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Testimony
The Maryland General Assembly meets from January to April. Written testimony submitted by the Maryland Catholic Conference is posted here after a hearing.
HB0386 | Pesticides – PFAS Chemicals – Prohibitions
Favorable
HB0430 | Employed Individuals With Disabilities Program – Upper Age Limit – Prohibition
Favorable
HB0103 | Access to Counsel in Evictions – Task Force Termination and Special Fund
Favorable
HB0502 | Office of Disability Employment Advancement and Policy and Maryland as a Model Employer Initiative – Established
Favorable
HB0305 | Criminal Law – Interference With Access to or Egress From a Religious Facility – Prohibition
Favorable with Amendment
SB0312 | Natural Resources – State Parks – Maryland Golden Age Pass
Favorable
SB0428 | Chesapeake Bay Legacy Act
Favorable
SB0508 | Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance – Required Coverage for Aesthetic Services and Restorative Care for Victims of Domestic Violence (Healing Our Scars Act)
Favorable
SB0553 | Victims and Witnesses – U Nonimmigrant Status – Certification of Victim Helpfulness
Favorable
SB0608 | Criminal Procedure – U Nonimmigrant Status Petitions
Favorable
HB0214 | Human Services – Maryland Assistive Technology Program – Establishment
Favorable
HB0455 | Braille Flag Memorial Act of 2025
Favorable
HB0634 | Income Tax – Income Tax Reconciliation Program – Established (Maryland Fair Taxation for Justice-Involved Individuals Act)
Favorable
HB0665 | Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance – Annual Behavioral Health Wellness Visits – Coverage and Reimbursement
Favorable
SB0353 | Food Deserts Workgroup – Establishment
Favorable
SB0442 | Real Property – Landlord and Tenant – Procedures for Failure to Pay Rent, Breach of Lease, and Tenant Holding Over (Tenant Possessions Recovery Act)
Favorable
HB0398 | Abundant Affordable Clean Energy – Procurement and Development (AACE Act)
Favorable
HB0441 | Minors Convicted as Adults – Sentencing – Transfer to Juvenile Court
Favorable
HB0603 | Earned Income Tax Credit – Notice of Eligibility – Alteration
Favorable
HB0415 | State Library Agency – Family Literacy Pilot Program – Establishment
Favorable
SB0066 | Election Law – Polling Place Procedures – Voting by Elderly Voters and Voters With Disabilities (Accessible and Expedited Voting Act of Maryland)
Favorable
SB0358 | Maryland Deaf Culture Digital Library – Funding and Budget Submission
Favorable
SB0414 | Income Tax Credit – Parent of Stillborn Child
Favorable
HB0005 | Criminal Law – Child Pornography – Artificial Intelligence Software
Favorable
HB0380 | Criminal Law – Prohibition on Sale of Contraceptives and Contraceptive Devices by Vending Machine in School – Repeal
Unfavorable
HB0390 | Affordable Housing Payment In Lieu of Taxes Expansion Act
Favorable
SB0328 | Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance – Annual Behavioral Health Wellness Visits – Coverage and Reimbursement
Favorable
SB0389 | Minors Convicted as Adults – Sentencing – Transfer to Juvenile Court
Favorable
SB0422 | Juvenile Court – Jurisdiction
Favorable with Amendment
HB0381 | Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance – Required Coverage for Aesthetic Services and Restorative Care for Victims of Domestic Violence (Healing Our Scars Act)
Favorable