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State Delegate
Heather Bagnall
(D) - Maryland
Maryland House District 33C
In Office - Started: 01/11/2023

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HB738 Department of Information Technology - Major Information Technology Development Projects - Oversight Providing that a unit of State government may not purchase, lease, contract for, or rent an information technology service or product unless consistent with the master plan, as determined by the Secretary of Information Technology; providing that the Secretary is responsible for overseeing the implementation of major information technology development projects in the State; establishing the Maryland Office of Digital Experience in the Department to provide oversight, leadership, and strategic modernization for major technology projects; etc. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB728 Opioid Restitution Fund - Authorized Uses Altering the allowable uses of the Opioid Restitution Fund to provide funds for the operating expenses and personnel costs for investigations, enforcement actions, and other activities conducted by the Opioids Enforcement Unit within the Office of the Attorney General that are related to the recovery of funds from opioid-related judgments or settlements; and requiring, beginning October 1, 2025, the Office of the Attorney General to report annually to the General Assembly on the status of activity of the Opioids Enforcement Unit. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB745 State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists - Behavior Analysts - Licensure Applications Requiring the State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists to issue a license to practice behavior analysis to qualified applicants within 30 days of receiving the completed application; requiring the State Board to issue a license within 50 days to an applicant who submitted an incomplete application but has presented additional information; and requiring the State Board to provide a certain e-mail notification regarding the status of an application for a license to practice behavior analysis. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB757 Professional and Volunteer Firefighter Innovative Cancer Screening Technologies Program - Funding Altering the amount the Governor is authorized to include in the annual budget for the Program from $500,000 to at least $1,000,000; and authorizing the Secretary to use up to 20% of Program funds to support research centers, including the University of Maryland Institute for Health Computing, in the collection, analysis, and processing of Program outcome data for the purposes of assessing, maximizing, and improving the effectiveness and clinical utility of the cancer screening funded by the Program. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB729 Public Health - Use of Opioid Restitution Fund and Training Under the Overdose Response Program Altering the training that the Maryland Department of Health is authorized to provide under the Overdose Response Program to include emphasis on the restoration of breathing, avoiding withdrawal, and compassionate postoverdose support and care; clarifying that the use of the Opioid Restitution Fund is subject to certain restrictions; and altering the authorized uses of the Opioid Restitution Fund so as to include the addressing of racial disparities in access to prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery support services. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB666 Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Required Coverage for Calcium Score Testing Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and insurers, nonprofit health service plans, health maintenance organizations, and managed care organizations to provide coverage in accordance with the most recent guidelines issued by the American College of Cardiology that expand the scope of preventive care services for the benefit of consumers; and applying the Act to all policies, contracts, and health benefit plans issued, delivered, or renewed in the State on or after January 1, 2026. 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
HB553 Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Maternal Health Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring Requiring, beginning on January 1, 2026, the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to provide coverage for self-measured blood pressure monitoring for certain eligible Program recipients; and requiring reimbursement of health care provider and other staff time used for patient training, transmission of blood pressure data, interpretation of blood pressure readings and reporting, remote patient monitoring, and the delivery of co-interventions, including educational materials or classes. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB11 Health Insurance - Access to Nonparticipating Providers - Referrals, Additional Assistance, and Coverage Repealing the June 30, 2025, termination date for certain provisions of law related to referrals to and reimbursement of specialists and nonphysician specialists who are not part of a carrier's provider panel; prohibiting certain carriers from imposing utilization review requirements other than would be required if the covered benefit was provided by a provider on the carrier's provider panel under certain circumstances; etc. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB268 Hospitals - Financial Assistance and Collection of Debts - Policies Altering provisions of law related to a hospital's financial assistance and collection of debts policies; specifying the percentage by which a hospital is required to reduce a patient's out-of-pocket expenses under certain circumstances; adding to the notice requirements relating to a hospital's financial assistance policy; prohibiting a hospital from filing a civil action to collect a debt against a patient whose outstanding debt is at or below $500; etc. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB297 Maryland Health Benefit Exchange - State-Based Young Adult Health Insurance Subsidies Pilot Program - Sunset Repeal 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. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB331 Public Information Act - Public Access Ombudsman - Delegation of Powers Authorizing the Public Access Ombudsman to delegate to a staff member of the Office of the Public Access Ombudsman any of the powers and duties granted to the Ombudsman that are appropriate to the staff member's training and expertise. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB334 Workgroup on Newborn Nurse Home Visiting Services - Establishment Establishing the Workgroup on Universal Newborn Nurse Home Visiting Services; requiring the Workgroup to compile updated participant data and expenditure per participant from the home visiting programs currently operating in the State, compare the data for home visiting programs to the data for evidence-based models, identify service gaps, and identify workforce needs; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 31, 2025. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB367 Health Occupations Boards - English Proficiency Requirements and Licensure by Endorsement for Nursing Prohibiting a health occupations board from requiring additional evidence of English proficiency as a condition for licensure, certification, or registration if an applicant holds a valid, unrestricted license, certification, or registration from another state that requires evidence of English proficiency; requiring each health occupations board that requires evidence of English proficiency to post a statement on their website that an applicant may not be required to provide additional evidence of proficiency; etc. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB424 Prescription Drug Affordability Board - Authority and Stakeholder Council Membership (Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for All Marylanders Now Act) 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. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB406 State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, Speech-Language Pathologists, and Music Therapists - Appointment of Hearing Aid Dispenser Members Altering the appointment process for licensed hearing aid dispenser members of the State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, Speech-Language Pathologists, and Music Therapists by requiring the Board to notify all licensed hearing aid dispensers in the State of the vacancy and to solicit nominations to fill the vacancy. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
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
