House delegation

There are about 40 bills from the Anne Arundel County delegation in the House of Delegates that could pass before the end of the session.

The following bills are all being considered by a committee in the Senate or have been voted out of committee and are being voted on the floor. They would need to be voted out of committee and pass second and third reader on the floor by Sine die to be sent to the governor’s desk.

Among them are two bills from Del. Heather Bagnall, D-Arnold, one that would create a commission to study mental health in students and another that would establish rules and regulations to govern midwives.

Del. Sandy Bartlett, D-Maryland City, who chairs the House delegation, crossfiled the bills with Elfreth on behalf of Pittman. Bartlett’s bills protect the rights of children that police take into custody and allowing marriage licenses to be kept electronically.

Del. Mark Chang, D-Glen Burnie, has two bills, one to codify education requirements of humane society officers and one that allows county governments to take on debt in anticipation of payout from the Bay Restoration Fund.

Del. Shaneka Henson, D-Annapolis, incorporated tenets of a number of her bills, including one that would ensure congregate-care visitation rights and seal landlord/tenant court records, into similar bills from her colleagues, she said. She has two standalone bills, one that would establish a commission aimed at increasing diversity in the legal field and would change employment regulations for public defenders.