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State Delegate
Dana Stein
(D) - Maryland
Maryland House District 11B
In Office - Started: 01/11/2023

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Annapolis, MD 21401
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HB459 Counties - Cancer Screening for Professional Firefighters - Required Coverage (James "Jimmy" Malone Act) Requiring counties that offer self-insured employee health benefit plans to provide to firefighters employed by the county coverage for preventive cancer screenings in accordance with certain guidelines; authorizing a county to satisfy the requirement by providing a no-cost annual examination or applying for a grant to pay for certain cancer screening technologies; prohibiting counties from imposing a copayment, coinsurance, or deductible requirement; and requiring the Maryland Health Commission to conduct a certain study. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB500 Procurement Reform Act of 2025 Authorizing the Secretary of General Services to delegate certain powers and duties to the Chief Procurement Officer; altering the authority of the Department of General Services to engage in or control procurement of certain equipment and services; requiring the Department of Information Technology to establish a technical procurement team; altering the authority of the Department of Transportation and the Maryland Transportation Authority to engage in procurement for certain supplies and services; etc. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1222 Public Safety - Immigration Enforcement (Maryland Values Act) 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. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1322 Natural Resources - Vessels - Carbon Monoxide Warning Labels (Matthew's Law) Prohibiting a person from operating a gasoline-powered vessel manufactured after July 31, 2007, that has accommodation spaces, swim platforms, or aft lounging areas on the waters of the State unless the vessel has carbon monoxide warning labels affixed in conspicuous locations in the vicinity of both the transom and the helm of the vessel; and prohibiting the Department of Natural Resources from imposing a penalty on a person that violates the Act. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1375 Vehicle Equipment - Portable Variable Messaging Signs - Authorization Authorizing a tow truck to display a portable variable messaging sign mounted on the tow truck while at the scene of a crash or a disabled vehicle; and requiring the portable variable messaging sign to conform to the standards established in the manual on uniform traffic control devices adopted by the State Highway Administration and display only messages approved by the Administration. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1367 Lead Testing and Inspections - Falsifying Information - Penalty Establishing a civil penalty not exceeding $50,000 for a person who falsifies information that is submitted in a report of the results of lead-contaminated dust testing or visual inspection of an affected property. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1152 Real Property - Residential Rental Property - Pet Policy Disclosure (Pet Policy Transparency Act) Requiring the landlord of a residential rental property to provide the property's pet policy on the property's website and as part of an application form for a rental unit on the property. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB731 Wildlife - Protections and Highway Crossings Establishing the Maryland Connectivity Coalition to foster collaboration among State and federal agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and other stakeholders for the purpose of protecting endangered wildlife from habitat fragmentation; requiring the State Highway Administration to have final decision-making authority regarding decisions related to placement, funding, or design of wildlife crossings; etc. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB767 Real Property - Landlord and Tenant - Procedures for Failure to Pay Rent, Breach of Lease, and Tenant Holding Over Requiring a landlord to provide certain notice to a tenant when a court has issued a warrant of restitution for a failure of a tenant to pay rent, a breach of lease, or a tenant holding over under certain circumstances; establishing certain procedures and requirements for the execution of a warrant for repossession; establishing that the Act does not restrict the authority of the State or a local jurisdiction to enact or enforce certain legislation; applying the Act prospectively; etc. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB930 Public Health Abortion Grant Program - Establishment 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. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1144 State Public Transit Service and Stations - Exclusion for Assault and Bodily Injury Providing that a person alleged by a public transit operator to have committed an assault or other intentional act causing bodily injury may be prohibited from using a State public transit service or entering a State public transit service station; requiring the Maryland Transit Administration to create a rider code of conduct and implement a comprehensive internal safety program to strengthen protection for operators and passengers; etc. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB470 Vehicle Laws - Obscured, Modified, or Blocked Registration Plates and Registration Plate Covers Prohibiting a person from obscuring or modifying any vehicle registration plate in a manner that may prevent identification and enforcing the prohibition as a secondary offense; prohibiting a person from advertising for or promoting the sale of an unlawful registration plate cover by falsely claiming that the registration plate cover is lawful in the State; and establishing that a violation of the Act is an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice subject to certain enforcement and penalties. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB436 Vehicle Laws - Medical Exemption for Enhanced Tinted Windows - Time Limitation Repealing the 2-year time limitation on medical exemptions for enhanced tinted windows for vehicle owners with certain permanent medical conditions. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB506 Chesapeake Bay Legacy Act Establishing the Maryland Leaders in Environmentally Engaged Farming (LEEF) Program; establishing the Maryland Leaders in Environmentally Engaged Farming (LEEF) Program Fund to support actions associated with the Program's purpose; altering the definition of "healthy soils" for purposes of the Maryland Healthy Soils Program; exempting certain holders of certain fishing licenses from the requirement to obtain a food establishment license from the Maryland Department of Health; establishing the Water Quality Monitoring Program; etc. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB707 Vehicle Laws - Licenses, Identification Cards, and Moped Operator's Permits - Notation of Nonapparent Disability (Eric's ID Law) Requiring that an original and renewal application for a license, an identification card, or a moped operator's permit allow an applicant to choose to indicate on the document the applicant's nonapparent disability; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to ensure that a certain license, identification card, or moped operator's permit include a notation of a nonapparent disability; requiring the immediate implementation of training for law enforcement concerning interactions with persons with nonapparent disabilities; etc. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB375 Bicycles, Play Vehicles, and Unicycles - Authorizations and Requirements (Jay's Law) Authorizing a person to ride a bicycle, play vehicle, or unicycle on a sidewalk or sidewalk area unless prohibited by local ordinance; and requiring a person riding a bicycle, play vehicle, or unicycle on a sidewalk or sidewalk area or in or through a crosswalk to yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian or a person using an electric personal assistive mobility device. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB277 Environment - Water Bottle Filling Stations - Requirement Requiring a water bottle filling station or a combined water bottle filling station and drinking fountain to be installed in certain new construction or as part of certain renovations beginning October 1, 2025, subject to certain exceptions; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of the Act; and applying the Act prospectively. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1 Department of Transportation - Human Trafficking Awareness, Training, and Response (See Someone, Save Someone Act) Requiring the Maryland Department of Transportation to develop or identify and implement a training program for transportation sector employees on the identification and reporting of suspected human trafficking victims; requiring transportation sector employers to certify by January 1, 2027, and each year thereafter that certain employees have completed the training program; requiring new employees to receive training within 90 days of hiring; removing civil and criminal liability for reporting of suspected trafficking; etc. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB131 Environment - Bay Restoration Fund - Septic System Upgrade Program Updating the funding priorities for failing sewage systems and holding tanks; requiring as a second priority those located within the Maryland Chesapeake Bay 8-digit watershed that have a relative effectiveness for total nitrogen reduction of 9.24 or higher based on the Chesapeake Bay watershed model; requiring as a third priority funding for failing systems within the 500-year floodplain, and fourth to certain other failing systems; and expanding certain funding eligibility criteria for on-site and community sewage systems. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB222 Public Safety - Fuel Gas Piping Systems and Corrugated Stainless Steel Tubing - Prohibitions and Study Prohibiting the sale, offer for sale, transfer, or distribution of non-arc-resistant jacketed corrugated stainless steel tubing; providing a civil penalty of up to $1,000 for a violation of the Act; and requiring the Maryland Department of Labor and the Office of the State Fire Marshal, by September 1, 2026, to submit a final report to the Governor and certain committees of the General Assembly with recommendations related to preventing the fire hazards associated with commonly used fuel gas piping systems. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB699 General Provisions - Veterans Benefits - Honorable Discharge Defining "honorable discharge" with respect to any State program of benefits, rights, or privileges applicable to a veteran to include certain discharges. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB475 Transportation Equality for Service Members Act Establishing rules of interpretation related to the uniformed services; altering the rule of interpretation for "veteran"; and altering the application of certain provisions of law governing transportation to apply to all uniformed services, rather than only certain uniformed services. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB528 Baltimore County - Vehicle Laws - Private Roadways in Residential Communities Prohibiting, from October 1, 2025, to July 1, 2028, a person from driving a motor vehicle in violation of certain provisions of the Maryland Vehicle Law on private roadways in a certain residential community in Baltimore County; authorizing, from October 1, 2025, to July 1, 2028, a police officer to enforce the vehicle law on private roadways in a certain residential community in Baltimore County; and prohibiting a person from driving a motor vehicle in violation of the Act on any roadway located in certain areas of Calvert County. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB932 Public Ethics - Conflicts of Interest and Blind Trust - Governor Requiring the Governor to place certain interests into a certain certified blind trust or divest of certain interests within 6 months after taking the oath of office; requiring the Governor to enter into a nonparticipation agreement with the State Ethics Commission for any interests not included in a blind trust; authorizing the Ethics Commission to impose a fine of up to $5,000 for each violation of the Act; requiring the Commission to adopt regulations to carry out the Act including standards for types of interests that be exempted; etc. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1155 Department of the Environment - Definition of Ecological Restoration Defining the term "ecological restoration" as an activity undertaken with the goal of recovering, re-establishing, or enhancing a degraded, damaged, or destroyed ecosystem through improvements to physical, chemical, or biological characteristics or processes, returning natural or historical functions or services, or protecting or improving resiliency. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1162 Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning, or Refrigeration Contractors - Equipment Sales Prohibiting a person from knowingly offering to sell or selling heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, or refrigeration equipment to an individual that does not hold a certain license issued by the Board of Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning, or Refrigeration Contractors except under certain circumstances; requiring certain persons to provide a certain notice to purchasers of heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, or refrigeration equipment at the time of sale; etc. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1543 Gaming - Sports Wagering Facilities - Request for Relocation Authorizing certain sports wagering facility licensees to submit a written request to the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to relocate the sports wagering facility if the facility was originally issued a Class B sports wagering facility license on or before September 30, 2023, and the new location is in the same county, complies with certain location requirements, and is approved by the Sports Wagering Application Review Commission. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB938 Continuing Care Providers - Governing Bodies - Membership Requiring the appointment of an alternate subscriber member to the governing body of a continuing care provider; and authorizing the alternate subscriber member to attend all meetings of the governing body and vote only if the regular subscriber is unable to fulfill the subscriber's duties as a regular member of the governing body. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1466 Land Use and Real Property - Accessory Dwelling Units - Requirements and Prohibitions Establishing the policy of the State to promote and encourage the creation of accessory dwelling units on land with a single-family detached dwelling unit as the primary dwelling unit in order to meet the housing needs of the citizens of the State; requiring, on or before October 1, 2026, the legislative body of certain counties or municipal corporations to adopt a local law authorizing the development of accessory dwelling units on land with certain single-family detached dwelling units subject to certain requirements; etc. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1424 Support and Protections for Individuals Affected by Federal Actions (Protect Our Federal Workers Act) Renaming the Federal Government Shutdown Employee Assistance Loan Fund to be the Federal Government Employee Assistance Loan Fund; authorizing funds appropriated to the Catastrophic Event Account to be expended to assist in funding costs connected to a relocation, closure, or mass layoff of a unit of the federal government; establishing the Expedited Hiring Program in the Department of Budget and Management; authorizing an appointing authority to recruit for certain vacant positions in State government; etc. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB979 Maryland Self-Service Storage Act - Sale of Personal Property in Satisfaction of Lien - Notice Requirements Requiring a certain operator of a certain self-service storage facility to notify at least 10 days prior to conducting a sale of an occupant's personal property stored in certain leased space at the self-service storage facility of the time, place, and terms of the sale by hand delivery, verified mail, or electronic mail at the occupant's last known address. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB513 Crimes Relating to Animals - Restrictions on Keeping Roosters Prohibiting, beginning January 1, 2027, a certain person from keeping a rooster movement-constrained through use of a certain enclosure or tether, subject to certain exceptions; establishing that a violation of the Act is a civil offense; and providing the Act may be enforced by any State or local law enforcement officers or local animal control authority for the jurisdiction where the violation occurs. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB698 Local Government - Development Impact Fees, Surcharges, and Excise Taxes - Reporting Requiring county governments to make a certain report by July 1 each year to the Department of Planning on the amount, use, and location of the use of county development impact fees, surcharges, and excise taxes; and requiring county governments to make certain reports to the Department of Planning identifying certain local laws. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB502 Office of Disability Employment Advancement and Policy and Maryland as a Model Employer Initiative - Established Establishing the Office of Disability Employment Advancement and Policy within the Department of Disabilities; establishing the Maryland as a Model Employer Initiative within the Office of Disability Employment Advancement and Policy to facilitate efforts that improve outcomes in the hiring, recruitment, retention, and advancement of people with disabilities in the State government workforce; authorizing the Governor for fiscal year 2027, to include $250,000 in the annual budget bill for the Office; etc. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB344 Maryland Environmental Service - Membership of Board of Directors - Alterations Altering the composition of the Board of Directors of the Maryland Environmental Service to include the Secretary of Planning or a designee and, as nonvoting members, one member from the Senate of Maryland and one from the Maryland House of Delegates; and providing that certain provisions of law relating to terms of members of the Board do not apply to the Secretary of Planning, certain legislative members, and the Executive Director. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB902 Environment - Coal Combustion By-Products - Fees, Coordinating Committee, and Regulations Providing that a certain base fee established by the Department of the Environment that is paid by a certain generator of coal combustion by-products is not less than $2.30 per ton; altering the factors that the Department is required to consider in establishing the fee; establishing the Statewide Coal Combustion By-Products Coordinating Committee to share information, monitoring results, and certain remedial actions with respect to certain coal combustion by-product sites; etc. Dead