HB820 Health Insurance - Utilization Review - Use of Artificial Intelligence Requiring that certain carriers, pharmacy benefits managers, and private review agents ensure that artificial intelligence, algorithm, or other software tools are used in a certain manner when used for conducting utilization review. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB813 Maryland Insurance Administration and Maryland Department of Health - Workgroup to Study Pharmacy Benefits Managers Requiring the Maryland Insurance Administration and the Maryland Department of Health, in consultation with the Prescription Drug Affordability Board, to convene a workgroup to study and review reimbursement for pharmacists; and requiring the workgroup to submit an interim report by December 31, 2025, and a final report on their findings and recommendations to certain committees of the General Assembly by December 31, 2026. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB819 Procurement - Employee Stock Ownership Plan Preference - Pilot Authorizing the Maryland Stadium Authority, Morgan State University, St. Mary's College of Maryland, and Baltimore City Community College to establish a certain preference program for certain procurements; authorizing the establishment of a certain evaluation factor for certain proposals by an entity that utilizes certain employee stock ownership plans; requiring contractors to provide certain information to a unit regarding the use of an employee stock ownership plan; etc. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB765 Hospitals - Medical Debt Collection - Sale of Patient Debt Authorizing a hospital, under certain circumstances, to sell the medical debt of patients if the debt is sold to a governmental unit or an entity that is under contract with the unit or a nonprofit organization for the purpose of canceling the debt; requiring that a hospital's financial policy require the hospital to dismiss actions pending against a patient for the collection of debt that was sold and prohibit the hospital from engaging in specified collection activities; etc. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB798 Opioid Restitution Fund - Interactive Dashboard Requiring the Maryland Office of Overdose Response, in collaboration with the Maryland Department of Health, to develop and maintain an interactive dashboard on Opioid Restitution Fund spending to share prescription opioid-related settlement information with the public; requiring the dashboard to include links to the State, county, or municipal websites that provide access to additional information on the use of opioid-related settlement funds; etc. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB776 Maryland Medical Practice Act and Maryland Physician Assistants Act - Revisions Repealing obsolete and redundant language in, clarifying language in, and making language consistent across certain provisions of law governing the State Board of Physicians and the regulation of physicians, physician assistants, and allied health professionals; altering certain licensure requirements; altering the grounds for discipline for physicians, physician assistants, and allied health professionals; authorizing the Board to impose a civil penalty for a certain report made in bad faith; etc. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB838 Health Occupations - Licensed Direct-Entry Midwives - Revisions Altering the scope of practice of licensed direct-entry midwives; providing that the practice of direct-entry midwifery is independent and not does not require oversight by another health care practitioner; repealing the requirement that licensed direct-entry midwives report certain information to the Direct-Entry Midwifery Advisory Committee; altering the disciplinary actions that may be taken against a licensed direct-entry midwife or an applicant for a license; etc. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB850 Workgroup on the Creation of a Data Dashboard for Public Work Contracts and Apprentices - Establishment Establishing the Workgroup on the Creation of a Data Dashboard for Public Work Contracts and Apprentices to study the most efficient and cost-effective method to create a publicly available data dashboard that disaggregates information regarding public work contracts with the State and apprentices working under the public work contracts; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by January 7, 2027. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB848 Health Insurance - Adverse Decisions - Notices, Reporting, and Examinations Requiring that certain adverse decision and grievance decision notices include certain information in a certain manner; requiring that the information regarding criteria and standards for utilization review that a private review agent is required to post on its website or the carrier's website be posted on the member's and provider's pages of the websites; requiring that certain information submitted to the Maryland Insurance Commissioner be aggregated by zip code; etc. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB871 Health Services Cost Review Commission - Community Benefits - Community Health Worker Workforce Program Altering the definition of "community benefit" to include a community health worker workforce program which is intended to provide services to patients of a nonprofit hospital and to improve health outcomes; authorizing a nonprofit hospital and a community-based organization to establish a community health worker workforce program; providing that a partnership that establishes a community health worker workforce program may be executed through a memorandum of understanding; establishing requirements for the memorandum of understanding; etc. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB859 Access to Health Insurance for Child Care Professionals - Outreach Requiring the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange to promote access to health insurance for child care professionals; and requiring the Exchange to conduct a survey, in consultation with the State Department of Education and relevant nonprofit organizations, to assess current levels of health care access across the child care community. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1004 Public Health - Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias - Information on Prevalence and Treatment Requiring the Maryland Department of Health, in partnership with certain entities, to incorporate information regarding treatments approved by the Food and Drug Administration for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias and to increase understanding and awareness of treatment of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias into relevant public health outreach programs; requiring the Department to establish and maintain a website with information on the prevalence and hospitalization rate for Alzheimer's and related dementias; etc. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB936 Health Insurance - Cancellation and Nonrenewal of Coverage - Required Notice Requiring that a carrier provide notice by certain electronic means, in addition to written notice, of cancellation or nonrenewal of a small group market health benefit plan and include information regarding additional health benefit coverage options in the notice; and applying the Act to all policies, contracts, and health benefit plans issued, delivered, or renewed in the State on or after January 1, 2026. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB995 Workgroup to Study the Rise in Adverse Decisions in the State Health Care System - Establishment Establishing the Workgroup to Study the Rise in Adverse Decisions in the State Health Care System to make recommendations to improve State reporting on adverse decisions, reduce the number of adverse decisions, and develop recommendations for legislation to address the rise in adverse decisions; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to certain committees of the General Assembly by December 1, 2025. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB996 Public Health - Phenibut Consumer Protection Act (JT Alvey Phenibut Consumer Protection Act) Requiring a retailer that prepares, distributes, sells, or exposes for sale a phenibut product to disclose the factual basis on which any representations regarding the phenibut product are made; establishing prohibitions related to the preparation, distribution, and sale of phenibut products, including prohibitions related to the sale of phenibut to individuals under the age of 21 years and the marketing of phenibut to minors; establishing certain penalties for violations of the Act; etc. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB718 Maryland Health Insurance Coverage Protection Commission - Established Establishing the Maryland Health Insurance Coverage Protection Commission to monitor and assess the impact of potential and actual federal changes to specified health care programs and to provide recommendations for State and local action to protect the access of residents of the State to affordable health coverage; and requiring the Commission to submit a report of its findings and recommendations, including any legislative proposals, to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 31 each year. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB970 Health Insurance - Insulin - Prohibition on Step Therapy or Fail-First Protocols Prohibiting certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from imposing a step therapy or fail-first protocol for insulin or an insulin analog used to treat an insured's or enrollee's Type 1, Type 2, or gestational diabetes; and applying the Act to all policies, contracts, and health benefit plans issued, delivered, or renewed in the State on or after January 1, 2026. