Senate Floor Actions (4/13/2026)
Senate Agenda for Proceedings No. 65
Message from the House: Yeas and Nays No. 12
Completed
Message from the House: Introductory House Bills No. 42
Completed
Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee Report No. 51
Completed
Judicial Proceedings Committee Report No. 38
Completed
Judicial Proceedings Committee Report No. 39
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Judicial Proceedings Committee Report No. 41
Completed
Budget and Taxation Committee Report No. 36
Completed
Budget and Taxation Committee Report No. 37
Completed
Rules Committee Report No. 9
Completed
Special Order Calendar No. 94
Completed
Special Order Calendar No. 108
Completed
Senate Third Reading Calendar No. 55 (General House Bills)
Completed
Senate Third Reading Calendar No. 56 (General House Bills)
Completed
Senate Third Reading Calendar No. 65 (General House Bills)
Completed
Senate Third Reading Calendar No. 66 (General House Bills)
Completed
Senate Third Reading Calendar No. 67 (General House Bills)
Completed
Message from the House: Senate Bills Amended in the House No. 17
Completed
Message from the House: Senate Bills Amended in the House No. 18
Completed
Message from the House: Senate Bills Amended in the House No. 19
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Message from the House: Senate Bills Amended in the House No. 20
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Message from the House: Senate Bills Amended in the House No. 21
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Message from the House: Senate Bills Amended in the House No. 22
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Message from the House: Senate Bills Amended in the House No. 23
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Message from the House: Senate Bills Amended in the House No. 24
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| Senate Proceedings No. 65 |
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| Convened 3:39 PM, Legislative Day 03/26/26, Calendar Day 04/13/26 |
| Invocation from prior session will serve as today's prayer |
| Attendance Quorum: 38 |
| Resolution: Nancy Crawford - your retirement after 46 years of dedicated and exemplary State service as Director of the Anne Arundel County Board of Elections, including 20 years as Senator Beidle’s Chief of Staff. Adopted (37-0) |
| Recongnition and remarks by outgoing Senator Pam Beidle |
| House Bills Introduced in the Senate No. 42 |
| HB 13 |
| Referred Rules |
| HB 44 |
| Referred Rules |
| HB 653 |
| Referred Rules |
| HB 1020 |
| Referred Rules |
| HB 1057 |
| Referred Rules |
| HB 1254 |
| Referred Rules |
| HB 1297 |
| Referred Rules |
| Messages |
| HB 139 |
| House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments |
| House Requests Senate Recede |
| HB 139 |
| Senate Refuses Recede |
| Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Rosapepe, Augustine and McCray) |
| Messages |
| SB 311 |
| House Refuses Recede |
| House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Smith, Forbes and Ebersole) |
| Conference Committee Report |
| HB 1532 |
| Conference Committee Report {583123/1 |
| Motion Limit Debate (Senator King) Adopted (32-13) |
| Conference Committee Report {583123/1 Adopted (33-11) |
| Third Reading Passed (35-11) |
| Committee Report No. 9 Senate Rules |
| HB 106 |
| Re-referred Finance |
| HB 299 |
| Re-referred Finance |
| HB 420 |
| Re-referred Education, Energy, and the Environment |
| HB 500 |
| Re-referred Budget and Taxation |
| HB 654 |
| Re-referred Budget and Taxation |
| HB 666 |
| Re-referred Education, Energy, and the Environment |
| HB 700 |
| Re-referred Education, Energy, and the Environment |
| HB 701 |
| Re-referred Education, Energy, and the Environment |
| HB 982 |
| Re-referred Education, Energy, and the Environment |
