Committee Testimony and Witness Signup
HB0853 - Postconviction Review - Procedure to Reduce Duration of Sentence (Maryland Second Look Act)
Judiciary 2/18/2025 11:00:00 AM
Judicial Proceedings 3/25/2025 2:00:00 PM
As of: 5/3/2025 8:34:11 PM
| Name | Organization | Position | Testimony | Committee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delegate Pasteur, Delegate Pasteur | FAV | No Testimony | JUD | |
| Mukherjee, Rianna | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony R.Mukherjee Written Testimony in Support of House |
JUD | |
| Kouadio, Michele | Maryland Alliance for Criminal Justice Reform | FAV |
Virtual - Oral Testimony |
JUD |
| Tilghman, Marlon | Bridge Maryland, Inc | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony Testimony Written HB853 Criminal Procedure - Petit |
JUD |
| Fulton, Angie | Maryland Crime Victims Resource Center, Inc. | UNF |
Virtual - Oral Testimony Angela Fulton Written Statement-hb853.pdf |
JUD |
| Lang, Alan | UNF | 2025 HB0853 Testimony Against 2025-02-18.pdf | JUD | |
| Boddie-Willis, Cynthia | League of Women Voters of Maryland | FAV | LWVMD_2-18-25 HB 853 Criminal Procedure - Petition | JUD |
| Meadows, Lila | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony |
JUD | |
| Plante, Cecilia | Maryland Legislative Coalition | FAV | HB0853_Maryland_Second_Look_Act_MLC_FAV.pdf | JUD |
| Saccenti, Brian | Office of the Public Defender | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony OPD written testimony in support of HB 853.pdf |
JUD |
| Alston, Curtis | F.R.E.S.H | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony Testimony for HB 853.pdf |
JUD |
| Bailey, Alexandra | VARIED | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony |
JUD |
| Vormelker, Will | Maryland Judiciary | UNF | hb853.pdf | JUD |
| Duncan, Ann | Goucher Prison Education Partnership | FAV | AnnDuncanTestimonyHB853.pdf | JUD |
| Shellenberger, Scott | Baltimore County State's Attorney's Office | UNF |
In Person - Oral Testimony HB 853 - Criminal Procedure - Petition to Reduce |
JUD |
| Porter, Nicole | The Sentencing Project | FAV | Warren Allen Testimony Supporting House Bill 853 ( | JUD |
| HAZELTON, MARTINA | FAMILY SUPPORT NETWORK | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony ECI Testimony - 01.28.2025.pdf ECI Testimony - 01.28.2025v1.pdf HB 0853 - SECOND LOOK ACT - FSN - MARTINA HAZELTON JCI Testimony - 01.10.2025.pdf JCI Testimony - 01.22.2025.pdf MCI-J Testimony - 01.22.2025.pdf MCI-W Testimony - 01.28.2025v1.pdf NBCI - 01.31.2024.pdf NBCI - 01.31.2024v1.pdf NBCI - 01.31.2024v2.pdf |
JUD |
| Collins, Dawn | League of Women Voters Calvert County | UNF |
In Person - Oral Testimony Testimony - Dawn Collins (1).pdf |
JUD |
| Moore, DaMarqus | Helping Ourselves To Transform | FAV | fAVORABLE HB853.pdf | JUD |
| HAZELTON, MARTINA | FAMILY SUPPORT NETWORK | FAV | ECI Testimony - 01.22.2025v2.pdf | JUD |
| Gadsby, Whitney | Maryland Crime Victim Resource Center | UNF | Whitney Gadby testimony.pdf | JUD |
| Amanuel, Yanet | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony HB853_FAV_Amanuel.pdf |
JUD | |
| Varghese, Shaina | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony S. Varghese Testimony - HB 0853 - Petition to Redu |
JUD | |
| Levi, Gwendolyn | Maryland Justice Project | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony |
JUD |
| Serpick, Evan | Jews United for Justice | FAV | HB853_EvanSerpick_FAV.pdf | JUD |
| Jordan, Lisae C | Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MCASA) | INFO | Sentence reduction - house testimony - 2025 - HB8 | JUD |
| OShea, Anna | Decarceration Initiative Clinic, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law | FAV | Final HB853 Legislative Testimony.pdf | JUD |
