The Daily Record reports that Hogan appointed Fader Chief Judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals - the state version of a Supreme Court.
ETA - Hogan's proud announcement - https://governor.maryland.gov/2022/04/15/photo-release-governor-hogan-names-new-chief-judge-for-court-of-appeals/
Just sent this to my organization's membership.
Maryland General Assembly Session 2022
Contact the Governor's Office & Request Vetoes
The Maryland General Assembly continues their assault on law-abiding citizens while ignoring the increasing criminal behavior in the state. The following...
This year was certainly an interesting and frustrating year for Maryland politics. With the Pandemic Rules put in place by the Chambers of the General Assembly, providing testimony on bills this year was incredibly restricted, with extremely limited (effectively none) access to the State Capitol...
The MSRPA is announcing last call for ticket purchases for the Henry Rifle Raffle. The drawing will be held on February 1, 2021. See https://www.msrpa.org/rifle-fundraiser/ for details.
New rules posted for testimony - pay close attention to:
Requirement to register on the MGA website if intending to testify in ANY manner (Video or Written)
Incredibly tight timelines for submitting written testimony
Incredibly tight timelines to register for the Video testimony lottery system...
The 2021 Maryland General Assembly session is going to be a beast, with massively restricted abilities for the public to testify on legislation. Our elected representatives are already hard at work and have prefiled over 775 bills across a multitude of topics to be ready to hit the ground...
https://wtop.com/maryland/2020/11/maryland-senate-president-unveils-operations-plan-for-covid-19/
Ain't pretty - as I have suspected for months, especially with Frosh's proclamation that there is no requirement for public input into legislation - very limiting, to the point of shutting out the...
Our former Board Chair recently moved to Texas. As of today, I am proud to offer her congratulations as she takes on the new role of Legislative Director of the Texas State Rifle Association.
Not exclusively 2A, but Chairman Smith is holding hearings in the interim on bills that are NOT YET OFFICIAL (meaning, they have not been presented to the Full Senate in a live hearing of the full body after the full body has been gaveled into session).
Next week's attack is on the Maryland...
Per multiple articles, he is resigning to focus on family/business interests. No additional information at this time on reasons for resigning nor who will replace him.
Washington County Republican Central Committee will need to send a list of possible replacements to the Governor.
After a very contentious journey, the Maryland General Assembly adjourned Sine Die at roughly 5PM on March 18, 2020. The presiding officers of the legislature, responding to the concerns of the COVID-19 outbreak, decided to end the session early...with an expected Special Session to be called...
CALL TO ACTION - Call the Members of the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee - http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Committees/Details?cmte=jpr
March 12, 2020 Bill Hearings on Senate Bills in the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee are being heard SPONSOR ONLY. No citizens will be...
Senator Waldstreicher apparently wants Maryland Dealers out of business.
Please see SB0816 - http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0816?ys=2020RS - and read the bill for details.
The requirements on business operations are onerous.
The Dealers need to make it out in...
Senator Young has declared war on law-abiding citizens.
Despite the fact that there are comparatively few permit holders in the state of Maryland and that, by and large, permit holders are among the least likely statistics to be involved in crime, much less crimes of violence using a firearm...
UPDATED 28JAN2020
It's official, the Maryland General Assembly is coordinating the screwing of firearms owners. Multiple hearings scheduled intentionally on the same subject matter at the same time on the same day in different committees. They are intentionally trying to dilute the voices of...
Maryland General Assembly Session 2020 Prefiled Bills
As of December 20, 2019, several bill have been added to the “Prefiled Legislation” bin at the Maryland General Assembly. This gives us an opportunity to develop a vision for how this next General Asembly Session will go.
I have updated...