SB 121

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Personal Information - Public Servant Protections

Sponsor: Katie Fry Hester (District 9)Committee: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentSubject: State Government - Agencies, Offices, and OfficialsStatus: Hearing 2/12 at 2:00 p.m. (as of Sep 4, 2026)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Authorizing a certain protected individual or the agency, entity, or office that the protected individual serves or served to request that a governmental entity or person not publish personal information on the Internet, social media, or social networks or that the governmental entity or person remove the information from any existing publication; etc.

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Testimony (21)

MGA witness list

FAV 12FavorableFWA 2Favorable with amendmentsINFO 7Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Rogers, Katasha	DeleteMe	Oral
FAV	consoli, angelo	FOP Lodge 89 and Maryland State Lodge	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bartolomeo, Kathleen	GCAN, MCRT	Position only
FAV	Plante, Cecilia	Maryland Legislative Coalition	Position only
FAV	Fry Hester, Katie	Maryland Senate	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bahner, Kristin	Minnesota House of Representatives	Oral
FAV	Powers, Ryan	None	Position only
FAV	McNair, Lee	Unitarian Universalist Environmental Justice Ministry	Position only
FAV	Hoschouer, Tommy	VanishID	Oral
FAV	Harris, Mrs.	Individual	Position only
FAV	Hessler, Thereselobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Senator Hester, Senator Hesterlegislator	Individual	Oral
FWA	Fiore, Justin	Maryland Municipal League	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Watts, Kimberlee	Maryland Office of the Public Defender	Written (PDF)
INFO	Elalamy, Sara	Department of Information Technology (DoIT)	Written (PDF)
INFO	Baucum Colbert, Jordan	M-NCPPC - Senior Government Analyst	Written (PDF)
INFO	Caldwell, Ebonye	Maryland Judiciary	Oral
INFO	Rupp, Judy	Maryland Judiciary	Oral
INFO	Sarkar, Shaolilobbyist	Maryland State Bar Association	Written (PDF)
INFO	Lore, Michael	Office of the Secretary of State	Oral + Written (PDF)
INFO	Thompson, Kate	Individual	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

DeleteMeFAV 1

Department of Information Technology (DoIT)INFO 1

FOP Lodge 89 and Maryland State LodgeFAV 1

GCAN, MCRTFAV 1

M-NCPPC - Senior Government AnalystINFO 1

Maryland JudiciaryINFO 2

Maryland Legislative CoalitionFAV 1

Maryland Municipal LeagueFWA 1

Maryland Office of the Public DefenderFWA 1

Maryland SenateFAV 1

Maryland State Bar AssociationINFO 1

Minnesota House of RepresentativesFAV 1

NoneFAV 1

Office of the Secretary of StateINFO 1

Unitarian Universalist Environmental Justice MinistryFAV 1

VanishIDFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVHessler, ThereseRegistered for: City of Gaithersburg; Elevate Recovery Centers; Evolve Kids Care; Evolve Life Centers; High Roller Technologies; Laila's Gift…

INFOSarkar, ShaoliMaryland State Bar AssociationRegistered for: Maryland State Bar Association, Inc.