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB974 Health Insurance - Preventive Services - High Deductible Health Plans and Enforcement Authority Clarifying the application of certain health insurance preventive services coverage requirements to certain high deductible health plans; and requiring the Insurance Commissioner to enforce certain provisions of law related to preventive services consistent with the recommendations and guidelines set by certain federal agencies in effect on December 31, 2024. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB991 State Procurement - Minority Business Enterprise Program - Extension and Reports Altering the termination date for certain provisions of law governing the Minority Business Enterprise Program and its application to public-private partnerships, offshore wind projects, video lottery terminals, and sports wagering licenses; and altering the date by which certain reports, studies, and guidelines must be submitted. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB933 Nursing Homes - Cost Reports Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to review the cost reports and other data submitted by each nursing home that participates in the Maryland Medical Assistance Program; and requiring the Department to report the findings resulting from the review conducted under the Act to the Governor and certain committees of the General Assembly by October 1, 2025, and each October 1 thereafter through 2029. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1087 Health Insurance - Step Therapy or Fail-First Protocols - Drugs to Treat Associated Conditions of Advanced Metastatic Cancer Prohibiting certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from imposing a step therapy or fail-first protocol for certain prescription drugs prescribed by a treating physician to treat a symptom of or side effect from the treatment of stage four metastatic cancer and use of the prescription drug is consistent with best practices for treatment of the condition. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1066 Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access - Workgroups Requiring the Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access to establish a workgroup on the improvement of health, social, and economic outcomes related to substance use; requiring the workgroup to make recommendations on changes to State laws, policies and practices needed to mitigate the harm related to criminalization of substance use and related to the discharge of patients from substance use treatment programs; and requiring the workgroup to submit a certain report annually. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1083 Behavioral Health Advisory Council and the Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access - Plan to Implement Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment Requirements Requiring the Behavioral Health Advisory Council and the Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access, through its workgroup, to implement Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment requirements; requiring the workgroup to provide recommendations to implement recommendations in a certain Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services State Health Official letter; and requiring the Maryland Department of Health to report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by January 1, 2026. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1142 Public Health - Maryland Interested Parties Advisory Group - Establishment Establishing the Maryland Interested Parties Advisory Group to ensure adequate access to applicable home- and community-based services in the State; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to provide certain support to the Advisory Group; and requiring by September 1 each year beginning in 2026, the Advisory Group to report its activities and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1146 Maryland Behavioral Health Crisis Response System – Integration of 9–8–8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Network and Outcome Evaluations Requiring the Maryland Behavioral Health Crisis Response System to have a State 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, rather than a crisis communication center, in each jurisdiction; requiring each State 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline in the System to coordinate with the national 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Network to provide supportive counseling, suicide prevention, crisis intervention, referrals to additional resources, and direct dispatch to other services as needed; etc. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1100 Public Health - Health Equity Dashboard Requiring the Maryland Department of Health, in collaboration with the Commission on Health Equity, to develop a clear and easy-to-understand graphic data dashboard that includes age-adjusted health disparity data disaggregated by race, ethnicity, and gender; and requiring the Department to update the data dashboard on a quarterly basis, as determined by data availability. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1143 Maryland Collaborative to Improve Children's Oral Health Through School-Based Programs - Establishment Establishing the Maryland Collaborative to Improve Children's Oral Health Through School-Based Programs to study and make recommendations on ways to improve school-based dental programs; and requiring the Collaborative to submit an interim report by December 1, 2025, and a final report on its findings and recommendations by October 1, 2026. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1086 Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Coverage for Anesthesia - Prohibiting Time Limitations Requiring, beginning January 1, 2026, the Maryland Medical Assistance Program, managed care organizations, and certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations, if providing coverage for the delivery of anesthesia for a procedure for which a licensed medical professional issues an order, to provide the coverage for the duration of the procedure; prohibiting the establishment, implementation, or enforcement of policies or practices that place time limitations on the delivery of anesthesia; etc. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1351 Health Insurance - Provider Panels - Credentialing for Behavioral Health Care Professionals Altering the providers of certain community-based health services that a carrier is prohibited from rejecting for participation on the carrier's provider panel; and altering the period of time in which certain carriers are required to accept or deny certain social workers, counselors, and psychology associates for participation on the carrier's provider panel to within 60 days after the date a carrier receives a completed application. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1474 State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists - Temporary Telehealth Licenses - Establishment Establishing a temporary telehealth license to be issued by the State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists authorizing the holder to provide clinical professional counseling services only to a student attending an institution of higher education in the State if the student and out-of-state licensed professional counselor have a previously established relationship that has existed for at least 6 months; limiting the term of the temporary license to 6 months; and prohibiting the renewal of a temporary licensed issued under the Act. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1478 Public Health - Report on Establishing a Directory of Home Health Care Providers Requiring the Maryland Department of Health, in consultation with certain stakeholders, to submit a report on the feasibility of establishing and maintaining an online directory of home health care providers to certain committees of the General Assembly by December 31, 2025. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1315 Vaccinations by Pharmacists and Health Insurance Coverage for Immunizations Altering the vaccinations that a pharmacist may administer, subject to certain requirements, to an individual of at least a certain age; and altering the vaccinations included in the minimum package of child wellness services for which certain health insurers and nonprofit health service plans are required to provide coverage to include those recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as of December 31, 2024. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1243 Health Insurance - Coverage for Specialty Drugs Prohibiting certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from excluding coverage for certain specialty drugs that are administered or dispensed by a provider that is an in-network provider of covered medical oncology services and complies with State regulations for the administering and dispensing of specialty drugs, if the specialty drugs meet certain qualifications; and requiring the reimbursement rate for certain specialty drugs to meet certain criteria. 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