HB1556 Environment - Advanced Clean Cars II Program and Advanced Clean Trucks Program - Implementation, Application, and Enforcement 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. Dead
HB1520 Baltimore County and Baltimore City - Vehicle Laws - Lighting on Privately Owned Vehicles Authorizing, under the commercial ambulance service license held by Hatzalah of Baltimore, no more than five of the highest ranking officers may have their privately owned vehicles equipped with red or red and white lights or signal devices which may be displayed only while on route to or at the scene of an emergency. Dead
HB338 State Buildings and State Highways - Collection and Disposal of Yard Waste Prohibiting a person from disposing of yard waste collected on the grounds of a State building or State highway in a single-use plastic container; requiring a person to collect yard waste on the grounds of a State building or State highway in a container that will not be discarded with the yard waste or is a compostable paper bag; and requiring all yard waste collected on the grounds of a State building or State highway to be disposed of in a certain manner under certain circumstances. Dead
HB978 Baltimore County - Speed Monitoring Systems - Interstate 695 and Interstate 83 Authorizing the State Highway Administration to place and use not more than four speed monitoring systems on Interstate 695 and three systems on Interstate 83 in Baltimore County, subject to notice requirements; requiring that fines collected in Baltimore County as a result of violations enforced by speed monitoring systems on Interstate 695 and Interstate 83 be used to recover costs and assist in covering the cost of roadway and safety improvements on Interstate 695 and Interstate 83 in Baltimore County; etc. Dead
HB1541 Condominiums - Mandatory Insurance Coverage Requiring a certain condominium unit owner to obtain a condominium unit owner insurance policy or a substantially similar property insurance policy for the unit; requiring a certain insurance policy to include certain provisions; and authorizing a council of unit owners to acquire an insurance policy on behalf of a unit owner who does not maintain a certain required insurance policy and charge the insurance premium as an assessment to the unit owner. Dead
HB219 Vehicle Laws - Out-of-State Vehicles - Improper Registration Establishing a certain process for bringing vehicles owned by State residents that are improperly registered in another state into compliance with the Maryland Vehicle Law. Dead
HB339 Real Property - Residential Rental Apartments - Air-Conditioning Requirements Requiring a landlord to provide air-conditioning to residential rental units in apartment buildings with four or more individual dwelling units in a certain manner beginning June 1, 2025, for newly constructed residential rental units and beginning October 1, 2025, for residential rental units that undergo renovation that includes the replacement or substantial upgrade of electrical systems or heating systems. Dead
HB234 Vehicle Laws - Injury or Death of Vulnerable Individual - Penalties Altering the penalties for causing the serious physical injury or death of a vulnerable individual as the result of an individual operating a motor vehicle in a negligent manner; including an individual who is lawfully operating or riding a golf cart or a unicycle on a highway, shoulder, crosswalk, or sidewalk as a vulnerable individual; and providing that an individual convicted of a certain violation is subject to not just a fine of $2,000 but also imprisonment of up to 2 months or both. Dead
HB42 On-Farm Organics and Wasted Food Reduction and Diversion Grant Programs - Established Establishing, beginning July 1, 2027, the On-Farm Organics Diversion and Recycling Grant Program in the Department of Agriculture to award grants to eligible entities to develop and implement on-farm organics recycling, compost use, wasted food prevention, and food rescue; requiring the Department to report to the General Assembly by December 31, 2027, on the impact of the grants awarded on jobs, producers, and food waste prevention; authorizing the Governor to transfer $3,000,000 to certain programs in fiscal years 2027 through 2031; etc. Dead
HB644 Vehicle Laws - Speed Monitoring Systems - Residential Districts Establishing that certain provisions of law authorizing the use of speed monitoring systems in certain residential districts apply statewide. Dead
HB368 General Provisions - Commemorative Month - Maryland Native Plant Month Requiring the Governor to annually proclaim May as Maryland Native Plant Month in recognition of the benefits that native plants have on Maryland's natural environment; and requiring the proclamation to urge educational and environmental organizations and businesses to observe Maryland Native Plant Month properly. Dead
HB802 State Designations - State Carnivorous Plant - Purple Pitcherplant Designating the Purple Pitcherplant as the State carnivorous plant. Dead
HB1088 Coal Transportation Fee and Fossil Fuel Mitigation Fund (Coal Dust Cleanup and Asthma Remediation Act) Imposing a coal transportation fee on a person that transports coal in the State; providing that the rate of the coal transportation fee is $13 per short ton transported in the State; providing the fee does not apply to the transportation of coal that is solely for use on a farm and the carrier does not otherwise use or sell the coal; establishing the Fossil Fuel Mitigation Fund to support activities that reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the State; etc. Dead
HB1254 Community Eligibility Provision Expansion Program - Establishment Establishing the Community Eligibility Provision Expansion Program in the State Department of Education to provide funding to eligible schools that participate in the federal community eligibility provision of the child nutrition programs. Dead
