The Ready Report

Here’s an update on what’s happening in Annapolis at the end of the eighth week of the 2022 General Assembly Session. Weekly Video Update: Climate Bill, Some Progress on Crime & Redistricting News You can watch my weekly video update where I cover a large range of issues by clicking here. ICYMI: Joint Resolution...

Good afternoon, The past two years have brought the reality of how much impact our school system, and the local school boards that govern it, have on our daily lives - including the types of things that are taught and emphasized to children from...

Good afternoon, Late last week, I updated you about a radical proposal being debated in the Senate that would impact the daily lives of all Marylanders. It's called the "Climate Solutions NOW Act of 2022" (SB 528). I broke down the details of the...

Here’s an update on what’s happening in Annapolis at the end of the seventh week of the 2022 General Assembly Session. Weekly Video Update: Fighting Radical “Climate” Bill in Senate An extremely radical “climate” bill is seemingly moving quickly through the state Senate. The ideas in this bill would drastically change the way that Marylanders live their daily lives, and...

Here’s an update on what’s happening in Annapolis at the end of the sixth week of the 2022 General Assembly Session. Weekly Video Update: Theft of Handgun Bill Hearing, Radical “Climate” Legislation, and Election Security Update This was an extremely busy week in Annapolis. One of my bills that would impose a felony charge for the theft of a handgun...

Here’s an update on what’s happening in Annapolis at the end of the fourth full week of session. Update on Shall-Issue Legislation As you may already know, I have sponsored a bill that would make Maryland a “Shall-Issue” state for concealed carry permits, meaning Marylanders would have the right to wear, transport and carry a firearm for self-defense after the...

Thursday - Following the Carroll County Board of Education meeting on Wednesday, February 9th, Senator Justin Ready, Delegate Susan Krebs, Delegate Haven Shoemaker and Delegate April Rose (District 5 – Carroll County) released the following statement: “We applaud the Carroll County Board of Education and the actions they took last night to remove the unscientific mask mandate on our students,...

Here’s an update on what’s happening in Annapolis at the end of the third full week of session. Weekly Video Update – Crime “Solutions” and Unmasking our Children in School For my weekly video update on what is happening in Annapolis, click here. In the video, I discuss how the Democratic party is targeting law-abiding,...

Here’s an update on what’s happening in Annapolis at the end of the second full week of session. Weekly Video Update - Crime and Cost of Living  For my weekly video update on what is happening in Annapolis, click here. Ready in the Press:  Thursday, I was a guest on WBAL, discussing the ongoing issue of crime in...

For Immediate Release Contact: Haven Shoemaker (410) 841-3359 CARROLL COUNTY DELEGATION SECURES FUNDING FOR KEY LOCAL PRIORITIES IN STATE CAPITAL BUDGET Annapolis, MD – On Tuesday, the Governor announced the FY2023 Proposed Capital Budgets. The Carroll County Delegation worked in a bi-partisan fashion in the General Assembly and with the Governor to secure key funding for...

I hope you and your family are doing well. We've completed the first full week of the 2022 General Assembly Session and there have been a number of developments I wanted to make you aware of. There will be more to come in the weeks ahead. Redistricting Update The bulk of the time spent on the Senate floor this week...

Here’s an update on what’s happening in Annapolis at the end of the first week of session, an announcement about our Carroll County Delegation meeting next week with the agenda, and more: Ready in the Press:  Earlier this week, I was on two different Baltimore television stations talking...

“For unto us a child is born, unto to us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful,...

Last night at 5:30 during the week of Christmas, Annapolis Democrats released their state legislative map proposal. This is the map of all the State Senate/House of Delegates districts which have to be within +/- 5% of an exact population. Unfortunately,...

Yesterday, the Maryland General Assembly convened for a Special Session specifically to address Congressional Redistricting.  Also on the agenda were overrides for bills that Governor Hogan vetoed at the end of last Session.  Here is my video update from yesterday.  After this video was made the House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee voted in favor of the Legislative Redistricting...