Organization on the record

NAACP Maryland

Bills

77 for · 10 against · 0 info

Got their outcome

30%

25 of 84 decided

Lobbyists hired

none registered

Reported lobbying spend

compensation to lobbyists, all years on file

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Testimony history

2025 Regular Session1 appearances

Bill	Position	Witness	Outcome
HB 48 Railroad Companies - Condemnation Authority - Application	UNF	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance

2024 Regular Session17 appearances

Bill	Position	Witness	Outcome
HB 246 Commercial Law - Credit Regulation - Earned Wage Access and Credit Modernization	FAVPDF	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
HB 728 Health Insurance - Qualified Resident Enrollment Program (Access to Care Act)	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Enacted
HB 748 State Government – Commission on Hate Crime Response and Prevention – Code of Conduct	UNF	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
HB 763 Commission on Hate Crime Response and Prevention - Membership	UNF	Little, Rev. Kobi	Enacted
HB 763 Commission on Hate Crime Response and Prevention - Membership	UNF	Little, Rev. Kobi	Enacted
HB 814 Juvenile Law - Reform	UNF	Little, Rev. Kobi	Enacted
HB 851 State Government – Maryland Reparations Commission – Establishment (Maryland Repair Act)	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
HB 1180 Cigarettes, Other Tobacco Products, and Electronic Smoking Devices - Revisions (Tobacco Retail Modernization Act of 2024)	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
HB 1181 Education – Curriculum Standards – Antihate and Holocaust Education (Educate to Stop the Hate Act)	FWA	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
HB 1386 Education - School Employee Antibias Training - Requirements	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Enacted
HB 1386 Education - School Employee Antibias Training - Requirements	FWA	Little, Rev. Kobi	Enacted
HB 1429 Criminal Procedure - Evidence - Protecting the Admissibility of Creative Expression (PACE Act)	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
SB 662 Criminal Procedure - Evidence - Admissibility of Creative Expression	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
SB 744 Juvenile Law - Reform	UNF	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
SB 917 Public Schools – Restorative Practices Schools – Establishment	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
SB 1056 Cigarettes, Other Tobacco Products, and Electronic Smoking Devices - Revisions (Tobacco Retail Modernization Act of 2024)	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Enacted
SB 1058 Education - Curriculum Standards - Antihate and Holocaust Education (Educate to Stop the Hate Act)	FWA	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance

2022 Regular Session5 appearances

Bill	Position	Witness	Outcome
HB 123 Pensions and Retirement - Forfeiture of Benefits - Law Enforcement Officers	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
HB 442 Baltimore City - Cigarettes, Other Tobacco Products, and Electronic Smoking Devices - Local Laws Authorization	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
HB 1012 Police Immunity and Accountability Act	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
HB 1048 Commission on African American History and Culture - Alterations (Senator Verda Welcome Act)	FAVPDF	Little, Rev. Kobi	Enacted
HB 1088 African American Heritage Preservation Program - Annual Appropriation and Alterations	FAVPDF	Little, Rev. Kobi	Enacted

