Current Status of Priority Bills and Actions to Take
2022 Legislative Session
Below are all of the bills that have been introduced to date that we are tracking, including those we selected as priorities and some related bills.
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Issue | Subject | Bill Number | XFile Bill No. | Sponsor | Title | Passed Chamber | Status | Current Location | Position | Action | Synopsis |
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Climate Change | Building Energy Performance Stds | HB0061 | SB0081 | Delegate Stewart | Charter Counties - Enforcement of Local Building Performance Laws (Building Energy Performance Standards Act of 2022) | Failed: no vote in committee | Environment and Transportation | Support | Testimony submitted | Authorizing charter counties to provide for the enforcement of local building energy performance laws by imposing civil fines not exceeding $10 per square foot of gross floor area. | |
Climate Change | Building Energy Performance Stds | SB0081 | HB0061 | Senator Feldman | Charter Counties - Enforcement of Local Building Performance Laws (Building Energy Performance Standards Act of 2022) | Passed Senate | Failed: no vote in committee | Environment and Transportation | Support | Testimony submitted | Authorizing charter counties to provide for the enforcement of local building energy performance laws by imposing civil fines not exceeding $10 per square foot of gross floor area; and providing that a civil fine may be imposed under the Act only if construction on the building was completed at least 3 years and 1 day before the date the civil fine would be imposed. |
Climate Change | Building standards | HB0806 | Delegate Stein | Building Standards and Emissions Reductions – High Performance, State, and Local Government Buildings, State Operations, and Eligible Projects | Failed: no vote in committee | Appropriations | Support | Contact Delegate on Committee | Altering the definition of 'high performance building' to include certain schools and public safety buildings and require that the building meet certain building standards; requiring the Department of General Services to establish a maximum acceptable global warming potential for certain categories of eligible materials used in certain eligible projects; requiring a unit of State government to specify the eligible materials that will be used in an eligible project in the solicitation for an eligible project; etc. | ||
Climate Change | Climate Solutions Now | SB0528 | Senator Pinsky | Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022 | Passed Senate & House | Enacted under Article II, Section 17(b) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 38 | Governor | Support | Contact Senator on Committee | Requiring the State to reduce statewide greenhouse gas emissions by altering statewide greenhouse gas emissions goals, establishing of a net-zero statewide greenhouse gas emissions goal, developing certain energy efficiency and emissions reduction requirements for certain buildings, requiring electric companies to increase their annual incremental gross energy savings, establishing certain zero-emission vehicle requirements for the State fleet, and establishing an electric school bus pilot program; etc. | |
Climate Change | Commercial & residential buildings | HB0831 | Delegate Stein | Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Commercial and Residential Buildings | Failed: no vote in committee | Environment and Transportation | Support | Contact Delegate on Committee | Requiring the Department of the Environment to establish building emissions standards for certain commercial and residential buildings; establishing the Building Energy Transition Implementation Task Force to study certain matters and develop a plan for funding the retrofit of certain buildings; and requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to update the Maryland Building Performance Standards. | ||
Climate Change | Comprehensive Solutions | HB0708 | Delegate Barve | Comprehensive Climate Solutions | Failed: no vote in committee | Economic Matters | Support | Signed onto testimony | Requiring the State to reduce statewide greenhouse gas emissions through the use of various measures, including the alteration of statewide greenhouse gas emissions goals, the establishment of a net-zero statewide greenhouse gas emissions goal, requiring gas companies and electric companies to provide certain programs and services, and requiring electric companies to increase their annual incremental gross energy savings through certain programs and services; etc. | ||
Climate Change | Energy Distribution | HB0088 | SB0525 | Delegate Charkoudian | Electric Distribution System Planning and Required Labor Standards | Passed House | Failed: no vote in committee | Finance | Support | Testimony submitted | Establishing certain State policy goals with regard to the State's electric distribution system; requiring the Public Service Commission and the Maryland Energy Administration to provide assistance and support to electric companies for applying for and obtaining access to certain federal funds to meet the State's policy goals for the electric distribution system; requiring the Administration to identify certain funding sources; establishing labor standards for contractors and subcontractors participating in certain projects; etc. |
