Stephen Buckingham
Sine Die Results
Several more important bills passed on the last day of the session before adjounrment sine die at midnight, Monday night. Here are the bills we were supporting on that day (priorities are in bold):
Passed on the Final Day:
Climate Change
SB 630 – Maryland Department of Emergency Management - Office of Resilience – Passed
HB 275 / SB 273 - Environment – PFAS Chemicals – Prohibitions and Requirements (George “Walter” Taylor Act) – Passed
SB 124 - Public Schools – Grant Program to Reduce and Compost School Waste – Passed
HB 1391 – Clean Cars Act of 2022 – Passed
Health Care
SB 632 - Maryland Health Benefit Exchange - Small Business and Nonprofit Health Insurance Subsidies Program – Workgroup – Passed
Failed to Pass
Climate Change
SB 81 – Charter Counties - Enforcement of Local Building Performance Laws (Building Energy Performance Standards Act of 2022) – Passed Senate, but failed for lack of action by House Environment and Transportation Committee
Immigration
HB 559 - Probation Before Judgment - Probation Agreements - Probation Not Deportation – Passed House, but failed to get final passage on Senate Floor before time expired and the General Assembly adjourned
UULM-MD will post a final report shortly, but you can view the results of all our priority bills in the table under Current Status of Priority Legislation or on the 2022 Session pages of each Issue.
