Setting Up Your myMGA Account
To submit testimony (oral, written, or informational) to the Maryland General Assembly, you must have a myMGA account. There are helpful tutorials for myMGA here.
- Create a myMGA Account: Set up an account and confirm it using the email link provided.
- Edit Account Details: Include your contact information and organization name. This is important because some committees prioritize witnesses based on their organizational affiliation and constituent representation.
- Sign Up for Testimony: Log in, click "Witness Signup," and complete the process.
- Consistency: Make sure the name on your myMGA account matches the name used for sign-up and on Zoom if testifying virtually.
Stream Hearings Using YouTube and Zoom
For virtual testimony, witnesses can listen to the hearings on YouTube and join the Zoom waiting room, but when you are allowed into the hearing, close the YouTube window immediately. This is very important because there will be audio feedback if the YouTube window isn’t closed once you are unmuted on Zoom.
Senate YouTube Links- Budget and Taxation Committee, Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee, Finance Committee, Judicial Proceedings Committee
House YouTube Links- Appropriations Committee, Economic Matters Committee, Environment and Transportation Committee, Health and Government Operations Committee, Judiciary Committee, Ways and Means Committee
Witness Testimony Guidelines
Make sure to check the committee requirements on the MGA page because the procedures may change without notice. This year there will be no screen sharing allowed.
Senate Committee Sessions Protocols and Guidelines
Senate Committees and Witness Guidelines- Budget and Taxation, Education, Energy and the Environment, Finance, Judicial Proceedings
House Committee Session Protocols and Guidelines
House Committees and Witness Guidelines- Appropriations, Economic Matters, Environment and Transportation, Health and Government Operations, Judiciary, Ways and Means
Testimony Submission Deadline
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If you want more information, please contact Iris Ibegbulem.
