| Body | Bill | Cross-filed With | Issue | Bill Description | Status | Latest Action / Hearing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | SB0020 – Family and Law Enforcement Protection Act | HB0083 | Domestic Violence / Firearms | Requires respondents in protective orders to surrender firearms and licenses within 24 hours; authorizes verification and seizure; provides victim safety resources. | Support | Hearing: Jan 20, 1:00 pm – Judicial Proceedings Testimony Due: Jan 16 |
| Senate | SB0129 – Domestic Violence – Warrantless Arrests | — | Domestic Violence | Allows warrantless arrest for abuse of recent sexual partners; aligns protections with spouses and cohabitants. | Support | Hearing: Jan 20, 1:00 pm – Judicial Proceedings |
| Senate | SB0220 – Lifetime Sexual Offender Supervision | HB0287 | Criminal Justice | Tightens lifetime supervision requirements and discharge standards; expands reporting and victim notice. | Support | Hearing: Jan 21, 11:00 am – Judicial Proceedings |
| Senate | SB0221 – Child Pornography – Penalties | — | Child Protection | Creates new felony thresholds for large quantities and images of children under 13; clarifies CG image treatment. | Support | Hearing: Jan 22, 1:00 pm – Judicial Proceedings |
| Senate | SB0081 – Protection of Students from Sexual Exploitation | — | Sexual Violence | Criminalizes sexual contact between school-assigned law enforcement officers and enrolled students. | Support | Hearing: Jan 27, 1:00 pm – Judicial Proceedings Testimony Due: Jan 23 |
| Senate | SB0138 – PATH Act | HB0084 | Domestic Violence / Sentencing | Allows courts to consider domestic violence victimization as a mitigating factor at sentencing. | Support | Hearing: Jan 27, 1:00 pm – Judicial Proceedings |
| Senate | SB0187 – Monica Cooper Prerelease Act | — | Incarcerated Women | Creates a gender-responsive prerelease facility and mandates trauma-informed prerelease services statewide. | Support | Hearing: Jan 28, 11:00 am – Judicial Proceedings Testimony Due: Jan 26 |
| Senate | SB0019 – Women’s Health Commission | — | Health | Establishes a commission to study a state women’s hospital and statewide women’s health access. | Support | First Reading: Jan 14 – Finance |
| Senate | SB0050 – Fairness in Girls’ Sports | — | Education | Requires sex-based designation of school sports teams. | Oppose | First Reading: Jan 14 – Education, Energy & Environment |
| Senate | SB0169 – Emergency Pregnancy Care | — | Health | Requires hospitals to stabilize pregnant patients with emergency conditions. | Support | First Reading: Jan 14 – Finance |
| Body | Bill | Cross-filed With | Issue | Bill Description | Status | Latest Action / Hearing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| House | HB0083 – Family and Law Enforcement Protection Act | SB0020 | Domestic Violence / Firearms | House cross-file of SB0020; strengthens firearm surrender enforcement in protective orders. | Support | Hearing: TBD |
| House | HB0025 – Grandparent Visitation | — | Family Law | Expands grandparent visitation rights; undermines parental constitutional protections. | Oppose | Hearing: Jan 27, 1:00 pm – Judiciary |
| House | HB0063 – Fairness in Girls’ Sports | — | Education | Mandates sex-segregated teams and locker rooms. | Oppose | First Reading: Jan 14 – Ways & Means |
| House | HB0166 – Henrietta Lacks Commission | — | Health / Ethics | Creates commission on ethics in medical research and education honoring Henrietta Lacks. | Support | First Reading: Jan 14 – Gov, Labor & Elections |
| Bill Title | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Stop Silencing Survivors | Limits NDAs that prevent survivors from speaking about abuse. | Support |
| Protection of Identity of Victim of Sexual Assault | Strengthens confidentiality protections for survivors. | Support |
| Prescription Privacy Protection Act for Abortion Medication | Protects patient prescription data related to abortion care. | Support |
| Coerced Debt Bill | Prevents abusers from forcing debt onto survivors. | Support |
| Maryland Reproductive Justice & Pregnancy Outcome Protection Act | Codifies reproductive autonomy protections. | Support |
| TPO–FPO Hearing Timing & Financial Relief | Aligns protective order hearings and financial remedies. | Support |
