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Votes at a glance: Maryland Senate passes a slate of bills on Feb. 18, 2025

February 18, 2025 | SENATE, SENATE, Committees, Legislative, Maryland


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Votes at a glance: Maryland Senate passes a slate of bills on Feb. 18, 2025
On Feb. 18 the Maryland Senate completed third‑reading roll calls and declared multiple bills passed. The clerk announced the following results on the floor (titles abbreviated):

- Senate Bill 92 (peace orders and criminal harassment—intentional visual surveillance): passed, 44‑0.

- Senate Bill 202 (public safety, statewide DNA database collection and penalties): passed, 44‑0.

- Senate Bill 273 (peace orders and protective orders, military protective orders): passed, 44‑0.

- Senate Bill 334 (criminal law, crimes of malicious or fraudulent burning): passed, 44‑0.

- Senate Bill 348 (criminal law, visual surveillance with prurient intent modifications): passed, 44‑0.

- Senate Bill 356 (public health repeal of prohibition on transfer of HIV – Carlton R. Smith Act): passed, 33‑0 (declared passed with constitutional majority).

- Senate Bill 390 (motor vehicles, speed monitoring systems statements and certification violations): passed, 33‑0.

- Senate Bill 68 (public schools, restorative practices comprehensive plan): passed, 31‑0.

- Senate Bill 266 (local comprehensive planning and state economic growth/resource protection planning principles): passed, 44‑0.

Each of the above was read on third reading and declared to have received a constitutional majority as announced by the clerk. These results reflect the roll‑call tallies read into the record on the Senate floor; the transcript shows the clerk reading each tally and declaring the bill passed.

What this means: Bills declared passed will proceed to the next steps under legislative rules, including enrollment and transmission to the governor as applicable.

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