MC 7-11 Passes 21-1-2 in the Montgomery County House

On Friday, February 4th, the Montgomery County House Delegation voted on MC 7-11, the SMOB voting rights bill.

It passed with a near unanimous majority vote of 21-1-2, with only Delegate Gilchrist voting in the negative (again). Delegates Mizeur and Simmons were absent from the voting.

The bill will now move to the Montgomery County Senate Delegation.
The members of the Senate Delegation are:

• - District 14: Karen Montgomery, Phone: 301-858-3625 / 410-841-3625
• - District 15: Rob Garagiola, Phone: 301-858-3169 / 410-841-3169
• - District 16: Brian Frosh, Phone: 301-858-3124 / 410-841-3124
• - District 17: Jennie Forehand, Phone: 301-858-3134 / 410-841-3134
• - District 18: Richard Madaleno, Phone: 301-858-3137 / 410-841-3137
• - District 19: Roger Manno, Phone: 301-858-3151 / 410-841-3151
• - District 20: Jamie Raskin, Phone: 301-858-3634 / 410-841-3634
• - District 39: Nancy King, Phone: 301-858-3686 / 410-841-3686

The SMOB Council and I will be working on lobbying over the next several weeks.

Full text of the bill: http://www.montgomerycountydelegation.com/documents/MC7-11.pdf

County Affairs Committee Vote (February 2nd): http://www.montgomerycountydelegation.com/documents/CAMC7-11bill.pdf

House Delegation Vote (February 4th): http://www.montgomerycountydelegation.com/documents/HouseDelMC7-11bill.pdf