With pennies no longer in production Maryland lawmakers are considering emergency legislation to help businesses deal with the "penny less" challenges that lie ahead.
My story for the latest #StateCircle on #MarylandPublicTelevision.
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Maryland's Clean Water Priorities at Crossover On Monday, Maryland passed a critical legislative deadline called “Crossover.” To keep moving forward after this deadline, a bill must have passed either the Senate or the House and crossed over into ...

Just two weeks are left in MD's General Assembly session this year - here's how our Clean Water priorities fared and how you can take action for #ZeroWaste & #SaferSeptics! #mdga26
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Good afternoon & welcome to the first post-Crossover edition of #NotableMarylandBills for #MDGA26! We've got one (1) House straggler & a couple bills from each chamber hoping to gain favor on the other side of Lawyers Mall today so let's dig in...

What to watch in the 2026 Maryland General Assembly This Monday marks Crossover Day, the deadline for most of the bills introduced over the last two months of the Maryland General Assembly’s annual legislative session. The 2026 Maryland legislative ses...

Just in time for Crossover Day, my latest article for @ggwash.org takes a look at some of the best and biggest urbanist bills in #MDGA26 hoping to advance on towards the Governor's Desk. Check it out! ggwash.org/view/102817/...

I've got a piece coming for @ggwash.org highlighting some of the bigger transit, housing, & energy bills of #MDGA26 that should be up next week, give that a read too if you've liked what I've posted here.

Good afternoon & welcome to the last #NotableMarylandBills thread before Crossover. To be quite honest, I haven't yet decided what, if anything, I'm going to do w/ the thread for the last 3 weeks of #MDGA26; if previous experience is any indication, probably not much....

MD Health Connection was able to protect some Marylanders this year from losing their coverage thanks to a state subsidy program. But, the program will be much more limited next year without funding. SB 987/HB 484 would help protect health care access. Go to healthcareforall.com/calltoaction #mdga26

Good morning & welcome to the penultimate #NotableMarylandBills of #MDGA26 before Crossover! Only 3 committees today, all in the House, only 1 tomorrow, also in the House & the one tomorrow is only hearing 2 bills & tbh one of those 2 is pretty dry so that's going to be a real quick one...

Wow! Great work! This is an incredible haul of beverage container litter! It shows how impactful a bottle bill could be in reducing litter. There would be far fewer plastic bottles and cans trashed if people could return them to the store for a refund! #MDBottleBill #MDGA26

Just because you say your amendment is friendly does not make it so. #mdga26

Just because you say you are here in STRONG support of a bill doesn’t get you extra points. #mdga26

Meanwhile, Wes Moore still can't answer for the 68 inmate deaths at Maryland prisons last year #Maryland #MDGA26 #MDPolitics

Maryland College Republicans hosting White Supremacist The once respected and effective College Republicans have been reduced to this?

Maryland College Republicans hosting White Supremacist www.theduckpin.com/p/maryland-c... #MDPolitics #MDGA26 #politics

WRAP today in Annapolis, Maryland championing legislative deterrents to drunk driving and underage drinking. ⚖️ #MDGA26 mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/

SB 386 (HB 897) Electricity Transmission and Distribution, Energy Storage, and Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund (Lower Bills and Local Power Act of 2026) "Requiring an electric company, located in the State, that owns or operates a transmission line that is designed to carry a voltage in excess of 69,000 volts to participate as a member in a regional transmission organization under certain circumstances; requiring a person applying for a certain certificate of public convenience and necessity to include certain information with the application; requiring certain transmission utilities to submit a certain advanced transmission technology implementation report; etc"

Next up, 8 out of Education, Energy, & the Environment, including one of Gov. Wes Moore's big energy bills for #MDGA26, SB 386/HB 897 across the Mall in E&T, the "Lower Bills & Local Power Act of 2026": mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/L... mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/L...

Good morning & welcome to the first Monday edition of #NotableMarylandBills for #MDGA26. It's not a long one, less because of last night's snowstorm & more because it's the House of Delegates' turn to have Liquor Law Day today & most of the highlights got covered when the Sen. had their turn on Fri.

Bouchat Passes on Governor's Race....This Time Tells The Duckpin he's announcing his candidacy for 2030

Bouchat Passes on Governor's Race....This Time #MDPolitics #MDGov #MDGA26 www.theduckpin.com/p/bouchat-pa...

Good morning & welcome to another week of #NotableMarylandBills! Both chambers' Rules Committee deadlines are now past us so by pretty much any measure, #MDGA26 is now in full swing & today's docket definitely shows that so let's get started...

Upcoming Hearings for 2/10 & 2/11!

This week, hearings for SB342 & HB331 will take place @ 1:00pm on Tuesday, 2/10 and Wednesday, 2/11, respectively.
All testimony for SB342 in particular is due by 6:00pm, TODAY!

#MDGA26 #PlasticPollution

Maryland's State Board of Elections administrator updated a State House committee last week on the latest concerning voting security and voting rights.
My story for this week's #StateCircle on #MarylandPublicTelevision.
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#MarylandStateBoardOfElections
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Thank you, Delegate Lehman, for your support❗️I’m grateful to have your partnership as we continue building a people-powered campaign and prepare to work together for District 1 alongside our state leaders. #TeamMichelle #MDGA26 #MDpolitics

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I'm in Annapolis with volunteers from accross Maryland @MD-momsdemandaction #MDPolitics #MomsAreEverywhere #MDGA2026 #MDGA26

I'm at the @MD_Moms Demand Action Advocacy Day in Annapolis! We're here to have important conversations with lawmakers about actions they can take to prevent gun violence in our communities. #MDPolitics #MomsAreEverywhere #MDGA2026 #MDGA26

For safer septic systems, MD needs inspections! Email your representatives!

We just finished testifying in the Senate for #SaferSeptics - and tomorrow, we'll be back in the House! #mdga26

Tell your representatives to pass this bill to find & fix failing septic systems.

Protect our local streams & drinking water from untreated human waste! #ProtectCleanWater

Good morning & welcome to the first February #NotableMarylandBills thread of #MDGA26! For all the floor debates yesterday & today, there's still also a lot of bill hearings today as the session begins to heat up (At least SOMETHING'S heating up) so let's get started....

Live, Laugh, Toaster Bath Having learned nothing from his two most recent defeats, Dan Cox is running for Governor again

Having learned nothing from his two most recent defeats, Dan Cox is running for Governor again. www.theduckpin.com/p/live-laugh...

#Maryland #MDPolitics #MDGov #MDGA26

Beverage container recycling refunds are a proven policy tool for improving recycling collection and reducing litter at the source.

Show your 💖 for the Bottle Bill in the comments below!👇

#bottlebill #MDBottleBill #MDGA26 #RecyclingRefund #plasticpollution #litter

Just dropped the No Kings Act - to give Maryland residents the right to sue federal officials who violate their constitutional rights. Crossfiled with my friend @lcharkoudian.bsky.social . #mdga26

WRAP today in Annapolis, Maryland championing legislative deterrents to drunk driving and underage drinking. ⚖️ #MDGA26 mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/

Next, the first 3 bills of this thread for #MDGA26 from the House Appropriations Committee!