Committee Votes are now available on the individual Bill pages. For additional information please click here. A Message from the President and Speaker
About the General Assembly	Contact or find a Legislator
Bill Information and Status	House and Senate Proceedings ( Listen )
Bill indexes and Profiles	House and Senate Agenda
Hearing Schedule	Budget Documents and Budget Hearing
Prior Session Information	Department of Legislative Services Website
Roster and List of Committees	Search Site or Search DLS Library Catalog
Maryland Statutes	Everything Else and FAQ

The Maryland General Assembly

The Maryland General Assembly meets in Annapolis each year for 90 days to act on more than 2300 bills including the State's annual budget. The 427th Session began January 13, 2010 and adjourns April 12, 2010. The General Assembly has 47 Senators and 141 Delegates elected from 47 districts. Legislative information on this website is updated each night during the Session. For a fee, continuously updated information is available through the Legislative Subscription Service.

Information is also available through the Maryland Manual and Maryland State Government.

If you have general questions, you may e-mail the Department of Legislative Services, Library and Information Services or phone the library at (410) 946-5400 (Baltimore/Annapolis), (301) 970-5400 (Washington), (800) 492-7122, ext. 5400/5410 (Other areas), or TTY: (410) 946/(301) 970-5401. TTY users may also use the Maryland Relay Service to contact the General Assembly.

If you have technical questions, contact the Department of Legislative Services, Office of Information Systems.

Contact your Legislators

Find your legislators using a street address.
Send E-Mail to a Legislator

Bill Information and Status

Bill numbers in the following range have been introduced during this legislative session. Information may not be available for all bills in the range.

House Bills 1 - 1558

House Joint Resolutions 1 - 14

Senate Bills 1 - 1124

Senate Joint Resolutions 1 - 6

To find a bill by number, enter HB1 for House Bill 1, HJ1 for House Joint Resolution, CH1 for Chapter, etc.

Bill Number:

Bills listed as "The Speaker (By Request of Administration)", "The President (By Request of Administration)", "Minority Leader (By Request of Administration)", or "Committee Chair (By Request of Department)" are bills proposed by the Governor and his agencies and are not proposals of the Speaker of the House, the President of the Senate, the Minority Leader, or the respective Committee Chair. They are listed with the official title of a legislator rather than the Governor due to requirements in the Maryland Constitution.

Senate Synopsis or House Synopsis contain information about most recently introduced bills and resolutions.
For a complete listing of all Synopses use the Index.

Bill Indexes

Lists of bills and resolutions are available indexed by Sponsor, Subject, Statute, File Code, or Specific Interest Profile. Indexes include sponsor names, the title, committees assigned to consider the legislation, and current status (where the bill or resolution stands in the legislative process).

Indexes of Bills by:

Sponsor
One or two Subjects
File Code
Statute
Cross File Index

Daily Status Reports:     Senate Legislation      House Legislation      Legislation Passed by Both Chambers

Bills listed as "The Speaker (By Request of Administration)", "The President (By Request of Administration)", "Minority Leader (By Request of Administration)", or "Committee Chair (By Request of Department)" are bills proposed by the Governor and his agencies and are not proposals of the Speaker of the House, the President of the Senate, the Minority Leader, or the respective Committee Chair. They are listed with the official title of a legislator rather than the Governor due to requirements in the Maryland Constitution.

Bill Profiles

Profile indexes containing lists of bills of special interest to the user can be created by subscribers only. Reports can be displayed in a long HTML format, a short HTML format, or in a download format.

Further Profile Help
Specific Interest Profile Index
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House and Senate Proceedings

The House and Senate hold daily sessions in their respective chambers and a record of the proceedings is available.

Order of Business
SENATE 1. Call to order. 2. Reading of the journal 3. Presentation of petitions, memorials, and other papers. 4. Presentation of orders. 5. Introduction of bills and resolutions. 6. Introduction of Senate Resolutions. 7. Introduction of visitors. 8. Unfinished business. 9. Laid over bills. 10. Reports of standing committees. 11. Reports of select committees. 12. Special orders of the day. 13. Third reading calendars. 14. Adjournment.	HOUSE 1. Call to order. 2. Reading of the journal. 3. Presentation of petitions, memorials, and other papers. 4. Presentation of orders. 5. Introduction of bills and resolutions. 6. Introduction of House Resolutions. 7. Unfinished business. 8. Reports of standing committees. 9. Reports of select committees. 10. Laid over bills. 11. Special orders of the day. 12. Third reading calendars. 13. Introduction of visitors. 14. Adjournment.
Messages from the Chief Executive or the other chamber may be received at any time except when a question is being put, roll is being called, or a report of a conference committee is being received.

Proceedings Index
Senate Proceedings ( Listen )
House Proceedings ( Listen )

Senate Agenda
House Agenda

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Hearing Schedules

During the legislative session bills and resolutions are referred to committees. The committees hold public hearings on legislation and examine each item thoroughly before recommending to the General Assembly the action it should take on each bill or resolution. A schedule of upcoming hearings is released weekly, with addenda released as necessary.

Hearing Schedule Index
Budget Hearing Schedule

Budget Information

The budget bill is introduced in both chambers. The Senate will move the bill in the 2010 Regular Session.

Bond Bill Submissions - For guidelines to applicants seeking State grants through the submission of individual bond bills, click here.

Fiscal Briefings, Reports and Analyses

Operating Budget

Budget Bill
Fiscal Briefing
Analyses
Report of the House Appropriations Committee
House Reprint Budget Bill
House Summary Report
Report of the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee
Senate Reprint Budget Bill
Senate Summary Report
Conference Committee Report
Conference Committee Summary
Joint Chair's Report

Capital Budget

Budget Bill
Fiscal Briefing
Analyses
Report of the House Appropriations Committee
House Reprint Budget Bill
Report of the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee
Senate Reprint Budget Bill
Conference Commmittee Report

Prior Session Information

Information about the General Assembly's activity is available for the 1996 - 2009 sessions

View Prior Session Information

Roster

Roster contains lists of:

• Current and former members of the Maryland General Assembly along with biographical information
• Members belonging to standing, statutory, special, select, and joint and special joint committees
• Members belonging to Task Forces and Commissions
• Delegation information
• Legislative district information

View Roster and List of Committees

Search

You may search for information within Bills, Amendments, Fiscal Notes, Chapters, Joint Resolutions, or Statutes using Google.

You may also search the DLS Library Catalog of publications.

Statutes

Maryland Statutes (what is this?)

Statute Text
Maryland Code Online (on the Michie/Lexis website)

Everything Else

2010 Session - Dates of Interest Calendar

The Legislative Wrap-up

Postings from Committees, Commissions, Task Forces and Study Groups

Legal and Legislative Reports and Publications

Fiscal Briefings, Reports and Analyses

Measuring Maryland's Progress

Redistricting

Subscribe to Up-to-the-Minute Information

Maryland General Assembly's legislative information is updated each night during the 90-day session. To receive more frequent updates, you must become a subscriber. Subscribers receive current information, i.e., Up-to-the-Minute, on the following:

House and Senate proceedings
Bill information and status
Status of bills in their profile

Subscriptions are offered at a cost of $800.00 per calendar year.

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Department of Legislative Services

The Department of Legislative Services (DLS) is one of the oldest legislative staff agencies in the nation, maintaining a long and proud tradition of providing nonpartisan professional services for the State legislature and the people of Maryland.

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About this site

General conventions used on General Assembly Web Site Pages are as follows:

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