Monday, March 3rd, 2025,
No final floor votes taken.
Tuesday, March 4th, 2025,
SB 264 Plant Disease Control – Nurseries – Inspection, Certification, and Licensing Fees
Increasing the inspection fee that a nursery is required to pay to the Secretary of Agriculture in a specified manner; increasing the annual certification fee that a nursery is required to pay from $100 to $150; and increasing the annual license fee that a broker or dealer is required to pay from $100 to $150.
Passed 32-12. McKay voted Nay.
Wednesday, March 5th, 2025,
No final floor votes taken.
Thursday, March 6th, 2025,
SB 7 Department of Transportation – Human Trafficking Awareness, Training, and Response (See Someone, Save Someone Act)
Requiring the Maryland Department of Transportation to develop or identify and implement a certain training program for transportation sector employees on the identification and reporting of suspected human trafficking victims; requiring transportation sector employers to certify by January 1, 2026, and each year thereafter that certain employees have completed the training program; requiring new employees to receive training within 90 days of hiring; removing civil and criminal liability for reporting of suspected trafficking; etc.
Passed 44-0. McKay voted Yea.
SB 17 Anne Arundel County – Alcoholic Beverages Licenses – Veterans’ Organizations
Authorizing a certain holder of a Class C beer, wine, and liquor license in Anne Arundel County to convert the license to a Class C (veterans’ organization) license; reducing from $400 to $300 the annual license fee for a Class C (veterans’ organization) license; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Anne Arundel County to provide application and administrative fee discounts to certain licensees and applicants; and authorizing a Class C (veterans’ organization) licensee to operate on Sunday without a Sunday license.
Passed 44-0. McKay voted Yea.
SB 26 Labor and Employment – Occupational Safety and Health – Revisions (Davis Martinez Public Employee Safety and Health Act)
Establishing the Public Employees’ Safety and Health Unit in the Division of Labor and Industry to administer and enforce certain duties regarding the oversight of certain public bodies; altering the Maryland Occupational Safety and Health Act as it applies to certain public bodies; establishing and applying certain civil and criminal penalties to public bodies and persons in government; requiring the Commissioner to develop standards for protecting employees of public bodies from workplace violence; etc.
Passed 44-0. McKay voted Yea.
SB 110 Estates and Trusts – Priority of Claims on an Estate – Unpaid Child Support
Prioritizing the payment of unpaid child support over certain other claims on an estate of a decedent with insufficient assets to pay all claims in full.
Passed 44-0. McKay voted Yea.
SB 117 Environment – Bay Restoration Fund – Septic System Upgrade Program
Authorizing the Department of the Environment to establish performance-based funding levels for best available nitrogen removal technologies for on-site sewage disposal systems using a certain evaluation and ranking process; requiring the Department to make certain eligible funding levels available on its website; altering priorities for funding the repair or replacement of certain on-site sewage disposal systems by identifying failing systems located within the watershed of a nitrogen-impaired body of water; etc.
Passed 44-0. McKay voted Yea.
SB 126 Estates and Trusts – Resignation of Trustee – Notice
Authorizing the trustee of a trust to resign under the Maryland Trust Act on 30 days’ notice to qualified beneficiaries, the settlor, if living, all co-trustees, and any person that has a right to replace or appoint a successor to the resigning trustee.
Passed 44-0. McKay voted Yea.
SB 135 Estates and Trusts – Fiduciaries – Attorney-Client Privilege
Clarifying that a communication between an attorney and a client that acts as a fiduciary is subject to the attorney-client privilege even if fiduciary funds are used to compensate the attorney for services rendered to the client.
Passed 44-0. McKay voted Yea.
SB 152 Criminal Law – Crimes Relating to Animals – Conviction and Sentencing
Establishing that certain crimes relating to animals do not include certain activities; establishing that each animal harmed in a violation of a prohibition against animal cruelty is a separate offense and shall be deemed an individual victim for purposes of the sentencing guidelines stacking rule; establishing that a conviction for a crime relating to animals may not merge with a conviction for any other crime based on the act establishing the violation; etc.
Passed 44-0. McKay voted Yea.
SB 239 State Finance and Procurement – Local Cybersecurity Preparedness and Response Plan and Assessment – Repeal
Repealing a duplicative provision of law requiring each county government, local school system, and local health department, in consultation with the local emergency manager, to create or update a cybersecurity preparedness and response plan and complete a cybersecurity preparedness assessment in a manner and frequency established by the Department of Information Technology.
