Maryland Right to Life makes it easy for citizens to become actively involved in the state legislative session each year from January - April. We review and analyze thousands of bills to help you stay informed. It is critical for each pro-life citizen in our state to let your voice be heard. Use our Legislative Trackers on this page to contact committee members and your own elected officials to ask them to SUPPORT OR OPPOSE the bills listed on this page.
After sending your email or letter to legislators, you should attempt to contact them by phone to share your position. Please always be respectful to legislators and their staff members.
Please check this page for updates each week of the legislative session and promote our website www.mdrtl.org to your family, friends and churches.
Be certain also visit our TAKE ACTION campaign, for automated letters to legislators on priority bills.
Thank you!
How to Sign Up to Testify before the Maryland General Assembly
How to Use the Bill Tracker
Bill Link | Bill Title | Sponsor | Committee & Hearing | Notes |
Click on the link to read the bill and track hearing dates and committee members. | Use the link to contact the lawmaker who is supporting the bill and respectfully share your position. | Use this link to learn where to submit testimony and to contact the MEMBERS of the Committee to respectfully share your position BEFORE the hearing date. | Find a brief explanation of the bill here. |
For additional information, please contact MDRTL's Executive Director,
Laura Bogley, J.D. at legislation@mdrtl.org.
MDRTL BILLS TO OPPOSE 2024 | ||||
Please Monitor for Regular Updates | ||||
Submit Written Testimony at https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/MyMGATracking/WitnessSignup | ||||
PLEASE NOTE: YOU MUST SIGN UP TO TESTIFY BY 3PM, 2 DAYS IN ADVANCE OF HOUSE BILLS AND 1 DAY IN ADVANCE OF SENATE BILLS. | ||||
Bill Link | Bill Title | Sponsor | Committee & Hearing | Notes |
HB0232 (SB0218) | Physicians and Allied Health Professions - Reorganization and Revisions | Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee | Health and Government Operations 1/23/2024 - 1:00 PM |
Defines Abortion as medical practice to shield abortionists from liability to patients |
HB0330 | Courts - Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation | Delegate Rosenberg | Judiciary | Attempts to suppress pro-life speech and action |
HB0403 | End-of-Life Option Act (The Honorable Elijah E. Cummings and the Honorable Shane E. Pendergrass Act) | Delegate Hill | Health and Government Operations February 16, 2024 |
Allows doctors and others to prescribe death to vulnerable patients TAKE ACTION NOW |
Judiciary | ||||
SB0443 | End-of-Life Option Act (The Honorable Elijah E. Cummings and the Honorable Shane E. Pendergrass Act) | Senator Waldstreicher | Judicial Proceedings February 8, 2024 |
Allows doctors and others to prescribe death to vulnerable patients TAKE ACTION NOW |
HB0425 (SB0359) | Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Compact | Delegate Rosenberg | Health and Government Operations 2/06/2024 - 1:00 PM |
Will permit nurses not licensed in Maryland to perform or provide abortions |
HJ0001 | Affirming the Federal Equal Rights Amendment | Delegate Patterson | Rules and Executive Nominations | A resolution demanding Congress revive the federal ERA (which expired in 1982) to require unlimited abortion and public funding |
SB0218 (HB0232) | Physicians and Allied Health Professions - Reorganization and Revisions | Chair, Finance Committee | Finance 1/30/2024 - 1:00 PM |
Defines Abortion as medical practice to shield abortionists from liability to patients |
MDRTL BILLS TO SUPPORT 2024 | ||||
Please Monitor for Regular Updates | ||||
Submit Written Testimony at https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/MyMGATracking/WitnessSignup | ||||
PLEASE NOTE: YOU MUST SIGN UP TO TESTIFY BY 3PM, 2 DAYS IN ADVANCE OF HOUSE BILLS AND 1 DAY IN ADVANCE OF SENATE BILLS. | ||||
Bill Link | Bill Title | Sponsor | Committee & Hearing | Notes |
HB0025 | Public Schools - Sexually Explicit Materials - Prohibited in Libraries and Media Centers | Delegate Mangione | Ways and Means 1/31/2024 - 1:00 PM |
Prohibits sexually explicit material in school Family Life curriculum. |
HB0065 | Public Schools - Medical and Psychological Treatment in School-Based Health Centers and Public Schools - Parental Notice | Delegate Miller | Health and Government Operations | Requires schools to provide parental notice before providing certain medical or psychological "treatments" to children. |
Ways and Means | ||||
HB0276 | Health - Abortion Data - Submission to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | Delegate Grammer | Health and Government Operations | Requires abortion providers to submit annual abortion data to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. |
SB0355 | Criminal Law - Display of Obscene Material to Minors - Prohibition | Senator Salling | Judicial Proceedings 2/02/2024 - 1:00 PM |
Protects children from sexually predatory behavior by adults. |
SB0382 | Criminal Law - Display of Obscene Materials to Minors - Age Verification | Senator Salling | Judicial Proceedings 2/01/2024 - 1:00 PM |
Protects children from sexually predatory behavior by adults. |
As of January 23, 2024 |
MDRTL BILLS TO AMEND 2024 | ||||
Please Monitor for Regular Updates | ||||
Submit Written Testimony at https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/MyMGATracking/WitnessSignup | ||||
PLEASE NOTE: YOU MUST SIGN UP TO TESTIFY BY 3PM, 2 DAYS IN ADVANCE OF HOUSE BILLS AND 1 DAY IN ADVANCE OF SENATE BILLS. | ||||
Bill Link | Bill Title | Sponsor | Committee & Hearing | Notes |
2024 Maryland General Assembly Activity
Thank you for choosing MDRTL as your source for legislative information about life issues in Maryland. Our goal is to provide you with timely, accurate information. This page will be updated continually as the session progresses and as the status of bills change.
MDRTL is the only single-issue pro-life lobbying organization in Maryland. We retain a Legislative Director to monitor, take action upon, and lobby on behalf of those whose lives are threatened and cannot defend themselves. MDRTL is currently monitoring or engaged in lobbying efforts on the following bills, which may impact the right to life in Maryland.
Please watch this page for legislative updates and action alerts. We will provide information to help you take an active role in the legislative process, which may include contacting elected officials or providing written or oral testimony.
If you have questions and comments, please contact our Legislative Director at legislation@mdrtl.org.
(For a summary of seminal pro-life votes in prior General Assembly sessions, please refer to the right under "Roll Call Votes".)
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