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Anti-Nuclear Proliferation Resolution

Sponsor: Alonzo T. Washington (District 22)Committee: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentSubject: Public SafetyStatus: Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Sep 4, 2026)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Stating that the General Assembly joins certain other state legislative bodies, counties, and municipalities in passing a Back from the Brink resolution on reducing the possibility of the use of nuclear weapons; urging members of the State's Congressional Delegation to cosponsor a certain federal resolution related to the use of nuclear weapons; and urging the U.S. President and the U.S. Senate to endorse the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

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Testimony (27)

MGA witness list

FAV 25FavorableUNF 2Unfavorable

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Busch, Andrew	Baltimore Hebrew Congregation	Written (PDF)
FAV	Carrington, Darrell	Carrington & Associates, LLC	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	DuBois, Gwen	Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Fitzgerald, Terrence	Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Searcy, Talisha	City of Takoma Park	Written (PDF)
FAV	Stewart, Frances	Elders Climate Action Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Cooper, Charlie	Get Money Out -- Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Reid, Emma L.	Law Office of E. L. Reid, Esq.	Position only
FAV	Keller, Michael	Maryland Peace Action	Written (PDF)
FAV	Mostello, Lucille	Pax Christi Metro DC-Baltimore	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hall, Daniel	Prevent Nuclear War Maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Phelps Jr, Ken	The Episcopal Diocese of Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Arndt, Dave	Individual	Position only
FAV	Curran, Louis	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Duff, Lucy	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hoang, Lien	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hoffmeister, Donna	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Jasen, Debi	Individual	Position only
FAV	Krone, Christinelobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Lent, Michael	Individual	Position only
FAV	Milholland, Arthur	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Senator Washington, A., Senator Washington, A.legislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Soreng, Nancy	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Wagner, James	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Whitehead, John	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Lang, Alan	Individual	Position only
UNF	Tibbals, Trudy	Individual	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Baltimore Hebrew CongregationFAV 1

Carrington & Associates, LLCFAV 1

Chesapeake Physicians for Social ResponsibilityFAV 2

City of Takoma ParkFAV 1

Elders Climate Action MarylandFAV 1

Get Money Out -- MarylandFAV 1

Law Office of E. L. Reid, Esq.FAV 1

Maryland Peace ActionFAV 1

Pax Christi Metro DC-BaltimoreFAV 1

Prevent Nuclear War MarylandFAV 1

The Episcopal Diocese of MarylandFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVKrone, ChristineRegistered for: American Coatings Association; Baltimore Gas and Electric Company; City of Rockville; Coordinating Center for Home and Community Care, The, LLC (dba The Coordinating Center); Greater Washington Society for Clinical Social Work, Inc.; LifeSpan Network…