Climate Change | Energy Distribution | SB0525 | HB0088 | Senator Feldman | Public Utilities - Energy Distribution Planning and Required Labor Standards | Failed: no vote in committee | Finance | Support | Testimony submitted | Establishing the Distribution System Planning Workgroup to study issues related to energy distribution planning and implementation; requiring the Public Service Commission to adopt regulations on or before January 1, 2024, related to energy distribution planning and implementation; requiring the Commission and the Maryland Energy Administration to coordinate efforts with utilities to apply for certain federal funds; and establishing labor standards for contractors and subcontractors participating in certain projects. | |
Climate Change | Environmental Justice | HB0171 | SB0135 | Delegate Fraser-Hidalgo | Climate Crisis and Environmental Justice Act | Failed: no vote in committee | Economic Matters | Support | Testimony submitted | Requiring the State to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through various measures, including altering statewide greenhouse gas emissions reduction requirements so that after 2040 statewide greenhouse gas emissions are net negative; requiring the Department of the Environment to adopt a plan for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by December 31, 2022; establishing a Climate Crisis Council to develop a plan to meet the reduction targets set out in the Act; establishing a greenhouse gas pollution fee on certain fuels; etc. | |
Climate Change | Environmental Justice | SB0135 | HB0171 | Senator Kramer | Climate Crisis and Environmental Justice Act | Failed: no vote in committee | Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs | Support | Testimony submitted | Requiring the State to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through various measures, including altering statewide greenhouse gas emissions reduction requirements so that after 2040 statewide greenhouse gas emissions are net negative; requiring the Department of the Environment to adopt a plan for the reduction of statewide greenhouse gas emissions by December 31, 2022; establishing a Climate Crisis Council to develop a plan to meet the reduction targets set out in the Act; and establishing a greenhouse gas pollution fee on certain fuels. | |
Climate Change | Environmental Rights Amendment | HB0596 | SB0783 | Delegate Fisher, W. | Constitutional Amendment - Environmental Rights | Failed: no vote in committee | Environment and Transportation | Support | Contact Delegate on Committee | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Maryland to establish that every person has the fundamental and inalienable right to a healthful and sustainable environment; and requiring the State to serve as the trustee of the State's natural resources, including the air, land, water, wildlife, and ecosystems of the State, and to conserve, protect, and enhance the State's natural resources for the benefit of every person, including present and future generations. | |
Climate Change | Environmental Rights Amendment | SB0783 | HB0596 | Senator Smith | Constitutional Amendment - Environmental Rights | Failed: no vote in committee | Judicial Proceedings | Support | Contact Senator on Committee | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Maryland to establish that every person has the fundamental and inalienable right to a healthful and sustainable environment; and requiring the State to serve as the trustee of the State's natural resources, including the air, land, water, wildlife, and ecosystems of the State, and to conserve, protect, and enhance the State's natural resources for the benefit of every person, including present and future generations. | |
Climate Change | Equity in Transportation | HB0141 | SB0023 | Delegate Ruth | Equity in Transportation Sector - Guidelines and Analyses | Passed Senate & House | Returned Passed | Governor | Support | Signed onto testimony | Requiring that equity be considered when State transportation plans, reports, and goals are developed; altering the membership of the advisory committee on State transportation goals; requiring the Department of Transportation, in collaboration with the Maryland Transportation Administration, to conduct a transit equity analyses and consult with certain communities before announcing any reduction or cancellation of a capital expansion project in the construction program of the Consolidated Transportation Program; etc. |
