HB 860

Did not advance

Petitions for Emergency Evaluation (Arnaud and Magruder Memorial Act)

Sponsor: Tiffany T. Alston (District 24)Committee: HealthSubject: Public HealthStatus: Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance) (as of Sep 4, 2026)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Specifying that a petition for emergency evaluation is effective for 5 days after being endorsed by a certain court; authorizing a court, on a certain motion and on certain findings, to extend a petition for up to 5 days at a time, not to exceed a total of 30 days from the date the petition was endorsed by the court; and authorizing peace officers to act in accordance with best practices on how to take an emergency evaluee to an emergency facility and, if deemed necessary, to be joined by a mobile crisis team when executing a petition.

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Testimony (19)

MGA witness list

FAV 8FavorableUNF 8UnfavorableINFO 3Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Cohen, Elliot	Baltimore City Police Fraternal Order of Police Lodge # 3	Position only
FAV	Shier, Michael	FOP	Position only
FAV	Clark, Ashleylobbyist	Harris Jones & Malone, LLC	Written (PDF)
FAV	Vormelker, Will	Maryland Judiciary	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bode, Claire	Individual	Position only
FAV	Delegate Alston, Delegate Alstonlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Delegate Alston, Delegate Alstonlegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Pelz, Suzanne	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Margolis, Leslielobbyist	Disability Rights Maryland	Written (PDF)
UNF	Williams, Krystal	MD Office of the Public Defender	Oral
UNF	Hilliard, Elizabeth	Maryland Office of the Public Defender	Written (PDF)
UNF	James, Keisha	National Lawyers Guild - National Police Accountability Project	Written (PDF)
UNF	Lotridge, Keith	Office of the Public Defender,	Oral
UNF	Livshin, Michelle	On Our Own of Maryland, Inc.	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Livshin, Michelle	On Our Own of Maryland, Inc.	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Landau, Robert	SSJC	Written (PDF)
INFO	Parsley, Luciene	Disability Rights Maryland	Written (PDF)
INFO	Williams, Krystal	MD Office of the Public Defender	Oral + Written (PDF)
INFO	Hilliard, Elizabeth	Maryland Office of the Public Defender	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Baltimore City Police Fraternal Order of Police Lodge # 3FAV 1

Disability Rights MarylandUNF 1INFO 1

FOPFAV 1

Harris Jones & Malone, LLCFAV 1

Maryland JudiciaryFAV 1

Maryland Office of the Public DefenderUNF 1INFO 1

MD Office of the Public DefenderUNF 1INFO 1

National Lawyers Guild - National Police Accountability ProjectUNF 1

Office of the Public Defender,UNF 1

On Our Own of Maryland, Inc.UNF 2

SSJCUNF 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVClark, AshleyHarris Jones & Malone, LLCRegistered for: Beltway Fine Wine; Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Company; Community Associations Institute/Maryland Legislative Action Committee; Employ Prince George's, Inc.; Frederick Community College; Greater Baltimore Committee…

UNFMargolis, LeslieDisability Rights MarylandRegistered for: Disability Rights Maryland