It's down to the final stretch for the Maryland General Assembly.Mobile users tap here to watch videoMidnight Monday is the deadline to finish work, and there's still much unfinished business. However, progress is being made on a variety of issues.The House Ways and Means Committee is now considering Senate changes to the governor's bill to expand charter schools in Maryland. Speaker Michael Busch said he expects House passage."We've worked very close with the Senate on the charter schools bill," Busch said.Bill opponents point out the first test of Gov. Larry Hogan's pledge of "no new taxes" will soon be tested. Supporters contend the measure headed to the governor closes a loophole requiring online travel agencies to remit the same amount of sales tax collected from customers as Maryland hotels do.The House passed legislation making it easier for transgender residents to get new birth certificates, and the bill strikes a current mandate that the certificate be marked as a change in a person's gender.Both the House and Senate cleared a bill to give voting rights to ex-felons immediately after their release. Current law requires them to complete probation and parole first.The Senate passed a resolution in support of calling for a national convention to amend the U.S. Constitution. It takes aim at a Supreme Court ruling allowing corporations to use general revenue to fund political campaigns.The Senate agreed to extend Maryland's film tax credit program indefinitely, but leaves funding to the discretion of the governor.The Legislature approved a measure aimed at stopping fraud and abuse in state and local government. It is designed to help whistleblowers and encourage them to tell the government about fraud committed by private contractors. The state currently has a limited version of the false claims law that applies to cases of Medicaid and health-care related fraud.The Senate sent a measure to leave life-without-parole sentences in the hands of a judge back to committee, after lawmakers decided too many important issues were being raised so close to the end of the legislative session.The House will meet all day on Friday, and both the House and Senate plan to meet on Saturday.