Climate Change | Equity in Transportation | SB0023 | HB0141 | Senator Carter | Equity in Transportation Sector - Guidelines and Analyses | Passed Senate | Failed: not referred to standing committee | Rules and Executive Nominations | Support | Signed onto testimony | Requiring that equity be considered when State transportation plans, reports, and goals are developed; altering the membership of the advisory committee on State transportation goals, benchmarks, and indicators; requiring the Department of Transportation, in collaboration with the Maryland Transportation Administration, to conduct certain analyses and consult with certain communities before announcing any reduction or cancellation of a certain project in the construction program of the Consolidated Transportation Program; etc. |
Climate Change | Low Income Housing Energy Efficiency | HB0108 | SB0524 | Delegate Charkoudian | Public Utilities - Energy Efficiency and Conservation Programs - Energy Performance Targets and Low-Income Housing | Passed Senate & House | Returned Passed | Governor | Support | Contact Delegate on Committee | Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to procure or provide for electricity customers energy efficiency and conservation programs and services designed to achieve an annual incremental gross energy savings of at least 0.4% starting in 2023; requiring the Department to develop a plan to coordinate and leverage funding sources to support certain energy efficiency and other home upgrades and a plan to provide energy efficiency retrofits to all low-income households by 2030; etc. |
Climate Change | Low Income Housing Energy Efficiency | SB0524 | HB0108 | Senator Feldman | Public Utilities - Energy Efficiency and Conservation Programs - Energy Performance Targets and Low-Income Housing | Passed Senate & House | Returned Passed | Governor | Support | Contact Senator on Committee | Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to procure or provide for electricity customers energy efficiency and conservation programs and services designed to achieve an annual incremental gross energy savings of at least 0.4% starting in 2023; requiring the Department to develop a plan to coordinate and leverage funding sources to support certain energy efficiency and other home upgrades and a plan to provide energy efficiency retrofits to all low-income households by 2030; etc. |
Climate Change | Producer & packaging | HB0307 | SB0292 | Delegate Lierman | Environment - Packaging Materials - Producer Responsibility | Failed: no vote in committee | Environment and Transportation | Support | Testimony submitted | Requiring the Department of Environment to conduct a statewide recycling needs assessment every 10 years; requiring, by April 1, 2024, producers of certain packaging materials to individually or as part of a producer responsibility organization submit a producer responsibility plan to the Department for approval; prohibiting, on or after October 1, 2024, a producer of certain packaging materials from selling or distributing the packaging materials unless the producer has an approved producer responsibility plan; etc. | |
Climate Change | Producer & packaging | SB0292 | HB0307 | Senator Augustine | Environment - Packaging Materials - Producer Responsibility | Failed: no vote in committee | Finance | Support | Testimony submitted | Requiring the Department of the Environment to conduct a statewide recycling needs assessment every 10 years; requiring, by April 1, 2024, producers of certain packaging materials to individually or as part of a producer responsibility organization submit a producer responsibility plan to the Department for approval; prohibiting, on or after October 1, 2024, a producer of certain packaging materials from selling or distributing the packaging materials unless the producer has an approved producer responsibility plan; etc. | |
Climate Change | Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard | HB0011 | Delegate Stewart | Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard – Tier 1 Renewable Source – Alterations (Reclaim Renewable Energy Act of 2022) | Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters; Withdrawn | Support | Signed onto testimony | Altering the definition of 'Tier 1 renewable source' for purposes of excluding energy derived from qualifying biomass, methane from the anaerobic decomposition of organic materials, certain fuel cells, poultry litter-to-energy, waste-to-energy, refuse-derived fuel, and thermal energy from a thermal biomass system from being eligible for inclusion in the renewable energy portfolio standard. | |||
Climate Change | Resiliency Hubs | HB0031 | SB0256 | Delegate Charkoudian | Maryland Energy Administration – Resiliency Hub Grant Program and Fund | Passed Senate & House | Returned Passed | Governor | Support | Contact Delegate on Committee | Establishing the Resiliency Hub Grant Program in the Maryland Energy Administration to develop resiliency hubs that serve low- and moderate-income households at no cost to the households; defining 'resiliency hub' as a location where solar photovoltaic and battery energy storage are designed to provide electricity during extended grid outages; requiring the Administration to establish certain procedures and criteria for the Program; requiring that certain fines and penalties be credited to a certain fund; etc. |
