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Bills
116
114 for · 7 against · 0 info
Got their outcome
43%
48 of 112 decided
Lobbyists hired
0
none registered
Reported lobbying spend
$0
compensation to lobbyists, all years on file

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Testimony history

2026 Regular Session113 appearances
BillPositionWitnessOutcome
HB 7
State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, Speech-Language Pathologists, and Music Therapists - Authority to Issue Limited Licenses to Practice Music Therapy
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriEnacted
HB 12
Juvenile Sex Offender Registry - Qualifying Offenses and Access
FWAPDFCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
HB 14
County Boards of Education - Bullying, Harassment, or Intimidation - Information Collection and Reporting Requirements
FWAPDFCarter, Alita-GeriEnacted
HB 14
County Boards of Education - Bullying, Harassment, or Intimidation - Information Collection and Reporting Requirements
FAVPDFCarter, Alita-GeriEnacted
HB 22
Correctional Services - Incarcerated Individuals - Identification Cards, Driver's Licenses, and Birth Certificates
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
HB 23
Motor Vehicle Administration - Identification Cards - Issuance to Minors
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
HB 44
Election Law - Petitions and Ballot Questions - Contents, Plain Language Requirement, and Procedures
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
HB 57
Public Schools - Maryland Civic Excellence Program - Established
FWAPDFCarter, Alita-GeriEnacted
HB 86
State and Local Employees - Cancer Screening - Paid Leave
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
HB 101
Public Broadcasters - Debate for Candidates for Statewide Office - Required Participants
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
HB 116
Education - Agreements, Procurement Contracts, and Memoranda of Understanding - Reporting and Publication
FWAPDFCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
HB 117
Public Schools - Airway Clearing Device Availability and Use - Policy (Bowen Levy Airway Clearing Device Act)
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
HB 128
County Boards of Education - Therapy Dogs - Policy for Handling and Use in Schools
FAVPDFCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
HB 130
Task Force to Study Deed Fraud
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriEnacted
HB 145
Election Law - Election Misinformation, Election Disinformation, and Deepfakes
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
HB 154
Open Meetings Act - County Boards of Education - Enhanced Requirements (Local Boards of Education Transparency Act)
FWAPDFCarter, Alita-GeriPassed both chambers
HB 156
Election Law - Affiliating With a Party and Voting - Unaffiliated Voters
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
HB 158
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Maternal Health Monitoring Pilot Program
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriWithdrawn
HB 162
Department of Aging - Maryland Access Point - Dementia-Friendly Communities
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
HB 181
Public Health – Restaurants – Disclosure of Main Food Allergens
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
HB 184
Criminal Law - Identity Fraud - Artificial Intelligence and Deepfake Representations
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
HB 194
Incarcerated Individual Apprenticeship Pilot Program
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
HB 222
County Boards of Education - Opioid Overdose-Reversing Medications - Policy Requirements (Naloxone Access Act)
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriPassed both chambers
HB 239
Land Use - Zoning - Limitations (Starter and Silver Homes Act of 2026)
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
HB 262
State Government – Council for Open Data – Membership and Responsibilities
FWAPDFCarter, Alita-GeriEnacted
HB 273
Health Insurance – Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) Enrollment – Effective Dates
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriEnacted
HB 278
Human Services - Department of Aging and Commission on Aging (The Longevity Ready Maryland Act)
FAVPDFCarter, Alita-GeriEnacted
HB 280
Health Insurance - Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders - Codification of Federal Requirements
FWAPDFCarter, Alita-GeriEnacted
HB 288
State Superintendent of Schools - Prolonged State of Emergency - Authority to Declare
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriEnacted
HB 304
Public Information Act - Data Manipulation
UNFPDFCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
HB 311
Public Schools - Individuals With Disabilities - Accessibility and Emergency Planning
FWAPDFCarter, Alita-GeriEnacted
HB 316
Confidentiality of Medical Records - Definition of Medical Record
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriWithdrawn
HB 340
School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact
FAVPDFCarter, Alita-GeriEnacted
HB 355
Education - Sexual Abuse and Assault Awareness and Prevention Program - Human and Sex Trafficking
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
HB 363
Local Government - Grant for Recipients of State Child Tax Credit - Authorization
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriEnacted
HB 367
Health Insurance - Physical Therapy - Copayments, Coinsurance, and Deductibles
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriWithdrawn
HB 377
Physician Assistants and Midwives - Parity With Other Health Care Practitioners
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriEnacted
HB 382
Commercial Law - Broadband Access - Low-Income Consumer Programs (Maryland Broadband Opportunity and Fairness Act)
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
HB 410
Public Health - Food Labeling - Requirements
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
HB 411
Income Tax - Standard Deduction - Alteration
