The deadline looms.
A bill drafting request must be made by 5:00 tomorrow for staff to prepare it in time for the next deadline, which guarantees that your bill will get a hearing.
No guarantee of a vote on the bill after that hearing.
Among the requests I made this weekend are:
- The Election Integrity Act – It would enact two provisions in HR 1, the political reform legislation introduced by Congressman John Sarbanes, that are not already in Maryland law.
- Reintroduction of a 2018 bill that would provide an incentive for contractors with the State to provide health insurance for their employees. The study we agreed to last session has been completed.
Another bill would preserve the food stamp program from federal cuts. It will be heard by the Appropriations Committee. Before introducing this legislation, I’ll meet with key members of the subcommittee that will act on it.
“Without an enthusiastic cadre of supporters willing to take up arms this session,” an advocate wrote me, I won’t be introducing a bill we had discussed this summer.
I’ll put it in my bills.20 Word file.
