HB 197

Comprehensive Community Safety Funding Act

Sponsor: Bernice Mireku-North (District 14)Committee: Ways and MeansSubject: Taxes - MiscellaneousStatus: Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Sep 4, 2026)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Imposing an excise tax on certain gross receipts of certain firearms dealers derived from the sales of firearms, firearm accessories, and ammunition in the State and sales of firearms to residents of the State; requiring the Comptroller to distribute a portion of the tax revenues to the Maryland Violence Intervention Program, the Center for Firearm Violence Prevention, the Coordinated Community Supports Partnership, the Survivors of Homicide Victims Program, the Trauma Physician Services Fund, and the Cowley Shock Trauma Center; etc.

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Testimony (63)

MGA witness list

FAV 44FavorableUNF 18UnfavorableINFO 1Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Gedin, Tonii	Anne Arundel County Department of Health	Written (PDF)
FAV	Swami, Ramya	Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence	Oral
FAV	Stanley, Tarria	Community Justice/Marylanders to Prevent Gun Violence coalition	Oral
FAV	Wolcott, Clinton	Critical Issues Forum	Written (PDF)
FAV	O'Brien, Megan	EveryMind	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kenah, Marylobbyist	Everytown for Gun Safety	Written (PDF)
FAV	McLively, Mike	Giffords	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Woodruff, Amber	Greater Baltimore Committee	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hausner, Tony	Independent Consultant	Written (PDF)
FAV	Coble, Annie	Johns Hopkins University & Medicine	Written (PDF)
FAV	Blacklow, Roger	Legislative Advocacy Committee of Leisure World Democratic Club	Position only
FAV	Wilkins, Jheanelle	Legislative Black Caucus of MD	Written (PDF)
FAV	Martinez, Ashanti	Legislative Latino Caucus	Written (PDF)
FAV	Mavronis, Stefanie	MONSE - Baltimore City	Oral
FAV	Jacobs, Douglas	Maryland Health Care Commission	Written (PDF)
FAV	Mireku-North, Bernice	Maryland House of Delegates	Written (PDF)
FAV	Plante, Cecilia	Maryland Legislative Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Ruth, Laure	Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence	Written (PDF)
FAV	Goldstein, Laura	Montgomery County Counseling Center	Position only
FAV	Frost, Lesley	Nationa Council of Jewish Women, MD Action Team	Written (PDF)
FAV	Watts, Lydia	Rebuild, Overcome, and Rise (ROAR) Center at UMB	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Blaha, Katherine	SURJ	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hoefner, Ferd	Takoma Park Presbyterian Church	Written (PDF)
FAV	Greten, Layla	Team ENOUGH and Baltimore County Commission for Women	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Sidhaye, Laasya	TeamENOUGH	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Finigan-Carr, Nadine	UMB: Center for Violence Prevention	Written (PDF)
FAV	Lattimer, MSSW, MPH, Deborah	UULM-MD	Written (PDF)
FAV	Warnken, Heather	University of Baltimore School of Law Center for Criminal Justice Reform	Position only
FAV	Jones, Dana	Women Legislators of Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kaplowitz, Richard KAP	Year	Written (PDF)
FAV	(MD), State of Maryland	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Allen, Kalice	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Bartlett, Ethan	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Mireku-North, Delegate Mireku-Northlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Elliott, Robynlobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Herren, Karenlobbyist	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Jarrett, Douglas	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Juberg, Arielle	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Lent, Michael	Individual	Position only
FAV	Partners, Public Policy	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Rosenberg, Adam	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Rosov, Jane	Individual	Position only
FAV	Sokolow, Cynthia	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Tsiongas, Magdalena	Individual	Oral
UNF	Josselyn, Johnlobbyist	2A Maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Schroyer, Joe	AGSA	Written (PDF)
UNF	Leager, Kaleigh	Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation	Written (PDF)
UNF	Schneider, Mark	Maryland Licensed Firearm Dealers Association & Atlantic Guns, Inc.	Oral
UNF	Pennak, Mark	Maryland Shall Issue, Inc.	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Weber, Johnlobbyist	National Rifle Association	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Andraka, Nicholas	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Dennison, Samuel	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Kasuba, Thomas	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Lang, Alan	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Mauer, William	Individual	Position only
UNF	Naylor, Guy	Individual	Position only
UNF	Pica, Johnlobbyist	Individual	Oral
UNF	Rader, Anthony	Individual	Oral
UNF	Rader, Kierstyn	Individual	Oral
UNF	Sharpless, Bradford	Individual	Position only

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Organizations on record

2A MarylandUNF 1

AGSAUNF 1

Anne Arundel County Department of HealthFAV 1

Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun ViolenceFAV 1

Community Justice/Marylanders to Prevent Gun Violence coalitionFAV 1

Congressional Sportsmen's FoundationUNF 1

Critical Issues ForumFAV 1

EveryMindFAV 1

Everytown for Gun SafetyFAV 1

GiffordsFAV 1

Greater Baltimore CommitteeFAV 1

Independent ConsultantFAV 1

Johns Hopkins University & MedicineFAV 1

Legislative Advocacy Committee of Leisure World Democratic ClubFAV 1

Legislative Black Caucus of MDFAV 1

Legislative Latino CaucusFAV 1

Maryland Health Care CommissionFAV 1

Maryland House of DelegatesFAV 1

Maryland Legislative CoalitionFAV 1

Maryland Licensed Firearm Dealers Association & Atlantic Guns, Inc.UNF 1

Maryland Network Against Domestic ViolenceFAV 1

Maryland Shall Issue, Inc.UNF 1

MONSE - Baltimore CityFAV 1

Montgomery County Counseling CenterFAV 1

Nationa Council of Jewish Women, MD Action TeamFAV 1

National Rifle AssociationUNF 1

Office of the ComptrollerINFO 1

Rebuild, Overcome, and Rise (ROAR) Center at UMBFAV 1

SURJFAV 1

Takoma Park Presbyterian ChurchFAV 1

Team ENOUGH and Baltimore County Commission for WomenFAV 1

TeamENOUGHFAV 1

UMB: Center for Violence PreventionFAV 1

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

UULM-MDFAV 1

Women Legislators of MarylandFAV 1

YearFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVKenah, MaryEverytown for Gun SafetyRegistered for: Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund

FAVElliott, RobynRegistered for: American Association for Marriage and Family Therapists; Amica Center for Immigrant Rights; CareForth; Chase Brexton Health System; Coordinating Center, The; Diabetes Patient Advocacy Coalition…

FAVHerren, KarenRegistered for: Marylanders to Prevent Gun Violence

UNFJosselyn, John2A MarylandRegistered for: 2A Maryland; Baltimore County Game & Fish Protective Association

UNFWeber, JohnNational Rifle AssociationRegistered for: National Rifle Association

UNFPica, JohnRegistered for: Allied Universal; Automated Health Systems; Benelli USA c/o Pica & Associates, LLC; Beretta USA; Center for the Visual and Performing Arts, Inc.; Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Company…