19 Facts About Jay Jalisi

Hasan "Jay" Jalisi was born on November 17,1965 and is an American politician who was a Democratic member of the Maryland House of Delegates for District 10, based in Baltimore County, from 2015 to 2023.

Jay Jalisi's family is from India and later moved to Pakistan, and then to Bangladesh, where his father taught at a medical school.

Jay Jalisi was previously a medical doctor and has co-authored two medical textbooks on diseases of the ears, nose, and throat, but eventually stepped back from his medical career to become a full-time real estate investor.

In December 2013, Jay Jalisi filed to run for the Maryland House of Delegates in District 10.

Jay Jalisi won the Democratic primary, receiving 17.4 percent of the vote, coming in second only behind Delegate Adrienne A Jones.

Jay Jalisi won the general election with 28.7 percent of the vote.

Jay Jalisi was sworn into the Maryland House of Delegates on January 14,2015.

In November 2019, Jay Jalisi filed to run in the 2020 Maryland 7th congressional district special election to fill out the term of the late Elijah Cummings, and in the overlapping regular 2020 election for the same congressional seat.

Jay Jalisi was defeated by Kweisi Mfume in the Democratic primary for both elections.

Jay Jalisi was defeated in the Democratic primary, placing second to state Delegate Ben Brooks.

In February 2015, Jay Jalisi's daughter filed for a restraining order against him, accusing him of slapping her during an altercation at his wife's home in Lutherville, Maryland.

In March 2019, an ethics committee investigation found that Jay Jalisi subjected his staffers, particularly female employees, to bullying and verbal abuse over a span of five years.

The report said that Jay Jalisi ignored repeated requests from House Speaker Busch and other top lawmakers to take anger management classes, which led to Busch withdrawing his use of state funds to pay his staffers.

Jay Jalisi denied the allegations, denouncing the investigation as a "nasty smear campaign and a sham investigation".

In December 2020, a District Court Judge ordered Jay Jalisi to pay more than $19,500 in back pay and damages to a former legislative aide who did not receive payment for the month he worked for his office.

In October 2014, Jay Jalisi was fined $2,500 for misusing campaign funds.

Jay Jalisi introduced legislation in the 2016 legislative session that would limit strip-searches and shackling.

In February 2022, Jay Jalisi declined to vote on legislation that created a framework for legalizing recreational marijuana.

Jay Jalisi introduced legislation in the 2022 legislative session that would prevent car insurance companies from using a person's credit score in setting a policyholder's premium.