| HB 1069 |
| Re-referred Education, Energy, and the Environment |
| HB 1445 |
| Re-referred Finance |
| HB 1574 |
| Re-referred Education, Energy, and the Environment |
| HB 1587 |
| Re-referred Budget and Taxation |
| HB 1598 |
| Re-referred Budget and Taxation |
| HB 1599 |
| Re-referred Budget and Taxation |
| Messages |
| SB 389 |
| Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments |
| Senate Requests House Recede |
| Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Hayes, Beidle and Hershey) |
| Messages |
| SB 141 |
| Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments |
| Senate Requests House Recede |
| Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Hester, Watson and Gallion) |
| Messages |
| SB 274 |
| Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments |
| Senate Requests House Recede |
| Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Sydnor, Henson and West) |
| Messages |
| SB 904 |
| Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments |
| Senate Requests House Recede |
| Messages |
| HB 339 |
| House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments |
| House Requests Senate Recede |
| HB 339 |
| Senate Refuses Recede |
| Messages |
| HB 14 |
| House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments |
| House Requests Senate Recede |
| House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Ebersole, Patterson and Miller) |
| HB 14 |
| Senate Refuses Recede |
| Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Attar, Brooks and Carozza) |
| Messages |
| HB 892 |
| House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments |
| House Requests Senate Recede |
| HB 892 |
| Senate Refuses Recede |
| Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Jackson, Beidle and Ready) |
| Special Orders No. 108 |
| HB 547 |
| Floor Amendment {773129/1 (Senator Waldstreicher) Adopted |
| Third Readings Passed with Amendments (46-0) |
| Messages |
| SB 233 |
| House Refuses Recede |
| House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Rogers, Charkoudian and Adams) |
| SB 233 |
| Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments |
| Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Jackson, Beidle and Ready) |
| Messages |
| SB 447 |
| Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments |
| Senate Requests House Recede |
| Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators West, James and McKay) |
| Senate Bills Amended in the House No. 20 |
| SB 388 |
| Senate Concurs House Amendments |
| Third Reading Passed (45-0) |
| SB 459 |
| Senate Concurs House Amendments |
| Third Reading Passed (45-0) |
| Senate Bills Amended in the House No. 19 |
| SB 742 |
| Senate Concurs House Amendments |
| Third Reading Passed (47-0) |
| SB 893 |
| Senate Concurs House Amendments |
| Third Reading Passed (36-11) |
| Senate Bills Amended in the House No. 17 |
| SB 189 |
| Senate Concurs House Amendments |
| Third Reading Passed (47-0) |
| SB 625 |
| Senate Concurs House Amendments |
| Third Reading Passed (43-4) |
| SB 719 |
| Senate Concurs House Amendments |
| Third Reading Passed (46-0) |
| SB 829 |
| Senate Concurs House Amendments |
| Third Reading Passed (46-0) |
| SB 148 |
| Senate Concurs House Amendments |
| Third Reading Passed (47-0) |
| Senate Bills Amended in the House No. 18 |
| SB 204 |
| Senate Concurs House Amendments |
| Third Reading Passed (46-0) |
| SB 720 |
| Senate Concurs House Amendments |
| Third Reading Passed (45-0) |
| SB 810 |
| Senate Concurs House Amendments |
| Third Reading Passed (33-14) |
| Senate Bills Amended in the House No. 21 |
| SB 345 |
| Senate Concurs House Amendments |
| Third Reading Passed (46-0) |
| SB 354 |
| Senate Concurs House Amendments |
| Third Reading Passed (46-0) |
| SB 791 |
| Senate Concurs House Amendments |
| Third Reading Passed (32-15) |
| SB 941 |
