House Agenda for April 2, 2025
Floor Agenda (Session 1) Message from the Senate: Consent Calendar of Introductory Senate Bills No. 26 Completed Appropriations Committee Report No. 23 Completed Appropriations Committee Report No. 24 Completed Economic Matters Committee Report No. 27 Completed Economic Matters Committee Report No. 28 Completed Health and Government Operations Committee Report No. 41 Completed Health and Government Operations Committee Report No. 42 Completed Health and Government Operations Committee Report No. 43 Completed Health and Government Operations Committee Report No. 44 Completed Judiciary Committee Report No. 30 Completed Judiciary Committee Report No. 31 Completed Judiciary Committee Report No. 32 Completed Judiciary Committee Report No. 33 Completed Judiciary Committee Report No. 34 Completed Ways and Means Committee Report No. 23 Completed Ways and Means Committee Report No. 24 Completed Ways and Means Committee Report No. 25 Completed Message from the Senate: Concurrence Calendar No. 4 Completed Floor Agenda (Session 2) Message from the Senate: Yeas and Nays No. 2 Completed Message from the Senate: Yeas and Nays No. 3 Completed Message from the Senate: Yeas and Nays No. 4 Completed Message from the Senate: Introductory Senate Bills No. 27 Completed Judiciary Committee Report No. 35 Completed Judiciary Committee Report No. 36 Completed Judiciary Committee Report No. 37 Completed Judiciary Committee Report No. 38 Completed Judiciary Committee Report No. 39 Completed Rules and Executive Nominations Committee Report No. 5 Consent No. 5 Completed Rules and Executive Nominations Committee Report No. 6 Completed Calendar of Third Reading House Bills No. 122 Completed Calendar of Third Reading Senate Bills No. 25 Completed Calendar of Third Reading Senate Bills No. 28 Completed Calendar of Third Reading Senate Bills No. 29 Completed Calendar of Third Reading Senate Bills No. 32 Completed Calendar of Third Reading Senate Bills No. 33 Completed Message from the Senate: Concurrence Calendar No. 5 Completed Message from the Senate: Concurrence Calendar No. 6 Completed Message from the Senate: Concurrence Calendar No. 7 Completed

Floor Agenda (Session 1)
April 2, 2025
Message from the Senate: Consent Calendar of Introductory Senate Bills No. 26
Senate Bills Introduced In The House
SB0003 Senator Ellis Rules and Executive Nominations
Workgroup on the Creation of a Data Dashboard for Public Work Contracts and Apprentices - Establishment
SB0429 President Rules and Executive Nominations
Excellence in Maryland Public Schools Act
SB0486 Senator Lam Rules and Executive Nominations
School Health and Wellness Personnel Assessment and Maryland Council on Advancement of School-Based Health Centers
SB0646 Senator Muse Rules and Executive Nominations
Health Insurance - Insulin - Prohibition on Step Therapy or Fail-First Protocols
SB0676 Senator Gile Rules and Executive Nominations
Health Care Facilities - Hospitals and Freestanding Birthing Centers - Perinatal Care Standards
SB0691 Senator Hester Rules and Executive Nominations
Healthcare Ecosystem Stakeholder Cybersecurity Workgroup
SB0758 Senator Kagan Rules and Executive Nominations
Condominiums and Homeowners Associations - Elections, Financial Statements, and Enforcement
SB0784
(Emergency Bill) 		President Rules and Executive Nominations
Annual Corrective Bill
SB0909 Senator Hester Rules and Executive Nominations
Energy Resource Adequacy and Planning Act
SB0931 Senator Feldman Rules and Executive Nominations
Public Utilities - Generating Stations - Generation and Siting (Renewable Energy Certainty Act)
SB0937 President Rules and Executive Nominations
Electricity and Gas - Emissions Reductions, Rate Regulation, Cost Recovery, Infrastructure, Planning, Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard, and Energy Assistance Programs (Next Generation Energy Act)
SB0988 Senator Lam Rules and Executive Nominations
Maryland Collaborative to Improve Children's Oral Health Through School-Based Programs - Establishment
Appropriations Committee Report No. 23
Distribution Date: April 2, 2025
Second Reading Date: April 2, 2025
FAVORABLE
HB1519 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Chang
Prior Authorizations of State Debt - Alterations
Appropriations Committee Report No. 24
Distribution Date: April 2, 2025
Second Reading Date: April 2, 2025
FAVORABLE
SB0813 Favorable Howard County Senators
Howard Community College - Board of Trustees, Meetings, and Contracts - Alterations Ho. Co. 1-25
Economic Matters Committee Report No. 27
Distribution Date: April 1, 2025
Second Reading Date: April 1, 2025
FAVORABLE
SB0215 Favorable Chair, Finance Committee
Cannabis Reform - Revisions
SB0219 Favorable Chair, Finance Committee
Uninsured Employers' Fund - Assessments and Special Monitor
SB0305 Favorable Senator Beidle
Financial Institutions and Activities - Virtual Currency Kiosks - Registration and Regulation
SB0695 Favorable Senator Beidle
Labor and Employment - Uninsured Employers' Fund Board - Membership and Reserves
