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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.
HB 1121 | Public Health – Opioids and Opioid Overdose Reversal Drugs – Information
Favorable
HB 1153 | Environment – Water Pollution Control – Protecting State Waters From PFAS Pollution (Protecting State Waters From PFAS Pollution Act)
Favorable
HB 1171 | Nonprescription Drugs and Devices – Provision by Registered Nurses and Sale of Contraceptives Through Automatic Devices
Unfavorable
SB 0482 | Governor’s Office for Children – Engaging Neighborhoods, Organizations, Unions, Governments, and Households (ENOUGH) Grant Program (ENOUGH Act of 2024)
Favorable
SB 1084 | State Government – Commission for the Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing
Favorable
HB 0350 | Nonpublic Student Textbook Program – R00A03.04 State Budget
Favorable
HB 0350 | BOOST Scholarship Program – R00A03.05 State Budget
Favorable
HB 0350 | Joseph A. Sellinger Formula for Aid to Non–Public Institutions of Higher Education – R62110.03
Unfavorable
HB 1296 | Electricity – Offshore Wind Projects – Alterations
Favorable
SB 0362 | Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2024 (Sellinger Formula Cut)
Unfavorable
SB 0475 | Center for Firearm Violence Prevention – Establishment
Favorable
SB 0623 | Prison Education Delivery Reform Commission
Favorable
SB 0912 | Courts – Immunity From Liability – Maryland Safe Haven Program
Favorable
SB 1105 | Income Tax – Individual Income Tax Credit Eligibility Awareness Campaign
Favorable
SB 1077 | Public Schools – Appropriations for School Safety Expenditures – School Security Employees
Favorable with amendment
HB 0352 | Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2024 (Sellinger Formula Cut)
Unfavorable
HB 0694 | Governor’s Office for Children – Engaging Neighborhoods, Organizations, Unions, Governments, and Households (ENOUGH) Grant Program (ENOUGH Act of 2024)
Favorable
HB 0735 | Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program
Favorable
HB 0965 | Maryland Department of Health – Breast Cancer Program – Eligibility and Public Awareness Campaign
Favorable
SB 0620 | Resources and Education for All Prisons (REAP) Act
Favorable
SB 0637 | Higher Education – Undocumented Students – Out-of-State Tuition Exemption Eligibility
Favorable
SB 0720 | Correctional Services – Formerly Incarcerated Individuals and Individuals on Probation – Re-Entry Services
Favorable
SB 0741 | Public Senior Higher Education Institutions – Pregnant and Parenting Students – Policy Requirements (Pregnant and Parenting Support Act)
Favorable
HB 0473 | Higher Education – Undocumented Students – Out-of-State Tuition Exemption Eligibility
Favorable
HB 0657 | Public Institutions of Higher Education – Pregnant and Parenting Students – Policy
Favorable
HB 0771 | Public Senior Higher Education Institutions – Pregnant and Parenting Students – Policy Requirements (Pregnant and Parenting Support Act)
Favorable
HB 1114 | Real Property – Landlord and Tenant – Procedures for Failure to Pay Rent, Breach of Lease, and Tenant Holding Over
Favorable
HB 1117 | Landlord and Tenant – Failure to Repair Serious and Dangerous Defects – Tenant Remedies (Tenant Safety Act of 2024)
Favorable
HB 1336 | Public Schools – Appropriations for School Safety Expenditures – School Security Employees
Favorable with amendment
SB 0361 | Senator James E. “Ed” DeGrange Nonpublic Aging Schools Program – D25E03.02(D) Capital Budget
Favorable