Category: General Assembly
Maryland General Assembly 2020 legislative session bill roundup
@BryanRenbaum The Maryland General Assembly passed more than 660 bills during the 2020 legislative...
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Ferguson laments Miller’s absence from Senate chamber hours before Sine Die
On the final day of the 2020 Maryland General Assembly legislative session — which the global...
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General Assembly will adjourn Sine Die on Wednesday due to COVID-19
@BryanRenbaum Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson announced on Sunday that the General...
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Ferguson urges calm in response to coronavirus
The Senate President stressed that lawmakers will continue their work and that every precaution will be taken to keep both staff and members of the public safe.
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Sen. Klausmeier: Student sex offenders must be kept off school campuses
Emergency legislation would require public schools to find off-campus alternative learning arrangements for students who are registered sex offenders.
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Lawmakers, clean-water advocates team up to oppose Conowingo pact
The emergency legislation would prohibit Maryland from waiving a water-quality certification in a settlement agreement between the state and the energy company Exelon for a 50-year federal license to operate the dam.
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Sen. Benson: State should change felony 1st-degree murder law
She says the statute often targets those who may have been party to a felony in which a murder took place — but the person charged was not the one who actually committed the murder.
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Emergency legislation aims to increase access to health care in state of emergency
The legislation would reduce the costs of screening tests, improve access to telehealth, assure access to the COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available, ensure that people under quarantine or isolation cannot lose their jobs, and ban price gouging
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House defeats amendment to Kirwan bill linking student performance to funding
The debate over whether to enact the recommendations of the Kirwan Commission into law kicked off in the House of Delegates on Friday morning with the defeat of an amendment that would have tied student performance to funding for the program.
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Sen. Waldstreicher calls for pot expungements
“Senate Bill 699 provides for automatic expungement for the mere possession of marijuana” while a House version of the bill provides for the “automatic shielding” of records rather than automatic expungement.
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Del. Hartman: Workers in risky jobs need guns
He urged fellow lawmakers on Wednesday to pass legislation that would allow workers in high-risk professions — including firefighters, EMTS, probation officers, nurses and security guards at houses of worship — to carry handguns.
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Sen. Ron Young calls for mandatory exercise for elementary students
Sen. Ron Young said physical activity not only improves the health of children but also can improve their performance inside the classroom.
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