SB0830 Favorable Senator Hayes
Workers' Compensation - Claims Application Form - Authorization for Release of Information
SB0846 Favorable Senator Hettleman
Business Regulation - Cellular Phone Carriers - Authorized Users
Economic Matters Committee Report No. 28
Distribution Date: April 1, 2025
Second Reading Date: April 1, 2025
FAVORABLE
SB0049 Favorable with Amendments Senator Gile
Consumer Protection - Automatic Renewals
SB0299 Favorable with Amendments Senator Carozza
Cannabis Agents - Registration - Security Guards
SB0689 Favorable with Amendments Senator Gile
Financial Institutions - Conventional Home Mortgage Loans - Assumption and Required Disclosures
SB1026
(Emergency Bill) 		Favorable with Amendments Senator Beidle
Financial Institutions - Consumer Credit - Application of Licensing Requirements (Maryland Secondary Market Stability Act of 2025)
Health and Government Operations Committee Report No. 41
Distribution Date: April 2, 2025
Second Reading Date: April 2, 2025
FAVORABLE
HB1199 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Hill
Physicians - Licensing - Internationally Trained Physicians
Health and Government Operations Committee Report No. 42
Distribution Date: April 2, 2025
Second Reading Date: April 2, 2025
FAVORABLE
SB0423 Favorable Senator Beidle
Maryland Medical Practice Act and Maryland Physician Assistants Act - Revisions
SB0491 Favorable Senator Gile
General Provisions - Veterans Benefits - Honorable Discharge
SB0764 Favorable Senator Zucker
State Designations - State Mineral - Chromite (State Mineral Act)
SB0854 Favorable Senator Lewis Young
Health Occupations - Licensed Direct-Entry Midwives - Revisions
WITHDRAWN BY SPONSOR
HB1298 Unfavorable Delegate Martinez
Health Occupations - Practice of Audiology - Definition
Health and Government Operations Committee Report No. 43
Distribution Date: April 2, 2025
Second Reading Date: April 2, 2025
FAVORABLE
SB0963 Favorable Senator Mautz
(Jointly Considered Health and Government Operations/Ways and Means)
Abandoned and Neglected Cemeteries Fund - Establishment
Health and Government Operations Committee Report No. 44
Distribution Date: April 2, 2025
Second Reading Date: April 2, 2025
FAVORABLE
SB0456 Favorable Senator McKay
(Jointly Considered Health and Government Operations/Appropriations)
Dental Services - Qualification for Maryland Dent-Care Program
Judiciary Committee Report No. 30
Distribution Date: April 1, 2025
Second Reading Date: April 1, 2025
FAVORABLE
SB0032 Favorable Senator Gile
Real Property - Holding Over - Expedited Hearing and Service of Summons for Active Duty Service Members
SB0125 Favorable Senator Gile
Residential Real Property - Local Limits on Summoning Law Enforcement or Emergency Services
SB0348 Favorable Senator Love
Criminal Law - Visual Surveillance With Prurient Intent - Modifications
SB0356 Favorable Senator Smith
Public Health - Repeal of Prohibition on Transfer of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (Carlton R. Smith Act)
SB0443 Favorable Senator Smith
Trafficking Regulated Firearms - Felony Classification
SB0566 Favorable Senator Sydnor
Real Property - Filing Fee for Residential Mortgage Foreclosure - Increase
SB0581 Favorable Senator Henson
Civil Actions - Tortious Injury to or Death of Pet - Compensatory Damages (Buddy's Law)
Judiciary Committee Report No. 31
Distribution Date: April 1, 2025
Second Reading Date: April 1, 2025
FAVORABLE
SB0533 Favorable with Amendments Senator Folden
Public Safety - Police Accountability - Time Limit for Filing Administrative Charges
SB0608 Favorable with Amendments Senator Augustine
Criminal Procedure - U Nonimmigrant Status Petitions
SB0811 Favorable with Amendments Senator James
Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services - Extension of Report Deadline and Task Force
Judiciary Committee Report No. 32
Distribution Date: April 1, 2025
Second Reading Date: April 1, 2025
FAVORABLE
SB0187 Favorable Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee
Drunk Driving - Commercial Driver's Licenses - Disqualification From Driving
SB0197 Favorable Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee
Maryland Correctional Training Commission - Membership
Judiciary Committee Report No. 33
Distribution Date: April 1, 2025
Second Reading Date: April 1, 2025
FAVORABLE
SB0181 Favorable with Amendments Senator Hettleman
Correctional Services - Geriatric and Medical Parole
Judiciary Committee Report No. 34
Distribution Date: April 1, 2025
Second Reading Date: April 1, 2025
FAVORABLE
SB0432 Favorable President
Criminal Records – Expungement and Maryland Judiciary Case Search (Expungement Reform Act of 2025)
Ways and Means Committee Report No. 23
Distribution Date: April 2, 2025
Second Reading Date: April 2, 2025
FAVORABLE
SB0267 Favorable Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
Election Law - Petitions for the Formation of a New Political Party - Process
SB0302 Favorable Senator Lam
Maryland Small Business Innovation Research and Technology Transfer Incentive Program - Alterations
SB0313 Favorable Senator Washington, M.
