The issue
Senate Bill 0587 passed the Maryland State Senate and will be heard in the House Health and Government Operations committee on Tuesday, March 25, 2025. SB 0587 will establish a state wide commission to study the impacts of enslavement, Jim Crow and other forms of racial oppression against Black people in Maryland and to make formal recommendations in 2027 to the Maryland General Assembly regarding steps to address the ongoing impacts of this history on Black people in Maryland. Maryland has adopted a piecemeal strategy regarding the expungement of criminal records.
The Challenge
Contact the House Health and Government Operations Committee.
Urge them to Pass this bill out of their committees.
Time is of the essence for bills to progress through the Maryland General Assembly.
Take Action Now
Contact members of the Committee
You can also call, email and tag committee members on social media to tell them to PASS this bill out of their committee.
Email the
House Health and Government Operations Committee
Let state legislators hear your voice!
YOU make the difference between this legislation passing or not. We need you to email contact legislators so that they will support the community’s demands.
In other words - contacting your elected officials make a HUGE difference.
Fill out the forms to the left and hit "Send" to demand that legislators PASS this bill out of their committee.
