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Legislator > Malcolm Ruff
State Delegate
Malcolm Ruff
(D) - Maryland
Maryland House District 41
In Office - Started: 07/06/2023
contact info
Capitol Office
Lowe House Office Building
6 Bladen St.
Annapolis, MD 21401
6 Bladen St.
Annapolis, MD 21401
Phone: 410-841-3283
Phone 2: 301-858-3283
| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| HB1126 | Unemployment Insurance - Child Support Arrearage to Work Pilot Program - Established | Establishing a Child Support Arrearage to Work Pilot Program within the Department of Labor to connect individuals who are unemployed and in arrears under a child support order with employment opportunities in the State; and requiring the Department to report on or before July 1, 2026, on the Department's findings and any recommendations related to the continuation of the Program. | 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 |
| 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 |
| HB681 | Child Support - Driver's License Suspension for Arrearages and Court Orders | Altering the circumstances under which the Child Support Administration may notify the Motor Vehicle Administration of an individual's child support arrearages for the purpose of suspending the individual's driver's license or privilege to drive; and requiring the court, after establishing a child support order, to send a copy of the guideline calculation and the order to the Child Support Administration. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB506 | Chesapeake Bay Legacy Act | Establishing the Maryland Leaders in Environmentally Engaged Farming (LEEF) Program; establishing the Maryland Leaders in Environmentally Engaged Farming (LEEF) Program Fund to support actions associated with the Program's purpose; altering the definition of "healthy soils" for purposes of the Maryland Healthy Soils Program; exempting certain holders of certain fishing licenses from the requirement to obtain a food establishment license from the Maryland Department of Health; establishing the Water Quality Monitoring Program; etc. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB436 | Vehicle Laws - Medical Exemption for Enhanced Tinted Windows - Time Limitation | Repealing the 2-year time limitation on medical exemptions for enhanced tinted windows for vehicle owners with certain permanent medical conditions. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB707 | Vehicle Laws - Licenses, Identification Cards, and Moped Operator's Permits - Notation of Nonapparent Disability (Eric's ID Law) | Requiring that an original and renewal application for a license, an identification card, or a moped operator's permit allow an applicant to choose to indicate on the document the applicant's nonapparent disability; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to ensure that a certain license, identification card, or moped operator's permit include a notation of a nonapparent disability; requiring the immediate implementation of training for law enforcement concerning interactions with persons with nonapparent disabilities; etc. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB879 | Task Force to Improve Attendance and Reduce Chronic Absenteeism in Schools | Establishing the Task Force to Improve Attendance and Reduce Chronic Absenteeism in Schools for the purpose of studying and making recommendations on practices to identify, prevent, and eliminate chronic absenteeism by students from schools in the State; and requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 31, 2025. | 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 |
| HB1121 | Child Care Scholarship Program - Youth Transitioning From Foster Placement to Successful Adulthood Program - Establishment | Establishing the Youth Transitioning From Foster Placement to Successful Adulthood Program in the Child Care Scholarship Program to remove certain application barriers for parenting foster youth and increase eligibility access to the Child Care Scholarship Program; | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB646 | Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services - Extension of Report Deadline and Task Force | Extending the deadline for the reporting requirement for the Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services to be October 31, 2026; and extending the termination date for the Task Force to be June 30, 2027. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1424 | Support and Protections for Individuals Affected by Federal Actions (Protect Our Federal Workers Act) | Renaming the Federal Government Shutdown Employee Assistance Loan Fund to be the Federal Government Employee Assistance Loan Fund; authorizing funds appropriated to the Catastrophic Event Account to be expended to assist in funding costs connected to a relocation, closure, or mass layoff of a unit of the federal government; establishing the Expedited Hiring Program in the Department of Budget and Management; authorizing an appointing authority to recruit for certain vacant positions in State government; etc. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB853 | Postconviction Review - Procedure to Reduce Duration of Sentence (Maryland Second Look Act) | Authorizing a certain individual to file a motion to reduce the duration of a certain sentence if the individual was convicted between the ages of at least 18 and under 25, was not sentenced to life, is not a sex offender, has served at least 20 years of the term of confinement, and was not convicted of murder involving a victim who was a first responder who was killed in the line of duty; applying procedures for a proceeding under the Act; etc. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB601 | Economic Development - Small Business Guaranty Fund - Alterations | Authorizing the Maryland Small Business Development Financing Authority to authorize the provision of a guaranty under the Small Business Guaranty Fund in an irrevocable letter of credit, an official treasurer's check, funds on deposit in an escrow or other depository account, or any other legal instrument promising a financial institution restitution or reimbursement for its loan losses, within the limits of the guaranty. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB502 | Office of Disability Employment Advancement and Policy and Maryland as a Model Employer Initiative - Established | Establishing the Office of Disability Employment Advancement and Policy within the Department of Disabilities; establishing the Maryland as a Model Employer Initiative within the Office of Disability Employment Advancement and Policy to facilitate efforts that improve outcomes in the hiring, recruitment, retention, and advancement of people with disabilities in the State government workforce; authorizing the Governor for fiscal year 2027, to include $250,000 in the annual budget bill for the Office; etc. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1226 | Baltimore City and Takoma Park - Stop Sign Monitoring Systems - Authorization | Authorizing the use of stop sign monitoring systems in school zones in Baltimore City and the City of Takoma Park under the pilot program authorized for Prince George's County if authorized by local law; requiring a local jurisdiction that implements a stop sign monitoring system to prominently place signs on highways within the local jurisdiction providing notice that stop sign monitoring systems are in use; etc. | Dead |
| HB503 | Housing Development Act | Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to periodically establish housing production targets for the State and certain local jurisdictions; requiring the Department to publish housing production targets on its website and notify certain local jurisdictions; requiring the Department to publish an annual report assessing the progress of the State and certain local jurisdictions with meeting specified housing targets; establishing the Housing Opportunities Made Equitable Commission; etc. | Dead |
| HB1178 | Baltimore City - Property Taxes - Authority to Set Special Rates | Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City to set special property tax rates for any class or subclass of property that is subject to the county property tax. | Dead |
| HB591 | Statute of Limitations - Prosecution or Enforcement of Local Consumer Protection Codes | Increasing from 1 year to 3 years the statute of limitations for the prosecution or suit for enforcement of local consumer protection codes for which equitable relief, a fine, or a penalty is provided. | Dead |
| HB961 | Commissioned Public Art - Artist Rights and Registration of Art | Prohibiting an entity from including in a contract for certain State public art a provision requiring artists to waive copyright protections or certain rights; prohibiting enforcement of a certain waiver in an existing contract; and requiring an entity that commissions certain State public art to register the art with the Maryland State Arts Council. | Dead |
| HB1352 | Sickle Cell Disease - Institutions of Higher Education - Policies, Procedures, and Educational Campaigns | Prohibiting an institution of higher education from denying access or services to a student based on the student's diagnosis of sickle cell disease; requiring an institution of higher education to provide reasonable accommodations for students with sickle cell disease; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop an education and awareness campaign for institutions of higher education in the State regarding students with sickle cell disease; etc. | Dead |
| HB1151 | Residential Real Property Sales – Appraisals | Providing that a seller or the seller's agent may provide certain information to an appraiser of residential real property at certain times and under certain circumstances; requiring an appraiser to provide a lender with certain information under certain circumstances and for the lender to provide notice of the information to a prospective buyer; requiring a buyer to work with a seller to provide certain information for an appraiser under certain circumstances; etc. | Dead |
| HB610 | Criminal Procedure - Expungement - No Finding and Case Terminated Without Finding | Authorizing the expungement of a charge under a certain provision of law if the charge was not disposed of by an unequivocal conviction, but was instead disposed of by the court with a no finding designation or included in a case that was designated by the court as having been terminated without finding. | 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 |
| 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 |
| HB592 | Prohibited Possession of Firearms - Assisted Outpatient Treatment Respondents | Prohibiting a person from possessing a regulated firearm, rifle, or shotgun if the person is currently a respondent subject to a court order to comply with certain assisted outpatient treatment; and requiring a court to promptly report certain information through a certain data portal if the court orders a person to comply with certain assisted outpatient treatment. | Dead |
| HB1366 | Health Insurance - Testing for Ovarian and Cervical Cancers - Required Coverage and Prohibited Cost Sharing | Requiring certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for an annual cervical smear or Pap test and for surveillance tests for ovarian cancer; and prohibiting certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from imposing a copayment, coinsurance, or deductible requirement on coverage required under the Act. | Dead |
| HB1346 | Criminal Procedure - Evidence - Protecting the Admissibility of Creative Expression (PACE Act) | Establishing that the creative expression of a criminal defendant or juvenile respondent is not admissible against the defendant or respondent unless the court makes certain findings; establishing that the creative expression of a defendant or respondent is admissible in juvenile proceedings for certain purposes; and defining "creative expression" to mean the expression or application of creativity or imagination in the production or arrangement of forms, sounds, words, movements, or symbols. | Dead |
