Monday, February 3rd, 2025,
No final floor votes taken.
Tuesday, February 4th, 2025,
No final floor votes taken.
Wednesday, February 5th, 2025,
No final floor votes taken.
Thursday, February 6th, 2025,
SB 11 Organized Retail Theft Act of 2025
Providing that multiple thefts committed by the same person in multiple counties under one scheme or continuing course of conduct may be joined and prosecuted in any county in which any one of the thefts occurred; prohibiting one or more persons from committing a series of thefts from retail merchants over a 90-day period with an aggregate value exceeding $1,500; requiring a court to make a finding as to whether a certain crime is organized retail theft under certain circumstances for a certain purpose; etc.
Passed 45-0. McKay voted Yea
SB 40 Vehicle Laws – Towed, Removed, or Abandoned Vehicles – Electronic Notice to Owner
Authorizing a person who tows or removes a vehicle from a parking lot to provide electronic notice of the tow or removal to the vehicle owner through the Motor Vehicle Administration under certain circumstances; and authorizing a police department that takes an abandoned vehicle into custody to send an electronic notice to the last known registered owner of the vehicle through the Administration under certain circumstances.
Passed 45-0. McKay voted Yea
SB 47 State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners – Revisions
Clarifying the definition of “physical therapist assistant” as used in the Maryland Physical Therapy Act to mean an individual licensed by the State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners; increasing the membership of the State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners from 8 to 9; and requiring the Board to send renewal notices to licensees by electronic means, rather than first-class mail, unless the licensee requests to receive the renewal notice by first-class mail
Passed 45-0. McKay voted Yea