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State Senator
Ben Kramer
(D) - Maryland
Maryland Senate District 19
In Office - Started: 01/09/2019

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Annapolis, MD 21401
Phone: 410-841-3151
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Bill Bill Name Summary Progress
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
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
SB748 Public Health - Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias - Information on Prevalence and Treatment Requiring the Maryland Department of Health, in partnership with certain entities, to incorporate information regarding treatments approved by the Food and Drug Administration for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias and to increase understanding and awareness of treatment of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias into relevant public health outreach programs administered by the Department; requiring the Department to establish and maintain a website that includes certain information, updated yearly; etc. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB26 Davis Martinez Public Employee Safety and Health Act Requiring the Correctional Training Commission to adopt regulations for the training, issuance, and use of body-worn cameras by January 1, 2026; establishing the Public Employees' Safety and Health Unit in the Division of Labor and Industry to administer and enforce certain duties regarding the oversight of workplace safety and health of employees of certain public bodies; establishing and applying certain civil and criminal penalties to public bodies and persons in government; 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
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
SB602 County Boards of Education - Special Education Service Delivery Models - Publication Requirement Requiring each county board of education to publish on its website a certain list of special education service delivery models provided for parentally-placed private school students; and defining "parentally-placed private school student" as a child with a disability enrolled by the parent or guardian of the child in a private elementary or secondary school or facility, including a religious school or facility. 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
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
SB93 Election Law - Absentee Ballots - Notice to Request Application Requiring the local board of elections to send a written notice regarding a request for a State-approved absentee ballot application with a specimen ballot and any other mailings to voters and eligible voters to further awareness of the option of mail-in voting, except under certain circumstances. 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
SB525 Prince George's County - Illegal Dumping and Litter Control Law - Video Evidence and Reward Programs Authorizing Prince George's County to establish a pilot program allowing a member of the public to submit video evidence of an alleged violation of the Illegal Dumping and Litter Control Law to a certain enforcement unit; requiring the program to allow a member of the public to receive a portion of fines collected in relation to the violation; and authorizing the governing body of Prince George's County to refer unpaid fines to the Central Collection Unit of the Department of Budget and Management for collection. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB80 Criminal Law - Animal Abuse or Neglect - Penalties Prohibiting a person from committing a violation of the prohibition against abusing or neglecting an animal that results in the death of a domestic animal or livestock or the need to euthanize the domestic animal or livestock; providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment for up to 1 year or a fine of up to $5,000 or both; and authorizing a court to impost certain conditions of sentencing and probation. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB375 Crimes Relating to Animals - Restrictions on Keeping Roosters Prohibiting, beginning January 1, 2027, a certain person from keeping a rooster movement-constrained through use of a certain enclosure or tether, subject to certain exceptions; establishing that a violation of the Act is a civil offense; and providing that the Act may be enforced by any State or local law enforcement officers or local animal control authority for the jurisdiction where the violation occurs. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB749 Health Occupations - Authorization to Practice for Former Federal Employees and Dental Applicants Licensed or Certified in Another State Requiring the State Board of Dental Examiners to issue a license or certification to applicants licensed or certified by another state within 15 business days after receiving the completed application; requiring that a dental radiation technologist certified in another state be issued a certification by the State Board under certain circumstances; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop a plan for certain authorization to practice a health occupation for persons who left federal employment after January 20, 2025; etc. 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
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
SB750 State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Part-Time Faculty Providing collective bargaining rights to certain part-time faculty at certain State institutions of higher education; establishing a separate collective bargaining unit for part-time faculty; and prohibiting certain bargaining units from electing to engage in consolidated collective bargaining. Dead
SB917 Electronic Payment Transactions - Interchange Fees - Calculation and Use of Data Requiring certain entities that process electronic payment transactions to exclude, under certain circumstances, the amount of tax and gratuity included in the electronic payment transaction from the amount on which an interchange fee is charged; requiring certain credit and debit card issuers to credit a merchant who provides certain documentation with the amount of the interchange fee charged on the amount of tax and gratuity included in an electronic payment transaction; etc. Dead
SB576 Labor and Employment - Mandatory Meetings on Religious or Political Matters - Employee Attendance and Participation (Maryland Worker Freedom Act) Prohibiting employers from taking certain adverse actions against an employee or applicant for employment because the employee or applicant declines to attend or participate in employer-sponsored meetings during which the employer communicates the opinion of the employer regarding religious matters or political matters. Dead
SB754 Commercial Financing - Small Business Truth in Lending Act Regulating commercial financing transactions, including by establishing requirements related to certain disclosures, calculations of annual percentage rates, terms of repayments, and other related items, and the extension of specific offers. Dead
