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The 2024 Maryland Question 1 was a voter referendum that appeared on the ballot on November 5, 2024. It established in the Constitution of Maryland a right to reproductive freedom. The referendum was approved overwhelmingly, with more than three times as many voters voting in favor of it than against it, and only losing in Garrett County .
The Maryland Senate, as the upper house of the bicameral Maryland General Assembly, shares with the Maryland House of Delegates the responsibility for making laws in the state of Maryland. Bills are often developed in the period between sessions of the General Assembly by the Senate's standing committees or by individual senators.
The Maryland Senate is the upper house of the Maryland General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. State of Maryland. One Senator is elected from each of the state's 47 electoral districts. As of January 2023, 34 of those seats are held by Democrats and 13 by Republicans. The leader of the Senate is known as the President, a position ...
The revenue raised by the bill, known as the Fair Share Maryland for Act of 2024, aims to address these concerns. A major goal of the bill is to increase income taxes for Marylanders who earn more ...
The Maryland General Assembly is scheduled to convene in Annapolis in January. A bill designed to protect judges is a priority, state senators say.
Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown, front left, sits next to Comptroller Brooke Lierman, front right, in the Senate chamber during the opening proceedings of the General Assembly session in ...
The bill passed the Maryland House of Delegates by a vote of 135–3 on March 18, 2019. [45] The bill then moved to the Senate Judiciary Committee, where it faced bipartisan opposition from senators, including Michael Hough and Jill P. Carter; [46] the bill died in the Judiciary Committee after receiving a deadlocked 5–5 vote to advance it. [47]
Maryland’s newest senator, state Sen. Nick Charles, D-Prince George’s County, appointed by Moore and sworn in last December, is one of the Senate backers and co-sponsors of the bill.