Registered lobbyist
T Shekhinah Braveheart
Justice Policy Institute · on file 2023 to 2025
Clients on file
1
1 in Nov 2024 - Oct 2025
Reported compensation
$3,886
all years on file
Bills testified on
53
48 for · 7 against · 0 info
Got their outcome
33%
18 of 55 decided bills
Who they are and whom they represent
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Testimony on record
2025 Regular Session18 appearances
| Bill | Position | Appearing for | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB 190 Correctional Services - Geriatric and Medical Parole | FAV | Justice PoIicy Institute | Did not advance |
| HB 311 Correctional Services - Medical Parole - Life Imprisonment | FAV | Justice PoIicy Institute | Did not advance |
| HB 837 Task Force to Study Forced Infant Separation From Incarcerated Individuals | FAV | Justice PoIicy Institute | Did not advance |
| HB 853 Postconviction Review - Procedure to Reduce Duration of Sentence (Maryland Second Look Act) | FAVPDF | Justice PoIicy Institute | Enacted |
| HB 853 Postconviction Review - Procedure to Reduce Duration of Sentence (Maryland Second Look Act) | FAVPDF | Justice PoIicy Institute | Enacted |
| HB 1123 Correctional Services - Geriatric and Medical Parole | FWAPDF | Justice PoIicy Institute | Enacted |
| HB 1398 Criminal Law - Distribution of Heroin or Fentanyl Causing Serious Bodily Injury or Death (Victoria, Scottie, Ashleigh, and Yader's Law) | UNFPDF | Justice PoIicy Institute | Did not advance |
| HB 1423 Commission to Review and Assess Racial Disparities in the State Criminal Justice System - Establishment | FAVPDF | Justice PoIicy Institute | Did not advance |
| SB 168 Confined Aquatic Disposal Cells - Construction - Moratorium | FAV | Justice PoIicy Institute | Vetoed |
| SB 176 Agriculture - Soil Conservation and Water Quality Plan - Uses of Information | FAV | Justice PoIicy Institute | Did not advance |
| SB 181 Correctional Services - Geriatric and Medical Parole | FAV | Justice PoIicy Institute | Enacted |
| SB 181 Correctional Services - Geriatric and Medical Parole | FAVPDF | Justice PoIicy Institute | Enacted |
| SB 240 Department of Agriculture – Maryland Agricultural Commission and Young Farmers | FAV | Justice PoIicy Institute | Enacted |
| SB 291 Criminal Procedure - Petition to Reduce Sentence (Maryland Second Look Act) | FAV | Justice PoIicy Institute | Did not advance |
| SB 632 Correctional Services - Comprehensive Rehabilitative Prerelease Services - Female Incarcerated Individuals (The Monica Cooper Prerelease Act) | FAV | Justice PoIicy Institute | Did not advance |
| SB 648 Correctional Services - Medical Parole - Life Imprisonment | FAV | Justice PoIicy Institute | Did not advance |
| SB 827 Juvenile Law - Confinement and Restrictive Housing - Limitations | FAVPDF | Justice PoIicy Institute | Did not advance |
| SB 988 Maryland Collaborative to Improve Children's Oral Health Through School-Based Programs - Establishment | FAV | Justice PoIicy Institute | Did not advance |
2024 Regular Session26 appearances
| Bill | Position | Appearing for | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB 37 Services for Formerly Incarcerated Women - Commission and Pilot Program - Establishment | FAV | Justice PoIicy Institute | Did not advance |
| HB 61 Correctional Services - Formerly Incarcerated Individuals and Individuals on Probation - Re-Entry Services | FAV | Justice PoIicy Institute | Did not advance |
| HB 118 Correctional Services - Geriatric and Medical Parole | FAV | Justice PoIicy Institute | Did not advance |
| HB 185 Correctional Services - Medical Parole - Life Imprisonment | FAV | Justice PoIicy Institute | Did not advance |
| HB 297 Office of the Correctional Ombudsman - Establishment and Funding | FAVPDF | Justice PoIicy Institute | Did not advance |
| HB 445 Minors Convicted as Adults - Sentencing - Transfer to Juvenile Court | UNF | Justice PoIicy Institute | Did not advance |
| HB 483 Juvenile Court – Jurisdiction | UNF | Justice PoIicy Institute | Did not advance |
