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Votes at a glance: dozens of House bills passed on third reading
Summary
On Feb. 12, 2025, the Maryland House passed a wide slate of bills on third reading; this roundup lists enacted bills and the affirmative roll‑call counts announced in the provided transcript excerpt.
The Maryland House of Delegates on Feb. 12, 2025, advanced numerous bills on third reading. Below is a concise list of bills recorded in the meeting transcript excerpt with the clerk’s announced affirmative vote tallies and short descriptions where the journal entry included one.
Votes at a glance (as recorded in transcript):
- House Bill 3 (State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners revisions) — clerk announced 135 affirmative votes; declared passed.
- House Bill 4 (Restrictions on used solar collector systems alteration) — clerk announced 100 affirmative votes; declared passed.
- House Bill 7 (Vehicle laws: bicycles, operation at intersections) — clerk announced 126 affirmative votes; declared passed. (Discussed separately.)
- House Bill 40 (Natural resources: fishing licenses and stamps alterations) — clerk announced 96 affirmative votes; declared passed. (Discussed separately.)
- House Bill 41 (Election law: petitions for new political party formation process) — clerk announced 123 affirmative votes; declared passed.
- House Bill 63 (State Board of Public Accountancy sunset extension and report) — clerk announced 137 affirmative votes; declared passed.
- House Bill 184 (Nonpublic schools: prohibition on punitive measures related to student debt) — clerk announced 101 affirmative votes; declared passed.
- House Bill 191 (Towed/abandoned vehicles: electronic notice to owner) — clerk announced 137 affirmative votes; declared passed.
- House Bill 199 (Election law: notice to permanent absentee voters) — clerk announced 104 affirmative votes; declared passed.
- House Bill 207 (Higher education: undocumented students, out‑of‑state tuition exemption eligibility) — clerk announced 98 affirmative votes; declared passed.
- House Bill 227 (Electric cooperatives: nonissued capital credits) — clerk announced 137 affirmative votes; declared passed.
- House Bill 256 (Health occupation boards: membership alteration and sunset extensions) — clerk announced 137 affirmative votes; declared passed.
- House Bill 321 (Pharmacy benefits managers: definition changes) — clerk announced 137 affirmative votes; declared passed. On the floor, members asked whether the change would help consumers; the floor leader said it would, citing examples where pharmacists are restricted from informing consumers that paying cash may be cheaper under some PBM policies.
- House Bill 345 (Interstate social work licensure compact) — clerk announced 117 affirmative votes; declared passed.
- House Bill 538 (Department of Human Services: Federal Commodity Supplemental Food Program administration) — clerk announced 136 affirmative votes; declared passed.
- House Bill 9, 25, 78, 92, 124, 127 and several others were also read and recorded as passed in the transcript; where the clerk announced a roll‑call tally, that tally is listed above; otherwise the transcript entry indicates passage without a separate audible tally in the excerpt.
These entries reflect the clerk’s roll‑call announcements captured in the transcript excerpt provided and do not include bills for which the transcript did not print complete roll‑call text or amendments. For bills with questions or floor discussion (for example, HB 7 and HB 153), see the separate itemized article(s) for fuller context.