Election Law - Postelection Tabulation Audits - Risk-Limiting Audits
SB0378 Favorable Senator Washington, A.
State Library Agency - Family Literacy Pilot Program - Establishment
SB0502 Favorable Senator Corderman
Property Tax - Credit for Law Enforcement Officer or Rescue Worker - Expansion to Judicial Officer
SB0516 Favorable Senator King
Property Tax - Day Care Centers, Child Care Homes, and Child Care Centers
SB0605 Favorable Senator Zucker
Digital Advertising Gross Revenues Tax - Assessments - Appeals and Corrections
SB0663 Favorable President
Earned Income Tax Credit - Notice of Eligibility - Alteration
SB0667 Favorable Senator Guzzone
Gaming - Slot Machines - Skills-Based Amusement Devices
SB0774 Favorable Senator Hershey
Property Tax - Payment in Lieu of Taxes Agreements - Broadband Service Providers
SB0911 Favorable Senator Attar
Property Tax - Exemption for Blind Individuals - Alteration
SB1000 Favorable Senator Hettleman
Gaming - Sports Wagering Facilities - Request for Relocation
SB1008 Favorable Senator Hayes
Economic Development - Small Business Guaranty Fund - Alterations
Ways and Means Committee Report No. 24
Distribution Date: April 2, 2025
Second Reading Date: April 2, 2025
FAVORABLE
SB0068 Favorable Senator Brooks
Public Schools - Restorative Practices Schools - Comprehensive Plan
SB0183 Favorable Chair, Budget and Taxation Committee
State Department of Assessments and Taxation - Notification of Constant Yield Tax Rate - Alteration
SB0257 Favorable Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
Election Law - Notice to Permanent Absentee Voters
SB0293 Favorable Senator Feldman
County Boards of Education - Antibias Training for Members - Requirement (County Board Member Antibias Training Act)
SB0307 Favorable Senator Simonaire
Anne Arundel County Board of Education - Student Member Scholarship - Increase
SB0598 Favorable Senator Hettleman
Property Tax – Low–Income Housing Tax Credit – Valuation of Property
SB0719 Favorable Senator Carozza
Somerset County - Property Tax - Emergency Services Tax
SB0730 Favorable Charles County Senators
Gaming - Charles County Gaming Permit Review Board - Repeal
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ACTION
HB1178 Unfavorable Delegate Young
(Referred to Interim Study)
Baltimore City - Property Taxes - Authority to Set Special Rates
Ways and Means Committee Report No. 25
Distribution Date: April 2, 2025
Second Reading Date: April 2, 2025
FAVORABLE
SB0252 Favorable with Amendments Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
Child Care Centers - Certificated Staff Ratio Requirement - Repeal
SB0262
(Emergency Bill) 		Favorable with Amendments Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
Election Law - Special Elections
SB0369 Favorable with Amendments Senator Watson
Public Libraries - Automated External Defibrillator Program (Raymono A. Russell Act)
SB0861 Favorable with Amendments Senator Corderman
Economic Development - Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board and Senator George C. Edwards Fund - Alterations
April 2, 2025
Message from the Senate: Concurrence Calendar No. 4
House Bills Amended In The Senate
JUDICIARY
HB0445 Calendar No. 27
Criminal Law - Interference With a Public Safety Answering Point - Penalties
Floor Agenda (Session 2)
April 2, 2025
Message from the Senate: Yeas and Nays No. 2
House Bills Passed In The Senate
HB0004 Delegate Smith
Restrictions on Use - Solar Collector Systems - Alteration
HB0018 Delegate Palakovich Carr
Vehicle Laws - Noise Abatement Monitoring Systems Pilot Program - Inspection and Extension
HB0022 Delegate Valentine
Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services - Study on Location of Individuals Prior to and Following Incarceration
HB0027 Delegate Cardin
Estates and Trusts - Compensation of Guardians of Property and Trustees
HB0031 Delegate Kaufman
Consumer Protection - Right to Repair - Powered Wheelchairs
HB0036 Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee
Department of Aging – Aging Services – Program Repeal and Consolidation
HB0039 Delegate Fair
Public Health - Repeal of Prohibition on Transfer of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (Carlton R. Smith Act)
HB0040 Chair, Environment and Transportation Committee
Natural Resources - Fishing Licenses and Stamps - Alterations
HB0056 Delegate Charkoudian
Procurement - State Department of Education - Local Food Purchasing Program
HB0073 Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee
State Finance and Procurement - State Leasing of Real Property
HB0088 Delegate Cardin
Estates and Trusts - Maryland Trust Decanting Act - Notification and Document Transmittal
HB0089 Delegate Embry
Criminal Law - Crimes Relating to Animals - Conviction and Sentencing
HB0104 Chair, Environment and Transportation Committee
Maryland Farms and Families Fund – Purpose and Use – Alterations
HB0124 Delegate Rosenberg
Residential Property - Assignment of Contracts of Sale - Disclosure Requirements and Rescission
HB0136 Chair, Judiciary Committee
Criminal Procedure - Sexual Assault Exam and Treatment Reimbursement
HB0146 Delegate Cardin
Estates and Trusts - Resignation of Trustee - Notice
