Maryland Department of Emergency Management - Establishment
Sponsor: Clarence K. Lam (District 12)Committee: Education, Health, and Environmental AffairsSubject: State Government - Agencies, Offices, and OfficialsStatus: Hearing 1/28 at 11:00 a.m. (Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs) (as of Dec 1, 2021)
What this bill does
Official synopsis
Renaming the Maryland Emergency Management Agency to be the Maryland Department of Emergency Management; establishing the Department as a principal department of the Executive Branch of State government; providing that the head of the Department is the Secretary of Emergency Management; requiring the Secretary to be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate; specifying that the Department is the successor of the Maryland Emergency Management Agency; etc.
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Testimony (13)
MGA witness listFAV 6FavorableFWA 2Favorable with amendmentsUNF 3UnfavorableINFO 2Information only
| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Sierra, Anna | Caroline County Department of Emergency Services | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Kinnally, Kevin | Maryland Association of Counties (MACo) | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Bratt, Jonathan | Office of Emergency Management at University Maryland Baltimore | Oral |
| FAV | Bratt, Jonathan | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Lam, Clarence | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Senator Lam, Senator Lamlegislator | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Tarsel, Emily | Health Choice Maryland.org | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Elbourn, James | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Williams, Peggy | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Lichenstein, Richard | MDAAP | Oral |
| FWA | Kasemeyer, Pam | Schwartz, Metz & Wise, P.A. | Written (PDF) |
| INFO | Kellu, Catherine | State of Md Military Dept | Position only |
| INFO | Kelly, Catherine | State of Md Military Dept | Written (PDF) |