Maryland Senate Bill 425 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-1)
Status: Passed on April 30 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-04-30 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 283
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Establishing the Critical Medical Needs Program in the Office of Home Energy Programs of the Family Investment Administration within the Department of Human Services in recognition of the challenges with energy bills faced by individuals with critical medical needs and limited financial resources; requiring the Office to work with electric and gas companies to implement, for critically medically vulnerable individuals, a hold or extension of service for those losing service and restoration where service has been terminated; etc.

Home Energy Assistance - Critical Medical Needs Program

Sen. Joanne Benson [D]	Sen. Brian Feldman [D]	Sen. Guy Guzzone [D]	Sen. Katherine Klausmeier [D]
Sen. Benjamin Kramer [D]	Sen. Susan Lee [D]	Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam [D]	Sen. Jim Rosapepe [D]
Sen. Bryan Simonaire [R]	Sen. Mary Washington [D]	Sen. Ronald Young [D]

2019-03-12 - House - House Floor - Third Reading Passed (138-0) (Y: 139 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 8) [PASS]
2019-03-07 - Senate - Senate Floor - Third Reading Passed (46-0) (Y: 47 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-04-30	Senate	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 283
2019-03-18	Senate	Returned Passed
2019-03-15	House	Third Reading Passed (138-0)
2019-03-14	House	Second Reading Passed
2019-03-14	House	Favorable Report Adopted
2019-03-14	House	Favorable Report by Economic Matters
2019-03-08	House	First Reading Economic Matters
2019-03-07	Senate	Third Reading Passed (46-0)
2019-03-05	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2019-03-05	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {837578/1 Report Adopted
2019-03-04	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
2019-02-14	Senate	Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m.
2019-02-01	Senate	First Reading Finance

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0425?ys=2019rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0425f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0425t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/Chapters_noln/CH_283_sb0425t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/amds/bil_0005/sb0425_83757801.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/fnotes/bil_0005/sb0425.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes_comm/sb0425_fin.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes/Senate/0410.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes_comm/sb0425_ecm.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes/House/0503.pdf