HB0179 Delegate Toles
Organized Retail Theft Act of 2025
HB0189 Chair, Judiciary Committee
Drunk Driving - Commercial Driver's Licenses - Disqualification From Driving
HB0191 Delegate Foley
Vehicle Laws - Towed, Removed, or Abandoned Vehicles - Electronic Notice to Owner
HB0225 Chair, Environment and Transportation Committee
Vehicle Laws - Exceptional Hauling Permits for Farm Products
HB0227 Delegate Adams
Corporations and Associations - Electric Cooperatives - Nonescheat Capital Credits
HB0236 Delegate Valentine
Peace Orders and Criminal Harassment - Intentional Visual Surveillance
HB0239 Chair, Economic Matters Committee
Charitable Organizations - Late Fees and Registration - Suspension and Cancellation Requirements
HB0241 Delegate Simpson
Marriage - Confidential Communication
HB0246 Chair, Judiciary Committee
Human Services - Adult Protective Services
HB0249 Delegate Palakovich Carr
Residential Real Property - Local Limits on Summoning Law Enforcement or Emergency Services
HB0259 Chair, Judiciary Committee
Public Safety - Statewide DNA Database System, DNA Collection, and Penalties - Alterations
HB0261 Delegate Forbes
Estates and Trusts - Priority of Claims on an Estate - Unpaid Child Support
HB0272 Chair, Environment and Transportation Committee
Maryland Department of Planning – Modernization
HB0284 Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee
Procurement – Electronic Transactions – Clarification of Fees Due
HB0286 Chair, Environment and Transportation Committee
Local Comprehensive Planning and State Economic Growth, Resource Protection, and Planning Policy - Planning Principles
HB0297 Delegate Kerr
Maryland Health Benefit Exchange - State-Based Young Adult Health Insurance Subsidies Pilot Program - Sunset Repeal
HB0309 Delegate Cardin
Public Safety - Law Enforcement Agencies - Peer Support Programs
HB0313 Delegate Korman
Motor Vehicles - Specially Designed Vintage Reproduction Registration Plates
HB0323 Delegate Forbes
Domestic Partnership and Marriage - Required Information
HB0343 Delegate Stewart
Motor Vehicles - Speed Monitoring Systems - Statements and Certificates of Violations
HB0367 Delegate Martinez
Health Occupations Boards - English Proficiency Requirements and Licensure by Endorsement for Nursing
HB0372 Prince George's County Delegation
Prince George's Gateway Development Authority - Sunset Repeal PG 403-25
HB0375 Delegate Jones, D.
Bicycles, Play Vehicles, and Unicycles - Authorizations and Requirements (Jay's Law)
HB0389 Delegate Palakovich Carr
Property Tax - Day Care Centers, Child Care Homes, and Child Care Centers
HB0413 Delegate Moon
Criminal Law - Controlled Dangerous Substances and Firearms
HB0420 Delegate Palakovich Carr
Education and Health - Emergency Use Epinephrine - Alterations
HB0421 Delegate Johnson, S.
Public Safety - 9-1-1 Trust Fund - 9-8-8 Suicide Prevention Hotline
HB0428 Delegate Embry
Medical Debt - Complaints for Money Judgment and Real Property Liens
HB0436 Delegate Pena-Melnyk
Vehicle Laws - Medical Exemption for Enhanced Tinted Windows - Time Limitation
HB0437 Delegate Crutchfield
Criminal Law - Visual Surveillance With Prurient Intent - Modifications
HB0438 Delegate Bartlett
Civil Actions - Tortious Injury to or Death of Pet - Compensatory Damages (Buddy's Law)
HB0442 Delegate Simpson
Criminal Procedure - Victims and Witnesses - Out of Court Statement of Child to Forensic Interviewer
HB0443 Delegate Taveras
Baby Food Labeling - Statement Regarding Toxic Heavy Metal Testing - Terminology
HB0447 Delegate Chisholm
Anne Arundel County – Property Tax Credit – Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake, Incorporated
April 2, 2025
Message from the Senate: Yeas and Nays No. 3
House Bills Passed In The Senate
HB0453 Delegate Pruski
Anne Arundel County - Development Impact Fees
HB0458 Delegate Wolek
University of Maryland, College Park Campus - TerpsEXCEED Program - Funding
HB0463 Delegate Edelson
Vehicle Laws - Motor Vehicle Administration - 3-Hour Roadway Safety Driving Education Program - Requirements
HB0507 Delegate Kerr
State Contracts - Prohibited Provisions
HB0508 Delegate Kerr
State Procurement Preferences - Blind Industries and Services of Maryland - Packaging and Repackaging
HB0512 Frederick County Delegation
Frederick County - Barbershop and Beauty Salon Beer and Wine License - Alterations
HB0516 Delegate Korman
Motor Vehicles - Automated Enforcement Programs - Privacy Protections
HB0533 Delegate Crutchfield
Peace Orders and Protective Orders – Military Protection Orders
HB0535 Delegate Simmons
Abandoned and Neglected Cemeteries Fund - Establishment
HB0542 Delegate Crutchfield
Adult Protective Services - Investigations and Disclosure of Information
HB0546 Delegate Feldmark
Digital Advertising Gross Revenues Tax - Assessments - Appeals and Corrections
HB0575 Chair, Economic Matters Committee
Maryland Protecting Opportunities and Regional Trade (PORT) Act – Reports of Attorney General – Frequency
HB0584 Delegate Forbes
State Retirement and Pension System - Transfers Between Systems - Workgroup
HB0585 Delegate Palakovich Carr
Property Tax - Low-Income Housing Tax Credit - Valuation of Property
HB0598 Delegate Jones, D.
