When the legislature meets for only 90 days, time is your enemy.

There are many hurdles that you have to clear for your bill to pass and only three months to do so.

Consequently, I don’t usually ask that my bills be heard in March.

Except for the three times that I pledged to do so over the last 36 hours.

In each instance, the prospect of a bill hearing where my concerns would be publicized can persuade the affected individual or group to address my concerns between now and that hearing.

One of my bills, however, will be heard tomorrow.

Maryland’s reporter’s shield law protects journalists from having to reveal their confidential sources when subpoenaed to testify – in certain circumstances.

House Bill 385  would extend that protection to bloggers who engage in the gathering and disseminating of news, as defined by the existing law.

I want my witnesses tomorrow to include a conservative blogger.

I asked a Republican colleague if he could contact RedMaryland, “the premier blog of conservative and Republican politics and ideas in the Free State.”

He readily agreed to try.