| Melvin, Robert | R Street Institute | FAV |
Virtual - Oral Testimony FINAL 2025 MD HB853 Testimony - Robert Melvin.pdf |
JUD |
| Randles III, James | Goucher Prison Education Partnership | FAV | Testimony in Support of the Second Look Act.pdf | JUD |
| Lichtenberg, Judith | Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform | FAV | second look testimony HB853.house judiciary 2025.p | JUD |
| Hamer, Lisa | Fair and Just Prosecution | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony Maryland HB853 Second Look FJP Testimony with atta |
JUD |
| Rubenstein, Cynthia | Montgomery County Women's Democratic Club | FAV | WDCTestimonyHB853.pdf | JUD |
| Haskins, Deborah | Maryland Council on Problem Gambling | FAV |
Virtual - Oral Testimony Second Chance HB853.pdf Second Chance HB853.pdf |
JUD |
| Braveheart, T. Shekhinah | Justice PoIicy Institute | FAV | JPI Second Look Testimony.2025 FINAL.pdf | JUD |
| Muhammad, Craig | Second Look Network | FAV | HB853_FAV.pdf | JUD |
| Puentes, Erica | Progressive Maryland | FAV | Progressive MD. HB853. FAV. SecondLookTestimony.pd | JUD |
| Tibbals, Trudy | UNF | No Testimony | JUD | |
| Cichowski, Carol | FAV | Testimony on HB 853 FAV Cichowski.pdf | JUD | |
| Wilson, Kevin | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony |
JUD | |
| Blake, Sharon | Restore Maryland | FAV | WRITTEN TESTIMONY HOUSE SECOND LOOK ACT 2025.pdf | JUD |
| Gilbert, Patrick | Maryland State's Attorneys' Association | UNF | HB 853 - MSAA Unfavorable.pdf | JUD |
| Moyd, Esquire, Olinda | Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony O. Moyd Testimony - HB 853 - Second Look Act.pdf |
JUD |
| Burner, Troy | Justice Policy Institute | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony |
JUD |
| Taylor, Ronnie | FreeState Justice | FAV | FreeState_Justice_HB0853_FAVORABLE.pdf | JUD |
| Tsiongas, Magdalena | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony MTsiongasHB853Testimony.pdf |
JUD | |
| Phelps Jr, Ken | The Episcopal Diocese of Maryland | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony 2025 - HB 0853 - Second Look Act.pdf |
JUD |
| Collins, Dawn | Maryland Crime Victims Resource Center, Inc. | UNF |
In Person - Oral Testimony |
JUD |
| Darvish, Theresa | Maryland Crime Victim Resource Center | UNF |
In Person - Oral Testimony |
JUD |
| SWASC, UM | Social Work Advocates for Social Change | FAV | SWASC Testimony HB 853.pdf | JUD |
| Mupanduki, Joanna | Maryland Crime Victims' Resource Center, Inc. | UNF |
In Person - Oral Testimony Opposition to HB 853.pdf |
JUD |
| Cano, Christopher | SEIU Local 500 | FAV | SEIU Local 500 Testimony in Support of HB 853.pdf | JUD |
| Harman, Jane | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony Testimony 2025 HB 853 Harman FAV.pdf |
JUD | |
| Miller, Brandon | Gibson-Banks Center for Race and the Law | FAV | Gibson-Banks Center Testimony - HB 853.pdf | JUD |
| Golombek, Daniel | FAV | HB853 support-DAG.pdf | JUD | |
| Speaks, Terry | Out for Justice | FAV | _HB 0853 MARYLAND SECOND LOOK ACT Testimony (Writ | JUD |
| Dews, Christopher | Cornerstone Government Affairs | FAV | No Testimony | JUD |
| Caroom, Philip | Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform | FAV | Support HB 853- Second Look Act.pdf | JUD |
| Williams, Danielle | Ummc | FAV | Second look Act.pdf | JUD |
| Green, Darryl | FAV |
Virtual - Oral Testimony |
JUD | |
| Clark, Karen | UULM-MD | FAV | HB 853- Second Chance Act- UULM-MD-Support-CandyCl | JUD |
| Jackson, Nigel | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony HB 0853 Maryland Second Look Act .pdf |
JUD | |
| Morgan, Troy | INFO | TESTIMONY -- HB 0853 HOUSE JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS CO | JUD | |
