Committee Testimony and Witness Signup
SB0738 - Freedom to Read Act
Education, Energy, and the Environment 2/23/2024 9:00:00 AM
Ways and Means 3/27/2024 1:30:00 PM
As of: 10/29/2025 8:34:12 AM
| Name | Organization | Position | Testimony | Committee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senator King, Senator King | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony |
EEE | |
| Towne, Ezra | self | FAV | 2024_0223_SB0738_EzraTowne_Favorable.pdf | EEE |
| Spangler, Adam | Office of Attorney General | FAV | 2024-02-23 SB738 (Support).pdf | EEE |
| Ennis, Ella | UNF | SB738 Freedom to Read Act 2024 UNF.pdf | EEE | |
| Farris, Jaden | GLSEN Maryland | FAV |
Virtual - Oral Testimony HB785_ SB738 Freedom to Read Act.pdf |
EEE |
| Copper, Michele | FAV | HB785 _ SB738 - Freedom to Read Act (1).pdf | EEE | |
| Sirkel, Robin | UNF | No Testimony | EEE | |
| sirkel, jess | UNF | No Testimony | EEE | |
| Gerding, Jacob | Maryland Association of School Librarians | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony Senate Testimony Freedom to Read.pdf |
EEE |
| Duba, David | Bowie High School, Student Government | FAV | SB0738 FAV Minus.pdf | EEE |
| Hale, Terry | Cecil County Councils Office | UNF | 02.14.24 LOO SB 0738 Joint.pdf | EEE |
| Bakos, Jenny | Washington County Free Library | FAV | SB783_Support_Schutte.pdf | EEE |
| Alcantara-Antoine, Sonia | Baltimore County Public Library | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony Written Testimony in Support of SB 738 Freedom to |
EEE |
| Bost, Cheryl | Maryland State Education Association | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony SB738_MSEA_Lamb_FAV.pdf |
EEE |
| Owings, Laurie | Carroll County Education Association (MSEA) | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony |
EEE |
| Sunderman, Gail | League of Women Voters Maryland (LWVMD) | FAV | 2.23.2024_LWVMD_SB738_Freedom to Read_support.pdf | EEE |
| Padilla, Irene | Maryland State Library Agency | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony SB 738 - Freedom to Read Act - Written Testimony 2 |
EEE |
| Vose, Thomas | Ruth Enlow Library of Garrett County | FAV | SB 738 testimony - Support.pdf | EEE |
| Ellington, Paul | State & Local Advisors | UNF |
In Person - Oral Testimony |
EEE |
| Taube, John | Allegany County Library System | FAV | SB-738-Favorable.pdf | EEE |
| Sutherland, Megan | Prince George's County Memorial Library System | FAV | SB 738 Freedom to Read Act PGCMLS.pdf | EEE |
| Watson, Jamie | Baltimore County Public Library | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony SB738.pdf |
EEE |
| Baykan, Mary | Citizens for Maryland Libraries | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony SB738.pdf |
EEE |
| Love, Tatanisha | Maryland Association of School Librarians | FAV | SB738 - FAV Support.pdf | EEE |
| Salazar, Janet | Queen Anne's County Library | FAV | Support Letter SB 0738 - Freedom to Read Act_Queen | EEE |
| Browning, Jeremy | Maryland Commission on LGBTQIA+ Affairs | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony Favorable Testimony SB0738 - 2.23.2024.pdf |
EEE |
| Buckler, Lauren | FAV | BaltimoreCounty_FAV_SB0738.pdf | EEE | |
| Fitzwater, Jessica | Frederick County Executive | FAV | SB 738, FAV, FCG, OCE JF, LS24.pdf | EEE |
| Dowell, Arnessa | FAV | MD Freedom to Read Support Letter.pdf | EEE | |
| Ward, Lindsay | MD Chesapeake Chapter of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP) | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony SB738 2024 Leg.docx.pdf |
EEE |
| Jasen, Debi | FAV | SB738 Testimony 2024.pdf | EEE | |