| HB1306 | Public Health - Sickle Cell Disease - Specialized Clinics and Scholarship Program for Medical Residents | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish certain specialized clinics for the management and treatment of sickle cell disease and establish a scholarship program for medical residents who specialize in benign or classical hematology with a focus on sickle cell disease; and requiring the Governor for fiscal year 2027 to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $6,000,000 to support clinic operations, staffing, training, and social support services. | Dead |
| HB1135 | Environment - Maryland Clean Water Fund - Authorized Uses | Altering the uses of the Maryland Clean Water Fund to include activities that are related to urban forest management. | Dead |
| HJ4 | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion - The American Dream | FOR the purpose of affirming Maryland’s commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) as a foundation of the American Dream; encouraging certain individuals and groups to adopt and uphold DEI principles; and generally relating to the American Dream and DEI. | Dead |
| HB609 | Legislative Scholarship Programs - Eligibility and Use - Real Estate Appraisal Program | Exempting certain applicants for a senatorial scholarship from certain examination requirements; and authorizing certain uses of senatorial and Delegate scholarships for applicants who plan to complete the Real Property Appraiser Qualification Criteria of the Practical Applications of Real Estate Appraisal Program. | Dead |
| HB419 | Natural Gas - Strategic Infrastructure Development and Enhancement (Ratepayer Protection Act) | Altering the required contents of a certain plan that a gas company may file with the Public Service Commission for proposed eligible infrastructure replacement projects to include certain descriptions, demonstrations, analyses, and notifications; and altering the required findings of the Commission in considering whether to approve a certain infrastructure replacement plan. | Dead |
| HB1136 | Community-Based Residential Facilities - Licensing Entities - Provision of Licensing Criteria and Single Point of Contact | Requiring a licensing authority, on request, to provide to an interested party the criteria used by the licensing authority to determine whether to issue a license for or renew a license of a community facility; and requiring a licensing authority to designate a single point of contact to respond to complaints, concerns, or issues regarding a community facility. | Dead |
| HB1254 | Community Eligibility Provision Expansion Program - Establishment | Establishing the Community Eligibility Provision Expansion Program in the State Department of Education to provide funding to eligible schools that participate in the federal community eligibility provision of the child nutrition programs. | Dead |
| HB1287 | Criminal Law - Firearm Crimes - Convertible Pistols | Prohibiting a person from manufacturing, selling, offering for sale, purchasing, receiving, or transferring a certain convertible pistol; and defining "convertible pistol" as any semiautomatic pistol that can be converted into a machine gun solely by the attachment of a switch/auto-sear. | Dead |
| HB1302 | Housing and Community Development - Housing Counseling | Requiring a recipient of funding from the Department of Housing and Community Development for any project to construct, acquire, or rehabilitate residential property for use as housing to offer housing counseling services to certain prospective residents. | Dead |
| HB1411 | Real Property - Insufficient Condominium Reserve Account Grant Fund - Establishment | Establishing the Insufficient Condominium Reserve Account Grant Fund to provide grants to low-income condominium owners who live in condominiums with insufficient reserve accounts to enable a low-income unit owner to pay increased assessments necessary for a condominium association to meet reserve account funding requirements; requiring that the Fund prioritize low-income adults aged 65 years or older; and requiring low-income unit owners who received grants to make a certain report regarding the reserve account balance by December 31 annually. | Dead |
| HB499 | Criminal Records - Expungement and Maryland Judiciary Case Search (Expungement Reform Act of 2025) | Altering certain provisions of law relating to waiting periods for the filing of certain petitions for expungement to authorize the filing of a petition a certain amount of time after the completion of the sentence; adding to the list of misdemeanor convictions that a person may expunge under certain circumstances; prohibiting the Maryland Judiciary Case Search from in any way referring to the existence of a charge of possession of cannabis if the conviction was later pardoned by the Governor; etc. | Dead |
| HB55 | Criminal Procedure - Expungement of Records - Good Cause | Authorizing a person to file a petition for expungement of any misdemeanor or felony conviction after the completion of the sentence, parole, probation, and any other form of mandatory treatment associated with the conviction; authorizing a court to grant a petition at any time on a showing of good cause; and providing that a denial of a certain petition may not be appealed and a subsequent petition may not be filed for at least 5 years. | Dead |
| HB647 | Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing | Altering a certain definition of restrictive housing; limiting the amount of time that an individual may be placed in restrictive housing from approximately 22 hours to 17 hours in a 24-hour period; requiring all restrictive housing units to create the least restrictive environment necessary for certain purposes; prohibiting the placement of a certain member of a vulnerable population in restrictive housing for any period of time; etc. | Dead |