| Hagans, Devon | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony |
JUD | |
| Muhammad, Anthony | Maryland Parole Partnership / ACLU of Maryland | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony Written Testimony HB 853 (2025).pdf |
JUD |
| Barry, Margaret | FAV | No Testimony | JUD | |
| Perry, Desmond | RECTIFY | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony Maryland Judicial Proceedings Committee (1).pdf |
JUD |
| Hudson, Lee | Delaware-Maryland Synod, ELCA | FAV | hb853 sedond chance petition JUD 2-18-2025.pdf | JUD |
| Zelaya, Michelle | Maryland Catholic Conference | FAV | Maryland Catholic Conference_FAVHB853_.pdf | JUD |
| Stand, Kurt | Progressive Maryland | FAV | HB853. FAV. Second Look Act. Kurt Stand.pdf | JUD |
| Goodmark, Leigh | University of Maryland School of Law Gender Violence Clinic | FAV | HB 853.pdf | JUD |
| Braveboy, Aisha | Prince George's County State's Attorney | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony |
JUD |
| Conyers, Joyce | UNF | Joyce Conyers HB-853 Written Statement .pdf | JUD | |
| Weintraub, Jason | FAV | MCDAA - House Bill 853 - FAV.pdf | JUD | |
| Woodland, Kyra | Decarceration Clinic University of Maryland School of Law | FAV | HB0853 FAVORABLE.pdf | JUD |
| Thomas, Katherine | Second Look Coalition | FAV | HB853SecondLookSampleTestimony-KT.pdf | JUD |
| Themelis, Nina | Mayor's Office of Government Relations | FAV | HB0853-JUD-SUPP.pdf | JUD |
| Spillane, John | FAV | JAS TESTIMONY FAVOR HB0853.pdf | JUD | |
| Brown, Dawna | UNF |
Virtual - Oral Testimony |
JUD | |
| Brown, Benjamin | UNF |
Virtual - Oral Testimony |
JUD | |
| McNair, Lee | Unitarian Universalist Environmental Justice Ministry | FAV | No Testimony | JUD |
| Adams, Charles | Bowie State University's Prison Education Program | FAV | secondlookletter.pdf | JUD |
| DORSEY, JOAN | Second Look Coalition | FAV | HB853JDorseyTestimony.pdf | JUD |
| Warnken, Heather | University of Baltimore School of Law Center for Criminal Justice Reform | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony HB 853 Second Look CCJR FAV.pdf |
JUD |
| Lee, Alvin | Student Justice Alliance | FAV | Student Justice Alliance, Alvin Lee - Favorable Te | JUD |
| Wolfgang, Kurt | UNF |
In Person - Oral Testimony Justim Murphy Story 1.pdf Justin Marshall Story 2.pdf Letter re SB 291 Attachment 1.pdf list of means to shorten sentence.pdf Opposition to HB 853.pdf |
JUD | |
| Hill, Willie Mae | Second look Act | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony Favorable Testimony for HB 853.docx.pdf |
JUD |
| Kaplowitz, Richard KAP | Year | FAV | Testimony in support of HB0853 - Criminal Procedur | JUD |
| Mitchell, William | MD Second Look Coalition | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony HB853_Mitchell_FAV.pdf |
JUD |
| Elaine, Arndt | SELF | FAV | No Testimony | JUD |
| Lao, Serena | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony HB0853 Testimony FAV JSexton.pdf HB0853 Testimony FAV SLao.pdf |
JUD | |
| Mitchell, Martin | FAV |
Virtual - Oral Testimony |
JUD | |
| Taylor, Vanita | Office of the Public Defender | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony |
JUD |
| Thornton, Eric | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony FAVORABLE Eric Thornton.docx.pdf |
JUD | |
| pASTEUR, Cheryl | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony Sponsor testimony |
JUD | |
| Wilkins, Jheanelle | Legislative Black Caucus of MD Inc | FAV | Late testimony | JUD |
| Downs, Kirsten | FAV | Late testimony | JUD | |
| Testimony, All | N/A | No Testimony | JUD | |
| Testimony, All | N/A | No Testimony | JUD | |
| Testimony, All | N/A | Merged Testimony as of 2-20-2025 at 1148 AM | JUD | |
