2024 Legislation / Bill Tracker

Maryland Right to Life makes it easy for citizens to become actively involved in the state legislative session each year from January - April.  We review and analyze thousands of bills to help you stay informed. It is critical for each pro-life citizen in our state to let your voice be heard. Use our Legislative Trackers on this page to contact committee members and your own elected officials to ask them to SUPPORT OR OPPOSE  the bills listed on this page. 

 After sending your email or letter to legislators, you should attempt to contact  them by phone to share your position. Please always be respectful to legislators and their staff members. 

 Please check this page for updates each week of the legislative session and promote our website www.mdrtl.org to your family, friends and churches.

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How to Use the Bill Tracker

Bill Link Bill Title Sponsor Committee & Hearing Notes
Click on the link to read the bill and track hearing dates and committee members. Use the link to contact the lawmaker who is supporting the bill and respectfully share your position. Use this link to learn where to submit testimony and to contact the MEMBERS of the Committee to respectfully share your position BEFORE the hearing date. Find a brief explanation of the bill here.

 

For additional information, please contact MDRTL's Executive Director,

Laura Bogley, J.D. at legislation@mdrtl.org.   

MDRTL BILLS TO OPPOSE 2024
Please Monitor for Regular Updates
Submit Written Testimony at https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/MyMGATracking/WitnessSignup
PLEASE NOTE: YOU MUST SIGN UP TO TESTIFY BY 3PM, 2 DAYS IN ADVANCE OF HOUSE BILLS AND 1 DAY IN ADVANCE OF SENATE BILLS.
Bill Link Bill Title Sponsor Committee & Hearing Notes
HB0074 Public Schools - Lifesaver Schools Program - Establishment Delegate Guyton Ways and Means Promotes peer to  peer abortion promotion in schools.
1/17/2024 - 1:00 PM
HB0146 (SB0221) Health Occupations Boards – Reciprocal Licensure and Certification Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee Health and Government Operations Reduces standard of medical care for out of state health providers.
2/01/2024 - 1:00 PM
HB0184 Public Health - Healthy Maryland Program - Establishment Delegate Acevero Health and Government Operations Implements Universal Healthcare with taxpayer funded abortion on demand.
3/12/2024 - 1:00 PM
HB0232 (SB0218) Physicians and Allied Health Professions - Reorganization and Revisions Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee Health and Government Operations Reduces the scope of medical practice, expanding individuals who may perform or provide abortion, etc.
1/23/2024 - 1:00 PM
HB0330 (SB0568) Courts - Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation Delegate Rosenberg Judiciary Allows frivolous lawsuits that can be used to suppress pro-life speech and action.
2/07/2024 - 2:30 PM
HB0367 (SB0527) Community Colleges - Contraception - Access Requirements Delegate Smith Appropriations Uses taxpayer funds to provide abortifacients to students on college campuses.
2/13/2024 - 12:00 PM
Health and Government Operations
HB0403 (SB0443) End-of-Life Option Act (The Honorable Elijah E. Cummings and the Honorable Shane E. Pendergrass Act) Delegate Hill Health and Government Operations Licenses healthcare providers to provide poisonous pills to patients to execute suicide.
2/16/2024 - 1:00 PM
Judiciary
2/16/2024 - 1:00 PM
HB0425 (SB0359) Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Compact Delegate Rosenberg Health and Government Operations Reduces the standard of care by allowing nurses not licensed in Maryland to perform abortions, etc.
2/06/2024 - 1:00 PM
HB0558 Primary and Secondary Education - Comprehensive Health Education Framework - Established Delegate Atterbeary Ways and Means Mandates county schools to implement state guidelines for sex ed which are not age appropriate nor medically accurate.
2/07/2024 - 2:30 PM
HB0619 Public Health - Commission on Universal Health Care Delegate Ruth Health and Government Operations Implements Universal Healthcare with taxpayer funded abortion on demand.
3/12/2024 - 1:00 PM
HB0657 Public Institutions of Higher Education - Pregnant and Parenting Students - Policy Delegate Healey Appropriations Mandates colleges implement state policy for pregnant students that requires accomodation for abortion without parental consent.
2/27/2024 - 12:00 PM
HB0771 (SB0741) Public Senior Higher Education Institutions - Pregnant and Parenting Students - Policy Requirements (Pregnant and Parenting Support Act) Delegate Henson Appropriations Adds to law that mandates colleges implement state policy for pregnant students that coordinates and refers students to abortion providers.
2/27/2024 - 12:00 PM
HB1036 (SB0716) Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Maternal Fetal Medicine Services - Reimbursement Delegate Smith Health and Government Operations Uses taxpayer funds to pay physicians for services performed on pregnant women, inclusive of abortion.
3/06/2024 - 1:00 PM
HB1047 (SB0949) Consumer Protection – Self–Administered Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kits Delegate Bartlett Judiciary Acts as taxpayer funded feeder system to direct women to abortion providers following sexual assault.
