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State Senator
Dawn Gile
(D) - Maryland
Maryland Senate District 33
In Office - Started: 01/11/2023

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Annapolis, MD 21401
Phone: 410-841-3568

Bill Bill Name Summary Progress
SB32 Real Property - Holding Over - Expedited Hearing and Service of Summons for Active Duty Service Members Requiring the District Court to hold a hearing on a tenant holding over within 45 days after a landlord makes a complaint if the landlord or the landlord's spouse is on active duty with the United States military; and authorizing a private process server to serve a certain summons if the constable or sheriff of the county fails to serve the summons within 10 days after the summons is issued by the court. 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
SB374 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 certain annual examination or applying for a certain grant; prohibiting counties from imposing a copayment, coinsurance, or deductible requirement on the coverage; and requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission to conduct a certain study and report by December 1, 2028. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB407 State Board of Nursing - Advanced Practice Nursing Licensure and Specialty Certification - Reciprocity Discussions (Maryland Border States Advanced Practice Nursing Act) Requiring the State Board of Nursing to hold discussions with Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to pursue reciprocity agreements for advanced practice nursing licensure and specialty certification. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB459 Education and Health - Emergency Use Epinephrine - Alterations Altering the defined term "auto-injectable epinephrine" to be "emergency use epinephrine" and to include certain drug delivery devices and products; and altering the name of the Emergency Use Auto-Injectable Epinephrine Program to be the Emergency Use Epinephrine Program. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB676 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 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
SB921 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; etc. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB547 Commission to Study Health Insurance Pooling - Establishment Establishing the Commission to Study Health Insurance Pooling to study the pooling of public employee health insurance purchasing between the State, counties, municipal corporations, and county boards of education in the State to maximize value and efficiency while maintaining a broad package of benefits and reasonable premiums for public employees; and requiring the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2026. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB17 Anne Arundel County - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Veterans' Organizations Authorizing a certain holder of a Class C beer, wine, and liquor license in Anne Arundel County to convert the license to a Class C (veterans' organization) license; reducing from $400 to $300 the annual license fee for a Class C (veterans' organization) license; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Anne Arundel County to provide application and administrative fee discounts to certain licensees and applicants; and authorizing a Class C (veterans' organization) licensee to operate on Sunday without a Sunday license. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB981 Hospitals - Financial Assistance and Collection of Debts - Policies Excluding a civil action on a certain contract between a hospital and a consumer from a certain provision of law establishing the statute of limitations on civil actions on certain specialties; 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
SB376 Maryland Department of Health and Office of Health Care Quality - Nursing Home Inspections - Reporting Requiring the Maryland Department of Health, beginning July 1, 2025, to report quarterly to certain committees of the General Assembly on disaggregated data regarding nursing home inspections in each county; and requiring the Office of Health Care Quality, beginning July 1, 2025, to report to the local area agency on aging for each county the name of each nursing home in the county that was surveyed in the immediately preceding 6 months and the date each survey was conducted. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB740 Health Care Facilities - Service Member Community Members (SFC Matthew Fast Act ) Authorizing each health care facility to screen each patient for information on whether the patient is a service member community member, include on the patient's medical record whether the patient is a service member community member, and meet certain standards established by The Joint Commission for the purpose of improving health care equity for warrior community members; and defining "service member community member" to mean a service member, a veteran, a certain spouse, a certain child, or a certain stepchild. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB1028 Natural Resources - Vessels - Carbon Monoxide Warning Labels (Matthew's Law) Prohibiting a person from operating a gasoline-powered vessel manufactured after July 31, 2007, that has accommodation spaces, swim platforms, or aft lounging areas on the waters of the State unless the vessel has carbon monoxide warning labels affixed in conspicuous locations in the vicinity of both the transom and the helm of the vessel; and prohibiting the Department of Natural Resources from imposing a penalty on a person that violates the provisions of the Act. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB50 Local Government - Annapolis and Anne Arundel County Conference and Visitors Bureau Designation Altering references to the Annapolis and Anne Arundel County Conference and Visitors Bureau to be Visit Annapolis and Anne Arundel County, Inc. 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
