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Mike Griffith R

Delegate
Maryland House of Delegates District 35A
Term: — – Jan. 3, 2026

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On Record (15)

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Bill State Government - Agencies, Offices, and OfficialsState Government - Regulations and ProceduresArchivesFeesRecordsRules and Regulations
Authorizing the State Archives to establish by regulation reasonable fees relating to the care and preservation of records and other services provided by the Archives.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Criminal Law - ProceduresSTATE PROCUREMENTCensusComptrollerCountiesCOURTSIncome taxPetitionsPublic Works, Board ofRestitutionSalaries and Compensation
Repealing the requirement that county governments are required to pay 50% of the amount of compensation to individuals erroneously convicted of a crime the individual did not commit.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Vehicle Laws - Licensing and RegulationDISABILITIESFeesMotor Vehicle RegistrationVeteransWork, Labor, and Employment
Establishing that not more than one vehicle owned by, or leased to, an unemployable disabled veteran is exempt from vehicle registration fees.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Criminal Law - Substantive CrimesForgeryFraudLeases and RentPenalties and SentencesReal Property
Prohibiting a person with the intent to defraud another from creating, aiding in the creation of, or possessing a counterfeit lease or rental agreement.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral INSURANCEReal PropertyResidential PropertyDataDeedsRecordationTitles
Requiring a deed presented for recording effecting a change in ownership of residential property to contain the name of the title insurer and the policy number if the purchaser or other party has obtained title insurance.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral HealthLicensesHOUSINGGOVERNORHOSPITALSChildrenFoster CareSunsetMeetingsRecordsPatientsDataGroup HomesPublic BenefitsReportsSocial ServicesHotels and MotelsCommittees and CommissionsPlans and ProposalsStandards and Best PracticeskinshipChildren (4-12)DemographicsIntergovernmental CooperationHealth OccupationsAdministrative AgenciesEducation, State Board ofMental and Behavioral HealthYouth (10-21)studiesHealth, Department ofSocial Services - GenerallyHuman Services, Department ofReview Boards
Prohibiting the placement of children in unlicensed settings under the out-of-home placement program required to be established by the Social Services Administration; altering the duties of the pediatric hospital overstay coordinators; establishing the Child and Youth Placement Review Panel in the Governor's Office for Children with the Placement Manager as its head; establishing the Advisory Council on Maryland's System of …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral CONTRACTSComplaintsReal PropertyNoticesResidential PropertyReal EstateNotaries PublicMediationTimeEstates and TrustsDistrict CourtsAgents and BrokersTermination of Services
Altering the definition of "contingency clause" as the term applies to the circumstances under which a residential real estate contract may be terminated by a purchaser; and altering the time period from 30 days to 5 days, within which a holder of trust money must distribute trust money to a purchaser.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Small businessIncome taxCONTRACTSCORPORATIONSCONTRACTORSTax ReturnsGoods And ServicesMunicipal CorporationsCountiesProcurementReportsBudgetsComptrollerSTATE PROCUREMENTWork, Labor, and EmploymentTaxes - IncomeRevenue and TaxesState Government - Agencies, Offices, and OfficialsAddressesCommerce and BusinessMinority Business Enterprises
Requiring a unit of State and local government and a person that receives funding from the State operating or capital budget to report on or before October 15 each year to the Comptroller certain information regarding the use of the funds; requiring a certain individual or corporation that receives payments from a unit of State and local government for providing …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Income taxAgeTax ReturnsTax CreditsTaxes - IncomeElderly Persons (65+)
Authorizing a credit against the State income tax for certain taxpayers who are at least 77 years old and have a federal adjusted gross income not exceeding $175,000 for a single taxpayer, or $250,000 for spouses filing jointly, or for a certain surviving spouse; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral EducationSAFETYPSYCHOLOGISTSPublic SchoolsStudentsSocial WorkersOccupational TherapistsTimeParents and GuardiansAudiologists and Speech PathologistsPrimary and Secondary EducationLocal Government MandatesPsychiatristsIndividualized Education and 504 PlansMedical Testing and DiagnosisAutism SpectrumPediatricians
Requiring a school to recognize a student's external diagnosis of autism from certain professionals until the school completes an initial evaluation; requiring a school to initiate an evaluation of a student within 30 days of receiving an external diagnosis of autism and written consent from the student's parent; requiring a school to provide certain supports to a student during the …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral COURTSLAW ENFORCEMENTPRIVACYATTORNEY GENERALSunsetTechnologyReal PropertyProcurementDataReportsInformation TechnologyCybersecurityStandards and Best PracticesApplicants and ApplicationsIntergovernmental CooperationElectronic DocumentsState Police, Department ofPilot ProgramsTransfer of GoodsRecordationTitlesAssessments and Taxation, Department ofEscrow Accounts
Establishing the Blockchain-Based Real Property Title Pilot Program in the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to explore the use of blockchain technology for securely recording and verifying real property ownership and to assess its potential for use by law enforcement and courts in resolving real property disputes involving squatting.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Income taxTax ReturnsExemptionsTaxes - IncomeGifts
Excluding certain charitable contributions from a limitation on the amount of itemized deductions allowed for certain individuals under the Maryland income tax; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share

