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Corporations and Associations - Methodist Church Trust Requirement Repeal and Disaffiliation Requirements

Sponsor: C. Anthony Muse (District 26)Committee: Judicial ProceedingsSubject: Corporations and AssociationsStatus: Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Repealing a requirement that the assets of any Methodist Church be held in trust for the United Methodist Church and be subject to the control of the Church; repealing a provision of law providing that the absence of a trust clause in any deed or conveyance executed before June 1, 1953, does not exclude certain local churches from certain provisions of law; providing that a local church that disaffiliates from the United Methodist Conference shall retain ownership of its real property, subject to certain reimbursement requirements; etc.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list
FAV 16FavorableFWA 4Favorable with amendmentsUNF 4Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVJohnson, DaralobbyistAmerican Civil Liberties Union of MarylandWritten (PDF)
FAVBeall, KevinBethesda United Methodist ChurchOral + Written (PDF)
FAVSewell, PhilipBethesda United Methodist ChurchOral + Written (PDF)
FAVCallihan, HannahGrace UMCOral
FAVMistysyn, ThomasHart’s United Methodist ChurchOral
FAVBroadwater, JudyMillers United Methodist ChurchOral + Written (PDF)
FAVMuse, C. AnthonySenator MuseWritten (PDF)
FAVJackson, MichaelThe Senate of MarylandPosition only
FAVSichel, MatthewWesleyan Covenant AssociationWritten (PDF)
FAVSichel, MatthewWesleyan Covenant AssociationOral + Written (PDF)
FAVKnoll, TravisIndividualOral
FAVMason, EarlIndividualOral
FAVSenator Muse, Senator MuselegislatorIndividualOral
FAVSenator Muse, Senator MuselegislatorIndividualOral
FAVThomas, JenniferIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVWilkerson, FaithIndividualOral
UNFEasterling, LaTrelleBWCUMCOral
UNFStarnes, Thomas E.BWCUMCWritten (PDF)
UNFStarnes, Thomas E.BWCUMCOral + Written (PDF)
UNFStratton, JanetIndividualPosition only
FWASewell, PhilipBethesda United Methodist ChurchWritten (PDF)
FWASherman, TimHarts ChurchWritten (PDF)
FWAMuse, C. AnthonySenator MuseWritten (PDF)
FWACAVEY, CHRISTIANIndividualWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVJohnson, DaraAmerican Civil Liberties Union of MarylandRegistered for: ACLU of Maryland