HB752 Commission on State and Local Government Real Property Bearing Confederate Names Establishing the Commission on State and Local Government Real Property Bearing Confederate Names to develop and implement a framework to identify real property owned by the State or a political subdivision that bears a Confederate name; and requiring the Commission to make recommendations regarding the real property that should be renamed and report its findings to the Governor, the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City, the governing body of each county, and the General Assembly by October 1, 2032. Dead
HB498 Economic Development - Delivering Economic Competitiveness and Advancing Development Efforts (DECADE) Act Requiring the Department of Commerce to evaluate the potential employment and economic growth of the State's industry sectors and establish a certain list of industry sectors and activities to be considered for additional support; repealing the Maryland Economic Development Commission and Commerce Subcabinet; altering the designation, administration, and purposes of and eligibility for certain economic development programs; altering eligibility for and the calculation of certain economic development incentives; etc. Dead
HB499 Criminal Records - Expungement and Maryland Judiciary Case Search (Expungement Reform Act of 2025) Altering certain provisions of law relating to waiting periods for the filing of certain petitions for expungement to authorize the filing of a petition a certain amount of time after the completion of the sentence; adding to the list of misdemeanor convictions that a person may expunge under certain circumstances; prohibiting the Maryland Judiciary Case Search from in any way referring to the existence of a charge of possession of cannabis if the conviction was later pardoned by the Governor; etc. Dead
HB1328 End-of-Life Option Act (The Honorable Elijah E. Cummings and the Honorable Shane E. Pendergrass Act) 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. Dead
HB1175 Nutrient Management - Tidal Buffer - Vegetative Buffers and Restriction on Fertilizer Application Authorizing, in accordance with technical specifications adopted by the Department of Agriculture, that State cost-share funding be made available for installing various vegetative buffer practices on land within the 100-foot tidal buffer on an agricultural operation; prohibiting a nutrient management plan renewed after July 1, 2025, from allowing a person to apply certain fertilizer to land within the 100-foot tidal buffer; etc. Dead
HB1431 State and Local Agencies - Enforcement of Federal Immigration Law - Restrictions on Access to Information (Maryland Data Privacy Act) 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. Dead
HB1006 Immigration Enforcement - Sensitive Locations - Guidelines and Policies (Protecting Sensitive Locations Act) 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. Dead
HB931 Environment - Covered Electronic Device Recycling Program - Establishment (Electronics Recycling Health and Safety Modernization Act) Establishing the Covered Electronic Device Recycling Program in the Department of the Environment; altering the contents and use of the State Recycling Trust Fund; establishing a separate covered electronic device recycling account and a separate covered electronic device manufacturer registration fee account within the Fund; altering certain provisions of law relating to registration fees for certain manufacturers of covered electronic devices; etc. Dead
HB973 Maryland Building Performance Standards - Fossil Fuel Use, Energy Conservation, and Electric- and Solar-Ready Standards (Better Buildings Act of 2025) 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. Dead
HB845 Public Health - Overdose and Infectious Disease Prevention Services Program Authorizing a community-based organization, with the approval of the Maryland Department of Health, to establish an Overdose and Infectious Disease Prevention Services Program to provide a location for the consumption of preobtained drugs, provide sterile needles, administer first aid, and provide certain other services; authorizing a Program to bill the insurance carrier of an individual who uses the services; authorizing the Department to approve not more than six programs, preferably two in urban, two in rural, and two in suburban areas; etc. Dead
HB909 Sewage Sludge Utilization Permits - Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances - Concentration Limits Requiring certain sewage sludge utilization permits issued or renewed by the Department of the Environment to limit the concentration of certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances to 1 microgram per kilogram, the level established in certain health-based standards, or the level established by the Department under the Act; establishing requirements for the demonstration of compliance with the limits established under the Act; and authorizing the Department to establish certain additional limits by regulation. Dead
HB958 Railroads - Safety Requirements (Maryland Railway Safety Act of 2025) Establishing requirements and prohibitions related to the operation of railroads in the State, including provisions related to the size of the crew, blocking of railroad and highway grade crossings, the length of trains operating on a main or branch line, wayside detectors, and investigations by railroad labor union representatives; and requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to establish and maintain a reporting system regarding the transportation of hazardous materials and waste by rail in the State. Dead
HB741 Hunting - Nonlead Ammunition, Fox Chasing, and Deer Management Altering the definition of "hunt" to no longer exclude the sport of fox chasing; establishing the Deer Management Assistance Program in the Department of Natural Resources; requiring the Department to require, through a certain phasing-out process, the use of nonlead ammunition on or before July 1, 2029; and establishing certain exemptions and requirements for any person who participates in the sport of fox chasing. Dead
