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State Delegate
Charles Otto
(R) - Maryland
Maryland House District 38A
In Office - Started: 01/01/2011

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Bill Bill Name Summary Progress
HB1238 Somerset County - Alcoholic Beverages - Liquor Tasting License Establishing a liquor tasting license in Somerset County; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Somerset County to issue the license to the holder of a Class A beer, wine, and liquor license; and establishing liquor tasting license fees. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1144 State Public Transit Service and Stations - Exclusion for Assault and Bodily Injury Providing that a person alleged by a public transit operator to have committed an assault or other intentional act causing bodily injury may be prohibited from using a State public transit service or entering a State public transit service station; requiring the Maryland Transit Administration to create a rider code of conduct and implement a comprehensive internal safety program to strengthen protection for operators and passengers; etc. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB375 Bicycles, Play Vehicles, and Unicycles - Authorizations and Requirements (Jay's Law) Authorizing a person to ride a bicycle, play vehicle, or unicycle on a sidewalk or sidewalk area unless prohibited by local ordinance; and requiring a person riding a bicycle, play vehicle, or unicycle on a sidewalk or sidewalk area or in or through a crosswalk to yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian or a person using an electric personal assistive mobility device. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB425 Natural Resources - State Boat Act - Auctioneers Exempting certain auctioneers from certain provisions of the State Boat Act. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB893 Tidal Fish Licenses - Oyster Authorizations - Administrative Penalties Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to suspend for up to 5 years for a first violation, rather than revoke, a person's oyster authorization for knowingly committing certain violations; providing for the reinstatement for certain persons of an oyster authorization and an entitlement to engage or work in the oyster fishery; altering a certain offense related to the use of prohibited gear; and repealing the 90-day time period within which a certain administrative hearing must be held. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB857 Natural Resources - Pursuing Wounded Deer After Legal Hunting Hours and Using a Light - Authorization Authorizing a person who is authorized by the Department of Natural Resources to hunt deer and who wounds a deer during legal hunting hours to pursue and kill the deer after legal hunting hours using the means authorized for the applicable hunting season or permit which may include use of a light or throw or cast the rays of a spotlight, a headlight, an artificial light, a battery, or any other device while pursuing the wounded deer. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB894 Endangered and Threatened Species - Incidental Taking - Bats Authorizing the Secretary of Natural Resources to issue an incidental taking permit for the Indiana bat, the northern long-eared bat, the tricolor bat, or the eastern small-footed bat if an applicant submits a certain conservation plan and the Secretary makes certain findings. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB844 Somerset County - Salaries of Local Officials - Increase Increasing the salaries of the Sheriff of Somerset County, the County Commissioners of Somerset County, the President of the County Commissioners of Somerset County, a member of the County Roads Board of Somerset County, and the President of the County Roads Board of Somerset County. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB222 Public Safety - Fuel Gas Piping Systems and Corrugated Stainless Steel Tubing - Prohibitions and Study Prohibiting the sale, offer for sale, transfer, or distribution of non-arc-resistant jacketed corrugated stainless steel tubing; providing a civil penalty of up to $1,000 for a violation of the Act; and requiring the Maryland Department of Labor and the Office of the State Fire Marshal, by September 1, 2026, to submit a final report to the Governor and certain committees of the General Assembly with recommendations related to preventing the fire hazards associated with commonly used fuel gas piping systems. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB967 Somerset County Code of Public Local Laws - 2025 Edition - Legalization Legalizing the 2025 Edition of the Somerset County Code of Public Local Laws and any supplement to the extent to which that code or supplement contains laws enacted by the General Assembly. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1466 Land Use and Real Property - Accessory Dwelling Units - Requirements and Prohibitions Establishing the policy of the State to promote and encourage the creation of accessory dwelling units on land with a single-family detached dwelling unit as the primary dwelling unit in order to meet the housing needs of the citizens of the State; requiring, on or before October 1, 2026, the legislative body of certain counties or municipal corporations to adopt a local law authorizing the development of accessory dwelling units on land with certain single-family detached dwelling units subject to certain requirements; etc. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB446 Natural Resources - Invasive Blue Catfish Pilot Program Establishing the Invasive Blue Catfish Pilot Program in the Department of Natural Resources to curb the spread of the invasive blue catfish in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries; requiring the Department to expand the use of practices determined to be effective under the Program; and requiring the Department to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2025, on its findings and recommendations based on the Pilot Program. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB775 Correctional Services - Death of Incarcerated Individual - Notification Requiring the Commissioner of Correction to notify certain elected representatives whenever an incarcerated individual dies in a Division of Correction facility; and requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to adopt certain regulations compliant with the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB791 Somerset County - Property Tax - Emergency Services Tax Authorizing the County Commissioners of Somerset County to impose an emergency services tax on all property subject to the county property tax to pay costs of emergency services; and prohibiting the county commissioners from initially imposing or subsequently increasing an emergency services tax until after a public hearing is held. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB892 Natural Resources - Canada Geese - Bag Limits Requiring, during the migratory Canada goose (Atlantic population) hunting season, the bag limit for all Canada geese in certain areas of the State, including geese found in the Atlantic Flyway Resident Population Hunt Zone and the Atlantic Population Hunt Zone, to conform to the bag limit for Atlantic population Canada geese adopted annually by the Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Dead
HB320 Wicomico County - Vehicle Laws - Prohibition on Roadway Solicitations Prohibiting a person in Wicomico County from standing in a roadway, median divider, or intersection to solicit in an aggressive manner money or donations from the occupant of a vehicle. Dead
HB1558 Election Law - State Elected Officials - Fundraising Activities During General Assembly Session Altering the entities with respect to which certain officials or persons acting on behalf of certain officials are prohibited from taking certain actions related to fundraising during a regular session of the General Assembly; and prohibiting certain officials or persons acting on behalf of certain officials from participating in certain fundraising events in a certain manner during a regular session of the General Assembly. Dead
HB889 Fisheries - Striped Bass or Rockfish - Juvenile Survey Expanding the scope of the annual young-of-the-year juvenile survey of striped bass or rockfish by requiring the Department of Natural Resources to conduct the survey at at least a certain number of additional sampling sites in the central region of the Maryland waters of the Chesapeake Bay; and requiring the Department to report the results of the survey to certain Commissions and committees of the General Assembly by December 31 each year. Dead
HB1001 State Designations - State Cocktail - Original Maryland Orange Crush Designating the original Maryland orange crush as the State cocktail. Dead
HB649 Family Law - Children in Foster Care - Background Information Requiring a child placement agency to provide a background report concerning a child to a foster parent before the foster parent may consent to the placement of the child with the foster parent; and requiring the report to indicate whether the child has had any interaction with a law enforcement agency, including any arrests, been charged with or found guilty of a crime, been a member of or associated with a criminal gang, or been suspended or expelled from school. Dead
HB1511 Natural Resources - Wildlife Damage Prevention and Reimbursement Fund - Establishment Establishing the Wildlife Damage Prevention and Reimbursement Fund, consisting of the proceeds from the sale of conservation deer stamps, grants and contributions directed to the Fund, and money in the State budget, to reimburse a person for damage caused by deer, geese, and other wildlife to crops and other agricultural products; authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to accept requests for grants for certain projects; and authorizing the Governor to include in the annual budget an appropriation of at least $50,000 for the Fund. Dead
HB1451 Climate Solutions Affordability Act of 2025 Specifying that certain requirements under the Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022 are to be carried out to the extent economically practicable, including requirements concerning achieving certain direct greenhouse gas emissions reductions from certain buildings, measuring and reporting direct emissions data to the Department of the Environment, achieving certain greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals, and achieving zero-emission vehicle goals relating to the State vehicle fleet and local school buses; etc. Dead
HB1263 Natural Resources - Public Clam Fishery Area - Establishment Requiring the Department of Natural Resources, in consultation with the Tidal Fisheries Advisory Commission, to identify by regulation the public clam fishery area in the Chesapeake Bay based on commercial harvesting activity during the 3 years preceding June 1, 2025, any surveys conducted by the Department, and other quantitative data known or made available to the Department; and prohibiting the lease of the public clam fishery area for shellfish aquaculture. Dead
HB1374 Prekindergarten - 3-Year-Olds - Private Providers (Parental Choice for Prekindergarten Act) Altering the definition of "Tier I child" for purposes of publicly provided prekindergarten to not include 3-year-olds and only include certain 4-year-olds; authorizing an eligible private prekindergarten provider to elect to enroll 3-year-olds in publicly provided prekindergarten; requiring an eligible private provider that elects to enroll a Tier I 3-year-old to enter into a certain memorandum of understanding with the State Department of Education and the county board of education; etc. Dead
