Votes at a glance: Health and Government Operations Committee (April 2)

The Health and Government Operations Committee held a voting session on April 2 and took action on multiple bills, including concurrences on Senate amendments, bills moved with amendments and a set of cross‑files. Below are the committee’s recorded actions and outcomes.

• House Bill 333 — Health care ecosystem stakeholder cybersecurity work group: Committee concurred with the Senate amendment (the amendment corrects a typographical error). Outcome: concurred/approved in committee.

• House Bill 664 — Health occupations: direct‑entry midwives; disciplinary action: Committee concurred with a stylistic amendment; no substantive change recorded. Outcome: concurred/approved in committee.

• House Bill 850 — Work group to create a public contracts and apprenticeship dashboard: Committee concurred with a Senate amendment adding members to the work group. Outcome: concurred/approved in committee.

• House Bill 991 — State procurement: Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) program extension and reports: Committee concurred with a Senate amendment extending certain MBE termination dates and adding sports‑wagering licensees to MBE requirements; sponsor explained the change came after both chambers had passed initial bills. Outcome: concurred/approved in committee.

• House Bill 957 — State procurement worker residency requirement (apprenticeship residency on large covered projects): Committee adopted subcommittee amendments that narrow applicability to covered large projects valued at $5,000,000 or more in specified jurisdictions and establish a 35% residency apprenticeship‑hour requirement; the committee moved and passed the bill with recorded delegates declining sponsorship. Outcome: approved in committee (some delegates recorded as not wishing to be on the bill).

• House Bill 429 and Senate Bill 376 — Nursing home inspections: See separate article for detailed coverage. Outcome: bill and conforming cross‑file passed as amended.

• House Bill 1468 and Senate Bill 867 — Cyber Maryland program and grants: Committee adopted amendments and passed the bill as amended. Outcome: approved in committee; committee discussion recorded objections on eligibility language for some grantees.

• Senate Bill 127 — Reimbursement of indirect costs for nonprofits receiving state grants or contracts: Committee adopted amendments to mirror the House cross‑file and removed a three‑year sunset provision; the amendment made the measure an emergency bill and aligned it with the House measure. Outcome: approved in committee.

• Senate Bills 294, 309, 459, 740, 773, 867 and others on the agenda: Committee adopted amendments where noted and passed the bills as amended; several bills were described as having conforming technical changes to match cross‑files.

Several votes recorded individual “no” positions or noted delegates who did not want to be listed as sponsors; where the transcript included recorded objections they are noted above. For votes that were conducted by voice with no roll call recorded, committee minutes show concurrence or passage.