The 2021 General Assembly session came to a close Monday evening, April 12 at midnight with final action being taken on a number of bills and a few others left outstanding. In all, a total of 2,359 bills and joint resolutions were introduced, of which 817 passed. Looking back to the start of the year, [...]
The 2021 General Assembly session came to a close Monday evening, April 12 at midnight with final action being taken on a number of bills and a few others left outstanding. In all, a total of 2,359 bills and joint resolutions were introduced, of which 817 passed. Looking back to the start of the year, [...]
On Wednesday, Maryland’s top leaders announced another $3.9 billion in federal funding would be distributed to help handle various agencies and departments in Maryland impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. Governor Hogan was joined by Senate President Bill Ferguson and House Speaker Adrienne Jones in accepting the funding, which is coming to Maryland through the federal [...]
The House of Delegates gave initial approval to two bills – House Bill 588 and House Bill 589 – that would constitute a $50.45 billion budget plan for fiscal year 2022. After debating aspects of the spending plan for more than two hours Thursday night (including social issues such as vouchers for private schools and [...]
On March 12, several bills regarding the state’s public health system were passed out of the Maryland House of Delegates. The bills were designed to bolster the state’s response to a wide variety of public health topics, ranging from the COVID-19 pandemic, to historic racial disparities in government services, to performance of existing state programs. [...]
A series of legislation aimed at police reform has reached the floor of the Maryland Senate. The nine-bill package, which will be debated on the floor starting today, would overhaul the police disciplinary process in Maryland, as it seeks to speed up the disciplinary process, allow citizens to participate in the judging of misconduct, and [...]
On February 15th, Governor Hogan signed his primary effort of the 2021 legislative session, the RELIEF Act, into law. After undergoing a series of expansions bringing the total to well over $1 billion in direct payments, tax breaks, and business aid, the measure aims to enable hundreds of thousands of state residents and businesses to [...]
On February 12, the Maryland Senate voted to overturn Governor Hogan’s vetoes of a sweeping education bill, following the House’s override vote on Monday. Accompanying this vote, an override vote of a key revenue bill was also carried out to provide funding for the future education reforms. Both bills are set to become law in [...]
The RELIEF Act – a $1.5 billion economic relief package to provide stimulus payments, grants, and tax breaks to low-income Marylanders, struggling businesses, and those seeking unemployment benefits during the pandemic – won unanimous approval Friday in the Maryland Senate, and is now being fast-tracked to the House of Delegates where leaders are working to [...]
On Monday, House Speaker Adrienne A. Jones and Senate President Bill Ferguson announced a pilot project to include racial impact statements in the analysis of criminal justice bills for the Maryland legislature. In addition to the regular fiscal analysis, the racial impact statements will be provided on the bills selected for the first phase of [...]
