It's important to arrive early. Getting to a hearing early will give you the chance to sign the witness sheet and become comfortable with the surroundings.

Anyone wishing to testify on any bill must sign the witness register before the hearings begin. If you have written testimony, please submit 35 copies to the committee clerk for distribution at least 60 minutes before the bill hearings begin. The order that bills are listed on the schedule is not necessarily the order in which they will be heard.  (Map of Capital Complex - Annapolis, MD)

Helpful Information:

• Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse Testifying at Legislative Hearings - Bob Russell SNAP of Maryland and Vicki Polin - Executive Director, The Awareness Center, Inc.

• Attending a Committee Hearing in Maryland - Article from the state of Maryland
  

• Reforming the legal system - Marci Hamilton (internet radio broadcast on ethicalife)


• "Window" Legislation - Power to Survivors of Child Sex Abuse - photographs of a news media event at Cardozo Law School, NY
  


• Adult Survivors of All Faiths Vs. The Catholic Church (MD) - photographs of a legislative hearing in 2007


• Maryland Senator Jamin Raskin questions Catholic Church - video taken at a legislative hearing in Annapolis, MD 2007


• Maryland Senate Hearing on Child Sexual Abuse (March 1, 2007) - video taken at a legislative hearing in Annapolis, MD 2007


• Donte Stokes speaks at Senate Hearing - March 1, 2007 (MD) - video taken at a legislative hearing in Annapolis, MD 2007


• Adult Survivors of All Faiths Vs. The Catholic Church (DC) - photographs of a legislative hearing in Washington DC