SB125 Residential Real Property - Local Limits on Summoning Law Enforcement or Emergency Services Prohibiting a local jurisdiction from enforcing a law or ordinance that limits the summoning of law enforcement or emergency services to a residential property by establishing a certain threshold or penalty. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB930 Environment - Managed Aquifer Recharge Pilot Program - Establishment Prohibiting a person from performing groundwater augmentation except under certain circumstances; establishing the Managed Aquifer Recharge Pilot Program; authorizing the Department of the Environment to review, permit, and regulate groundwater augmentation; requiring groundwater augmentation to address a groundwater supply or quality problem that is occurring or reasonably anticipated to occur in the next 25 years; requiring, by December 31 each year, the Department to report on the status of the Pilot Program; etc. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB372 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
SB47 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
SB102 Insurance Pooling - Public Entity - Definition Altering the definition of "public entity" to include a Resilience Authority for purposes of insurance pooling. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB491 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
SB617 State Board of Cosmetologists - Licensing - Eyelash Extensions Authorizing the State Board of Cosmetology to issue a limited license to provide eyelash extension services; altering the definition of "provide esthetic services" to include providing eyelash extension services; and requiring an applicant for a limited license to provide eyelash extension services to be at least 17 years old and have successfully completed a 9th grade education or equivalent, received certain training, and passed a practical and written examination. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB923 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 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; and requiring a county board to conduct invitations for bids for high school sports officiating services in a certain manner. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB400 Residential Child Care Programs - Transportation Companies - Regulation (Preventing Abduction in Youth Transport Act of 2025) Prohibiting transportation companies that transport children to residential child care programs from using certain restraints unless there is a substantial likelihood of imminent serious physical harm to a child or others; prohibiting transportation companies that transport children to residential child care programs from picking up children between the hours of 9 p.m. and 6 a.m.; authorizing an individual and the Attorney General to bring a certain civil action against certain transportation companies; and applying the Act prospectively. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB178 Anne Arundel County - Property Tax Credit - Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake, Incorporated Altering the name of Arundel Habitat for Humanity, Inc., to be Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake, Incorporated, for purposes of a certain property tax credit against the county or municipal corporation tax imposed on the entity; authorizing the tax credit for any real property owned by the entity; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2025. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB131 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
SB689 Financial Institutions - Conventional Home Mortgage Loans - Assumption and Required Disclosures Requiring banking institutions, credit unions, mortgage lenders, mortgage lending businesses, and mortgage loan originators to include a certain provision in certain conventional home mortgage loans authorizing a certain borrower to purchase the property interest of a certain borrower in connection with a decree of absolute divorce if the lending entity determines that the assuming borrower qualifies for the loan; and applying certain provisions of the Act retroactively. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB49 Consumer Protection - Automatic Renewals Requiring a person who makes an automatic renewal offer to consumers to allow a consumer to cancel the automatic renewal in a cost-effective, timely, and easy-to-use manner; requiring automatic renewal offers to be displayed in a certain manner and contain certain information; establishing that compliance with certain regulations or a certain license shall be considered to be compliance with the Act; establishing that a violation of the Act is an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice; etc. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB431 Registered Apprenticeship Investments for a Stronger Economy (RAISE) Act Altering the duties of the Maryland Apprenticeship and Training Council; repealing the Youth Apprenticeship Advisory Committee; establishing the Maryland Office of Registered Apprenticeship Development to scale registered apprenticeships across industries and occupations to meet the needs of the State's economy; establishing the Maryland Pay Per Apprentice Program within the Maryland Department of Labor; establishing the Maryland Pay Per Apprentice Program Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; etc. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB307 Anne Arundel County Board of Education - Student Member Scholarship - Increase Increasing the scholarship award for a student member of the Anne Arundel County Board of Education who completes a full term on the county board from $8,000 to $15,000. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
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
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
SB427 Economic Development - Delivering Economic Competitiveness and Advancing Development Efforts (DECADE) Act Altering the designation, administration, and purposes of and eligibility for certain economic development programs; redesignating the Maryland Economic Development Assistance Authority to be the Maryland Economic Competitiveness Fund; repealing the Maryland Small Business Development Financing Authority and certain related Funds; making the film production activity tax credit transferable; authorizing a qualified film production entity to amend its application for the tax credit under certain circumstances; etc. Dead
SB458 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 each health occupations board to adopt regulations allowing applicants seeking license renewal to receive continuing education credits for completion of certain training; etc. Dead
SB920 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; 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; and requiring the Department to post the report to the Department's website within 30 days after the report has been finalized. Dead
SB428 Chesapeake Bay Legacy Act Establishing the Maryland Leaders in Environmentally Engaged Farming (LEEF) Program; establishing the Maryland Leaders in Environmentally Engaged Farming (LEEF) Program Fund to support actions associated with fulfilling the Program's purpose; defining "fixed natural buffer" as a strip of maintained, native vegetation alongside a body of water; exempting certain holders of certain fishing licenses from the requirement to obtain a certain food establishment license; establishing the Water Quality Monitoring Program; etc. Dead
SB382 Consumer Protection - Right to Repair - Powered Wheelchairs Requiring, in order to make repairs to powered wheelchairs, that a certain manufacturer make available certain documentation, parts, embedded software, firmware, and tools to a certain independent repair provider or owner of a powered wheelchair; providing that a violation of the Act constitutes an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice subject to certain enforcement and penalty provisions; and applying the Act prospectively. Dead
SB447 Hospitals - Emergency Pregnancy-Related Medical Conditions - Procedures Requiring a hospital to conduct screening on a patient presenting at an emergency department of the hospital to determine whether the patient has an emergency pregnancy-related medical condition; establishing requirements and prohibitions related to the treatment and transfer of a patient who has an emergency pregnancy-related medical condition; requiring a hospital to allow the termination of a pregnancy in certain circumstances; prohibiting a hospital from taking adverse action against a provider under certain circumstances; etc. 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
SB771 Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Programs - Insurance and Liability Repealing certain provisions of law authorizing a peer-to-peer car sharing program's motor vehicle liability insurance policy on a replacement vehicle to be secondary coverage for a shared vehicle driver; altering certain motor vehicle liability insurance requirements applicable to peer-to-peer car sharing programs; providing that the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund is not required to provide coverage to a shared vehicle drive for the use of a shared vehicle that is not a replacement vehicle; etc. Dead
SB770 Public Schools and Youth Services - Crisis Support and Assistance and Workgroup Study Requiring each local school system to provide crisis support to a public school when a teacher or other school employee with direct contact with minors is removed from the school due to alleged criminal activity or for student safety; requiring each county board of education to establish a crisis response team; requiring the State Department of Education to establish a workgroup to examine the impact of requiring applicants for certain positions to include information regarding the applicant's history of boundary-violating behavior; etc. Dead
SB919 Health Occupations – Practice of Audiology – Definition Altering the definition of "practice audiology", including by clarifying that the ordering and performing of certain scanning and imaging are included as these procedures relate to auditory or vestibular conditions in the human ear. Dead