Anne Arundel County - Property Tax Credit - Supermarkets
HB0601 Delegate Phillips
Economic Development - Small Business Guaranty Fund - Alterations
HB0602 Delegate Hutchinson
State Board of Nursing - Advanced Practice Nursing Licensure and Specialty Certification - Reciprocity Discussions (Maryland Border States Advanced Practice Nursing Act)
HB0603 Speaker
Earned Income Tax Credit - Notice of Eligibility - Alteration
HB0675 Delegate Bartlett
Public Safety - Rape Kit Testing - Tracking Program and Grant Fund
HB0678 Delegate Spiegel
Maryland Deaf Culture Digital Library - Funding and Budget Submission
HB0722 Delegate Rosenberg
Maryland Department of Health - Report on Oversight of Substance Use Disorder Treatment Programs and Recovery Residences
HB0729 Delegate Rosenberg
Public Health - Use of Opioid Restitution Fund and Training Under the Overdose Response Program
HB0731 Delegate Ruth
Wildlife - Protections and Highway Crossings
HB0744 Delegate Wims
Motor Vehicles - Reckless, Negligent, and Aggressive Driving (Sergeant Patrick Kepp Act)
HB0745 Delegate Guyton
State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists - Behavior Analysts - Licensure Applications
HB0755 Delegate Foley
Common Ownership Communities - Recreational Common Areas - Sensitive Information as Condition for Access
HB0761 Speaker
Maryland Uniform Disposition of Abandoned Property Act - Revisions
HB0776 Delegate Pena-Melnyk
Maryland Medical Practice Act and Maryland Physician Assistants Act - Revisions
HB0786 Chair, Judiciary Committee
Appellate Court of Maryland - Sessions at Educational Institutions
HB0787 Chair, Judiciary Committee
Courts - State Reporter - Publication of Cases
HB0788 Chair, Judiciary Committee
Judiciary Department - Commission on Judicial Disabilities - Temporary Appointment
HB0795 Delegate Spiegel
Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program - Employee Certification and Awareness Materials
HB0796 Delegate Long, J.
Real Property – Filing Fee for Residential Mortgage Foreclosure – Increase
HB0798 Delegate Lehman
Opioid Restitution Fund - Interactive Dashboard
HB0825 Delegate Pena-Melnyk
Maryland Small Business Retirement Savings Board - Membership - Alteration
HB0831 Carroll County Delegation
Carroll County - Prospective Employees and Volunteers - Criminal History Records Check
HB0833 Carroll County Delegation
Carroll County - Public Facilities Bond
HB0841 Charles County Delegation
Gaming - Charles County Gaming Permit Review Board - Repeal
HB0844 Delegate Otto
Somerset County - Salaries of Local Officials - Increase
HB0855 Delegate Hill
Workgroup on Establishing a Science and Technology Best Practices and Innovation Network - Alterations
HB0872 Delegate Stewart
Residential Real Property - Tenants' Right of First Refusal
HB0886 Delegate Forbes
State Retirement and Pension System – Deferred Vested Former Members – Return to Service
HB0893 Delegate Jacobs
Tidal Fish Licenses - Oyster Authorizations - Administrative Penalties
HB0910 Delegate Wolek
Property Tax - Exemption for Blind Individuals - Alteration
HB0929 Delegate Simpson
Family Law - Permanent Protective Orders - Consent
HB0930 Delegate Lopez
Public Health Abortion Grant Program - Establishment
HB0932 Delegate Korman
Public Ethics - Conflicts of Interest and Blind Trust - Governor
HB0936 Delegate Shetty
Health Insurance - Cancellation and Nonrenewal of Coverage - Required Notice
HB0938 Delegate Stein
Continuing Care Providers - Governing Bodies - Membership
HB0939 Delegate Pena-Melnyk
Maryland Commission for Women - Maryland Collaborative to Advance Implementation of Coverage of Over-the-Counter Birth Control
April 2, 2025
Message from the Senate: Yeas and Nays No. 4
House Bills Passed In The Senate
HB0943 Delegate Toles
Criminal Law - Crimes of Malicious or Fraudulent Burning - Prohibitions and Penalties
HB0969 Delegate Johnson, A.
