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Votes at a glance: Selected bills passed by the Maryland Senate on April 7, 2025
Summary
The Senate recorded final passage on a large number of House and Senate bills during its April 7 session. This roundup lists each measure mentioned on the Senate calendar and the roll-call tally where recorded on the floor.
During the April 7 session the Maryland Senate called a lengthy third‑reading calendar and recorded passage on many measures. Below are the bills mentioned on the calendar with the outcomes and vote tallies as recorded on the Senate floor. Where the roll call or final tally was not specified in the transcript excerpt, the entry is noted as "not specified."
Notable third‑reading outcomes recorded on the floor (bill — short description — recorded roll call):
- House Bill 614 — Local earned income tax credit calculation, county income tax rate — Passed (47 yes) - House Bill 617 — Comptroller recording and monitoring telephone calls, clarification — Passed (46 yes) - House Bill 619 — Sales tax exemption for sales between cannabis businesses and cannabis nurseries — Passed (38 yes) - House Bill 750 — Washington County property tax credit for economic development projects — Passed (47 yes) - House Bill 857 — Pursuing wounded deer after legal hunting hours and using a light authorization — Passed (46 yes) - House Bill 1207 — Montgomery County Board of Education student member compensation — Passed (46 yes) - House Bill 1253 — Department of Social and Economic Mobility established — Passed (33 yes) - House Bill 1459 — Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board and fund — Passed (47 yes) - House Bill 1524 — Wicomico County Board of Education student member election — Passed (47 yes) - House Bill 399 — Baltimore City raffles affiliated with professional major baseball team — Passed (47 yes) - House Bill 478 — Hagerstown Community College Police Force — Passed (47 yes) - House Bill 500 — Procurement Reform Act of 2025 — Passed (47 yes) - House Bill 517 — Work group on reorganization of Maryland Transit Authority — Passed (39 yes) - House Bill 826 — Office of Small, Minority and Women Business Affairs — Passed (47 yes) - House Bill 865 — Catastrophic event account — Passed (47 yes) - House Bill 1121 — Childcare scholarship program (transitioning foster youth) — Passed (47 yes) - House Bill 1246 — Health benefits plan, cost-sharing calculation — Passed (47 yes) - House Bill 1473 — Equal access to public services for individuals with limited English proficiency — Passed (33 yes) - House Bill 1475 — Office of Childcare Advisory Council / publicly funded prekindergarten — Passed (46 yes) - House Bill 1424 — Catastrophic event account, federal shutdown employee assistance (conference report) — Passed (33 yes) - Senate Bill 773 — Health benefit plans cost-sharing contributions (conference report) — Passed (47 yes) - Senate Bill 600 — Stop sign monitoring systems pilot (Baltimore and Takoma Park) — Passed (37 yes) - House Bill 292 — Cooperative housing corporations / condominium reserve funding (conference report) — Passed (46 yes) - House Bill 427 — State Board of Public Accountancy, emeritus status (after amendments) — Passed (47 yes) - House Bill 71 — Education Hall cost education assistance grant program — Passed (44 yes) - House Bill 102 — Family medical leave insurance program revisions — Passed (42 yes) - House Bill 337 — State lottery fund, Laurel Racecourse — Vote tally not specified in transcript excerpt - House Bill 633 — Skill-based amusement devices — Passed (47 yes) - House Bill 757 — Professional volunteer firefighter innovative cancer screening — Passed (46 yes) - House Bill 793 — University System of Maryland academic facilities bonding authority — Passed (47 yes) - House Bill 881 — Family Investment Program child support (reconsidered vote recorded later) — Passed (final recorded tally 33 yes) - House Bill 1016 — Baltimore Convention & Tourism redevelopment authority — Passed (47 yes) - House Bill 1126 — Unemployment insurance pilot programs — Passed (47 yes) - House Bill 1162 — HVAC contractors regulation — Passed (35 yes) - House Bill 1228 — Montgomery County agricultural reserve study — Passed (46 yes)
This list reflects the roll-call tallies as read on the Senate floor in the provided transcript. For bills where the transcript did not include an explicit roll-call tally, the outcome was recorded on the calendar but a specific numerical tally was not included in the excerpt ('not specified'). For complete, itemized roll-call records consult the official Senate journal for April 7, 2025.
