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Maryland lawmakers hear testimony on bill to form state reparations commission
Summary
Supporters told the House Health and Government Operations Committee that House Bill 14-22 would create a commission to study reparations for descendants of the enslaved in Maryland; testimony emphasized historical roots, recommended scope, and a focus on research rather than immediate payouts.
Delegate Aletheia McCaskill asked the House Health and Government Operations Committee on March 1 to give a favorable report to House Bill 14-22, a measure to establish a Maryland Reparations Commission to study reparations for descendants of people enslaved in Maryland.
The bill would create a study commission to research and recommend remedies, testimony said, not to provide immediate payments. McCaskill framed the measure as a fact-finding and advisory body that could examine a range of responses — including nonmonetary actions such as education, childcare, and housing programs — and report recommendations to the Legislature.
Nut graf: Supporters said the commission would document Maryland’s two-century history of slavery and its present-day effects on wealth, education and health, and produce evidence-based…
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