Senate President Bill Ferguson announced changes to Senate leadership, committee jurisdiction, and committee membership ahead of the 2023 General Assembly session. As announced in a press release, the Maryland Senate will see significant changes in January. “After a historic election where voters overwhelmingly approved our legislative agenda, today’s shift in jurisdiction assignments reflects how the [...]
With the upcoming July 19 primary, Maryland Matters has reported on the top 20 competitive House primary races to watch. From the article, In races where there are multiple candidates competing for three seats, even if three seasoned incumbents are on the ballot, anything can happen. And often it does. The same is true in two-seat [...]
The 2022 General Assembly session came to a close Monday evening, April 11 at midnight with final action being taken on a number of bills and a few others left outstanding. In all, a total of 2,520 bills, and joint resolutions were introduced, of which 835 passed. A total of 594 legislative bond initiatives were [...]
Governor Hogan, President Ferguson, and Speaker Jones gathered in the Maryland State House Tuesday morning to sign several bills which passed the General Assembly into law. The leaders praised each other for their commitment to passing bipartisan legislation this past session and for the duration of the governor's two terms. From the Governor's press release: [...]
Maryland lawmakers finished the 2022 Legislative Session at midnight on Monday and passed several bills last minute, while leaving many behind. Monday was also the last day of legislating for lawmakers before the election in November. Maryland Matters outlined some of the bills that were passed before the General Assembly adjourned Sine Die: Among the [...]
Before the legislative session concluded on Monday night, Speaker Jones appointed Delegate Ben Barnes as chair of the House Appropriations Committee and Delegate Joseline Peña-Melnyk as Chair of the House Health and Government Operations Committee. Both are Democrats that represent District 21, which is comprised of Prince George's County and part of Anne Arundel County. [...]
The Maryland General Assembly acted swiftly on Saturday to override several of the Governor's vetoes before the end of session. The bills the General Assembly took action on are listed below. A previous post provides a list of the bills the Governor vetoed with veto letters, as well as a list of House and Senate [...]
The General Assembly was working feverishly last week to give final approval to several pieces of legislation to present to the Governor during session to provide time for a potential in-session veto override. These measures, several of which are outlined below, needed to be presented to the Governor by Saturday, April 2 to provide sufficient [...]
Monday was Crossover Day in the General Assembly, the day bills have to get through one chamber of the legislature to guarantee consideration in the other chamber. The House and Senate worked tirelessly to pass bills before the deadline, pushing legislation that addressed pandemic related issues and other important matters. Maryland Matters reported President Ferguson [...]
The House of Delegates passed a measure today, HB 1343, that would require companies with million-dollar state government contracts to disclose contributions they make to advocacy organizations. House Majority Leader Eric Luedtke is the bill sponsor and had this to say about the proposed measure: “It’s a transparency bill that allows the public in Maryland [...]
