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Family Law - Fundamental Parental Rights

Sponsor: Justin Ready (District 5)Committee: Judicial ProceedingsSubject: Family LawStatus: Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Nov 9, 2023)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Establishing that a parent has the fundamental right to direct the upbringing, education, care, and welfare of the parent's child; and prohibiting the State or a political subdivision from infringing on a parent's fundamental right to direct the upbringing, education, care, and welfare of the parent's child unless the State or political subdivision can demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence certain factors.

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Testimony (74)

MGA witness list
FAV 55FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsUNF 17UnfavorableINFO 1Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVReichert-Price, SarahAllegany County Republican Women's ClubWritten (PDF)
FAVDuffy, SuzanneConcerned CitizenPosition only
FAVconnors, kevinFoundation Against Intolerance and Racism (FAIR)Oral
FAVRubin, DoreenIndividualPosition only
FAVRUSSELL, MARCELLMarcell RussellOral
FAVAlexandre, JonathanlobbyistMaryland Family InstituteOral
FAVBogley, LauraMaryland Right to LifeWritten (PDF)
FAVReady, JustinMaryland State SenateOral + Written (PDF)
FAVThompson, TaraMoms For LibertyWritten (PDF)
FAVSmith, LindseyMoms for Liberty - Montgomery County MDPosition only
FAVScott, SuzieMoms for Liberty Harford CountyOral + Written (PDF)
FAVHartman, LauraN/AWritten (PDF)
FAVEstrada, WillParental Rights FoundationOral
FAVMULLICAN, BrigittaPrivatePosition only
FAVM Pleiman, JoanRetiredPosition only
FAVGrasley, AlanSelfWritten (PDF)
FAVDuffy, PaulSpartan Firearms Training GroupPosition only
FAVAdams, JenniferIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVArlinghaus, FrancisIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVArshavsky, SvetlanaIndividualPosition only
FAVConnors, ElisabethIndividualPosition only
FAVDickens, MeganIndividualPosition only
FAVDiefenbach, KlausIndividualPosition only
FAVDiefenbach, LindaIndividualPosition only
FAVDitraglia, FrankIndividualPosition only
FAVD’Orazio , DanielaIndividualPosition only
FAVElbourn, JamesIndividualPosition only
FAVHart, KitIndividualOral
FAVHunt, ChristineIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVKuk, JustinIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVLang, AlanIndividualPosition only
FAVLang, KevinIndividualPosition only
FAVLee, MickeyIndividualPosition only
FAVLozzi, MelindaIndividualPosition only
FAVMANOHAR, KRISHNAIndividualPosition only
FAVMeyerovich, MarkIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVMontuori, MargaretIndividualPosition only
FAVMyers, TheresaIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVPaoletti, RachelIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVPratta, KimIndividualPosition only
FAVRobusto, RonIndividualOral
FAVSenator Ready, Senator ReadylegislatorIndividualOral
FAVSirkel, RobinIndividualPosition only
FAVSullivan, KatherineIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVThomas, JamesIndividualOral
FAVUllmann, RachelIndividualPosition only
FAVVernon, MichaelIndividualPosition only
FAVWalters, TimIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVWalters, ValerieIndividualOral
FAVWaychoff, AmyIndividualPosition only
FAVWenstrup, MichelleIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVWilliams, PeggyIndividualPosition only
FAVWilson, ThomasIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVZwart, WillIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVbrenner, lorettaIndividualPosition only
UNFFarris, JadenAnnapolis PridePosition only
UNFKimathi, AyoBrothers of the DMVOral
UNFPruitt, LaurenFreeState JusticeOral + Written (PDF)
UNFJordan, Lisae ClobbyistMaryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MCASA)Position only
UNFPipkin, MatthewlobbyistMaryland JudiciaryWritten (PDF)
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Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVAlexandre, JonathanMaryland Family InstituteRegistered for: Maryland Family Institute
UNFJordan, Lisae CMaryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MCASA)Registered for: Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault
UNFPipkin, MatthewMaryland JudiciaryRegistered for: Maryland Multi-Housing Association