Climate Change | Resiliency Hubs | SB0256 | HB0031 | Senator Beidle | Maryland Energy Administration – Resiliency Hub Grant Program and Fund | Passed Senate & House | Returned Passed | Governor | Support | Contact Senator on Committee | Establishing the Resiliency Hub Grant Program in the Maryland Energy Administration to develop resiliency hubs that serve low- and moderate-income households at no cost to the households; defining 'resiliency hub' as a location where solar photovoltaic and battery energy storage are designed to provide electricity during extended grid outages; requiring the Administration to establish certain procedures and criteria for the Program; requiring that certain fines and penalties be credited to a certain fund; etc. |
Climate Change | State Vehicle Fleet | HB0094 | Delegate Fraser-Hidalgo | State Vehicle Fleet - Conversion to Zero-Emission Passenger Cars and Other Light-Duty Vehicles | Passed House | Failed: no vote in committee | Budget and Taxation | Support | Contact Senator on Committee | Requiring the State to ensure that a certain minimum percent of passenger cars and other light-duty vehicles purchased for the State vehicle fleet in certain fiscal years are zero-emission vehicles, subject to the availability of funding; requiring the Department of General Services to ensure the development of charging infrastructure to support the operation of the zero-emission vehicles in the State vehicle fleet; and requiring a certain annual report to the General Assembly regarding the conversion to zero-emission vehicles. | |
Climate Change | Zero-emission buses | HB0010 | SB0061 | Delegate Korman | Maryland Transit Administration - Conversion to Zero-Emission Buses (Zero-Emission Bus Transition Act Revisions) | Passed Senate & House | Returned Passed | Governor | Support | Contact Delegate on Committee | Requiring the Maryland Transit Administration to provide certain safety and workforce development training for its operations training workforce and its maintenance workforce; requiring the Administration's annual report on the implementation of the conversion of the State's transit bus fleet to zero-emission buses to include a plan that ensures certain employee protections and a certification that the Administration is adhering to the plan. |
Climate Change | Zero-emission buses | SB0061 | HB0010 | Senator Zucker | Maryland Transit Administration - Conversion to Zero-Emission Buses (Zero-Emission Bus Transition Act Revisions) | Passed Senate & House | Returned Passed | Governor | Support | Contact Delegate on Committee | Requiring the Maryland Transit Administration to provide certain safety and workforce development training for its operations training workforce and its maintenance workforce; requiring the Administration's annual report on the implementation of the conversion of the State's transit bus fleet to zero-emission buses to include a plan that ensures certain employee protections and a certification that the Administration is adhering to the plan; etc. |
Climate Change | Zero-emission trucks | HB0829 | SB0687 | Delegate Love | Department of the Environment – Zero–Emission Medium and Heavy Duty Vehicles – Regulations (Zero–Emission Truck Act of 2022) | Failed: no vote in committee | Environment and Transportation | Support | Contact Delegate on Committee | Requiring the Department of the Environment to adopt regulations on or before December 1, 2022, establishing requirements for the sale of new zero-emission medium and heavy duty vehicles in the State. | |
Climate Change | Zero-emission trucks | SB0687 | HB0829 | Senator Young | Department of the Environment – Zero–Emission Medium and Heavy Duty Vehicles – Regulations (Zero–Emission Truck Act of 2022) | Failed: no vote in committee | Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs | Support | Contact Delegate on Committee | Requiring the Department of the Environment to adopt regulations on or before December 1, 2022, establishing requirements for the sale of new zero-emission medium and heavy duty vehicles in the State. | |
Criminal Justice | Correctional Ombudsman | HB0604 | SB0512 | Delegate Davis | Office of the Attorney General - Correctional Ombudsman | Failed: no vote in committee | Judiciary | Support | Contact Delegate on Committee | Establishing the Correctional Ombudsman in the Office of the Attorney General; requiring the Ombudsman to conduct investigations, reviews, and assessments of administrative acts taken by the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services or in relation to individuals confined by the Department; requiring the Ombudsman to refer matters for criminal charges or disciplinary proceedings when appropriate; establishing the Correctional Ombudsman Advisory Board; etc. | |