Passed 44-0. McKay voted Yea.
SB 244 State Government – Information Technology – Cybersecurity Revisions
Altering the duties of the Cyber Preparedness Unit in the Maryland Department of Emergency Management; altering the duties of the Office of Security Management in the Department of Information Technology; altering the content of a certain report on the activities of the Office and the state of cybersecurity preparedness in the State; and altering the responsibilities of the Secretary of Information Technology with regard to information technology policies and a statewide cybersecurity strategy.
Passed 44-0. McKay voted Yea.
SB 261 State Board of Public Accountancy – Sunset Extension and Report
Continuing the State Board of Public Accountancy in accordance with the provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act (sunset law) by extending to July 1, 2030, the termination provisions relating to the statutory and regulatory authority of the Board; and requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to submit a certain report to the Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee on or before July 1, 2028.
Passed 44-0. McKay voted Yea.
SB 267 Election Law – Petitions for the Formation of a New Political Party – Process
Altering the time periods during which a petition for the formation of a new political party or additional signatures to a petition may not be filed; and prohibiting signatures submitted with a petition that was officially determined as not meeting certain legal requirements from being resubmitted with a subsequent petition.
Passed 44-0. McKay voted Yea.
SB 269 Maryland Community College Promise Scholarship Program – Revisions
Altering the number of years that a recipient of an award under the Maryland Community College Promise Scholarship Program may hold the award under certain circumstances.
Passed 44-0. McKay voted Yea.
SB 274 Criminal Procedure – Child Victims – Testimony in Child Abuse Cases
Altering a certain requirement under which a court is authorized to order that the testimony of a child victim be taken outside a courtroom and shown in the courtroom by closed circuit television in certain child abuse cases.
Passed 44-0. McKay voted Yea.
SB 275 Modernization of Military Laws Act
Establishing rules of interpretation related to the uniformed services; altering the rule of interpretation for “veteran”; requiring the Secretary of Veterans and Military Families to develop certain policies related to life transitions of veterans, service members, and military families; and altering the application of certain provisions of law related to veterans, the uniformed services, and the filing of certificates of candidacy, the powers of the Governor, State veterans’ cemeteries, and housing and employment discrimination,
Passed 44-0. McKay voted Yea.
SB 276 Educational Equality for Service Members Act
Establishing rules of interpretation related to the uniformed services; altering the rule of interpretation for “veteran”; and altering the application of certain provisions of law governing education to apply to all uniformed services, rather than only the armed forces.
Passed 44-0. McKay voted Yea.
SB 373 State Personnel – BWI Airport Fire and Rescue Department – Collective Bargaining and Arbitration Processes
Altering the collective bargaining process between the State and uniformed fire employees of the BWI Airport Fire and Rescue Department by requiring the parties to reach a collective bargaining agreement on or before September 30 of the year in which the collective bargaining agreement will expire; and establishing a process of binding arbitration in the event of an impasse.
Passed 44-0. McKay voted Yea.
SB 421 Criminal Law – Destroying Funerary Objects and Cemetery Elements – Statute of Limitations and Prohibition
Extending from 1 year to 3 years the statute of limitations for prosecutions relating to destroying funerary objects and other elements of a cemetery to begin at the time local authorities knew or reasonably should have known of the violation; and prohibiting a person from willfully destroying, damaging, defacing, or removing landscaping or part of the grounds of a cemetery.
Passed 44-0. McKay voted Yea.
SB 445 Department of Human Services – Federal Commodity Supplemental Food Program – Administration
Requiring the Family Investment Administration in the Department of Human Services to be the central coordinating and directing agency of the federal Commodity Supplemental Food Program using certain funds and resources; and repealing the requirement that the Secretary of Aging administer the Program.
Passed 44-0. McKay voted Yea.
SB 474 Health Insurance – Adverse Decisions – Notices, Reporting, and Examinations
Requiring certain carriers, if the number of adverse decisions issued by the carrier for a type of service has grown by more than 10% in the immediately preceding calendar year or 25% in the immediately preceding 3 calendar years, to provide certain information to the Maryland Insurance Commissioner; and authorizing the Commissioner to use certain adverse decision information as the basis of a certain examination.
