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State Senator
Brian Feldman
(D) - Maryland
Maryland Senate District 15
In Office - Started: 09/17/2013

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Miller Senate Office Building
11 Bladen St.
Annapolis, MD 21401
Phone: 410-841-3169
Phone 2: 301-858-3169
Fax: 301-858-3607

Bill Bill Name Summary Progress
SB5 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
SB299 Security Guards and Security Guard Employers - Registration, Certification, and Regulation Providing that a cannabis agent who is employed to provide security services for a cannabis licensee or cannabis registrant as a security guard or by a security guard agency is not required to obtain a State or national criminal history records check if the cannabis agent is authorized to provide security guard services; altering the definition of "security guard employer" for purposes of certain provisions of law to exclude video lottery facilities, sports wagering facility licenses, and health care facilities; etc. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB294 Maryland Cybersecurity Council - Alterations Altering the selection of the membership and chair of the Maryland Cybersecurity Council; requiring, beginning October 1, 2025, and every 2 years thereafter, the Council to elect a chair and vice chair from among the members of the Council; and requiring the Council, working with certain entities, to assess and address cybersecurity threats and associated risks from artificial intelligence and quantum computing. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB357 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
SB937 Electricity and Gas - Emissions Reductions, Rate Regulation, Cost Recovery, Infrastructure, Planning, Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard, and Energy Assistance Programs (Next Generation Energy Act) Authorizing the Department of Housing and Community Development to issue loans, in addition to grants, for certain purposes relating to reducing direct greenhouse gas emissions from certain multifamily residential buildings; requiring the Maryland Energy Administration, in coordination with the Public Service Commission and the Department of Natural Resources, to pursue certain agreements with neighboring states and federal agencies related to the development of new nuclear energy generation stations; etc. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB369 Public Libraries - Automated External Defibrillator Program (Raymono A. Russell Act) Requiring certain libraries, beginning January 1, 2026, to place an automated external defibrillator in a certain area and maintain the functionality of the automated external defibrillator and comply with the Public Access Automated External Defibrillator Program; granting certain immunities to libraries and individuals for certain acts or omissions under certain circumstances; requiring the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems to submit a certain report by December 1, 2026; etc. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB931 Public Utilities - Generating Stations - Generation and Siting (Renewable Energy Certainty Act) Altering the factors the Public Service Commission must consider before taking final action on a certificate of public convenience and necessity; establishing a distributed generation certificate of public convenience and necessity to authorize the construction and operation of a certain distributed solar energy generating system; requiring the Power Plant Research Program, by July 1, 2026, to develop and submit to the Commission proposed siting and design requirements and licensing conditions; etc. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB764 State Designations - State Cocktail and State Mineral - Original Maryland Orange Crush and Chromite Designating the orange crush cocktail originated in 1995 at the Harborside Bar and Grill in Ocean City, Maryland as the State cocktail; and designating chromite, which reflects the nature of Maryland's rich mining history and vast mineral resources, as the State mineral. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB73 Chesapeake Conservation Corps Program - Renaming Renaming the Chesapeake Conservation Corps Program to be the Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr. Chesapeake Conservation and Climate Corps Program. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB293 County Boards of Education - Antibias Training for Members - Requirement (County Board Member Antibias Training Act) Requiring each member of a county board of education to complete certain antibias training at least once during the member's term; and requiring that the antibias training be conducted separately from certain other required public school employee training. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB109 Maryland Public Ethics Law - School Boards - Compliance Certification Requiring each school board to certify to the State Ethics Commission, on or before October 1 each year, that the school board is in compliance with certain requirements of the Maryland Public Ethics Law. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB378 State Library Agency - Family Literacy Pilot Program - Establishment Establishing the Family Literacy Pilot Program administered by the State Library Agency in consultation with the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services and the Correctional Education Council to foster and strengthen family relationships by enabling certain incarcerated individuals to read aloud to their children by preparing a recording of a children's book; and requiring the State Library Agency to submit a report to the General Assembly on the results of the Program on or before December 1, 2028. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB603 University of Maryland, College Park Campus – TerpsEXCEED Program – Funding Authorizing the Governor to include in the annual budget bill, beginning in fiscal year 2027, an appropriation of $350,000 to the University of Maryland, College Park Campus TerpsEXCEED (EXperiencing College through Education and Employment Discovery) Program to provide educational and employment opportunities to students with intellectual disabilities. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB683 Catastrophic Event Account and Federal Government Shutdown Employee Assistance Loan Fund, Protection of Federal Benefits, and Powers of the Attorney General - Alterations (Protect Our Federal Workers Act) Renaming the Federal Government Shutdown Employee Assistance Loan Fund to be the Federal Government Employee Assistance Loan Fund; authorizing funds appropriated to the Catastrophic Event Account to be expended to assist in funding costs in connection with a closure, relocation, or mass layoff of a unit of the federal government, or other similar circumstances; and altering the purpose of the Fund and the eligibility criteria to receive loans from the Fund. Dead
