Today, the Judicial Proceedings Committee unanimously approved Senate Bill 68 – Sexual Offenses – Crime of Violence and Lifetime Supervision. This legislation is sponsored by Senator Bailey and is intended to help protect children from some of the most heinous crimes imaginable, specifically felony sexual… Read More »Week 4 Update
Senator Bailey returned to floor of the Senate on Wednesday after testing positive for COVID last week. He would like to thank everyone who has contacted him in the last week for their kind words and well-wishes. This week, Senator Bailey introduced five more bills… Read More »Week 3 Update
This week was the first full week of the 2022 Legislative Session. As the Senate’s Committees begin to consider legislation, two of Senator Bailey’s bills received hearings this week: Senate Bill 68 – Sexual Offenses – Crime of Violence and Lifetime Supervision would strengthen Maryland’s… Read More »Week 2 Update
On Wednesday, January 12, 2022, the Maryland General Assembly convened for this year’s regular session. Senator Bailey looks forward to providing available, approachable, and committed leadership for St. Mary’s and Calvert Counties and working to advance our priorities in the Senate again this year. As… Read More »Session 2022
The Maryland General Assembly convened for a Special Session on December 6, 2021 to consider bills related to Congressional redistricting. In addition to redistricting, the General Assembly was also presented with the Governor’s vetoes from the 2021 Regular Session and elected a new Treasurer as… Read More »2021 Special Session Recap
On Wednesday, September 29th, Senator Jack Bailey hosted colleagues from the Senate Republican Caucus for a tour of St. Mary’s County, past and present. Stops on the tour included the Loveville Produce Auction, a windshield tour of Leonardtown, Historic St. Mary’s City, St. Mary’s College,… Read More »Tour of St. Mary’s County for Fellow Senators
Senator Bailey shares the concerns of many relating to the lack of representation from Southern Maryland and rural areas of Maryland in the composition of members of the Accountability and Implementation Board (AIB). The below letter was submitted for consideration to the Chair and Vice-Chair… Read More »Accountability and Implementation Board (AIB) Letter of Concern
Senator Bailey addressed the Maryland Citizens Redistricting Commission to express his opposition to draft redistricting maps that would divide St. Mary’s County into two state Senate districts. During his remarks, the Senator addressed the need to keep St. Mary’s County together and represented by a… Read More »Maryland Citizens Redistricting Commission Testimony
Many of you have reached out to follow up with questions from my call to action email yesterday. Hopefully the information below will provide clarification on this plan’s impact and assist you in submitting or presenting testimony to the committee on Monday. The preliminary draft legislative redistricting… Read More »Keep St. Mary’s Together Additional Information
Delegate Morgan and I want to alert you to the following political redistricting proposal that we believe substantially weakens St. Mary’s County. The proposal comes from the Maryland Citizens Redistricting Commission, which will host its final meeting with public input on Monday. Redistricting is performed… Read More »Keep St. Mary’s Together Call to Action