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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.
SB 0579 | Primary and Secondary Education – Breakfast and Lunch Programs – Universal Expansion Report
Favorable with amendment
SB 1058 | Education – Curriculum Standards – Antihate and Holocaust Education (Educate to Stop the Hate Act)
Favorable with amendment
SB 0744 | Juvenile Law – Reform
Unfavorable
HB 0490 | Income Tax – Subtraction Modification for Donations to Diaper Banks and Other Charitable Entities – Sunset Extension (Income Tax – Subtraction Modification for Donations to Diaper Banks and Other Charitable Entities – Sunset Repeal)
Favorable
HB 0137 | Civil Actions – Civil Immunity – Educator Intervention
Favorable
HB 0676 | Right to Try Act – Individualized Investigational Treatments
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HB 1078 | Maryland Medical Assistance Program – Remote Ultrasound Procedures and Remote Fetal Nonstress Tests
Favorable
SB 0228 | Maryland Health Benefit Exchange – Qualified Health Plans – Dental Coverage
Favorable
SB 0425 | Maryland Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program – Alterations (Maryland Meals for Achievement Flexibility Act of 2024)
Favorable
SB 0527 | Community Colleges – Contraception – Access Requirements
Unfavorable
HB 0276 | Health – Abortion Data – Submission to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Favorable
HB 0858 | Health – Abortion – Ultrasound and Waiting Period
Favorable
HB 0884 | Public Health – Pregnancy – Coercion (Protecting Pregnant Women Against Coercive Abuse and Human Trafficking)
Favorable
HB 1216 | High–Risk Pregnancy Reimbursement Fund – Establishment
Favorable
HB 1233 | Public Health – Abortion
Favorable
HB 0295 | Overdose Awareness Day
Favorable
HB 0448 | Korean American Day
Favorable
HB 0993 | Commemorative Weeks – Maryland Climate Education Week
Favorable
SB 1059 | Maternal Health – Assessments, Referrals, and Reporting (Maryland Maternal Health Act of 2024)
Favorable
SB 0862 | Public Health – Pregnancy – Coercion (Protecting Pregnant Women Against Coercive Abuse and Human Trafficking)
Favorable
HB 1190 | Pesticides – PFAS Chemicals – Prohibitions
Favorable
HB 0407 | Food Supplement Benefits – Students – Eligibility (SNAP for Students)
Favorable
HB 1091 | Public Safety – Reproductive Health Care Clinic Security Grant Program – Establishment (Protecting Reproductive Health Care Clinics Act)
Unfavorable
SB 0790 | Maryland Medical Assistance Program – Employed Individuals With Disabilities
Favorable
SB 0876 | Maryland Medical Assistance Program – Limited Behavioral Health Services
Favorable
SB 0944 | Nonprescription Drugs and Devices – Provision by Registered Nurses and Sale of Contraceptives Through Automatic Devices
Unfavorable
SB 1142 | Tax Clinics for Low-Income Marylanders – Funding
Favorable
HB 0961 | State Government – Commission on New Americans – Established
Favorable
HB 1069 | State Government – Commission for the Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing
Favorable
HB 1412 | Abortion Care Access Grant Program and Fund – Establishment
Unfavorable