Passed 44-0. McKay voted Yea.
SB 284 Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages – Hours of Operation Violations – Civil Penalties
Establishing for a first offense by a holder of an alcoholic beverages license in Baltimore City of operating the licensed premises outside specified hours of operation without obtaining a certain exemption a fine of not less than $1,000 or suspension of the license or both, and for a second or subsequent offense a fine of not less than $2,000 and not more than $20,000 or suspension of the license or both.
Passed 44-0. McKay voted Yea.
SB 304 Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages – 45th Alcoholic Beverages District – Licenses
Authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore City to issue a Class C beer, wine, and liquor license in a certain area of the 45th alcoholic beverages district in Baltimore City under certain circumstances; and altering a geographic boundary in the 45th district within which the holder of a Class A or Class B-D-7 beer, wine, and liquor license must operate in accordance with specified hours
Passed 44-0. McKay voted Yea.
SB 662 Baltimore City – 46th Alcoholic Beverages District – Licenses
Requiring a memorandum of understanding between a certain licensee and a community association within a certain bounded area in the 46th alcoholic beverages district before the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore City may issue a license in or transfer a license to the bounded area; extending to July 1, 2028, the expiration date for a certain Class B license for the purpose of transfer to the 3600 block of Boston Street in the 46th alcoholic beverages district; etc.
Passed 44-0. McKay voted Yea.
SB 731 Charles County – Alcoholic Beverages – Baseball Stadium License – Alterations
Altering the areas in which beer, wine, and liquor may be sold and consumed under a Class B-Stadium (baseball stadium) beer, wine, and liquor license in Charles County to exclude any parking areas; and altering the types of containers in which beer, wine, and liquor may be served.
Passed 44-0. McKay voted Yea.
SB 798 Wicomico County – Alcoholic Beverages – Temporary To-Go Event Permit and Class C Per Diem Municipal To-Go Beer, Wine, and Liquor License
Establishing a temporary to-go event permit in Wicomico County; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Wicomico County to issue a temporary to-go event permit to a holder of a Class B beer, wine, and liquor license; establishing a Class C per diem municipal to-go beer, wine, and liquor license in the county; authorizing the Board to issue a Class C per diem municipal to-go beer, wine, and liquor license to a municipality in the county; requiring the Board to adopt certain regulations; etc.
Passed 44-0. McKay voted Yea.
SB 839 Dorchester County – Alcoholic Beverages – Beer, Wine, and Liquor Tasting License
Authorizing certain Class A license holders in Dorchester County to conduct tastings of liquor under certain circumstances, in addition to tastings of beer and wine; and limiting the quantity of liquor allowed per individual for tastings to 0.5 ounces from each offering and 1.5 ounces from all offerings of liquor in 1 day.
Passed 44-0. McKay voted Yea.
SB 869 Dorchester County – Alcoholic Beverages Licenses – Fees
Altering licensing fees for certain alcoholic beverages licenses in Dorchester County; and authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Dorchester County to charge an application or transfer fee under certain circumstances.
Passed 44-0. McKay voted Yea.
SB 511 Public Senior Higher Education Institutions – Pregnant and Parenting Students – Plan Requirements (Pregnant and Parenting Student Support Act)
Requiring certain public senior higher education institutions to adopt a plan regarding pregnant and parenting students to include referral to on-campus or off-campus services to assist regarding the availability of or eligibility for certain government assistance programs and any other programs, scholarships, or subsidies that may be available for pregnant and parenting students;
and requiring each public senior higher education institution to post the plan on the institution’s website on or before August 1, 2026.
Passed 44-0. McKay voted Yea.
SB 597 Higher Education – Maryland Graduate and Professional Scholarship Program – Eligible Institutions
Expanding eligibility under the Maryland Graduate and Professional Scholarship Program to include certain students attending the Meritus School of Osteopathic Medicine.
Passed 44-0. McKay voted Yea.
SB 602 County Boards of Education – Special Education Service Delivery Models – Publication Requirement
Requiring each county board of education to publish on its website a certain list of special education service delivery models provided for parentally-placed private school students; and defining “parentally-placed private school student” as a child with a disability enrolled by the parent or guardian of the child in a private elementary or secondary school or facility, including a religious school or facility.
Passed 44-0. McKay voted Yea.
