Eye of the legislative storm: Lawmakers enjoy low-key week before crunch time - Maryland Matters

Eye of the legislative storm: Lawmakers enjoy low-key week before crunch time - Maryland Matters

Gifty Okrah poses for a picture at Lawyers Mall on Wednesday, after presenting bill to the House Ways and Means Committee on behalf of the senator she interns for. (Photo by William J. Ford/Maryland Matters)Annapolis has its own way of marking time. In the frantic weeks before Monday’s “crossover” date, hearings are often long and tempers are short. After crossover, hearings are short. Tempers – what are they? Things will heat up soon enough, wi…

Crossover day brings a flurry of action on bills rushing to beat deadline, stay alive - The Southern Maryland Chronicle

House and Senate lawmakers shoveled hundreds of bills across the desk Monday, as each chamber raced to beat “crossover day,” the date by which they are to send over all the bills they want to pass for the session.The hundreds of bills that passed Monday were winnowed down from thousands that have been introduced this session, but they still have a long way to go before this session end in three weeks, on April 7. Passage in one chamber is no gua…

Maryland passes bill that would provide $25 million to fund abortion

The Maryland State House in Annapolis. / Credit: Glynnis Jones/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Mar 19, 2025 / 13:10 pm (CNA). The Maryland Senate passed a bill Monday that would allow $25 million in funding to go toward abortions. The grant program is designed to fund abortions for women whose insurance does not cover the procedure, using money from premium funds collected by health insurance carriers.  If approved by the state’s governor, the program w…

Maryland Passes Bill That Would Provide $25 Million to Fund Abortion

Jonathan Weiss In addition to the increase in abortions, Planned Parenthood affiliates also received more in taxpayer funding. The grant program was approved in the House last week and in the Senate on Monday.