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SB 822

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Correctional Services - Maryland Parole Commission and Erroneously Convicted Individuals - Improvements in Transparency and Equity

Sponsor: William C. Smith, Jr. (District 20)Committee: Judicial ProceedingsSubject: CorrectionsStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 431 (as of Sep 4, 2026)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the annual report of the Maryland Parole Commission to contain certain information; altering a certain provision of law to require the Commission to provide certain documents to an incarcerated individual and the incarcerated individual's representative at a certain time, rather than allow the incarcerated individual to examine the documents on request; requiring the Commission to document, state on the record, provide to an incarcerated individual, and make available to the public certain information; etc.

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Testimony (20)

MGA witness list
FAV 12FavorableFWA 5Favorable with amendmentsUNF 3Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVMckesson, DeRayCampaign ZeroOral + Written (PDF)
FAVStogel, CathyIndivisible Howard CountyWritten (PDF)
FAVHilliard, ElizabethMaryland Office of the Public DefenderPosition only
FAVHilliard, ElizabethMaryland Office of the Public DefenderOral
FAVPack, AnnePREPAREWritten (PDF)
FAVWarnken, HeatherUniversity of Baltimore School of Law Center for Criminal Justice ReformPosition only
FAVKaplowitz, Richard KAPYearWritten (PDF)
FAVAmanuel, YanetlobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVMason, DeborahIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVPack, Jr., GordonIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVSenator Smith, Senator SmithlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVSenator Smith, Senator SmithlegislatorIndividualOral
UNFBrown, KirstenMaryland State's Attorneys' AssociationWritten (PDF)
UNFTibbals, TrudyIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFWolfgang, KurtIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FWAJohnson, DaralobbyistAmerican Civil Liberties Union of MarylandWritten (PDF)
FWAMoyd, Esquire, OlindaMaryland Alliance for Justice ReformWritten (PDF)
FWAPack, AnnePREPAREWritten (PDF)
FWAWarnken, HeatherUniversity of Baltimore School of Law Center for Criminal Justice ReformPosition only
FWAPack, Jr., GordonIndividualWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVAmanuel, YanetRegistered for: ACLU of Maryland
FWAJohnson, DaraAmerican Civil Liberties Union of MarylandRegistered for: ACLU of Maryland