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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 | Action | Synopsis |
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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 | Vetoed-expensive study | 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 | Vetoed-expensive study | 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) | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 626 | 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) | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 625 | 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 | Vetoed-expensive study | 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 | Vetoed-expensive study | 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) | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 611 | 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) | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 610 | 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 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 721 | 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 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 722 | 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) | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 718 | 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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