On March 3rd and March 14th, 18 Marylanders testified in the House of Delegates and the Senate respectively in support of an Article V Convention of States. You can watch their compelling testimonies by selecting the links with their names below.
Mike Rilee, our State Director hails from District 19 in Derwood. Mike kicked off the testimonies.
I'm a PhD scientist who develops advanced computing technologies for climate science.
We're a non-profit Constitutional educational organization dedicated to helping Mar improve our civic skills and build bridges between constituents and their legislators.
Maryland's share of federal spending is $113 Billion. How much control do you have over that $113 Billion?
Are we getting the value we deserve?
We Marylander's know best how to apply our citizens' hard earned resources to the problems that we face here in our state.
Bob Betz is our State Information Analyst and a Convention of States Action volunteer since 2016. Bob is one of our founding members from District 9.
All of us supporting a SJ-1 oppose a Constitutional Convention. SJ-1 proposes an amendments convention, not a constitutional convention. The two are as different as Joe Biden and Donald Trump.
The most recent convention of states was held in the 1990s to discuss water rights among several western states.
The only power this Convention of States has is to propose, not adopt, amendments to the Constitution.
Paul Macri is a new to Maryland, but not new to Convention of States Action. Paul and his wife recently moved from Hawaii to Westover (District 38). Paul was active with Convention of States Action Hawaii and is now Maryland's our Grassroots Coordinator.
We don't want term limits on you! We like you and we need your voice. We want term limits on those in DC.
We want to end the one size fits none approach and return powers to 50 laboratories of state governance.
Mike, Bob and Paul represent over 30,000 Maryland citizens that support an Article V Convention of States as proposed in SJ1 and HJ2. There are 30,500 Marylanders that have signed the petition and expect a vote on the resolution by the Committee for a full debate on the Senate floor.
The legislative session is ending soon - we are hopeful our resolution will be voted on this session so that it can be debated in the full House and Senate.
CONTACT YOUR LEGISLATOR
ASK THEM TO VOTE HJ2 & SJ2 OUT OF COMMITTEE
We are now more than halfway to our goal to convene a Convention of States! 19 of the needed 34 states have passed the resolution, and we're making progress in the remaining states, including Maryland. Our national goal is to reach 24 states by 2024 and the required 34 by 2026. Momentum is on our side! To learn more about getting involved, click the image below.