HB45 Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact Entering into the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact; authorizing a dentist or dental hygienist to practice in a participating state under certain scope of practice rules; establishing a Commission to oversee the Compact and its duties and powers; providing the Act is contingent on the enactment of substantially similar provisions in seven other states; and requiring the Department of Health to notify the Department of Legislative Services within 10 days after enactment of similar legislation by seven other states. Dead
HB671 Environment - On-Site Sewage Disposal Systems - Climate Vulnerable Areas Requiring, by January 1, 2026, a county water and sewerage plan to include a plan to minimize inundation risks to existing on-site sewage disposal systems and limit the installation of new on-site sewage disposal systems in climate vulnerable areas; prohibiting the installation of an on-site sewage disposal system in a climate vulnerable area to service a newly constructed building, and prohibiting the replacement of an on-site sewage disposal system in a climate vulnerable area, unless certain conditions are met; etc. Dead
HB700 Gaming - Problem Gambling - Prevalence Study and Fund Revenue Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to conduct certain prevalence studies concerning problem and pathological mobile gambling, with an initial study to be completed on or before July 1, 2030; requiring the Secretary of Health, on or before November 1 each year, beginning in 2026, to submit a report to the General Assembly on how the funds in the Problem Gambling Fund have been expended on treatment and prevention programs; and altering the distribution of certain fantasy competition and sports wagering proceeds. Dead
HB456 Civil Actions - Child Nonsexual Abuse and Neglect - Damages and Statute of Limitations Establishing a certain statute of limitations in certain civil actions relating to child nonsexual abuse and neglect; establishing a limitation of $1,500,000 on noneconomic damages that may be awarded under the Act; providing that a certain party may appeal an interlocutory order under certain circumstances; applying the Act prospectively and retroactively to certain actions barred by a certain statute of limitations; etc. Dead
HB815 Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Public Safety Volunteers Increasing, from $7,000 to $10,000, the amount of a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for an individual who is a qualifying public safety volunteer for a taxable year beginning after December 31, 2024. Dead
HB530 Maryland Forestry Education Fund - Mandatory Funding - Extension Extending the fiscal years through 2031 in which the Governor is required to include a $250,000 appropriation in the annual budget bill for the Maryland Forestry Education Fund. Dead
HB613 Criminal Procedure - Protection of Identity of Victim of Sexual Assault Prohibiting a court or a party in a criminal or juvenile delinquency case from disclosing or allowing inspection of a certain court filing unless the court or the party redacts identifying information relating to a victim of sexual assault that appears in the filing, subject to a certain exception; requiring a court to redact identifying information relating to a victim of sexual assault from an existing filing on a written request; requiring the Supreme Court of Maryland to adopt a certain rule regarding the redaction of certain information; etc. Dead
HB642 Election Law - Registered Voter List and Petitions (Ballot Petition Modernization Act) Requiring the State Board of Elections to adopt regulations for the secure storage and use of voter data from the list of registered voters and specifying procedures and requirements relating to electronic signatures; establishing and altering certain provisions governing the petition process, including provisions regarding the collection and invalidation of signatures, the use of electronic signatures, and attestations by petition circulators; etc. Dead
HB965 Transportation - Locally Operated Transit System Grant Program - Equitable Distribution of Funds Requiring, beginning in fiscal year 2027, the Department of Transportation to establish a method to determine funding under the Locally Operated Transit System Grant Program that will result in a fair and equitable distribution of Program funds for each county; requiring the Department to develop criteria for the distribution of Program funds; etc. Dead
HB187 Criminal Law - Benefits Exploitation Prohibiting a person from knowingly recruiting, harboring, transporting, or obtaining an individual for the purpose of appropriating the government benefits of an individual for the benefit of the person or another through deception, coercion, exploitation, isolation, or any other means; prohibiting a person from aiding, abetting, or conspiring with one or more persons to violate a certain provision of the Act; establishing that a violation of the Act is a felony; etc. Dead
Bill Bill Name Motion Vote Date Vote
SB96 Environment - Water Bottle Filling Stations - Requirement Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB81 Criminal Law - Interference With a Public Safety Answering Point - Penalties Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB149 Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation - Total Assessed Cost of Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Study and Reports Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB181 Correctional Services - Geriatric and Medical Parole Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB128 Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation - Total Assessed Cost of Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Study and Reports Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB185 Therapeutic Child Care Grant Program - Funding - Alterations Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB168 Confined Aquatic Disposal Cells - Construction - Moratorium Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB131 Anne Arundel County - Property Tax Credit - Supermarkets Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB51 Accountants - Licensed Out-of-State Practice Privileges - Qualifications Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB154 Access to Counsel in Evictions - Task Force and Special Fund Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB130 Education - Student Personal Electronic Device Use Policy - Required Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB215 Cannabis Reform - Revisions Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB200 Board of Trustees of the Maryland Teachers and State Employees Supplemental Retirement Plans - Renaming Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB246 Maryland Veterans Trust - Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB207 Drunk and Drug-Impaired Driving and Failure to Remain at the Scene - Revocation of Driver's License Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB219 Uninsured Employers' Fund - Assessments and Special Monitor Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB227 Workers' Compensation - Payment From Uninsured Employers' Fund - Revisions Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB117 Environment - Bay Restoration Fund - Septic System Upgrade Program Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB204 Property Tax - Deadline to Set County and Municipal Corporation Tax Rates - Alteration Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB120 Restrictions on Use - Solar Collector Systems - Alteration Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB26 Davis Martinez Public Employee Safety and Health Act Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB123 Boating Accidents - Duty to Stop at the Scene, Render Assistance, and Provide Information - Penalties Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB230 Human Services - Local Departments of Social Services - Audits Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB49 Environment - Building Energy Performance Standards - Alterations and Analysis Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB89 Department of the Environment - Notation of Veteran Status Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB178 Anne Arundel County - Property Tax Credit - Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake, Incorporated Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB177 Procurement - State Department of Education - Local Food Purchasing Program Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB3 Workgroup on the Creation of a Data Dashboard for Public Work Contracts and Apprentices - Establishment Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB49 Consumer Protection - Automatic Renewals Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB54 Motor Vehicles - Specially Designed Vintage Reproduction Registration Plates Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB15 Corporations and Associations - Limited Worker Cooperative Associations - Authorization (Maryland Limited Worker Cooperative Association Act) Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB208 Human Services - Maryland Assistive Technology Program - Establishment Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB252 Child Care Centers - Certificated Staff Ratio Requirement - Alteration Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB250 Department of the Environment - Fees, Penalties, Funding, and Regulation Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB148 State Board of Public Accountancy - Emeritus Status Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB262 Election Law - Special Elections Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB231 State Government - Public Employee Relations Act - Alterations Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB73 Chesapeake Conservation Corps Program - Renaming Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB19 Health Occupations - Nursing - Loan Repayment, Education, and Sunset Extension (Building Opportunities for Nurses Act of 2025) Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB144 Corporations and Associations - Limited Worker Cooperative Associations - Authorization (Maryland Limited Worker Cooperative Association Act) Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB127 State Government - Grants and Contracts - Reimbursement of Indirect Costs Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB93 Election Law - Absentee Ballots - Notice to Request Application Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB93 Election Law - Absentee Ballots - Notice to Request Application Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB176 Davis Martinez Public Employee Safety and Health Act Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB80 Criminal Law - Animal Abuse or Neglect - Penalties Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB116 Data Center Impact Analysis and Report Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB265 Environment - Reservoir Augmentation Permit - Establishment Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB102 Insurance Pooling - Public Entity - Definition Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB222 Public Safety - Fuel Gas Piping Systems and Corrugated Stainless Steel Tubing - Prohibitions and Study Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB46 Real Property - Wrongful Detainer - Time of Hearing and Service of Process Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB292 Cooperative Housing Corporations, Condominiums, and Homeowners Associations - Funding of Reserve Accounts and Preparation of Funding Plans Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB301 Criminal Procedure - Forensic Genetic Genealogical DNA Analysis and Search - Affidavit for Judicial Authorization Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB269 Maryland Community College Promise Scholarship Program - Revisions Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB271 Maryland Tort Claims Act - Employees of an Office of a Sheriff Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB278 Tax Relief and State Personnel Equality for Service Members Act Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB299 Security Guards and Security Guard Employers - Registration, Certification, and Regulation Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB294 Maryland Cybersecurity Council - Alterations Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB295 Income Tax - Income Tax Reconciliation Program - Established (Maryland Fair Taxation for Justice-Involved Individuals Act) Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB295 Income Tax - Income Tax Reconciliation Program - Established (Maryland Fair Taxation for Justice-Involved Individuals Act) Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB281 Transportation Equality for Service Members Act Third Reading Passed with Amendments 04/07/2025 Yea
