HB 52

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

Sponsor: Jheanelle K. Wilkins (District 20)Committee: Government, Labor, and ElectionsSubject: ElectionsStatus: Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m. (as of Sep 4, 2026)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the State Board of Elections to provide a toll-free voter hotline for incarcerated individuals to receive information about voting, request election-related materials, and report voting rights violations; 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 (59)

MGA witness list

FAV 51FavorableUNF 7UnfavorableINFO 1Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Downie, Yehesuah	Campaign Legal Center	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Antoine, Joannelobbyist	Common Cause Maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Hession, Melody	Delaware-Maryland Synod of the ELCA	Position only
FAV	Stinar, Braden	Disability Rights Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Quarles, Antoin	Helping Oppressed People Excel (H.O.P.E.)	Oral
FAV	Brown-Krausz, Marna	Indivisible HOCOMD	Written (PDF)
FAV	Tyree, Nikki	LWVMD	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Johnson, Qiana	Life After Release	Oral
FAV	Wilkins, Jheanelle	Maryland House of Delegates	Written (PDF)
FAV	Cooper, Monica	Maryland Justice Project	Oral
FAV	Orbe, Jr., Carlos	Maryland Latinos Unidos	Written (PDF)
FAV	Plante, Cecilia	Maryland Legislative Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Jones, Miguel	Maryland NORML	Written (PDF)
FAV	Thuronyi, Victor	Marylanders for End-of-Life Options	Written (PDF)
FAV	Brooks, Imani	NAACP Legal Defense Fund	Written (PDF)
FAV	Brooks, Imani	NAACPLDF	Position only
FAV	Frost, Lesley	Nationa Council of Jewish Women, MD Action Team	Written (PDF)
FAV	Duckett-Randolph, Neka	Out 4 Justice	Written (PDF)
FAV	Briley, Marsha	Out For Justice	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Burton, D'wan	Out For Justice	Position only
FAV	Levi, Gwendolyn	Out For Justice	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Selden, Trina	Out for Justice	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Weinberg, Davidlobbyist	Protect Democracy United	Position only
FAV	Anderson, Owen	Ranked Choice Voting Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Phillips-Nugent, Mollylobbyist	Responsive Gov Action	Position only
FAV	Blaha, Katherine	SURJ	Written (PDF)
FAV	Wilkins, Katherine	SURJ	Written (PDF)
FAV	Badeker, Melissa	SURJ Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Eckel, Rianna	SURJ Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Kronser, Lori	Showing Up for Racial Justice Annapolis and Anne Arundel County	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hoffman, Theresa M.	Showing Up for Racial Justice Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Keipper, Lindsay	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	Miller, Cynthia	Third Act MD	Written (PDF)
FAV	McNair, Lee	Unitarian Universalist Environmental Justice Ministry	Position only
FAV	Kaplowitz, Richard KAP	Year	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	Delegate Wilkins, Delegate Wilkinslegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Ellis, Andy	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Ford, John	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Lent, Michael	Individual	Position only
FAV	Mitchell, Martin	Individual	Oral
FAV	Nance, Jennifer	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Phillips-Nugent, Mollylobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Ruyle, Jennifer	Individual	Oral
FAV	Sitz, Lindsey	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Tsiongas, Magdalena	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Turner, Rebecca	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Yoder, Daryl	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	CARRICK, SHARON	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Lang, Alan	Individual	Position only
UNF	Mauer, William	Individual	Position only
UNF	Meyerovich, Mark	Individual	Position only
UNF	Nelson, Mary	Individual	Position only
UNF	Rosa, Richard	Individual	Position only
UNF	Tibbals, Trudy	Individual	Written (PDF)
INFO	Clark, Tiffany	Office of the Attorney General	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Campaign Legal CenterFAV 1

Common Cause MarylandFAV 1

Delaware-Maryland Synod of the ELCAFAV 1

Disability Rights MarylandFAV 1

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

Indivisible HOCOMDFAV 1

Life After ReleaseFAV 1

LWVMDFAV 1

Maryland House of DelegatesFAV 1

Maryland Justice ProjectFAV 1

Maryland Latinos UnidosFAV 1

Maryland Legislative CoalitionFAV 1

Maryland NORMLFAV 1

Marylanders for End-of-Life OptionsFAV 1

NAACP Legal Defense FundFAV 1

NAACPLDFFAV 1

Nationa Council of Jewish Women, MD Action TeamFAV 1

Office of the Attorney GeneralINFO 1

Out 4 JusticeFAV 1

Out for JusticeFAV 1

Out For JusticeFAV 3

Protect Democracy UnitedFAV 1

Ranked Choice Voting MarylandFAV 1

Responsive Gov ActionFAV 1

Showing Up for Racial Justice Annapolis and Anne Arundel CountyFAV 1

Showing Up for Racial Justice BaltimoreFAV 1

Showing Up for Racial Justice- BaltimoreFAV 1

Social Work Advocates for Social ChangeFAV 1

SURJFAV 2

SURJ BaltimoreFAV 2

The Sentencing ProjectFAV 1

Third Act MDFAV 1

Unitarian Universalist Environmental Justice MinistryFAV 1

YearFAV 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

FAVWeinberg, DavidProtect Democracy UnitedRegistered for: Protect Democracy United

FAVPhillips-Nugent, MollyResponsive Gov ActionRegistered for: Responsive Gov Action, Inc.

FAVAmanuel, YanetRegistered for: ACLU of Maryland

FAVPhillips-Nugent, MollyRegistered for: Responsive Gov Action, Inc.