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Greetings!

Monday marked the important crossover deadline, leaving us with 20 days
before the legislature adjourns. It has been a great session so far with
several of our priority bills headed for final passage, and others
awaiting important votes in the final days of session. We are grateful
to you for all of your support! When we asked, you answered – together,
we sent thousands of emails to legislators from their constituents
asking them to pass important legislation.

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At a time when legislatures around the country are passing inhumane
legislation and criminalizing gender affirming care for trans and gender
diverse people, Maryland just expanded Medicaid coverage for gender
affirming care, AND we fought off harmful amendments that would have
banned gender affirming care for youth. Thank you for helping us defeat
those amendments!

There’s still more work to do! Several important bills have passed one
chamber but haven’t received a vote on the other side. Help these bills
get through the final weeks of session by sending an email to your
legislators in support of:

[ [link removed] ]Accelerating a $15 Minimum Wage >>>

[ [link removed] ]Ending Environmental Racism >>>

[ [link removed] ]Giving MD a Clean, Affordable, & Energy Efficient Future >>>

[ [link removed] ]Protecting the New Paid Family & Medical Leave Program >>>

[ [link removed] ]Giving Tenants Safety, Stability, & Fairness >>>

Unfortunately, some of our session priorities are not going to receive
votes in committee. For the 13th year in a row, the House and Senate have
failed to bring the YES Act to a vote. This bill would end the automatic
charging of youth as adults. We will continue to advocate for this
legislation. If you want to join a citizen advocacy committee for youth
justice, please send us an [ [email protected] ]email.

 

If you want to know the latest on all the bills we’re following at Advance
Maryland, check out our [ [link removed] ]bill tracker here and don’t forget to follow us
on [ [link removed] ]Twitter.

 

With gratitude,

The AMD Team

 

Paid for by Advance Maryland

 

c/o Progress Now

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Lansing, MI 48933

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