| HB 531 Correctional Services – Parole Supervision Fees and Drug and Alcohol Abuse Test Payment – Repeal | FAVPDF | Justice PoIicy Institute | Enacted |
| HB 565 Correctional Services - Investigation of Suspected Homicide - Reporting | FAV | Justice PoIicy Institute | Enacted |
| HB 727 Juvenile Law - Custodial Interrogation - In-Person Attorney Consultation Requirement | UNF | Justice PoIicy Institute | Did not advance |
| HB 855 Juvenile Law - Restrictive Housing - Limitations | FAV | Justice PoIicy Institute | Did not advance |
| HB 1245 Criminal Law - Distribution of Heroin or Fentanyl Causing Serious Bodily Injury or Death (Victoria and Scottie's Law) | UNFPDF | Justice PoIicy Institute | Did not advance |
| HB 1366 State Correctional Facilities – Incarcerated Individuals – Costs of Telephone Communications | FAV | Justice PoIicy Institute | Did not advance |
| HB 1405 Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services - Incarcerated Individual Apprenticeship Program | FAV | Justice PoIicy Institute | Did not advance |
| HB 1411 Correctional Facilities - Correctional Nursery Program - Establishment | FAV | Justice PoIicy Institute | Did not advance |
| SB 11 Criminal Procedure - Expungement - Vendor Contracts | FAV | Justice PoIicy Institute | Enacted |
| SB 123 Criminal Procedure - Petition to Reduce Sentence | FAVPDF | Justice PoIicy Institute | Did not advance |
| SB 128 Correctional Services - Geriatric and Medical Parole | FAV | Justice PoIicy Institute | Did not advance |
| SB 132 Correctional Services – Medical Parole – Life Imprisonment | FAV | Justice PoIicy Institute | Did not advance |
| SB 134 Office of the Correctional Ombudsman - Establishment and Funding | FAV | Justice PoIicy Institute | Enacted |
| SB 389 Criminal Procedure - Incarcerated Seniors - Motion to Reduce the Duration of a Sentence | FAV | Justice PoIicy Institute | Did not advance |
| SB 471 Criminal Procedure - Victim Compensation - Alterations (Victim Compensation Reform Act of 2024) | FAV | Justice PoIicy Institute | Did not advance |
| SB 744 Juvenile Law - Reform | UNF | Justice PoIicy Institute | Did not advance |
| SB 872 Criminal Law - Animal Abuse or Neglect - Penalties | FAV | Justice PoIicy Institute | Did not advance |
| SB 1075 Criminal Law - Distribution of Heroin or Fentanyl Causing Serious Bodily Injury or Death (Victoria and Scottie's Law) | UNFPDF | Justice PoIicy Institute | Did not advance |
| SB 1095 Workgroup on Home Detention Monitoring | FAV | Justice PoIicy Institute | Enacted |
2023 Regular Session6 appearances
| Bill | Position | Appearing for | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB 64 Office of the Attorney General - Correctional Ombudsman | FAV | Justice PoIicy Institute | Did not advance |
| HB 157 Correctional Services - Geriatric and Medical Parole | FAVPDF | Justice PoIicy Institute | Did not advance |
| SB 27 Criminal Procedure - Restorative Justice Program | FAVPDF | Justice PoIicy Institute | Did not advance |
| SB 87 Office of the Attorney General - Correctional Ombudsman Unit | FAVPDF | Justice PoIicy Institute | Did not advance |
| SB 98 Correctional Services - Geriatric and Medical Parole | FAVPDF | Justice PoIicy Institute | Did not advance |
| SB 771 Criminal Procedure - Petition to Modify or Reduce Sentence (Maryland Second Look Act) | FAVPDF | Justice PoIicy Institute | Did not advance |
2022 Regular Session5 appearances
| Bill | Position | Appearing for | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB 600 Correctional Services – Geriatric and Medical Parole | FAV | Justice Policy Institute | Did not advance |
| HB 920 Correctional Services - Medical Parole - Life Imprisonment | FAVPDF | Justice PoIicy Institute | Did not advance |
| SB 512 Office of the Attorney General – Correctional Ombudsman | FAV | Justice PoIicy Institute | Did not advance |
| SB 562 Correctional Services - Geriatric and Medical Parole | FAVPDF | Justice PoIicy Institute | Did not advance |
| SB 774 Correctional Services – Medical Parole – Life Imprisonment | FAVPDF | Justice PoIicy Institute | Did not advance |