Jay Jalisi

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Jay Jalisi
Member of the Maryland House of Delegates
from the 10th district
Assumed office
January 14, 2015
Personal details
Born (1965-11-17) November 17, 1965 (age 56)
Political partyDemocratic
Children2
EducationJohns Hopkins University
ProfessionM.D.

Hasan "Jay" Jalisi is an American politician who is a Democratic member of the Maryland House of Delegates.[1] Dr. Jalisi is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University.[1] He is a medical doctor and has co-authored numbers medical research papers and two medical textbooks.[2] He was first elected to the House of Delegates in 2015. Later that year Jalisi had his committee assignments changed after a judge issued a protective order against him.[3] In March 2019 Jalisi was disciplined by the House Ethics Committee for the poor treatment of his staff.[4]

In the Maryland General Assembly he has passed legislation related to increasing state funding for homeless shelters,[5] providing student loan assistance for children from foster care system.[6] In 2016, he was appointed by the Speaker of the Maryland General Assembly to a Task Force to work on Juvenile Justice Reforms[7] and the findings of the Task Force were approved by the Governor of Maryland the same year. Among Jalisi's sponsored legislation to have been enacted was a law making assaulting a firefighters or other first responders a felony.[8]

Jalisi was an unsuccessful candidate in the 2020 Maryland 7th congressional district special election to fill out the term of the late Elijah Cummings,[9] and in the overlapping regular 2020 election for the same congressional seat.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Jay Jalisi, Maryland State Delegate". Maryland Manual On-Line. Maryland State Archives. August 20, 2019. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
  2. ^ Johnson, Jenna (January 13, 2015). "Meet the 2015 Maryland General Assembly's sizable freshman class". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
  3. ^ Wiggins, Ovetta (March 10, 2015). "Maryland delegate agrees to protective order, get reassigned in House". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
  4. ^ Hernández, Arelis R.; Wiggins, Ovetta (March 26, 2019). "Maryland lawmaker accused of berating, bullying employees". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
  5. ^ "Legislation - HB1476". mgaleg.maryland.gov. Maryland General Assembly. November 6, 2019.
  6. ^ "Legislation - HB0360". mgaleg.maryland.gov. Maryland General Assembly. November 6, 2019.
  7. ^ "Legislation - HB1634". mgaleg.maryland.gov. Maryland General Assembly. November 6, 2019.
  8. ^ "Legislation - HB0236". mgaleg.maryland.gov. Maryland General Assembly. November 6, 2019.
  9. ^ "Official 2020 7th Congressional District Special Primary Election results for Representative in Congress". elections.maryland.gov. Maryland State Board of Elections. February 21, 2020. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  10. ^ "Official 2020 Presidential Primary Election results for Representative in Congress". Maryland State Board of Elections. September 4, 2020. Retrieved September 21, 2020.

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