ADVOCACY
Use your voice for a stronger state
Use your voice for a stronger state
The Maryland Chamber of Commerce represents the unified voice of the Maryland business community. It is the advocacy arm for businesses in the development and promotion of strong public policy that ensures future economic growth for Maryland businesses, employees and families.
You deserve a voice in the future of Maryland’s economy. As an advocate with the Chamber, you join a collective of thought leaders and a full-time, dedicated government affairs team with strong relationships in Annapolis. You take an active role in the policies that affect your business—with a partner that protects your interests.
We partner with other organizations, businesses and policymakers to accomplish our shared mission, finding amicable solutions across party lines.
Become an advocate and contribute to real change.
Members gain access to toolkits like our annual Advocacy Handbook, which shares crucial contacts, tips for addressing public officials, bills of interest, information about the legislative process, and more.
As the voice for over 6,800 Maryland businesses, we champion pro-growth policies benefitting companies, employees, and communities statewide. Our team is working to outline what our 2024 Legislative Priorities & Anticipated Critical Issues will be. We anticipate sharing that information in the early fall, so please be sure to check back for updates.
Get timely legislative alerts. Contact your representatives. Influence change in Maryland.
Every day in Maryland, policy decisions are made that have a direct impact on our state’s business community – and on your bottom line. Without your voice, expertise, and experience at the table, policies can be enacted that hurt your bottom line.
Take action now to influence Maryland’s policy landscape. Sign up for the Maryland Chamber’s legislative Action Alerts to:
With our alerts, making your voice heard is easy. You’ll get email and text notifications on urgent advocacy issues and can contact key representatives with just one click.
Take Action Now – Your Voice Matters
As a member of the Maryland Chamber of Commerce, you have access to our team of experienced government affairs professionals with a successful record of lobbying on state and federal business issues.
Our 2023 Legislative Report is now available and includes a detailed overview of the bills relevant to the business community that passed or failed and the Chamber’s position on each.
2022 Legislative Report: Explore our detailed overview of the 2022 Legislative Session, including a detailed overview of the bills relevant to the business community that passed or failed and the Chamber’s position on each.
Data Centers: A Victory for the Maryland Chamber and Our State: During the 2020 legislative session, the Maryland Chamber of Commerce established a coalition focused on data centers, a group of 60 business organizations and other interested stakeholders united in support of Senate Bill 397: bipartisan legislation that would provide a sales-and-use tax exemption for the sale of equipment used at a qualified data center.
Take Your Legislator to WorkThe Maryland Chamber of Commerce’s Take Your Legislator to Work Program aims to introduce lawmakers to business owners in their district with the goal of positioning these business owners to become expert resources for lawmakers on critical issues that either benefit or hinder their business, employees and customers.
Lend your voice to grow and shape Maryland’s economy and join our alliance of Maryland business leaders.
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We support a reduced cost of doing business, continued work with the Augustine Commission, and advancing tax policy reforms that may include:
We will continue to work with our broad-based coalition of businesses, trade groups and associations to advance solutions to statewide transportation needs through:
We support fewer incentives for litigation that disproportionately awards plaintiffs, via policies that:
We support market-driven solutions to reduce energy costs that will:
We promote fairness and protect employer interests, and will:
We support meaningful health care reform that lowers the overall cost of health care, via policies that:
See how the Maryland Chamber supports the biopharma and life sciences industry.
We support an education system which produces a well-educated, well-trained Maryland workforce for tomorrow’s business needs through policies that:
We support growing and retaining biotechnology, cybersecurity, and other high-tech business innovators, via policies that:
We support a streamlined and competitive approach to business regulation and oversight that:
