HB 336

Passed both chambers

Criminal Procedure - District Court - Issuance of Summonses and Arrest Warrants

Sponsor: Jackie Addison (District 45)Committee: JudiciarySubject: Criminal Law - ProceduresStatus: Third Reading Passed with Amendments (35-11) (as of Sep 4, 2026)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Authorizing a District Court commissioner to issue a summons based on an application for a statement of charges filed by a certain individual under certain circumstances; prohibiting a District Court commissioner from issuing an arrest warrant based on an application for a statement of charges filed by a certain individual; requiring a District Court commissioner to refer a certain summons to the State's Attorney's office; requiring the District Court to provide victims of crime with access to certain information; etc.

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Testimony (65)

MGA witness list

FAV 45FavorableFWA 5Favorable with amendmentsUNF 13UnfavorableINFO 2Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Spaccasi, Olivia	ACLU-MD	Written (PDF)
FAV	Dews, Christopherlobbyist	Dews & Associates	Position only
FAV	Auen, Wendy	District Court Commissioner	Written (PDF)
FAV	Stidham, Barbara	HB21	Oral
FAV	DuFour, Christine	Jezic and Moyse, LLC and MCDAA	Oral
FAV	Breslau, David	Justice Training Solutions	Oral
FAV	Johnson, Qiana	Life After Release	Position only
FAV	Carlson, Bill	Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform	Written (PDF)
FAV	Plante, Cecilia	Maryland Legislative Coalition	Position only
FAV	Martinez, Roberto	Maryland Office of the Public Defender	Oral
FAV	Clark, Tiffany	Office of the Attorney General	Written (PDF)
FAV	Holley, Tiffany	Office of the Public Defender	Oral
FAV	Levy, Brian	Office of the Public Defender	Written (PDF)
FAV	Levy, Brian	Office of the Public Defender	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Burton, D'wan	Out For Justice	Position only
FAV	Speaks, Treveric	Out For Justice	Written (PDF)
FAV	Scarton, Angelina	Out for Justice	Oral
FAV	Scarton, Angelina	Out for Justice	Written (PDF)
FAV	Speaks, Terry	Out for Justice	Oral
FAV	Myles, David	Rockville, MD	Written (PDF)
FAV	Saul, Eric	Saul Architects	Oral
FAV	Powell, Holly	Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)	Written (PDF)
FAV	Keipper, Lindsay	Showing Up for Racial Justice- Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bates, Ivan	State's Attorney for Baltimore City	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Bates, Ivan	State's Attorney for Baltimore City	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Giordano, Hassan	State's Attorney for Baltimore City	Position only
FAV	Warnken, Heather	University of Baltimore School of Law Center for Criminal Justice Reform	Position only
FAV	Amanuel, Yanetlobbyist	Individual	Oral
FAV	Auen, Wendy	Individual	Position only
FAV	Auen, Wendy	Individual	Oral
FAV	Delegate Addison, Delegate Addisonlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Delegate Addison, Delegate Addisonlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Ford, John	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Ford, John	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Fraser, Brytani	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hawkins, Lupe	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	John, Beverly	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	John, Beverly	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	John, Inzinga	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Lent, Michael	Individual	Position only
FAV	Mcgrath, Jennifer	Individual	Oral
FAV	O'Connor, Beatris	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Smith, Kiahra	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Thornton, Cayetano	Individual	Oral
FAV	Yoder, Daryl	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Allyn, Rebecca	Gov's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, & Victim; Governor's Family Violence Council	Written (PDF)
UNF	Allyn, Rebecca	Governor's Family Violence Council	Position only
UNF	Lennig, Dorothy	Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services	Oral
UNF	Hausner, Deena	House of Ruth Maryland	Written (PDF)
UNF	Jordan, Lisae Clobbyist	Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MCASA)	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Wilt, Laura	Maryland Crime Victims' Resource Center	Written (PDF)
UNF	Blick, Christa	Maryland Governor's Office of Crime Prevention and Policy	Written (PDF)
UNF	Rodriguez, Amanda	Maryland Human Trafficking Task Force/ TurnAround, Inc.	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Morrisey, Chief Judge John	Maryland Judiciary	Oral
UNF	Ruth, Laure	Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence	Written (PDF)
UNF	Ruth, Laure	Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	OMalley, Catherine	Women's Law Center	Written (PDF)
UNF	OMalley, Catherine	Women's Law Center	Written (PDF)
FWA	Breslau, David	Justice Training Solutions	Position only
FWA	Jordan, Lisae Clobbyist	Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MCASA)	Written (PDF)

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Organizations on record

ACLU-MDFAV 1

Dews & AssociatesFAV 1

District Court CommissionerFAV 1

Gov's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, & Victim; Governor's Family Violence CouncilUNF 1

Governor's Family Violence CouncilUNF 1

Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim ServicesUNF 1

HB21FAV 1

House of Ruth MarylandUNF 1

Jezic and Moyse, LLC and MCDAAFAV 1

Justice Training SolutionsFAV 1FWA 1

Life After ReleaseFAV 1

Maryland Alliance for Justice ReformFAV 1

Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MCASA)FWA 1UNF 1

Maryland Crime Victims' Resource CenterUNF 1

Maryland Governor's Office of Crime Prevention and PolicyUNF 1

Maryland Human Trafficking Task Force/ TurnAround, Inc.FWA 1UNF 1

Maryland JudiciaryUNF 1

Maryland Legislative CoalitionFAV 1

Maryland Network Against Domestic ViolenceUNF 2

Maryland Office of the Public DefenderFAV 1

Office of the Attorney GeneralFAV 1FWA 2

Office of the Public DefenderFAV 3

Out for JusticeFAV 3

Out For JusticeFAV 2

Rockville, MDFAV 1

Saul ArchitectsFAV 1

Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)FAV 1

Showing Up for Racial Justice- BaltimoreFAV 1

State's Attorney for Baltimore CityFAV 3

The Human Trafficking Prevention ProjectINFO 1

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

Women's Law CenterUNF 2

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVDews, ChristopherDews & AssociatesRegistered for: Advance Maryland Education Fund; Beyond Impact; Center for Urban Families; Dews & Associates; Out for Justice, Inc.; REFORM Alliance…

FAVAmanuel, YanetRegistered for: ACLU of Maryland

UNFJordan, Lisae CMaryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MCASA)Registered for: Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault

FWAJordan, Lisae CMaryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MCASA)Registered for: Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault