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Maryland House journals reassignment to Environment & Transportation, schedules committee hearings; majority leader moves recess
Summary
The Maryland House of Delegates journalized a letter reassigning "Sentable 7 11" to the Environment and Transportation Committee, announced multiple committee and delegation meetings for later the same day, and heard a motion by the majority leader to recess until March 21, the chamber record shows.
The Maryland House of Delegates journalized a letter reassigning “Sentable 7 11” to the Environment and Transportation Committee, announced several committee and delegation meetings scheduled for later the day, and heard a motion by the majority leader to recess the chamber until Friday, March 21 at 11 a.m., the transcript of the floor session shows.
The clerk read a congratulatory resolution for the Northern High School marching band and then read a letter of reassignment saying, “Sentable 7 11. Reassigned to environment transportation.” The clerk later stated, “Hearing no objection, the letters are ordered, journalized,” indicating the reassignment was recorded in the journal.
Committee chairs and representatives announced schedules for the day: the Appropriations Committee will vote on the budget at 1:00 p.m.; the Environment and Transportation Committee will hold bill hearings at 1:00 p.m.; Ways and Means will meet for bill hearings at 1:00 p.m. and hold a voting session at 3:00 p.m.; and Health and Government Operations will hold hearings at 1:00 p.m. Several county delegations also announced meetings by Zoom the following morning, including Anne Arundel County at 8:30 a.m., Prince George’s County at 9:00 a.m., Southern Maryland at 9:00 a.m., and Baltimore County at 9:00 a.m. The Montgomery County delegation noted a rescheduling of a delegation photo and that it would not meet the next day.
Earlier on the floor the clerk read the text of a House resolution recognizing the Northern High School marching band for winning the 2024 Group 2A Maryland State Championship, and introduced the band members and directors — including director Samantha Andrecek and students Parker Niederhauser and Alisa Billups — for recognition from the floor.
Near the close of the transcript, the majority leader rose and said, “I move that the house stands recessed until Friday, March 21 at 11AM. Legislative date, March 9.” The record shows the motion was made; the transcript does not record a vote or the presiding officer’s verbal disposition of that motion.
The announcements on the floor also included membership and caucus notices: the House Democratic Caucus scheduled a meeting immediately after floor in the Prince George’s County Delegation Room; the Jewish Caucus and the Women’s Caucus announced a joint event after the Democratic Caucus; and several county delegations and other groups introduced guests and students visiting the chamber.
The floor proceedings documented only the procedural actions above; no roll-call votes on legislation were recorded in the supplied transcript excerpt.
