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- With 41 members in the chamber and a quorum being present, the Senate of Maryland is again back in session
- </c> With 43 members in the chamber and a quorum being present, the Senate of Maryland remains in session
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- With 42 members in the chamber and a quorum being present, the Senate of Maryland is now in session.
- Uh, this team this session has really been wonderful.
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The Senate convened with 42 members present and a quorum, opened with an invocation by Pastor Jaylen Robinson, and recognized several guests and honorees. Early floor remarks included a welcome to students from Forest Oak Middle School, a young Senate shadow from Woodlawn High School, and guests from Charles H. Flowers High School. The chamber also noted a doctor of the day and announced that panoramic photos in the Senate lounge were available for order by March 27, with eye exams available in the State House.
The main legislative business was Senate Bill 283, the President’s Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2026. The Senate Budget and Taxation Committee presented 291 amendments, described as funding priorities for jobs, infrastructure, and reliability while staying within debt affordability limits. The amendments covered school construction, natural resources, higher education, housing, Maryland Environmental Service, miscellaneous grants, local Senate bond initiatives, jails and detention centers, and pre-authorizations for fiscal 2028. Four amendments were separated for individual roll calls: 30, 35, 46, and 241, all of which were adopted. The remaining committee amendments were adopted without objection, and the favorable committee report as amended was then taken up.
During debate on the capital budget amendments, one senator raised concerns about the bill and the difficulty of tracking the amendments on the electronic system, prompting discussion about technical issues and the availability of the documents on the website and in paper form. The chair said the committee had been working on the bill for months and urged the body to proceed. A question was raised about Amendment 264, which deauthorized a Willing Helper Society renovation project in Charles County; the chair explained the money had not been spent, was about to expire, and was repurposed to a Boys and Girls Club of Southern Maryland project to keep the funding in Charles County.
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- We pray that you would have your way this day and for the remainder of this session and, as a matter
- Speaker. the remainder of this session and as a the remainder of this session and as a matter<00:01:03.360
- With 115 members present, the House is in session. Petitions, memorials, and other pray papers.
- GLEE will meet for a vote session at 12:15. Health. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
- There being 126 members present, the House is still in session. Recognizing the majority leader.
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- </c> Maryland is uh remains in session. Maryland is uh remains in session.
- They can hold those sessions.
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- . session. session.
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- There being 129 members present, the House is now in session.
- I've wanted to say that all session. >> Go ahead. Good for you. >> Thank you.
- </c> court is not in session. court is not in session.
- There being 137 members present, the House is still in session.
- So, this is at a session of 2026.
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- There being 126 members present, the House is now in session.
- </c><00:29:53.720><c> And</c> appropriate time later this session.
- And appropriate time later this session.
- </c><00:30:00.280><c> Thank</c> at the end of the session. Okay. Thank at the end of the session.
- following this session.
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- We'll probably do two sessions tonight.
- </c> We'll probably do two sessions tonight. We'll probably do two sessions tonight.
- Uh, we're Maryland remains in session.
- </c><02:10:22.400><c> Recognizing</c> Maryland remains in session.
- Recognizing Maryland remains in session.
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- With 42 members in the chamber and a quorum being present, the Senate of Maryland is again back in session
- With 41 members in the chamber and a quorum being present, the Senate of Maryland is again in session
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- We're on is again remains in session.
- With 41 members in the chamber and a quorum being present, the Senate of Maryland remains in session.
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- </c> house is now in session. house is now in session. All<00:02:31.760><c> right.
- All in favor end of this session.
- </c> end of this session. end of this session.
- Could you get the list together of this session towards the end of this session?
- </c> until the end of this session. until the end of this session.
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- With 107 members present, the House is now in session.
- The clerk will read the now in session.
- There being 128 members present, the House is still in session.
- The health committee will not be meeting for a voting session today.
- The health committee will not be meeting for a voting session today.
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- Could I special order this bill to the next session?
- Are there any to the next session. Are there any objections?
- Uh let's go to >> Next session. All right.
- Could we do it for first session Monday? >> Um, or no? >> Special order.
- </c> first session Monday? first session Monday?
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- So as we start this session here, nearing the close of the session in total, I invite you to simply stand
- the close this session here uh nearing the close of<00:01:22.640><c> the</c><00:01:22.799><c> session
- To the next session.
- </c> session if that's okay? session if that's okay?
- To the next session. If there are >> Sure. To the next session.
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- Next session. Okay, thank you guys. >> A second session today, so to the next session?
- Second session? Today?
- </c> session? Floor leader. session? Floor leader.
- </c> vote session. Ways and Means. vote session. Ways and Means.