SB 636 Frederick County – Alcoholic Beverages – Tasting Permits
Altering in Frederick County the beer and wine consumption permit to be the beer and wine tasting permit and the beer, wine, and liquor consumption permit to be the beer, wine, and liquor tasting permit; and altering the amounts of certain alcoholic beverages an individual may taste under the permits.
Passed 44-0. McKay voted Yea.
SB 722 Department of the Environment – Definition of Ecological Restoration
Defining the term “ecological restoration” as an activity undertaken with the goal of recovering, re-establishing, or enhancing a degraded, damaged, or destroyed ecosystem through specified measures; and requiring the Department of the Environment to update its regulations, as appropriate, to incorporate the definition of ecological restoration or be consistent with the definition of ecological restoration.
Passed 44-0. McKay voted Yea.
SB 734 Business Regulation – Licensing – Definition of Storage Warehouse
Altering, with respect to business licensing requirements in the State, the definition of “storage warehouse” to exclude a self-service storage facility.
Passed 44-0. McKay voted Yea.
SB 738 Frederick County – Barbershop and Beauty Salon Beer and Wine License – Alterations
Increasing from 5 ounces to 6.5 ounces of wine by the glass that a holder of a barbershop or beauty salon beer and wine license in Frederick County may provide to a certain customer for on-premises consumption.
Passed 43-1. McKay voted Yea.
SB 744 Harford County – Alcoholic Beverages – Hearing Notice
Altering certain notice requirements before the Board of License Commissioners for Harford County may hold public hearings on proposed regulatory changes or license applications; and providing that the Board may publish a decision on certain license applications either in certain newspapers or on its website.
Passed 44-0. McKay voted Yea.
SB 745 Harford County – Alcoholic Beverages – Performing Arts Nonprofit Organization License – Record-Keeping Requirements
Repealing certain incorrect references to the Comptroller of Maryland in certain provisions of law requiring the holder of a performing arts nonprofit organization license in Harford County to comply with certain record-keeping and reporting requirements; repealing the authority of the Comptroller to suspend the license of a license holder without a hearing under certain circumstances; and authorizing, rather than requiring, the Board to summon a license holder for a hearing and impose a fine under certain circumstances.
Passed 44-0. McKay voted Yea.
SB 746 Harford County – Alcoholic Beverages – Multiple Licenses – Golf Simulator Facilities
Authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Harford County to issue a Class GSF (golf simulator facility) license to a holder of a Class B license; and clarifying that the Class GSF (golf simulator facility) license counts toward the maximum number of nine Class B alcoholic beverages licenses a holder may be issued.
Passed 44-0. McKay voted Yea.
SB 754 Commercial Financing – Small Business Truth in Lending Act
Regulating commercial financing transactions, including by establishing requirements related to certain disclosures, calculations of annual percentage rates, terms of repayments, and other related items, and the extension of specific offers.
Passed 44-0. McKay voted Yea.
SB 785 Labor and Employment – Unpaid Parental Leave – Definition of Employer
Altering the definition of “employer” to exclude employers who are covered by the federal Family and Medical Leave Act for the current year from being required to provide to employees a certain unpaid parental leave benefit in the State.
Passed 43-0. McKay voted Yea.
SB 788 Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages – 43rd Alcoholic Beverages District – Class B-D-7 Licenses
Authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore City to issue additional B-D-7 beer, wine, and liquor licenses in certain areas of the 43rd alcoholic beverages district of Baltimore City if the license applicant meets certain criteria.
Passed 44-0. McKay voted Yea.
SB 800 Dorchester County – Alcoholic Beverages – Arts Beer and Wine License
Establishing in Dorchester County an arts beer and wine license that authorizes the holder to sell or serve beer and wine for on-premises consumption; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Dorchester County to issue the license to a nonprofit or for-profit retail business that engages in the display and sale of original artwork in an arts and entertainment district; and providing an annual license fee of $250.
Passed 44-0. McKay voted Yea.
SB 802 Dorchester County – Alcoholic Beverages – Venue Beer, Wine, and Liquor License
Establishing in Dorchester County a venue beer, wine, and liquor license that authorizes the holder to sell or serve beer, wine, and liquor for on-premises consumption during an event where food is served; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Dorchester County to issue the license to a nonprofit or for-profit retail business that hosts private or public events at a venue that meets certain criteria; and establishing an annual fee of $1,500 for the license.
