HB 444

Public Safety - Immigration Enforcement Agreements - Prohibition

Sponsor: Nicole A. Williams (District 22)Committee: JudiciarySubject: Public SafetyStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 2 (as of Sep 4, 2026)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Prohibiting the State, a unit of local government, a county sheriff, or any agency, officer, employee, or agent of the State or a unit of local government from entering into an immigration enforcement agreement; and requiring the termination of an existing immigration enforcement agreement immediately on the taking effect of the Act.

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Testimony (254)

MGA witness list

FAV 241FavorableFWA 2Favorable with amendmentsUNF 11Unfavorable

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Arikat, Loraine	1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East	Written (PDF)
FAV	Gobel, Christianlobbyist	AFSCME Maryland Council 3	Written (PDF)
FAV	Wilkerson, Alicelobbyist	Advance Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Shah, Naureen	American Civil Liberties Union	Oral
FAV	Yost, David	Arnolia UMC, Parkville, MD	Written (PDF)
FAV	Truong, Hieu	Baltimore Asian Resistance in Solidarity	Position only
FAV	Krieger, Betsy	Be the Change Bmore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Gupta, Riyalobbyist	Blueprint Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Sharp, Birgit	CANDLE	Written (PDF)
FAV	Frimpong, Ama	CASA	Oral
FAV	Jackson, Cathrynlobbyist	CASA	Written (PDF)
FAV	Lopez, Ericlobbyist	Capital Area Immigrants' Rights (CAIR) Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Westbrook, Viviana	Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC)	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Rothermel, Tim	Cecil Solidarity	Written (PDF)
FAV	DuBois, Gwen	Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility	Written (PDF)
FAV	Anderson, Caroline	City of Hagerstown	Written (PDF)
FAV	Searcy, Talisha	City of Takoma Park	Written (PDF)
FAV	Sanchez, Gabrielle	Clean Water Action	Written (PDF)
FAV	Enenmoh, Ikechukwu	Coalition Against Policing by Hopkins	Written (PDF)
FAV	Ellicott, Abbie	Coalition for LGBTQ+ Students	Written (PDF)
FAV	Antoine, Joannelobbyist	Common Cause Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Lierman, Brooke	Comptroller of Maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Foley, Lana	Crabs On The Shore, Indivisible DelMarVa, Wicomico County Dem Club	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hession, Melody	Delaware-Maryland Synod of the ELCA	Written (PDF)
FAV	Sugarman, Kate	Doctors For Camp Closure	Written (PDF)
FAV	White, Marcelinelobbyist	Economic Action Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Young, Emily	EdTrust	Written (PDF)
FAV	Fitzwater, Jessica	Frederick County Executive	Written (PDF)
FAV	Rios, Jennifer	Hispanic Chamber of Commerce PG Co	Written (PDF)
FAV	Organization, HoCo Climate Action	HoCo Climate Action	Written (PDF)
FAV	Ball, Calvin	Howard County Government	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bergman, Dayana	Individual	Oral
FAV	Santos, Tatiana	Indivisible Frederick Forward	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Solages, Andy	Indivisible Frederick Forward	Written (PDF)
FAV	Full, Barbara	Indivisible Frederick MD	Written (PDF)
FAV	miller, deborahlobbyist	JCRC of Greater Washington	Written (PDF)
FAV	Koplik, Chuck	Jewish Community Relations Council of Howard County	Written (PDF)
FAV	Goemann, Melissa	Jews United for Justice	Written (PDF)
FAV	Lampel, Anita	Jews United for Justice	Written (PDF)
FAV	Weissman, Louise	Jews United for Justice	Written (PDF)
FAV	Zeimer, Matanlobbyist	Jews United for Justice	Oral
FAV	Silver, Joanna	Joanna Silver	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Franklin, Neill	Law Enforcement Action Partnership	Written (PDF)
FAV	Boddie-Willis, Cynthia	League of Women Voters of Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Feighner, Liz	Liz Feighner, self	Written (PDF)
FAV	Holt, Steve	MEPPN	Written (PDF)
FAV	Shah, Reena	Maryland Access to Justice Commission	Written (PDF)
FAV	Schumitz, Kalilobbyist	Maryland Center on Economic Policy	Written (PDF)
FAV	Farrar, Madalyn	Maryland Department of Health	Written (PDF)
FAV	Boyd, Linda	Maryland Episcopal Public Policy Network	Written (PDF)
FAV	Williams, Nicole	Maryland General Assembly	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Orbe, Jr., Carlos	Maryland Latinos Unidos	Written (PDF)
FAV	Morgan, Jessica	Maryland Legislative Agenda for Women (MLAW)	Written (PDF)
FAV	Plante, Cecilia	Maryland Legislative Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Wolf, Stephanie	Maryland Office of the Public Defender	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Mezzomo, Angela	Maryland Speech-Language-Hearing Association	Written (PDF)
FAV	Krick, Heather	Maryland State Bar Association	Written (PDF)
FAV	Lemle, Paul	Maryland State Education Association	Written (PDF)
FAV	DeLong, Michael	Montgomery County Young Democrats	Written (PDF)
FAV	Harper, Shelby	Montgomery County, Maryland Women's Democratic Club	Written (PDF)

