Senate Agenda for March 28, 2025
Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee Report No. 28 Completed Judicial Proceedings Committee Report No. 35 Completed Judicial Proceedings Committee Report No. 36 Completed Budget and Taxation Committee Report No. 17 Completed Budget and Taxation Committee Report No. 18 Completed Budget and Taxation Committee Report No. 19 Completed Finance Committee Report No. 34 Completed Finance Committee Report No. 35 Completed Finance Committee Report No. 36 Completed Finance Committee Report No. 37 Completed Finance Committee Report No. 38 Completed Finance Committee Report No. 39 Completed Finance Committee Report No. 40 Consent No. 12 Completed Special Order Calendar No. 43 Completed Special Order Calendar No. 44 Completed Senate Third Reading Calendar No. 53 (General Senate Bills) Completed Senate Third Reading Calendar No. 5 (General House Bills) Completed Senate Third Reading Calendar No. 11 (General House Bills) Completed

Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee Report No. 28
Distribution Date: March 28, 2025
Second Reading Date: March 28, 2025
FAVORABLE
SB0096 Favorable with Amendments(2) Senator Brooks
Environment - Water Bottle Filling Stations - Requirement
SB0428 Favorable with Amendments(4) President
Chesapeake Bay Legacy Act
SB0635 Favorable with Amendments(3) Senator Lewis Young
Wildlife - Protections and Highway Crossings
Judicial Proceedings Committee Report No. 35
Distribution Date: March 28, 2025
Second Reading Date: March 28, 2025
FAVORABLE
SB0118 Favorable with Amendments(4) Senator Waldstreicher
Motor Vehicles – Speed Monitoring Systems – Penalties
SB0632 Favorable with Amendments(2) Senator Washington, M.
(Jointly Considered Judicial Proceedings/Budget and Taxation)
Correctional Services - Comprehensive Rehabilitative Prerelease Services - Female Incarcerated Individuals (The Monica Cooper Prerelease Act)
SB0758 Favorable Senator Kagan
Condominiums and Homeowners Associations - Elections, Financial Statements, and Enforcement
SB0808 Favorable with Amendments(5) Senator Augustine
Prince George's County - Stop Sign Monitoring Systems - School Bus Stops
Judicial Proceedings Committee Report No. 36
Distribution Date: March 28, 2025
Second Reading Date: March 28, 2025
FAVORABLE
HB0182 Favorable with Amendments(3) Delegate Stewart
Motor Vehicles - Speed Monitoring Systems - Penalties
Budget and Taxation Committee Report No. 17
Distribution Date: March 28, 2025
Second Reading Date: March 28, 2025
FAVORABLE
SB0429 Favorable with Amendments(14) President
(Jointly Considered Budget and Taxation/Education, Energy, and the Environment)
Excellence in Maryland Public Schools Act
SB0979 Favorable with Amendments(3) Senator Guzzone
Local Government - Accommodations Intermediaries - Hotel Rental Tax Collection by Comptroller
Budget and Taxation Committee Report No. 18
Distribution Date: March 28, 2025
Second Reading Date: March 28, 2025
FAVORABLE
HB0056 Favorable Delegate Charkoudian
Procurement - State Department of Education - Local Food Purchasing Program
HB0504 Favorable with Amendments(9) Speaker
(Jointly Considered Budget and Taxation/Education, Energy, and the Environment)
Excellence in Maryland Public Schools Act
HB0991 Favorable with Amendments(2) Delegate Harris
State Procurement - Minority Business Enterprise Program - Extension and Reports
Budget and Taxation Committee Report No. 19
Distribution Date: March 28, 2025
Second Reading Date: March 28, 2025
FAVORABLE
HB0350 Favorable with Amendments(70) Speaker
Budget Bill (Fiscal Year 2026)
HB0352 Favorable with Amendments(31) Speaker
Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2025
Finance Committee Report No. 34
Distribution Date: March 27, 2025
Second Reading Date: March 28, 2025
FAVORABLE
SB0382 Favorable with Amendments(1) Senator Kagan
Consumer Protection - Right to Repair - Powered Wheelchairs
SB0407 Favorable Senator Beidle
State Board of Nursing - Advanced Practice Nursing Licensure and Specialty Certification - Reciprocity Discussions (Maryland Border States Advanced Practice Nursing Act)