Property Tax - Payment in Lieu of Taxes Agreements - Broadband Service Providers
HB0979 Delegate Johnson, A.
Maryland Self-Service Storage Act - Sale of Personal Property in Satisfaction of Lien - Notice Requirements
HB0984 Delegate Crosby
Public Utilities - Electric Cooperatives - Rate Proceedings
HB1004 Delegate Martinez
Public Health - Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias - Information on Prevalence and Treatment
HB1029 Delegate Forbes
Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Membership - Clarifications
HB1033 Delegate Forbes
State Retirement and Pension System - Reemployment Earnings Limitations - Maximum Average Final Compensation
HB1034 Delegate Forbes
State Retirement and Pension System – Alterations and Clarifications
HB1045 Delegate Pena-Melnyk
Health Insurance, Family Planning Services, and Confidentiality of Medical Records - Consumer Protections - Updates
HB1072 Delegate Forbes
State Retirement and Pension System - Administrative Fees - Repeal
HB1080 Delegate Griffith
Local Government - Local Personnel - Leave With Pay
HB1083 Delegate Woods
Behavioral Health Advisory Council and the Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access - Plan to Implement Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment Requirements
HB1087 Delegate Bhandari
Health Insurance - Step Therapy or Fail-First Protocols - Drugs to Treat Associated Conditions of Advanced Metastatic Cancer
HB1095 Montgomery County Delegation
Montgomery County - Alcoholic Beverages - Beauty Salon and Barbershop License MC 3-25
HB1122 Delegate Feldmark
Office of Child Care Advisory Council - Membership - Alterations
HB1141
(Emergency Bill) 		Baltimore County Delegation
Baltimore County - Alcoholic Beverages - Change of Location
HB1171 Delegate Amprey
Corporations and Associations – Revisions
HB1191 Delegate McComas
Family Law - Child Custody - Determinations
HB1200 Delegate Valentine
Property Tax - Credit for Law Enforcement Officer or Rescue Worker - Expansion to Judicial Officer
HB1243 Delegate Johnson, S.
Health Insurance - Coverage for Specialty Drugs
HB1283 Charles County Delegation
Charles County - Off-Highway Recreational Vehicles - Regulation and Enforcement
HB1296 Delegate Pruski
Environment - Managed Aquifer Recharge Pilot Program - Establishment
HB1334 Delegate Hinebaugh
Garrett County - Bids and Contracts - Advertisement Exceptions
HB1466 Delegate Stewart
Land Use and Real Property - Accessory Dwelling Units - Requirements and Prohibitions
HB1543 Delegate Stein
Gaming - Sports Wagering Facilities - Request for Relocation
April 2, 2025
Message from the Senate: Introductory Senate Bills No. 27
Senate Bills Introduced In The House
SB0096 Senator Brooks Rules and Executive Nominations
Environment - Water Bottle Filling Stations - Requirement
SB0118 Senator Waldstreicher Rules and Executive Nominations
Motor Vehicles - Speed Monitoring Systems - Penalties
SB0428 President Rules and Executive Nominations
Chesapeake Bay Legacy Act
SB0930 Senator Gile Rules and Executive Nominations
Environment - Managed Aquifer Recharge Pilot Program - Establishment
SB0979 Senator Guzzone Rules and Executive Nominations
Local Government - Accommodations Intermediaries - Hotel Rental Tax - Collection by Comptroller and Alterations
Judiciary Committee Report No. 35
Distribution Date: April 2, 2025
Second Reading Date: April 2, 2025
FAVORABLE
HB1378 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Wilson
Child Sexual Abuse Claims Against the State - Time Limitation
Judiciary Committee Report No. 36
Distribution Date: April 2, 2025
Second Reading Date: April 2, 2025
FAVORABLE
SB0081 Favorable Senator Kagan
Criminal Law - Interference With a Public Safety Answering Point - Penalties
SB0207 Favorable Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee
Drunk and Drug-Impaired Driving and Failure to Remain at the Scene - Revocation of Driver's License
SB0360 Favorable with Amendments Senator Hester
Revenge Porn - Civil Action and Criminal Offense
SB0391 Favorable Senator Smith
Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission - Review of Report and Recommendations
SB0421 Favorable Senator McKay
Criminal Law - Destroying Funerary Objects and Cemetery Elements - Statute of Limitations and Prohibition
SB0621 Favorable Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee
Courtroom Security - Minimum Adequate Security
Judiciary Committee Report No. 37
Distribution Date: April 2, 2025
Second Reading Date: April 2, 2025
FAVORABLE
SB0400 Favorable with Amendments Senator Gile
Residential Child Care Programs - Transportation Companies - Regulation (Preventing Abduction in Youth Transport Act of 2025)
SB0444 Favorable with Amendments Senator Smith
Public Safety - Gun Buyback Programs - Destruction of Firearms
SB0655 Favorable with Amendments Senator Hester
Courts - Artificial Intelligence Evidence Clinic Pilot Program - Establishment
Judiciary Committee Report No. 38
Distribution Date: April 2, 2025