| HB578 | Procurement - Department of Transportation and Maryland Transportation Authority Contracts - Board of Public Works Authority | Authorizing the Board of Public Works to control certain procurement contracts by the Department of Transportation and Maryland Transportation Authority valued at or above $500,000. | Dead |
| HJ6 | Use of Nuclear Weapons | FOR the purpose of stating that the General Assembly joins certain other state legislative bodies, counties, and municipalities in passing a Back from the Brink resolution on reducing the possibility of the use of nuclear weapons; urging members of the State’s Congressional Delegation to cosponsor a certain federal resolution related to the use of nuclear weapons; and urging the U.S. President and the U.S. Senate to endorse the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. | 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 |
| HB501 | Registered Apprenticeship Investments for a Stronger Economy (RAISE) Act | Authorizing the State Board of Plumbing to waive the license examination requirement for a journey plumber license; authorizing the Secretary of Labor to waive the examination for certain licenses; 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 market and advance the registered apprenticeship system throughout the State; etc. | Dead |
| HB868 | Estates and Trusts - Interpretation of Wills - Evidence of Intent (Granny's Law) | Authorizing, under certain circumstances, a personal representative to petition the orphans' court to interpret a decedent's will in accordance with the decedent's intent as demonstrated by certain extrinsic evidence; establishing a certain rebuttable presumption as to a decedent's intent; authorizing the personal representative to require a certain legatee to demonstrate the use of a legacy under the decedent's will; requiring the court to interpret a will in a certain manner if certain language is included in the will; etc. | Dead |
| HB686 | Victims and Witnesses - U Nonimmigrant Status - Certification of Victim Helpfulness | Altering the criteria for determining whether a certain victim or the victim's parent, guardian, or next friend shall be considered to be helpful, to have been helpful, or likely to be helpful to the detection, investigation, or prosecution of certain criminal activity for a certain purpose; altering the time periods within which a certain certifying entity shall certify or decline a certain form 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 |
| HB1190 | Criminal Law - Youth Accountability and Safety Act | Providing that a person who was a child at the time of the offense may not be found to have committed felony murder in the first degree under certain provisions of law unless the person was a principal in the first degree; and providing for a motion for review of a certain conviction under certain circumstances. | Dead |
| HB1040 | Real Property - Insufficient Condominium Reserve Account Grant Fund - Establishment | Requiring regulated financial institutions to develop a community benefit plan in connection with applications to the Commissioner of Financial Regulation relating to financial services for purposes of providing safe and sound loans, and other financial products for low-and moderate-income individuals and communities and other distressed or underserved individuals and communities; requiring the Commissioner to exercise certain oversight authority relating to the adequacy of the community benefit plans and attainment of goals; etc. | Dead |
| HB985 | Police Discipline - Administrative Charging Committees - Additional Charging Committee | Authorizing the local governing body of a county to authorize the use of a second administrative charging committee if the local governing body determines that one administrative charging committee is insufficient to serve the countywide law enforcement agencies and local law enforcement agencies within the county. | Dead |
| HB696 | 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 |
| HB607 | Maryland Higher Education Commission - PAREA Grant Program - Established | Establishing the Practical Applications of Real Estate Appraisal Grant Program to provide grants to certain individuals with the goal of becoming a real estate appraiser in certain communities; providing the purpose of the Program is to assist in closing appraisal gaps that occur in historically redlined neighborhoods and underrepresented communities; and requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to administer the Program. | Dead |
| HB1422 | State Government - Maryland Reparations Commission | Establishing the Maryland Reparations Commission to study and make recommendations relating to appropriate benefits to be made to individuals whose ancestors were enslaved in the State or were impacted by certain inequitable government policies; and requiring the Commission to submit a preliminary report by January 1, 2027, and a final report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by November 1, 2027. | Dead |
| HB1435 | Public Safety - Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission - Prohibition Against Certain Affiliation or Support by Police Officers | Requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to prohibit police officers from affiliating with, supporting, or advocating for White supremacist groups, ideologies, or causes or participating in or actively promoting a certain extremist group. | Dead |
| HB1463 | Transportation - Maryland Transit Administration - Funding (Transit Safety and Investment Act of 2025) | Requiring the Governor to include, for each of fiscal years 2030 through 2039, an appropriation of $550,000,000 in the State budget from the Transportation Trust Fund to the Maryland Transit Administration for certain operating and capital needs of the Administration. | Dead |
