Upcoming Hearings - Week of February 7

Tuesday, February 8

House Appropriations Committee – 1:00 p.m.

HB 345 - Baltimore City and Prince George's County - Grant Funding - Violence Prevention and Community Service

HB 365 - Public School Construction - Fossil Fuel-Based Energy System Costs - Prohibition (Green School Construction Act of 2022)

HB 455 - State Personnel - Implicit Bias Awareness Training - Required

Senate Finance Committee – 1:00 p.m.

SB 241 - Behavioral Health Crisis Response Services - 9-8-8 Trust Fund

Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee – 1:00 p.m.

SB 106 - Baltimore City and Prince George's County - Grant Funding - Violence Prevention and Community Service

SB 286 - Firearms – Use of Medical Cannabis

SB 338 - Handgun Permit - Preliminary Approval

House Judiciary Committee – 1:00 p.m.

HB 423 - Crimes - Firearms - Penalties and Procedures (Violent Firearms Offender Act of 2022)

HB 426 - Vehicle Laws - Policies and Prohibition Against Discriminatory Traffic Stops

HB 437 - Criminal Law - Public Safety - Communications With Public Safety Answering Points

HB 441 - Criminal Procedure - Pretrial Release of Defendant - Notice

HB 453 - Correctional Facilities - Transgender, Nonbinary, and Intersex Inmates (Transgender Respect, Agency, and Dignity Act)

HB 454 - Correctional Services - Pregnancy and Postpartum Support (Prevention of Forced Infant Separation Act)

Wednesday, February 9

Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee – 1:00 p.m.

SB 313 - Civil Actions - Damages - Use of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender Data

House Judiciary Committee – 1:00 p.m.

HB 425 - Public Safety - Untraceable Firearms

Senate Budget and Taxation Committee – 1:00 p.m.

SB 348 - Conservation Finance Act

Thursday, February 10

Senate Finance Committee – 1:00 p.m.

SB 48 - Health - Advance Care Planning and Advance Directives

SB 275 - Labor and Employment – Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program – Establishment (Time to Care Act of 2022)

Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee – 1:00 p.m.

SB 327 - Public Safety – Permit to Carry, Wear, or Transport a Handgun – Qualifications

SB 339 - Crimes – Penalties and Procedures (Violent Firearms Offender Act of 2022)

House Economic Matters Committee – 1:00 p.m.

HB 108 - Public Utilities - Energy Efficiency and Conservation Programs - Energy Performance Targets and Low-Income Housing

HB 440 - Electricity – Community Solar Energy Generating Systems – Generating Capacity

House Judiciary Committee – 1:00 p.m.

HB 294 - Juvenile Court - Jurisdiction

HB 360 - Juvenile Law - Informal Adjustment

HB 459 - Juvenile Justice Reform

House Ways and Means Committee – 1:00 p.m.

HB 489 - Commission on History, Culture, and Civics in Education

KEY

Cimate Change is in Red

Criminal Justice is in Orange

Economic Justice is in Blue

Gun Violence is in Green

Only priority bills are in Bold letters

Note: Most bills listed here we support; others we oppose. Check the Issue pages for the 2022 session for more information on specific bills.