Second Reading Date: April 2, 2025
FAVORABLE
HB0497 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Stewart
Residential Child Care Programs - Transportation Companies - Regulation (Preventing Abduction in Youth Transport Act of 2025)
HB0966 Favorable with Amendments Delegate Cardin
Courts - Artificial Intelligence Evidence Clinic Pilot Program - Establishment
Judiciary Committee Report No. 39
Distribution Date: April 2, 2025
Second Reading Date: April 2, 2025
FAVORABLE
SB0585 Favorable Senator Waldstreicher
Criminal Law - Exception to Armed Trespass Prohibition - Retired Law Enforcement Officials
Rules and Executive Nominations Committee Report No. 5 Consent No. 5
Distribution Date: April 2, 2025
Second Reading Date: April 2, 2025
REREFERRED
HB1506 To Environment and Transportation Committee Delegate Taylor
Municipalities - Enforcement of Ordinances and Resolutions
HB1507 To Judiciary Committee Delegate Toles
Maryland Tort Claims Act - Employees of an Office of a Sheriff
HB1512 To Ways and Means Committee Delegate Ebersole
County Boards of Education - Reappointment of Incumbent County Superintendent - Authorization
SB0003 To Health and Government Operations Committee Senator Ellis
Workgroup on the Creation of a Data Dashboard for Public Work Contracts and Apprentices - Establishment
SB0076 To Environment and Transportation Committee Senator Bailey
Tidal Fish Licenses - Oyster Authorizations - Administrative Penalties
SB0177 To Health and Government Operations Committee Senator Hester
Procurement - State Department of Education - Local Food Purchasing Program
SB0392 To Environment and Transportation Committee Senator Waldstreicher
Bicycles, Play Vehicles, and Unicycles - Authorizations and Requirements (Jay's Law)
SB0407 To Health and Government Operations Committee Senator Beidle
State Board of Nursing - Advanced Practice Nursing Licensure and Specialty Certification - Reciprocity Discussions (Maryland Border States Advanced Practice Nursing Act)
SB0486 Jointly Considered Health and Government Operations Committee/Ways and Means Committee Senator Lam
School Health and Wellness Personnel Assessment and Maryland Council on Advancement of School-Based Health Centers
SB0646 To Health and Government Operations Committee Senator Muse
Health Insurance - Insulin - Prohibition on Step Therapy or Fail-First Protocols
SB0653 To Health and Government Operations Committee Senator McCray
Procurement - Employee Stock Ownership Plan Preference - Pilot
SB0676 To Health and Government Operations Committee Senator Gile
Health Care Facilities - Hospitals and Freestanding Birthing Centers - Perinatal Care Standards
SB0691 To Health and Government Operations Committee Senator Hester
Healthcare Ecosystem Stakeholder Cybersecurity Workgroup
SB0758 To Environment and Transportation Committee Senator Kagan
Condominiums and Homeowners Associations - Elections, Financial Statements, and Enforcement
SB0891 To Environment and Transportation Committee Senator Washington, M.
Land Use and Real Property - Accessory Dwelling Units - Requirements and Prohibitions
SB0909 To Economic Matters Committee Senator Hester
Energy Resource Adequacy and Planning Act
SB0921 To Health and Government Operations Committee Senator Gile
Health Insurance - Step Therapy or Fail-First Protocols - Drugs to Treat Associated Conditions of Advanced Metastatic Cancer
SB0931 To Economic Matters Committee Senator Feldman
Public Utilities - Generating Stations - Generation and Siting (Renewable Energy Certainty Act)
SB0937 To Economic Matters Committee President
Electricity and Gas - Emissions Reductions, Rate Regulation, Cost Recovery, Infrastructure, Planning, Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard, and Energy Assistance Programs (Next Generation Energy Act)
SB0975 To Health and Government Operations Committee Senator Lam
Health Insurance - Coverage for Specialty Drugs
Rules and Executive Nominations Committee Report No. 6
Distribution Date: April 2, 2025
Second Reading Date: April 2, 2025
FAVORABLE
SB0784
(Emergency Bill) 		Favorable President
Annual Corrective Bill
March 18, 2025
Calendar of Third Reading House Bills No. 122
HB1199 Delegate Hill Health and Government Operations
Physicians - Licensing - Internationally Trained Physicians
March 16, 2025
Calendar of Third Reading Senate Bills No. 25
SB0040 Senator Muse Environment and Transportation
Vehicle Laws - Towed, Removed, or Abandoned Vehicles - Electronic Notice to Owner
SB0248 Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee Health and Government Operations
Appropriations
Department of Service and Civic Innovation - Maryland Corps Program Service Year Option Pathways - Revisions
SB0349 Senator Love Health and Government Operations
Medical Debt - Complaints for Money Judgment and Real Property Liens
SB0547 Senator James Health and Government Operations
Commission to Study Health Insurance Pooling - Establishment
SB0587 Senator Muse Health and Government Operations