HB1344 Department of General Services - Assessment of State-Owned Facilities - Child Care Centers Requiring the Department of General Services to conduct an assessment of facilities owned by the State and operated by the 16 State agencies the Department supports to evaluate whether the facility or a portion of the facility would be suitable to lease to a child care center; requiring the Department to report to the General Assembly the results of the assessment and a description of whether each facility is suitable to lease to a child care center by December 1, 2026; and requiring the report to be published on the Department's website. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1292 Health Insurance - Provider Directory - Required Updates Renaming "network directory" to be "provider directory" to conform to a certain federal law; altering the time period from 15 to 2 working days within which certain carriers are required to update the information that must be made available in the carrier's provider directory on the Internet; altering the information required to be included in a provider directory; requiring that a provider directory in printed form include a statement regarding the accuracy of the provider information; etc. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1244 Maryland Developmental Disabilities Administration Waiver Advisory Council - Establishment Establishing the Maryland Developmental Disabilities Administration Waiver Advisory Council to advise and provide recommendations to the Developmental Disabilities Administration on system design, service delivery, and quality enhancement strategies for the Medicaid waiver programs operated by the Administration. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1380 Health Care Facilities - Hospitals and Freestanding Birthing Centers - Perinatal Care Standards Requiring the Maryland Department of Health, in coordination with the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems, to adopt regulations establishing minimum perinatal care standards for hospitals that meet or exceed the Maryland Perinatal System Standards for each hospital that provides obstetrical services; and requiring each hospital that provides obstetrical services and freestanding birthing centers, as a condition of licensure, to comply with certain minimum perinatal care standards. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1301 Maryland Medical Assistance Program, Maryland Children’s Health Program, and Health Insurance – Transfers to Special Pediatric Hospitals – Prior Authorizations Prohibiting the Maryland Medical Assistance Program, the Maryland Children's Health Program, managed care organizations, and certain health insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from requiring prior authorization for a transfer to a special pediatric hospital. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB333 Healthcare Ecosystem Stakeholder Cybersecurity Workgroup Establishing the Healthcare Ecosystem Stakeholder Cybersecurity Workgroup to develop strategies to prevent cybersecurity disruptions to the healthcare ecosystem, ensure the continuous delivery of essential healthcare ecosystem services, and enhance recovery efforts of the healthcare ecosystem following a cybersecurity incident; and requiring the Workgroup to submit an interim report on or before January 1, 2026, and a final report of its findings and recommendations on or before December 1, 2026. Vetoed
HB384 Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established Establishing the Maryland Disability Service Animal Program in the Department of Disabilities to select one or more nonprofit training entities to participate in the Program and provide additional funding mechanisms to assist eligible individuals in the Program; requiring the Department to select at least one nonprofit training entity to develop and implement a training protocol and to select qualified participants; and establishing the Maryland Disability Service Animal Program Fund to pay a participating nonprofit training entity. Vetoed
HB56 Procurement - State Department of Education - Local Food Purchasing Program Requiring the State Department of Education, in coordination with the Department of General Services and the Department of Agriculture, to establish a program to procure, when funding is available, local food for local school systems with preference to providers that are certified local farms or certified Chesapeake invasive species providers; altering the percentage price preference adopted by the Board of Public Works for locally grown food from 5% to 10%; etc. Vetoed
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
HB428 Medical Debt - Complaints for Money Judgment and Real Property Liens Establishing certain requirements for a complaint for a money judgment; defining "medical debt" as a debt owed by a consumer to a provider of medical services, products, or devices, but does not include debt charged to a credit card except under certain circumstances; prohibiting the creation of a lien on owner-occupied residential property by contract or as a result of a breach of contract for the payment of medical debt; and applying the Act prospectively. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1473 State Government - Equal Access to Public Services for Individuals With Limited English Proficiency and Individuals With Disabilities Requiring the Governor's Office of Immigrant Affairs and the Department of Disabilities to convene the Maryland Language Advisory Group, by January 1, 2026, to make findings and recommendations on oversight, monitoring, investigation, and enforcement of certain provisions of law relating to equal access to public services for certain individuals; altering provisions of law relating to equal access to public services for individuals with limited English proficiency to include individuals with disabilities; etc. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1082 Health Insurance - Individual Market Stabilization - Establishment of the State-Based Health Insurance Subsidies Program Establishing the State-Based Health Insurance Subsidies Program to provide subsidies to individuals in the State to mitigate the impact of a reduction in certain federal advance premium tax credits for calendar years 2026 through 2028; and requiring the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange to implement the Program under certain circumstances. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1045 Health Insurance, Family Planning Services, and Confidentiality of Medical Records - Consumer Protections - Updates Updating references to federal law related to family planning services, grandfathered plans, explanation of benefits, summaries of benefits and coverage, medical loss ratios, catastrophic plans, annual limits for cost sharing, prescription drugs, and rescissions; altering the definitions of "legally protected health care" and "sensitive health services" to include gender-affirming care for purposes of law governing the disclosure of information regarding sensitive health services; 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
HB962 Public Health - Pediatric Hospital Overstay Patients and Workgroup on Children in Unlicensed Settings and Pediatric Overstays Specifying that the scope of the Maryland Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Registry and Referral System includes private and State inpatient and outpatient mental health and substance use services; requiring the Maryland Department of Health and the Department of Human Services, under certain circumstances, to ensure pediatric hospital overstay patients are placed in the least restrictive setting when clinically indicated and when possible; etc. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB869 Preserve Telehealth Access Act of 2025 Repealing the limitation on the period during which the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations are required to provide reimbursement for certain health care services provided through telehealth on a certain basis and at a certain rate; altering the circumstances under which health care practitioners are authorized to prescribe certain controlled dangerous substances for the treatment of pain through telehealth; etc. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB783 Health Occupations - Implicit Bias and Structural Racism Training Requiring applicants for renewal of certain licenses and certain certificates issued by certain health occupation boards to attest that the applicant completed an implicit bias and structural racism training program, rather than an implicit bias training program, approved by the Cultural and Linguistic Health Care Professional Competency Program; authorizing certain health occupations boards to adopt regulations allowing applicants renewing licenses to receive continuing education credits for completing certain training; etc. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1007 Disability and Life Insurance - Medical Information (Genetic Testing Protection Act) Prohibiting insurance carriers that offer life insurance or disability insurance policies or contracts from unfairly discriminating against an individual by taking certain actions relating to coverage based on medical information; prohibiting certain carriers from accessing sensitive medical information without first obtaining written consent or mandating certain genetic testing or full genome sequencing as a prerequisite for life insurance or disability insurance eligibility or coverage; etc. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB939 Maryland Commission for Women - Maryland Collaborative to Advance Implementation of Coverage of Over-the-Counter Birth Control Requiring the Maryland Commission for Women to establish the Maryland Collaborative to Advance Implementation of Coverage of Over-the-Counter Birth Control to study access to over-the-counter birth control; and requiring the Collaborative to submit an interim report by January 1, 2026, and a final report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly by December 1, 2027. 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
