HB 711

Data Privacy - Consumer Data, Public Records, and Message Switching System (Data Privacy Act)

Sponsor: Lorig Charkoudian (District 20)Committee: Economic MattersSubject: Commercial Law - Consumer ProtectionStatus: Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 874 (as of Sep 4, 2026)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Prohibiting a certain controller from knowingly selling the personal data of a consumer to a certain governmental unit that has engaged in or supported civil immigration enforcement under certain circumstances; requiring a custodian of a public record to take reasonable steps to determine whether a public record is accessed for enforcing immigration law; requiring an entity that operates a certain message switching system to take certain actions regarding system access; etc.

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Testimony (114)

MGA witness list

FAV 101FavorableFWA 2Favorable with amendmentsUNF 7UnfavorableINFO 4Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Arikat, Loraine	1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East	Written (PDF)
FAV	Gilmore , Deniselobbyist	AFSCME Maryland	Oral
FAV	Venzke, Cody	American Civil Liberties Union	Oral
FAV	RUBIN, ANNA	Anna Rubin	Written (PDF)
FAV	Muller, Franca	Baltimore Teachers Union	Oral
FAV	Sharp, Birgit	CANDLE	Written (PDF)
FAV	Garcia, Leidi	CASA	Oral
FAV	Jackson, Cathrynlobbyist	CASA	Written (PDF)
FAV	Moore, Tonaeyalobbyist	CASH Campaign of Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Manuel, Anne	CCAN Action Fund volunteer	Written (PDF)
FAV	Mascioli, William	CCAN Volunteer	Written (PDF)
FAV	Lopez, Ericlobbyist	Capital Area Immigrants' Rights (CAIR) Coalition	Oral
FAV	Shulman, Kathy	Charm City Indivisible	Written (PDF)
FAV	Searcy, Talisha	City of Takoma Park	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hession, Melody	Delaware-Maryland Synod of the ELCA	Position only
FAV	Solomon, Jared	Delegate Solomon	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Sugarman, Kate	Doctors For Camp Closure	Written (PDF)
FAV	White, Marcelinelobbyist	Economic Action Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bartolomeo, Kathleen	GCAN, MCRT	Position only
FAV	Diamond, Joanna	Health Care for the Homeless	Written (PDF)
FAV	Santos, Tatiana	Indivisible Frederick Forward	Written (PDF)
FAV	Estes, Alexandra	Indivisible MoCoWoMen	Written (PDF)
FAV	Boddie-Willis, Cynthia	League of Women Voters of Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Feighner, Liz	Liz Feighner, self	Position only
FAV	douglass, sharlimar	Maryland Alliance for Racial Equity in Education (MAREE)	Written (PDF)
FAV	Zelaya, Michellelobbyist	Maryland Catholic Conference	Written (PDF)
FAV	Schumitz, Kalilobbyist	Maryland Center on Economic Policy	Written (PDF)
FAV	Martin, Thene	Maryland Just Power Alliance	Written (PDF)
FAV	Schmidt, Kristin	Maryland Just Power Alliance	Written (PDF)
FAV	Wenger, Katie	Maryland Just Power Alliance	Written (PDF)
FAV	Plante, Cecilia	Maryland Legislative Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hilliard, Elizabeth	Maryland Office of the Public Defender	Oral
FAV	Wolf, Stephanie	Maryland Office of the Public Defender	Written (PDF)
FAV	Harper, Shelby	Montgomery County, Maryland Women's Democratic Club	Written (PDF)
FAV	Yunda, Allisonlobbyist	National Domestic Workers Alliance	Written (PDF)
FAV	Tortoriello, Nicole	Public Justice Center	Written (PDF)
FAV	PERRYMAN, GLENN	Retired	Written (PDF)
FAV	Margorin, Alexandra	SEIU 32BJ	Written (PDF)
FAV	Elaine, Arndt	SELF	Position only
FAV	Blaha, Katherine	SURJ	Written (PDF)
FAV	Eckel, Rianna	SURJ Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kleinman, Jan	SURJ Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Cavanaugh, Jean	Self	Written (PDF)
FAV	Powell, Holly	Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hoffman, Theresa M.	Showing Up for Racial Justice Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Keipper, Lindsay	Showing Up for Racial Justice- Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Follingstad, Susaanti	Silver Spring Justice Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Schrock, Ydelka	Together We Will Harford County Indivisible	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hoffman, Charlotte	Trans Maryland	Oral
FAV	Caldiero, Jim	UULM-MD	Written (PDF)
FAV	McNair, Lee	Unitarian Universalist Environmental Justice Ministry	Position only
FAV	Gonzalez, Earvin	We Are CASA	Oral
FAV	Kaplowitz, Richard KAP	Year	Written (PDF)
FAV	McDougal, Mary	n/a	Written (PDF)
FAV	Solomon, Julie	self	Written (PDF)
FAV	Arndt, Dave	Individual	Position only
FAV	Beck, Mary	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Brocht, Chauna	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Brown, Juliet	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Charkoudian, Lorig	Individual	Written (PDF)

