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Chair

Senator Katie Fry Hester

Vice Chair

Senator Arthur Ellis

Address

Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Phone

410-841-3600

Toll-free in MD: 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3600

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Kacey Smith, Office of the Senate President

Issue Areas
: Considers proposals concerning the rules, organization, and procedures of the Senate or the legislature
: Reviews legislation introduced after the bill introduction deadline and decides whether to re-refer those bills to the appropriate principal standing committees

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Legislation	Sponsorship Type Sort	Chamber Sort
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0104 Title Legislative and Congressional Redistricting and Legislative and Congressional Redistricting and Apportionment Commission (Fair Districts for Maryland Act) Sponsor Senator Hershey	2	1
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0844 Title Annual Corrective Bill Sponsor President	6	1
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0888 Title Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress Sponsor Senator Lam	2	1
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0955 (HB0955) Title Real Property - Condominiums and Homeowners Associations - Elections Sponsor Senator Kagan	2	1
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0958 Title Alcoholic Beverages – Class L Beer, Wine, and Liquor License – Established Sponsor Senator Gile	2	1
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0959 (HB1526) Title Carroll County - Alcoholic Beverages - Class 1 Distillery On-Premises Consumption Permit Sponsor Carroll County Senators	4	1
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0960 (HB1430) Title Maryland Public Charter School Program - School Facilities - Funding Sponsor Senator Rosapepe	2	1
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0961 (HB0175) Title Income Tax Credit - Venison Donation - Alterations Sponsor Senator Salling	2	1
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0963 (HB1167) Title Maryland Department of Health - Medicaid Management Information System - Mainframe System Replacement Sponsor Senator Hester	2	1
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0964 (HB0864) Title Public Works Contracts - Apprenticeship Requirements (Maryland Workforce Apprenticeship Utilization Act) Sponsor Senator McCray	2	1
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0967 (HB1301) Title Land Use - Historic Preservation Commission - Right of Appeal Sponsor Senator Gallion	2	1
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0971 (HB0959) Title Natural Resources - Establishment of Gwynns Falls State Park Sponsor Senator Hayes	2	1
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0973 (HB1437) Title Income Tax - Credit for Long-Term Care Premiums Sponsor Senator Ready	2	1
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0975 (HB1462) Title Department of Social and Economic Mobility - Individuals With Disabilities Sponsor Senator Corderman	2	1
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0977 (HB1278) Title Maryland Positive Youth Development Commission and Fund – Establishment Sponsor Senator Harris	2	1
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0978 (HB1433) Title Community Colleges - Collective Bargaining - Definition of Supervisory Employee Sponsor Senator Washington, A.	2	1
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0979 (HB1105) Title Statute of Limitations - Prosecution or Enforcement of Local Consumer Protection Codes Sponsor Senator McCray	4	1
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0981 (HB0402) Title Common Ownership Communities - Ombudsman Unit, Governing Document Database, and Local Commissions Sponsor Senator Muse	2	1
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0982 (HB1616) Title Mutual Insurance Holding Companies - Conversion to Mutual Insurers Sponsor Senator McCray	2	1
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0986 (HB1459) Title Public Safety - Stationary Energy Storage Systems Sponsor Senator McKay	2	1
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0989 (HB0924) Title Child Exploitation Material - Civil and Criminal Actions (Safe Kids Act) Sponsor Senator Henson	2	1
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0990 (HB0531) Title Public Schools STEM and Robotics Program Task Force - Establishment Sponsor Senator Rosapepe	2	1
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0991 (HB1620) Title Public Information Act - Inspectors General - Access of Public Records Sponsor Senator Jennings	2	1
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0993 (HB0366) Title Workers' Compensation - Exemption From Exclusivity of Remedy - Action for Wrongful Death by Nondependent Child Sponsor Senator Jackson	2	1
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0994 (HB1631) Title Agriculture - Hemp Manufacturing License - Establishment Sponsor Senator Feldman	2	1
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0995 Title Cannabis Licensure - Labor Peace Agreements and Collective Bargaining Sponsor Senator Jackson	2	1
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0996 (HB0980) Title Family Law and State Government - Child Protection and the Office of the Child Welfare Ombudsman (Kanaiyah's Law) Sponsor Senator Zucker	2	1
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0997 Title Retail Supply of Electricity and Gas Sponsor Senator Jennings	2	1
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0998 Title Real Property - Mobile Home Parks - Rent Limitations Sponsor Senator Jennings	2	1
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SB0999 Title County Boards of Education - Reappointments of County Superintendents of Schools - Audit Requirement (Local School System Fiscal Accountability Act) Sponsor Senator Jennings	2	1
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) SJ0005 Title Frontotemporal Degeneration Awareness Week Sponsor Senator Ready	2	1
Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter) HB0488 Title Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress Sponsor Delegate Wilson	2	2

