HB 1398

Criminal Law - Distribution of Heroin or Fentanyl Causing Serious Bodily Injury or Death (Victoria, Scottie, Ashleigh, and Yader's Law)

Sponsor: Chris Tomlinson (District 5)Committee: JudiciarySubject: Criminal Law - Substantive CrimesStatus: Hearing 2/18 at 11:00 a.m. (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Prohibiting an individual from distributing heroin or fentanyl or chemical analogues of heroin or fentanyl, the use of which results in the death or serious bodily injury of another; and providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a felony and, in addition to any other penalty imposed for a certain violation, on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 20 years.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list

FAV 22FavorableFWA 4Favorable with amendmentsUNF 43Unfavorable

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Debelius, Shelley	Adam's Light Inc	Written (PDF)
FAV	Shoemaker, Jr., Haven	Carroll County State's Attorney's Office	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Santini, Debbie	Debbie Santini	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Puckett, Anita	LVOF	Written (PDF)
FAV	Jackson, Samiralobbyist	Licensed Clinical Professional Counselors of Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Fani-González, Natali	Montgomery County Council	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Elrich, Marc	Montgomery County Government	Written (PDF)
FAV	Stoddard, Earl	Montgomery County Government, Office of the County Executive	Oral
FAV	Picerno, Nick	Montgomery County Police	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	McCarthy, John	Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Hill, Robert	Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office and Maryland State's Attorney's Association	Oral
FAV	Meister, Pam	Office of County Commissioners, Carroll County	Written (PDF)
FAV	Babcock, April	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Broadfoot Sr., Scott	Individual	Oral
FAV	Delegate Tomlinson, Delegate Tomlinsonlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Flores, Isis	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Hickerson, Linda Lee	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kreider, Michele	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Lang, Alan	Individual	Position only
FAV	Long, Jackie	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Meyerovich, Mark	Individual	Position only
FAV	Rosa, Richard	Individual	Position only
UNF	Appleby, Clayton	Addiction Connections Resource	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Kerr, Samantha	Baltimore Harm Reduction Coalition	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Luce, Rachel	Baltimore Harm Reduction Coalition	Written (PDF)
UNF	Rabbitt, Dan	Behavioral Health System Baltimore	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Snodgrass, Samuel	Broken No More	Written (PDF)
UNF	Torsch, Toni	Daniel Carl Torsch Foundation	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Hamer, Lisa	Fair and Just Prosecution	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Frailey, Gregory	Good Trouble Church	Written (PDF)
UNF	Evans, Katharine	Grey Matters	Written (PDF)
UNF	Diamond, Joanna	Health Care for the Homeless	Written (PDF)
UNF	Moore, DaMarqus	Helping Ourselves To Transform	Written (PDF)
UNF	Mitchell, Laura	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Braveheart, T. Shekhinahlobbyist	Justice PoIicy Institute	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Burner, Troy	Justice Policy Institute	Position only
UNF	Franklin, Neill	Law Enforcement Action Partnership	Written (PDF)
UNF	Lippens, Craig	MD Addiction Directors Council	Written (PDF)
UNF	Tauler, Ashleylobbyist	Maryland Coalition of Families	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Vormelker, Will	Maryland Judiciary	Written (PDF)
UNF	Rothstein, Melissa	Maryland Office Of The Public Defender	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Geraghty, Andrew	Maryland Office of the Public Defender	Oral
UNF	Themelis, Nina	Mayor's Office of Government Relations	Written (PDF)
UNF	Geddes, Annlobbyist	Mental Health Association of Maryland	Written (PDF)
UNF	Serkin, Celia	Montgomery County Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health, Inc.	Written (PDF)
UNF	Dunleavy, Jessie	NA	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Rosen-Cohen, Nancy	NCADD-Maryland	Written (PDF)
UNF	Taylor, Vanita	Office of the Public Defender	Oral
UNF	Ciekot, Annlobbyist	Public Policy Partners	Oral
UNF	Rosier, Collanlobbyist	Pyramid Healthcare, Inc.	Position only
UNF	SWASC, UM	Social Work Advocates for Social Change	Written (PDF)
UNF	Griffin, John	Unattached	Written (PDF)
UNF	Warnken, Heather	University of Baltimore School of Law Center for Criminal Justice Reform	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Cochran, Kathleen	Vilomah Foundation	Written (PDF)
UNF	Adams, MD, Joseph	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Carroll, Morgan	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Curwen-Garber, Darci	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Dunn, Sam	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Higdon, Thomas	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Huntley, Harry	Individual	Written (PDF)

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Organizations on record

Adam's Light IncFAV 1

Addiction Connections ResourceUNF 1

Baltimore Harm Reduction CoalitionUNF 2

Behavioral Health System BaltimoreUNF 1

Broken No MoreUNF 1

Carroll County State's Attorney's OfficeFAV 1

Daniel Carl Torsch FoundationUNF 1

Debbie SantiniFAV 1

Fair and Just ProsecutionUNF 1

Good Trouble ChurchUNF 1

Grey MattersUNF 1

Health Care for the HomelessUNF 1

Helping Ourselves To TransformUNF 1

IndividualUNF 1

Justice PoIicy InstituteUNF 1

Justice Policy InstituteUNF 1

Law Enforcement Action PartnershipUNF 1

Licensed Clinical Professional Counselors of MarylandFAV 1

LVOFFAV 1

Maryland Coalition of FamiliesUNF 1

Maryland JudiciaryUNF 1

Maryland Office of the Public DefenderUNF 1

Maryland Office Of The Public DefenderUNF 1

Maryland State's Attorneys' AssociationFWA 1

Mayor's Office of Government RelationsUNF 1

MD Addiction Directors CouncilUNF 1

Mental Health Association of MarylandUNF 1

Montgomery County CouncilFAV 1

Montgomery County Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health, Inc.UNF 1

Montgomery County GovernmentFAV 1

Montgomery County Government, Office of the County ExecutiveFAV 1

Montgomery County PoliceFAV 1

Montgomery County State's Attorney's OfficeFAV 1

Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office and Maryland State's Attorney's AssociationFAV 1

NAUNF 1

NCADD-MarylandUNF 1

Office of County Commissioners, Carroll CountyFAV 1

Office of the Attorney GeneralFWA 1

Office of the Public DefenderUNF 1

Public Policy PartnersUNF 1

Pyramid Healthcare, Inc.UNF 1

Queen Anne's County State's Attorney's OfficeFWA 1

Salisbury UniversityFWA 1

Social Work Advocates for Social ChangeUNF 1

UnattachedUNF 1

University of Baltimore School of Law Center for Criminal Justice ReformUNF 1

Vilomah FoundationUNF 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVJackson, 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…

UNFBraveheart, T. ShekhinahJustice PoIicy InstituteRegistered for: Justice Policy Institute

UNFTauler, AshleyMaryland Coalition of FamiliesRegistered for: Maryland Coalition of Families

UNFGeddes, AnnMental Health Association of MarylandRegistered for: Mental Health Association of Maryland; Maryland Coalition of Families

UNFCiekot, AnnPublic Policy PartnersRegistered for: American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network; B'More Clubhouse; Baltimore City Substance Abuse Directorate; Bard College; CareForth; Children's Advocacy Institute…

UNFRosier, CollanPyramid Healthcare, Inc.Registered for: Pyramid Healthcare, Inc.

UNFKrone, 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…