SB0921 Favorable with Amendments(2) Senator Gile
Health Insurance - Step Therapy or Fail-First Protocols - Drugs to Treat Associated Conditions of Advanced Metastatic Cancer
SB0975 Favorable with Amendments(3) Senator Lam
Health Insurance - Coverage for Specialty Drugs
Finance Committee Report No. 35
Distribution Date: March 27, 2025
Second Reading Date: March 28, 2025
FAVORABLE
HB0443 Favorable Delegate Taveras
Baby Food Labeling - Statement Regarding Toxic Heavy Metal Testing - Terminology
HB0575 Favorable Chair, Economic Matters Committee
Maryland Protecting Opportunities and Regional Trade (PORT) Act – Reports of Attorney General – Frequency
HB0795 Favorable Delegate Spiegel
Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program - Employee Certification and Awareness Materials
HB0936 Favorable Delegate Shetty
Health Insurance - Cancellation and Nonrenewal of Coverage - Required Notice
HB0938 Favorable Delegate Stein
Continuing Care Providers - Governing Bodies - Membership
HB1087 Favorable Delegate Bhandari
Health Insurance - Step Therapy or Fail-First Protocols - Drugs to Treat Associated Conditions of Advanced Metastatic Cancer
HB1243 Favorable Delegate Johnson, S.
Health Insurance - Coverage for Specialty Drugs
Finance Committee Report No. 36
Distribution Date: March 27, 2025
Second Reading Date: March 28, 2025
FAVORABLE
HB0031 Favorable Delegate Kaufman
Consumer Protection - Right to Repair - Powered Wheelchairs
HB0078 Favorable with Amendments(1) Chair, Economic Matters Committee
State Commission of Real Estate Appraisers, Appraisal Management Companies, and Home Inspectors - Sunset Extension and Report
HB0104 Favorable Chair, Environment and Transportation Committee
Maryland Farms and Families Fund – Purpose and Use – Alterations
HB0208 Favorable with Amendments(2) Delegate Pruski
Consumer Protection – False Advertising – Digital Goods
HB0372 Favorable Prince George's County Delegation
Prince George's Gateway Development Authority - Sunset Repeal PG 403-25
HB0599 Favorable with Amendments(2) Delegate Pruski
State Personnel - BWI Airport Fire and Rescue Department - Collective Bargaining and Arbitration Processes
Finance Committee Report No. 37
Distribution Date: March 27, 2025
Second Reading Date: March 28, 2025
FAVORABLE
HB0930 Favorable Delegate Lopez
(Jointly Considered Finance/Budget and Taxation)
Public Health Abortion Grant Program - Establishment
HB0979 Favorable Delegate Johnson, A.
Maryland Self-Service Storage Act - Sale of Personal Property in Satisfaction of Lien - Notice Requirements
HB1080 Favorable Delegate Griffith
Local Government - Local Personnel - Leave With Pay
HB1347 Favorable with Amendments(2) Delegate Adams
Cannabis Agents - Registration - Security Guards
Finance Committee Report No. 38
Distribution Date: March 27, 2025
Second Reading Date: March 28, 2025
FAVORABLE
HB0193 Favorable with Amendments(2) Chair, Economic Matters Committee
Uninsured Employers' Fund - Additional Assessment on Awards and Settlements - Amount
HB0367 Favorable Delegate Martinez
Health Occupations Boards - English Proficiency Requirements and Licensure by Endorsement for Nursing
HB0602 Favorable Delegate Hutchinson
State Board of Nursing - Advanced Practice Nursing Licensure and Specialty Certification - Reciprocity Discussions (Maryland Border States Advanced Practice Nursing Act)
HB0664 Favorable with Amendments(1) Delegate Terrasa
Health Occupations - Licensed Direct-Entry Midwives - Disciplinary Actions
HB0722 Favorable Delegate Rosenberg
Maryland Department of Health - Report on Oversight of Substance Use Disorder Treatment Programs and Recovery Residences
Finance Committee Report No. 39
Distribution Date: March 27, 2025
Second Reading Date: March 28, 2025
FAVORABLE
HB0729 Favorable Delegate Rosenberg
Public Health - Use of Opioid Restitution Fund and Training Under the Overdose Response Program
HB0745 Favorable Delegate Guyton
State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists - Behavior Analysts - Licensure Applications
