As the 2019 legislative session is about to enter its first full week, 60 new legislators are slowly orienting themselves within the halls of Annapolis, a dozen new committee leaders are testing out their gavels, and new bills are dropping at a pace more akin to a leaky faucet than the record-shattering fire hose of last year.
While rumors continue to swirl about a $15 minimum wage, predictive scheduling, the expansion of the recent paid sick and safe leave mandate, and new taxes to pay for education reform, no bills physically exist in Annapolis—yet.