All four bills relating to the Death Penalty are on hold, pending results of hearings before the Judiciary and Judicial Proceedings Committees this month.   HB 994...

Few election bills are winding through the legislative process this session, and there hasn’t been much action on those which have been heard in committee. The bill that would allow 16-year olds to register to...

On February 24, 2010, Attorney General Douglas Gansler released his opinion that Maryland should recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states, stating “there is no law in Maryland that says we don...

Two bills deal with notification of committees of the General Assembly before RFP’s are advertised for public-private partnerships. HB 271 (Rice, et al) Transportation – Public-...

Two bills, proposed by the administration, accelerate/extend existing programs for cleaner generation of electricity.

Testimony before Rules & Executive Nominations Committee 

TESTIMONY TO THE SENATE JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS COMMITTEE

As anticipated in RSC 2, additional legislation to qualify for the Race to the Top federal funding has now been introduced in both houses of the legislature at the request of the Governor and State Superintendent of Schools.  

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There has been no action taken on any of the bills previously reported. LWVMD submitted testimony on SB 232 to B&T on February 16 in opposition to SB 232 (Brinkley et al.),...

SB 833 (Request of Attorney General and 15 Senators) Circuit Court Judges - Election, Qualifications, and Terms of Office would amend the Constitution to alter the method of electing Circuit Court Judges to be...