SB 906

Criminal Law - Distribution of Heroin or Fentanyl Causing Death or Serious Bodily Injury (Victoria, Scottie, Ashleigh, and Yader's Law)

Sponsor: Mary-Dulany James (District 34)Committee: Judicial ProceedingsSubject: Criminal Law - Substantive CrimesStatus: Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Sep 4, 2026)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Prohibiting a certain individual from distributing heroin or fentanyl or chemical analogues of heroin or fentanyl, the use of which results in the death of or serious bodily injury to another; and providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a felony and, in addition to any other penalty imposed for a certain violation, on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 20 years.

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Testimony (41)

MGA witness list

FAV 11FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsUNF 28UnfavorableINFO 1Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Josselyn, Johnlobbyist	2A Maryland	Position only
FAV	Long, Jackie	DIH, LVOF	Written (PDF)
FAV	Welch, Stuart	Harford County State's Attorney's Office	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Jackson, Samiralobbyist	MD Police Chiefs Assoc. and MD Sheriffs Assoc.	Written (PDF)
FAV	Culver, Allan	Maryland State's Attorney's Association	Written (PDF)
FAV	Broadfoot Sr., Scott	Individual	Oral
FAV	Gross, Kenneth	Individual	Position only
FAV	Higdon, Thomas	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Rosa, Richard	Individual	Position only
FAV	Senator James, Senator Jameslegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Tibbals, Trudy	Individual	Position only
UNF	A., C.	BRIDGES Coalition (Baltimore Resources for Indoor Drug-use Grassroots Education & Safety)	Written (PDF)
UNF	Rabbitt, Dan	Behavioral Health System Baltimore	Written (PDF)
UNF	Kosinski, Zachary	Behavioral Health System Baltimore, Inc.	Written (PDF)
UNF	Snodgrass, Samuel	Broken No More	Written (PDF)
UNF	Torsch, Toni	Daniel Carl Torsch Foundation	Written (PDF)
UNF	Hamer, Lisa	Fair and Just Prosecution	Written (PDF)
UNF	Frailey, Gregory	Good Trouble Church	Written (PDF)
UNF	Diamond, Joanna	Health Care for the Homeless	Written (PDF)
UNF	Franklin, Neill	Law Enforcement Action Partnership	Written (PDF)
UNF	Hilliard, Elizabeth	Maryland Office of the Public Defender	Written (PDF)
UNF	Themelis, Nina	Mayor's Office of Government Relations	Written (PDF)
UNF	Geddes, Annlobbyist	Mental Health Association of Maryland	Written (PDF)
UNF	Dunleavy, Jessie	NA	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Rosen-Cohen, Nancy	NCADD-Maryland	Written (PDF)
UNF	Kennedy, Anita	National Alliance of Medication Assisted Recovery, Inc.	Written (PDF)
UNF	Watts, Lydia	Rebuild, Overcome, and Rise (ROAR) Center at UMB	Written (PDF)
UNF	Elaine, Arndt	SELF	Written (PDF)
UNF	Hoffman, Charlotte	Trans Maryland	Written (PDF)
UNF	Warnken, Heather	University of Baltimore School of Law Center for Criminal Justice Reform	Written (PDF)
UNF	Braveheart, T. Shekhinah	Individual	Position only
UNF	Curwen-Garber, Darci	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Littell, Melinda	Individual	Position only
UNF	McNulty, Robin	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Nix, Debbie	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Renfro, Zoe	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Sterling, Eric	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	York, Katie	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	ousterman, susan	Individual	Written (PDF)
FWA	Albert, Jared	Office of the Attorney General	Written (PDF)
INFO	Keller, Emily	Maryland's Office of Overdose Response	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

2A MarylandFAV 1

Behavioral Health System BaltimoreUNF 1

Behavioral Health System Baltimore, Inc.UNF 1

BRIDGES Coalition (Baltimore Resources for Indoor Drug-use Grassroots Education & Safety)UNF 1

Broken No MoreUNF 1

Daniel Carl Torsch FoundationUNF 1

DIH, LVOFFAV 1

Fair and Just ProsecutionUNF 1

Good Trouble ChurchUNF 1

Harford County State's Attorney's OfficeFAV 1

Health Care for the HomelessUNF 1

Law Enforcement Action PartnershipUNF 1

Maryland Office of the Public DefenderUNF 1

Maryland State's Attorney's AssociationFAV 1

Maryland's Office of Overdose ResponseINFO 1

Mayor's Office of Government RelationsUNF 1

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

Mental Health Association of MarylandUNF 1

NAUNF 1

National Alliance of Medication Assisted Recovery, Inc.UNF 1

NCADD-MarylandUNF 1

Office of the Attorney GeneralFWA 1

Rebuild, Overcome, and Rise (ROAR) Center at UMBUNF 1

SELFUNF 1

Trans MarylandUNF 1

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

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVJosselyn, John2A MarylandRegistered for: 2A Maryland; Baltimore County Game & Fish Protective Association

FAVJackson, 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…

UNFGeddes, AnnMental Health Association of MarylandRegistered for: Mental Health Association of Maryland; Maryland Coalition of Families