2/20/2024 - 1:00 PM
HB1091 (SB0975) Public Safety - Reproductive Health Care Clinic Security Grant Program - Establishment (Protecting Reproductive Health Care Clinics Act) Delegate Vogel Appropriations Uses taxpayer funds to enrich abortion providers under the guise of self defense against non-existent pro-life violence.
3/12/2024 - 12:00 PM
HB1171 (SB0944) Nonprescription Drugs and Devices – Provision by Registered Nurses and Sale of Contraceptives Through Automatic Devices Delegate Williams Health and Government Operations Authorizes the sale of abortifacients in vending machines.
3/01/2024 - 2:00 PM
HB1353 (SB1129) Howard County - Board of Education Elections - Ranked-Choice Voting Ho. Co. 6-24 Howard County Delegation Ways and Means Implements ranked choice voting which undermines the popular vote.
3/05/2024 - 1:00 PM
HB1412 (SB0947) Abortion Care Access Grant Program and Fund - Establishment Delegate Lopez Health and Government Operations Establishes a non-lapsing annual fund to enrich abortion business and non-physician abortion workforce.
3/08/2024 - 2:00 PM
HJ0001 (SJ0001) Affirming the Federal Equal Rights Amendment Delegate Patterson Rules and Executive Nominations Seeks to sway federal action to revive expire 1972 Equal Rights Amendment which would impose a Constitutional right to abortion on demand on all states.
SB0218 (HB0232) Physicians and Allied Health Professions - Reorganization and Revisions Chair, Finance Committee Finance Reduces the scope of medical practice, expanding individuals who may perform or provide abortion, etc.
1/30/2024 - 1:00 PM
SB0221 (HB0146) Health Occupations Boards – Reciprocal Licensure and Certification Chair, Finance Committee Finance Reduces standard of medical care for out of state health providers.
1/30/2024 - 1:00 PM
SB0359 (HB0425) Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Compact Senator Hayes Finance  Reduces the standard of care by allowing nurses not licensed in Maryland to perform abortions, etc.
2/13/2024 - 1:00 PM
SB0443 (HB0403) End-of-Life Option Act (The Honorable Elijah E. Cummings and the Honorable Shane E. Pendergrass Act) Senator Waldstreicher Judicial Proceedings Licenses healthcare providers to provide poisonous pills to patients to execute suicide.
2/08/2024 - 1:00 PM
SB0493 Elections – Ranked–Choice Voting – Contests for Presidential Nomination in 2028 Senator Kagan Education, Energy, and the Environment Implements ranked choice voting which undermines the popular vote.
3/01/2024 - 9:00 AM
SB0527 (HB0367) Community Colleges - Contraception - Access Requirements Senator Kelly Education, Energy, and the Environment Uses taxpayer funds to provide abortifacients to students on college campuses.
2/14/2024 - 1:00 PM
SB0568 (HB0330) Courts - Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation Senator Hettleman Judicial Proceedings Allows frivolous lawsuits that can be used to suppress pro-life speech and action.
2/20/2024 - 1:00 PM
SB0716 (HB1036) Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Maternal Fetal Medicine Services - Reimbursement Senator Hettleman Finance Uses taxpayer funds to pay physicians for services performed on pregnant women, inclusive of abortion.
2/20/2024 - 1:00 PM
SB0741 (HB0771) Public Senior Higher Education Institutions - Pregnant and Parenting Students - Policy Requirements (Pregnant and Parenting Support Act) Senator Gile Education, Energy, and the Environment Adds to law that mandates colleges implement state policy for pregnant students that coordinates and refers students to abortion providers.
2/28/2024 - 1:00 PM
SB0944 (HB1171) Nonprescription Drugs and Devices - Provision by Registered Nurses and Sale of Contraceptives Through Automatic Devices Senator Kelly Finance Authorizes the sale of abortifacients in vending machines.
3/12/2024 - 1:00 PM
Judicial Proceedings
SB0947 (HB1412) Abortion Care Access Grant Program and Fund - Establishment Senator Kelly Finance Establishes a non-lapsing annual fund to enrich abortion business and non-physician abortion workforce.
3/06/2024 - 1:00 PM
Budget and Taxation
SB0949 (HB1047) Consumer Protection - Self-Administered Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kits Senator Hettleman Judicial Proceedings Acts as taxpayer funded feeder system to direct women to abortion providers following sexual assault.
2/27/2024 - 1:00 PM
Finance
SB0975 (HB1091) Public Safety – Reproductive Health Care Clinic Security Grant Program – Establishment (Supporting Reproductive Health Care Clinics Act) Senator Elfreth Finance Uses taxpayer funds to enrich abortion providers under the guise of self defense against non-existent pro-life violence.
3/06/2024 - 1:00 PM
SB1129 (HB1353) Howard County - Board of Education Elections - Ranked-Choice Voting Ho. Co. 6-24 Howard County Senators Rules Implements ranked choice voting which undermines the popular vote.
SB1175 Hospitals - Emergency Medical Conditions - Procedures (Maryland Lifesaving Treatment Access and Abortion Protection Act) Senator Lam Rules Imposes penalty on medical providers who do not want to participate in or refer for  abortions.
