CURRENT ISSUES to take action on!

Please check the SPRWC Facebook page regularly for up-to-date information on State, County and National legislation, public meetings, etc. at the button below.

WHEN YOU TAKE THE TIME TO LEARN THE MARYLAND LEGISLATIVE PROCESS AND ASPECTS OF THE MARYLAND GENERAL ASSEMBLY WEBSITE NOW, YOU WILL BE PREPARED FOR WHEN THE NEXT SESSION BEGINS IN JANUARY 2025.

To view a calendar of what occurs each day of the MD General Assembly Legislative session, go to this link:  

To understand how a bill passes through the Maryland Legislature, a spreadsheet with easy to understand text that explains the process is at this link.

  To view Video Tutorials, on the Maryland General Assembly website, such as Introduction to MGA, Understanding a Bill Page, Finding a Legislator, Witness Sign Up (to testify for or against a bill) and more, go to this link.

IF YOU WANT MORE IN-DEPTH TRAINING ON THE MGA WEBSITE, GO TO THE SECTION BELOW, WHICH INCLUDES AN HOUR-LONG TRAINING ON THE MGA WEBSITE AND HOW TO PRESENT WRITTEN TESTIMONY.

Navigating the Maryland General Assembly website can be daunting when you go it alone.

The Training Video Button below goes to a video that explains (almost) everything about the MGA website.  

It covers:  

• How to learn about the bills, whether they are favorable or unfavorable to conservative values, and where they are in the Legislative process.
• How to give your testimony for or against a bill in either written or verbal form.
• Where to find the contact info for your Delegates and Senators
• Which Legislator(s) is/are on what committee(s).
• How to email all committee members to either vote for or against a bill.
• And much more.

You may watch the video, or sections of it, over and over again to get a firm grasp of the bill process and how to submit testimony for or against any bill.  It is just over an hour long.

INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO SUBMIT WRITTEN TESTIMONY AND SIGN UP FOR ORAL TESTIMONY FOLLOWS

You must have a My MGA (My Maryland General Assembly) account which you can create here: https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Account/Register/Tracking 

Once you have logged into your account, go to the Witness Signup button on the left side of the webpage.

Locate the bill you want to testify about in either the Senate or House section.

If you are representing an Organization, fill in the name in the Organization field.

Select your position on the bill in the Position field.

Select the type of testimony you want to make in the Testimony field.

If you selected written testimony, click on the upload files button on the right side of the bill and upload your written testimony file which has to be in .pdf format.  You may download a basic template to create your letter here:  https://sprwc.org/pdfs or at the button below.

For other types of testimony, select your preference and follow the prompts.

YOU MUST CLICK "SAVE" AFTER SELECTING YOUR PREFERENCES BEFORE GOING TO THE NEXT BILL.

Then locate the next bill you want to testify on and repeat.

IF YOU DO NOT HAVE TIME TO CREATE WRITTEN TESTIMONY OR APPEAR FOR ORAL TESTIMONY, YOU MAY STILL VOTE FAVORABLY OR UNFAVORABLY ON EACH BILL.  

Just follow the steps above to locate the bill on the MyMGA website, check the box to the left of the bill, then select FAVORABLE or UNFAVORABLE and then click SAVE.  Your vote will still be counted.

To find your Legislator's contact information, go to: https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/members/district and click on Senate or House. You can sort by Name, District, County, or use the filter so search by specific criteria.

PLEASE PASS THIS INFORMATION ON TO FRIENDS, neighbors, family, co-workers and others.

SEE THE CALLS TO ACTION BELOW THAT RELATE TO CURRENT ISSUES.

Each of us has a voice that needs to be heard in order to preserve the freedoms that are being stripped from us daily.  

I hope this page has helped you to more easily take action to halt the loss of our freedoms for generations to come.

THANK YOU!