Draft — for attorney review

Community guidelines

Citizen Bills exists to help Marylanders participate in legislation. To keep this a place people can actually use, we ask everyone to follow these guidelines.

What's welcome

• Talking about bills, statutes, policy positions, and how to advocate for change.
• Sharing personal experience relevant to a policy area.
• Organizing around shared interests through open groups.
• Constructive disagreement — position debates make policy better.

What's not welcome

• Naming private individuals or specific communities/associations. If your point requires calling out a neighbor, a specific HOA/condo association, a company, or another named private party, revise it to describe the pattern instead. This applies to group names, group posts, bill suggestions, and comments.
• Harassment, slurs, threats, or targeting anyone based on identity.
• Doxxing — publishing personal contact information or addresses.
• Spam, off-topic promotion, and repeated identical posts.
• Impersonation of legislators, government officials, or other users.

Groups are open

Any signed-in member can join any group. Don't share anything in a group you wouldn't share publicly. Group names are prefixed with "Friends of" on display — keep the stored name to your group's focus, not a place or person.

Moderation

Editors review submissions and on-bill community suggestions before they appear publicly. Content that violates these guidelines will be rejected with a reason. Repeated violations may result in your account being restricted.

Verified ratings and privacy

Ratings from address-verified Maryland residents are counted separately from unverified ratings. Your address is never displayed publicly. See our privacy policy for details on what we store.

Reporting

If you see content that violates these guidelines, contact us at the address in the site footer. Include the URL of the content.

Last updated: draft — pending attorney review.