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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.
SB0268 | Higher Education – Undocumented Students – Out-of-State Tuition Exemption Eligibility
Favorable
SB0234 | Housing and Community Development – Homeless Shelter Certification Program – Establishment
Information only
HB0207 | Higher Education – Undocumented Students – Out-of-State Tuition Exemption Eligibility
Favorable
SB0069 | Maryland Department of Health – Access to Telephones – Study
Favorable
HB0170 | Health – Maternal and Child Health Population Health Improvement Fund – Use
Favorable
SB0104 | Income Tax – Credit for Individuals Residing With and Caring for Elderly Parents
Favorable
SB0136 | Education – Safe Schools Fund – Grant Allocations
Favorable with Amendment
SB0154 | Access to Counsel in Evictions – Task Force Termination and Special Fund
Favorable
SB0157 | Maryland Disability Service Animal Program – Established
Favorable
SB 1188 | Maryland Protecting Opportunities and Regional Trade (PORT) Act
Favorable
SB 0419 | Therapeutic Child Care Grant Program – Funding – Alterations
Favorable
SB 1102 | Education – Blueprint for Maryland’s Future – Alterations
Favorable with amendment
HB 1195 | Child Care Providers – Anaphylactic Food Allergies – Guidelines and Indemnity (Elijah’s Law)
Information with amendment
HB 1441 | Early Childhood Education – Publicly Funded Prekindergarten Programs – Alterations
Favorable
HB 1386 | Education – School Employee Anti-Bias Training – Requirements
Information
SB 0579 | Primary and Secondary Education – Breakfast and Lunch Programs – Universal Expansion Report
Favorable with amendment
SB 1058 | Education – Curriculum Standards – Antihate and Holocaust Education (Educate to Stop the Hate Act)
Favorable with amendment
HB 0490 | Income Tax – Subtraction Modification for Donations to Diaper Banks and Other Charitable Entities – Sunset Extension (Income Tax – Subtraction Modification for Donations to Diaper Banks and Other Charitable Entities – Sunset Repeal)
Favorable
SB 0744 | Juvenile Law – Reform
Unfavorable
HB 0137 | Civil Actions – Civil Immunity – Educator Intervention
Favorable
HB 0676 | Right to Try Act – Individualized Investigational Treatments
Information
HB 1078 | Maryland Medical Assistance Program – Remote Ultrasound Procedures and Remote Fetal Nonstress Tests
Favorable
SB 0228 | Maryland Health Benefit Exchange – Qualified Health Plans – Dental Coverage
Favorable
SB 0425 | Maryland Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program – Alterations (Maryland Meals for Achievement Flexibility Act of 2024)
Favorable
SB 0527 | Community Colleges – Contraception – Access Requirements
Unfavorable
HB 0276 | Health – Abortion Data – Submission to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Favorable
HB 0858 | Health – Abortion – Ultrasound and Waiting Period
Favorable
HB 0884 | Public Health – Pregnancy – Coercion (Protecting Pregnant Women Against Coercive Abuse and Human Trafficking)
Favorable
HB 1216 | High–Risk Pregnancy Reimbursement Fund – Establishment
Favorable
HB 1233 | Public Health – Abortion
Favorable