Motor Vehicles; Proof Of Insurance [HB-214]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Insurance ]
An Act relating to proof of financial responsibility for suspension for nonpayment of judgments.
HB-214: Motor Vehicles; Proof Of Insurance
Sponsored by: Rep. Alyse Galvin
Read The First Time - Referrals on 04/30/2025
Insurance; Prior Authorizations [HB-144]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
An Act relating to prior authorization requests for medical care covered by a health care insurer; relating to a prior authorization application programming interface; relating to step therapy; and providing for an effective date.
HB-144: Insurance; Prior Authorizations
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Prax
Cosponsor(s): Himschoot on 04/28/2025
Insurance; Prior Authorizations [SB-133]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
An Act relating to prior authorization requests for medical care covered by a health care insurer; relating to a prior authorization application programming interface; relating to step therapy; and providing for an effective date.
SB-133: Insurance; Prior Authorizations
Sponsored by: Sen.
Law W/o Gov Signature 7/16 Ch 21 Sla 25 on 07/15/2025
Consumer Protection - Artificial Intelligence [HB-1331]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Data Privacy ]
Regulating the manner in which a developer or deployer of artificial intelligence must protect consumers from certain risks; requiring a developer that offers to sell a certain artificial intelligence system to provide certain information and make certain disclosures; requiring a deployer to implement a certain risk management policy and take certain precautions to protect consumers from certain risks; requiring a deployer to complete an impact assessment and make certain disclosures; etc.
Montgomery County and Prince George's County - Qualifying Municipal Corporation - Land Use MC/PG 114-25 [HB-1231]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
Authorizing a governing body of a qualifying municipal corporation by resolution to exercise the powers of the Prince George's County Planning Board, the zoning hearing examiner for Prince George's County, or the District Council for Prince George's County to make land use decisions relating to any land within the corporate limits of the municipal corporation; subjecting the exercise of those powers to certain substantive and procedural requirements and standards; providing for the judicial review of certain actions; etc.
HB-1231: Montgomery County and Prince George's County - Qualifying Municipal Corporation - Land Use MC/PG 114-25
Sponsored by: No sponsors
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 02/07/2025
Public Health - Milk Products - Direct-to-Consumer Sale of Raw Milk for Human Consumption [HB-1449]
[Public Health ]
[Food ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Agriculture ]
Excluding certain sales of raw milk for human consumption from certain State regulation of milk products; requiring a person to obtain a permit from the Secretary of Health before the person may sell raw milk direct to the consumer for human consumption; and establishing certain requirements for raw milk produced and sold direct to the consumer for human consumption in the State.
HB-1449: Public Health - Milk Products - Direct-to-Consumer Sale of Raw Milk for Human Consumption
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Hearing Canceled on 03/08/2025
Children - Parental Rights - Educational Rights [HB-1385]
[Children and Youth ]
[Education ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Requiring each county board of education, in consultation with certain individuals, to develop and implement a certain policy to promote parental involvement in students' education; establishing a complaint and appeals process for violations of a certain policy; etc.
HB-1385: Children - Parental Rights - Educational Rights
Sponsored by: Rep. Teresa Reilly
Hearing 3/03 At 11:00 A.m. on 02/10/2025
Land Use - Historic Preservation Commission - Right of Appeal [HB-1255]
[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
[Housing ]
Authorizing a local jurisdiction to authorize any person aggrieved by a decision of a historic preservation commission to appeal the decision to the board of appeals of the local jurisdiction or the appropriate circuit court.
HB-1255: Land Use - Historic Preservation Commission - Right of Appeal
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Hearing 4/07 At 11:00 A.m. on 04/06/2025
Task Force to Study Land Use Issues in Prince George's County - Establishment MC/PG 117-25 [HB-1266]
[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
[Housing ]
[Construction ]
Establishing the Task Force to Study Land Use Issues In Prince George's County to review the role of the County Planning Board, evaluate the list of person that have standing to seek judicial review and appeal to the Appellate Court, the expiration processes, and the need for legislative remedies to address certain issues; and requiring the Task Force to report its findings to the Prince George's County Executive, the County Council, and the Prince George's County Delegation to the General Assembly by December 1, 2026.
HB-1266: Task Force to Study Land Use Issues in Prince George's County - Establishment MC/PG 117-25
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing Canceled on 04/01/2025
Health Insurance - Appeals and Adverse Decisions - Call Centers, Notification Requirements, and Required Survey [HB-1341]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring health insurance carriers to operate a 24-hour call center for appeals and adverse decisions, include certain information in a certain manner in the written notice of adverse decisions required to be sent to members, and conduct an annual survey on member experiences with the internal grievance process and submit the results of the survey to the Insurance Commissioner.
HB-1341: Health Insurance - Appeals and Adverse Decisions - Call Centers, Notification Requirements, and Required Survey
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/15/2025
Income, Sales and Use, and Property Taxes - Rescission of Exempt Status for Nonprofit Organizations for Supporting Terrorist Organizations [HB-1192]
[Taxes ]
[Nonprofit ]
[National Security ]
[Property Tax ]
Requiring, as practicable, the Comptroller and the Director of the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to jointly determine on a regular basis whether a certain nonprofit organization in the State has been found to be a certain terrorist-supporting organization; requiring that the Comptroller and the Director rescind a terrorist-supporting organization's tax-exempt status with respect to certain Maryland income tax, sales and use tax, and property tax exemptions; etc.