SB904 Data Brokers - Registry and Gross Income Tax (Building Information Guardrails Data Act of 2025) Establishing the Privacy Protection and Enforcement Unit within the Division of Consumer Protection in the Office of the Attorney General; establishing a data broker registry; requiring certain data brokers to register each year with the Comptroller; and imposing a tax on the gross income of certain data brokers for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2026. Dead
SB949 Vehicle Laws - Fully Autonomous Vehicles Establishing certain standards and requirements for the operation of fully autonomous vehicles on highways in the State; requiring, before operating a fully autonomous vehicle on a highway in the State, a person to submit a law enforcement interaction plan to the Motor Vehicle Administration; and establishing that a State agency or local political subdivision may not prohibit the operation of fully autonomous vehicles on highways under their jurisdiction. Dead
SB772 Higher Education - Edward T. and Mary A. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program - Eligibility Expanding the eligibility for the Edward T. and Mary A. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program to include a son, daughter, or stepchild or surviving spouse of a member of the armed forces who is or was eligible for the Chapter 35 Dependent Education Assistance benefit; and authorizing certain methods for verifying eligibility of these individuals for the Edward T. and Mary A. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program. Dead
SB528 Sales and Use Tax - Tax-Free Day - Veterans' Day Establishing November 11 as a tax-free day each year during which an exemption from the sales and use tax is provided for sales to certain veterans; requiring an individual, in order to qualify for the exemption, to provide the vendor evidence of eligibility for the exemption; and providing that evidence of eligibility may consist of a valid driver's license or government-issued identification card that includes a notation indicating that the individual is a veteran. Dead
SB430 Land Use - Regional Housing Infrastructure Gap (Housing for Jobs Act) Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development and the Department of Planning to calculate certain regional housing infrastructure gaps; providing for the apportionment of regional housing infrastructure gaps to counties and incorporated municipalities; authorizing local jurisdictions to reduce local housing infrastructure gaps in a certain manner; establishing that certain local jurisdictions have an affirmative obligation to expeditiously approve housing development project applications; etc. Dead
SB918 Business Regulation - Electronic Smoking Devices Manufacturers - Certifications Authorizing the Executive Director of the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission and the Attorney General to take certain action relating to the licensure of certain electronic smoking devices manufacturers, wholesalers, importers, and retailers and vape shop vendors in certain circumstances; requiring an electronic smoking devices manufacturer to execute and deliver a certain certification to the Attorney General each year; etc. Dead
SB936 Consumer Protection - High-Risk Artificial Intelligence - Developer and Deployer Requirements Requiring a certain developer of, and a certain deployer who uses, a certain high-risk artificial intelligence system to use reasonable care to protect consumers from known and reasonably foreseeable risks of certain algorithmic discrimination in a certain high-risk artificial intelligence system; regulating the use of high-risk artificial intelligence systems by establishing certain requirements for disclosures, impact assessments, and other consumer protection provisions; authorizing the Attorney General to enforce the Act; etc. Dead
SB173 Workers' Compensation - Occupational Disease Presumptions - Hypertension Establishing that certain firefighters, fire fighting instructors, rescue squad members, advanced life support unit members, and members of the Office of the State Fire Marshal demonstrate disablement for purposes of workers' compensation and are deemed to have hypertension for purposes of an occupational disease presumption for hypertension if certain requirements are met. Dead
SB44 Reckless and Negligent Driving - Death of Another - Must-Appear Violation (Sherry and Christian's Law) Providing that a person charged with reckless or negligent driving must appear in court and may not prepay the fine if the reckless or negligent driving contributed to an accident that resulted in the death of another person, unless a court for good cause shown waives the requirement to appear. Dead
SB659 Consumer Protection - Electronic Funds Transfers - Regulations (Elder Fraud Prevention Act of 2025) Requiring the Commissioner of Financial Regulation to adopt consumer protection regulations for domestic electronic funds transfers that apply to financial institutions in the State and are consistent with the federal Electronic Fund Transfer Act; etc. Dead
SB922 Business Regulation - Travel Services - Surety Requirement (Don't You Worry (Wurie) Act) Requiring certain providers of travel services to file with the Department of Labor evidence of financial security; requiring the Consumer Protection Division of the Attorney General's Office and the Department to provide reasonable notice of the requirements of the Act to consumers and sellers of travel; etc. Dead
