Maryland State Senator

Joanne Benson 2025 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 2)

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB39

Introduced

1/8/24

Introduced

1/8/25

Refer

1/8/24

Refer

1/8/25

Criminal Procedure - Petition to Modify or Reduce Sentence (Maryland Second Look Act)

Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB467

Introduced

1/23/25

Refer

1/23/25

Maryland Forestry Education Fund – Mandatory Funding – Extension

Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB468

Introduced

1/23/25

Refer

1/23/25

Public Middle, High, and Charter Schools - Start Time for Instruction

Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB469

Introduced

1/23/25

Refer

1/23/25

State Government - Maryland Reparations Commission - Establishment (Harriet Tubman Community Investment Act)

Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB559

Introduced

1/24/25

Refer

1/24/25

Transportation - Study on Speed Limits - Interstate 495 and Connected Highways

Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB58

Introduced

1/8/24

Introduced

1/8/25

Refer

1/8/24

Refer

1/8/25

Labor and Employment - Parental School Engagement Leave Act

Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB687

Introduced

1/30/25

Refer

1/30/25

Report Pass

4/7/25

Child Care Scholarship Program - Youth Transitioning From Foster Placement to Successful Adulthood Pilot Program - Establishment

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB396

Introduced

1/20/25

Refer

1/20/25

Report Pass

3/14/25

Engrossed

3/17/25

Refer

3/17/25

Report Pass

4/4/25

Enrolled

4/7/25

Chaptered

5/13/25

Passed

5/13/25

Public Safety Officer - Performance of Duties - Death Benefits

Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB414

Introduced

1/20/25

Refer

1/20/25

Report Pass

3/10/25

Engrossed

3/12/25

Refer

3/14/25

Income Tax Credit - Parent of Stillborn Child

Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB472

Introduced

1/23/25

Refer

1/23/25

Report Pass

3/10/25

Engrossed

3/12/25

Refer

3/13/25

Property Tax - Property Adjacent to Rail Stations - Subclasses and Special Rates

Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB490

Introduced

1/23/25

Refer

1/23/25

State Boards, Committees, Commissions, Task Forces, and Workgroups - Elimination of Citizenship Requirements and Establishment of Diversity Requirements

Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB502

Introduced

1/24/25

Refer

1/24/25

Report Pass

2/17/25

Engrossed

2/20/25

Refer

2/21/25

Report Pass

4/2/25

Enrolled

4/3/25

Chaptered

4/22/25

Passed

4/22/25

Property Tax - Credit for Law Enforcement Officer or Rescue Worker - Expansion to Judicial Officer

Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB516

Introduced

1/24/25

Refer

1/24/25

Report Pass

3/10/25

Engrossed

3/12/25

Refer

3/13/25

Report Pass

4/2/25

Enrolled

4/3/25

Chaptered

4/22/25

Passed

4/22/25

Property Tax - Day Care Centers, Child Care Homes, and Child Care Centers

Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB603

Introduced

1/27/25

Refer

1/27/25

Report Pass

2/17/25

Engrossed

2/20/25

Refer

2/21/25

Report Pass

4/5/25

Enrolled

4/7/25

Chaptered

5/6/25

Passed

5/6/25

University of Maryland, College Park Campus – TerpsEXCEED Program – Funding

Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB683

Introduced

1/30/25

Refer

1/30/25

Report Pass

4/7/25

Engrossed

4/7/25

Refer

4/7/25

Catastrophic Event Account and Federal Government Shutdown Employee Assistance Loan Fund, Protection of Federal Benefits, and Powers of the Attorney General - Alterations (Protect Our Federal Workers Act)

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