Governor Hogan recently announced additional legislative actions allowing 294 bills to take effect without his signature and vetoing 18 pieces of legislation. A complete list of House bills that will take effect without signature is available here. A complete list of Senate bills that will take effect without signature is available here. Policy vetoes include the following: [...]
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 recently announced the appointments of Rachel Muñoz (Legislative District 33) and Faye Martin Howell (Legislative District 24) to the House of Delegates. Rachel Muñoz works at Schulte Booth, LLC, specializing in aviation law and is working toward her private pilot’s license. She holds a B.A. from University of Maryland, College Park and [...]
Governor Hogan last week appointed Delegate Ronald L. Watson, Jr., Ph.D., to the Maryland Senate. The governor made the appointment following a nomination by the Prince George's County Democratic Central Committee. Dr. Watson will represent District 23 in Prince George's County, filling the seat vacated by former Senator Doug Peters, who resigned last month to [...]
Governor Hogan announced today the planned lifting of statewide restrictions or orders related to the COVID 19 pandemic on July 1. The state's mask order - which requires face coverings indoors at schools, day care centers, medical settings and on mass transit - will expire on the same day. (A federal order requiring masks on [...]
Governor Hogan recently announced 151 appointments to various boards and commissions in the State. Included in these appointments, are the Governor's two members of the Blueprint for Maryland Future’s Accountability and Implementation Board Nominating Committee. The presiding officers of the General Assembly announced their appointments to the Nominating Committee two weeks ago. The Governor's appointments include: [...]
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 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 February 3rd, Governor Hogan gave his State of the State address, detailing several aspects of the pandemic response and how they will be handled going forward. Among the top concerns, the securing of vaccines was listed, as the Governor acknowledged the difficulty in ensuring adequate vaccine supply and rollout, as well as how much [...]
On January 28th, Governor Larry Hogan issued an emergency order stating that, as of this Monday, bars and restaurants will no longer be required to close at 10 p.m. (though the statewide order for 50% indoor capacity at restaurants will remain in place). The order purportedly follows several weeks of improving COVID-19 metrics, as Governor [...]