| Senate Concurs House Amendments |
| Third Reading Passed (34-13) |
| Senate Bills Amended in the House No. 22 |
| SB 242 |
| Senate Concurs House Amendments |
| Third Reading Passed (46-0) |
| Messages |
| SB 866 |
| House Refuses Recede |
| House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Woorman, Alston and Hutchinson) |
| SB 866 |
| Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments |
| Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators A. Washington, Lam and Mautz) |
| Messages |
| SB 626 |
| House Refuses Recede |
| House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Cullison, Martinez and Hutchinson) |
| SB 626 |
| Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments |
| Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Lam, A. Washington and Ready) |
| Messages |
| HB 573 |
| House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments |
| House Requests Senate Recede |
| House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Amprey, Charkoudian and Adams) |
| HB 573 |
| Senate Refuses Recede |
| Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Sydnor, Henson and West) |
| Messages |
| HB 139 |
| House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments |
| House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Palakovich Carr, Feldmark and Roberson) |
| Third Reading Calendar - House No. 66 |
| HB 6 |
| Third Reading Passed (41-1) |
| HB 103 |
| Third Reading Passed (35-11) |
| HB 168 |
| Third Reading Passed (34-10) |
| HB 182 |
| Third Reading Passed (45-0) |
| HB 191 |
| Third Reading Passed (35-11) |
| HB 575 |
| Third Reading Passed (43-1) |
| Third Reading Calendar - House No. 67 |
| HB 587 |
| Third Reading Passed (46-1) |
| HB 640 |
| Third Reading Passed (47-0) |
| HB 898 |
| Third Reading Passed (46-1) |
| HB 1248 |
| Third Reading Passed (35-12) |
| HB 1452 |
| Floor Amendment {833220/1 (Senator Charles) Adopted |
| Third Readings Passed with Amendments (47-0) |
| Third Reading Calendar - House No. 55 |
| HB 406 |
| Third Reading Passed (47-0) |
| HB 443 |
| Third Reading Passed (47-0) |
| HB 583 |
| Third Reading Passed (47-0) |
| HB 625 |
| Third Reading Passed (34-13) |
| HB 684 |
| Third Reading Passed (47-0) |
| HB 1091 |
| Third Reading Passed (46-0) |
| HB 1387 |
| Third Reading Passed (46-0) |
| HB 1425 |
| Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Muse) Adopted |
| HB 1490 |
| Third Reading Passed (35-12) |
| HB 1554 |
| Third Reading Passed (47-0) |
| Conference Committee Report |
| SB 311 |
| Conference Committee Report {593224/1 Adopted |
| Third Reading Passed (33-13) |
| Messages |
| SB 255 |
| Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments |
| Senate Requests House Recede |
| Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Kagan, Harris and Simonaire) |
| Special Orders No. 94 |
| HB 1369 |
| Third Reading Passed (46-0) |
| Senate Bills Passed By Yeas And Nays No. 12 |
| SB 39 |
| Returned Passed |
| SB 215 |
| Returned Passed |
| SB 324 |
| Returned Passed |
| SB 370 |
| Returned Passed |
| SB 401 |
| Returned Passed |
| SB 441 |
| Returned Passed |
| SB 606 |
| Returned Passed |
| SB 607 |
| Returned Passed |
| SB 614 |
| Returned Passed |
| SB 627 |
| Returned Passed |
| SB 644 |
| Returned Passed |
| SB 646 |
| Returned Passed |
| SB 647 |
| Returned Passed |
| SB 657 |
| Returned Passed |
| SB 694 |
| Returned Passed |
| SB 710 |
| Returned Passed |
| SB 729 |
| Returned Passed |
| SB 753 |
| Returned Passed |
| SB 760 |
| Returned Passed |
| SB 778 |
| Returned Passed |
| SB 816 |
| Returned Passed |
| SB 864 |
| Returned Passed |
| SB 920 |
| Returned Passed |
| SB 940 |
| Returned Passed |
| Messages |
| HB 141 |
| House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments |
| House Requests Senate Recede |
| House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Wells, Barnes and Solomon) |
