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Read Full Digest Here: March 23 Digest Monday, March 23 is the Opposite Chamber Crossover Date , meaning that each Chamber must send the bills that it intends to pass favorably to the other Chamber.  Bills that miss this deadline are subject to being referred to the other chamber’s Rules Committee, rather than going directly to a standing committee for consideration. Now is the time to focus on alerts to to contact their lawmakers to vote on bills not already passed a committ

Read the Full Digest Here: March 16, 2026 Digest This past week, two (2) important bills passed the House or Senate, and six (6) more bills were voted out of committee to the House and Senate floors. Two more bills appeared on voting lists and are expected to be reported out in the coming week. Criminal Justice SB 162 - Criminal Procedure - Motion to Reduce Duration of Sentence - Repeal of Sentencing Date Limitation – Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings HB 178 - Crimi

Read Full Digest Here: March 9th, Digest This week, the Senate passed a major Criminal Justice bill:  SB 323 - Juvenile Court - Jurisdiction (Youth Charging Reform Act) - passed 32-12 and was sent to the House for consideration.  See last week’s Digest for a description of the bill. Also, two bills on our “watch” list were reported out of committee: Climate Change : HB 437 - Transportation - Major Highway Capacity Expansion Projects and Impact Assessments (Transportation a

Read our Full Digest here: March 2, 2026 Digest Five more significant bills passed the House of Delegates this week, one related to health care and four emergency bills related to federal immigration policies and practices: HB 372 - Hospitals - Emergency Pregnancy-Related Medical Conditions – Procedures – This bill would require hospitals to conduct screening on a patient presenting at an emergency department to determine whether the patient has an emergency pregnancy-rela

Read Full Digest here: February 23, 2026 Digest This past week, four (4) of our health and immigration priority bills were brought to a vote in House Committees and were voted out favorably. HB 372 - Hospitals - Emergency Pregnancy-Related Medical Conditions – Procedures – received a Favorable Report (no amendments) from the Health Committee – SB 169, its companion bill, already passed the Senate last week 32-11. HB 351 - Public Safety - Federal Agents - Digital Unmasking

Read Full Digest Here: Feb. 16th Digest On Thursday, the House of Delegates gave final approval to SB 245 - Public Safety - Immigration Enforcement Agreements – Prohibition , so it will now go to the Governor for signature.  The bill had to obtain 3/5 vote in both houses as an emergency bill, allowing it to go into effect upon the Governor’s signature.  The Senate required 29 votes and passed 32-12; the House required 84 votes and passed 99-38. Shortly thereafter, its compan

Read Full Digest Here: February 9, 2026 Digest With the Senate deadline to file bills on Monday, February 9 (today), and the House deadline on Friday, February 13, a few more priority bills were introduced last week. Any bills introduced after these deadlines will be referred to the chambers’ respective Rules Committees, requiring a vote of those bodies before referral to a standing committee. Late bills are less likely to get a hearing during the session since a third of the

Read Full Newsletter Here: Feb. 2, 2026 Digest Over the weekend we had our 20th Annual Legislative Kickoff; out of an abundance of caution, the event was held virtually. While Rev. Nancy McDonald Ladd had enthusiastically accepted our request to be our Keynote speaker, she had to pull out due to a house fire the weekend before the kickoff. Rev. Dr. Fred Muir, who was leading the centering and worship, did an incredible job explaining UULM-MD's origin story and humble beginni

Read Full Newsletter Here: January 13, 2026 Digest On Wednesday, January 14, the Maryland Senate and House of Delegates will convene for its 90-day session with significant changes in the leadership of the House of Delegates. On December 16, they convened for a Special Session and unanimously elected Delegate Joseline Peña-Melnyk as the new Speaker of the House, replacing Adrienne Jones (Maryland’s first woman Speaker and first Black Speaker) who stepped down from the positi

Dear Advocate: Thank you for helping Maryland make significant progress in health as a UULM-MD Advocate.  In our 20 years, we have concentrated on: ·        Working to achieve universal access to affordable quality health care primarily with the Health Care for All! Coalition (HCAC) from our start. ·        Working with HCAC to implement and expand the Affordable Care Act (ACA) including decreasing uninsured individuals in half to 6% with over 400,000 gaining insuranc

Read Full Article Here: https://prod.cdn.everyaction.com/emails/van/TSM/TSMUU/1/106704/REPN2pSC_bCB245i_G22u4Yy1itlDOh-tOQLx4X0d2K_archive 2026 UULM-MD Legislative Kickoff This year's kickoff will be on January 31st, 2025 at the UU Church of Annapolis and online. In addition to planning for the upcoming General Assembly, this is our 20th Legislative Kickoff and we will be looking back at our 20 years of activism in Maryland. Please use the button below to purchase tickets. Sp

Read Full Article Here: https://prod.cdn.everyaction.com/emails/van/TSM/TSMUU/1/106704/hDqQv5DT_-RtEAhTn0GexQ4oQfxjZKkaA1o7GoV6zSB_archive In the current climate, many people have questions about federal changes to health care in Maryland, enrollment in health coverage, consumer protections for insurance, and access to vaccines.   We, as well as our friends and family, will be affected by the devastating changes and proposals of the Federal government on health care.  Since U

Read Full Article Here: March 10th Digest Status of Priority Bills As of this past week, all of UULM-MD's priority measures have been...

Read Full Digest Here: March 3rd Digest This week, nine of our remaining UULM-MD priority bills will be heard in committee, with two...

Read Full Digest Here: Feb. 24, 2025 Digest We now have 37 priority measures comprised of 64 bills (due to companion bills filed in each...

Read Full Newsletter here: February 17th Digest This past week, five of our priority bills were brought to a vote in committee, and one...

Our Legislative Kick Off, members from around the state joined us and our partners, CASA, Maryland Health Care for All, MA4JR, and...

Check out the Full Digest Here: Digest #3 Feb. 3, 2025 Today, Monday, February 3, is the Senate deadline to submit bills. The House...

After processing how we feel about the election results, we need to understand the potential impacts and prepare to take action as...

At midnight on Monday, April 8, the General Assembly adjourned “sine die” (with no appointed date to reconvene – this year).  By that...