Legislative Updates

On Monday, June 27, the Greater Baltimore Committee and Greater Washington Partnership launched the Baltimore’s Transit Future campaign to rally support among leaders in the Baltimore region to provide a transformative transit system to better serve existing riders and successfully compete in the global economy. The campaign has already garnered...
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The end of May brought a flurry of gubernatorial vetoes as well as a number of bills that became law without Governor Hogan’s signature. Several GBC-supported bills were vetoed at that time, including one that would have required the state to fund a “Red Line” study, as well as a...
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The month since the 2022 Maryland General Assembly Legislative Session ended has been full of election filing deadlines, confirmation of the primary election date, and several bill signings. Governor Hogan has held four bill signings since the legislature adjourned, with one additional signing tentatively scheduled for Thursday, May 26.  More...
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Monday, April 11 marked the last day of the final session of this Maryland General Assembly term. The session was more like pre-pandemic sessions than last year, with both the Senate and the House of Delegates meeting in their chambers without Plexiglas partitions. The members introduced 2500 bills this year,...
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The 2022 Maryland General Assembly legislative session marked a return to some hallmarks of the past after two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. The entire membership of the House of Delegates sat together, and Plexiglas barriers were removed. The Senate moved to in-person committee hearings in February. The Greater Baltimore...
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The 2022 Maryland General Assembly Legislative Session is in its final days. Today, we are expecting an announcement of legislative vetoes from Governor Hogan. Both the Senate and House of Delegates will hold floor sessions over the weekend to consider veto overrides as well as to advance more legislation through the...
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As the Maryland General Assembly Legislative Session enters its final days, legislative activity picks up and decisions can be made very quickly. As the current 90-day session is the final one of the four-year legislative term, members of the General Assembly have been particularly focused on presentment date, or the...
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Today is Crossover Day in the Maryland General Assembly when each legislative chamber sends to the other chamber the bills it intends to pass favorably. This concludes one of the busiest weeks of the General Assembly’s legislative session. For the past week, each chamber has held long floor sessions, often...
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The Maryland General Assembly Legislative Session is now in one of its busiest times. Tomorrow, March 15, marks the Committee Reporting Courtesy date, which is the date by which all committees are to have voted on bills they intend to report out to the full body. While not a strict...
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Public safety, taxes and continuing to assist state residents and businesses recover from the pandemic were among key issues that elected state leaders and a senior advisor to Governor Larry Hogan discussed during the Greater Baltimore Committee’s 2022 Maryland General Assembly Legislative Forum, held virtually on January 24. Panelists for...
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Today marks the 34th day of the 90 day legislative session, and Friday, February 11 was the final day for House bill introductions. Any bills introduced after last Friday will be sent to the House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee. The final day for Senate bill introductions was Tuesday February...
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Three full weeks of the 2022 Maryland General Assembly Legislative Session are now complete. The legislative committees are now extremely busy holding hearings on all of the legislation that has been introduced. In addition, the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee and the House Appropriations Committee have begun six weeks of...
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January 12, 2022, marked the beginning of the third session of the Maryland General Assembly that has been substantially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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This commentary was published by The Daily Record on January 12, 2022 By Donald C. Fry President & CEO, Greater Baltimore Committee The 2022 version of the Maryland General Assembly, which commences on January 12, will be an intriguing 90-day session mixed with election year politics and major public policy...
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The GBC developed new strategies to ensure the 188 members of the General Assembly were aware of our legislative priorities for the session and our positions on bills.
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