AAUW Anne Arundel County Branch Public Policy Committee Co-Chairs:
Roxann King, roxann.king1@gmail.com
and Joyce Moyer
AAUW Maryland Public Policy:
aauw-md.aauw.net/
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During election years, our branch works with the League of Women Voters of Anne Arundel County to present forums for the candidates for public office. We encourage all of our members to reach out to friends and relatives and encourage all of them to vote.
VOTE411.org is the League’s web-based interactive voters’ guide. Select Find What’s on Your Ballot to view the candidate responses concerning key issues, as well as candidate photos, updates submitted after the print deadline and more. VOTE411.org allows you to compare candidates side by side and create a personalized ballot.
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When you look through the bills below, which are being supported by AAUW Maryland, see if one is especially important to you. We need some members to serve as point persons on those bills. As a point person you would contact the office of the lead sponsor and the lead advocacy organization/ leader to find out when and how our membership can best help them. AAUW MD would then develop the needed support.
AAUW Maryland’s Legislative Agenda for 2026, January:
AAUW Maryland is supporting twelve bills this year. All ten bills (below) from this year’s Maryland Legislative Agenda for Women (MLAW) are included as well as the two bills related to Safe Staffing in our hospitals.
o Stop Silencing Survivors;
o Protection of Students from Sexual Exploitation in Schools;
o Family and Law Enforcement Protection Act;
o Protection of Identity of Victims of Sexual Assault;
o Prescription Privacy Protection Act for Abortion Medication;
o Comprehensive Rehabilitative Prerelease Services-Female Incarcerated Individuals (The Monica Cooper Prerelease Act);
o Coerced Debt Bill;
o The Maryland Reproductive Justice and Pregnancy Outcome Protection Act;
o Timing of Hearings between TPO and FPO, and Relief for Financial Loss; and
o ICE Enforcement Activities (title TBD)
Here are some ways for you to support this agenda or the bills important to you.
1. Sign up for the MLAW listserv so that you will be notified when hearings are about to occur and committee members need to be contacted.
2. Participate in AAUW Maryland Advocacy Day (usually in mid February).
3. Register and attend the virtual MLAW Legislative Briefing in early February. Attendance is free but registration is required.
For further information about our public policy activities, contact Roxann King.