Criminal Justice | Correctional Ombudsman | SB0512 | HB0604 | Senator Hettleman | Office of the Attorney General – Correctional Ombudsman | Failed: no vote in committee | Judicial Proceedings | Support | Contact Senator on Committee | Establishing the Correctional Ombudsman in the Office of the Attorney General; requiring the Ombudsman to conduct investigations, reviews, and assessments of administrative acts taken by the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services or in relation to individuals confined by the Department; requiring the Ombudsman to refer matters for criminal charges or disciplinary proceedings when appropriate; establishing the Correctional Ombudsman Advisory Board; etc. | |
Criminal Justice | Juvenile Court Jurisdiction | HB0294 | SB0165 | Delegate Crutchfield | Juvenile Court - Jurisdiction | Failed: no vote in committee | Judiciary | Support | Contact Delegate on Committee | 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 | SB0165 | HB0294 | Senator Carter | Juvenile Court – Jurisdiction | Failed: no vote in committee | Judicial Proceedings | Support | Contact Senator on Committee | 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 Interrogations | HB0269 | SB0053 | Delegate Bartlett | Juvenile Law - Child Interrogation Protection Act | Passed House | Failed: not referred to standing committee | Rules | Support | Contact Delegate on Committee | Requiring a law enforcement officer who takes a child into custody, interrogates a child, or charges a child with a criminal violation to provide reasonable notice to the child's parents, guardian, or custodian; requiring the notice to include the child's location, the reason for the custody action, and instructions on how to make in-person contact; prohibiting the interrogation of a child by a law enforcement officer until the child has consulted with a certain attorney and notice has been provided to certain individuals; etc. |
Criminal Justice | Juvenile Interrogations | SB0053 | HB0269 | Senator Carter | Juvenile Law - Child Interrogation Protection Act | Passed Senate & House | Gubernatorial Veto Override (Legislative date: 4/8/2022) - Chapter 50 | Support | Contact Senator on Committee | Requiring a law enforcement officer who takes a child into custody or charges a child with a criminal violation to provide actual notice to the child's parents, guardian, or custodian; requiring the notice to include the child's location, the reason for the custody action or charge, and instructions on how to make in-person contact; prohibiting the interrogation of a child by a law enforcement officer until the child has consulted with a certain attorney and a notice has been provided to the child's parents, guardian, or custodian; etc. | |
Criminal Justice | Juvenile Justice Reform | HB0459 | Delegate Clippinger | Juvenile Justice Reform | Passed Senate & House | Enacted under Article II, Section 17(b) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 42 | Governor | Support | Contact Delegate on Committee | Altering provisions of law relating to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, the juvenile intake process, and the placement of a certain child in detention or community detention; altering provisions of law relating to the authority of the juvenile court in making a disposition on a certain petition; specifying the authority of the juvenile court to place a child on probation under certain circumstances; establishing the Commission on Juvenile Justice Reform and Emerging and Best Practices; etc. | |
Criminal Justice | Juvenile Justice Reform | SB0691 | Senator Carter | Juvenile Justice Reform | Passed Senate & House | Enacted under Article II, Section 17(b) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 41 | Governor | Support | Contact Senator on Committee | Altering provisions of law relating to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, the juvenile intake process, and the placement of a certain child in detention or community detention; altering provisions of law relating to the authority of the juvenile court in making a disposition on a certain petition; specifying the authority of the juvenile court to place a child on probation under certain circumstances; requiring a certain report from the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services; etc. | |
Criminal Justice | Rehab & Ed in Prisons | HB0025 | Delegate Amprey | Rehabilitation and Education for All Prisons (REAP) Act | Failed: no vote in committee | Judiciary | Support | Contact Delegate on Committee | Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to set certain goals for the number of inmates in rehabilitation programs and establish certain tracking systems; requiring the State Department of Education and the Department of Human Services to assist the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services in establishing certain tracking systems; and requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to assist inmates in accessing federal Pell Grants. | ||