SB677 Human Relations - Discrimination in Housing - Income-Based Housing Subsidies Providing that a certain landlord may not refuse to rent to a prospective tenant who pays rent with the assistance of an income-based housing subsidy under certain circumstances; providing that a certain landlord may collect financial information from a perspective tenant under certain circumstances; and providing that a violation of the Act is a discriminatory housing practice and is subject to enforcement by the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights. Dead
SB346 Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program Establishing the Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program to increase the reuse and recycling of beverage containers and reduce the litter, pollution, and costs associated with beverage containers; prohibiting a producer from selling, offering for sale, or distributing in or importing into the State a redeemable beverage container unless the producer is registered with the Department of the Environment, pays a certain fee, and is part of a certain stewardship organization; etc. Dead
SB406 Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Coverage for Orthoses (So Every Body Can Move Act) Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide certain coverage related to orthoses beginning January 1, 2026; defining "orthosis" as a certain custom device to treat a neuromuscular or musculoskeletal disorder or acquired condition; and establishing that certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations must comply with certain provider network requirements. Dead
SB21 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 legislation in seven other states; and requiring the Department of Health to notify the Department of Legislative Services within 10 days of enactment of similar legislation in seven other states. Dead
SB657 Eminent Domain - Just Compensation - Fees and Costs Establishing that damages to be awarded for the taking of land in a condemnation proceeding include, in addition to the fair market value of the land taken, any legal, expert, or other fees or costs of the action incurred by a defendant. Dead
SB549 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
SB426 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; altering the authority of the Department of Transportation and the Maryland Transportation Authority to engage in procurement for certain supplies and services for transportation related activities; etc. Dead
SB460 Sales and Use Tax - Cut Flowers - Exemption Providing an exemption from the sales and use tax for the sale of cut flowers. Dead
SB385 Vehicle Laws - Injury or Death of Vulnerable Individual - Penalties Altering the penalties for causing the serious physical injury or death of a vulnerable individual as the result of an individual operating a motor vehicle in violation of certain provisions of the Maryland Vehicle Law; and providing that an individual convicted of a certain violation is subject to not just a fine of $2,000 but also imprisonment of up to 2 months or both. Dead
SB530 Vehicle Laws - Speed Monitoring Systems - Residential Districts Establishing that certain provisions of law authorizing the use of speed monitoring systems in certain residential districts apply statewide; and requiring all speed limit signs on certain highways in residential districts to include certain signs. Dead
SB336 Gun Theft Felony Act of 2025 Classifying the theft of a firearm as a felony; and establishing a penalties for a first conviction of imprisonment of up to 5 years or a fine of up to $1,000 or both, and for subsequent convictions, imprisonment not to exceed 10 years or a fine of up to $2,500 or both, for theft of a firearm. Dead
SB395 Transportation - Major Highway Capacity Expansion Projects and Impact Assessments (Transportation and Climate Alignment Act of 2025) Requiring the Department of Transportation, as part of the planning and implementation of certain major highway expansion projects to develop and implement a corresponding multimodal transportation program; requiring the Department beginning with a certain Consolidated Transportation Program to evaluate certain major capital projects for their impact on greenhouse gas emissions and vehicle miles traveled; requiring the Secretary of Transportation to perform certain capacity expansion impact assessments; 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 Yea
SB148 State Board of Public Accountancy - Emeritus Status Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB262 Election Law - Special Elections Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
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 Yea
HB222 Public Safety - Fuel Gas Piping Systems and Corrugated Stainless Steel Tubing - Prohibitions and Study Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB46 Real Property - Wrongful Detainer - Time of Hearing and Service of Process Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
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 Nay
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 Yea
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 Committee on Federal Relations 3
Detail Maryland Joint Protocol Committee Co-Chair 1
Detail Maryland Senate Finance Committee 4
State District Chamber Party Status Start Date End Date
MD Maryland Senate District 33 Senate Democrat In Office 01/11/2023