Governor Hogan, joined by House Speaker Adrienne Jones and Senate President Bill Ferguson, signed an additional 140 bipartisan bills into law May 16, including the state’s historic capital budget, as well as measures to cap the cost of insulin, expand the state’s commitment to fight dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, and permanently allow paramedics and EMTs [...]
Governor Hogan, joined by House Speaker Adrienne Jones and Senate President Bill Ferguson, signed 105 bills into law on Thursday. Initiatives signed into law included measures to prevent opioid overdoses statewide, direct more funding to local governments for infrastructure improvements, bolster the state's cybersecurity network, and provide for additional steps to divest from Russia and [...]
Governor Hogan announced this week that Deputy Secretary of the Department of the Environment Horacio Tablada will succeed current Environment Secretary Ben Grumbles starting June 1. As reported by Maryland Matters, Grumbles is leaving to become executive director of the Environmental Council of the States, a national nonprofit, nonpartisan association of state and territorial environmental [...]
Governor Larry Hogan today announced in letters to the General Assembly that, in accordance with Article II, Section 17 of the Maryland Constitution, he has vetoed the following legislation passed during the 2022 legislative session: HB 90 – State Personnel Management System – Office of the Public Defender – Placement and Collective Bargaining HB 580 [...]
Congratulations to Nicholas (Nick) Manis for being named to The Daily Record's “Power 40 Government & Lobbying List” for 2022. This list represents 40 of the most powerful professionals who advocate in state and local government in Maryland. From The Daily Record, For more than 25 years, Nicholas Manis has worked as a lobbyist and [...]
Governor Larry Hogan today announced additional actions to address the current surge of COVID-19 hospitalizations, including measures to safeguard the health of state employees and citizens entering state buildings and facilities. From the Governor's press release, “Today we are taking another series of actions to address the current surge of COVID-19 hospitalizations, and we will [...]
The Senate pre-filed bill list was posted to the General Assembly website today. The total number of Senate pre-filed bills is 166. As indicated above, only the list of Senate pre-filed bills is available on the website at this time, not the bill text. Bill text should be available soon. When you click on the [...]
Comcast has announced the appointment of Tiffany Harvey as Vice President, Government & Regulatory Affairs. She will be replacing Sean Looney, who is retiring the end of the year. In her role, Harvey will lead Comcast’s government advocacy programs in Maryland and Delaware and represent the company’s interests in front of the state legislatures along [...]
The House pre-filed bill list was posted to the General Assembly website today. The total number of House pre-filed bills is 200. As indicated above, only the list of House pre-filed bills are available on the website at this time, not the bill text. Bill text should be available soon. When you click on the [...]
On Monday, November 29th, Delegate Shane Pendergrass (D-13, Howard County), Chair of the Maryland House of Delegates' Health and Government Operations Committee, announced she will not seek reelection. In an email to her supporters, she wrote the following: Thirty-six years ago, I could not have imagined how difficult it would be to decide to leave [...]