SB130 Education - Student Personal Electronic Device Use Policy - Required Requiring the State Department of Education, in collaboration with stakeholders, to develop guidelines for a policy on student use of personal electronic devices during school hours; requiring county boards of education, in consultation with students, parents, teachers, and school personnel, to develop and adopt a policy that limits students from using personal electronic devices except for purposes of a student's individualized education program, to monitor a student's health issue, or when directed for educational purposes; etc. Dead
SB1040 Department of Budget and Management - Expedited Hiring Program (FEDERAL Jobs Act of 2025) Establishing the Expedited Hiring Program in the Department of Budget and Management for the purpose of hiring eligible applicants for vacant positions in the State Personnel Management System, subject to certain requirements; authorizing an appointing authority to recruit for certain vacant positions in State government under certain circumstances; and authorizing the Secretary of Budget and Management to contract with a certain entity to assist with the implementation of the Program. Dead
SB342 Voting Rights Act of 2025 - Counties and Municipal Corporations Prohibiting the imposition or application of a method for electing the governing body of a county or municipal corporation that impairs the ability of members of a protected class to elect candidates of the members' choice or influence the outcome of an election by diluting or abridging the rights of voters who are members of a protected class; and providing for the application of the Act if the a court issues a certain holding. Dead
SB8 Education - Maryland Civic Excellence Program - Established Establishing the Maryland Civic Excellence Program as a voluntary program in which local school systems may participate to recognize students and public schools that promote the civic readiness and civic engagement of students in public schools in the State; establishing minimum criteria for the award of a Seal of Civic Excellence and designation as a Center of Civic Excellence; and requiring participating local school systems to submit an annual report to the Department of Education beginning July 1, 2027. Dead
SB132 Short-Term Rentals and Home Amenity Rentals - Taxation, Regulation, and Crimes Applying certain health and safety requirements to short-term rental units and home amenities; prohibiting certain activities at a home amenity or short-term rental; authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county to adopt certain rules or regulations relating to short-term rentals; including "short-term rental platform" and "short-term rental unit" in the definition of "hotel" for the purpose of the county and municipal corporation hotel rental tax; etc. Dead
SB723 Public Ethics - Conflicts of Interest and Blind Trust - Governor Requiring the Governor to place certain interests into a certain certified blind trust or divest of certain interests within 6 months after taking the oath of office; requiring the Governor to enter into a nonparticipation agreement with the State Ethics Commission for any interests not included in a blind trust; requiring a certain business entity to report to the Ethics Commission any interest held in the business entity by the Governor or a restricted individual; etc. Dead
SB760 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
SB490 State Boards, Committees, Commissions, Task Forces, and Workgroups - Elimination of Citizenship Requirements and Establishment of Diversity Requirements Eliminating citizenship requirements for boards and commissions; and requiring that members of boards, committees, commissions, task forces, and workgroups reflect the full diversity of the State to the extent practicable. Dead
SB551 Private Passenger Motor Vehicle Insurance - Collisions With Wild Animals - Prohibited Actions by Insurers Prohibiting an insurer, with respect to private passenger motor vehicle insurance, from increasing a premium, adding a surcharge, or removing, altering, or refusing to consider a discount based on accidents or losses caused by a collision with a free-roaming wild animal and for which the insured was not at fault for the loss. Dead
SB91 Economic Development - Income Tax Benefit Transfer Program - Establishment Establishing the Income Tax Benefit Transfer Program within the Department of Commerce to allow eligible technology companies in the State with unused amounts of net operating loss subtraction modifications or income tax credits to transfer those tax benefits for use by other business taxpayers in the State to assist in funding expenses incurred by the eligible technology companies in connection with operations in the State; requiring the Department, in consultation with the Comptroller, to administer the Program; etc. Dead
Bill Bill Name Motion Vote Date Vote