Bill/Chapter (Cross/Chapter)	Title	Sponsor	Sponsorship Type Sort	Chamber Sort	Current Status	Org Committees & Hearings	Opp Committees & Hearings
SB0104	Legislative and Congressional Redistricting and Legislative and Congressional Redistricting and Apportionment Commission (Fair Districts for Maryland Act)	Senator Hershey	2	1	In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules	Rules
SB0844	Annual Corrective Bill	President	6	1	In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules	Rules
SB0888	Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress	Senator Lam	2	1	In the Senate - Reassigned to Senate Rules	Rules
SB0955 (HB0955)	Real Property - Condominiums and Homeowners Associations - Elections	Senator Kagan	2	1	In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules	Rules
SB0958	Alcoholic Beverages – Class L Beer, Wine, and Liquor License – Established	Senator Gile	2	1	In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules	Rules
SB0959 (HB1526)	Carroll County - Alcoholic Beverages - Class 1 Distillery On-Premises Consumption Permit	Carroll County Senators	4	1	In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules	Rules
SB0960 (HB1430)	Maryland Public Charter School Program - School Facilities - Funding	Senator Rosapepe	2	1	In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules	Rules
SB0961 (HB0175)	Income Tax Credit - Venison Donation - Alterations	Senator Salling	2	1	In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules	Rules
SB0963 (HB1167)	Maryland Department of Health - Medicaid Management Information System - Mainframe System Replacement	Senator Hester	2	1	In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules	Rules
SB0964 (HB0864)	Public Works Contracts - Apprenticeship Requirements (Maryland Workforce Apprenticeship Utilization Act)	Senator McCray	2	1	In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules	Rules
SB0967 (HB1301)	Land Use - Historic Preservation Commission - Right of Appeal	Senator Gallion	2	1	In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules	Rules
SB0971 (HB0959)	Natural Resources - Establishment of Gwynns Falls State Park	Senator Hayes	2	1	In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules	Rules
SB0973 (HB1437)	Income Tax - Credit for Long-Term Care Premiums	Senator Ready	2	1	In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules	Rules
SB0975 (HB1462)	Department of Social and Economic Mobility - Individuals With Disabilities	Senator Corderman	2	1	In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules	Rules
SB0977 (HB1278)	Maryland Positive Youth Development Commission and Fund – Establishment	Senator Harris	2	1	In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules	Rules
SB0978 (HB1433)	Community Colleges - Collective Bargaining - Definition of Supervisory Employee	Senator Washington, A.	2	1	In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules	Rules
SB0979 (HB1105)	Statute of Limitations - Prosecution or Enforcement of Local Consumer Protection Codes	Senator McCray	4	1	In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules	Rules
SB0981 (HB0402)	Common Ownership Communities - Ombudsman Unit, Governing Document Database, and Local Commissions	Senator Muse	2	1	In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules	Rules
SB0982 (HB1616)	Mutual Insurance Holding Companies - Conversion to Mutual Insurers	Senator McCray	2	1	In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules	Rules
SB0986 (HB1459)	Public Safety - Stationary Energy Storage Systems	Senator McKay	2	1	In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules	Rules
SB0989 (HB0924)	Child Exploitation Material - Civil and Criminal Actions (Safe Kids Act)	Senator Henson	2	1	In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules	Rules
SB0990 (HB0531)	Public Schools STEM and Robotics Program Task Force - Establishment	Senator Rosapepe	2	1	In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules	Rules
SB0991 (HB1620)	Public Information Act - Inspectors General - Access of Public Records	Senator Jennings	2	1	In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules	Rules
SB0993 (HB0366)	Workers' Compensation - Exemption From Exclusivity of Remedy - Action for Wrongful Death by Nondependent Child	Senator Jackson	2	1	In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules	Rules
SB0994 (HB1631)	Agriculture - Hemp Manufacturing License - Establishment	Senator Feldman	2	1	In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules	Rules
SB0995	Cannabis Licensure - Labor Peace Agreements and Collective Bargaining	Senator Jackson	2	1	In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules	Rules
SB0996 (HB0980)	Family Law and State Government - Child Protection and the Office of the Child Welfare Ombudsman (Kanaiyah's Law)	Senator Zucker	2	1	In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules	Rules
SB0997	Retail Supply of Electricity and Gas	Senator Jennings	2	1	In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules	Rules
SB0998	Real Property - Mobile Home Parks - Rent Limitations	Senator Jennings	2	1	In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules	Rules
SB0999	County Boards of Education - Reappointments of County Superintendents of Schools - Audit Requirement (Local School System Fiscal Accountability Act)	Senator Jennings	2	1	In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules	Rules
SJ0005	Frontotemporal Degeneration Awareness Week	Senator Ready	2	1	In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules	Rules
HB0488	Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress	Delegate Wilson	2	2	In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules	Rules and Executive Nominations 1/27/2026 - 3:00 PM	Rules