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Votes at a glance: Maryland House passes a broad package of bills on Feb. 20 session
Summary
On Feb. 20 the Maryland House of Delegates advanced and passed dozens of bills on third reading, from tax and education measures to public safety and administrative changes. Below is a concise list of bills taken up and the recorded floor outcomes where available from the session transcript.
The Maryland House of Delegates conducted third‑reading votes on a large number of bills during its Feb. 20 floor session. Most measures were read and passed with the constitutional majority required for final passage. Many items received little debate on the floor beyond brief clarifying questions.
Votes at a glance (bill — short title — outcome — recorded roll call where available)
- House Bill 133 — State Department of Assessments and Taxation: Notification of constant yield tax rate alteration — Passed (clerk announced 129 in the affirmative). - House Bill 146 — Estates and Trusts: Resignation of trustee notice — Passed (clerk announced 133 in the affirmative). - House Bill 425 — Natural Resources: State Boat Act Auctioneers — Passed (clerk announced 133 in the affirmative). - House Bill 455 — Braille Flag Memorial Act — Passed (clerk announced 134 in the affirmative). - House Bill 603 — Earned Income Tax Credit notice eligibility alteration — Passed (clerk announced 134 in the affirmative). - House Bill 614 — Local EITC calculation, county income tax rate — Passed (clerk announced 134 in the affirmative). - House Bill 136 — Criminal Procedure: Sexual assault exam and treatment reimbursement — Passed (clerk announced 134 in the affirmative). - House Bill 179 — Organized Retail Theft Act of 2025 — Passed (clerk announced 132 in the affirmative). - House Bill 251 — Human services: local departments of social services audits — Passed (clerk announced 130 in the affirmative). - House Bill 423 — Public safety: Maryland 911 board and MDEM regulatory authority — Passed (clerk announced 133 in the affirmative). - House Bill 449 — Condominiums: Property insurance deductibles, unit owner responsibility — Passed (clerk announced 108 in the affirmative at initial tally; later individual members requested vote changes recorded on the floor). - House Bill 586 — Election law: election judges compensation — Passed (clerk announced 99 in the affirmative). - House Bill 961 — Commission on Public Art: artist rights and registration — Passed (clerk announced 124 in the affirmative). - House Bill 131 (Special order) — Bay Restoration Fund: Septic System Upgrade Program — Passed (clerk announced 129 in the affirmative). - House Bill 412 — Elections: Local Boards Open Meeting Requirements (Transparency Act) — Passed (clerk announced 132 in the affirmative). - House Bill 421 — Public safety: 911 trust fund, 988 suicide prevention hotline — Passed (clerk announced 133 in the affirmative). - House Bill 995 — Work group to study rise in adverse decisions in state health care system — Passed (clerk announced 133 in the affirmative). - House Bill 331 — Public Information Act: Public Access Ombudsman delegation of powers — Passed (clerk announced 134 in the affirmative). - House Bill 367 — Health occupations boards: English proficiency requirements and licensure by endorsement for nursing — Passed (clerk announced 107 in the affirmative). - House Bill 428 — Medical debt: complaints for money judgment and real property liens — Passed (clerk announced 134 in the affirmative). - House Bill 473 — Maryland Community College Promise scholarship program revisions — Passed (constitutional majority declared; numeric tally not printed in immediate excerpt). - House Bill 553 — Maryland Medical Assistance Program: Maternal Health self‑measured blood pressure monitoring — Passed (clerk announced 130 in the affirmative). - House Bill 616 — Criminal law: destroying funerary objects and cemetery elements — Passed (clerk announced 133 in the affirmative). - House Bill 166 — Maryland Public Ethics Law: judicial branch disclosures — Passed (clerk announced 133 in the affirmative). - House Bill 281 — Criminal procedure: admission of out‑of‑court statements; assault in the second degree — Passed (clerk announced 132 in the affirmative). - House Bill 298 — Maryland Higher Education Commission: demographic data collection, parental status — Passed (clerk announced 96 in the affirmative). - House Bill 322 — Election law: municipal elections administration — Passed (clerk announced 99 in the affirmative). - House Bill 397 — Maryland Agricultural and Resource Based Industry Development Corporation, Oyster Shucking House Loan Program — Passed (clerk announced 126 in the affirmative). - House Bill 617 — Comptroller: recording and monitoring telephone calls (clarification) — Passed (clerk announced 133 in the affirmative). - House Bill 324 — County boards of education: anti‑bias training requirement — Passed (clerk announced 104 in the affirmative). - House Bill 375 — Bicycles, play vehicles, and unicycles (Jay’s Law) — Passed (clerk announced 132 in the affirmative). - House Bill 646 — Task force on returning citizens and reentry services (extension) — Passed (clerk announced 115 in the affirmative). - House Bill 780 — Urban state highway speed limits exemptions — Passed (clerk announced 101 in the affirmative). - House Bill 786 — Appellate Court sessions at educational institutions — Passed (clerk announced 134 in the affirmative). - House Bill 787 — Courts: state reporter publication of cases — Passed (clerk announced 134 in the affirmative). - House Bill 864 — St. Mary’s County judgeships, circuit courts — Passed (clerk announced 134 in the affirmative). - House Bill 376 — Maryland Cybersecurity Council membership alterations — Passed (clerk announced 133 in the affirmative). - House Bill 619 — Sales and use tax exemption between cannabis businesses and nurseries — Passed (clerk announced 111 in the affirmative). - House Bill 722 — MD Department of Health report oversight of substance use disorder treatment programs and recovery residences — Passed (clerk announced 134 in the affirmative). - House Bill 745 — State board of professional counselors and therapists: licensure applications — Passed (clerk announced 134 in the affirmative). - House Bill 755 — Common ownership communities: recreational common areas — Passed (clerk announced 129 in the affirmative). - House Bill 869 — Preserve Telehealth Access Act — Passed (clerk announced 133 in the affirmative).
Notes on the record
- Many bills were disposed of on third reading with shorthand roll‑call announcements; several individual members later asked to change their recorded vote on particular bills, and the clerk recorded those changes on the floor. - The transcript contains a number of brief clarifying discussions for particular bills (for example, HB 249, HB 131 and HB 322) where floor leaders or members provided explanations; those are summarized in separate articles where the debate was substantive.
For full roll‑call details, individual member vote changes, amendment texts, and the official engrossed and enrolled bills, consult the House Clerk’s official vote and journal records.