Criminal Justice | Step-down programs | HB0067 | SB0977 | Delegate Lewis, J. | Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing - Direct Release | Passed Senate & House | Returned Passed | Governor | Support | Contact Delegate on Committee | Prohibiting, to the extent possible, the Commissioner of Correction from prohibiting an inmate placed in restrictive housing from having access to a reentry specialist or case manager within 180 days before the direct release of the inmate from a correctional facility to the community. |
Criminal Justice | Step-down programs | SB0977 | HB0067 | Senator Lee | Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing - Direct Release | Failed: not referred to standing committee | Senate Floor | Support | Contact Senator on Rules Committee | Prohibiting, to the extent possible, the Commissioner of Correction from prohibiting an inmate placed in restrictive housing from having access to a reentry specialist or case manager within 180 days before the direct release of the inmate from a correctional facility to the community. | |
Economic Justice | Time to Care | HB0008 | SB0275 | Delegate Valderrama | Labor and Employment – Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program – Establishment (Time to Care Act of 2022) | Failed: no vote in committee | Economic Matters | Support | Testimony submitted | Establishing the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program in the Maryland Department of Labor to provide certain benefits to individuals who take leave from employment for certain purposes; establishing the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; requiring, beginning January 1, 2023, certain employees, employers, and self-employed individuals to contribute to the Fund in a certain manner; etc. | |
Economic Justice | Time to Care | SB0275 | HB0008 | Senator Hayes | Labor and Employment – Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program – Establishment (Time to Care Act of 2022) | Passed Senate & House | Gubernatorial Veto Override (Legislative date: 4/8/2022) - Chapter 48 | Support | Testimony submitted | Establishing the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program in the Maryland Department of Labor to provide benefits to individuals who take leave from employment for certain purposes; establishing the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Fund; requiring, beginning October 1, 2023, certain employees, employers, and self-employed individuals to contribute to the Fund; requiring the Secretary to establish the total rate of contribution and the percentages of the total rate of contribution to be paid by certain employees and employers; etc. | |
Gun Violence | Safe Storage | HB0659 | SB0676 | Delegate Stein | Firearm Safety - Storage Requirements and Youth Suicide Prevention (Jaelynn's Law) | Failed: no vote in committee | Judiciary | Support | Testimony submitted | Altering a certain provision relating to the storage of firearms and ammunition in a location that can be accessed by an unsupervised minor; and requiring the Deputy Secretary for Public Health Services to develop a youth suicide prevention and firearm safe storage guide, with recommendations from a stakeholder committee. | |
Gun Violence | Safe Storage | SB0676 | HB0659 | Senator Smith | Firearm Safety – Storage Requirements and Youth Suicide Prevention (Jaelynn’s Law) | Failed: no vote in committee | Judicial Proceedings | Support | Testimony submitted | Altering a certain provision relating to the storage of firearms and ammunition in a location that can be accessed by an unsupervised minor; and requiring the Deputy Secretary for Public Health Services to develop a youth suicide prevention and firearm safe storage guide, with recommendations from a stakeholder committee. | |
Gun Violence | Untraceable Firearms | HB0425 | SB0387 | Speaker | Public Safety - Untraceable Firearms | Passed Senate & House | Enacted under Article II, Section 17(b) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 18 | Governor | Support | Testimony submitted | Altering a certain definition of 'firearm' to include a certain unfinished frame or receiver; prohibiting a person from purchasing, receiving, selling, offering to sell, or transferring an unfinished frame or receiver; prohibiting a person from selling, offering to sell, or transferring a certain firearm; prohibiting a person from possessing a firearm on or after March 1, 2023, unless it is required by federal law to be, and has been, imprinted with a certain number in a certain manner; etc. |
Gun Violence | Untraceable Firearms | SB0387 | HB0425 | President | Public Safety - Untraceable Firearms | Passed Senate & House | Enacted under Article II, Section 17(b) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 19 | Governor | Support | Testimony submitted | Altering a certain definition of 'firearm' to include a certain unfinished frame or receiver; prohibiting a person from purchasing, receiving, selling, offering to sell, or transferring an unfinished frame or receiver; prohibiting a person from selling, offering to sell, or transferring a certain firearm; prohibiting a person from possessing a firearm on or after March 1, 2023, unless it is required by federal law to be, and has been, imprinted with a certain number in a certain manner; etc. |
