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Public Health - Goods, Services, or Technologies Used in Death Sentences - Prohibition

Sponsor: Samuel I. Rosenberg (District 41)Committee: JudiciarySubject: Public HealthStatus: Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary) (as of Sep 4, 2026)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Prohibiting a person doing business in the State from knowingly manufacturing or selling, distributing, dispensing, or otherwise supplying a drug, medical device, or other good, service, or technology or compounding a drug if the person knows or reasonably should know that certain authorization was prompted, either directly or indirectly, by a person seeking the drug, medical device, or other good, service, or technology with a certain intent related to a death sentence.

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Testimony (13)

MGA witness list
FAV 11FavorableUNF 1UnfavorableINFO 1Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVKouadio, MicheleA Mother's CryWritten (PDF)
FAVDews, ChristopherlobbyistDews & AssociatesPosition only
FAVRosenberg, SamuelHouse of DelegatesOral + Written (PDF)
FAVSpeaks, TrevericOut For JusticeWritten (PDF)
FAVWells, MattReprieve USOral + Written (PDF)
FAVWarnken, HeatherUniversity of Baltimore School of Law Center for Criminal Justice ReformPosition only
FAVJeffrey, AntonyaWorth RisesOral + Written (PDF)
FAVBrown, LisaIndividualOral
FAVDelegate Rosenberg, Delegate RosenberglegislatorIndividualOral
FAVHenderson, JaneIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVHood, JeffIndividualOral
UNFTibbals, TrudyIndividualPosition only
INFOHarris, MrsDistrict 25 ConstituentPosition only

Organizations on record

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