SB181 Correctional Services - Geriatric and Medical Parole Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB185 Therapeutic Child Care Grant Program - Funding - Alterations Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB100 Natural Resources - Pursuing Wounded Deer After Legal Hunting Hours and Using a Light - Authorization Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB102 Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Revisions Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB259 Election Law - Local Boards of Elections - Election Plan Requirements 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
SB15 Child Support - Driver's License Suspension for Arrearages and Court Orders Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB49 Consumer Protection - Automatic Renewals Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB252 Child Care Centers - Certificated Staff Ratio Requirement - Alteration Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Abstain
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 Abstain
HB1 Department of Transportation - Human Trafficking Awareness, Training, and Response (See Someone, Save Someone Act) Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB147 County Boards of Education - Student Technology Use Policy - Requirements 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
HB71 Education - Holocaust Education Assistance Grant Program - Established Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB116 Data Center Impact Analysis and Report Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Abstain
HB222 Public Safety - Fuel Gas Piping Systems and Corrugated Stainless Steel Tubing - Prohibitions and Study Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB46 Real Property - Wrongful Detainer - Time of Hearing and Service of Process Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB293 Criminal Procedure - Child Victims - Testimony in Child Abuse Cases Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB292 Cooperative Housing Corporations, Condominiums, and Homeowners Associations - Funding of Reserve Accounts and Preparation of Funding Plans Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB322 Election Law - Municipal Elections - Administration Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB322 Election Law - Municipal Elections - Administration Floor Amendment 793125/1 (Senator Folden) Rejected 04/07/2025 Nay
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
SB281 Transportation Equality for Service Members Act Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB337 State Lottery Fund - Laurel Race Course - Local Impact Aid Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB350 Budget Bill (Fiscal Year 2026) Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB411 State Designations – State Mineral – Chromite (State Mineral Act) Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB427 State Board of Public Accountancy - Emeritus Status Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB352 Baltimore County - Political Party Central Committee - Elections Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB399 Baltimore City - Raffles - Organizations Affiliated With a Professional Major League Baseball Team Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB352 Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2025 Third Reading Passed 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 Readings Passed with Amendments 04/07/2025 Yea
SB338 Baltimore County - Speed Monitoring Systems - Interstate 695 and Interstate 83 Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB338 Baltimore County - Speed Monitoring Systems - Interstate 695 and Interstate 83 Conference Committee Report 903525/1 Adopted 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
SB365 Department of Commerce – Nonprofit Organizations Navigator – Established 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
HB478 Hagerstown Community College Police Force - Jurisdiction Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB497 Residential Child Care Programs - Transportation Companies - Regulation (Preventing Abduction in Youth Transport Act of 2025) Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB399 Natural Resources - Wildland Areas - Overhead Transmission Lines Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB400 Residential Child Care Programs - Transportation Companies - Regulation (Preventing Abduction in Youth Transport Act of 2025) Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB517 Workgroup on the Reorganization of the Maryland Transit Administration Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB500 Procurement Reform Act of 2025 Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB541 Department of Commerce - Nonprofit Organizations Navigator - Established Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB451 Adult Education - High School Diploma by Examination - Requirements and Study Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB504 Excellence in Maryland Public Schools Act Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB586 Election Law - Election Judges - Compensation Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB614 Local Earned Income Tax Credit - Calculation - County Income Tax Rate Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB474 Health Insurance - Adverse Decisions - Notices, Reporting, and Examinations Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB634 Income Tax - Income Tax Reconciliation Program - Established (Maryland Fair Taxation for Justice-Involved Individuals Act) Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB633 Gaming - Slot Machines - Skills-Based Amusement Devices Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB619 Sales and Use Tax - Sales Between Cannabis Businesses and Cannabis Nurseries - Exemption Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB618 State Lottery - Internet Sales of Subscription Plans - Authorization Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB617 Comptroller - Recording and Monitoring Telephone Calls - Clarification Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB533 Public Safety - Police Accountability - Time Limit for Filing Administrative Charges Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB702 County Boards of Education - Special Education Service