State Personnel Management System – Office of the Public Defender – Placement
What this bill does
Establishing that, within the Office of the Public Defender, the deputy public defender, district public defenders, assistant public defenders are placed in certain employment categories in the State Personnel Management System; authorizing the Public Defender to employ, rather than appoint certain employees; authorizing assistant public defenders and other employees to be terminated or disciplined only for cause; repealing a provision of law that excludes attorneys in the Office from certain grievance procedures; etc.
Analysis reads the bill text, the fiscal note, and the witness list. It is generated by Claude and reviewed by nobody, so check the source documents before you rely on it.
Testimony (14)
MGA witness list| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Gross, Michal | AFSCME | Oral |
| FAV | Woods, Kalia | AFSCME | Oral |
| FAV | Bharadwaj, Anagha | AFSCME Local 423 | Oral |
| FAV | Chou, Angie | AFSCME Local 423 | Oral |
| FAV | Johnson , Marci | AFSCME Local 423 | Oral |
| FAV | Redd, Cheryl | AFSCME Local 423 | Oral |
| FAV | Gilmore , Deniselobbyist | AFSCME Maryland | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Lipman, Isabel | AFSCme | Oral |
| FAV | Delegate Henson, Delegate Hensonlegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Delegate Henson, Delegate Hensonlegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Henson, Delegate | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | DeWolfe, Paul | MARYLAND PUBLIC DEFENDER | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Knight, Cynthia | Maryland Office of the Public Defender | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| INFO | Wilkins, Barbara | Individual | Written (PDF) |