HB1337 Real Property - Condemnation - Damages Awarded for Lost Profits Providing that the owner of a business or farming operation on certain property that is taken is entitled to damages for the loss of profits under certain circumstances. Dead
HB1362 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
HB1396 Property Rights Protection Act of 2025 Prohibiting certain persons from exercising a right of condemnation to acquire property for the purpose of constructing a power line or a certain generating station that produces electricity from wind energy or solar energy; and prohibiting the State or any of its instrumentalities or political subdivisions from acquiring by condemnation property that is encumbered by certain conservation easements or will be used for the construction of a power line or a certain generating station. Dead
HB739 Public Utilities - Solar Energy Generating Stations - Local Approval Prohibiting the Public Service Commission from approving a certificate of public convenience and necessity for a solar energy generating station unless the Commission receives written approval for the construction of the generating station from each county or municipal corporation where the generating station is proposed to be located. Dead
HB742 Public Utilities - Solar Energy Generating Stations - Eminent Domain Prohibiting a person constructing a solar energy generating station from exercising a right of condemnation in connection with that construction. Dead
HB653 Correctional Services - Transfers to Federal Authorities - Undocumented Immigrants (Protecting Marylanders From Violent Crime Act of 2025) Requiring a certain State or local correctional facility, on request of the United States Department of Homeland Security, to transfer a certain undocumented immigrant to the United States Department of Homeland Security under certain circumstances. Dead
HB403 Correctional Services - Transfers to Federal Authorities - Undocumented Immigrants (Protecting Marylanders From Violent Offenders Act of 2025) Requiring a State or local correctional facility with custody of an undocumented immigrant who is serving a sentence in the facility for conviction of a crime, on request of the United States Department of Homeland Security, to transfer the undocumented immigrant to the United States Department of Homeland Security under certain circumstances. Dead
HB982 Gun Theft Felony Act of 2025 Classifying the theft of a firearm as a felony; establishing a penalty for a first conviction for theft of a firearm of imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or a fine not exceeding $1,000 or both; and establishing a penalty for subsequent convictions of imprisonment not exceeding 10 years or a fine not exceeding $2,500 or both. Dead
HB1414 Building Energy Performance Standards - Public Safety, Emergency, and Public Utility Buildings - Exclusion (Safe Solutions Now Act of 2025) Altering the definition of "covered building" for purposes of certain building energy performance standards to exclude certain public safety, emergency, and public utility buildings. Dead
HB1247 Correctional Services - Parole, Commutation of Sentence, Pardon, and Remission of Sentence - Notification Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to notify a victim or victim's representative by certified mail that a parole release hearing has been scheduled or that an incarcerated individual is being considered for a commutation of sentence, pardon, or remission of sentence; and requiring the Department to make at least two attempts in writing by certified mail to notify a victim or victim's representative of certain decisions of the Parole Commission. Dead
HB1356 Criminal Procedure - Pretrial Release - Bail Prohibiting a District Court commissioner from authorizing the pretrial release of a defendant on personal recognizance or unsecured bail under certain circumstances; and authorizing a judge to authorize the pretrial release of a certain defendant on secured bail bond and certain conditions. Dead
HB1215 Common Ownership Communities - Time to Attain Reserve Funding Level - Extension Extending from 3 to 5 fiscal years the time in which the governing body of a cooperative housing corporation, condominium, or homeowners association is required to attain a certain recommended annual reserve funding level following an initial reserve study. Dead
HB760 Counties and Municipalities - Approval of Projects Denied by Maryland Historical Trust - Authorization Authorizing the governing body of a county or municipality to approve a certain project that was previously denied by the Maryland Historical Trust under certain circumstances; and requiring a local planning commission to hold a certain public hearing within 60 days after the request by a project applicant and to make a recommendation to the governing body of the county or municipality on whether or not to approve the project. Dead
HB773 Public Middle and High Schools - Student Discipline (Right to Teach Act of 2025) Authorizing a teacher in a public middle or high school in the State to take certain disciplinary actions in response to certain student behavior and to direct students to certain school officials; and prohibiting a county board of education from taking disciplinary action against a certain teacher for certain actions. Dead
HB903 Courts - Global Warming and Climate Change - Prohibited Actions (Ratepayer Protection Act of 2025) Prohibiting the State or a local government, or an agency of the State or a local government, from filing an action for monetary damages or alleged economic damages against a business for the adverse effects of global warming or climate change in the State. Dead
HB1357 Public Health - Reproductive Health Care Data - Report Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to collect and compile annual data on the costs of birth, postpartum care, pregnancy care, and abortion; requiring the Department to post on its website and submit to the General Assembly a reproductive health care data report each December 1, beginning in 2025; and requiring the report to include the aggregated cost data for certain categories of care, comparative data by region within the State, analysis of trends in the cost of care, and recommendations for improving cost efficiency. Dead