HB1069 Life and Health Insurance Policies and Annuity and Health Maintenance Organization Contracts - Discretionary Clauses - Prohibition Prohibiting the use of discretionary clauses in life insurance policies, health insurance policies, annuity contracts, and health maintenance organization contracts. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1481 Disability Services - Adapted Vehicle Access Pilot Program - Established Establishing the Adapted Vehicle Access Pilot Program to provide adapted vehicles to individuals who require a mobility aid; and requiring the Department of Disabilities to implement and administer the Program, request, apply for, and facilitate certain donations to the Program, study the impacts of the Program, and report to the Governor and the General Assembly on the Program on or before December 1, 2028. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB466 Health 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 public health, the regulation of health occupations, and housing vouchers and assistance to apply to all uniformed services, rather than only the armed forces. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB265 Dental Services - Qualification for Maryland Dent-Care Program Altering the eligibility criteria for Higher Education Loan Assistance Grants under the Maryland Dent-Care Program to include part-time employment. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB3 State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners - Revisions Clarifying the definition of "physical therapist assistant" as used in the Maryland Physical Therapy Act to mean an individual licensed by the State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners; increasing the membership of the State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners from 8 to 9; and requiring the Board to send renewal notices to licensees by electronic means, rather than first-class mail, unless the licensee requests to receive the renewal notice by first-class mail. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB226 Anne Arundel County – Public Schools – School Schedule Options Authorizing the Anne Arundel County Board of Education to operate all schools within the county using a scheduling model that eliminates early dismissal days to allow for less than 180 school days if the minimal hours of attendance are met; requiring the board, if it elects to use a scheduling model that results in a school in the county being open for less than 180 days, to offer certain school employees an opportunity to make up the lost wages; and requiring the Board to make a report on the schools using an alternative scheduling model. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB100 Insurance Pooling - Public Entity - Definition Altering the definition of "public entity" to include a Resilience Authority for purposes of insurance pooling. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB455 Braille Flag Memorial Act of 2025 Requiring the Department of Veterans and Military Families to designate a location for an American braille tactile flag to be placed on the grounds of one or more State veterans' cemeteries to honor members of the uniformed services, veterans, and other individuals in the State who are blind or visually impaired. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB448 Modernization of Military Laws Act Establishing rules of interpretation related to the uniformed services; altering the rule of interpretation for "veteran"; requiring the Secretary of Veterans and Military Families to develop certain policies related to life transitions of veterans, service members, and military families; and altering the application of certain provisions of law related to veterans, the uniformed services, and the filing of certificates of candidacy, the powers of the Governor, State veterans' cemeteries, and housing and employment discrimination. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB541 Department of Commerce - Nonprofit Organizations Navigator - Established Establishing a nonprofit organizations navigator within the Department of Commerce to provide technical assistance and work with nonprofits and units of State government to resolve complexities and delays in State grant-making processes, collect and share certain information, and represent nonprofit organizations' interests and concerns as a member of the Maryland Efficient Grant Application Council; and requiring the Department to report to certain committees of the General Assembly on the implementation of the navigator. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB535 Abandoned and Neglected Cemeteries Fund - Establishment Establishing the Abandoned and Neglected Cemeteries Fund to provide for the care, preservation, maintenance, and restoration of abandoned and neglected cemeteries in the State; authorizing the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $250,000 to the fund; and requiring an annual report by September 30 to the General Assembly on the donations to the Fund and promotional efforts undertaken by money from the Fund. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB509 Maryland Inventory of Cemeteries and Burial Sites Workgroup - Establishment Establishing the Maryland Inventory of Cemeteries and Burial Sites Workgroup for the purpose of studying issues related to the establishment and maintenance of a State cemetery inventory system; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2025. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB672 School Health and Wellness Personnel Assessment and Maryland Council on Advancement of School-Based Health Centers Requiring the State Department of Education and the Maryland Department of Health jointly to conduct an assessment of school health and wellness personnel each year; altering the membership of the Maryland Council on Advancement of School-Based Health Centers; and requiring the Department and the State Department of Education to annually report to the General Assembly on the findings of the assessment beginning December 1, 2027, and publish the report on the website of each agency. 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
HB598 Anne Arundel County - Property Tax Credit - Supermarkets Authorizing the governing body of Anne Arundel County or of a municipal corporation in Anne Arundel County to grant, by law, a property tax credit against the personal property tax imposed on personal property of a supermarket that completes certain construction and is located in a certain food desert retail incentive area; requiring the governing body to designate what constitutes a food desert retail incentive area for purposes of the tax credit; etc. 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
HB32 Maryland Department of Health - Forensic Review Board - Established Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish a forensic review board at facilities that have charge of persons who have been committed to the facility as not criminally responsible; authorizing a forensic review board to make recommendations relating to the release or rehabilitation of a committed person; requiring the board to give notice at least 10 days before a meeting concerning the committed person; requiring the board to give consideration to a written statement offered by the committed person to the board; etc. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB300 State Government - Grants and Contracts - Reimbursement of Indirect Costs Altering the rate at which nonprofit organizations receiving State-funded grants or contracts may be reimbursed for indirect costs to match the rate established under relevant federal guidelines; requiring the Maryland Efficient Grant Application Council to study and make certain recommendations to the Department of Budget and Management regarding the entire grants life cycle; requiring the Council to submit a report on its full recommendations to the Department and the General Assembly by July 1, 2027; etc. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1343 Anne Arundel County - Property Tax - Day Care Centers and Child Care Centers Exempting personal property used in connection with certain large family child care homes from valuation and taxation in Anne Arundel County; authorizing the governing body of Anne Arundel County or the governing body of a municipal corporation in Anne Arundel County to grant, by law, a property tax credit against the real property tax owed on the portion of real property used for certain child care centers and day care centers; etc. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1046 Mechanical Repair Contracts - Technical Service Bulletins Prohibiting a mechanical repair contract from containing a provision precluding coverage for service to a motor vehicle solely for issues identified in a technical services bulletin and prohibiting the denial of a service claim solely for such an issue by a guarantor or provider. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1027 Workgroup to Study Implementation of an Expanded 3-1-1 Nonemergency System Establishing the Workgroup to Study Implementation of an Expanded 3-1-1 Nonemergency System; requiring the Workgroup to review a certain study completed by the Department of Information Technology in order to establish a plan to implement the recommendations of the study; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by November 1, 2025. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB345 Interstate Social Work Licensure Compact Entering into the Social Work Licensure Compact for the purpose of authorizing regulated social workers who hold multistate licenses to practice social work in member states in order to improve public access to competent social work services; establishing requirements for multistate licensure; establishing the Social Work Licensure Compact Commission; providing for withdrawal from the Compact; and providing that the Act is contingent on the enactment of substantially similar legislation in six other states. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB514 Health Occupations - State Board of Chiropractic Examiners - Revisions Altering certain provisions of law governing the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners and the practice of chiropractic in the State related to Board membership, licensure of chiropractors, the discipline of chiropractors, and the denial of licenses to applicants; authorizing the Board to inspect chiropractor offices under certain circumstances; and requiring the Board to require a licensee or applicant to submit to an examination by a health care provider under certain circumstances. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB573 State Board of Dental Examiners - Expanded Function Dental Assistants - Education and Reinstatement Authorizing the State Board of Dental Examiners to approve a certain course of study for expanded function dental assistant certification; requiring that a course of study for initial dental assistant certification include at least 35 hours of in-person and online instruction; requiring the Board to reinstate a certain certification only under certain circumstances; requiring the Board to adopt regulations requiring continuing education, including clinical hands-on training, for expanded function dental assistants; etc. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB957 State Procurement - Worker Residency Requirements Requiring certain contractors to ensure that at least 35% of apprenticeship hours on certain projects are performed by State residents; requiring the Department of Labor to enforce certain residency requirements; providing that a contractor that fails to meet certain requirements is liable for an amount twice the number of apprentice hours at the apprentice rate by which the contractor failed to meet the applicable requirement; etc. Dead
HB1199 Physicians - Licensing - Internationally Trained Physicians Authorizing the State Board of Physicians, beginning October 1, 2027, to issue a license to practice medicine to an internationally trained physician under certain circumstances; requiring the Board to adopt regulations establishing minimum qualifications and application fees and to provide a pathway to full licensure; etc. Dead
HB1246 Health Benefit Plans - Calculation of Cost-Sharing Contribution - Requirements Requiring certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to include certain discounts, financial assistance payments, product vouchers, and other out-of-pocket expenses made by or on behalf of an insured or enrollee when calculating cost-sharing contributions for certain prescription drugs; requiring certain persons that provide financial assistance payments, discounts, product vouchers, or other out-of-pocket expenses to notify an insured or enrollee of certain information; etc. Dead
HB1468 Cyber Maryland Program – Revisions Transferring the Cyber Maryland Program from the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to the Maryland Department of Labor; altering the duties of the Program; requiring the Program to issue competitive grants and contracts to enhance cybersecurity workforce development, including cybersecurity for operational technology beginning in fiscal year 2026; requiring the Program in conjunction with other agencies to report on certain Program activities to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2026; etc. Dead
HB1483 Public Schools - High School Sports Officials - Payment and Fees Requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association to develop by September 1, 2025, and periodically update, a list of similar high school sports that are categorized together; requiring a county board of education to ensure that certain high school sports officials for certain high school sports are provided equal pay; requiring a county board to conduct invitations for bids for high school sports officiating services in a certain manner; etc. Dead
HB911 Real Property - Landlord and Tenant - Family Child Care Homes Authorizing a landlord to impose an increased security deposit if a tenant operates or plans to operate a family child care home on the leased premises; prohibiting a landlord of certain residential rental property from prohibiting or unreasonably limiting the operation of a family child care home on the property; providing that landlords of certain residential rental property are immune from civil liability; authorizing a landlord to require a certain tenant to purchase a liability insurance policy; applying the Act prospectively; etc. Dead
HB905 Hospitals - Clinical Staffing Committees and Plans - Establishment (Safe Staffing Act of 2025) Requiring certain hospitals licensed in the State to establish and maintain a clinical staffing committee and to implement a clinical staffing plan; requiring each clinical staffing committee to develop a clinical staffing plan; requiring by July 1 each year, each hospital's clinical staffing committee to conduct a review of the clinical staffing plan for certain purposes; and requiring by January 1, 2027, each hospital to implement a clinical staffing plan and assign personnel in accordance with the plan. Dead
HB429 Health Facilities - Augmentation of Survey Staff - Nursing Homes Requiring the Secretary of Health, on request of a county, to delegate to the county the authority to augment State nursing home survey staff using county funds under certain circumstances; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to initiate a certain memorandum of understanding and develop a certain plan with a requesting county within 45 days after a county's request; requiring the Department, beginning July 1, 2025, to report to each area agency on aging the names and dates of each nursing home surveyed in the preceding 6 months; etc. Dead
HB65 Community Health Worker Appreciation Day Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim May 8 as Community Health Worker Appreciation Day; and requiring the proclamation to urge educational and cultural organizations to observe community health workers with informative programs and activities. Dead
HB1480 Child Advocacy Centers - Continuity of Care Standards for Health Care Professionals and Reports of Violations Requiring that the standards established by the Maryland Statewide Organization for Child Advocacy Centers require an individual employed by or contracted with a Child Advocacy Center providing medical or mental health services to be licensed or certified, if applicable, and provide services within the scope of the license or certification; requiring, beginning in 2027, the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention and Policy to publish on its website a description of the standards for child advocacy centers and compliance information; etc. Dead
HB1208 Public Health - Prohibited Ingredients in Food Prohibiting a person, beginning on October 1, 2028, from manufacturing, selling, delivering, holding, or offering for sale in the State food that contains brominated vegetable oil, potassium bromate, propylparaben, or Red Dye No. 3; and providing certain penalties for violations of the Act. Dead
HB321 Pharmacy Benefits Managers – Definition of Purchaser and Alteration of Application of Law Altering the definition of "purchaser" for the purpose of certain provisions of State insurance law governing pharmacy benefits managers to exclude certain nonprofit health maintenance organizations; requiring the Maryland Insurance Administration to convene a workgroup to review and make recommendations by January 1, 2026, on provisions of State law regarding pharmacy benefits managers, specialty pharmacies, and antisteering including any legislation necessary to carry out the recommendations; etc. Dead