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Organizations on record

1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers EastFAV 1

Advance MarylandFAV 1

AFSCME Maryland Council 3FAV 1

American Civil Liberties UnionFAV 1

Arnolia UMC, Parkville, MDFAV 1

Baltimore Asian Resistance in SolidarityFAV 1

Be the Change BmoreFAV 1

Blueprint CoalitionFAV 1

CANDLEFAV 1

Capital Area Immigrants' Rights (CAIR) CoalitionFAV 1

CASAFAV 2

Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC)FAV 1

Cecil SolidarityFAV 1

Chesapeake Physicians for Social ResponsibilityFAV 1

Chiefs & SheriffsUNF 1

City of HagerstownFAV 1

City of Takoma ParkFAV 1

Clean Water ActionFAV 1

Coalition Against Policing by HopkinsFAV 1

Coalition for LGBTQ+ StudentsFAV 1

Common Cause MarylandFAV 1

Comptroller of MarylandFAV 1

Crabs On The Shore, Indivisible DelMarVa, Wicomico County Dem ClubFAV 1

Delaware-Maryland Synod of the ELCAFAV 1

Doctors For Camp ClosureFAV 1

Economic Action MarylandFAV 1

EdTrustFAV 1

Frederick County ExecutiveFAV 1

Frederick County Sheriff's OfficeUNF 1

Frederick County Sheriff's Office - Corrections BureauUNF 1

Hispanic Chamber of Commerce PG CoFAV 1

HoCo Climate ActionFAV 1

Howard County GovernmentFAV 1

IndividualFAV 1

Indivisible Frederick ForwardFAV 2

Indivisible Frederick MDFAV 1

JCRC of Greater WashingtonFAV 1

Jewish Community Relations Council of Howard CountyFAV 1

Jews United for JusticeFAV 4

Joanna SilverFAV 1

Law Enforcement Action PartnershipFAV 1

League of Women Voters of MarylandFAV 1

Liz Feighner, selfFAV 1

Maryland Access to Justice CommissionFAV 1

Maryland Association of CountiesUNF 1

Maryland Center on Economic PolicyFAV 1

Maryland Chiefs & Sheriffs AssociationsUNF 1

Maryland Department of HealthFAV 1

Maryland Episcopal Public Policy NetworkFAV 1

Maryland General AssemblyFAV 1

Maryland Latinos UnidosFAV 1

Maryland Legislative Agenda for Women (MLAW)FAV 1

Maryland Legislative CoalitionFAV 1

Maryland Office of the Public DefenderFAV 1

Maryland Speech-Language-Hearing AssociationFAV 1

Maryland State Bar AssociationFAV 1

Maryland State Education AssociationFAV 1

MEPPNFAV 1

Montgomery County Young DemocratsFAV 1

Montgomery County, Maryland Women's Democratic ClubFAV 1

N/AFAV 1

NASW MarylandFAV 1

NPAMFAV 1

Out 4 JusticeFAV 1

Patapsco Friends MeetingFAV 1

Progressive MarylandFAV 1

Quaker Voice of MarylandFAV 1

RetiredFAV 1

SEIU 32BJFAV 1

SEIU Local 500FAV 1

selfFAV 2

SelfFAV 1

Shore ProgressFAV 1

Showing Up for Racial Justice BaltimoreFAV 1

Silver Spring Justice CoalitionFAV 1

Strong Schools MarylandFAV 1

SURJFAV 1

SURJ BaltimoreFAV 1

SURJ3AFAV 1

The Episcopal Diocese of MarylandFAV 1

Third Act MDFAV 1

Trans MarylandFAV 1

UMBCFAV 1

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

University of MarylandFAV 1

UULM-MDFAV 3

Washington County NAACP Branch 7030BFAV 1

Washington County Sheriff's OfficeUNF 1

Wicomico County, MarylandUNF 1

WOLC IMMIGRATION ServicesFAV 1

Women's Law CenterFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVGobel, ChristianAFSCME Maryland Council 3Registered for: AFSCME Council 3

FAVWilkerson, AliceAdvance MarylandRegistered for: Advance Maryland

FAVGupta, RiyaBlueprint CoalitionRegistered for: Strong Schools Maryland, care of The Fund for Educational Excellence

FAVJackson, CathrynCASARegistered for: CASA de Maryland, Inc.

FAVLopez, EricCapital Area Immigrants' Rights (CAIR) CoalitionRegistered for: Capital Area Immigrants' Rights (CAIR) Coalition

FAVAntoine, JoanneCommon Cause MarylandRegistered for: Common Cause Maryland

FAVWhite, MarcelineEconomic Action MarylandRegistered for: Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition; Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition DBA Economic Action Maryland

FAVmiller, deborahJCRC of Greater WashingtonRegistered for: Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington

FAVZeimer, MatanJews United for JusticeRegistered for: Jews United for Justice

FAVSchumitz, KaliMaryland Center on Economic PolicyRegistered for: Maryland Center on Economic Policy

FAVPuentes, EricaProgressive MarylandRegistered for: Progressive Maryland

FAVCano, ChristopherSEIU Local 500Registered for: SEIU Local 500

FAVAmanuel, YanetRegistered for: ACLU of Maryland

FAVBellamy, LorenzoRegistered for: ACLU of Maryland; Alliance for Responsible Consumer Legal Funding; American Forest & Paper Association; Americans for Patient Access; Arc Central Chesapeake Region, The; Avaya, Inc.…

FAVPuentes, EricaRegistered for: Progressive Maryland

UNFJackson, SamiraChiefs & SheriffsRegistered for: Boys & Girls Clubs of America; Critical Response Group; Dell Technologies Inc.; Electronic Payments Coalition, Inc.; Empower; Forward Financing…