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
HB 449
Juvenile Justice Restoration Act
FAVPDFCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
HB 475
Department of Juvenile Services - Employees - Prohibited Convictions (Juvenile Offender Protection Act)
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
HB 478
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Classroom Supplies Purchased by Teachers - Alteration
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriEnacted
HB 482
Legislative and Congressional Redistricting and Legislative and Congressional Redistricting and Apportionment Commission (Fair Districts for Maryland Act)
UNFPDFCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
HB 486
Public Schools - Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day - Establishment
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
HB 488
Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress
UNFPDFCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
HB 505
Public and Nonpublic Schools - Student School Transfers - Academic Records Documentation
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
HB 505
Public and Nonpublic Schools - Student School Transfers - Academic Records Documentation
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
HB 528
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Retirement Income of Fire, Rescue, and Emergency Services Personnel - Eligibility
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
HB 531
State Department of Education - Public Schools STEM and Robotics Program - Study
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
HB 536
Employment Discrimination - Reasonable Accommodations - Disabilities Due to Childbirth, Menopause, and Related Medical Conditions
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
HB 541
Public Schools - Restocking Menstrual Hygiene Products - Requirement
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
HB 560
Sales and Use Tax and Property Tax - Exemptions for Data Centers - Repeal
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
HB 566
Criminal Law – Distribution of Students’ Personal Information – Prohibition
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
HB 575
Public Schools - Student Attendance - Excused or Discretionary Absences for Civic Engagement
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriEnacted
HB 595
Income Tax - Credit for Physician Preceptors in Areas With Health Care Workforce Shortages - Alterations
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriEnacted
HB 619
Interstate Podiatric Medical Licensure Compact
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriEnacted
HB 626
Custodial Interrogation of Minors - Admissibility of Statements (Exonerated 5 Act)
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
HB 635
Child Care Facilities - Criminal History Records Check - Requirement
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriEnacted
HB 649
Advancing Equal Educational Opportunities for All Students in Maryland
FAVPDFCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
HB 656
Income, Sales and Use, and Property Taxes - Revocation of Exempt Status for Nonprofit Organizations for Supporting Terrorist Organizations
UNFPDFCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
HB 724
Employment Discrimination - Caregiver Status
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
HB 740
Public Schools - School-Based Mental Health Services - Full-Time Therapist
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
HB 902
Retire in Maryland Tax Relief Act
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
HB 1022
PFAS Chemicals - Product Phase Outs and Registration Requirements
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriWithdrawn
HB 1041
Youth Camps - Structures in Flood Hazard Areas - Prohibition
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
HB 1099
General Assembly - Term Limits
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
HB 1402
Medical Examiner - Release of Body - Requirements for Muslims
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
HB 1423
Maryland Department of Health - Workgroup on Home- and Community-Based Services
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
HB 1434
Maryland Department of Health - Caregiver Resource Webpage - Establishment
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriEnacted
HB 1445
Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Developmental Disabilities Administration - Home- and Community-Based Services Eligibility Determinations (Maryland Protecting People With Disabilities Act)
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
HB 1477
Public Health - Ibogaine Clinical Research Grant Program - Establishment (Veterans Mental Health Innovations Act)
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
HB 1528
Education - Homeschool Students - Extracurricular Activities
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
HB 1533
Public Health - Cosmetic Products - Enforcement and Penalties for Prohibited Ingredients (Crown and Care Act - Protecting Communities from Harmful Hair Chemicals)
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriEnacted
HB 1545
Frederick County - Special Education Video and Audio Recording Program - Established
FAVPDFCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
HB 1556
Business Regulation - Sugary Beverage Advertisements - Warning Labels
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
SB 6
State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Nontenure Track Faculty
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriEnacted
SB 24
State Emergency Medical Services Board - Public Access Automated External Defibrillator Program - Revisions
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriEnacted
SB 51
Public Schools - Self-Contained Special Education Classrooms - Use of Video Recording Devices
FAVPDFCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
SB 71
Education - Interjurisdictional Safe Pathways Commission - Establishment