SB276 Educational Equality for Service Members Act Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB310 Education - Youth Suicide Prevention School Program - Revisions Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB309 Department of Veterans and Military Families - Communications, Outreach, and Advocacy Program - Alterations Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB318 Higher Education - Janet L. Hoffman Loan Assistance Repayment Program - Eligibility Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB308 Election Law – Chief Election Judges – Party Affiliation Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB335 Natural Resources - Canada Geese - Bag Limits Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB333 Criminal Procedure - Victims and Witnesses - Out of Court Statement of Child to Forensic Interviewer Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB350 Budget Bill (Fiscal Year 2026) Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB350 Budget Bill (Fiscal Year 2026) Motion Special Order until Later This Session (Delegate Grammer) Rejected 04/07/2025 Nay
SB327 Affordable Housing Payment In Lieu of Taxes Expansion Act Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB359 Therapeutic Child Care Grant Program - Funding - Alterations Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB359 Therapeutic Child Care Grant Program - Funding - Alterations Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB424 Prescription Drug Affordability Board - Authority and Stakeholder Council Membership (Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for All Marylanders Now Act) Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB384 Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB352 Baltimore County - Political Party Central Committee - Elections Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB431 Consumer Protection - Consumer Contracts - Limitation Periods Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB352 Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2025 Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB352 Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2025 Motion Vote Previous Question (Delegate J. Lewis) Adopted 04/07/2025 Yea
HB351 Creation of a State Debt - Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2025, and the Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loans of 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB337 Elections - Local Boards of Elections - Open Meeting Requirements (Local Boards of Elections Transparency Act) Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB376 Maryland Cybersecurity Council - Alterations Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB358 Maryland Deaf Culture Digital Library - Funding and Budget Submission Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB338 Baltimore County - Speed Monitoring Systems - Interstate 695 and Interstate 83 Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB341 Baltimore City - Raffles - Organizations Affiliated With a Professional Major League Baseball Team Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB357 Prescription Drug Affordability Board - Authority and Stakeholder Council Membership (Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for All Marylanders Now Act) Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB361 Election Law - Influence on a Voter's Voting Decision By Use of Fraud - Prohibition Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB391 Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission - Review of Report and Recommendations Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB365 Department of Commerce – Nonprofit Organizations Navigator – Established Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB373 State Personnel - BWI Airport Fire and Rescue Department - Collective Bargaining and Arbitration Processes Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB360 Revenge Porn - Definition of Visual Representation and Civil Action Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB376 Maryland Department of Health and Office of Health Care Quality - Nursing Home Inspections - Reporting Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB376 Maryland Department of Health and Office of Health Care Quality - Nursing Home Inspections - Reporting Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB478 Hagerstown Community College Police Force - Jurisdiction Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB482 Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination Review Process Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB477 State Department of Education - Family Child Care Homes and Child Care Centers - Regulatory Analysis Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB489 Maryland Department of Labor - Study on Building Code Requirements for Single-Staircase Buildings Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB425 Environment - Coal Combustion By-Products - Fees, Coordinating Committee, and Regulations Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB396 Public Safety Officer - Performance of Duties - Death Benefits Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB423 Maryland Medical Practice Act and Maryland Physician Assistants Act - Revisions Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB399 Natural Resources - Wildland Areas - Overhead Transmission Lines Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
  Committee Position Rank
Detail Maryland House Environment and Transportation Committee 21
Detail Maryland House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee 22
Detail Maryland Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review 9
Detail Maryland Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics 6
Detail Maryland Joint Committee on the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area Chair 1
Detail Maryland Joint Federal Action Oversight Committee 12
Detail Maryland Joint Legislative Policy Committee 13
State District Chamber Party Status Start Date End Date
MD Maryland House District 11B House Democrat In Office 01/11/2023
MD District 11 House Democrat Out of Office 01/10/2007 01/16/2024
MD District 11 House Democrat Out of Office 06/25/2002 01/16/2024