Passed 44-0. McKay voted Yea.
SB 811 Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services – Extension of Report Deadline and Task Force
Extending the deadline for the reporting requirement for the Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services to be October 31, 2026; and extending the termination date for the Task Force to be June 30, 2027.
Passed 44-0. McKay voted Yea.
SB 910 Caroline County – Alcoholic Beverages – Special Event Venue License and Multiple Event Licenses
Establishing the rural special event venue beer, wine, and liquor license as a multiple event license in Caroline County; and authorizing holders of certain multiple event licenses in Caroline County to store alcoholic beverages on the licensed premises for use at subsequent events under the license.
Passed 44-0. McKay voted Yea.
SB 923 Public Schools – High School Sports Officiating Services – Procurement Requirements
Establishing requirements for local school systems that issue invitations for bids for high school sports officiating services for boys’ and girls’ high school sports; authorizing the Department of Education to develop guidelines to assist a local school system in the implementation of the provisions of the Act, including additional criteria for determining which high school sports qualify as similar boys’ and girls’ high school sports.
Passed 44-0. McKay voted Yea.
SB 939 Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages – Authorizations and Revisions
Requiring the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore City to impose a fee of not more than $250 for expedited processing of certain Class C per diem licenses; requiring the Board to adopt regulations related to the application process for Class C per diem licenses, including for the denial or revocation of the licenses; and authorizing the Board to issue certain alcoholic beverages licenses for certain locations in the 40th alcoholic beverages district.
Passed 44-0. McKay voted Yea.
SB 503 Washington County – Board of License Commissioners – Membership
Requiring that certain numbers of members of the Board of License Commissioners for Washington County belong to certain political parties based on the aggregated number of votes in the preceding election of the Board of County Commissioners.
Passed 44-0. McKay voted Yea.
SB 568 Anne Arundel County – Board of License Commissioners – Part-Time Deputy Chief Inspector – Compensation
Increasing the annual salary of a part-time deputy chief inspector employed by the Board of License Commissioners for Anne Arundel County from $9,000 to $18,000.
Passed 44-0. McKay voted Yea.
SB 670 Frederick County – Alcoholic Beverages – Class C (Theater) Beer, Wine, and Liquor License
Establishing a Class C (theater) beer, wine, and liquor license in Frederick County; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Frederick County to issue the license for use by certain theaters; authorizing the license holder to sell beer, wine, and liquor for on-premises consumption, subject to certain limitations; establishing an annual license fee of $150; etc.
Passed 44-0. McKay voted Yea.
SB 826 Garrett County Alcoholic Beverages Act of 2025
Establishing certain deluxe complex restaurant and resort complex beer and wine and beer, wine, and liquor licenses in Garrett County; requiring the Board of License Commissioners for Garrett County to hold a hearing for the issuance of certain festival licenses and altering certain notice requirements for the hearing; requiring certain festival license applicants to apply to the Board in a certain manner; clarifying the entities to which the Board may issue certain multiple day and multiple event licenses; etc.
Passed 44-0. McKay voted Yea.
SB 888 Anne Arundel County – Alcoholic Beverages – License and Permit Distance Requirements
Authorizing, rather than prohibiting, the Board of Liquor Commissioners for Anne Arundel County to issue a certain dancing permit to the holder of a Class H beer and wine or beer, wine, and liquor license for a licensed premises located within 1,000 feet of a school located at the Annapolis Mall; and authorizing, rather than prohibiting, the Board from issuing a new Class B beer and wine or beer, wine, and liquor license if the establishment is located within 1,000 feet of a school located at the Annapolis Mall.
Passed 44-0. McKay voted Yea.
SB 618 Vehicle Laws – Licenses, Identification Cards, and Moped Operator’s Permits – Notation of Nonapparent Disability (Eric’s ID Law)
Requiring that an original and renewal application for a license, an identification card, or a moped operator’s permit allow an applicant to choose to indicate on the document the applicant’s nonapparent disability; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to ensure that the license, identification card, or moped operator’s permit of an applicant who indicates that the applicant has a nonapparent disability includes a certain notation; requiring the Administration to establish certain public outreach efforts; etc.
Passed 44-0. McKay voted Yea.
Friday, March 7th , 2025,
No final floor votes taken.