Transportation - Aviation - Passenger Health and Safety (Aviation Health and Safety Act)
Sponsor: Lorig Charkoudian (District 20)Committee: Environment and TransportationSubject: Transportation - GenerallyStatus: First Reading Finance (as of Sep 4, 2026)
What this bill does
Official synopsis
Requiring certain aeronautical service providers that service a flight with detained individuals to request to see a warrant for the detained individual, and to note whether there is a warrant and the type of warrant; requiring certain aeronautical service providers to compile and submit monthly to the Administration certain reports; etc.
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Testimony (61)
MGA witness listFAV 54FavorableFWA 3Favorable with amendmentsUNF 3UnfavorableINFO 1Information only
| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Manuel, Anne | CCAN Action Fund volunteer | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Mascioli, William | CCAN Volunteer | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Shulman, Kathy | Charm City Indivisible | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Sugarman, Kate | Doctors For Camp Closure | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Stogel, Cathy | Indivisible Howard County | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Plante, Cecilia | Maryland Legislative Coalition | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Morningstar, Sara | MoCo | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Mink, Kristin | Montgomery County Council District 5 | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Harper, Shelby | Montgomery County, Maryland Women's Democratic Club | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Murphy-Keddell, Karen | N/A | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Zeller, Eileen | None | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | PERRYMAN, GLENN | Retired | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Caldiero, Jim | UULM-MD | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | McNair, Lee | Unitarian Universalist Environmental Justice Ministry | Position only |
| FAV | Kaplowitz, Richard KAP | Year | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Solomon, Julie | self | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Agnihotri, Shubh | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Allen, Kelly | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Ateto, Philip | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Atwood, Laura | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Beder, Jodi | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Brocht, Chauna | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Charkoudian, Lorig | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Davis, Shannon | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Delegate Charkoudian, Delegate Charkoudianlegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Deutschmann, Richard | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Donahue, Irene | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Enagonio, Liz | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Frazier, Rhys | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Gasnier, Philippa | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Girdner, Linnie | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Hencke, Jess | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Hencke, Kevin | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Hurley, Ayla | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Jasen, Debi | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Karasik, Judy | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Koul, Michelle | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Kutz, Kathryn | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Lalani, Samia | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Latino Caucus, Maryland Legislative | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Lefstein, Gita | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Lent, Michael | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Lewis, Andrew | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Liskin, Laurie | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Little, Kathryn | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Matthews, Carolyn | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Newkirk, Mary Anne | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Nigro, Lia | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Scherr, Elizabeth | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Siano, Lisa | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Singleton, Eileen | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Sokolow, Cynthia | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Varnai, Tamas | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Yuan, Christina | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | McDonough, Caitlinlobbyist | HJM | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Lang, Alan | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Tibbals, Trudy | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Cornet, Robert | Frederick County ICE/BWI Coalition | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Greenberg, Marcia | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Metalitz, Steve | Individual | Written (PDF) |
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Organizations on record
Registered lobbyists who testified
UNFMcDonough, CaitlinHJMRegistered for: AbbVie Inc.; Aligned Data Centers; American Academy of Anesthesiology Assistants, Inc.; Associated Builders & Contractors; Association of Independent Midwives of Maryland (AIMM); Baltimore Gas and Electric Company…