- </c> the next session, okay? the next session, okay?
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- The clerk will house is now in session.
- </c> second session today. second session today.
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- Please listen for subcommittee session.
- </c> meeting at 2:30 for a voting session. meeting at 2:30 for a voting session.
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The House convened with 122 members present, opened with prayer, and approved the previous day’s journal. The chamber then took up two congratulatory resolutions: one honoring Layla Wishard of Hagerstown for winning gold with Team USA at the Junior Roller Derby Association World Cup in Australia, and another recognizing Delores Millhouse as the 2026 Maryland Mother of the Year. Both resolutions were read and adopted with applause.
The House then considered a series of committee reports, primarily from the Committee on Economic Matters, and advanced multiple bills to third reading after adopting committee amendments and favorable reports. Measures included consumer contract protections in House Bill 103, workers’ compensation presumptions for hypertension in House Bill 347, broadband access and affordability in House Bill 382, housing and land-use changes in House Bills 548 and 894, data privacy in House Bill 711, franchise law changes in House Bill 730, a blockchain-based real property title pilot program in House Bill 810, bankruptcy exemptions in House Bill 1098, and telecommunications infrastructure protections in House Bill 1100.
Several bills drew questions and were special ordered for further review. House Bill 711, the Data Privacy Act, prompted extended discussion about whether its geolocation provisions could affect stadium and venue security tracking; the sponsor said the bill was intended to close loopholes around cell phone and vehicle location data and would not change existing permission-based rules, but the bill was still special ordered until the next day. House Bill 894, the transit-oriented development bill, also drew questions about local government concerns and was special ordered, with the floor leader saying county and municipal groups were generally satisfied with the amendments. House Bill 1100 was also taken up after the amendments were adopted, and the title amendment process began as the transcript ended.
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- Excuse me, the invocation from earlier to the second session invocation.
- With 42 members in the chamber and a quorum being present, the Senate of Maryland is again back in session
- Uh, in that case, uh, so we can set the reading of the journal from the prior legislative session, uh
- </c> Maryland is again back in session. Maryland is again back in session.
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The Senate reconvened with a quorum present and then proceeded through committee reports, largely adopting favorable reports and amendments without objection. Early measures included SB 530, which funds grants for multigenerational social connection programs for older adults; SB 731, clarifying the legal status of the Maryland Statewide Independent Living Council; SB 809, directing a feasibility study on a caregiver infrastructure program; SB 860, creating an Aging Resilience Fund with reporting and budget protections; SB 910, requiring insurance reimbursement for services provided by graduate-level clinical interns under supervision; and SB 972, making several Baltimore City alcoholic beverages licensing changes. Each of these bills was advanced to third reading after committee amendments were adopted.
The Finance Committee also advanced SB 555, establishing a Dementia Services and Brain Health Program and a provider resource toolkit for dementia care; SB 757, creating a Maryland Local Sourcing Portal to connect businesses with local sources for tariff-impacted goods; SB 772, creating an employment training and opportunity database to help people qualify for or maintain Medicaid and SNAP; SB 792, requiring hospitals to adopt and train staff on immigration-enforcement policies consistent with Attorney General guidance; SB 869, establishing a workforce training pilot program through Commerce and community colleges; SB 905, creating an advanced manufacturing grant program through TEDCO; and SB 974, changing who may serve as inspector for the Caroline County Board of License Commissioners. Most of these bills were reported favorably with technical or narrowing amendments and then ordered printed for third reading.
Budget and Taxation advanced SB 28, which would create binding arbitration for state employee collective bargaining impasses and include a proposed constitutional amendment requiring funding in the Governor’s budget; SB 466, expanding a physician preceptor tax credit and adjusting training-hour requirements; and later SB 704, concerning estate tax treatment for qualified agricultural property transferred to an LLC. SB 557, a gaming-related bill, was laid over until the end of the evening at the majority leader’s request. In the Education, Energy, and the Environment report, the committee advanced SB 35 on a state natural science museum designation, SB 166 on shellfish aquaculture permit sanctions, SB 189 on municipal drainage inlet safety requirements prompted by a child’s death, SB 242 on civil relief for service members and spouses, SB 266 on local regulation of invasive trees and tree-of-heaven, and SB 267 on a corporate rental-property registry and local housing application review process. SB 267 drew a brief question from the minority leader, who asked whether prior opposition remained and how the amended bill differed; the sponsor said the opposition had gone away and described the bill as now focused on a responsible-owner registry and an administrative review process.
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- With 109 members present, the House is now in session.
- With 118 members present, the House is still in session. Let's do that. Second.
- "There being 132 members present, the House is still in session.
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- And to the house is still in session.
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