Delivery Models - Publication Requirement Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB658 Juvenile Services Education Board - Alterations Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB550 Baltimore City - Property Tax - Authority to Impose on Vacant and Abandoned Property Owned by Nonprofit Organizations Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB704 Higher Education - Maryland Graduate and Professional Scholarship Program - Eligible Institutions Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB561 Corporations and Associations - Electric Cooperatives - Nonescheat Capital Credits Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB681 Child Support - Driver's License Suspension for Arrearages and Court Orders Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB600 Baltimore City and Takoma Park - Stop Sign Monitoring Systems - Authorization of Pilot Program Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB738 Department of Information Technology - Major Information Technology Development Projects - Oversight Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB596 Property Tax Exemption and Payment in Lieu of Taxes - The Hagerstown Multi-Use Sports and Events Facility, Inc. Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB750 Washington County - Property Tax Credit - Economic Development Projects Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB757 Professional and Volunteer Firefighter Innovative Cancer Screening Technologies Program - Funding Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Abstain
SB608 Criminal Procedure - U Nonimmigrant Status Petitions Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB826 Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs - Repeal of Interdepartmental Advisory Committee and Establishment of the Governor's Subcabinet on Socioeconomic Procurement Participation Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB820 Health Insurance - Utilization Review - Use of Artificial Intelligence Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB793 University System of Maryland - Academic Facilities Bonding Authority Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB655 Courts - Artificial Intelligence Evidence Clinic Pilot Program - Establishment Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB653 Procurement - Employee Stock Ownership Plan Preference - Pilot Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB662 Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Alterations Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB839 Election Law - Provisional Ballots - Nonpartisan Board of Education Contests Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB782 Study on Detecting Deadly Weapons in Public Middle and High Schools Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB881 Family Investment Program - Child Support Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB881 Family Investment Program - Child Support Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB888 Education - Initial Teacher Certification - Qualifications Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB877 Prison Education Delivery Reform Commission - Reporting and Sunset Extension Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB689 Financial Institutions - Conventional Home Mortgage Loans - Assumption and Required Disclosures Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB860 Public Nuisance - Common Carriers - Damage to Public Infrastructure Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB683 Catastrophic Event Account and Federal Government Shutdown Employee Assistance Loan Fund, Protection of Federal Benefits, and Powers of the Attorney General - Alterations (Protect Our Federal Workers Act) Motion Special Order until Next Session (Senator Ready) Rejected 04/07/2025 Nay
SB683 Catastrophic Event Account and Federal Government Shutdown Employee Assistance Loan Fund, Protection of Federal Benefits, and Powers of the Attorney General - Alterations (Protect Our Federal Workers Act) Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB857 Natural Resources - Pursuing Wounded Deer After Legal Hunting Hours and Using a Light - Authorization Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB865 Catastrophic Event Account - Transfer of Funds - State Disaster Recovery Fund Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB764 State Designations - State Cocktail and State Mineral - Original Maryland Orange Crush and Chromite Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB773 Health Benefit Plans - Calculation of Cost-Sharing Contribution - Requirements Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB1007 Disability and Life Insurance - Medical Information (Genetic Testing Protection Act) Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB740 Health Care Facilities - Service Member Community Members (SFC Matthew Fast Act ) Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB996 Public Health - Phenibut Consumer Protection Act (JT Alvey Phenibut Consumer Protection Act) Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB945 Election Law - Gubernatorial Primary Election - Date Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB988 Montgomery County - Speed Monitoring Systems - Maryland Route 200 (Intercounty Connector) MC 10-25 Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB933 Nursing Homes - Cost Reports Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB1016 Baltimore Convention and Tourism Redevelopment and Operating Authority Task Force - Revisions Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
  Committee Position Rank
Detail Maryland Joint Federal Action Oversight Committee 5
Detail Maryland Joint Legislative Policy Committee 4
Detail Maryland Senate Education, Energy and the Environment Committee Chair 1
Detail Maryland Senate Executive Nominations Committee 6
Detail Maryland Senate Rules Committee 5
State District Chamber Party Status Start Date End Date
MD Maryland Senate District 15 Senate Democrat In Office 09/17/2013
MD District 15 House Democrat Out of Office 01/01/2003 01/16/2024