Health Care | Abortion Access | HB0937 | SB0890 | Delegate Kelly | Abortion Care Access Act | Passed Senate & House | Gubernatorial Veto Override (Legislative date: 4/8/2022) - Chapter 56 | Support | Contact Delegates | Establishing the Abortion Care Clinical Training Program in the Maryland Department of Health to ensure that there are a sufficient number of health professionals to provide abortion care; establishing the Abortion Care Clinical Training Program Fund; establishing certain requirements regarding abortion services, including provision and coverage requirements, for the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain insurers; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $3,500,000 to the Program; etc. | |
Health Care | Abortion Access | SB0890 | HB0937 | Senator Kelley | Abortion Care Access Act | Passed Senate | Failed: no vote in committee | Health and Government Operations | Support | Contact Senator on Committee | Establishing the Abortion Care Clinical Training Program in the Maryland Department of Health to ensure that there are a sufficient number of health professionals to provide abortion care; establishing the Abortion Care Clinical Training Program Fund; establishing certain requirements regarding abortion services, including provision and coverage requirements, for certain entities and persons; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $3,500,000 to the Program; etc. |
Health Care | Coverage for Abortion Services | HB0952 | Delegate Kelly | Access to Abortion Care and Health Insurance Act | Failed: no vote in committee | Health and Government Operations | Support | Combined with HB 937 | Establishing certain requirements regarding abortion care services, including provision and coverage requirements on the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations; requiring the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange to adopt regulations to provide a certain subsidy to cover the cost of insurance premiums for certain young adults; etc. | ||
Health Care | Right to reproductive liberty | HB1171 | Delegate Jones, A. | Declaration of Rights - Right to Reproductive Liberty | Passed House | Failed: no vote in committee | Finance | Support | Contact Delegates | Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution to establish that every person, as a central component of the individual's rights to liberty and equality, has the fundamental right to reproductive liberty; prohibiting the State from directly or indirectly denying, burdening, or abridging the right unless justified by a compelling State interest achieved by the least restrictive means; and submitting the amendment to the qualified voters of the State at the next general election to be held in November 2022. | |
Health Care | Small & Nonprofit subsidies | HB0709 | SB0632 | Delegate Lewis, R. | Maryland Health Benefit Exchange - Small Business and Nonprofit Health Insurance Subsidies Program - Workgroup | Passed House | Failed: not referred to standing committee | Rules | Support | Testimony submitted | Requiring the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange to convene a workgroup to study the establishment of a Small Business and Nonprofit Health Insurance Subsidies Program to provide subsidies to small businesses and nonprofit employers for the purchase of health benefit plans; requiring the Exchange to report the workgroup's recommendations by October 1, 2022; and stating the intent of the General Assembly that the Governor include an appropriation in the annual budget bill, beginning in fiscal year 2024, to establish the Program. |
Health Care | Small & Nonprofit subsidies | SB0632 | HB0709 | Senator Hester | Maryland Health Benefit Exchange - Small Business and Nonprofit Health Insurance Subsidies Program - Workgroup | Passed Senate & House | Returned Passed | Governor | Support | Testimony submitted | Requiring the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange to convene a workgroup to study and make recommendations relating to the establishment of a Small Business and Nonprofit Health Insurance Subsidies Program to provide subsidies to small businesses and nonprofit employers and their employees for the purchase of health benefit plans; and requiring the workgroup to submit its report to the Governor and certain committees of the General Assembly by October 1, 2022. |
Immigration | Access to Counsel | HB0114 | SB0129 | Delegate Williams | Access to Counsel in Immigration Proceedings Program | Failed: no vote in committee | Judiciary | Support | Contact Delegate on Committee | Establishing the Access to Counsel in Immigration Proceedings Program administered by the Maryland Legal Services Corporation to provide access to legal representation for certain covered individuals detained in the United States in certain covered judicial or administrative immigration proceedings where an individual is subject to removal from the United States; and establishing the Access to Counsel in Immigration Proceedings Special Fund to provide funding to implement access to legal representation in immigration proceedings. | |
