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After nearly 30 hours of voting and two weeks of impassioned debate, the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee passed the final bill in its sweeping…

After days of passionate debate, the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee passed legislation intended to repeal and replace the Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights out of the committee.

Senate Finance Committee Chairwoman Delores G. Kelley (D-Baltimore County) presented a bill Tuesday that would prohibit judges from sentencing juvenile offenders to life without…

Following the spate of tragedies that 2020 brought to the national stage, many lawmakers are saying that the 2021 General Assembly session is the…

The Senate voted on Tuesday to override Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr.’s veto of a bill to require background checks for person-to-person sales, rentals or…

Senate Finance Committee Vice-Chair Brian J. Feldman (D-Montgomery) has filed legislation to legalize adult-use cannabis and pump funding into communities that have been adversely…

Police Reform

None of this is new for Nikki Owens. “Nothing has changed for my family,” Owens said through tears at a news conference this week….

Del. Brooke E. Lierman (D-Baltimore City), who promised to be an aggressive campaigner and fundraiser when she launched her 2022 bid to become state…

Interrogation

The House Judiciary Committee heard two bills Tuesday that seek to expand who is protected and what offenses are punishable under the state’s hate crime…

Advocates for tenants and landlords alike told lawmakers Monday that the state needs to act quickly to dole out the $400 million in federal…