SB 647

Election Law - Incarcerated Individuals - Voter Hotline and Voting Eligibility (Voting Rights for All Act)

Sponsor: C. Anthony Muse (District 26)Committee: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentSubject: ElectionsStatus: Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Dec 1, 2025)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the State Board of Elections to provide a certain voter hotline for incarcerated individuals; and altering the circumstances under which an individual is not qualified to be a registered voter for the purpose of allowing individuals convicted of a felony and serving a court-ordered sentence of imprisonment for the conviction to register to vote.

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Testimony (0)

MGA witness list

FAV 38FavorableUNF 6Unfavorable

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Uyeda, Kate	Campaign Legal Center	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Antoine, Joannelobbyist	Common Cause Maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Dews, Christopherlobbyist	Cornerstone Government Affairs	Written (PDF)
FAV	Cross, Dr Cashenna A	Councilwoman At-Large, Glenarden	Oral
FAV	Justice, Gillian	Disability Rights Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kasniunas, Nina	Goucher Prison Education Partnership	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Quarles, Antoin	Helping Oppressed People Excel (H.O.P.E.)	Oral
FAV	Mnck, Marijane	Indivisible Howard County	Written (PDF)
FAV	Tyree, Nikki	LWVMD	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Johnson, Qiana	Life After Release	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Voting Rights Act, Maryland	MD Voting Rights Act table	Written (PDF)
FAV	Cooper, Monica	Maryland Justice Project	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Levi, Gwendolyn	Maryland Justice Project	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Lomax, Walter	Maryland Restorative Justice Initiative	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Themelis, Nina	Mayor's Office of Government Relations	Written (PDF)
FAV	Jones, Ricarra	NAACP	Written (PDF)
FAV	Morris Desir, KESHIA	National Voting in Prison Coalition	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Selden, Trina	Out for Justice	Oral
FAV	Blaha, Katherine	SURJ	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hauck, Barbara	SURJ Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kleinman, Jan	SURJ Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Palmisano, Erica	SURJ Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Shillenn, Rebecca	SURJ Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Muhammad, Craig	Second Look Network	Written (PDF)
FAV	Muse, C. Anthony	Senator Muse	Written (PDF)
FAV	Powell, Holly	Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hoffman, Theresa M.	Showing Up for Racial Justice Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	SWASC, UM	Social Work Advocates for Social Change	Written (PDF)
FAV	Porter, Nicole	The Sentencing Project	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Pinard, Michael	Youth, Education and Justice Clinic, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Amanuel, Yanetlobbyist	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Ford, John	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Grasso, Katherine	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Mitchell, Martin	Individual	Oral
FAV	Senator Muse, Senator Muselegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Stewart, Robert	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Tsiongas, Magdalena	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Yoder, Daryl	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Allen, Nancy	Individual	Position only
UNF	Lang, Alan	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Mauer, William	Individual	Position only
UNF	Meyerovich, Mark	Individual	Position only
UNF	Rosa, Richard	Individual	Position only
UNF	Tibbals, Trudy	Individual	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Campaign Legal CenterFAV 1

Common Cause MarylandFAV 1

Cornerstone Government AffairsFAV 1

Councilwoman At-Large, GlenardenFAV 1

Disability Rights MarylandFAV 1

Goucher Prison Education PartnershipFAV 1

Helping Oppressed People Excel (H.O.P.E.)FAV 1

Indivisible Howard CountyFAV 1

Life After ReleaseFAV 1

LWVMDFAV 1

Maryland Justice ProjectFAV 2

Maryland Restorative Justice InitiativeFAV 1

Mayor's Office of Government RelationsFAV 1

MD Voting Rights Act tableFAV 1

NAACPFAV 1

National Voting in Prison CoalitionFAV 1

Out for JusticeFAV 1

Second Look NetworkFAV 1

Senator MuseFAV 1

Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)FAV 1

Showing Up for Racial Justice BaltimoreFAV 1

Social Work Advocates for Social ChangeFAV 1

SURJFAV 1

SURJ BaltimoreFAV 4

The Sentencing ProjectFAV 1

Youth, Education and Justice Clinic, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of LawFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVAntoine, JoanneCommon Cause MarylandRegistered for: Common Cause Maryland

FAVDews, ChristopherCornerstone Government AffairsRegistered for: Advance Maryland Education Fund; Beyond Impact; Center for Urban Families; Dews & Associates; Out for Justice, Inc.; REFORM Alliance…

FAVAmanuel, YanetRegistered for: ACLU of Maryland