| HB875 | Commission on History, Culture, and Civics in Education | Establishing the Commission on History, Culture, and Civics in Education to make recommendations to the State Board of Education and the State Department of Education to further the discovery, interpretation, and learning of the history, culture, and civics of the United States and Maryland and provide equitable learning outcomes consistent with certain provisions of the Blueprint for Maryland's Future; etc. | Dead |
| HB1137 | Maryland Transit Administration - Baltimore East-West Corridor - Property Acquisition | Prohibiting the Maryland Transit Administration, in conducting the Red Line transit project, from acquiring any real property for planning, construction, operation, or maintenance of the Red Line if the acquisition would result in involuntary residential displacement. | Dead |
| HB1368 | Certificates of Birth, Licenses, and Identification Cards - Sex Designation (Birth Certificate Modernization Act) | Altering the circumstances under which the Secretary of Health is required to make a new certificate of birth due to the change of a sex designation of an individual; establishing requirements and a prohibition related to the making of new certificates of birth; and altering the options for indicating an individual's sex designation on a license, identification card, or moped operator's permit issued by the Motor Vehicle Administration. | Dead |
| HB847 | Criminal Procedure - Domestic Violence Offender Registry | Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to establish and maintain the Domestic Violence Offender Registry; requiring a certain person convicted three or more times of a certain domestically related crime to register with a certain county sheriff before the person is released, granted probation, granted a suspended sentence, or is not sentenced to a term of imprisonment; requiring the county sheriff to forward certain registration information to the Department; 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 |
| HB648 | Economic Development - Business Resource Initiative for Developmental Growth and Empowerment (BRIDGE) Program - Establishment | Establishing the Business Resource Initiative for Developmental Growth and Empowerment Program and Fund in the Department of Commerce to provide grants to certain business entities to establish certain business incubators; prohibiting the grants awarded under the Program from being used to support more than 25% of the operating expenses of a qualified incubator, except in the first year of a grant; requiring the Department to give priority for grants to incubators managed by socially or economically disadvantaged persons; etc. | Dead |
| HB113 | Civil Actions - Noneconomic Damages - Personal Injury and Wrongful Death | Repealing certain limitations on noneconomic damages in civil actions for personal injury or wrongful death; and applying the Act prospectively. | Dead |
| HB818 | Award of Attorney's Fees and Expenses - Violation of Maryland Constitutional Right | Authorizing a court to award to a prevailing plaintiff reasonable attorney's fees and expenses in certain actions seeking to remedy a violation of a Maryland constitutional right; authorizing a court to award reasonable attorney's fees and expenses to a prevailing defendant under certain circumstances; and establishing that certain limits on attorney's fees under the Maryland Tort Claims Act do not apply to a certain award of attorney's fees and expenses. | Dead |
| HB534 | Interstate Dental and Dental Hygiene Licensure Compact | Entering into the Interstate Dental and Dental Hygiene Licensure Compact; authorizing a dentist or dental hygienist to practice in a member state; establishing the Interstate Dental and Dental Hygiene Compact Licensure Commission to oversee the Compact and its powers and duties; and providing that the Act is contingent on enactment of substantially similar legislation in four other states. | Dead |
| HB709 | Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases and Holdover Tenancies - Local Good Cause Termination (Good Cause Eviction) | Authorizing a county to adopt, by local law or ordinance, provisions prohibiting certain landlords of residential property from failing to renew a lease during the lease period or from terminating a holdover tenancy without good cause; establishing certain requirements and prohibitions for a local law or ordinance adopted in accordance with the Act; etc. | Dead |
| HB697 | Health Insurance - Artificial Intelligence, Adverse Decisions, and Grievances - Reporting Requirements | Requiring a health insurance carrier to submit quarterly reports to the Maryland Insurance Commissioner on certain information related to the carrier's use of artificial intelligence or automated decision-making systems; and altering the information related to adverse decisions and grievances carriers are required to report to the Commissioner. | Dead |
| HB1504 | Juvenile Law - Child in Need of Supervision - Mandatory Petition (NyKayla Strawder Memorial Act) | Requiring an intake officer to file a petition alleging that a child under the age of 13 years is a child in need of supervision if the child is alleged to have committed an act that results in the death of a victim; and requiring a law enforcement officer to forward a complaint alleging that a child under the age of 13 years committed an act that resulted in the death of a victim to the Department of Juvenile Services for appropriate action. | Dead |
| HB456 | Civil Actions - Child Nonsexual Abuse and Neglect - Damages and Statute of Limitations | Establishing a certain statute of limitations in certain civil actions relating to child nonsexual abuse and neglect; establishing a limitation of $1,500,000 on noneconomic damages that may be awarded under the Act; providing that a certain party may appeal an interlocutory order under certain circumstances; applying the Act prospectively and retroactively to certain actions barred by a certain statute of limitations; etc. | Dead |
