SB 791

Correctional Services and Criminal Procedure - Immigration Enforcement - Prohibitions (Community Trust Act)

Sponsor: Clarence K. Lam (District 12)Committee: Judicial ProceedingsSubject: CorrectionsStatus: Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 872 (as of Sep 4, 2026)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Prohibiting local correctional facilities from taking certain actions related to immigration enforcement, subject to certain exceptions; prohibiting law enforcement agents from taking certain actions related to immigration enforcement, subject to certain exceptions; prohibiting State and local correctional facilities from taking certain actions against an individual based on a certain immigration status of the individual or any other person; requiring employees and agents of State correctional facilities to provide certain notice; etc.

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Testimony (168)

MGA witness list

FAV 148FavorableUNF 18UnfavorableINFO 2Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Shah, Naureen	American Civil Liberties Union	Oral
FAV	RUBIN, ANNA	Anna Rubin	Written (PDF)
FAV	Truong, Hieu	Baltimore Asian Resistance in Solidarity	Position only
FAV	Sharp, Birgit	CANDLE	Written (PDF)
FAV	Mascioli, William	CCAN Volunteer	Written (PDF)
FAV	Lopez, Ericlobbyist	Capital Area Immigrants' Rights (CAIR) Coalition	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Radke, Susan	Catonsville Indivisible Group	Written (PDF)
FAV	Trone, David	David Trone for Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hession, Melody	Delaware-Maryland Synod of the ELCA	Written (PDF)
FAV	Sugarman, Kate	Doctors For Camp Closure	Written (PDF)
FAV	Gordon, Henry	Dristict 20 Constituent	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bevan-Dangel, Jenniferlobbyist	Economic Action Maryland Fund	Written (PDF)
FAV	Grossman, Susan	Governor's Commission of Middle Eastern American Affairs	Written (PDF)
FAV	Ball, Calvin	Howard County Office of County Executive	Written (PDF)
FAV	Bergman, Dayana	Individual	Oral
FAV	Santos, Tatiana	Indivisible Frederick Forward	Written (PDF)
FAV	Estes, Alexandra	Indivisible MoCoWoMen	Written (PDF)
FAV	smith, Ruth	Jews United For Justice	Written (PDF)
FAV	Silver, Joanna	Joanna Silver	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Boddie-Willis, Cynthia	League of Women Voters of Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	douglass, sharlimar	Maryland Alliance for Racial Equity in Education (MAREE)	Written (PDF)
FAV	Schumitz, Kalilobbyist	Maryland Center on Economic Policy	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Wenger, Katie	Maryland Just Power Alliance	Written (PDF)
FAV	Orbe, Jr., Carlos	Maryland Latinos Unidos	Written (PDF)
FAV	Plante, Cecilia	Maryland Legislative Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Wolf, Stephanie	Maryland Office of the Public Defender	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Krick, Heather	Maryland State Bar Association	Written (PDF)
FAV	Lemle, Paul	Maryland State Education Association	Written (PDF)
FAV	Murphy-Keddell, Karen	N/A	Written (PDF)
FAV	Proctor, Karessa	NASW Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Yellott, Lynn	One Million Rising Alliance Leisure World Indivisible Chapter	Written (PDF)
FAV	Duckett-Randolph, Neka	Out 4 Justice	Written (PDF)
FAV	Mansour, Erinn Camp	Patapsco Friends Meeting	Written (PDF)
FAV	Staudt, Sarah	Prison Policy Initiative	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Meyer, Timothy	Public Education Advocate	Written (PDF)
FAV	Tortoriello, Nicole	Public Justice Center	Written (PDF)
FAV	Margorin, Alexandra	SEIU 32BJ	Oral + Written (PDF)
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	SWASC, UM	Social Work Advocates for Social Change	Written (PDF)
FAV	Schrock, Ydelka	Together We Will Harford County Indivisible	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hoffman, Charlotte	Trans Maryland	Position only
FAV	Caldiero, Jim	UULM-MD	Written (PDF)
FAV	McNair, Lee	Unitarian Universalist Environmental Justice Ministry	Position only
FAV	Warnken, Heather	University of Baltimore School of Law Center for Criminal Justice Reform	Position only
FAV	Smith, Taj	Washington County NAACP Branch 7030B	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Gonzalez, Earvin	We Are CASA	Oral
FAV	OMalley, Catherine	Women's Law Center	Position only
FAV	Kaplowitz, Richard KAP	Year	Written (PDF)
FAV	McDougal, Mary	n/a	Written (PDF)
FAV	Solomon, Julie	self	Written (PDF)
FAV	Allison, Laura	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Amanuel, Yanetlobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Asaahtong, Austen	Individual	Oral

