Legislative Session

Quaker Voice invites you to join us in advocating during the 2025 legislative session.

       Priority topics, bills, and partners:

Climate & Environment

Abundant Affordable Clean Energy | RENEW Act | Reclaim Renewable Energy Act | Maryland Bottle Bill

Partnering with MD League of Conservation Voters, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, Choose Clean Water Coalition, and Sierra Club

Criminal Justice

Geriatric-Medical Parole | Juvenile Court - Jurisdiction | Reducing use of solitary / restrictive housing

Partnering with Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform (MAJR) and Interfaith Action for Human Rights (IAHR)

Protections for Immigrants

Maryland Data Privacy Act | Protecting Sensitive Locations Act | Ending 287(g) Agreements

Partnering with CASA Maryland and other faith-based groups

Access to Housing

Good Cause Eviction (actively advocating) | Housing for Jobs Act (actively educating)

Partnering with Renter's United Movement (RUM) and Maryland Just Power Alliance


Action Alert - Do you have a representative on a key committee? 

This week (3/10 - 3/14) we are asking our f/Friends with representatives on key committees to send an email ASAP (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday) to urge our priority bills to be scheduled for a vote before March 17th!  


Status on Quaker Voice Priority Bills: All of our bills have had committee hearings, but only one has been scheduled for a vote. Committee Chairs schedule bills for voting after the bills committee hearing and before Cross-Over Day on March 17th. Bills must get voted out of their assigned committee to make it to the next step of possibly becoming a law. Bills that don’t get scheduled for a vote before Cross-Over Day are held back from making it to the next step


How to Take Action:


(1) Know your district and representatives. You can you the “Look up” button to search by your address to figure out what your district is and who your representatives (Senator, Delegates) are.


(2) Check the key committee member list for Quaker Voice. Do you see your representative on one of these committees?


(3) Use the committee links in the Action Alert Instructions to jump to instructions on how to send an email! We are only having people with representatives on the committee sending emails – to act you need to have a representative on one of these five committees.

Contact Quaker Voice if you have any questions on how to take action! Quakervoicemd@gmail.com

List of House & Senate committees, including membership, that will be considering our priority bills.

Quick reference for priority bills, what they are about, and resources where you can learn more.

Quick links to testimony submitted by Quaker Voice of Maryland to support priority bills.

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Bill Progress Updates & Upcoming Events

Week 10 (3/10 - 3/14)

Check out our calendar for all upcoming testimony due dates, bill hearings, and events.

Priority Bill Tracking Sheet

The sheet below includes a tab for each of our priority topics: Climate & Environment, Criminal Justice, Protections for Immigrants, and Access to Housing. Scroll across the sheet to learn about committees and bill progress - including upcoming hearings! - and links to advocacy and education resources. This sheet is updated weekly between Jan. - April.

Recommended Priority Bill List - Updated 2/1/2025

Quick Link Resources for Advocacy Work:

Not sure how to use the Maryland General Assembly website? Want to sign up for witness testimony or submit written testimony? Need tips for monitoring bills? Check out these great videos offered by Friendly Persuasions!

 Check out this Guidelines document created by the Maryland Association of Counties; helpful information includes when testimony is due broken down by Senate and House committees.