HB1024 Agriculture - Catastrophic Damage Caused by Deer Authorizing the Department of Agriculture to take extraordinary measures to control local deer populations and prevent future crop loss if the Department determines that deer have caused catastrophic damage to a field; and defining "catastrophic damage" as the loss of 50% or more of crops from a single field. Dead
HB1022 Oyster Restoration - Use of Federal Funds - Prohibition Prohibiting the Department of Natural Resources from using federal funds for oyster restoration projects in State waters from July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2030, both inclusive, subject to a certain exception. Dead
HB652 Department of Juvenile Services - Employees - Prohibited Convictions Prohibiting the Department of Juvenile Services from hiring or retaining an individual convicted of certain crimes. Dead
HB622 Juvenile Law - Custodial Interrogation (Juvenile Justice Restoration Act of 2025) Altering a certain provision of law authorizing a law enforcement officer to conduct an otherwise lawful custodial interrogation of a child if the child's parent, guardian, or custodian consents to the custodial interrogation of the child without the child's consultation with an attorney. Dead
HB725 Institutions of Higher Education - Dually Enrolled Students - Alterations Altering the definition of "dually enrolled student" to include a nonpublic secondary school student and a home school student to be eligible to apply for the Part-Time Grant Program and the Early College Access Grant. Dead
HB885 Public Safety - Police Accountability - Investigation Records Relating to Unfounded and Exonerated Complaints Requiring that all investigation records relating to a complaint of misconduct by a police officer be removed from the police officer's personnel record 3 years after an administrative charging committee or a trial board issues a finding that the complaint is unfounded or exonerated. Dead
HB989 On-Farm Home Processing License - Revenue Limit - Prohibition Prohibiting the Maryland Department of Health from limiting the amount of revenue the holder of an on-farm home processing license may derive from food processed under the license. Dead
HB733 Elections for County Boards of Education - Party Designation or Affiliation - Certificates of Candidacy and Ballots Authorizing a candidate for election to a county board of education to disclose the candidate's party designation or party affiliation on the candidate's certificate of candidacy; prohibiting a local board of elections from disqualifying a candidate for election to a county board for disclosing the candidate's party designation or party affiliation; and requiring each local board to include certain information on a ballot under certain circumstances. Dead
HB1015 Public Middle, High, and Charter Schools - Start Time for Instruction Requiring, beginning in the 2027-2028 school year, each public middle school and each public high school to begin instruction not earlier than 8 a.m. and 8:30 a.m., respectively, unless granted a waiver by the State Board of Education under certain circumstances; and requiring each county board of education and each public charter school to implement a certain public service campaign to raise awareness on sleep deprivation and later school start times. Dead
HB1101 Corporate Income Tax - Rate Reduction (Economic Competitiveness Act of 2025) Decreasing, over 5 taxable years, the State corporate income tax rate from 8.25% to 6.25%. Dead
HB1329 Public Utilities - Energy Generation and Transmission Stating the authority to construct, permit, and operate in the State an energy generating system that produces energy from natural gas; authorizing investor-owned electric companies and electricity suppliers in the State to construct, acquire, or lease and operate their own generating facilities and construct, acquire, or lease, and operate, certain transmission facilities; stating the General Assembly's support for the development of additional nuclear energy in the State; etc. Dead
HB651 Public Service Commission - Membership - Alterations Increasing from five to seven the number of commissioners appointed to the Public Service Commission; establishing certain residency requirements for each commissioner; altering the manner in which the Chair of the Commission is appointed; and requiring the Commission to submit, on or before August 1, 2025, a slate of nominees to the Governor for the initial appointment of certain commissioners. Dead
HB657 Public Utilities - Alternatives to Construction of New Transmission Lines Requiring the Public Service Commission to examine alternatives to the construction of a new transmission line if the use of an alternative will best maintain historical, environmental, or agricultural preservation areas, or will avoid any overlap with certain lots, parcels, or tracts of land. Dead
HB766 Wildlife Advisory Commission - Membership - Alterations Requiring that the Wildlife Advisory Commission member appointed to represent the farming community be selected from a list of candidates provided by the Maryland Farm Bureau. Dead
HB1008 Vehicle-Miles-Traveled Tax and Associated Mandated Devices - Prohibition (Transportation Freedom Act of 2025) Prohibiting the State or a local jurisdiction from imposing or levying a vehicle-miles-traveled tax or certain other similar fees, tolls, or taxes; prohibiting the State or a local jurisdiction from requiring the installation of a device in or on a privately owned vehicle to facilitate the reporting of vehicle miles traveled; etc. Dead
