Maryland General Assembly

Initial approval given to allowing child sex abuse victims to file a lawsuit at any age as Maryland awaits public release of report into decades of abuse within the Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore.

The legislature in 2021 removed the governor from the regular parole process for those serving life sentences.

At a press conference Monday afternoon, Gov. Wes Moore announced that Maryland will be one of a few states to adopt Advanced Clean Cars II which requires all passenger cars and light trucks sold in Maryland to be electric vehicles by 2035.

Maryland would join three other states including neighboring Virginia in passing Donna’s Law, a suicide prevention bill

The bill would give more survivors of child sexual abuse the legal right to sue the church and other institutions complicit in the crimes. It would also remove a longstanding legal barrier that has blocked many adults in Maryland from filing lawsuits over abuse they suffered in schools and churches.

Maryland has seen applications for concealed carry permits skyrocket since U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year struck down New York’s higher standard to get one, which was similar to Maryland’s.

Not everyone who wants an electric vehicle has a home and a “three car garage,” legislators were told.

If approved by both chambers and Gov. Wes Moore, Maryland voters would decide on state constitutional amendment guaranteeing ‘fundamental right to reproductive freedom’ next year.

Measure offered tax credits to businesses to participate in pilot program that offered employees four-day work week with no cut in pay.

The Attorney General's office already does investigations, and supporters say letting them do any prosecutions is next logical step.