HB1555 Funeral Establishments, Crematories, and Reduction Facilities - Oversight (Ensuring Dignity and Accountability in Crematory and Funeral Home Operations Act) Requiring the Office of Cemetery Oversight and the State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors to establish and maintain certain online databases and conduct certain inspections; establishing the authority of the Secretary of Health regarding staff for the Board; authorizing the Executive Director of the Board to direct an immediate investigation of certain complaints; establishing requirements for the review of complaints and investigations by the Board; providing a civil penalty of up to $25,000 for certain violations; etc. Dead
HB1499 State Procurement - Construction and Services - Contract Modification Requiring a procurement contract for 3 years or more in duration and valued at greater than $1,000,000 for construction or security services to include a clause requiring contract modification for increased costs for compensation and benefits as a result of statutory changes increasing required compensation or benefits or collective bargaining; and requiring a certain contract that is modified to be contingent on approval by the Board of Public Works. Dead
HB304 State Procurement - Transparency and Procedures Requiring a unit of State government to provide a certain debriefing of a contract award to certain persons on request; requiring each procurement contract to include a clause pertaining to certain contract modifications related to changes in law; altering from 30 to 60 days the time within which a written notice of a claim relating to a certain procurement contract shall be made; altering the procedures for reviewing and making a certain determination related to a certain contract claim; etc. Dead
HB662 Procurement - Indefinite Quantity Contracts - Authorization Authorizing a procurement officer to award an indefinite quantity contract under certain circumstances; requiring the Board of Public Works to adopt certain regulations relating to the assignment of work under an indefinite quantity contract including assignment by right of first refusal in the order of ranking of contract awards and rotation among contractors; etc. Dead
HB1314 Health Care - Prior Authorizations - Prohibiting Fees Prohibiting in-network health care providers from charging a fee to obtain a prior authorization from a carrier or managed care organization. Dead
HB1053 Developmental Disabilities Administration - Self-Directed Services Clarifying that a parent of the recipient may provide services for the recipient of self-directed services under certain circumstances; and altering the circumstances under which a family member or legal guardian may provide services for the recipient of self-directed services. Dead
HB1544 Public Safety - Maryland Law Enforcement Public Service Medal and Key Bridge Collapse Victims Memorial Tribute Establishing the Maryland Law Enforcement Public Service Medal as the highest State honor awarded to law enforcement officers for exceptional public service, valor, and heroism; establishing eligibility requirements for the medal and procedures for the nomination, selection, and awarding of the medal; authorizing the Governor to award no more than five medals per calendar year; and requiring a certain ceremony to annually honor and remember the sacrifices and contributions of certain workers. Dead
HB385 Consumer Protection - Automatic Tip Prompt Screen - Requirements Requiring, beginning July 1, 2026, each business that uses a point-of-sale system that automatically prompts a customer to leave a tip to disclose that the tip is for employees and display a tip amount that is set at zero or a "no-tip" option, subject to certain conditions; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor and the Division of Consumer Protection in the Office of the Attorney General to make information about the requirements of the Act available on the agencies' public websites; etc. Dead
HB468 Petitions for Emergency Evaluation (Arnaud and Magruder Memorial Act) Specifying that a petition for emergency evaluation is effective for 5 days after being endorsed by a certain court; authorizing a court, on a certain motion and for good cause shown, to extend a petition for up to 5 days at a time, not to exceed a total of 30 days; requiring the court to include the date the petition expires on the petition; and authorizing peace officers to use reasonable and necessary force when executing a petition. Dead
HB76 Public Safety Officer - Performance of Duties - Death Benefits Altering circumstances under which certain individuals are presumed to have died as a direct and proximate result of an injury sustained in the performance of duties for purposes of eligibility for death benefits. Dead
HB386 Pesticides - PFAS Chemicals - Prohibitions Requiring, by January 1, 2032, the Department of Agriculture to develop, maintain, post on its website, and distribute to all certified applicators a list of certain registered pesticides that list PFAS chemicals as an active ingredient on the labeling accompanying the pesticide; prohibiting, beginning June 1, 2032, a person from using, for certain purposes, PFAS pesticides listed by the Department; prohibiting, beginning June 1, 2032, a person from using PFAS pesticides in the State; etc. Dead
HB1198 Correctional Services - Comprehensive Rehabilitative Prerelease Services - Female Incarcerated Individuals (The Monica Cooper Prerelease Act) 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. Dead
HB1001 State Designations - State Cocktail - Original Maryland Orange Crush Designating the original Maryland orange crush as the State cocktail. Dead
HB830 Health Insurance - Genetic Testing and Cancer Imaging - Required Coverage Requiring certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for genetic testing for certain individuals who may have an increased risk of developing cancer and follow-up evidence-based cancer imaging for individuals with an increased risk of developing cancer; etc. Dead
HB769 Real Property - Residential Foreclosures - Commencement Restrictions Establishing certain restrictions for the commencement of a foreclosure and an order to docket or a complaint to foreclose a mortgage or deed of trust on residential property. Dead
HB667 State Government - Legal and Employee Holiday - Maryland Emancipation Day Establishing November 1 as Maryland Emancipation Day and as a State legal holiday and State employee holiday; and repealing the requirement that the Governor declare a certain day as Maryland Emancipation Day. Dead
HB743 Public Health - Health Care Quality Fund for Community-Based Behavioral Health Programs - Establishment Establishing the Health Care Quality Fund for Community-Based Behavioral Health Programs in the Maryland Department of Health to provide funding for training, grant awards, demonstration projects, or other purposes designed to improve behavioral health care services in the State; requiring the Department to pay to the Comptroller certain civil penalties collected from behavioral health programs and the Comptroller to distribute the penalties into the Fund; and requiring interest earnings of the Fund to be credited to the Fund. Dead
HB1439 Better Small Business Employee Benefit Act of 2025 Exempting from certain requirements relating to offering health benefit plans to small employers in the State health benefit plans issued through a professional employer organization, coemployer, or other organization located in the State. Dead
HB1382 Public Health - Human Immunodeficiency Virus - Repeal of Prohibition on Transfer and Study Repealing the prohibition on an individual from knowingly transferring or attempting to transfer the human immunodeficiency virus to another individual; and requiring the Maryland Department of Health to review and make recommendations on statutory and regulatory provisions regarding the human immunodeficiency virus that may be outdated or discriminatory and report its findings to the Senate Finance Committee and the House Health and Government Operations Committee on or before December 1, 2025. Dead
HB1129 Constitutional Officers - Gender-Neutral Language Altering terminology in the Maryland Constitution that refers to constitutional officers to be gender-neutral. Dead
HJ2 Criminal Law - Witchcraft - Exoneration FOR the purpose of exonerating those accused, tried, or convicted of witchcraft in the Province of Maryland prior to the American Revolution; and generally relating to the exoneration of historical convictions. Dead
HB912 Institutions of Higher Education - Instructor Training - Accommodations for Students With Disabilities Requiring, beginning in the 2026-2027 academic year, certain institutions of higher education to provide instructors with certain training on institutional obligations toward students with disabilities under certain federal laws; and requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to develop a certain model training program. Dead