HB0798 Favorable Delegate Lehman
Opioid Restitution Fund - Interactive Dashboard
HB0939 Favorable Delegate Pena-Melnyk
Maryland Commission for Women - Maryland Collaborative to Advance Implementation of Coverage of Over-the-Counter Birth Control
HB1146 Favorable with Amendments(1) Delegate White Holland
Maryland Behavioral Health Crisis Response System – Integration of 9–8–8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Network and Outcome Evaluations
Finance Committee Report No. 40 Consent No. 12
Distribution Date: March 27, 2025
Second Reading Date: March 28, 2025
FAVORABLE
HB0036 Favorable Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee
Department of Aging – Aging Services – Program Repeal and Consolidation
HB0297 Favorable Delegate Kerr
Maryland Health Benefit Exchange - State-Based Young Adult Health Insurance Subsidies Pilot Program - Sunset Repeal
HB0420 Favorable Delegate Palakovich Carr
(Jointly Considered Finance/Education, Energy, and the Environment)
Education and Health - Emergency Use Epinephrine - Alterations
HB0601 Favorable Delegate Phillips
Economic Development - Small Business Guaranty Fund - Alterations
HB0776 Favorable Delegate Pena-Melnyk
Maryland Medical Practice Act and Maryland Physician Assistants Act - Revisions
HB1004 Favorable Delegate Martinez
Public Health - Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias - Information on Prevalence and Treatment
HB1083 Favorable 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
March 28, 2025
80th Day of Session
Special Order Calendar No. 43
SB0653 Procurement - Employee Stock Ownership Plan Preference - Pilot
Senator McCray Calendar Day 03/27/25 Reported Favorably with Amendments (2) by the Committee on Budget and Taxation. Made a Special Order for Calendar Day 03/28/25.
QUESTION IS ON THE ADOPTION OF THE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS (2) AND THE FAVORABLE REPORT.
March 28, 2025
80th Day of Session
Special Order Calendar No. 44
Calendar Day 03/27/25 Report of the Committee on Executive Nominations. Made a Special Order for Calendar Day 03/28/25.
QUESTION IS: “WILL THE SENATE ADVISE AND CONSENT TO THE NOMINATIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE?”
Distribution Date: March 28, 2025
Third Reading Date: March 28, 2025
Senate Third Reading Calendar No. 53 (General Senate Bills)
SB0076 Senator Bailey Education, Energy, and the Environment
Tidal Fish Licenses - Oyster Authorizations - Administrative Penalties
SB0177 Senator Hester Budget and Taxation
Procurement - State Department of Education - Local Food Purchasing Program
SB0891 Senator Washington, M. Education, Energy, and the Environment
Land Use and Real Property - Accessory Dwelling Units - Requirements and Prohibitions
SB0930 Senator Gile Education, Energy, and the Environment
Environment - Managed Aquifer Recharge Pilot Program - Establishment
Distribution Date: March 26, 2025
Third Reading Date: March 26, 2025
Senate Third Reading Calendar No. 5 (General House Bills)
HB0334 Delegate Kerr Finance
Workgroup on Newborn Nurse Home Visiting Services - Establishment
HB0559
(Amended) 		Delegate Morgan, T. Finance
Food Establishments - Portable Chemical Toilets
HB0995
(Amended) 		Delegate Pena-Melnyk Finance
Workgroup to Study the Rise in Adverse Decisions in the State Health Care System - Establishment
Distribution Date: March 28, 2025
Third Reading Date: March 28, 2025
Senate Third Reading Calendar No. 11 (General House Bills)
HB0292
(Amended) 		Delegate Holmes Judicial Proceedings
Cooperative Housing Corporations, Condominiums, and Homeowners Associations - Funding of Reserve Accounts and Preparation of Funding Plans
HB1028
(Amended) 		Delegate Forbes Budget and Taxation
Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System - Investment Division - Compensation and Staffing Committee
HB1465
(Amended) 		Delegate Stewart Judicial Proceedings
Transportation-Related Tolls - Installment Payment Plans
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