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State Government - Maryland Reparations Commission - Establishment (Harriet Tubman Community Investment Act)

Sponsor: Delegate Fisher, W.Committee: Health and Government OperationsSubject: Human RelationsStatus: Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Nov 6, 2020)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Establishing the Maryland Reparations Commission; providing for the composition, staffing, chair and vice chair, and terms of the members of the Commission; providing that the purpose of the Commission is to develop and administer a program for the provision of compensatory benefits to the descendants of individuals enslaved in the State; providing that any individual whose ancestors were enslaved in the State is eligible to receive benefits administered by the Commission; etc.

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Testimony (10)

MGA witness list
FAV 10Favorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVBevan Dangel, JenniferAdvocates for Children and YouthWritten (PDF)
FAVPaul, CathrynlobbyistCASAWritten (PDF)
FAVJefferson, StaceylobbyistMAPWritten (PDF)
FAVBrown, Congressman Anthony GMD-04Position only
FAVLittle, Rev KobiNAACPPosition only
FAVRay, Dr. RashawnThe Brookings InstitutionPosition only
FAVAYIETORO, AdjoaIndividualPosition only
FAVDAVIS, LYNDAIndividualPosition only
FAVDelegate Fisher, W., Delegate Fisher, W.legislatorIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVPope, AmityIndividualPosition only

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVPaul, CathrynCASARegistered for: CASA de Maryland, Inc.
FAVJefferson, StaceyMAPRegistered for: Behavioral Health System Baltimore