2021 Regular Session64 appearances

Bill	Position	Witness	Outcome
HB 16 Correctional Services – Immigration Detention – Prohibition (Dignity Not Detention Act)	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Vetoed
HB 18 Landlord and Tenant – Residential Tenants – Access to Counsel	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Enacted
HB 52 Real Property - Eviction Actions - Alterations in Actions for Repossession	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
HB 66 Electric Generation - Transition From Fossil Fuels - Carbon Dioxide Emissions Rate and Transition Plan and Fund (Maryland Coal Community Transition Act of 2021)	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Withdrawn
HB 134 Business Regulation - Flavored Tobacco Products - Prohibition	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
HB 238 Criminal Procedure - Expungement of Records	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
HB 304 State and Local Government - Participation in Federal Immigration Enforcement	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
HB 353 Civil Actions - Violation of Rights - Governmental Liability	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
HB 424 Public Financing Act - Matching Fund Revisions (Maryland Fair Elections Act)	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
HB 452 Hate Crimes - Civil Remedy	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
HB 536 Public Financing Act - State Senate and House of Delegates Candidates and Matching Fund Revisions	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
HB 565 Health Facilities - Hospitals - Medical Debt Protection	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Enacted
HB 667 General Provisions - State Song - Repeal	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Enacted
HB 685 Labor and Employment - Secure Maryland Wage Act	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Enacted
HB 722 Procurement - Disparity Studies - African American-Owned Businesses	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
HB 729 Landlord and Tenant - Eviction Actions - Filing Surcharge and Prohibited Lease Provisions	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
HB 745 Election Law - Early Voting Centers	FWA	Little, Rev. Kobi	Enacted
HB 746 Election Law - Absentee Ballot Envelopes - Party Affiliation	UNF	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
HB 750 Office of the Attorney General - Right to Counsel in Immigration Proceedings Coordinator	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
HB 759 Election Law - Risk-Limiting Audits Workgroup	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
HB 760 Election Law - Time for Processing Absentee Ballots	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
HB 761 Election Law - Postelection Procedures	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
HB 768 Montgomery County - Community Choice Energy - Pilot Program MC 17-21	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Enacted
HB 785 Landlord and Tenant – Commencement of Action to Repossess for Failure to Pay Rent – Required Notice and Grace Period	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
HB 861 Real Property - Landlord and Tenant - Reusable Tenant Screening Reports	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Enacted
HB 1005 Election Law - Early Voting Centers - Number Required	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
HB 1011 Cigarettes, Other Tobacco Products, and Electronic Smoking Devices - Local Law Authorization	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
HB 1024 Charles County - Citizens Complaint Oversight Board	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
HB 1047 Mail–In Voting Enhancement Act	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Passed both chambers
HB 1048 Election Law - Voting - Permanent Absentee Ballot List, Ballot Drop Boxes, and Reports	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Enacted
HB 1049 Police Qualified Immunity and Accountability Act	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
HB 1064 Commercial Law - Maryland Net Neutrality Act of 2021	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
HB 1066 Local Public Campaign Financing - Expansion to Additional Offices	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
HB 1158 Calvert County - Training on The 1776 Report - Referendum	UNF	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
HB 1251 Motor Vehicle Insurance – Rate Filings – Discrimination, Trade Secrets, and States of Emergency	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
HB 1276 Maryland Emergency Management Agency – Emergency Planning and Management Cultural Competency – Study	FWA	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
HB 1312 Landlord and Tenant - Eviction Actions - Catastrophic Health Emergencies	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
SB 8 General Provisions – State Song – Repeal	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Enacted
SB 128 Hate Crimes - Civil Remedy	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
SB 134 Civil Actions - Child Sexual Abuse - Definition and Statute of Limitations	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
SB 142 Legal Holiday - Maryland Emancipation Day - Establishment	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
SB 218 Income Tax - Child Tax Credit and Expansion of the Earned Income Credit	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Enacted
SB 303 General Provisions – Commemorative Days – Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
SB 341 General Provisions - State Song - Repeal	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
SB 403 Public Institutions of Higher Education - Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Individuals - Academic and Employment Opportunities	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
SB 410 Cigarettes, Other Tobacco Products, and Electronic Smoking Devices - Local Law Authorization	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
SB 415 Public Financing Act - Matching Fund Revisions (Maryland Fair Elections Act)	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Enacted
SB 416 Public Financing Act - State Senate and House of Delegates Candidates and Matching Fund Revisions	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
SB 421 Indigenous Peoples' Day - Rule of Interpretation and Replacement of Columbus Day	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
SB 427 Public Schools - Provision of Menstrual Hygiene Products - Requirement	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Enacted
SB 486 Labor and Employment - Employment Standards During an Emergency (Maryland Essential Workers' Protection Act)	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
SB 494 Juveniles Convicted as Adults - Sentencing - Limitations and Reduction (Juvenile Restoration Act)	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Enacted
SB 552 Motor Vehicle Insurance Use of Credit History Rating Policy	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Withdrawn
SB 751 Southern Maryland - Human Relations Commission	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
SB 766 State Board of Elections and Local Boards of Elections - Membership and Staff	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
SB 805 Motor Vehicle Insurance - Rate Filings - Discrimination, Trade Secrets, and States of Emergency	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
SB 838 Election Law – Polling Places – Proof of Identity	UNF	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
SB 853 Juvenile Law - Juvenile Justice Reform Council Extension and Grant Funding	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
SB 864 Public Safety - Task Force on Preventing and Countering Domestic Terrorism	FWA	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
SB 867 Criminal Law – Hate Crimes – First Responders	UNF	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
SB 896 Workgroup on the COVID-19 Crisis Economic Recovery	FWA	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
SB 898 Maryland Criminal Justice Debt Elimination and Prevention Act of 2021	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
SB 910 COVID-19 Eviction and Housing Relief Act of 2021	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance
SJ 2 Urging the Renaming of the Town of Indian Head	FAV	Little, Rev. Kobi	Did not advance