General Assembly - Fiscal Notes - Family Impact Statements
What this bill does
Requiring the fiscal note for proposed legislation prepared by the Department of Legislative Services to include a family impact statement; providing the purpose of the family impact statement is to indicate whether a bill may or will have impact on families in the state, specify the type and category of impact, including influence on marriage and family stability, marriage promotion, and family welfare; and prohibiting a committee from voting on a bill unless a family impact statement is attached to or included in the fiscal note.
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 (25)
MGA witness list| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Ayers, David | Franciscan University of Steubenville | Oral |
| FAV | Schmidley, Joseph | High Point Independent Baptist Church | Oral |
| FAV | Alexandre, Jonathanlobbyist | Maryland Family Institute | Oral |
| FAV | Ready, Justin | Maryland State Senate | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | DOrazio, Peter | Year | Position only |
| FAV | Atkins, Robert | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Diefenbach, Linda | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Ditraglia, Frank | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Elbourn, James | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Fridenstine, Andrew | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Gilford, Amy | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Hopkins, Barbara | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Katz, Janet | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Lang, Alan | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Love, William | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Meyerovich, Mark | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Pedersen, Stacy | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Raine, James | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Senator Ready, Senator Readylegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Sirkel, Robin | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Volkmar, Leslie | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Williams, Peggy | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | sirkel, jess | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Parvis, Lindsay | Family & Juvenile Law Section - MSBA | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Vaughn, R James | Maryland Baptist for Biblical Values | Oral |