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Organizations on record

American Civil Liberties UnionFAV 1

Anna RubinFAV 1

Baltimore Asian Resistance in SolidarityFAV 1

CANDLEFAV 1

Capital Area Immigrants' Rights (CAIR) CoalitionFAV 1

Catonsville Indivisible GroupFAV 1

CCAN VolunteerFAV 1

Concerned CitizenUNF 1

County Council of Talbot CountyUNF 1

David Trone for MarylandFAV 1

Delaware-Maryland Synod of the ELCAFAV 1

Doctors For Camp ClosureFAV 1

DPSCSINFO 1

Dristict 20 ConstituentFAV 1

Economic Action Maryland FundFAV 1

FAIRUNF 1

Frederick County Sheriff's OfficeUNF 1

Governor's Commission of Middle Eastern American AffairsFAV 1

Harford County GovernmentUNF 1

Harford County Sheriff's OfficeUNF 1

Harford County Sheriff's Office - Detention CenterUNF 1

Howard County Office of County ExecutiveFAV 1

IndividualFAV 1

Indivisible Frederick ForwardFAV 1

Indivisible MoCoWoMenFAV 1

Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection at Georgetown LawINFO 1

Jews United For JusticeFAV 1

Joanna SilverFAV 1

League of Women Voters of MarylandFAV 1

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

Maryland Center on Economic PolicyFAV 1

Maryland Chiefs & Sheriffs AssociationsUNF 1

Maryland Just Power AllianceFAV 1

Maryland Latinos UnidosFAV 1

Maryland Legislative CoalitionFAV 1

Maryland Office of the Public DefenderFAV 1

Maryland State Bar AssociationFAV 1

Maryland State Education AssociationFAV 1

MD Police Chiefs Assoc. and MD Sheriffs Assoc.UNF 1

n/aFAV 1

N/AFAV 1

NASW MarylandFAV 1

One Million Rising Alliance Leisure World Indivisible ChapterFAV 1

Out 4 JusticeFAV 1

Patapsco Friends MeetingFAV 1

Prison Policy InitiativeFAV 1

Public Education AdvocateFAV 1

Public Justice CenterFAV 1

SEIU 32BJFAV 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

Social Work Advocates for Social ChangeFAV 1

St. Mary's County Detention and Rehabilitation CenterUNF 1

SURJFAV 1

SURJ BaltimoreFAV 2

Together We Will Harford County IndivisibleFAV 1

Trans MarylandFAV 1

Unitarian Universalist Environmental Justice MinistryFAV 1

University of Baltimore School of Law Center for Criminal Justice ReformFAV 1

UULM-MDFAV 1

Washington County NAACP Branch 7030BFAV 1

We Are CASAFAV 1

Women's Law CenterFAV 1

Worcester County Sheriff's OfficeUNF 1

Worcester County Sheriffs OfficeUNF 1

YearFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

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

FAVBevan-Dangel, JenniferEconomic Action Maryland FundRegistered for: Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition DBA Economic Action Maryland

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

FAVAmanuel, YanetRegistered for: ACLU of Maryland

UNFJackson, SamiraMD Police Chiefs Assoc. and MD Sheriffs Assoc.Registered for: Critical Response Group; Dell Technologies Inc.; Empower; Forward Financing; HDR Engineering, Inc.; Maryland Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs…