Current Status of Priority Legislation

Status of Priority Bills

2025 Legislative Session

Below are all of the bills designated as priorities by our Issue Leads that that were considered this session. These bills are in alphabetical order by Issue (Climate Change, Criminal Justice, Gun Violence, Healthcare, Immigration, and Medical Aid in Dying), so first scroll down to the issue you seek. Once you find a bill of interest, scroll right to see additional information, such as bill description.

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Issue	Subject	Bill Number	XFile Bill No.	Sponsor	Title	Status	Current Location	Position	Priority	Synopsis
Climate Change	Abundant Affordable Clean Energy	HB0398	SB0316	Delegate Charkoudian	Abundant Affordable Clean Energy - Procurement and Development (AACE Act)	Failed-no vote in original committee	Economic Matters	Support	x	Requiring each electric company in the State to submit to the Public Service Commission by certain dates plans for the construction or procurement of distribution-connected energy storage devices and to construct or procure the devices in accordance with the plan; providing for the creation of zero-emission credits by beneficial nuclear facilities; requiring the Commission to pursue certain coordinated approaches to offshore wind energy transmission development; etc.
Climate Change	Abundant Affordable Clean Energy	SB0316	HB0398	Senator Brooks	Abundant Affordable Clean Energy - Procurement and Development (AACE Act)	Failed-no vote in original committee	Education, Energy, and the Environment	Support	x	Requiring each electric company in the State to submit to the Public Service Commission by certain dates plans for the construction or procurement of distribution-connected energy storage devices and to construct or procure the devices in accordance with the plan; providing for the creation of zero-emission credits by beneficial nuclear facilities; requiring the Commission to pursue certain coordinated approaches to offshore wind energy transmission development; etc.
Climate Change	Better Buildings Act	HB0973	SB0804	Delegate Boafo	Maryland Building Performance Standards - Fossil Fuel Use, Energy Conservation, and Electric- and Solar-Ready Standards (Better Buildings Act of 2025)	Failed-no vote in original committee	Environment and Transportation	Support	x	Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to adopt, by October 1, 2025, and as part of the Maryland Building Performance Standards, energy conservation requirements, an electric- and solar-ready standard for certain buildings, and a requirement that new buildings and significant improvements meet all laundry, water, and space heating demands of the building without the use of fossil fuels.
Climate Change	Better Buildings Act	SB0804	HB0973	Senator Brooks	Maryland Building Performance Standards - Fossil Fuel Use, Energy Conservation, and Electric- and Solar-Ready Standards (Better Buildings Act of 2025)	Failed-no vote in original committee	Education, Energy, and the Environment	Support	x	Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to adopt, by October 1, 2025, and as part of the Maryland Building Performance Standards, energy conservation requirements, an electric- and solar-ready standard for certain buildings, and a requirement that new buildings and significant improvements meet all laundry, water, and space heating demands of the building without the use of fossil fuels.
Climate Change	Cherish Our Communities Act	HB1484	SB0978	Delegate Lewis, J.	Environmental Permits - Requirements for Public Participation and Impact and Burden Analyses (Cumulative Harms to Environmental Restoration For Improving Shared Health - CHERISH Our Communities Act)	Failed-no vote in original committee	Environment and Transportation	Support	x	Applying certain public participation requirements to permits for projects that have been identified by the Department of the Environment as having an increased potential for adverse community environmental and public health impacts; requiring a person applying for certain environmental permits for certain projects with an increased potential to cause adverse community environmental and public health impacts to include in the permit application an environmental impact analysis; etc.
Climate Change	Cherish Our Communities Act	SB0978	HB1484	Senator Lam	Environmental Permits - Requirements for Public Participation and Impact and Burden Analyses (Cumulative Harms to Environmental Restoration for Improving Shared Health - CHERISH Our Communities Act)	Failed-no vote in original committee	Education, Energy, and the Environment	Support	x	Applying certain public participation requirements to permits for projects that have been identified by the Department of the Environment as having an increased potential for adverse community environmental and public health impacts; requiring a person applying for certain environmental permits for certain projects with an increased potential to cause adverse community environmental and public health impacts to include in the permit application an environmental impact analysis; etc.
Climate Change	Climate & Transportation Alignment	HB0084	SB0395	Delegate Edelson	Transportation - Major Highway Capacity Expansion Projects and Impact Assessments (Transportation and Climate Alignment Act of 2025)	Failed-no vote in opposite committee	Budget and Taxation	Support	x	Requiring the Department of Transportation, as part of the planning and implementation of certain major highway expansion projects, to perform an impact assessment of the project and develop and implement a corresponding multimodal transportation program; requiring the Department, beginning with a certain Consolidated Transportation Program, to evaluate certain major capital projects for their impact on greenhouse gas emissions and vehicle miles traveled; etc.
Climate Change	Climate & Transportation Alignment	SB0395	HB0084	Senator Hettleman	Transportation - Major Highway Capacity Expansion Projects and Impact Assessments (Transportation and Climate Alignment Act of 2025)	Failed-no vote in original committee	Budget and Taxation	Support	x	Requiring the Department of Transportation, as part of the planning and implementation of certain major highway expansion projects to develop and implement a corresponding multimodal transportation program; requiring the Department beginning with a certain Consolidated Transportation Program to evaluate certain major capital projects for their impact on greenhouse gas emissions and vehicle miles traveled; requiring the Secretary of Transportation to perform certain capacity expansion impact assessments; etc.
Climate Change	Climate Change Restitution Fund	HB0340		Delegate Ruth	Climate Change - Attorney General Actions, Climate Change Restitution Fund, and Climate Change Restitution Fund Advisory Council	Failed-no vote in original committee	Health and Government Operations	Support	x	Authorizing the Attorney General to investigate, commence, and prosecute or defend any suit or action that holds certain entities accountable for tortious or otherwise unlawful conduct that has contributed to climate change; establishing the Climate Change Restitution Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; establishing the Climate Change Restitution Fund Advisory Council to provide information to the Governor, the Attorney General, and the General Assembly on climate change and the distribution of the Fund; etc.
Climate Change	Data Center Impact Analysis	HB0270	SB0116	Delegate Crosby	Data Center Impact Analysis and Report	Returned Passed	Governor	Support	x	Requiring the Department of the Environment, the Maryland Energy Administration, and the University of Maryland School of Business, in coordination with the Department of Legislative Services, to conduct an analysis of the likely environmental, energy, and economic impacts of data center development in the State; and requiring the Department of Legislative Services to coordinate preparation of the final report to be submitted to the Governor and the General Assembly by September 1, 2026.
Climate Change	Data Center Impact Analysis	SB0116	HB0270	Senator Lewis Young	Data Center Impact Analysis and Report	Passed Enrolled	Governor	Support	x	Requiring the Department of the Environment, the Maryland Energy Administration, and the University of Maryland School of Business, in coordination with the Department of Legislative Services, to conduct an analysis of the likely environmental, energy, and economic impacts of data center development in the State; and requiring the Department of Legislative Services to coordinate preparation of the final report to be submitted to the Governor and the General Assembly by September 1, 2026.
Climate Change	Delay in Clean Cars Program	HB1556		Delegate Stein	Environment - Advanced Clean Cars II Program and Advanced Clean Trucks Program - Implementation, Application, and Enforcement	Failed-no vote on 3rd Reading	House Floor	Oppose	x	Prohibiting the Department of the Environment from implementing the Advanced Clean Trucks Program until a certain needs assessment and deployment plan is published, subject to certain conditions; authorizing the Department to apply certain enforcement or penalty provisions to a motor vehicle manufacturer for failing to meet any requirements under the Advanced Clean Cars II Program for model years 2027 and 2028 only under certain circumstances; etc.
Climate Change	Maryland Bottle Bill	HB0232	SB0346	Delegate Terrasa	Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program	Failed-no vote in original committee	Environment and Transportation	Support	x	Establishing the Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program to increase the reuse and recycling of beverage containers and reduce the litter, pollution, and costs associated with beverage containers; prohibiting a producer from selling, offering for sale, or distributing in or importing into the State a redeemable beverage container unless the producer is registered with the Department of the Environment, pays a certain fee, and is part of a certain stewardship organization; etc.
Climate Change	Maryland Bottle Bill	SB0346	HB0232	Senator Brooks	Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program	Failed-no vote in original committee	Education, Energy, and the Environment	Support	x	Establishing the Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program to increase the reuse and recycling of beverage containers and reduce the litter, pollution, and costs associated with beverage containers; prohibiting a producer from selling, offering for sale, or distributing in or importing into the State a redeemable beverage container unless the producer is registered with the Department of the Environment, pays a certain fee, and is part of a certain stewardship organization; etc.
Climate Change	Next Generation Energy - Nuclear, Gas	HB1035	SB0937	Speaker	Electricity and Gas - Emissions Reductions, Rate Regulation, Cost Recovery, Infrastructure, Planning, Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard, and Energy Assistance Programs (Next Generation Energy Act)	Returned Passed	Governor		x	Authorizing the Department of Housing and Community Development to issue loans, in addition to grants, for certain purposes relating to reducing direct greenhouse gas emissions from certain multifamily residential buildings; requiring the Maryland Energy Administration, in coordination with the Public Service Commission and the Department of Natural Resources, to pursue certain agreements with neighboring states and federal agencies related to the development of new nuclear energy generation stations; etc.
Climate Change	Next Generation Energy - Nuclear, Gas	SB0937	HB1035	President	Electricity and Gas - Emissions Reductions, Rate Regulation, Cost Recovery, Infrastructure, Planning, Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard, and Energy Assistance Programs (Next Generation Energy Act)	Passed Enrolled	Governor		x	Authorizing the Department of Housing and Community Development to issue loans, in addition to grants, for certain purposes relating to reducing direct greenhouse gas emissions from certain multifamily residential buildings; requiring the Maryland Energy Administration, in coordination with the Public Service Commission and the Department of Natural Resources, to pursue certain agreements with neighboring states and federal agencies related to the development of new nuclear energy generation stations; etc.
Climate Change	Packing Materials - Producer Responsibility	SB0901		Senator Augustine	Environment - Packaging and Paper Products - Producer Responsibility Plans	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 431		Support	x	Requiring certain producers of covered materials, individually or as part of a producer responsibility organization, to submit a certain covered materials producer responsibility plan to the Department of the Environment for review and approval on or before July 1, 2028, and every 5 years thereafter, in accordance with certain requirements, or to develop an alternative collection program; requiring a producer responsibility organization to pay certain costs to the Department; etc.
Climate Change	RENEW Act	HB0128	SB0149	Delegate Fraser-Hidalgo	Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation - Total Assessed Cost of Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Study and Reports	Passed Enrolled	Governor	Support	x	Requiring the Comptroller, in coordination with the Department of the Environment and the Department of Commerce, to conduct a study to assess the total cost of greenhouse gas emissions in the State and report certain findings to certain committees by December 1, 2026, on the total assessed cost of greenhouse gas emissions in the State based on the findings of the study; authorizing the Comptroller to hire a consultant to conduct the study; and requiring the report to include certain information and calculations.
Climate Change	RENEW Act	SB0149	HB0128	Senator Hester	Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation - Total Assessed Cost of Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Study and Reports	Returned Passed	Governor	Support	x	Requiring the Comptroller, in coordination with the Department of the Environment and the Department of Commerce, to conduct a study to assess the total cost of greenhouse gas emissions in the State and report certain findings to certain committees on or before December 1, 2026, on the total assessed cost of greenhouse gas emissions in the State based on the findings of a certain study; authorizing the Comptroller to hire a consultant to conduct the study; and requiring the report to include certain information and calculations.
Climate Change	Ratepayer Protection Act	HB0419	SB0998	Delegate Embry	Natural Gas - Strategic Infrastructure Development and Enhancement (Ratepayer Protection Act)	Failed-no vote in original committee	Economic Matters	Support	x	Altering the required contents of a certain plan that a gas company may file with the Public Service Commission for proposed eligible infrastructure replacement projects to include certain descriptions, demonstrations, analyses, and notifications; and altering the required findings of the Commission in considering whether to approve a certain infrastructure replacement plan.
Climate Change	Ratepayer Protection Act	SB0998	HB0419	Senator Washington, M.	Natural Gas - Strategic Infrastructure Development and Enhancement (Ratepayer Protection Act)	Failed-no vote in original committee	Education, Energy, and the Environment	Support	x	Altering the required contents of a certain plan that a gas company may file with the Public Service Commission for proposed eligible infrastructure replacement projects to include certain descriptions, demonstrations, analyses, and notifications; and altering the required findings of the Commission in considering whether to approve a certain infrastructure replacement plan.
Criminal Justice	Automated Expungement	HB0545	SB0398	Delegate Moon	Criminal Procedure - Automated Expungement	Failed-no vote in original committee	Judiciary	Support	x	Repealing a certain provision of law requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to expunge certain cases involving charges of possession of cannabis on or before a certain date; and establishing procedures for the automated expungement of certain cases by the Department and the Judiciary.
Criminal Justice	Automated Expungement	SB0398	HB0545	Senator McKay	Criminal Procedure - Automated Expungement	Failed-no vote in original committee	Judicial Proceedings	Support	x	Repealing a certain provision of law requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to expunge certain cases involving charges of possession of cannabis on or before a certain date; and establishing procedures for the automated expungement of certain cases by the Department and the Judiciary.
Criminal Justice	Corrections - Restrictive Housing	HB0647	SB0702	Delegate Phillips	Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing	Failed-no vote in original committee	Judiciary	Support	x	Altering a certain definition of restrictive housing; limiting the amount of time that an individual may be placed in restrictive housing from approximately 22 hours to 17 hours in a 24-hour period; requiring all restrictive housing units to create the least restrictive environment necessary for certain purposes; prohibiting the placement of a certain member of a vulnerable population in restrictive housing for any period of time; etc.
Criminal Justice	Corrections - Restrictive Housing	SB0702	HB0647	Senator Love	Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing	Failed-no vote in original committee	Judicial Proceedings	Support	x	Altering a certain definition of restrictive housing; limiting the amount of time that an individual may be placed in restrictive housing from approximately 22 hours to 17 hours in a 24-hour period; requiring all restrictive housing units to create the least restrictive environment necessary for certain purposes; prohibiting the placement of a certain member of a vulnerable population in restrictive housing for any period of time; etc.
Criminal Justice	Fair Chance Housing Act	SB0514		Senator Henson	Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases - Prospective Tenant Criminal History Records Check (Maryland Fair Chance Housing Act)	Failed-no vote in original committee	Judicial Proceedings	Support	x	Prohibiting a landlord from requiring or requesting from a prospective tenant certain information relating to criminal history and prohibiting a landlord from considering certain information when evaluating the prospective tenant; permitting a landlord to consider certain criminal history information prior to extending a conditional offer to a prospective tenant and requiring the landlord to consider certain information provided by a prospective tenant relating to a criminal history records check; etc.
Criminal Justice	Geriatric and Medical Parole	HB0190	SB0181	Delegate Bartlett	Correctional Services - Geriatric and Medical Parole	Failed-no vote in original committee	Judiciary	Support	x	Requiring the Maryland Parole Commission to consider the age of incarcerated individuals when determining whether to grant parole; altering how the Commission evaluates a request for medical parole, including providing for a meeting between the incarcerated individual and the Commission; requiring the Commission to develop procedures for assessing parole requests by older incarcerated individuals; and requiring the Commission to report yearly to the Justice Reinvestment Oversight Board on the outcomes of certain parole considerations.
Criminal Justice	Geriatric and Medical Parole	SB0181	HB0190	Senator Hettleman	Correctional Services - Geriatric and Medical Parole	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 102		Support	x	Requiring the Maryland Parole Commission to consider the age of incarcerated individuals when determining whether to grant parole; altering how the Commission evaluates a request for medical parole; repealing the authorization for the Governor to disapprove a decision to grant medical parole; requiring the Commission, within 60 days of receiving a name for parole consideration, to conduct a risk assessment for an individual serving sentences for crimes of violence with an aggregate term of confinement of 40 years or more; etc.
Criminal Justice	Juvenile Court Jurisdiction	HB1433	SB0422	Delegate Toles	Juvenile Court - Jurisdiction	Failed-no vote in original committee	Judiciary	Support	x	Altering the jurisdiction of the juvenile court by repealing provisions specifying that the juvenile court does not have jurisdiction over a child alleged to have committed certain acts.
Criminal Justice	Juvenile Court Jurisdiction	SB0422	HB1433	Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee	Juvenile Court - Jurisdiction	Failed-no vote in original committee	Judicial Proceedings	Support	x	Altering the jurisdiction of the juvenile court by repealing provisions specifying that the juvenile court does not have jurisdiction over a child alleged to have committed certain acts.
Criminal Justice	Medical Parole - Life Imprisonment	HB0311	SB0648	Delegate Bartlett	Correctional Services - Medical Parole - Life Imprisonment	Failed-no vote in original committee	Judiciary	Support	x	Repealing provisions relating to gubernatorial approval of a decision of the Maryland Parole Commission to grant medical parole to an incarcerated individual serving a sentence of life imprisonment.
Criminal Justice	Medical Parole - Life Imprisonment	SB0648	HB0311	Senator Muse	Correctional Services - Medical Parole - Life Imprisonment	Failed-no vote in opposite committee	Judiciary	Support	x	Repealing provisions relating to gubernatorial approval of a decision of the Maryland Parole Commission to grant medical parole to an incarcerated individual serving a sentence of life imprisonment.
Criminal Justice	Medical and Elder Parole	HB1123		Delegate Bartlett	Correctional Services - Geriatric and Medical Parole	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 103		Support	x	Requiring the Maryland Parole Commission to consider the age of an incarcerated individual when determining whether to grant parole; altering how the Commission evaluates a request for medical parole; requiring the Commission to develop procedures for assessing parole requests by certain incarcerated individuals; repealing the authorization for the Governor to disapprove of a decision by the Commission to grant medical parole; requiring the Commission to conduct a certain risk assessment at a certain time; etc.
Criminal Justice	Prerelease Services - Female Inmates	HB1198	SB0632	Delegate Crutchfield	Correctional Services - Comprehensive Rehabilitative Prerelease Services - Female Incarcerated Individuals (The Monica Cooper Prerelease Act)	Failed-no vote in opposite committee	Judicial Proceedings	Support	x	Altering the required location and timeline for a certain prerelease facility for female incarcerated individuals; requiring the Commissioner of the Division of Correction to make certain services available to certain female incarcerated individuals; requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to implement certain comprehensive rehabilitative prerelease services by July 1, 2026; requiring the Department to report certain information to certain entities; etc.
Criminal Justice	Prerelease Services - Female Inmates	SB0632	HB1198	Senator Washington, M.	Correctional Services - Comprehensive Rehabilitative Prerelease Services - Female Incarcerated Individuals (The Monica Cooper Prerelease Act)	Failed-no vote in opposite committee	Judiciary	Support	x	Altering the required specifications for a certain prerelease facility for female incarcerated individuals; requiring the Department of General Services to direct the procurement processes for the construction of a certain prerelease facility for female incarcerated individuals; requiring the Commissioner of the Division of Correction to make certain services available to certain female incarcerated individuals; requiring the implementation of comprehensive prerelease services for certain individuals by September 1, 2025; etc.
Criminal Justice	Racial Disparities in Justice System	HB1423		Delegate Crutchfield	Commission to Review and Assess Racial Disparities in the State Criminal Justice System - Establishment	Failed-no vote in original committee	Judiciary	Support	x	Establishing the Commission to Review and Assess Racial Disparities in the State Criminal Justice System to study and make recommendations on certain matters involving the disparate treatment of African Americans, Hispanics, and other non-White individuals in the State's criminal justice system and other criminal justice issues in the State; and requiring the Commission to report its findings and recommendations on or before September 1, 2026.
Criminal Justice	Reduction of sentence petition	HB0853		Delegate Pasteur	Postconviction Review - Procedure to Reduce Duration of Sentence (Maryland Second Look Act)	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 96		Support	x	Authorizing a certain individual to file a motion to reduce the duration of a certain sentence if the individual was convicted between the ages of at least 18 and under 25, was not sentenced to life, is not a sex offender, has served at least 20 years of the term of confinement, and was not convicted of murder involving a victim who was a first responder who was killed in the line of duty; applying procedures for a proceeding under the Act; etc.
Criminal Justice	Reduction of sentence petition	SB0291		Senator Sydnor	Criminal Procedure - Petition to Reduce Sentence (Maryland Second Look Act)	Failed-no vote in original committee	Judicial Proceedings	Support	x	Authorizing an individual who is serving a term of confinement to petition a court to reduce the sentence or sentences under certain circumstances; and establishing procedures for a proceeding under the Act.
Gun Violence	Armed Trespass by Retired Police	HB0308	SB0585	Delegate Bartlett	Criminal Law - Exception to Armed Trespass Prohibition - Retired Law Enforcement Officials	Failed-no vote in original committee	Judiciary	Oppose	x	Establishing an exception to the prohibition against entering or trespassing on real property while wearing, carrying, or transporting a firearm for a retired law enforcement official who has retired in good standing from a law enforcement agency of the United States, the State or another state, or a local unit in the State or another state under certain circumstances.
Gun Violence	Armed Trespass by Retired Police	SB0585	HB0308	Senator Waldstreicher	Criminal Law - Exception to Armed Trespass Prohibition - Retired Law Enforcement Officials	Failed-no vote on 2nd reading	House Floor	Oppose	x	Establishing an exception to the prohibition against entering or trespassing on real property while wearing, carrying, or transporting a firearm for a retired law enforcement official who has retired in good standing from a law enforcement agency of the United States, the State or another state, or a local unit in the State or another state under certain circumstances.
Gun Violence	Community Safety Funding	HB0387		Delegate Mireku-North	Comprehensive Community Safety Funding Act	Failed-no vote in original committee	Ways and Means	Support	x	Imposing an excise tax on certain gross receipts of certain firearms dealers derived from the sales of firearms in the State and sales of firearms to residents of the State; etc.
Gun Violence	Convertible Pistols - switch/auto–sear	HB1287		Delegate Williams	Criminal Law - Firearm Crimes - Convertible Pistols	Failed-no vote in original committee	Judiciary	Support	x	Prohibiting a person from manufacturing, selling, offering for sale, purchasing, receiving, or transferring a certain convertible pistol; and defining 'convertible pistol' as any semiautomatic pistol that can be converted into a machine gun solely by the attachment of a switch/auto-sear.
Gun Violence	Family and Law Enforcement Protection	HB1050	SB0943	Delegate Bartlett	Family Law - Protective Orders - Surrender of Firearms	Failed-no vote in original committee	Judiciary	Support	x	Altering and establishing provisions relating to the surrender of firearms by a respondent under the domestic violence statutes; creating the Task Force to Study the Use of Firearms in Domestic Violence Situations; and requiring the Task Force to submit a report on its recommendations on or before November 15, 2025.
Gun Violence	Family and Law Enforcement Protection	SB0943	HB1050	Senator Hettleman	Family and Law Enforcement Protection Act	Failed-no vote in original committee	Judicial Proceedings	Support	x	Altering and establishing provisions relating to the surrender of firearms by a respondent under the domestic violence statutes; creating the Task Force to Study the Use of Firearms in Domestic Violence Situations; and requiring the Task Force to submit a report on its recommendations on or before November 15, 2025.
Gun Violence	Gun buy-back Programs	SB0444		Senator Smith	Public Safety - Gun Buyback Programs - Destruction of Firearms	Failed-no vote on 2nd reading	House Floor	Support	x	Requiring a federal firearms licensee or law enforcement agency operating a gun buyback program to destroy each firearm and all its components and parts, that is traded in as part of a gun buyback program; authorizing a certain person or entity to contract with a law enforcement agency or a business to destroy certain firearms; requiring a law enforcement agency operating a gun buyback program to make certain efforts to determine whether a firearm is a crime firearm or has been reported lost or stolen before destroying the weapon; etc.
Gun Violence	Trafficking stolen guns	SB0443		Senator Smith	Trafficking Regulated Firearms - Felony Classification	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 465		Support	x	Requiring that the prosecution for an offense of trafficking a regulated firearm be instituted within 3 years after the offense was committed; reclassifying the prohibition against transporting a regulated firearm into the State for the purpose of unlawfully selling or trafficking the firearm to be a felony; and establishing a penalty on conviction of imprisonment of up to 10 years or a fine of up to $25,000 or both.
Healthcare	Prescription Drug Affordabiltiy for All	HB0424	SB0357	Delegate Cullison	Prescription Drug Affordability Board - Authority and Stakeholder Council Membership (Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for All Marylanders Now Act)	Passed Enrolled	Governor	Support	x	Altering the membership of the Prescription Drug Affordability Stakeholder Council; requiring the Prescription Drug Affordability Board, under certain circumstances, to establish a process for setting upper payment limits for purchases and payor reimbursements of prescription drug products that the Board determines have led or will lead to affordability challenges; authorizing the Board to reconsider an upper payment limit for a drug that becomes a current shortage; and altering requirements related to the setting of upper payment limits.
Healthcare	Prescription Drug Affordabiltiy for All	SB0357	HB0424	Senator Gile	Prescription Drug Affordability Board - Authority and Stakeholder Council Membership (Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for All Marylanders Now Act)	Passed Enrolled	Governor	Support	x	Altering the membership of the Prescription Drug Affordability Stakeholder Council; requiring the Prescription Drug Affordability Board, under certain circumstances, to establish a process for setting upper payment limits for purchases and payor reimbursements of prescription drug products that the Board determines have led or will lead to affordability challenges; authorizing the Board to reconsider an upper payment limit for a drug that becomes a current shortage; and altering requirements related to the setting of upper payment limits.