State Government - Maryland Reparations Commission
SB0956 Senator West Health and Government Operations
Health Insurance - Medicare Supplement Policies - Insurance Producer Commission
March 18, 2025
Calendar of Third Reading Senate Bills No. 28
SB0267 Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee Ways and Means
Election Law - Petitions for the Formation of a New Political Party - Process
SB0305 Senator Beidle Economic Matters
Financial Institutions and Activities - Virtual Currency Kiosks - Registration and Regulation
SB0456 Senator McKay Health and Government Operations
Appropriations
Dental Services - Qualification for Maryland Dent-Care Program
SB0695 Senator Beidle Economic Matters
Labor and Employment - Uninsured Employers' Fund Board - Membership and Reserves
SB0830 Senator Hayes Economic Matters
Workers' Compensation - Claims Application Form - Authorization for Release of Information
SB0846 Senator Hettleman Economic Matters
Business Regulation - Cellular Phone Carriers - Authorized Users
SB0963 Senator Mautz Health and Government Operations
Ways and Means
Abandoned and Neglected Cemeteries Fund - Establishment
March 18, 2025
Calendar of Third Reading Senate Bills No. 29
SB0302 Senator Lam Ways and Means
Maryland Small Business Innovation Research and Technology Transfer Incentive Program - Alterations
SB0313 Senator Washington, M. Ways and Means
Election Law - Postelection Tabulation Audits - Risk-Limiting Audits
SB0378 Senator Washington, A. Ways and Means
State Library Agency - Family Literacy Pilot Program - Establishment
SB0502 Senator Corderman Ways and Means
Property Tax - Credit for Law Enforcement Officer or Rescue Worker - Expansion to Judicial Officer
SB0516 Senator King Ways and Means
Property Tax - Day Care Centers, Child Care Homes, and Child Care Centers
SB0605 Senator Zucker Ways and Means
Digital Advertising Gross Revenues Tax - Assessments - Appeals and Corrections
SB0663 President Ways and Means
Earned Income Tax Credit - Notice of Eligibility - Alteration
March 18, 2025
Calendar of Third Reading Senate Bills No. 32
SB0187 Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee Judiciary
Drunk Driving - Commercial Driver's Licenses - Disqualification From Driving
SB0197 Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee Judiciary
Maryland Correctional Training Commission - Membership
SB0432 President Judiciary
Criminal Records – Expungement and Maryland Judiciary Case Search (Expungement Reform Act of 2025)
SB0566 Senator Sydnor Judiciary
Real Property - Filing Fee for Residential Mortgage Foreclosure - Increase
SB0581 Senator Henson Judiciary
Civil Actions - Tortious Injury to or Death of Pet - Compensatory Damages (Buddy's Law)
March 18, 2025
Calendar of Third Reading Senate Bills No. 33
SB0125 Senator Gile Judiciary
Residential Real Property - Local Limits on Summoning Law Enforcement or Emergency Services
SB0348 Senator Love Judiciary
Criminal Law - Visual Surveillance With Prurient Intent - Modifications
SB0356 Senator Smith Judiciary
Public Health - Repeal of Prohibition on Transfer of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (Carlton R. Smith Act)
SB0443 Senator Smith Judiciary
Trafficking Regulated Firearms - Felony Classification
April 2, 2025
Message from the Senate: Concurrence Calendar No. 5
House Bills Amended In The Senate
JUDICIARY
HB0123 Calendar No. 32
Maryland Correctional Training Commission – Membership
HB0315 Calendar No. 26
Task Force to Study Fiduciary Adjudication in Maryland
HB0616 Calendar No. 20
Criminal Law - Destroying Funerary Objects and Cemetery Elements - Statute of Limitations and Prohibition
April 2, 2025
Message from the Senate: Concurrence Calendar No. 6
House Bills Amended In The Senate
HEALTH AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
HB0333 Calendar No. 96
Healthcare Ecosystem Stakeholder Cybersecurity Workgroup
HB0664 Calendar No. 42
Health Occupations - Licensed Direct-Entry Midwives - Disciplinary Actions
HB0850 Calendar No. 89
Workgroup on the Creation of a Data Dashboard for Public Work Contracts and Apprentices - Establishment
HB0991 Calendar No. 58
State Procurement - Minority Business Enterprise Program - Extension and Reports
April 2, 2025
Message from the Senate: Concurrence Calendar No. 7
House Bills Amended In The Senate
ENVIRONMENT AND TRANSPORTATION
HB0025 Calendar No. 7
Environment – Reservoir Augmentation Permit – Establishment
HB0182 Calendar No. 70
Motor Vehicles - Speed Monitoring Systems - Penalties
HB0347 Calendar No. 11
Real Property – Recordation and Land Records – Requirements
HB0349 Calendar No. 73
Prince George's County - Speed Monitoring Systems - Maryland Route 210 PG 306-25
HB0528 Calendar No. 28
Baltimore County - Vehicle Laws - Private Roadways in Residential Communities
HB1152 Calendar No. 79
Real Property - Residential Rental Property - Pet Policy Disclosure (Pet Policy Transparency Act)
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