Maryland Issues
The Maryland General Assembly officially assigns bill subjects to legislation, but not in a way that's easy to understand. To make this bill-to-issue system more accessible, our legislative data source the Open States Project has re-assigned individual bills to one of 44 master issue areas below.
Issue Areas
- Agriculture and Food (92 Bills)
- Animal Rights and Wildlife Issues (69 Bills)
- Arts and Humanities (93 Bills)
- Budget, Spending, and Taxes (1179 Bills)
- Business and Consumers (565 Bills)
- Campaign Finance and Election Issues (124 Bills)
- Civil Liberties and Civil Rights (23 Bills)
- Commerce (702 Bills)
- Crime (600 Bills)
- Drugs (0 Bills)
- Education (364 Bills)
- Energy (146 Bills)
- Environmental (259 Bills)
- Executive Branch (99 Bills)
- Family and Children Issues (236 Bills)
- Federal, State, and Local Relations (450 Bills)
- Gambling and Gaming (47 Bills)
- Government Reform (536 Bills)
- Guns (40 Bills)
- Health (656 Bills)
- Housing and Property (375 Bills)
- Immigration (41 Bills)
- Indigenous Peoples (0 Bills)
- Insurance (177 Bills)
- Judiciary (207 Bills)
- Labor and Employment (565 Bills)
- Legal Issues (1134 Bills)
- Legislative Affairs (325 Bills)
- Military (68 Bills)
- Municipal and County Issues (622 Bills)
- Nominations (0 Bills)
- Other (1799 Bills)
- Public Services (127 Bills)
- Recreation (102 Bills)
- Reproductive Issues (15 Bills)
- Resolutions (0 Bills)
- Science and Medical Research (12 Bills)
- Senior Issues (135 Bills)
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Issues (33 Bills)
- Social Issues (214 Bills)
- State Agencies (236 Bills)
- Technology and Communication (224 Bills)
- Trade (0 Bills)
- Transportation (285 Bills)
- Welfare and Poverty (18 Bills)