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Registered lobbyist

Neal Karkhanis

Verano Holdings, LLC · on file 2022 to 2025
Clients on file
21
1 in Nov 2024 - Oct 2025
Reported compensation
$443,445
all years on file
Bills testified on
48
25 for · 24 against · 0 info
Got their outcome
71%
35 of 49 decided bills

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Testimony on record

2024 Regular Session5 appearances
BillPositionAppearing forOutcome
HB 990
Environment - Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions - Manufacturers
FWAPDFEnacted
HB 990
Environment - Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions - Manufacturers
FAVPDFEnacted
HB 1008
Fossil Fuel Transportation Fee and Mitigation Fund (Climate Pollution Reduction Fund Act)
UNFPDFHeidelberg MaterialsDid not advance
HB 1100
Health - Child Advocacy Centers - Reporting Requirements and Investigations
UNFDid not advance
SB 384
Maryland Energy Administration - Carbon Capture Opportunity Program - Establishment
FAVPDFDid not advance
2023 Regular Session5 appearances
BillPositionAppearing forOutcome
HB 855
Criminal Law - Cannabis Limits
FAVDid not advance
HB 903
Insurance - Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund - Assessments
FWADid not advance
HB 980
Criminal Procedure - Probation, Parole, and Pretrial Release Violations - Cannabis Use
FAVDid not advance
SB 148
Victim Services Programs - Supplementing Federal Funding and Support (Victim Services Stabilization Act)
FAVPDFEnacted
SB 530
Insurance – Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund – Assessments
FWAEnacted
2022 Regular Session10 appearances
BillPositionAppearing forOutcome
HB 305
Financial Institutions - Presumption of Property Abandonment - Revisions
FWAEnacted
HB 492
Sales and Use Tax - Oral Hygiene Products - Exemption
FAVEnacted
HB 517
Consumer Health Access Program for Mental Health and Addiction Care - Establishment
FWADid not advance
HB 935
Health and Health Insurance - Behavioral Health Services - Expansion (Behavioral Health System Modernization Act)
FWADid not advance
SB 11
Workgroup on Online Consumer Personal Information Privacy
UNFDid not advance
SB 164
Insurance – Annuities – Nonforfeiture – Interest Rate
FAVPDFEnacted
SB 173
Health Insurance - Nonprofit Health Service Plan - Board of Directors
FAVEnacted
SB 207
Insurance Carriers and Managed Care Organizations - Cybersecurity Standards
FWAEnacted
SB 355
HIV Prevention Drugs - Prescribing and Dispensing by Pharmacists and Insurance Requirements
UNFDid not advance
SB 460
Health - Insurance Coverage Information
FWADid not advance
2021 Regular Session6 appearances
BillPositionAppearing forOutcome
HB 148
Commercial Law - Personal Information Protection Act - Revisions
UNFDid not advance
HB 219
Naturopathic Doctors - Formulary Council Membership, Formulary Content, and Scope of Practice
UNFDid not advance
SB 100
Task Force on Oral Health in Maryland
FAVEnacted
SB 273
Electronic Smoking Device Regulation Act of 2021
FWADid not advance
SB 290
Health Insurance - Out-of-Pocket Maximums and Cost-Sharing Requirements - Calculation
UNFDid not advance
SB 411
Long-Term Care Insurance - Premium Rate Increases - Restriction (Equity in Long-Term Care Insurance Premiums Act)
UNFPDFDid not advance
2020 Regular Session23 appearances
BillPositionAppearing forOutcome
HB 141
Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Corporation Act - Revisions
FAVUSAAEnacted
HB 237
Commercial Law - Personal Information Protection Act - Revisions
UNFPDFLeague of Life and Health Insurers of Maryland, AHIP, USAA, ACLIDid not advance
HB 267
Private Passenger Automobile Insurance – Use of Telematics
UNFUSAADid not advance
HB 333
Homeowner's Insurance - Weather-Related Claims and Notice of Cancellation or Nonrenewal
UNFUSAADid not advance
HB 431
Motor Vehicle and Homeowner's Insurance - Use of Claim History in Rating Policies
UNFUSAADid not advance
HB 448
Health Care Practitioners – Telehealth and Shortage
FWALeague of Life and Health Insurers of MarylandEnacted
HB 656
Pharmacists – Administration of Self–Administered Medications and Maintenance Injectable Medications (The Christopher King Access to Treatment Act)
UNFLeague of Life and Health Insurers of MarylandDid not advance
HB 784
Consumer Protection - Online Privacy - Study
UNFLeague/Amerigroup/AHIP/NAMIC/USAADid not advance
HB 905
Prescription Drug Benefits - Use of Real-Time Benefit Check Technology
FWALeague of Life and Health Insurers of MarylandWithdrawn
HB 937
Naturopathic Doctors - Formulary Council Membership, Formulary Content, and Scope of Practice
UNFLeague of Life and Health Insurers of MarylandDid not advance
HB 1341
Insurance - Product and Service Offerings
FAVLeague of Life and Health Insurers of Maryland/USAADid not advance
HB 1365
Income Tax - Credit for Long-Term Care Premiums
FAVLeague of Life and Health Insurers of MarylandDid not advance
HB 1628
Sales and Use Tax - Rate Reduction and Services
UNFACLIDid not advance
SB 17
Motor Vehicle Insurance - Use of Credit History in Rating Policies
UNFUSAADid not advance
SB 111
Insurance - Universal and Variable Life Insurance - Notice
FWALeague of Life and Health InsurersEnacted
SB 201
Commercial Law - Personal Information Protection Act - Revisions
UNFLeague, ACLI, USAADid not advance
SB 345
Homeowner's Insurance - Weather-Related Claims and Notice of Cancellation or Nonrenewal
UNFLeague, ACLI, USAADid not advance
SB 402
Health Care Practitioners – Telehealth and Shortage
UNFLeague of Life & Health InsurersEnacted
SB 470
Motor Vehicle and Homeowner's Insurance - Use of Claim History in Rating Policies
UNFLeague, ACLI, USSAEnacted
SB 545
Pharmacists - Administration of Self-Administered Medications and Maintenance Injectable Medications
UNFLeague of Life & Health InsurersDid not advance
SB 556
Insurance - Product and Service Offerings
FWALeague of Life and Health Insurers of Maryland/ACLIDid not advance
SB 727
Insurance Law - Application to Direct Primary Care Agreements - Exclusion
UNFLeague of Life and Health Insurers of MarylandDid not advance
SB 957
Maryland Online Consumer Protection Act
UNFPDFLeague of Life and Health Insurers of Maryland/ACLI/AHIP/USAADid not advance