HB 760

Maryland Legal Services Corporation - Affordable Life, Wills, and Estate Planning for Seniors Grant Program

Sponsor: Elizabeth Embry (District 43A)Committee: JudiciarySubject: Courts and Court Personnel - StatewideStatus: First Reading Senate Rules (as of Nov 9, 2023)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Establishing the Affordable Life, Wills, and Estate Planning for Seniors Grant Program in the Maryland Legal Services Corporation to provide eligible seniors access to affordable civil law-related services; and requiring the Governor to provide an appropriation of $225,000 in the annual budget for the Program.

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Testimony (16)

MGA witness list

FAV 8FavorableFWA 7Favorable with amendmentsUNF 1Unfavorable

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Bresnahan, Tammy	AARP Maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Doyle, Robert	MD Federation of NARFE SLC	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Planzer, Steven	Maryland Legal Services Corporation	Written (PDF)
FAV	Seltzer, Deb	Maryland Legal Services Corporation	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Themelis, Nina	Mayor's Office of Government Relations	Written (PDF)
FAV	Schagrin, Judith	National Association of Social Workers - Maryland Chapter	Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Embry, Delegate Embrylegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Macfarlane, Byron	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Duffy, Suzanne	Concerned Citizen	Position only
FWA	Derbyshire, Angus	Maryland Legal Aid	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Katana, Shaolilobbyist	Maryland State Bar Association	Written (PDF)
FWA	Snead, Aisha	Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Lathbury Girard, Meredith	Mid-Shore Pro Bono	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Harris, Allison	Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Burrell-Rohde, Alexis	Register of Wills for Baltimore County	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Siri, Michellelobbyist	The Women's Law Center of Maryland	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

AARP MarylandFAV 1

Concerned CitizenUNF 1

Maryland Legal AidFWA 1

Maryland Legal Services CorporationFAV 2

Maryland State Bar AssociationFWA 1

Maryland Volunteer Lawyers ServiceFWA 1

Mayor's Office of Government RelationsFAV 1

MD Federation of NARFE SLCFAV 1

Mid-Shore Pro BonoFWA 1

National Association of Social Workers - Maryland ChapterFAV 1

Pro Bono Resource Center of MarylandFWA 1

The Women's Law Center of MarylandFWA 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FWAKatana, ShaoliMaryland State Bar AssociationRegistered for: Maryland State Bar Association, Inc.

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