc.; REFORM Alliance…
FAVLennig, DorothyGovernor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim ServicesRegistered for: House of Ruth Maryland
FAVLennig, DorothyGovernor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim ServicesRegistered for: House of Ruth Maryland
FWAJohnson, DaraACLU Testimony HB1123Registered for: ACLU of Maryland
FWAJohnson, DaraAmerican Civil Liberties Union of MarylandRegistered for: ACLU of Maryland
FWABraveheart, T. ShekhinahJustice PoIicy InstituteRegistered for: Justice Policy Institute