Offender Hearings
February 25th, 2010 by Kenneth Burns
The House Judicial Proceedings Committee heard 30 bills on legislation dealing with sex offenders.
Archive for the 'Judiciary Committee' Category
Policy, not religion
February 2nd, 2010 by Kenneth Burns
Catching up on radio feeds from last week, which you can hear on WNAV (1430AM) and WTTR (1470AM), The House Judiciary hearing room was packed as the committee heard testimony on House Bill 90, which would ban the recognition of same-sex marriages from outside of the State of Maryland.
Preview of House Judiciary Hearing
January 28th, 2010 by Kenneth Burns
This afternoon, two bills you will probably hear about at some point will be heard by the judiciary committee this afternoon.
The first bill is HB 164 sponsored by Prince George’s Delegate Marvin Holmes (D-Dist. 29C) which will require people with three or more DUI violations to have distinct yellow tags on their vehicles for five years.
The second bill, which you will probably hear a lot about in the coming days as evidenced by yesterday’s edition of The Marc Steiner Show on WEAA (88.9FM), is HB 90 sponsored by Baltimore County Del. Emmett Burns Jr. (D-Dist. 10) which will keep Maryland from recognizing out of state same sex nuptials (domestic or abroad.)
‘Rights’ Remained
January 19th, 2009 by Kenneth Burns
Baltimore City Del. Jill Carter (D-Dist. 41) with help of the NAACP has kept her seat on the House Judiciary Committee.
The Baltimore Sun reporting that Carter along Upper Eastern Shore Del. Michael Smigiel Sr. (R-Dist. 36) were going to be moved by House Speaker Michael Busch (D-Dist. 30) to other committees. Carter while crediting Baltimore NAACP President Marvin “Doc” Cheathem for organizing a protest, said that her being on the committee was a civil rights issue.
Smiegel was also able to retain his seat, the only person to lose their seat on the committee was House Minority Whip Christopher Shank (R-Dist. 2B)