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Selected third‑reading final passages and recorded roll-call tallies in the transcript:

- House Bill 497 (Residential Childcare Transportation Regulation/Preventing Abduction in Youth Transport Act of 2025): final passage, recorded as \"138 votes in the affirmative.\" (Transcript roll call.)

- House Bill 966 (Courts: Artificial Intelligence Evidence Clinic Pilot Program): final passage, recorded as \"129 votes in the affirmative.\" (Transcript roll call.)

- House Bill 1519 (Prior Authorizations for State Debt): final passage, recorded as \"138 votes in the affirmative.\" (Transcript roll call.)

- Senate Bill 183 (State Department of Assessments and Taxation notice of constant yield tax rate alteration): recorded roll-call tally in the transcript shows \"128 votes in the affirmative.\"

- Senate Bill 667 (Gaming: Slot Machine Games / Skills-based amusement devices): recorded as \"138 votes in the affirmative.\" (Transcript roll call.)

- Senate Bill 1000 (Gaming: sports wagering relocation request): recorded as \"140 votes in the affirmative.\" (Transcript roll call.)

- House concurrence and concurrence calendar items: several bills where the House concurred in Senate amendments were recorded with tallies, including House Bill 848 (Health insurance adverse decision notices) recorded as \"139 votes in the affirmative,\" and House Bill 869 (preserve telehealth access) recorded as \"140 votes in the affirmative.\" The transcript records the clerk's roll calls and announced tallies for those measures.

Where the transcript excerpt did not include a numeric roll-call tally, the journal entry recorded the measure as passed or the committee report as adopted; those are noted in the House journal but not numerically recorded in the excerpted audio text.

Ending: The House concluded the desk work portion of the session and announced an afternoon return; several bills were advanced or finally passed with the tallies above recorded in the transcript.

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Floor amendments converted the bill into an emergency measure, added cosponsors, and set an intent that the navigator position be filled by July 1, 2025. The committee also included a two-year sunset in earlier language but later floor amendments struck a provision that would have prohibited the navigator from assisting nonprofits that pay a single salaried employee more than $250,000.

A floor leader told colleagues that Maryland has roughly 40,000 nonprofits and the navigator would help small organizations identify state opportunities and address delays in state funding streams; the floor leader said the bill focuses on state funds only, not federal grants. The measure drew questions about whether the navigator would be a permanent state position and whether its duties would extend to federal grant navigation; the sponsor and floor leader replied that the focus is state grants and that the bill includes reporting requirements to legislative committees.

The House adopted the committee amendments on the floor, subsequently adopted the amendment that removed the $250,000 employee prohibition, and later approved a motion to special-order the bill to an afternoon session to permit further amendment work.

Ending: The bill was amended and placed on special order for further consideration; sponsors said the position is intended to be in place by July 1, 2025 and that it will help smaller nonprofits navigate state grant processes.

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As amended, the bill prohibits distribution and use of specified CSST products and requires the Department of Labor and the Office of the State Fire Marshal to conduct a related study. The committee amendments also added reporting requirements and moved the measure forward to third reading.

Floor exchange clarified the scope: the measure applies to natural gas piping systems in homes. A floor leader described the bill as a study primarily aimed at preventing deaths linked to lightning strikes that can damage certain tubing; she told colleagues the bill followed an earlier pairing of legislation prompted by a fatal incident involving firefighters.

\"It was determined at the time that the lightning strike that the firefighters were attempting to put the fire out, could have been prevented if certain tubing was used in the home,\" the floor leader said, adding the current language ensures homes in Maryland are reviewed so tragedies are less likely to recur. Another member emphasized the provision is principally a study to determine which tubing types should be preferred.

The amendments were moved and adopted on the floor; the favorable report as amended was adopted and the bill was ordered passed to third reading.

Ending: The House adopted the amendments sending the bill on for third reading with the new study and prohibition language; members stressed that further technical work will occur in the state agencies named in the amendment.

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Floor debate framed the bill as an update to give smaller towns more enforcement “teeth” to address chronic property maintenance issues such as peeling paint or overgrown lots. A floor leader described the measure as intended to align municipal authority with county law, which already allows a $5,000 cap.

\"This is the fine if you don't do what you need to do to take care of your property and it diminishes the value of your neighbor's properties,\" the floor leader said while explaining typical enforcement scenarios. Members asked whether the change was meant to be punitive or revenue-generating; the floor leader replied that the expectation was compliance would improve when penalties were larger, not that the measure was principally about raising revenue.

A representative questioned enforcement scope and examples; the sponsor pointed to longstanding county parity and to municipal complaints about penalties that are too low to change behavior. After questions and brief back-and-forth, the House ordered the bill past third reading.

Ending: The House moved the bill forward for third reading; the record shows committee and floor discussion but no roll-call tally in the excerpted portion of the transcript.

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The amendment adopted during the special order clarified that claims filed before June 1, 2025 remain subject to the higher caps established earlier, while claims filed after that date would be eligible for lower maximum awards. Committee leaders said the change was intended to define the universe of claims so settlements and resources can move forward.

Committee Chair (speaker identified in the record as \"Committee chair\") explained the numbers on the floor: under the earlier Child Victims Act structure, private-entity claims had a $1.5 million cap and public-entity claims an $890,000 cap. The amendment, the chair said, preserves the distinction but lowers the caps going forward: approximately $700,000 for private entities and $400,000 for public entities for claims filed after June 1, 2025.

A Delegate objected to preserving a difference between private and public institutions, arguing victims of abuse by state institutions should not receive lower compensation than those abused in private settings. \"It appears as though victims of child abuse who were victimized in the private sector are going to be compensated at a greater rate than children who were victimized in the public sector,\" the Delegate said on the floor.

Supporters told colleagues the amendment simply continued the framework set by earlier enactment and that the committee sought to balance legal continuity with fiscal and administrative constraints. The sponsor and floor leaders emphasized that the amendment was intended to encourage claimants to file now so cases can be resolved more quickly rather than remain pending.

The amendment (identified in the record by the committee and amendment number shown at the desk) was moved and adopted on the floor. Subsequent procedural steps left the bill in the House calendar for further processing; the record shows the measure was ordered printed for third reading after adoption of the committee report and amendments.

The debate included multiple questions about scope, whether multiple acts against one person would count as a single claim for cap purposes, and how the caps would apply to previously filed lawsuits vs. newly filed claims. Committee leaders said negotiations between the Attorney General's office and plaintiff attorneys had treated each person as eligible for one cap going forward. They also said the bill's proponents had asked the courts and rules committees to coordinate case management to avoid widely divergent outcomes across jurisdictions.

Ending: The House adopted the amendments that clarify the timing and amounts for caps on claims under the Child Victims Act; the measure remains subject to further processing per the House calendar. Specific vote tallies for the amendment were recorded as \"amendment adopted\" in the House journal but a single final roll-call tally for the bill as amended was not recorded in the floor excerpts included in the transcript.

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Votes at a glance: House passes multiple bills on final passage and adopts committee amendments

House advances bill to create a state-funded "navigator" for nonprofits; sponsor says role will help groups find state grants

House adopts study and restrictions on certain corrugated stainless steel tubing; bill aims to prevent future firefighter deaths

Delegates approve moving bill allowing municipalities to raise code-enforcement fines up to $5,000

House amends Child Victims Act language, lowers future caps and clarifies application window