Administrative Agencies
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Transportation Trust Fund - Revenue and Distribution (Maryland Mobility Act of 2025) [SB-1043]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Imposing a 1% transportation trust fund surcharge on certain sales or uses in the State; providing that a certain annual budget request for certain modal units may not exceed a certain amount; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill certain appropriations for certain modal units of the Department of Transportation and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority; altering the definition of "transportation facilities project" to include projects included in the Consolidated Transportation Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
First Reading Senate Rules on 03/03/2025
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Maryland Developmental Disabilities Administration Waiver Advisory Council - Establishment [SB-1027]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Disabilities ]
Establishing the Maryland Developmental Disabilities Administration Waiver Advisory Council to advise and provide recommendations to the Developmental Disabilities Administration on system design, service delivery, and quality enhancement strategies for the Medicaid waiver programs operated by the Administration.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Favorable With Amendments Report By Health And Government Operations on 04/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Employment - Wages - Deductions for Public Employees [HB-1491]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
Applying to governmental employers certain provisions of the Maryland Wage Payment and Collection Law that prohibit an employer from making deductions from the wage of an employee except for specified purposes; and allowing a governmental employer to make a deduction from a public employee's wage if the deduction is authorized expressly in a compensation or benefit plan adopted by the employer.
Sponsored by: Rep. Andrea Harrison
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/12/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Economic Development - Small Business Guaranty Fund - Alterations [SB-1008]
[Economic Development ]
[Small Business ]
[Finance ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Authorizing the Maryland Small Business Development Financing Authority to authorize the provision of a guaranty under the Small Business Guaranty Fund in the form of an irrevocable letter of credit, an official treasurer's check, funds on deposit in an escrow or other depository account, or any other legal instrument promising a financial institution restitution or reimbursement for its loan losses, within the limits of the guaranty.
Sponsored by: Sen. Antonio Hayes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 4 on 04/08/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Government - Equal Access to Public Services for Individuals With Limited English Proficiency and Individuals With Disabilities [HB-1473]
[Disabilities ]
[Human Services ]
[Immigration ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Rights ]
Requiring the Governor's Office of Immigrant Affairs and the Department of Disabilities to convene the Maryland Language Advisory Group, by January 1, 2026, to make findings and recommendations on oversight, monitoring, investigation, and enforcement of certain provisions of law relating to equal access to public services for certain individuals; altering provisions of law relating to equal access to public services for individuals with limited English proficiency to include individuals with disabilities; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 434 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Agencies – Adoption of Regulations – Required [HB-1279]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a unit of State government that is required by law to adopt regulations to implement a program that is authorized or required under State law from collecting any fee or other payment under that program until the unit finalizes adoption of the regulations that implement the program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Civil Actions - Child Sexual Abuse [HB-1378]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering certain provisions relating to the award of noneconomic damages to a claimant in an action for child sexual abuse; altering certain provisions relating to the liability of the State under the Maryland Tort Claims Act and of a local government under the Local Government Tort Claims Act for certain claims of child sexual abuse; and requiring the Maryland Judiciary to report to the General Assembly by January 31, 2027, and each year thereafter, on the amount of each award and a summary of the sexual abuse claims related to the award.
Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 104 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Discharge of Patients and Referral Services - Standards [HB-1289]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish by regulation standards relating to the discharge of patients from drug and alcohol treatment programs and certain referral services offered to patients by certain drug and alcohol treatment programs; and requiring the Department to submit a report on the status of the adoption and revision of regulations to implement the requirements of the Act and Chapter 580 of 2017, and a plan for the enforcement of the statutory and regulatory requirements under the Act and Chapter 580 of 2017.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Hearing Canceled on 03/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Retirement Agency - Report on Employer Contribution Rate Impact of Teacher Salary Increases [HB-1250]
[Education ]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requiring the State Retirement Agency, on or before December 15, 2025, to report to the General Assembly certain information pertaining to the fiscal impact on employer contribution rates in the Teachers' Retirement and Pension Systems from certain teacher base salary increases and certain teacher career ladder increases for certain fiscal years.
