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Name	Organization	Position	Testimony	Committee
Senator Henson, Senator Henson		FAV	In Person - Oral Testimony	JPR
Proctor, Karessa	NASW Maryland	UNF	NASW Maryland - 2026 SB 650 UNF - Child Abuse and	JPR
Villamar, Maria Nenutzka	Office of the Public Defender	FAV	In Person - Oral Testimony	JPR
Shellenberger, Scott	Baltimore County State's Attorney's Office	UNF	SB 650 Family Law - Child Abuse and Neglect Invest	JPR
Agarin, Ufuoma	Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland	FAV	HB890_SB650- LBCMD Support Letter .pdf	JPR
Gallo, Edward	State Council on Child Abuse and Neglect	UNF	In Person - Oral Testimony	JPR
Vora, Amee	Maryland Legal Aid	FAV	Virtual - Oral Testimony SB 650 - Know Before They Knock - FAVORABLE-MLA-20	JPR
Khalfani, Natasha	Office of the Public Defender Maryland	FAV	Senate- Know Before They Knock FAV OPD .docx.pdf	JPR
DuBosq, Jenifer	Maryland Association of Social Services Directors	UNF	MASSD SB650 Opposition (5).pdf	JPR
Amanuel, Yanet		FAV	In Person - Oral Testimony	JPR
Spaccasi, Olivia	ACLU-MD	FAV	SB650_ACLUMD_FAV_SPACCASI.pdf	JPR
Jackson, Samira	MD Police Chiefs Assoc. and MD Sheriffs Assoc.	UNF	MCPA-MSA SB 650 Know Before The Knock - OPPOSE.pdf	JPR
D'Alessandro, Alison	Center for Hope	UNF	In Person - Oral Testimony CFH UNF Senate Bill 650-Child Protective Services	JPR
Meyerovich, Mark		FAV	No Testimony	JPR
Maranto, Jessica		FAV	Virtual - Oral Testimony	JPR
Brown-Burnett, Gloria	Department of Human Services	INFO	SB0650_DHS_INFO.pdf	JPR
Lichterman, Hayley	Maryland Office of the Public Defender	FAV	In Person - Oral Testimony	JPR
Lane, Wendy	Maryland State Council on Child Abuse and Neglect (SCCAN)	UNF	In Person - Oral Testimony SB 650 - Know Before they Knock -MDAAP Unfav.pdf	JPR
Goldstein, Laura	Montgomery County Counseling Center	UNF	No Testimony	JPR
Rossi, Elizabeth		FAV	CRC written testimony, Senate Judicial Proceedings	JPR
Stine, Jennifer	CASA of Baltimore County, Inc.	UNF	In Person - Oral Testimony SB0650 Opp - Written Testimony - CASA of Baltimore	JPR
Wakefield, Esq., Darlene	Law Offices Darlene A. Wakefield, P.A.	UNF	Virtual - Oral Testimony SB0650pdf.pdf	JPR
Warnken, Heather	University of Baltimore School of Law Center for Criminal Justice Reform	FAV	No Testimony	JPR
Hawkins, Christina	Maryland Office of the Public Defender	FAV	Virtual - Oral Testimony SB 650 Hawkins 2026.pdf	JPR
Glaberson, Stephanie	Georgetown University Law Center Civil Litigation Clinic	FAV	SB650 Testimony 02.24.26.pdf	JPR
Trivedi, Shanta	University of Baltimore, Sayra & Neil Meyerhoff Center for Families, Children & The Courts	FAV	Virtual - Oral Testimony Written Testimony - SB650.pdf	JPR
Ferrell, Valerie		FAV	No Testimony	JPR
DeMinco, Lynne	BCRW	FAV	No Testimony	JPR
Philip, Diana	Coalition to Protect Maryland's Children	UNF	In Person - Oral Testimony SB0650 CPMC UNFAV JPR.pdf	JPR
Carpenter, Lindsey	Frederick County State's Attorney's Office	UNF	Virtual - Oral Testimony	JPR
Galloway, Vanessa		UNF	In Person - Oral Testimony	JPR
Henson, Senator Shaneka		FAV	SB0650sponsor testimonyFeb26.pdf	JPR
Feinstein, Debbie	Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office	UNF	MSAA Opposition SB 650 Know Before They Knock.pdf	JPR
Emfinger, Susan		UNF	In Person - Oral Testimony SB0650_Emfinger_Testimony_FINAL 02-24-26.pdf	JPR
Dortch, Amber	Office of the Public Defender's Better Together Program	FAV	SB650	JPR
Franklin, Stephanie	The Franklin Law Group, P.C.	FAV	SB650	JPR
Testimony, All		N/A	Merged Testimony as of 2-26-2026 at 401 PM	JPR

Committee Testimony and Witness Signup

SB0650 - Family Law - Child Abuse and Neglect Investigations ("Know Before They Knock" Family Right to Notice Act)

Judicial Proceedings 2/26/2026 1:00:00 PM