The Maryland Senate on April 5 advanced a large package of House and Senate measures, adopting committee reports and moving many bills to third reading or final passage after routine floor consideration.

Items carried on the Senate calendar included budget- and tax-related bills (for example House Bills 337, 633, 757, 793 and 793academic facilities bonding), departmental and administrative bills (Senate Bill 705 on IT oversight, House Bill 102 delaying family and medical leave insurance start dates, House Bill 377 and others), local and land-use measures (Montgomery and Prince GeorgeCounty local bills), education measures (Holocaust education grant program, student device policy guidance), and public-safety and health-related bills (a study on detecting weapons in schools, bills on AEDs in libraries and carbon-monoxide labeling for vessels).

Most of these bills were presented with committee favorable reports and passed either by unanimous voice/no-objection or by recorded roll call where noted. A number of bills were special-ordered for later consideration in the day to allow additional consultation; others were ordered printed for third reading to allow amendments returned by the committees. Where committee amendments were offered, senators adopted them on the floor without recorded opposition.

Selected actions recorded on the Senate floor (not exhaustive):
- House Bill 337 (Laurel Racecourse local impact aid): committee report adopted and bill ordered passed for third reading.
- House Bill 633 (gaming/skill-based amusement devices): committee report adopted and bill ordered passed for third reading.
- House Bill 757 (cancer-screening program funding for firefighters): committee report adopted and bill ordered passed for third reading.
- House Bill 793 (University System of Maryland academic facilities bonding authority): committee report adopted and bill ordered passed for third reading.
- Senate Bill 705 (Department of Information Technology reporting and oversight): committee amendments adopted; bill ordered printed for third reading and later passed.
- House Bill 71 (Holocaust education assistance grants): passed for third reading; governor must appropriate $50,000 per bill language.
- House Bill 147 (student technology-use policy guidance): special-ordered for a future session time for further consideration.

In many cases the Senate minutes show adoption of committee reports often with the phrase recorded "without objection" and bills were "ordered passed for third reading." Several bills were returned to the Senate printed for third reading to accommodate floor amendments or procedural reprints.

The Senate also handled amendment exchanges with the House on multiple bills and appointed or agreed to several conference committees where the two chambers disagreed on amendments. Procedural votes to suspend rules to allow two readings in one day were granted without recorded objection on some measures to accelerate consideration.

Where the transcript recorded a roll-call tally for final passage, it is noted in the individual bill records; where the transcript did not report a final roll-call tally on the floor, the journal entry recorded the committee action ("ordered passed for third reading") and the bill status.

Because many measures were routine and passed with limited floor debate, reporters seeking additional detail should consult the Senate Journal and committee reports for full amendment text, fiscal notes and sponsor testimony.