Immigration | Access to Counsel | SB0129 | HB0114 | Senator Hettleman | Access to Counsel in Immigration Proceedings Program | Failed: no vote in committee | Judicial Proceedings | Support | Contact Senator on Committee | Establishing the Access to Counsel in Immigration Proceedings Program administered by the Maryland Legal Services Corporation to provide access to legal representation for certain covered individuals detained in the United States in certain covered judicial or administrative immigration proceedings where an individual is subject to removal from the United States; and establishing the Access to Counsel in Immigration Proceedings Special Fund to provide funding to implement access to legal representation in immigration proceedings. | |
Immigration | Access to health care | HB1035 | SB0728 | Delegate Pena-Melnyk | Health Insurance - Qualified Resident State Subsidy Program (Access to Care Act) | Failed: no vote in committee | Health and Government Operations | Support | Contact Delegate on Committee | Altering the purpose of the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange Fund to include the provision of funding for the establishment and operation of the Qualified Resident State Subsidy Program; requiring the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange to establish and implement the Program to provide State premium assistance and cost-sharing reductions to qualified residents; and providing that the implementation of the Program is contingent on approval of a certain waiver application. | |
Immigration | Access to health care | SB0728 | HB1035 | Senator Lam | Health Insurance – Qualified Resident State Subsidy Program (Access to Care Act) | Failed: no vote in committee | Finance | Support | Contact Senator on Committee | Altering the purpose of the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange Fund to include the provision of funding for the establishment and operation of the Qualified Resident State Subsidy Program; requiring the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange to establish and implement the Program to provide State premium assistance and cost-sharing reductions to qualified residents; and providing that the implementation of the Program is contingent on approval of a certain waiver application. | |
Immigration | Probation not Deportation | HB0559 | SB0265 | Delegate Fisher, W. | Probation Before Judgment - Probation Agreements - Probation Not Deportation | Passed House | Failed: final floor vote postponed; session adjourned | Senate Floor | Support | Contact Delegate on Committee | Authorizing a court to stay the entering of judgment, defer further proceedings, and place a certain defendant on probation subject to reasonable conditions if the court finds facts justifying a finding of guilt; authorizing the court and a certain defendant to enter into a probation agreement under certain circumstances; providing that the entry of a probation agreement under the Act shall be considered as a probation before judgment for all other purposes under State law; etc. |
Immigration | Probation not Deportation | SB0265 | HB0559 | Senator Lee | Probation Before Judgment – Probation Agreements – Probation Not Deportation | Failed: final floor vote postponed; session adjourned | Senate Floor | Support | Contact Senator on Committee | Authorizing a court to stay the entering of judgment, defer further proceedings, and place a certain defendant on probation subject to reasonable conditions if the court finds facts justifying a finding of guilt; authorizing the court and a certain defendant to enter into a probation agreement before the defendant enters a plea of guilty or nolo contendere or the court finds facts justifying a finding of guilt under certain circumstances; etc. | |
Immigration | Pre-natal & Postpartum care | HB1080 | SB0778 | Delegate Pena-Melnyk | Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Children and Pregnant Women (Healthy Babies Equity Act) | Passed Senate & House | Enacted under Article II, Section 17(b) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 28 | Governor | Support | Contact Delegate on Committee | Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to provide comprehensive medical care and other health care services to noncitizen pregnant women who would qualify for the Program but for their immigration status and their children up to the age of 1 year. |
Immigration | Pre-natal & Postpartum care | SB0778 | HB1080 | Senator Lam | Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Children and Pregnant Women (Healthy Babies Equity Act) | Passed Senate | Failed: not referred to standing committee | Rules and Executive Nominations | Support | Contact Senator on Committee | Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to provide comprehensive medical care and other health care services to noncitizen pregnant women who would qualify for the Program but for their immigration status and their children up to the age of 1 year. |