Transportation - Aviation - Passenger Health and Safety (Aviation Health and Safety Act)
Sponsor: Clarence K. Lam (District 12)Committee: FinanceSubject: Transportation - GenerallyStatus: Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Sep 4, 2026)
What this bill does
Official synopsis
Requiring the Maryland Aviation Administration to develop certain passenger forms for aircraft traveling with detained individuals; requiring certain flight crews to distribute and collect certain forms; requiring certain aeronautical service providers to confirm that the forms are on board an aircraft before servicing the aircraft; prohibiting the refueling of an aircraft if an individual on board is in any kind of restraint; requiring that certain individuals who are removed from an aircraft be provided certain services; etc.
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Testimony (61)
MGA witness listFAV 56FavorableFWA 2Favorable with amendmentsUNF 2UnfavorableINFO 1Information only
| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Truong, Hieu | Baltimore Asian Resistance in Solidarity | Position only |
| FAV | Reilly, Jesse | Baltimore Rapid Response Network | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Manuel, Anne | CCAN Action Fund volunteer | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Mascioli, William | CCAN Volunteer | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Sugarman, Kate | Doctors For Camp Closure | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Stewart, Frances | Elders Climate Action Maryland | Position only |
| FAV | kenna, ida | Greater Baltimore Democratic Socialists of America | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Hornstein, Ellen | Indivisible Montgomery | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Plante, Cecilia | Maryland Legislative Coalition | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Zeller, Eileen | None | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Horn, Christine (Tina) | PATH, ACT and AIM | Oral |
| 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 | Fanning, Patricia | self | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Solomon, Julie | self | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Ahmed, Nooria | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Apple, Chris | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Ateto, Philip | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Atwood, Laura | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Bauer, Riley | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Beder, Jodi | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Berger, Zackary | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Brocht, Chauna | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Bromfield, Lisa | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Coe, Marcia | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Cullen, Mary | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Davis, Shannon | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Delaney, Kaelin | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Deutschmann, Richard | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Deutschmann, Vanessa | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Ebenreck, Jered | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Enagonio, Liz | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Fiscarelli-Mintz, Sarah | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Girdner, Linnie | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Gottwig, Jeremy | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Hagan, Jeffrey | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Heinz, Loreen | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Hess, Jennifer | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Hurley, Ayla | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Jordan, Hailey | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Karasik, Judy | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Lalani, Samia | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Lefstein, Gita | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Liskin, Laurie | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Little, Kathryn | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Matthews, Carolyn | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Mauer, William | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Miller, Emily | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Schlenker, Carol | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Senator Lam, Senator Lamlegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Siano, Lisa | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Singleton, Eileen | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Sokolow, Cynthia | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Wolfert, Barbara | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Yuan, Christina | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | McDonough, Caitlinlobbyist | HJM | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Leonard, Valerle | self | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Cornet, Robert | Frederick County ICE/BWI Coalition | Oral + 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…