Jay Jalisi

Hasan "Jay" Jalisi is an American politician who is a Democratic member of the Maryland House of Delegates.[1] Dr. Jalisi is 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]

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
Political partyDemocratic
Children2
EducationJohns Hopkins University
ProfessionM.D.

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 a 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. "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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