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
SB 78
Public Health – Prostate–Specific Antigen Testing (Protect Our Prostate Act)
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
SB 83
Health Occupations - Grounds for Discipline - Federal and Court Actions
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriEnacted
SB 88
State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, Speech-Language Pathologists, and Music Therapists - Authority to Issue Limited Licenses to Practice Music Therapy
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriEnacted
SB 99
Open Meetings Act - County Boards of Education - Enhanced Requirements (Local Boards of Education Transparency Act)
FAVPDFCarter, Alita-GeriPassed both chambers
SB 147
Education - Agreements, Procurement Contracts, and Memoranda of Understanding - Reporting and Publication
FWAPDFCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
SB 159
Emergency Medical Services - Vehicles and Ambulances - Required Supplies
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriEnacted
SB 174
State Board of Education - Enforcement Procedures - Alteration
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
SB 200
State Government - Council for Open Data - Membership and Responsibilities
FWAPDFCarter, Alita-GeriEnacted
SB 218
State Superintendent of Schools - Prolonged State of Emergency - Authority to Declare
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriEnacted
SB 219
Public Schools - Airway Clearing Device Availability and Use - Policy (Bowen Levy Airway Clearing Device Act)
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
SB 238
School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact
FAVPDFCarter, Alita-GeriEnacted
SB 238
School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact
FAVPDFCarter, Alita-GeriEnacted
SB 240
Office of Health Care Quality Stakeholder Advisory Council - Establishment
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
SB 251
Civil Actions - Maryland Uniform Public Expression Protection Act
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
SB 252
Maryland Legal Services Corporation - Board of Directors - Membership
FWAPDFCarter, Alita-GeriEnacted
SB 254
Education - Sexual Abuse and Assault Awareness and Prevention Program - Human and Sex Trafficking
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
SB 262
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Classroom Supplies Purchased by Teachers - Alteration
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriEnacted
SB 274
Fair Housing and Housing Discrimination - Regulations and Discriminatory Effect
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriPassed both chambers
SB 289
Concentration of Poverty School Grant Program - Personnel and Per Pupil Grants - Eligible Uses
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
SB 297
Vehicle Laws - Manufacturers and Dealers - Prices Listed on Dealer Websites (Jack Fitzgerald Price Transparency Act)
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
SB 316
Institutions of Higher Education and Elementary and Secondary Schools - Title VI Coordinators
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
SB 320
Criminal Procedure - Expungement - No Finding and Case Terminated Without Finding
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriEnacted
SB 321
Public Safety - Law Enforcement Agencies - Use of Body-Worn Cameras
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
SB 336
Task Force on Responsible Use of Natural Psychedelic Substances - Extension and Membership
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriEnacted
SB 359
Child Care Facilities - Criminal History Records Check - Requirement
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriEnacted
SB 466
Income Tax - Credit for Physician Preceptors in Areas With Health Care Workforce Shortages - Alterations
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriEnacted
SB 468
Local Government - Grant for Recipients of State Child Tax Credit - Authorization
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriEnacted
SB 477
Civil Actions - Real Estate Appraisals - Record Retention and Statute of Limitations
FWAPDFCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
SB 503
Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Program - Funding
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriEnacted
SB 507
Public Schools - Individuals With Disabilities - Accessibility and Emergency Planning
FWAPDFCarter, Alita-GeriEnacted
SB 511
Corporations and Associations - Cooperative Limited Equity Housing Corporations - Establishment
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
SB 607
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Public Safety Retirement Income - Amount
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriEnacted
SB 863
Prince George's County Special Education Service Delivery, Transparency, and Accountability Act
FAVPDFCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
2025 Regular Session4 appearances
BillPositionWitnessOutcome
HB 129
State Board of Education - Membership - School Principal
UNFPDFCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
HB 504
Excellence in Maryland Public Schools Act
FAVPDFCarter, Alita-GeriEnacted
SB 555
Public Information Act - Denials - Pending Litigation
UNFPDFCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
SB 555
Public Information Act - Denials - Pending Litigation
UNFPDFCarter, Alita-GeriDid not advance
2024 Regular Session4 appearances
BillPositionWitnessOutcome
HB 420
State and Local Parks - Play Area Accessibility - Recreation Communication Boards Pilot Program
FWAPDFCarter, Alita-GeriEnacted
HB 420
State and Local Parks - Play Area Accessibility - Recreation Communication Boards Pilot Program
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriEnacted
HB 903
Education - Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Program and Fund - Established
FAVCarter, Alita-GeriEnacted
SB 797
Education - Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Program and Fund - Established
FWAPDFCarter, Alita-GeriEnacted