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Corporations and Associations - Methodist Churches - Trust Requirement Repeal and Disaffiliation

Sponsor: C. Anthony Muse (District 26)Committee: Judicial ProceedingsSubject: Corporations and AssociationsStatus: Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Sep 4, 2026)

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 (42)

MGA witness list
FAV 36FavorableUNF 6Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVCAIN, CHRISAsbury Broadneck ChurchWritten (PDF)
FAVStansbury, kathyAsbury Broadneck UM ChurchPosition only
FAVSewell, PhilipBethesda United Methodist ChurchOral + Written (PDF)
FAVWhite, CurtisClark's United Methodist ChurchOral + Written (PDF)
FAVWhite, CurtisClark's United Methodist ChurchWritten (PDF)
FAVStansbury, ShereeNAPosition only
FAVFoxwell, DonnaPrivateWritten (PDF)
FAVGoldstein, MathewSecular MarylandWritten (PDF)
FAVGoldstein, MathewSecular MarylandWritten (PDF)
FAVMuse, C. AnthonySenator MuseOral + Written (PDF)
FAVMuse, C. AnthonySenator MuseWritten (PDF)
FAVUMC, CapeThe Methodist Church Of Cape St. ClaireWritten (PDF)
FAVSichel, MatthewWesleyan Covenant AssociationOral + Written (PDF)
FAVSichel, MatthewWesleyan Covenant AssociationOral + Written (PDF)
FAVAustin, SharonIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVAustin, SharonIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVCAVEY, CHRISTIANIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVCAVEY, CHRISTIANIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVDiehl, MarleneIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVJohnson, KiaIndividualPosition only
FAVLang, AlanIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVLang, AlanIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVLincoln, HelenIndividualPosition only
FAVMason, EarlIndividualOral
FAVMauer, WilliamIndividualPosition only
FAVNovak, RobertIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVPack, TatiaIndividualPosition only
FAVRaikes, TraceyIndividualPosition only
FAVRowel, RandolphIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVSenator Muse, Senator MuselegislatorIndividualOral
FAVSenator Muse, Senator MuselegislatorIndividualOral
FAVStansbury, AlvinIndividualPosition only
FAVStansbury, DavidIndividualPosition only
FAVStansbury, DavidIndividualPosition only
FAVStansbury, PatriciaIndividualPosition only
FAVStansbury, PatriciaIndividualPosition only
UNFEasterling, LaTrelleBWCUMCOral
UNFStarnes, Thomas E.BWCUMCOral + Written (PDF)
UNFStarnes, Thomas E.BWCUMCOral + Written (PDF)
UNFAllmond, SheridanBaltimore Washington Conference of the United Methodist ChurchOral + Written (PDF)
UNFLove, AntoineUMCPosition only
UNFStrawbridge, JohnUnited Methodist ChurchWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record