| Delegate Pasteur, Delegate Pasteur | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony Sponsor Testimony |
JPR | |
| Roper, Roberta | UNF | Roberta Roper -HB0853 - 3.25.25.pdf | JPR | |
| Amanuel, Yanet | FWA | HB853_FWA_ACLUMD.pdf | JPR | |
| HAZELTON, MARTINA | FAMILY SUPPORT NETWORK | FWA |
ECI Testimony - 01.28.2025.pdf
ECI Testimony - 01.28.2025v1.pdf ECI Testimony - 01.28.2025v2.pdf HB 0853 - SECOND LOOK ACT - FSN - SENATE - MARTINA MCI-W Testimony - 01.22.2025.pdf MCI-W Testimony - 01.28.2025.pdf MCI-W Testimony - 01.28.2025v1.pdf NBCI - 01.31.2024.pdf NBCI - 01.31.2024v1.pdf NBCI - 01.31.2024v2.pdf |
JPR |
| McDonald, Shabree | Second Look Coalition / S.O.C.K (Saving our communities Kids) | FWA | JPR_HB853 Testimony 03.21.25 pdf.pdf | JPR |
| Duncan, Ann | Goucher Prison Education Partnership | FWA | ADuncan - TESTIMONY ON HB 853.pdf | JPR |
| Tewelow, William | UNF |
Testimony
William Tewelow - HB0853 - 3.25.25.pdf |
JPR | |
| Collins, Dawn | League of Women Voters Calvert County | UNF | Dawn Collins - HB0853 - 3.25.25.pdf | JPR |
| Collins, Rick | UNF | Rick Collins - HB0853 - 3.25.25.pdf | JPR | |
| Creek, India | FWA | Untitled document (2).pdf | JPR | |
| Fulton, Angie | Maryland Crime Victims Resource Center, Inc. | UNF | Angela Fulton - HB0853 - 3.25.25.pdf | JPR |
| Fenwick, Towanda | Family Support Network | FWA | The Second Look Act HB 0853.pdf | JPR |
| Lichtenberg, Judith | Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform | FWA | TESTIMONY ON SENATE JPR.MAR25 HB 853.pdf | JPR |
| Melvin, Robert | R Street Institute | FAV |
Virtual - Oral Testimony FINAL 2025 MD HB853 Testimony for Senate Judicial |
JPR |
| Williams, Lailah | Black Girls Vote | FAV | Late testimony | JUD |
| Vormelker, Will | Maryland Judiciary | UNF | hb853amend.pdf | JPR |
| Cooke, Katey | Maryland Crime Victim Resource Center | UNF | Katey Cooke - HB0853 - 3.25.25.pdf | JPR |
| Mukherjee, Rianna | FWA | YEJ Clinic Testimony - HB 853 (Favorable with Amen | JPR | |
| Plante, Cecilia | Maryland Legislative Coalition | FAV | HB0853_Maryland_Second_Look_Act_MLC_FAV.pdf | JPR |
| Shellenberger, Scott | Baltimore County State's Attorney's Office | UNF |
In Person - Oral Testimony HB 853 - Criminal Procedure - Petition to Reduce |
JPR |
| Kaplowitz, Richard KAP | Year | FWA | HB0853 crossfile FWA - Criminal Procedure - Petiti | JPR |
| Kouadio, Michele | Maryland Alliance for Criminal Justice Reform | FAV | 2nd Look Senate Mar 25, 2025(1).pdf | JPR |
| Peters, Terrell | DC Justice Lab | FAV | Testimony in Support of Second Look Sentencing.pdf | JPR |
| Zelaya, Michelle | Maryland Catholic Conference | FAV | Maryland Catholic Conference_FAVHB853_ SENATE CROS | JPR |
| Clark, Tiffany | Office of the Attorney General | INFO | 2025_03_25 HB 853 (Support in Concept).pdf | JPR |
| Varghese, Shaina | FAV | S. Varghese Testimony - HB 0853 - Petition to Redu | JPR | |
| Muhammad, Craig | Second Look Network | FWA | HB853_FWA CMuhammad.pdf | JPR |
| Johnson, Dr. Carmen | Helping Ourselves to Transform | FWA | Testimony HB853 w_amendments Maryland Second Look | JPR |
| Mitchell, Karen | Maryland State's Attorney Association | UNF | No Testimony | JPR |
| Cano, Christopher | SEIU Local 500 | FWA | SEIU Local 500 Testimony in Support of HB 853 (Sen | JPR |
| Tibbals, Trudy | UNF | No Testimony | JPR | |
| Jordan, Lisae C | Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MCASA) | INFO | Sentence reduction - house in senate testimony - 2 | JPR |
| Boothe, Christopher | UNF | Testimony for Maryland Senate.pdf | JPR | |
| Hudson, Lee | Delaware-Maryland Synod, ELCA | FAV | hb853 second chance petition JPR 3-25-2025.pdf | JPR |
| Moyd, Esquire, Olinda | Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform | FWA | O. Moyd Testimony - HB 853 - Second Look Act (Marc | JPR |