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Repealing a provision of law requiring a person to hold a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) general discharge permit issued by the Department of the Environment before the person may begin construction on any part of a new CAFO; and …
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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Requiring local school systems to award posthumous honorary diplomas to certain deceased students who were at the time of death enrolled in any grade from kindergarten through grade 12 in a public school, and for whom a written request was …
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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Prohibiting the State or any of its instrumentalities or political subdivisions from taking certain property that is subject to a perpetual agricultural or conservation easement.
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Repealing certain provisions of law establishing and governing building energy performance standards.
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Requiring that, on completion of a new bridge to replace the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge, the Maryland Transportation Authority shall name the new bridge the Francis Scott Key Memorial Bridge.
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Prohibiting the Department of Juvenile Services from hiring or retaining an individual convicted of certain crimes.
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Repealing a requirement that a person hold a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) general discharge permit before the person may begin construction on any part of a new CAFO.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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Affirming Maryland's commitment to the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of children in guardianship homes and any child under the care of the Social Services Administration in the Department of Human Services; and imploring the Social Services Administration to strictly …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Requiring individuals who will have direct contact with children in certain child care facilities to submit to a criminal history records check; requiring the State Department of Education to establish a centralized unit for the processing and management of information …
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Requiring a party to a partition action to timely notify the court of the type and amount of each outstanding lien on the property if the plaintiff does not procure a title report; altering the calculation of the purchase price …
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Prohibiting public and nonpublic schools from hiring or retaining a certain employee who the school knows has been charged with a certain crime; requiring a nonpublic school or local school system contract to provide that a contractor or subcontractor may …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Requiring each county board of education to develop a parent and family engagement policy on or before the start of the 2027-2028 school year; requiring each public school in the State to develop a Parent-School Compact beginning in the 2028-2029 …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Authorizing certain public and nonpublic schools to coordinate a student's voluntary use of a certain locative device and monitor the student's location using the locative device for certain purposes and under certain circumstances; establishing certain privacy and data protections for …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Establishing the Office of Regulatory Management; providing for the Director, staffing, and duties of the Office; requiring certain units of State government to submit certain reports to certain persons at certain times regarding regulatory actions and permits, licenses, certifications, and …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Altering the definition of "full-time equivalent enrollment" in the calculation for State education aid to include the average number of students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12 on September 30 and May 31 of the prior school year; requiring the …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Renaming the "renewable energy portfolio standard" to be the "clean energy portfolio standard"; renaming "renewable energy credits" to be "clean energy credits"; adding energy generated from certain nuclear energy generating stations as a Tier 2 renewable source eligible for inclusion …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Establishing the Workgroup on Aging Out of Foster Care to identify the types of resources available for youth who have aged out of foster care to help them achieve self-sufficiency, determine the effectiveness of currently available resources and identify the …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Altering the designation, administration, and purposes of and eligibility for certain economic development programs; redesignating the Economic Development Opportunities Program Account to be the Strategic Closing Fund within the Department of Commerce; altering the purposes for and methods by which …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Prohibiting a local board of elections from removing an absentee ballot from a return envelope or ballot/return envelope or counting the ballot unless the return envelope or ballot/return envelope is signed by the voter and a witness and the local …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Applying certain provisions of law regarding priority registration at public institutions of higher education, resources and support at community colleges, senatorial and Delegate scholarships, and preferences in hiring by the Public Service Commission to the spouses of active service members …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Repealing the prohibition on awarding the Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship after June 30, 2030; and repealing the limitation on renewing the Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Providing that a registered reduction operator is not civilly liable for transferring and a veterans service organization is not civilly liable for receiving unclaimed hydrolyzed or soil remains of a veteran or an eligible dependent of a veteran for the …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Altering the definition of "medical service" for the purpose of providing an exemption to the certificate of need requirement by removing psychiatry and any subcategory of psychiatry; and providing that a certificate of need is not required to establish or …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Altering the definition of "military-connected student" under the Purple Star Schools Program to conform with certain terms defined under State law; and establishing the Purple Star Colleges Program to recognize certain colleges that provide strong services and support for military-connected …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Repealing on electric and gas bills a certain surcharge used to encourage and promote the efficient use and conservation of energy in support of certain greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals and targets.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Altering the definition of "precious metal bullion or coins" for purposes of eligibility for an exemption from the sales and use tax for the sale of precious metal bullion or coins and expanding an exemption by repealing requirements that the …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Altering a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for unreimbursed expenses paid or incurred by certain teachers during a taxable year for the purchase of certain classroom supplies to include certain teachers employed in prekindergarten programs in the State; …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Prohibiting the earning of diminution credits to reduce the term of confinement of an incarcerated individual who is serving a sentence for murder in the first degree in a State or local correctional facility.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Reducing from 5% to 2% the amount of priority preservation area acreage that may be used for the construction of certain solar energy generating stations; and requiring the Maryland Department of the Environment to study the environmental impact of the …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Establishing the standard of review that the State Board of Education must use when considering an appeal of certain actions taken by a county board of education; and establishing a limit of 90 days on the duration of a stay …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Altering a certain provision of law authorizing a law enforcement officer to conduct an otherwise lawful custodial interrogation of a child if the child's parent, guardian, or custodian consents to the custodial interrogation of the child without the child's consultation …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Conforming the Maryland Uniform Simultaneous Death Act to the Uniform Simultaneous Death Act; providing that a surviving individual who does not survive the death of another individual for at least 120 hours is deemed to have predeceased the other individual …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Repealing the limitation on the maximum amount of a credit against the State income tax that an individual may claim for certain expenses incurred for a donation of deer meat to certain organizations; and applying the Act to all taxable …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
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Establishing November 11 as a tax-free day each year during which an exemption from the sales and use tax is provided for sales to certain veterans if the taxable price of the item for sale is less than $2,000; authorizing …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share