| Baker, Lindsey | Maryland Humanities | FAV | SB0738 Freedom to Read Act.pdf | EEE |
| Hollywood, Nicole | FAV |
Virtual - Oral Testimony FREEDOM TO READ.pdf |
EEE | |
| Brainerd, Susan | UNF | No Testimony | EEE | |
| Love, William | UNF | SB0738 Testimony.pdf | EEE | |
| Mitchell, Jennifer | UNF | No Testimony | EEE | |
| King, Senator Nancy | FAV | SB738 King Sponsor Testimony.pdf | EEE | |
| Tibbals, Trudy | UNF | Tibbals_ OPPOSE SB 738_HB 785_ Freedom to Read Ac | EEE | |
| Atkins, Robert | UNF | No Testimony | EEE | |
| Plante, Cecilia | Maryland Legislative Coalition | FAV | SB0738_Freedom_to_Read_Act_MLC_FAV.pdf | EEE |
| Hudson, Lee | Delaware-Maryland Synod, ELCA | FAV | No Testimony | EEE |
| Meyerovich, Mark | UNF | No Testimony | EEE | |
| Lyons, Kathleen | Queen Anne’s County Public Library Board of Trustees | FAV | Lyons testimony Freedom to Read.pdf | EEE |
| Berling, Kathryn | Carroll County Education Association (MSEA) | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony |
EEE |
| Weich, Ronald | University of Baltimore School of Law | FAV | Weich Testimony Freedom to Read SB 738.pdf | EEE |
| Kelly, James | Frederick County Public Libraries | FAV | SB 738 testimony.pdf | EEE |
| Jansen, Lloyd | FAV | SB 738 Freedom to Read Act Written Testimony.pdf | EEE | |
| Woolums, John | Maryland Assn. of Boards of Education | FWA | SB 738.Freedom to Read School Library Provisions.p | EEE |
| Pittman, Steuart | Office of the Anne Arundel County Executive | FAV | Anne Arundel County _FAV_SB738.pdf | EEE |
| Scott, Suzie | Moms for Liberty Maryland | UNF | SB 738 Copy 1 Written Testimony.pdf | EEE |
| Katz, Janet | UNF | No Testimony | EEE | |
| January, Brianna | Maryland Association of Counties (MACo) | INFO | SB0738-EEE_MACo_LOI.pdf | EEE |
| Pedersen, Stacy | UNF | SB0738 Do NOT Support.pdf | EEE | |
| Teagle, Ashley | Southern Maryland Regional Library Association | FAV | SB 0738 Support Freedom to Read Act SMRLA Teagle.p | EEE |
| Novak, Wendy | FAV |
Virtual - Oral Testimony SB0738 - FAVORABLE Freedom to Read Act.pdf |
EEE | |
| Feldmann, Christine | Annapolis Pride | FAV | SB738.pdf | EEE |
| Moses , Kim | Worcester County Government | UNF | Opposition - SB738 Freedom to Read.pdf | EEE |
| Funk, Kenzie | Strong Schools Maryland | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony SB738 - Favorable.pdf |
EEE |
| Fink, Nelda | UNF | No Testimony | EEE | |
| Diefenbach, Linda | UNF | No Testimony | EEE | |
| Edwards, Donna | Maryland State & DC AFL-CIO | FAV | SB 738 - Freedom to Read Act.pdf | EEE |
| Auld, Skip | Anne Arundel County Public Library | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony SB738 Freedom to Read testimony - Support - Skip A |
EEE |
| Sinsky-Hopkins, Sharon | FAV | SB 0738.pdf | EEE | |
| Bennett, Debby | Caroline County Public Library | FAV | SB738 letter of support_CaroCoPubLib_2-22-24.pdf | EEE |
| Smith, Maria | FAV | Freedom to Read Testimony.pdf | EEE | |
| Lang, Alan | UNF | No Testimony | EEE | |
| Hill, Claire | FWA |
In Person - Oral Testimony |
EEE | |
| Fannon, Mary Pat | FWA | SB 738 - Freedom to Read Act.pdf | EEE | |
| Gallagher, George | ICQ | UNF | No Testimony | EEE |
| Patinella, Frank | ACLU of Maryland | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony SB 738 - Freedom to Read - ACLU Testimony (Feb 202 |
EEE |
| Hopkins, Barbara | UNF | No Testimony | EEE | |
| Bogdan, Henry | Maryland Nonprofits | FAV | SB 738 - EEE - SUPP - freedom to read - Feb 23.pdf | EEE |
| Kocher, Terri | UNF |
support testimony SB 738 HB 785 Hahn 240220.pdf
Testimony SB 738 HB 785 Kocher 240223.pdf |
EEE | |
