Five things to watch this week in the Maryland General Assembly

The first full week of the Maryland General Assembly session opens Monday — after the swearing in of a new state Senate and House of Delegates and the revelation that Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller is fighting prostate cancer in the session’s first days.

This week, Gov. Larry Hogan will release his budget proposal and celebrate his second inauguration, while legislators begin a push for what might end up being the hottest issue of the session: raising the state’s hourly minimum wage.

Here are five things to watch:

Miller has pledged that a wage increase will pass this year — in some form — but he hasn’t provided more details about what shape he wants to see the legislation take. re-elected in Maryland history, Hogan’s festivities start at 9 a.m. on the north lawn of the State House in Annapolis. Hogan and Lt. Gov. Boyd Rutherford will be sworn in at noon.

The governor will hold a public reception at the State House at 1:30 p.m, according to his office.

The Maryland National Guard’s Army Band, the Cardinal Shehan School Choir from Baltimore, the Barbara Ingram School for the Arts Chamber Choir from Hagerstown, the Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School Chamber Choir and the Naval Academy Glee Club are among the groups performing at the inauguration.

All of the events in Annapolis are free. The governor will celebrate at 8 p.m. with a $150-a-ticket gala at MGM National Harbor casino in Prince George’s County.

Hogan, a Prince George’s native, held his first inaugural gala in 2015 in Baltimore.

Reforming Baltimore’s police

reforms aimed at restoring community trust in officers, and ensuring that they work within the bounds of the U.S. Constitution.

The decree orders more supervision of officers, and increased training on deescalation tactics and interactions with youths, people with mental illnesses and protesters. It also creates a special citizen task force to find ways to enhance civilian oversight of the department, among other changes.

Hogan’s budget and education funding

Just days after he’s sworn in for a second term, Hogan will release his multibilliondollar budget proposal for the state — and many expect education funding to be a subject of heated debate.

A blue-ribbon commission is seeking a $3.8 billion, phased-in annual increase for public schools, while Hogan and legislative leaders are suggesting that price tag should be scaled back.

Nevertheless, the state is expected to provide hundreds of millions more for schools this year, while the commission takes another year to recommend how much the state — versus local jurisdictions — should have to contribute.