The Maryland General Assembly will not reconvene in a special session next month.
House Speaker Adrienne Jones and Senate President Bill Ferguson made the announcement Monday.
The legislature adjourned early last month from its annual 90-day legislative session because of the coronavirus.
Legislative leaders had expressed the hope of reconvening for a special session in the last week of May.
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Jones says the decision not to reconvene was made after conferring with health experts.
The presiding officers say they will keep evaluating the need and timing of a future special session.
A bipartisan panel of state legislators focusing on the virus will continue to meet.
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