| Gadsby, Whitney | Maryland Crime Victim Resource Center | UNF | Whitney Gadsby - HB0853 - 3.25.25.pdf | JPR |
| Seaton, Gale | Maryland Crime Victims' Resource Center | UNF | Gale Seaton - HB0853 - 3.25.25.pdf | JPR |
| Miller, Brandon | Gibson-Banks Center for Race and the Law | FWA | Gibson-Banks Center Testimony - HB 853.pdf | JPR |
| Reece, Brashani | Drop LWOP New England | FWA | Maryland Second Look Support Letter with Amendment | JPR |
| Darvish, Theresa | Maryland Crime Victim Resource Center | UNF | Theresa Darvish -HB853 Statement.pdf | JPR |
| Cichowski, Carol | FWA | Testimony HB853FWA Cichowski.pdf | JPR | |
| Wolfgang, Kurt | UNF |
In Person - Oral Testimony Opposition to HB 853.pdf |
JPR | |
| Roberts, Donald | UNF | No Testimony | JPR | |
| DORSEY, JOAN | Second Look Coalition | FWA | HB853JDorseySenateTestimony.pdf | JPR |
| Carpenter, Crystal | FWA | No Testimony | JPR | |
| Bovello, Donald | Maryland Alliance For Justice Reform | FWA | MDSenateJPRSLATestimonyDJBovello03212025.pdf | JPR |
| Nable-Juris, Nikola | Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth | FWA | Nable-Juris HB853 Favorable with Amendments.pdf | JPR |
| Tsiongas, Magdalena | FWA | MTsiongasJPR_HB853SampleTestimony.pdf | JPR | |
| Themelis, Nina | Mayor's Office of Government Relations | FAV | HB0853-JPR-FAV.pdf | JPR |
| Saccenti, Brian | Office of the Public Defender | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony OPD written testimony on HB 853 - 3.21.25.pdf |
JPR |
| Porter, Nicole | The Sentencing Project | FWA | Senate Testimony Warren Allen Testimony House Bill | JPR |
| Braveheart, T. Shekhinah | Justice PoIicy Institute | FAV | JPI HB853.Second Look.2025 OpChamber.pdf | JPR |
| Allen-Woods, Sharon | Self | UNF | No Testimony | JPR |
| Sipes, Leonard | UNF | Leonard Sipes - HB0853 - 3.25.25.pdf | JPR | |
| Blake, Sharon | Restore Maryland | FWA | WRITTEN TESTIMONY HOUSE BILL 853 WITH AMENDMENTS T | JPR |
| Radway, Peter | UNF | No Testimony | JPR | |
| trusty, celeste | FWA | FAMM Support of HB 853 (with Amendment).pdf | JPR | |
| Allen-Woods, Walter | UNF | No Testimony | JPR | |
| Williams, Danielle | Ummc | FWA | Testimony Second Look.pdf | JPR |
| Conyers, Joyce | UNF | Joyce Conyers HB-853 Written Statement .pdf | JPR | |
| SWASC, UM | Social Work Advocates for Social Change | FWA | SWASC Testimony HB 853 - FWA.docx.pdf | JPR |
| Mupanduki, Joanna | Maryland Crime Victims' Resource Center, Inc. | UNF | Senate Committee Opposition to HB 853.pdf | JPR |
| Warnken, Heather | University of Baltimore School of Law Center for Criminal Justice Reform | FWA | HB 853 CCJR FAV with Amendment.pdf | JPR |
| Gilbert, Patrick | Maryland State's Attorneys' Association | UNF | HB 853 - MSAA Unfavorable.pdf | JPR |
| Borowsky, Derek | FWA | Borowsky_HB853_Testimony.pdf | JPR | |
| Lao, Serena | FWA |
HB853 Testimony FWA JSexton.pdf
HB853 Testimony FWA SLao.pdf HB853_FWA GLevi.pdf HB853_FWA RHarris.pdf TESTIMONY ON HB 853.pdf |
JPR | |
| DeVaughn, Ashley | Out for Justice | FAV | JPR Hearing-HB 0853 Maryland Second Look Act Membe | JPR |
| Askew, Qamryn | Maryland Youth Advisory Council / Associated Student Congress of Baltimore City | FAV | HB853 FAV.pdf | JPR |
| Lawal, Ngozi | FAV | Testimony - Onunaku.pdf | JPR | |
| Radway, Peter | UNF | Opposition to HB853 The Second Look Act | JPR | |
| Vera, Liliana | Montgomery County State's Attorney | UNF |
Carter Family Opposition HB853
Woods family opposition to HB853 |
JPR |
| Vera, Liliana | Montgomery County State's Attorney | UNF | No Testimony | JPR |
| Testimony, All | N/A | Merged Testimony as of 3-26-2025 at 1147 AM | JPR |
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