SJ0001 (HJ0001) Affirming the Federal Equal Rights Amendment Senator Kelly Judicial Proceedings Seeks to sway federal action to revive expire 1972 Equal Rights Amendment which would impose a Constitutional right to abortion on demand on all states.
2/21/2024 - 1:00 PM
        As of February 16, 2024 
MDRTL BILLS TO SUPPORT 2024
Please Monitor for Regular Updates
Submit Written Testimony at https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/MyMGATracking/WitnessSignup
PLEASE NOTE: YOU MUST SIGN UP TO TESTIFY BY 3PM, 2 DAYS IN ADVANCE OF HOUSE BILLS AND 1 DAY IN ADVANCE OF SENATE BILLS.
Bill Link Bill Title Sponsor Committee & Hearing Notes
HB0025 Public Schools - Sexually Explicit Materials - Prohibited in Libraries and Media Centers Delegate Mangione Ways and Means Protects minor schoolchildren from sexually explicit materials.
1/31/2024 - 1:00 PM
HB0065 Public Schools - Medical and Psychological Treatment in School-Based Health Centers and Public Schools - Parental Notice Delegate Miller Health and Government Operations Protects minor schoolchildren from medical abuse and exploitation through school counselors and health centers.
3/13/2024 - 1:00 PM
Ways and Means
HB0276 Health - Abortion Data - Submission to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Delegate Grammer Health and Government Operations Requires standard abortion metrics to be reported to the CDC to measure impact of abortion on Maryland women and families.
3/15/2024 - 2:00 PM
HB0553 (SB0438) Family Law - Fundamental Parental Rights Delegate Miller Judiciary Affirms parents as having legal rights over their children's legal and medical decisions.
2/15/2024 - 1:00 PM
HB0606 Sales and Use Tax - Baby Products - Exemption Delegate Szeliga Ways and Means Creates tax exemption for baby products.
2/15/2024 - 1:00 PM
HB0858 Health - Abortion - Ultrasound and Waiting Period Delegate Ciliberti Health and Government Operations Protects women and children by requiring informed consent and viewing of ultrasound prior to abortion.
3/15/2024 - 2:00 PM
HB0884 (SB0862) Public Health - Pregnancy - Coercion (Protecting Pregnant Women Against Coercive Abuse and Human Trafficking) Delegate Miller Health and Government Operations Protects women and children by establishing guidelines for indentifying cases of coercion and trafficking and providing interventions.
3/15/2024 - 2:00 PM
HB1216 High-Risk Pregnancy Reimbursement Fund - Establishment Delegate Rose Health and Government Operations Prioritizes taxpayer funding to assist women with high-risk pregnancies to have healthy birth and delivery outcomes.
3/15/2024 - 2:00 PM
HB1323 (SB0873) Courts - Immunity From Liability - Maryland Safe Haven Program Delegate Wivell Judiciary Expands Maryland Safe Haven Program to allow women to safely abandon newborn infants to the care of authorized program providers.
2/28/2024 - 1:00 PM
HB1430 Education - Public Schools - Parents' Rights (Education Bill of Rights for Families Act) Delegate Miller Ways and Means Affirms parents as having legal rights over their children's education, legal and medical decisions.
3/06/2024 - 1:00 PM
SB0438 (HB0553) Family Law - Fundamental Parental Rights Senator Ready Judicial Proceedings Affirms parents as having legal rights over their children's legal and medical decisions.
2/14/2024 - 1:00 PM
SB0535 Health Insurance - Labor and Delivery Services - Cost-Sharing Requirements Senator Ready Finance Requires insurance providers to cover labor and delivery costs with no co-pay or deductible. 
2/14/2024 - 1:00 PM
SB0862 (HB0884) Public Health - Pregnancy - Coercion (Protecting Pregnant Women Against Coercive Abuse and Human Trafficking) Senator Carozza Finance Protects women and children by establishing guidelines for indentifying cases of coercion and trafficking and providing interventions.
3/13/2024 - 1:00 PM
SB0873 (HB1323) Courts - Immunity From Liability - Maryland Safe Haven Program Senator McKay Judicial Proceedings Expands Maryland Safe Haven Program to allow women to safely abandon newborn infants to the care of authorized program providers.
2/29/2024 - 1:00 PM
        As of February 26, 2024 

2024 Maryland General Assembly Activity 

Thank you for choosing MDRTL as your source for legislative information about life issues in Maryland. Our goal is to provide you with timely, accurate information.  This page will be updated continually as the session progresses and as the status of bills change.

MDRTL is the only single-issue pro-life lobbying organization in Maryland.  We retain a Legislative Director to monitor, take action upon, and lobby on behalf of those whose lives are threatened and cannot defend themselves.  MDRTL is currently monitoring or engaged in lobbying efforts on the following bills, which may impact the right to life in Maryland.  

Please watch this page for legislative updates and action alerts.  We will provide information to help you take an active role in the legislative process, which may include contacting elected officials or providing written or oral testimony.  

If you have questions and comments, please contact our Legislative Director at legislation@mdrtl.org.

(For a summary of seminal pro-life votes in prior General Assembly sessions, please refer to the right under "Roll Call Votes".)

 

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