MD HJ7

Maryland General Assembly joins seven state legislatures and over 75 municipalities and counties in passing a "Back from the Brink" resolution calling for reduced nuclear weapons risk

Urges Maryland's Congressional Delegation to cosponsor a resolution in the 119th Congress embracing the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and Back from the Brink policies

Urges the U.S. President and Senate to endorse the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which 74 nations have ratified as of September 2025

Cites $1.7 trillion in planned U.S. nuclear arsenal spending over 30 years and $2.1 billion paid by Maryland taxpayers in fiscal year 2024 for the nuclear weapons complex

Supports five specific policies: pursuing multilateral nuclear disarmament agreements, renouncing first-use of nuclear weapons, ending presidential sole authority to launch attacks, removing hair-trigger alert status, and canceling nuclear modernization plans