Sponsored by: Rep. April Fleming Miller
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/24/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Safety - Immigration Enforcement - Cooperation [HB-1307]
[Immigration ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring a certain law enforcement agency, law enforcement agent, and local detention facility, if requested by federal immigration authorities, to notify federal immigration authorities about certain matters and cooperate with federal immigration authorities for a certain purpose; and prohibiting the State, a unit of local government, a county sheriff, or an agency of the State or a unit of local government from adopting, implementing, or enforcing certain policies.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Transportation-Related Tolls - Installment Payment Plans [HB-1465]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Requiring the Maryland Transportation Authority to establish programs to offer installment payment plans for the payment of certain tolls, in excess of $300.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 527 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Developmental Disabilities Administration Waiver Advisory Council - Establishment [HB-1244]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Disabilities ]
Establishing the Maryland Developmental Disabilities Administration Waiver Advisory Council to advise and provide recommendations to the Developmental Disabilities Administration on system design, service delivery, and quality enhancement strategies for the Medicaid waiver programs operated by the Administration.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 756 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Prince George's County - Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area Protection Program - Cutting or Clearing Trees MC/PG 113-25 [HB-1470]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Construction ]
[Public Safety ]
Providing that, in Prince George's County, to enforce a certain violation involving the clearing or cutting of trees in the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area, the Prince George's County Department of Permitting, Inspections, and Enforcement must record a lien on property that is the subject of the violation in a certain manner; establishing certain limits, prohibitions, requirements, and authorizations on actions certain local jurisdictions may take if a lien is not recorded as required by the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 595 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Employees' Pension System and Teachers' Pension System - Deferred Retirement Option Program - Establishment [HB-1388]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Establishing a Deferred Retirement Option Program for certain members of the Employees' Pension System and the Teachers' Pension System; and requiring the State Retirement Agency to seek a certain determination letter.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ben Barnes
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/12/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Department of Health - Provision of Health Care Services - Study [HB-1376]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to include in the contract for a study of the Health Services Cost Review Commission, the Maryland Health Care Commission, the Maryland Insurance Administration, and the Maryland Community Health Resources
Commission a requirement that the independent consultant study the current provision of health care services in the State; requiring the study to consider recommendations for strategies the State should consider to ensure high quality health care for all Marylanders; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseline Pena-Melnyk
Hearing 2/21 At 2:00 P.m. on 02/11/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Transportation - Maryland Transit Administration - Funding (Transit Safety and Investment Act of 2025) [HB-1463]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Governor to include, for each of fiscal years 2030 through 2039, an appropriation of $550,000,000 in the State budget from the Transportation Trust Fund to the Maryland Transit Administration for certain operating and capital needs of the Administration.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robbyn Lewis
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/17/2025
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Labor and Employment - Employer Communications During Nonworking Hours - Right to Disconnect [HB-1413]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring employers to establish a policy that provides employees a certain right to ignore communications from the employer during nonworking hours and establishes nonworking hours by written agreement; and prohibiting, except under certain circumstances, an employer from requiring that an employee communicate with the employer during nonworking hours.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jazz Lewis
Hearing Canceled on 02/25/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State and Local Agencies - Enforcement of Federal Immigration Law - Restrictions on Access to Information (Maryland Data Privacy Act) [HB-1431]
[Immigration ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering certain provisions of law to require a law enforcement agency or a unit of State or local government to deny access to certain databases by certain individuals seeking access for the purpose of enforcing federal immigration law, under certain circumstances; requiring the Attorney General to enforce certain provisions of the Act; and providing that a State employee who violates certain provisions of the Act is subject to certain discipline.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Department of Health and Department of Human Services – Public Benefits – Prevention of Waste, Fraud, and Abuse [HB-1402]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health and the Department of Human Services to enter into certain data-sharing agreements with certain agencies to conduct certain reviews related to eligibility for and use of certain public benefits; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to seek approval for a certain waiver to impose a certain lockout period on certain individuals who fail to report a change in eligibility for the Maryland Medical Assistance Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Grammer
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. (appropriations) on 02/21/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Transportation - Regional Transportation Authorities [HB-1370]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Baltimore region, capital region, and Southern Maryland region transportation authorities to develop and implement certain transportation plans; establishing the Baltimore region, capital region, and Southern Maryland region transportation funds as special, nonlapsing funds; imposing certain transportation authority sales tax surcharges, hotel surcharges, and transfer tax surcharges; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marlon Amprey
Hearing Canceled (environment And Transportation) on 02/14/2025