| HB522 | Department of Juvenile Services - Rehabilitation Services - Funding | Authorizing the Department of Juvenile Services to provide funding for up to 1 year of certain rehabilitation services to certain rehabilitation institutions. | 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 |
| HB523 | County Boards of Education - Root Causes of Chronic Absenteeism and Expulsion - Investigation and Reporting | Requiring each county board of education to investigate, identify, and report on root causes of chronic absenteeism and expulsion in the county; and requiring, beginning January 1, 2026, and each quarter thereafter for 10 years, each county board to report its findings to each applicable county delegation to the General Assembly and certain committees in the General Assembly. | Dead |
| HB635 | Motor Vehicles - Secondary Enforcement and Admissibility of Evidence | Requiring a police officer to document all reasons for a traffic stop or other stop on a citation or police report resulting from the stop; establishing that certain evidence obtained during a traffic stop or other stop in violation of certain provisions may be or is inadmissible in certain proceedings; authorizing a police officer to enforce certain provisions of the Maryland Vehicle Law only as a secondary action; etc. | Dead |
| HB608 | Primary and Secondary Education - Student Immunization - Temporary Admission Period | Requiring each county board of education to grant certain students temporary admission to schools for a certain time frame if the parent or guardian of a student is unable to provide proof of immunization under certain circumstances; and requiring the parent or guardian of a student granted temporary admission to present evidence of the student's appointment with a health professional or local health department for purposes of receiving the required immunizations or reconstructing a lost record. | Dead |
| HB1488 | Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages – License Extension | Extending until the end of July 1, 2026, the expiration of an alcoholic beverages license issued for the 5700 block of Falls Road in Baltimore City for the purpose of completing a transfer of ownership and renewal at the same location. | Dead |
| HB606 | Real Property - New Home Sales - Entry of Final Sale Price in Multiple Listing Service | Requiring a developer, builder, broker, or real estate agent to enter the final sale price of a new home into a multiple listing service or similarly accessible database. | Dead |
| HB464 | Special Education - Individualized Education Program Meetings - Secondary Transition Planning Materials | Requiring a local school system to provide information regarding certain secondary transition services to the parents of a child with a disability at certain individualized education program meetings. | 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 |
| 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 |
| HB552 | Higher Education - Drug Detection Products - Distribution and Report | Requiring each institution of higher education to provide certain drug detection products to students at no charge; and altering a certain reporting requirement. | Dead |
| HB13 | Real Property - Residential Contracts of Sale - Buyer Privacy Rights | Prohibiting a contract of sale for single-family residential real property from containing the name of an individual buyer prior to acceptance of the contract of sale by the seller; and applying the Act prospectively. | Dead |
| Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB96 | Environment - Water Bottle Filling Stations - Requirement | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB81 | Criminal Law - Interference With a Public Safety Answering Point - Penalties | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB149 | Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation - Total Assessed Cost of Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Study and Reports | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB181 | Correctional Services - Geriatric and Medical Parole | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| HB128 | Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation - Total Assessed Cost of Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Study and Reports | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| HB185 | Therapeutic Child Care Grant Program - Funding - Alterations | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB168 | Confined Aquatic Disposal Cells - Construction - Moratorium | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB131 | Anne Arundel County - Property Tax Credit - Supermarkets | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB51 | Accountants - Licensed Out-of-State Practice Privileges - Qualifications | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB154 | Access to Counsel in Evictions - Task Force and Special Fund | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB130 | Education - Student Personal Electronic Device Use Policy - Required | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB215 | Cannabis Reform - Revisions | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB200 | Board of Trustees of the Maryland Teachers and State Employees Supplemental Retirement Plans - Renaming | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB246 | Maryland Veterans Trust - Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB207 | Drunk and Drug-Impaired Driving and Failure to Remain at the Scene - Revocation of Driver's License | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB219 | Uninsured Employers' Fund - Assessments and Special Monitor | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB227 | Workers' Compensation - Payment From Uninsured Employers' Fund - Revisions | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB117 | Environment - Bay Restoration Fund - Septic System Upgrade Program | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB204 | Property Tax - Deadline to Set County and Municipal Corporation Tax Rates - Alteration | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB120 | Restrictions on Use - Solar Collector Systems - Alteration | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB26 | Davis Martinez Public Employee Safety and Health Act | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB123 | Boating Accidents - Duty to Stop at the Scene, Render Assistance, and Provide Information - Penalties | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB230 | Human Services - Local Departments of Social Services - Audits | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| HB49 | Environment - Building Energy Performance Standards - Alterations and Analysis | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB89 | Department of the Environment - Notation of Veteran Status | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB178 | Anne Arundel County - Property Tax Credit - Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake, Incorporated | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB177 | Procurement - State Department of Education - Local Food Purchasing Program | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB3 | Workgroup on the Creation of a Data Dashboard for Public Work Contracts and Apprentices - Establishment | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB49 | Consumer Protection - Automatic Renewals | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB54 | Motor Vehicles - Specially Designed Vintage Reproduction Registration Plates | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| HB15 | Corporations and Associations - Limited Worker Cooperative Associations - Authorization (Maryland Limited Worker Cooperative Association Act) | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB208 | Human Services - Maryland Assistive Technology Program - Establishment | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB252 | Child Care Centers - Certificated Staff Ratio Requirement - Alteration | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB250 | Department of the Environment - Fees, Penalties, Funding, and Regulation | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB148 | State Board of Public Accountancy - Emeritus Status | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB262 | Election Law - Special Elections | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB231 | State Government - Public Employee Relations Act - Alterations | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB73 | Chesapeake Conservation Corps Program - Renaming | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| HB19 | Health Occupations - Nursing - Loan Repayment, Education, and Sunset Extension (Building Opportunities for Nurses Act of 2025) | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB144 | Corporations and Associations - Limited Worker Cooperative Associations - Authorization (Maryland Limited Worker Cooperative Association Act) | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB127 | State Government - Grants and Contracts - Reimbursement of Indirect Costs | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB93 | Election Law - Absentee Ballots - Notice to Request Application | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB93 | Election Law - Absentee Ballots - Notice to Request Application | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| HB176 | Davis Martinez Public Employee Safety and Health Act | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB80 | Criminal Law - Animal Abuse or Neglect - Penalties | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB116 | Data Center Impact Analysis and Report | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB265 | Environment - Reservoir Augmentation Permit - Establishment | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB102 | Insurance Pooling - Public Entity - Definition | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| HB222 | Public Safety - Fuel Gas Piping Systems and Corrugated Stainless Steel Tubing - Prohibitions and Study | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB46 | Real Property - Wrongful Detainer - Time of Hearing and Service of Process | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| HB292 | Cooperative Housing Corporations, Condominiums, and Homeowners Associations - Funding of Reserve Accounts and Preparation of Funding Plans | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| HB301 | Criminal Procedure - Forensic Genetic Genealogical DNA Analysis and Search - Affidavit for Judicial Authorization | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB269 | Maryland Community College Promise Scholarship Program - Revisions | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB271 | Maryland Tort Claims Act - Employees of an Office of a Sheriff | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB278 | Tax Relief and State Personnel Equality for Service Members Act | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB299 | Security Guards and Security Guard Employers - Registration, Certification, and Regulation | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB294 | Maryland Cybersecurity Council - Alterations | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB295 | Income Tax - Income Tax Reconciliation Program - Established (Maryland Fair Taxation for Justice-Involved Individuals Act) | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB295 | Income Tax - Income Tax Reconciliation Program - Established (Maryland Fair Taxation for Justice-Involved Individuals Act) | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB281 | Transportation Equality for Service Members Act | Third Reading Passed with Amendments | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB276 | Educational Equality for Service Members Act | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB310 | Education - Youth Suicide Prevention School Program - Revisions | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB309 | Department of Veterans and Military Families - Communications, Outreach, and Advocacy Program - Alterations | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB318 | Higher Education - Janet L. Hoffman Loan Assistance Repayment Program - Eligibility | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB308 | Election Law – Chief Election Judges – Party Affiliation | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB335 | Natural Resources - Canada Geese - Bag Limits | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB333 | Criminal Procedure - Victims and Witnesses - Out of Court Statement of Child to Forensic Interviewer | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| HB350 | Budget Bill (Fiscal Year 2026) | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| HB350 | Budget Bill (Fiscal Year 2026) | Motion Special Order until Later This Session (Delegate Grammer) Rejected | 04/07/2025 | Nay |
| SB327 | Affordable Housing Payment In Lieu of Taxes Expansion Act | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB359 | Therapeutic Child Care Grant Program - Funding - Alterations | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB359 | Therapeutic Child Care Grant Program - Funding - Alterations | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| HB424 | Prescription Drug Affordability Board - Authority and Stakeholder Council Membership (Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for All Marylanders Now Act) | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| HB384 | Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB352 | Baltimore County - Political Party Central Committee - Elections | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| HB431 | Consumer Protection - Consumer Contracts - Limitation Periods | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| HB352 | Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2025 | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| HB352 | Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2025 | Motion Vote Previous Question (Delegate J. Lewis) Adopted | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| HB351 | Creation of a State Debt - Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2025, and the Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loans of 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB337 | Elections - Local Boards of Elections - Open Meeting Requirements (Local Boards of Elections Transparency Act) | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| HB376 | Maryland Cybersecurity Council - Alterations | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB358 | Maryland Deaf Culture Digital Library - Funding and Budget Submission | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB338 | Baltimore County - Speed Monitoring Systems - Interstate 695 and Interstate 83 | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB341 | Baltimore City - Raffles - Organizations Affiliated With a Professional Major League Baseball Team | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB357 | Prescription Drug Affordability Board - Authority and Stakeholder Council Membership (Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for All Marylanders Now Act) | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB361 | Election Law - Influence on a Voter's Voting Decision By Use of Fraud - Prohibition | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB391 | Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission - Review of Report and Recommendations | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB365 | Department of Commerce – Nonprofit Organizations Navigator – Established | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB373 | State Personnel - BWI Airport Fire and Rescue Department - Collective Bargaining and Arbitration Processes | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB360 | Revenge Porn - Definition of Visual Representation and Civil Action | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB376 | Maryland Department of Health and Office of Health Care Quality - Nursing Home Inspections - Reporting | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB376 | Maryland Department of Health and Office of Health Care Quality - Nursing Home Inspections - Reporting | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| HB478 | Hagerstown Community College Police Force - Jurisdiction | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| HB482 | Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination Review Process | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| HB477 | State Department of Education - Family Child Care Homes and Child Care Centers - Regulatory Analysis | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| HB489 | Maryland Department of Labor - Study on Building Code Requirements for Single-Staircase Buildings | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB425 | Environment - Coal Combustion By-Products - Fees, Coordinating Committee, and Regulations | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB396 | Public Safety Officer - Performance of Duties - Death Benefits | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB423 | Maryland Medical Practice Act and Maryland Physician Assistants Act - Revisions | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| SB399 | Natural Resources - Wildland Areas - Overhead Transmission Lines | Third Reading Passed | 04/07/2025 | Yea |
| Committee | Position | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detail | Maryland House Appropriations Committee | 17 |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MD | Maryland House District 41 | House | Democrat | In Office | 07/06/2023 |