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Organizations on record

1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers EastFAV 1

AFSCME MarylandFAV 1

Alliance for Automotive InnovationUNF 1

American Civil Liberties UnionFAV 1

Anna RubinFAV 1

Baltimore Teachers UnionFAV 1

CANDLEFAV 1

Capital Area Immigrants' Rights (CAIR) CoalitionFAV 1

CASAFAV 2

CASH Campaign of MarylandFAV 1

CCAN Action Fund volunteerFAV 1

CCAN VolunteerFAV 1

CDIAFWA 1

Charm City IndivisibleFAV 1

City of Takoma ParkFAV 1

Delaware-Maryland Synod of the ELCAFAV 1

Delegate SolomonFAV 1

Doctors For Camp ClosureFAV 1

Economic Action MarylandFAV 1

GCAN, MCRTFAV 1

Health Care for the HomelessFAV 1

HJMUNF 1

Indivisible Frederick ForwardFAV 1

Indivisible MoCoWoMenFAV 1

League of Women Voters of MarylandFAV 1

Liz Feighner, selfFAV 1

Maryland Alliance for Racial Equity in Education (MAREE)FAV 1

Maryland Association of Counties (MACo)UNF 1

Maryland Catholic ConferenceFAV 1

Maryland Center on Economic PolicyFAV 1

Maryland Department of TransportationINFO 1

Maryland JudiciaryINFO 1

Maryland Just Power AllianceFAV 3

Maryland Legislative CoalitionFAV 1

Maryland Municipal LeagueINFO 1

Maryland Office of the Public DefenderFAV 2

Montgomery County, Maryland Women's Democratic ClubFAV 1

n/aFAV 1

National Domestic Workers AllianceFAV 1

Public Justice CenterFAV 1

RetiredFAV 1

SEIU 32BJFAV 1

selfFAV 1

SelfFAV 1

SELFFAV 1

Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)FAV 1

Showing Up for Racial Justice BaltimoreFAV 1

Showing Up for Racial Justice- BaltimoreFAV 1

Silver Spring Justice CoalitionFAV 1

State Privacy & Security CoalitionUNF 1

SURJFAV 1

SURJ BaltimoreFAV 2

Together We Will Harford County IndivisibleFAV 1

Trans MarylandFAV 1

Unitarian Universalist Environmental Justice MinistryFAV 1

UULM-MDFAV 1

We Are CASAFAV 1

YearFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVGilmore , DeniseAFSCME MarylandRegistered for: AFSCME Maryland Council 3; AFSCME Council 3

FAVJackson, CathrynCASARegistered for: CASA de Maryland, Inc.

FAVMoore, TonaeyaCASH Campaign of MarylandRegistered for: CASH Campaign of Maryland

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

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

FAVZelaya, MichelleMaryland Catholic ConferenceRegistered for: Maryland Catholic Conference

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

FAVYunda, AllisonNational Domestic Workers AllianceRegistered for: National Domestic Workers Alliance; Care in Action

UNFFisher, JoshuaAlliance for Automotive InnovationRegistered for: Alliance for Automotive Innovation

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…

UNFdurkin, margaretRegistered for: TechNet