HB734 Real Time for Violent Crime Act Prohibiting the earning of diminution credits to reduce the term of confinement of an incarcerated individual who is serving a sentence for murder in the first degree or murder in the second degree in a State or local correctional facility; prohibiting a deduction of diminution credits of more than 10% of an incarcerated individual's aggregate sentence for crimes of violence for an incarcerated individual who is serving a sentence for a crime of violence; etc. Dead
HB800 Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Military Retirement Income - Individuals Under the Age of 55 Increasing, from $12,500 to $20,000, the amount of a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for military retirement income for individuals who are under the age of 55 years; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024. Dead
HB792 Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Public Safety Employee Retirement Income Increasing, from $15,000 to $20,000, the amount allowed as a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for retirement income attributable to an individual's employment as a public safety employee; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024. Dead
HB650 Maryland Fair and Agricultural Education Promise Fund - Establishment (Maryland Fair and Agricultural Education Promise Act) Establishing the Maryland Fair and Agricultural Education Promise Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund to advance agricultural fairs and education in the State; requiring interest earnings of the Fund to be credited to the Fund; requiring a $1,450,000 of proceeds from the State lottery, before being allocated to the General Fund, to be allocated to the Fund; and repealing the requirement that a certain amount of annual proceeds from the State horse racing special fund be used to promote State agricultural fairs and education. Dead
HB695 Repair the Transportation Trust Fund Act Repealing a requirement that certain motor fuel tax rates be adjusted in future years based on growth in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers; prohibiting the State or a local jurisdiction from imposing or levying a vehicle-miles-traveled tax or certain other similar fees, tolls, or taxes; requiring that the Maryland Transit Administration achieve a certain farebox recovery requirement for certain transit services; etc. Dead
HB726 Homestead Property Tax Credit - Eligible Properties - Alteration Expanding eligibility for the homestead property tax credit to include additional residences. 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 Nay
SB181 Correctional Services - Geriatric and Medical Parole Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Nay
HB128 Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation - Total Assessed Cost of Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Study and Reports Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Nay
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 Nay
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 Nay
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 Nay
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 Nay
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 Nay
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 Nay
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 Nay
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 Nay
SB250 Department of the Environment - Fees, Penalties, Funding, and Regulation Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Nay
SB148 State Board of Public Accountancy - Emeritus Status Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB262 Election Law - Special Elections Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Yea
SB231 State Government - Public Employee Relations Act - Alterations Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Nay
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 Nay
SB127 State Government - Grants and Contracts - Reimbursement of Indirect Costs Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Nay
SB93 Election Law - Absentee Ballots - Notice to Request Application Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Nay
SB93 Election Law - Absentee Ballots - Notice to Request Application Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Nay
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 Nay
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 Nay
SB295 Income Tax - Income Tax Reconciliation Program - Established (Maryland Fair Taxation for Justice-Involved Individuals Act) Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Nay
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 Nay
HB350 Budget Bill (Fiscal Year 2026) Motion Special Order until Later This Session (Delegate Grammer) Rejected 04/07/2025 Yea
SB327 Affordable Housing Payment In Lieu of Taxes Expansion Act Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Nay
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 Nay
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 Nay
HB352 Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2025 Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Nay
HB352 Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2025 Motion Vote Previous Question (Delegate J. Lewis) Adopted 04/07/2025 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 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 Nay
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 Nay
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 Nay
SB373 State Personnel - BWI Airport Fire and Rescue Department - Collective Bargaining and Arbitration Processes Third Reading Passed 04/07/2025 Nay
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 Nay
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 Nay
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 Nay
  Committee Position Rank
Detail Maryland House Environment and Transportation Committee 19
Detail Maryland Joint Protocol Committee 3
State District Chamber Party Status Start Date End Date
MD District 38A House Republican In Office 01/01/2011