5752505 Public Hearing on B21-0107, Marijuana Decriminalization Clarification Amendment Act of 2015 and B21-0444, Death Certificate Gender Identity Recognition Amendment Act OF 2015

Council of the District of Columbia

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARy

Notice of Public Hearing

1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004  

 

 

Councilmember Kenyan R. McDuffie, Chairperson

Committee on the Judiciary

 

 

Announces a Public Hearing on

 

           

B21-0107, the “Marijuana Decriminalization Clarification

Amendment Act of 2015”

                

and

 

B21-0444, the “Death Certificate Gender Identity Recognition

Amendment Act of 2015”

 

 

Thursday, December 10, 2015, 10 a.m.

Room 123, John A. Wilson Building

1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

 Washington, D.C. 20004

 

 

On Thursday, December 10, 2015, Councilmember Kenyan R. McDuffie, Chairperson of the Committee on the Judiciary, will hold a public hearing on Bill 21-0107, the “Marijuana Decriminalization Clarification Amendment Act of 2015”, and Bill 21-0444, the “Death Certificate Gender Identity Recognition Amendment Act of 2015”. The hearing will take place in Room 123 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., at 10 a.m.

                                                                             

The stated purpose of Bill 21-0107, the “Marijuana Decriminalization Clarification Amendment Act of 2015”, is to amend the Marijuana Possession Decriminalization Amendment Act of 2014 to clarify that a private club is a place to which the public is invited and that the prohibition on consumption of marijuana in public is not limited by the Legalization of Possession of Minimal Amounts of Marijuana for Personal Use Initiative of 2014; and to require the Mayor to revoke the business license, certificate of occupancy, and permits of an entity violating section 301(a) of the Marijuana Possession Decriminalization Amendment Act of 2014. This bill is the permanent version of previously enacted identical emergency and temporary legislation.

 

The stated purpose of Bill 21-0444, the “Death Certificate Gender Identity Recognition Amendment Act of 2015”, is to amend the Vital Records Act of 1981 to clarify the process for respecting a decedent’s gender identity on their death certificate; to allow an individual with rights to a decedent’s remains to file a petition in Superior Court for determining gender identity; and to shield the person completing the death certificate from liability for damages or costs for how they enter the decedent’s sex.

 

The Committee invites the public to testify or to submit written testimony. Anyone wishing to testify at the hearing should contact Kate Mitchell, Committee Director, at [phone], or via e-mail at [e-mail], and provide their name, telephone number, organizational affiliation, and title (if any) by close of business, December 7, 2015. Representatives of organizations will be allowed a maximum of five minutes for oral testimony, and individuals will be allowed a maximum of three minutes. Witnesses should bring fifteen copies of their written testimony and, if possible, also submit a copy of their testimony electronically to [e-mail].

 

For witnesses who are unable to testify at the hearing, written statements will be made part of the official record. Copies of written statements should be submitted either to the Committee or to Nyasha Smith, Secretary to the Council, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 5, Washington, D.C. 20004.  The record will close at the end of the business day on December 18, 2015.