SB747 Transportation Network Companies - Deactivation of Operators - Policy and Appeal Procedure Altering the definitions of "transportation network company" and "transportation network operator" for purposes of provisions of law regarding transportation network companies; requiring a transportation network company to maintain a deactivation policy that provides the policies and procedures for the deactivation of operators; prohibiting a transportation network company from deactivating an operator unless the deactivation is consistent with the company's deactivation policy; etc. Dead
SB916 Education - Curriculum Standards - Requirements (Educate to Stop the Hate Act) Requiring that certain curriculum guides and courses of study established by county boards of education be aligned with certain content standards, curriculum standards, and curriculum resources; requiring the State Department of Education to develop certain content standards; establishing certain requirements for the Department's process for developing, reviewing, and adopting certain content standards, curriculum standards, and curriculum resources; etc. Dead
SB1041 Property Tax - Charter Counties - Application of County Tax Limitation on Public Safety Budget Authorizing a county council of a charter county, notwithstanding certain provisions of law, to set by simple majority vote a property tax rate that is higher than the property tax rate authorized under a county's charter or collect more property tax revenues than the revenues authorized under the county's charter for the purpose of funding the approved public safety budget of the county; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2025. Dead
SB535 Research Facilities and Testing Facilities That Use Animals - Licensing and Regulations Requiring each research facility and testing facility in the State that uses animals in research, education, or testing to be licensed by the Department of Agriculture; applying certain provisions of law regarding the adoption of dogs and cats used for scientific research purposes to testing facilities; establishing a State Inspector of Animal Welfare in the Department to inspect research facilities and testing facilities; requiring a research facility and a testing facility to notify the State Inspector of certain violations; etc. Dead
SB536 Research Facilities and Testing Facilities That Use Animals - Regulation Establishing requirements for the use and treatment of dogs or cats by a research facility or testing facility; prohibiting a research facility and testing facility from using certain dogs and cats for research or testing purposes and performing devocalization procedures on dogs or cats; prohibiting a research facility and testing facility from using traditional animal test methods under certain circumstances; etc. Dead
SB537 Research Facilities and Testing Facilities That Use Animals - Adoption and Reporting Requirements Applying certain provisions of law regarding the adoption of dogs and cats used for scientific research purposes to testing facilities; requiring certain research facilities and testing facilities to submit to the Department of Agriculture certain information regarding dogs and cats on or before January 31 each year; and requiring a school or an institution of higher education that uses animals for certain purposes to submit a report on the results of certain inspections to the General Assembly on or before December 31 each year. Dead
SB807 Environment - Local Building Energy Performance Standards - Authorization Authorizing counties to adopt local building energy performance standards that are at least as stringent as certain standards adopted by the Department of the Environment if the standards are approved by the Department; authorizing a county to enforce local building energy performance standards; and exempting a covered building that is subject to certain local building energy performance standards from complying with certain statewide standards. Dead
SB806 Agriculture - Confinement of Egg-Laying Hens in Commercial Egg Production - Prohibitions Prohibiting a certain farm owner or operator from knowingly confining egg-laying hens in an enclosure that is not a cage-free housing system and does not meet certain space requirements, subject to certain exceptions, on and after January 1, 2030; and prohibiting a business owner or operator or a farm owner or operator from selling shell eggs or egg products without a certain certification of compliance on and after January 1, 2030. Dead
SB753 Offshore Wind Turbines and Accessory Installations - Aircraft Detection Lighting Systems Requiring, beginning October 1, 2025, that any wind turbine and accessory installation associated with a qualified offshore wind project or an offshore wind transmission project be installed with an aircraft detection lighting system approved by the Federal Aviation Administration. Dead
SB752 Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act of 2025 Repealing and establishing the methodology used to calculate the weekly benefit amount; altering the taxable wage base used to determine employer contributions to the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund, the dependent allowance, and the amount of earned wages subtracted from a weekly benefit amount; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to determine and make available online the State annual average wage applicable to the rate of contribution; etc. Dead
SB1018 Transportation Network Companies - Itemized Receipts and Operator Data Reporting Requiring a transportation network company to provide an operator and a passenger an itemized digital receipt that contains certain information as soon as practicable after the operator provides transportation network services to the passenger; requiring a transportation network company to report, on or before February 1 each year, certain information to the Public Service Commission; and requiring the Commission, by March 1 each year, to submit the compiled information to certain committees of the General Assembly. 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
SB551 Private Passenger Motor Vehicle Insurance - Collisions With Wild Animals - Prohibited Actions by Insurers Prohibiting an insurer, with respect to private passenger motor vehicle insurance, from increasing a premium, adding a surcharge, or removing, altering, or refusing to consider a discount based on accidents or losses caused by a collision with a free-roaming wild animal and for which the insured was not at fault for the loss. Dead
SB538 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
SB166 State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Graduate Assistants and Postdoctoral Associates Providing collective bargaining rights to certain graduate assistants and postdoctoral associates at a system institution, Morgan State University, or St. Mary's College of Maryland; and establishing separate collective bargaining units for the graduate assistants and postdoctoral associates. Dead
