HB 447

Did not advanceConstitutional amendment

Judges - Selection, Election, Tenure, and Continuance in Office

Sponsor: Delegate DumaisCommittee: JudiciarySubject: Courts and Court Personnel - StatewideStatus: Hearing 2/24 at 1:30 p.m. (Judiciary) (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution relating to the selection, election, tenure, and continuance in office of a judge of an appellate court or a circuit court; altering the methods for filling vacancies in the offices of such judges; altering provisions relating to the term of office of such judges; altering provisions for the continuance in office of such judges on the expiration of their terms under certain circumstances; submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State for their adoption or rejection; etc.

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Testimony (18)

MGA witness list

FAV 10FavorableFWA 3Favorable with amendmentsUNF 5Unfavorable

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Jarashow, Ronald	Maryland Association for Justice	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Barbera, Chief Judge Mary Ellen	Maryland Judiciary	Oral
FAV	Baynes , Judge Keith	Maryland Judiciary	Oral
FAV	Berry, Judge Bibi	Maryland Judiciary	Oral
FAV	Elalamy, Sara	Maryland Judiciary	Written (PDF)
FAV	Siri, Michellelobbyist	The Women's Law Center of Maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Jarashow, Ron	myself	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Dumais, Delegate Dumaislegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Dumais, Kathleen	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Montgomery, Richard	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Morris, Marguerite	For Kathy's Sake/Community Actively Seeking Transparency	Oral
UNF	Pierre, Marylin	Law Office of Marylin Pierre	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Jones, Rickey	NAACP (AAC)(2nd Vice President) & National Bar Association Chair, Law & Religion Section)	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Banerjee, Mithun	Individual	Oral
UNF	dugan, Robert	Individual	Oral
FWA	White, Kadi-Ann	Common Cause Maryland	Written (PDF)
FWA	Watkins, Ralph	League of Women Voters of Maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Smith, Eric	Winning Strategies: Fatherhood, The Courts & Custody, Incorporated	Oral + Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Common Cause MarylandFWA 1

For Kathy's Sake/Community Actively Seeking TransparencyUNF 1

Law Office of Marylin PierreUNF 1

League of Women Voters of MarylandFWA 1

Maryland Association for JusticeFAV 1

Maryland JudiciaryFAV 4

myselfFAV 1

NAACP (AAC)(2nd Vice President) & National Bar Association Chair, Law & Religion Section)UNF 1

The Women's Law Center of MarylandFAV 1

Winning Strategies: Fatherhood, The Courts & Custody, IncorporatedFWA 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVSiri, MichelleThe Women's Law Center of MarylandRegistered for: Maryland Legal Services Corporation; Women's Law Center of Maryland, Inc.