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Bills/2023 Regular Session

SB 351

EnactedCrossfile HB 760
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Maryland Legal Services Corporation - Affordable Life, Wills, and Estate Planning for Seniors Grant Program

Sponsor: Mary Washington (District 43)Committee: Judicial ProceedingsSubject: Courts and Court Personnel - StatewideStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 776 (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 (21)

MGA witness list
FAV 16FavorableFWA 5Favorable with amendments
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVBresnahan, TammyAARP MarylandOral + Written (PDF)
FAVDerbyshire, AngusMaryland Legal AidOral + Written (PDF)
FAVSeltzer, DebMaryland Legal Services CorporationOral + Written (PDF)
FAVSeltzer, DebMaryland Legal Services CorporationOral + Written (PDF)
FAVKatana, ShaolilobbyistMaryland State Bar AssociationWritten (PDF)
FAVThemelis, NinaMayor's Office of Government RelationsWritten (PDF)
FAVThemelis, NinaMayor's Office of Government RelationsWritten (PDF)
FAVLathbury Girard, MeredithMid-Shore Pro BonoWritten (PDF)
FAVSchagrin, JudithNational Association of Social Workers - Maryland ChapterWritten (PDF)
FAVSchagrin, JudithNational Association of Social Workers - Maryland ChapterWritten (PDF)
FAVHarris, AllisonPro Bono Resource Center of MarylandWritten (PDF)
FAVBurrell-Rohde, AlexisRegister of Wills for Baltimore CountyOral + Written (PDF)
FAVMacfarlane, ByronIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVSenator Washington, M., Senator Washington, M.legislatorIndividualOral
FAVSenator Washington, M., Senator Washington, M.legislatorIndividualOral
FAVStern, IsadoralobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
FWAKatana, ShaolilobbyistMaryland State Bar AssociationWritten (PDF)
FWASnead, AishaMaryland Volunteer Lawyers ServiceOral + Written (PDF)
FWALathbury Girard, MeredithMid-Shore Pro BonoOral + Written (PDF)
FWAHarris, AllisonPro Bono Resource Center of MarylandWritten (PDF)
FWASiri, MichellelobbyistThe Women's Law Center of MarylandWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

AARP MarylandFAV 1
Maryland Legal AidFAV 1
Maryland Legal Services CorporationFAV 2
Maryland State Bar AssociationFAV 1FWA 1
Maryland Volunteer Lawyers ServiceFWA 1
Mayor's Office of Government RelationsFAV 2
Mid-Shore Pro BonoFAV 1FWA 1
National Association of Social Workers - Maryland ChapterFAV 2
Pro Bono Resource Center of MarylandFAV 1FWA 1
Register of Wills for Baltimore CountyFAV 1
The Women's Law Center of MarylandFWA 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVKatana, ShaoliMaryland State Bar AssociationRegistered for: Maryland State Bar Association, Inc.
FAVStern, IsadoraRegistered for: Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition
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.