HB-1192: Income, Sales and Use, and Property Taxes - Rescission of Exempt Status for Nonprofit Organizations for Supporting Terrorist Organizations
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/21/2025
You have voted HB-1192: Income, Sales and Use, and Property Taxes - Rescission of Exempt Status for Nonprofit Organizations for Supporting Terrorist Organizations.
Local Government - Accommodations Intermediaries - Hotel Rental Tax Collection by Comptroller [HB-1103]
[Taxes ]
[Housing ]
Requiring certain accommodations intermediaries to collect and remit the hotel rental tax to the Comptroller rather than to each county; providing for the administration of the hotel rental tax by the Comptroller; providing that certain provisions of State law prevail over certain local laws or agreements related to the hotel rental tax; repealing the authority of certain counties to provide for certain exemptions from the hotel rental tax; etc.
HB-1103: Local Government - Accommodations Intermediaries - Hotel Rental Tax Collection by Comptroller
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary
Hearing Canceled on 02/07/2025
Prince George's County - Board of Appeals - Membership MC/PG 106-25 [HB-1065]
[Community Development ]
[Housing ]
Altering the membership of the board of appeals in Prince George's County to be at least three members; and altering the number of members of the board required to concur in any resolution to a simple majority.
HB-1065: Prince George's County - Board of Appeals - Membership MC/PG 106-25
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 592 on 05/13/2025
Correctional Services - Maryland Parole Commission - Improvements in Transparency and Equity [HB-1147]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the annual report of the Maryland Parole Commission to contain certain information; altering a certain provision of law to require the Commission to provide certain documents to a certain incarcerated individual at a certain time, rather than allow the incarcerated individual to examine the documents on request; requiring the Commission to document, state on the record, provide to an incarcerated individual, and make available to the public certain information; etc.
HB-1147: Correctional Services - Maryland Parole Commission - Improvements in Transparency and Equity
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025
Local Government - Accommodations Intermediaries - Hotel Rental Tax - Collection by Comptroller and Alterations [SB-979]
[Taxes ]
[Housing ]
Requiring certain accommodations intermediaries to collect and remit the hotel rental tax to the Comptroller rather than to each county; providing for the administration of the hotel rental tax by the Comptroller; providing that certain provisions of State law prevail over certain local laws or agreements related to the hotel rental tax; repealing the authority of certain counties to provide for certain exemptions from the hotel rental tax; etc.
SB-979: Local Government - Accommodations Intermediaries - Hotel Rental Tax - Collection by Comptroller and Alterations
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 638 on 05/20/2025
Private Passenger Motor Vehicle Insurance - Use of Programs That Measure the Operation of an Insured Vehicle [SB-984]
[Insurance ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring an insurer that issues or delivers private passenger motor vehicle insurance policies in the State to disclose the use of a program that measures the operation of an insured vehicle and to establish a process by which a policyholder may correct or appeal data the policy holder believes to be erroneous; prohibiting insurers with respect to certain private passenger motor vehicle insurance policies from initiating a premium increase in increments of less than 6 months from the date the policy goes into effect; etc.
SB-984: Private Passenger Motor Vehicle Insurance - Use of Programs That Measure the Operation of an Insured Vehicle
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo Washington
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/31/2025
Common Ownership Communities - Ombudsman Unit, Governing Document Database, and Local Commissions [SB-866]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Community Development ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Data Privacy ]
Establishing the Common Ownership Community Ombudsman Unit in the Office of the Attorney General to monitor relevant changes in federal and State laws, make certain information publicly available, assist members in understanding certain rights and processes, and provide information on alternative dispute resolution services; requiring common ownership communities to file certain documents; requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to establish a data base of governing documents; etc.
SB-866: Common Ownership Communities - Ombudsman Unit, Governing Document Database, and Local Commissions
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
Children - Parental Rights - Educational Rights [SB-948]
[Children and Youth ]
[Education ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Requiring each county board of education, in consultation with certain individuals, to develop and implement a certain policy to promote parental involvement in students' education; and establishing a complaint and appeals process for violations of a certain policy.
SB-948: Children - Parental Rights - Educational Rights
Sponsored by: Sen. Justin Ready
Hearing Canceled on 03/04/2025
Consumer Protection - High-Risk Artificial Intelligence - Developer and Deployer Requirements [SB-936]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring a certain developer of, and a certain deployer who uses, a certain high-risk artificial intelligence system to use reasonable care to protect consumers from known and reasonably foreseeable risks of certain algorithmic discrimination in a certain high-risk artificial intelligence system; regulating the use of high-risk artificial intelligence systems by establishing certain requirements for disclosures, impact assessments, and other consumer protection provisions; authorizing the Attorney General to enforce the Act; etc.