HB927 General Assembly - Fiscal Notes - Impact of Reduction in Health and Community Support Services Requiring that the fiscal note for a bill that reduces health and community support services funded by the Maryland Department of Health include a certain estimate, assessment, and evaluation of the financial impact as a result of the reduction of services. 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
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
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
HB1014 Fair Share for Maryland Act of 2025 Altering a certain limit on the unified credit used for determining the estate tax for decedents dying on or after January 1, 2026; altering a certain limitation on the amount of the estate tax for decedents dying on or after a certain date; altering the definition of "qualified child" for purposes of a certain credit against the State income tax for certain dependent children; imposing a certain business transportation fee on certain taxable income of corporations and pass-through entities for certain taxable years; etc. Dead
HB737 Public Health - Nonopioid Advance Directives Authorizing a competent individual to make a nonopioid advance directive stating that the individual refuses the offer or administration of opioid medication including during an emergency; and requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop a model nonopioid advance directive form and make the form available on the Department's website. Dead
HB713 Public Safety - Distribution of Literature to Purchasers of Firearms and Ammunition Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to prepare certain literature relating to firearms and ammunition and to distribute the literature to all county health departments in the State; requiring each county health department to distribute certain literature to all establishments that sell firearms or ammunition within the county; requiring establishments that sell firearms or ammunition in the State to make certain literature visible and available and to distribute the literature to purchasers of firearms and ammunition; etc. 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
HB823 Generative Artificial Intelligence - Training Data Transparency Requiring a developer of a generative artificial intelligence system, on or before January 1, 2026, and before the developer releases or substantially modifies a certain generative artificial intelligence system, to publish on the developer's website documentation detailing the data used to train the generative artificial intelligence system. Dead
HB727 Motor Vehicles - Driving Records - Disclosure of Medical Diagnosis (Safeguarding American Families Everywhere Act) Authorizing an applicant for a driver's license or a license holder to voluntarily disclose to the Motor Vehicle Administration certain information regarding certain medical diagnoses; requiring the Administration to include a description of the voluntary disclosure in the applicant's or license holder's driving record; and providing that the voluntary disclosure may be removed from an individual's driver's record on request. Dead
HB524 State Board of Education - Membership - Early Childhood Development Professional Increasing the membership of the State Board of Education from 13 to 14 members to include, as a member, an early childhood development professional with extensive experience in the operations of a child care business and early childhood curriculum and development; and requiring the Governor to appoint the early childhood development member, with the advice and consent of the Senate, from a list of three qualified individuals submitted from the Office of Child Care Advisory Council. Dead
HB629 Civil Actions - Immunity - Disclosure of Allegations of Sexually Assaultive Behavior (Stop Silencing Survivors Act) Establishing an immunity from liability for a person who discloses information about allegations of sexually assaultive behavior if the person acts in good faith; establishing a presumption of good faith unless it is shown by clear and convincing evidence that the person acted with actual malice or intentionally or recklessly disclosed false information; providing for the award of attorney's fees and costs in certain circumstances; etc. Dead
HB495 Education - Antidiscrimination Policies - Policy and Notice Requirements Requiring certain schools that have an antidiscrimination policy to ensure that the policy includes certain information and is available to certain individuals in a certain manner; requiring a school to provide a certain training regarding antidiscrimination policies to students and employees in a certain manner; and requiring, if sufficient resources are not available to provide training, a school to coordinate with a community organization with certain expertise to provide the training to students and employees at no cost. Dead
HB488 Public Schools - Discipline-Related Data - Collection and Publication Requiring the State Department of Education to disaggregate certain discipline-related data in an electronic spreadsheet format for the Department's website, make the data available to the public, and report certain discipline-related information each year; and requiring the Department to maintain a certain risk ratio and State comparison threshold used to identify a school's disproportional disciplinary practices and report disproportionality data for high-suspending schools. Dead
HB329 Sign Language Interpreters – Licensing Requirement Altering from January 1, 2025, to July 1, 2026, the date by which an individual must be licensed by the State Board of Sign Language Interpreters before providing certain sign language interpretation services or making certain representations. 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
HB417 Public Health - Commission on Universal Health Care Establishing the Commission on Universal Health Care to determine the feasibility of establishing a State universal health care program to provide health benefits to all residents of the State through a single-payer system; and requiring the Commission to submit an interim report on June 1, 2027, and a final report with its analysis and recommendations to the Governor and certain committees of the General Assembly by October 1, 2028. Dead
HB461 Sales and Use Tax - Cut Flowers - Exemption Providing an exemption from the sales and use tax for the sale of cut flowers. Dead
HB665 Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Annual Behavioral Health Wellness Visits - Coverage and Reimbursement Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain health insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations, beginning on July 1, 2026, to provide coverage and certain reimbursement for annual behavioral health wellness visits; and applying the Act to all policies, contracts, and health benefit plans issued, delivered, or renewed in the State on or after January 1, 2026. Dead
HB474 Public Health - Maryland Commission on Health Equity - Advisory Committee and Hospital Reporting Requiring the Maryland Commission on Health Equity, in coordination with the Maryland Department of Health, to establish a health equity measures advisory committee to determine the 10 widest disparities in health care quality, access, or outcomes for vulnerable populations; and requiring the health equity advisory committee to review the health equity reports submitted annually to the Department by licensed State hospitals. Dead
HB451 State and Private Construction Contracts - Prompt Payment Requirements Requiring a private construction contract to include a provision requiring the owner to pay the contractor within a certain period of time or, if the owner withholds all or part of an amount invoiced, to send a certain notification to the contractor; requiring a contract between a contractor and a subcontractor on a private or State construction contract to include a provision requiring the contractor to pay the subcontractor within a certain period of time; etc. Dead
HB51 Business Regulation - Sale of Local News Organizations - Required Notice Requiring a local news organization, at least 120 days before the organization is sold, to provide written notice to certain employees affected by the sale, the Maryland Department of Labor, the governing body of the county where the local news organization is located, and certain nonprofit entities in the business of buying local news organizations; prohibiting the sale of a local news organization unless the written notice is provided; 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 Nay
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 Abstain
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 Abstain
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 Abstain
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 Abstain
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 Nay
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 Abstain
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 Health and Government Operations Committee 4
State District Chamber Party Status Start Date End Date
MD Maryland House District 33C House Democrat In Office 01/11/2023
MD Maryland House District 33 House Democrat Out of Office 01/09/2019 01/16/2024