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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.
HB0390 (R00A03.07) | Nonpublic Health and Safety Program
Favorable
HB0391 (D25E03.02(D)) | Senator James E. “Ed” DeGrange Nonpublic Aging Schools Program
Favorable
SB0282 (R00A03.04) | Nonpublic Textbook and Technology Program
Favorable
SB0282 (R00A03.05) | Funding for Educational Organizations – Broadening Options and Opportunities for Students Today (BOOST)
Favorable
SB0282 (R00A03.07) | Nonpublic Health and Safety Program
Favorable
HB1294 | Criminal Law – Child Sexual Abuse Material – Artificial Intelligence Software
Favorable
HB1353 | Homeless Individuals – Fee and Examination Exemptions
Favorable
SB0729 | Real Property – Access to Counsel in Evictions Program and Mobile Home Parks
Favorable
SB0772 | Maryland Department of Health – Employment Training and Opportunity Database
Favorable
HB1356 | Labor and Employment – Civic and Related Activities – Protection (Maryland Employee Civic Activity and Lawful Expression Protection Act)
Unfavorable
HB1131 | Public Health – Pregnancy Loss – Prohibited Actions (Pregnancy Outcome Protection Act)
Information Only
HB1221 | Public Safety – Short-Term Rental Units – Fire Safety (Jillian and Lindsay Wiener Short-Term Rental Fire Safety Act)
Favorable
HB0849 | Child Care Scholarship Program – Freeze in Enrollment – Exceptions
Favorable
HB1032 | Prekindergarten Programs and Primary and Secondary Schools – Student Privacy Policy Requirements and Discrimination Reporting
Unfavorable
HB1034 | Child Care Entities – Child Abuse and Neglect – Training and Reporting Requirements
Favorable with Amendment
HB1046 | School and School-Sponsored Activities – Report of Suspected Abuse or Neglect – Parental Notification
Information Only
HB1196 | Environment – Mobile Home Parks – Water Quality Testing
Favorable
HB1246 | Maryland Department of Health – Employment Training and Opportunity Database
Favorable
HB1571 | Real Property – Access to Counsel in Evictions Program and Mobile Home Parks
Favorable
SB0659 | Prekindergarten Programs and Primary and Secondary Schools – Student Privacy Policy Requirements and Discrimination Reporting
Unfavorable
SB0664 | Child Care Scholarship Program – Priority for Child Care Providers
Favorable
SB0882 | Income Tax – Credit for Student Loan Debt of Educators Working in Public Schools
Favorable with Amendment
SB0940 | Environment – Mobile Home Parks – Water Quality Testing
Favorable
HB1559 | Children in Unlicensed Settings and Pediatric Hospital Overstay Patients – Placement
Favorable
SB0721 | Developmental Disabilities Administration – Services – Eligibility for Recently Relocated Individuals (Ralph’s Act)
Favorable
SB0892 | Public Health – Perimenopausal, Menopausal, and Postmenopausal Conditions
Favorable
HB0592 | Task Force to Study Forced Infant Separation From Incarcerated Individuals
Favorable
HB0818 | Higher Education – Foster Care Recipients and Homeless Youth – Tuition Exemption and Associated Benefits
Favorable
HB0935 | Correctional Services – Comprehensive Rehabilitative Prerelease Services – Female Incarcerated Individuals
Favorable
HB1076 | Higher Education Institutions – Over-the-Counter Contraception – Access and Reporting
Unfavorable