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State's Attorneys - Reconstitution of Task Force to Study Transparency Standards for State's Attorneys

Sponsor: Charles E. Sydnor, III (District 44)Committee: Judicial ProceedingsSubject: Criminal Law - ProceduresStatus: Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Reconstituting the Task Force to Study Transparency Standards for State's Attorneys; and requiring the Task Force to develop processes by which prosecutors can collect information and determine what information should be made public and what information may be kept private, examine existing policies of State's Attorneys' offices across the State relating to transparency of data, the charging of crimes, and sentencing; and identify sustainable funding sources to implement the Task Force's recommendations.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list
FAV 10FavorableUNF 4UnfavorableINFO 1Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVKemerer, HannibalMaryland Office of the Public DefenderWritten (PDF)
FAVKemerer, HannibalMaryland Office of the Public DefenderWritten (PDF)
FAVPearson, MelbaProsecutorial Performance Indicators Project at Florida International UniversityOral
FAVSydnor III, Charles E.Senator Charles E. Sydnor IIIOral + Written (PDF)
FAVSydnor III, Charles E.Senator Charles E. Sydnor IIIWritten (PDF)
FAVWarnken, HeatherUniversity of Baltimore School of Law Center for Criminal Justice ReformOral + Written (PDF)
FAVWarnken, HeatherUniversity of Baltimore School of Law Center for Criminal Justice ReformOral + Written (PDF)
FAVMeyerovich, MarkIndividualPosition only
FAVSenator Sydnor, Senator SydnorlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVSenator Sydnor, Senator SydnorlegislatorIndividualOral
UNFWatkins, CaronlobbyistHarris Jones & MaloneOral
UNFMitchell, KarenMaryland State's Attorney AssociationOral
UNFGilbert, PatrickMaryland State's Attorneys' AssociationWritten (PDF)
UNFKroll, StevenMaryland State's Attorneys' AssociationOral
INFOMaryland Equitable Justice Collaborative, MECJMaryland Equitable Justice CollaborativeWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

UNFWatkins, CaronHarris Jones & MaloneRegistered for: AFT Maryland; Aligned Data Centers; Associated Black Charities; Associated Builders & Contractors; Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) on behalf of National Strategies, LLC; Baltimore Civic Fund, Inc.