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Testimony
The Maryland General Assembly meets from January to April. Written testimony submitted by the Maryland Catholic Conference is posted here after a hearing.
HB0311 | Correctional Services – Medical Parole – Life Imprisonment
Favorable
HB0620 | Primary and Secondary Education – Reportable Offense – Alteration
Unfavorable
HB0862 | Child Care Affordability Commission – Establishment
Favorable
SB0978 | Environmental Permits – Requirements for Public Participation and Impact and Burden Analyses (Cumulative Harms to Environmental Restoration for Improving Shared Health – CHERISH Our Communities Act)
Favorable
HB1070 | Maryland Department of Health – Access to Telephones – Study
Favorable
HB1380 | Health Care Facilities – Hospitals and Freestanding Birthing Centers – Perinatal Care Standards
Information Only
SB0755 | Higher Education – Student Financial Assistance – Students in Informal Kinship Care Relationships
Favorable
SB0780 | Prekindergarten – 3-Year-Olds – Private Providers (Parental Choice for Prekindergarten Act)
Favorable
HB0505 | Empowering New Energy Resources and Green Initiatives Toward a Zero-Emission (ENERGIZE) Maryland Act
Favorable
SB0434 | Empowering New Energy Resources and Green Initiatives Toward a Zero-Emission (ENERGIZE) Maryland Act
Favorable
M00M01.02 (House) | Community Services – Developmental Disabilities Administration
Information (reject cuts)
HB0350 – D21A01.02 | Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention and Policy -Protecting Against Hate Crimes Grant
Favorable
HB0939 | Maryland Commission for Women – Maryland Collaborative to Advance Implementation of Coverage of Over-the-Counter Birth Control
Unfavorable
M00M01.02 (Senate) | Community Services – Developmental Disabilities Administration
Information (reject cuts)
SB0511 | Public Senior Higher Education Institutions – Pregnant and Parenting Students – Plan Requirements (Pregnant and Parenting Student Support Act)
Favorable
SB0827 | Juvenile Law – Confinement and Restrictive Housing – Limitations
Favorable with Amendment
SB0899 | Education – High School Class Rankings and Guaranteed Admissions to Public Senior Institutions of Higher Education
Favorable with Amendment
HB0837 | Task Force to Study Forced Infant Separation From Incarcerated Individuals
Favorable
SB0433 | Office of Disability Employment Advancement and Policy and Maryland as a Model Employer Initiative – Established
Favorable
SB0676 | Health Care Facilities – Hospitals and Freestanding Birthing Centers – Perinatal Care Standards
Information Only
HB0709 | Landlord and Tenant – Residential Leases and Holdover Tenancies – Local Good Cause Termination (Good Cause Eviction)
Favorable
HB0767 | Real Property – Landlord and Tenant – Procedures for Failure to Pay Rent, Breach of Lease, and Tenant Holding Over (Tenant Possessions Recovery Act)
Favorable
HB0853 | Petition to Reduce Sentence (Maryland Second Look Act)
Favorable
HB1090 | Food Supplement Benefits – Students – Eligibility
Favorable
SB0345 | Pesticides – PFAS Chemicals – Prohibitions
Favorable
SB0346 | Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program
Favorable
SB0651 | Landlord and Tenant – (Good Cause Eviction)
Favorable
SB0550 | Baltimore City – Property Tax – Authority to Establish a Subclass and Special Rate for Property No Longer Used for Nonprofit Purposes
Unfavorable
HB0781 | Election Law – Polling Place Procedures – Voting by Elderly Voters and Voters With Disabilities (Accessible and Expedited Voting Act of Maryland)
Favorable
HB0232 | Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program
Favorable