Healthcare	Public Health Abortion Grant Program	HB0930	SB0848	Delegate Lopez	Public Health Abortion Grant Program - Establishment	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 435		Support	x	Establishing the Public Health Abortion Grant Program to provide grants to improve access to abortion care clinical services for individuals in the State; establishing the Public Health Abortion Grant Program Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund to provide grants under the Program; and requiring that certain premium funds collected by health insurance carriers be used to provide certain coverage and to support improving access to abortion care clinical services under certain circumstances.
Healthcare	Public Health Abortion Grant Program	SB0848	HB0930	Senator Guzzone	Public Health Abortion Grant Program - Establishment	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 436		Support	x	Establishing the Public Health Abortion Grant Program to provide grants to improve access to abortion care clinical services for individuals in the State; establishing the Public Health Abortion Grant Program Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund to provide grants under the Program; and requiring that certain premium funds collected by health insurance carriers be used to provide certain coverage and to support improving access to abortion care clinical services under certain circumstances.
Healthcare	Young Adult Insurance-Sunset Repeal	HB0297	SB0005	Delegate Kerr	Maryland Health Benefit Exchange - State-Based Young Adult Health Insurance Subsidies Pilot Program - Sunset Repeal	Returned Passed	Governor	Support	x	Renaming the State-Based Young Adult Health Insurance Subsidies Pilot Program to be the State-Based Young Adult Health Insurance Subsidies Program; repealing the termination date of certain provisions of law that establish and govern the funding for the Program; authorizing rather than requiring the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange to establish and implement the Program; and prohibiting the Exchange from implementing the Program if certain funds are not available.
Healthcare	Young Adult Insurance-Sunset Repeal	SB0005	HB0297	Senator Lam	Maryland Health Benefit Exchange - State-Based Young Adult Health Insurance Subsidies Pilot Program - Sunset Repeal	Returned Passed	Governor	Support	x	Renaming the State-Based Young Adult Health Insurance Subsidies Pilot Program to be the State-Based Young Adult Health Insurance Subsidies Program; repealing the termination date of certain provisions of law that establish and govern the funding for the Program; authorizing rather than requiring the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange to establish and implement the Program; and prohibiting the Exchange from implementing the Program if certain funds are not available.
Healthcare	Birth Certificate Modernization Act	HB1368	SB0314	Delegate Martinez	Certificates of Birth, Licenses, and Identification Cards - Sex Designation (Birth Certificate Modernization Act)	Failed-no vote in original committee	Health and Government Operations	Support	x	Altering the circumstances under which the Secretary of Health is required to make a new certificate of birth due to the change of a sex designation of an individual; establishing requirements and a prohibition related to the making of new certificates of birth; and altering the options for indicating an individual's sex designation on a license, identification card, or moped operator's permit issued by the Motor Vehicle Administration.
Healthcare	Birth Certificate Modernization Act	SB0314	HB1368	Senator Lam	Certificates of Birth, Licenses, and Identification Cards - Sex Designation (Birth Certificate Modernization Act)	Failed-no vote in original committee	Finance	Support	x	Altering the circumstances under which the Secretary of Health is required to make a new certificate of birth due to the change of a sex designation of an individual; establishing requirements and a prohibition related to the making of new certificates of birth; and altering the options for indicating an individual's sex designation on a license, identification card, or moped operator's permit issued by the Motor Vehicle Administration.
Immigration	Enforcement (Maryland Values Act)	HB1222		Delegate Williams	Public Safety - Immigration Enforcement (Maryland Values Act)	Passed Enrolled	Governor	Support	x	Requiring federal law enforcement officers to notify certain individuals of federal immigration action at certain sensitive locations; prohibiting certain schools, libraries, and units of State or local government that operate at certain sensitive locations from allowing certain federal personnel access to areas not accessible to the general public, subject to certain exceptions; requiring the Attorney General to develop and publish certain guidance regarding immigration enforcement actions at certain sensitive locations; etc.
Immigration	Enforcement - Sensitive Locations	HB1006		Delegate Wilkins	Immigration Enforcement - Sensitive Locations - Guidelines and Policies (Protecting Sensitive Locations Act)	Failed-no vote in original committee	Judiciary	Support	x	Requiring the Attorney General to develop guidelines relating to immigration enforcement at sensitive locations; and requiring State agencies that operate at sensitive locations to adopt certain policies or provide notice of a decision not to adopt certain policies.
