There hasn’t been much public discussion about a proposed Reparations Commission in the nearly three months since legislators overrode the governor’s veto of the original bill. But that doesn’t mean there hasn’t been talk.
Lawmakers are scheduled to take up a bill this week that would take two commission appointments away from the governor and hand them over to legislative leaders, who would also gain the authority to name an additional five members to the commission between them. The bill would also add a representative from the Maryland Commission for African American History and Culture to the panel.
Those changes are part of Senate Bill 476, sponsored by Sen. C. Anthony Muse (D-Prince George’s), which is scheduled to be heard Thursday by the Education, Energy and the Environment Committee…