SB113 State Board of Education - Membership - School Principal Altering the membership of the State Board of Education to include a school principal as a member; and providing that the initial term of the principal member of the State Board begins July 1, 2026. Dead
SB124 Employment Standards - Firefighters - Payment of Wages and Payroll Information Requiring governmental units that employ firefighters to compute overtime pay for each hour over 168 hours that a firefighter works during a 28-day work period; requiring an employer to include all regularly scheduled hours, regardless of whether earned or accrued leave was use; requiring counties and municipalities to provide certain payroll information to each employed firefighter; and authorizing a firefighter or their exclusive representative to initiate a certain grievance under certain circumstances. 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 Yea
HB351 Creation of a State Debt - Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2025, and the Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loans of 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 Third Readings Passed with Amendments 04/07/2025 Yea
SB338 Baltimore County - Speed Monitoring Systems - Interstate 695 and Interstate 83 Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB338 Baltimore County - Speed Monitoring Systems - Interstate 695 and Interstate 83 Conference Committee Report 903525/1 Adopted 04/07/2025 Yea
SB341 Baltimore City - Raffles - Organizations Affiliated With a Professional Major League Baseball Team Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB357 Prescription Drug Affordability Board - Authority and Stakeholder Council Membership (Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for All Marylanders Now Act) Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB361 Election Law - Influence on a Voter's Voting Decision By Use of Fraud - Prohibition Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB365 Department of Commerce – Nonprofit Organizations Navigator – Established Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB360 Revenge Porn - Definition of Visual Representation and Civil Action Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB376 Maryland Department of Health and Office of Health Care Quality - Nursing Home Inspections - Reporting Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB478 Hagerstown Community College Police Force - Jurisdiction Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB497 Residential Child Care Programs - Transportation Companies - Regulation (Preventing Abduction in Youth Transport Act of 2025) Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB399 Natural Resources - Wildland Areas - Overhead Transmission Lines Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB400 Residential Child Care Programs - Transportation Companies - Regulation (Preventing Abduction in Youth Transport Act of 2025) Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB517 Workgroup on the Reorganization of the Maryland Transit Administration Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB500 Procurement Reform Act of 2025 Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB541 Department of Commerce - Nonprofit Organizations Navigator - Established Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB451 Adult Education - High School Diploma by Examination - Requirements and Study Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB504 Excellence in Maryland Public Schools Act Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB586 Election Law - Election Judges - Compensation Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB614 Local Earned Income Tax Credit - Calculation - County Income Tax Rate Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB474 Health Insurance - Adverse Decisions - Notices, Reporting, and Examinations Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB634 Income Tax - Income Tax Reconciliation Program - Established (Maryland Fair Taxation for Justice-Involved Individuals Act) Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB633 Gaming - Slot Machines - Skills-Based Amusement Devices Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB619 Sales and Use Tax - Sales Between Cannabis Businesses and Cannabis Nurseries - Exemption Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB618 State Lottery - Internet Sales of Subscription Plans - Authorization Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB617 Comptroller - Recording and Monitoring Telephone Calls - Clarification Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB533 Public Safety - Police Accountability - Time Limit for Filing Administrative Charges Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB702 County Boards of Education - Special Education Service Delivery Models - Publication Requirement Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB658 Juvenile Services Education Board - Alterations Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB550 Baltimore City - Property Tax - Authority to Impose on Vacant and Abandoned Property Owned by Nonprofit Organizations Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB704 Higher Education - Maryland Graduate and Professional Scholarship Program - Eligible Institutions Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB561 Corporations and Associations - Electric Cooperatives - Nonescheat Capital Credits Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB681 Child Support - Driver's License Suspension for Arrearages and Court Orders Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB600 Baltimore City and Takoma Park - Stop Sign Monitoring Systems - Authorization of Pilot Program Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB738 Department of Information Technology - Major Information Technology Development Projects - Oversight Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB596 Property Tax Exemption and Payment in Lieu of Taxes - The Hagerstown Multi-Use Sports and Events Facility, Inc. Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB750 Washington County - Property Tax Credit - Economic Development Projects Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
HB757 Professional and Volunteer Firefighter Innovative Cancer Screening Technologies Program - Funding Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 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 Abstain
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 Protocol Committee 3
Detail Maryland Joint Unemployment Insurance Oversight Committee Chair 1
Detail Maryland Senate Finance Committee 7
State District Chamber Party Status Start Date End Date
MD Maryland Senate District 19 Senate Democrat In Office 01/09/2019
MD District 19 House Democrat Out of Office 01/01/2007 01/31/2024