Immigration	Enforcement - Sensitive Locations	SB0828		Senator Smith	Immigration Enforcement - Sensitive Locations - Access, Guidance, and Policies (Protecting Sensitive Locations Act)	Failed-conference committee not adopted		Support	x	Prohibiting certain schools, libraries, and units of State government that operate at certain sensitive locations from allowing certain federal personnel to access certain areas, subject to certain exceptions; requiring the Attorney General to develop guidance regarding immigration enforcement at certain sensitive locations and guidance regarding individuals interacting with certain federal personnel; and requiring certain schools, libraries and units of State government to adopt policies consistent with the guidelines.
Immigration	In-State Tuition - Undocumented Students	HB0207	SB0268	Delegate Pasteur	Higher Education - Undocumented Students - Out-of-State Tuition Exemption Eligibility	Failed-no vote in opposite committee	Education, Energy, and the Environment	Support	x	Altering, from 3 years to 2 years, the number of years before an academic year for which an individual or the individual's parent or guardian must file taxes to be eligible to receive an out-of-state tuition exemption.
Immigration	In-State Tuition - Undocumented Students	SB0268	HB0207	Senator Brooks	Higher Education - Undocumented Students - Out-of-State Tuition Exemption Eligibility	Failed-no vote in original committee		Support	x	Altering, from 3 years to 2 years, the number of years before an academic year for which an individual or the individual's parent or guardian must file taxes to be eligible to receive an out-of-state tuition exemption.
Immigration	Maryland Data Privacy Act	HB1431		Delegate Charkoudian	State and Local Agencies - Enforcement of Federal Immigration Law - Restrictions on Access to Information (Maryland Data Privacy Act)	Failed-no vote in original committee	Judiciary	Support	x	Altering certain provisions of law to require a law enforcement agency or a unit of State or local government to deny access to certain databases by certain individuals seeking access for the purpose of enforcing federal immigration law, under certain circumstances; requiring the Attorney General to enforce certain provisions of the Act; and providing that a State employee who violates certain provisions of the Act is subject to certain discipline.
Immigration	Maryland Data Privacy Act	SB0977		Senator Lam	Enforcement of Federal Immigration Law - Restrictions on Access to Information (Maryland Data Privacy Act)	Failed-no vote in opposite committee	Judiciary	Support	x	Prohibiting a certain person in possession of certain data, information, and records from sharing or otherwise making the data, information, and records available under certain circumstances; altering certain provisions of law to require a law enforcement agency or a unit of State or local government to deny access to certain databases, facilities, or buildings by certain individuals seeking access for the purpose of enforcing federal immigration law, under certain circumstances; etc.
Immigration	U Nonimmigrant Status/ Sensitive Locations	HB0579	SB0608	Delegate Embry	Criminal Procedure - U Nonimmigrant Status Petitions and Immigration Enforcement at Sensitive Locations	Failed-conference committee not adopted		Support	x	Requiring federal law enforcement officers to notify certain individuals of federal immigration action at certain sensitive locations; altering the requirements for certification of a U Nonimmigrant Status Petition; altering the individuals eligible to request a certain official to certify victim helpfulness relating to certification of a U Nonimmigrant Status Petition; authorizing the disclosure of certain information under certain circumstances; etc.
Medical Aid in Dying	End-of-Life Option Act	HB1328	SB0926	Delegate Hill	End-of-Life Option Act (The Honorable Elijah E. Cummings and the Honorable Shane E. Pendergrass Act)	Failed-no vote in original committee	Health and Government Operations	Support	x	Authorizing an individual to request aid in dying by making certain requests; establishing requirements and prohibitions governing aid in dying, including requirements related to requests for aid in dying, consulting physicians, mental health assessments, the disposal of drugs prescribed for aid in dying, health care facility policies, and the effect of aid in dying on insurance policies; authorizing a pharmacist to dispense medication for aid in dying only to certain individuals under certain circumstances; etc.
Medical Aid in Dying	End-of-Life Option Act	SB0926	HB1328	Senator Smith	End-of-Life Option Act (The Honorable Elijah E. Cummings and the Honorable Shane E. Pendergrass Act)	Failed-no vote in original committee	Judicial Proceedings	Support	x	Authorizing an individual to request aid in dying by making certain requests; establishing requirements and prohibitions governing aid in dying, including requirements related to requests for aid in dying, consulting physicians, mental health assessments, the disposal of drugs prescribed for aid in dying, health care facility policies, and the effect of aid in dying on insurance policies; authorizing a pharmacist to dispense medication for aid in dying only to certain individuals under certain circumstances; etc.

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