| HB 141 |
| Senate Refuses Recede |
| Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Kramer, Beidle and Hershey) |
| Committee Report No. 41 Judicial Proceedings |
| HB 681 |
| Favorable Adopted |
| Second Reading Passed |
| Committee Report No. 39 Judicial Proceedings |
| HB 523 |
| Favorable with Amendments {453026/1 |
| Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Henson) Adopted |
| HB 1105 |
| Favorable with Amendments {513626/1 Adopted |
| Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| HB 1222 |
| Favorable with Amendments {513122/1 |
| Committee Amendment {513122/1 Rejected (22-22) |
| Favorable Adopted |
| Second Reading Passed |
| HB 1614 |
| Favorable with Amendments {253329/1 |
| Motion Laid Over (Senator Hershey) Adopted |
| Conference Committee Report |
| HB 1063 |
| Conference Committee Report {683326/1 Adopted |
| Third Reading Passed (45-0) |
| Committee Report No. 36 Budget and Taxation |
| HB 500 |
| Favorable Adopted |
| Second Reading Passed |
| HB 654 |
| Favorable Adopted |
| Second Reading Passed |
| HB 1587 |
| Favorable with Amendments {383529/1 Adopted |
| Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| Motion Rules Suspend Two Readings Same Day Const/Rule 24 (Senator Guzzone) Adopted |
| Third Reading Passed (46-0) |
| HB 1599 |
| Favorable Adopted |
| Second Reading Passed |
| Senate Bills Amended in the House No. 23 |
| SB 193 |
| Senate Concurs House Amendments |
| Third Reading Passed (47-0) |
| SB 558 |
| Senate Concurs House Amendments |
| Third Reading Passed (47-0) |
| Senate Bills Amended in the House No. 24 |
| SB 762 |
| Senate Concurs House Amendments |
| Third Reading Passed (47-0) |
| Committee Report No. 37 Budget and Taxation |
| HB 1598 |
| Favorable Adopted |
| Second Reading Passed |
| Committee Report No. 51 Education, Energy, and the Environment |
| HB 222 |
| Favorable with Amendments {973325/1 |
| Committee Amendment Adopted |
| Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Folden) Rejected |
| Favorable with Amendments Adopted |
| Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| HB 326 |
| Favorable Adopted |
| Second Reading Passed |
| HB 1341 |
| Favorable with Amendments {123723/1 Adopted |
| Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| Committee Report No. 38 Judicial Proceedings |
| HB 55 |
| Favorable Adopted |
| Second Reading Passed |
| HB 210 |
| Favorable |
| Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Folden) Rejected |
| Favorable Adopted |
| Second Reading Passed |
| HB 503 |
| Favorable Adopted |
| Second Reading Passed |
| HB 591 |
| Favorable Adopted |
| Second Reading Passed |
| HB 668 |
| Favorable Adopted |
| Second Reading Passed |
| HB 768 |
| Favorable Adopted |
| Second Reading Passed |
| HB 915 |
| Favorable |
| Second Reading Passed |
| HB 993 |
| Favorable Adopted |
| Second Reading Passed |
| HB 1132 |
| Favorable Adopted |
| Second Reading Passed |
| Third Reading Calendar - House No. 65 |
| HB 1247 |
| Third Reading Passed (44-1) |
| HB 1346 |
| Third Reading Passed (46-0) |
| Third Reading Calendar - House No. 56 |
| HB 358 |
| Third Reading Passed (46-0) |
| HB 590 |
| Third Reading Passed (46-0) |
| HB 672 |
| Third Reading Passed (46-0) |
| HB 776 |
| Third Reading Passed (46-0) |
| HB 852 |
| Third Reading Passed (46-0) |
| HB 911 |
| Third Reading Passed (46-0) |
| HB 1062 |
| Third Reading Passed (43-1) |
| HB 1149 |
| Third Reading Passed (46-0) |
| HB 1305 |
| Third Reading Passed (46-0) |
| HB 1345 |
| Third Reading Passed (46-0) |
| HB 1563 |
| Third Reading Passed (45-0) |
| Special Order |
| HB 1425 |
| Third Reading Passed (46-0) |
| Announcements |
| Recongnition and remarks by outgoing Senator Arthur Ellis |
| Quorum: 46 |
| Adjourned 8:14 PM, until Apr 13, 2026 at 9:00 PM, (Legislative Day 03/27) |