| Hopkins, Daniel | FAV | SB 0738 Support.pdf | EEE | |
| Williams, Peggy | UNF | SB0738 OPPOSE kids reading porn in libraries.pdf | EEE | |
| Aikens, Tonya | Howard County Library System | FAV | SB738 testimony - Howard County Library System.pdf | EEE |
| Sundermann, Liz | Enoch Pratt Free Library | FWA | SB738 FTR Written Testimony SLRC 2.22.2024.pdf | EEE |
| Elbourn, James | UNF | No Testimony | EEE | |
| Cross, Cashenna | NAACP | FAV | No Testimony | EEE |
| Ditraglia, Frank | UNF | No Testimony | EEE | |
| Idleman, Melissa | UNF | No Testimony | EEE | |
| Sutherland, Tiffany | Maryland Library Association | FAV | Support_SB 738_MLA.pdf | EEE |
| Hulme Tignor, Brittany | Maryland Association of School Librarians | FAV | Book Challenge Impact-Testimony.pdf | EEE |
| Carr, Alissa | Worcester United | FAV | Worcester United SB738 Support Ltr.pdf | EEE |
| Kaplowitz, Richard KAP | Year | FAV | Testimony in support of SB0738.pdf | EEE |
| HENRY, LORNA | Pacific Justice Institute | UNF |
In Person - Oral Testimony Written Testimony for SB 738 (Freedom to Read Act) |
EEE |
| Slade, Jacquelyn | FAV | Freedom to Read Act | EEE | |
| Testimony, All | N/A | Merged Testimony as of 3-7-2024 at 1151 AM | EEE | |
| Senator King, Senator King | FAV |
In Person - Oral Testimony |
W&M | |
| Fitzwater, Jessica | Frederick County Executive | FAV | SB 738, FAV, FCG, OCE JF, LS24, W&M.pdf | W&M |
| Pedersen, Stacy | UNF | SB738_Vote NO.pdf | W&M | |
| Barvir, Meghan | UNF | Good Morning Committee Members,.pdf | W&M | |
| Spangler, Adam | Office of Attorney General | FAV | 2024-03-27 SB738 (Support).pdf | W&M |
| CARRICK, SHARON | UNF | SB 0738 - WM - Freedom to Read Act 2024 UNF.pdf | W&M | |
| Bogdan, Henry | Maryland Nonprofits | FAV | SB 738 - W&M - 2d - SUPP - freedom to read - Marc | W&M |
| Tibbals, Trudy | UNF | Tibbals_ OPPOSE SB 738_HB 785_ Freedom to Read Ac | W&M | |
| Kaplowitz, Richard KAP | Year | FAV | Testimony in support of crossover bill SB0738.pdf | W&M |
| Buckler, Lauren | FAV | BaltimoreCounty_FAV_SB0738.pdf | W&M | |
| Padilla, Irene | Maryland State Library Agency | FAV | SB 738 - Freedom to Read Act - MSLA Written Testim | W&M |
| King, Senator Nancy | FAV | SB738 King Sponsor Testimony House.pdf | W&M | |
| Farris, Jaden | GLSEN Maryland | FAV | SB738 Freedom to Read Act.pdf | W&M |
| Hollywood, Nicole | FAV | FREEDOM TO READ.pdf | W&M | |
| Williams, Peggy | UNF | SB0738Oppose (1).pdf | W&M | |
| Browning, Jeremy | Maryland Commission on LGBTQIA+ Affairs | FAV | Favorable Testimony SB0738 House Hearing - 3.27.20 | W&M |
| Price, Suzanne | Concerned Citizen | UNF | SB0738.pdf | W&M |
| Benn, Sarahia | FAV | SB0738-Fav Testimony POLICY FOUNDATION OF MARYLAND | W&M | |
| Love, William | UNF | SB0738 Testimony.pdf | W&M | |
| Idleman, Melissa | UNF | Oppose SB 0738 -3-25-24.pdf | W&M | |
| Plante, Cecilia | Maryland Legislative Coalition | FAV | SB0738_Freedom_to_Read_Act_MLC_FAV.pdf | W&M |
| January, Brianna | Maryland Association of Counties (MACo) | INFO | SB0738-WM_MACo_LOI.pdf | W&M |
| Lang, Alan | UNF | 2024 SB0738 Testimony Against 2024-03-27.pdf | W&M | |
| Meyerovich, Mark | UNF | Oppose SB 738.pdf | W&M | |
| Hunt, Christine | UNF | 240325-SB0738-Freedom to read act - testimony.pdf | W&M | |
| Hossainkhail, Alexander | Maryland Youth Advisory Council | FAV | HB738_MD Youth Advisory Council_Fav.pdf | W&M |
| Scott, Suzie | Moms for Liberty Maryland | UNF | SB 738 Copy 1 Written Testimony.pdf | W&M |
| Bost, Cheryl | Maryland State Education Association | FAV | XSB738_MSEA_Bost_FAV.pdf | W&M |
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