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.
SB-1043: Transportation Trust Fund - Revenue and Distribution (Maryland Mobility Act of 2025)
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
First Reading Senate Rules on 03/03/2025
Gaming - Sports Wagering Facilities - Request for Relocation [HB-1543]
[Gaming ]
Authorizing certain sports wagering facility licensees to submit a written request to the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to relocate the sports wagering facility if the facility was originally issued a Class B sports wagering facility license on or before September 30, 2023, and the new location is in the same county, complies with certain location requirements, and is approved by the Sports Wagering Application Review Commission.
HB-1543: Gaming - Sports Wagering Facilities - Request for Relocation
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 333 on 05/06/2025
Motor Vehicle Administration Records - Access to Digital Photographic Images and Signatures - Baltimore City [HB-1533]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Housing ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration to make a digital photographic image or signature of an individual, or the actual stored data of the image or signature, recorded by the Administration available to the Special Investigations Unit of the Baltimore City Department of Housing and Community Development or its successor.
HB-1533: Motor Vehicle Administration Records - Access to Digital Photographic Images and Signatures - Baltimore City
Sponsored by: Rep. Melissa Wells
Hearing 3/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/04/2025
Baltimore City - Sales Tax - Authorization [SB-1037]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City to impose, by law, a tax on retail sales in the City of Baltimore, subject to certain limitations.
SB-1037: Baltimore City - Sales Tax - Authorization
Sponsored by: Sen.
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/24/2025
Baltimore County and Baltimore City - Vehicle Laws - Lighting on Privately Owned Vehicles [HB-1520]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing, under the commercial ambulance service license held by Hatzalah of Baltimore, no more than five of the highest ranking officers may have their privately owned vehicles equipped with red or red and white lights or signal devices which may be displayed only while on route to or at the scene of an emergency.
HB-1520: Baltimore County and Baltimore City - Vehicle Laws - Lighting on Privately Owned Vehicles
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Favorable With Amendments Report By Environment And Transportation on 04/04/2025
Prior Authorizations of State Debt - Alterations [HB-1519]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Amending certain prior authorizations of State Debt to change the names of certain grantees, alter the authorized uses of certain grants, and extend the termination date of certain grants.
HB-1519: Prior Authorizations of State Debt - Alterations
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Chang
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 643 on 05/20/2025
Baltimore County and Baltimore City - Vehicle Laws - Lighting on Privately Owned Vehicles [SB-1030]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing not more than five of the highest ranking officers under the commercial ambulance service license held by Hatzalah of Baltimore to have their privately owned vehicles equipped with red or red and white lights or signal devices which may be displayed only while on route to or at the scene of an emergency.
SB-1030: Baltimore County and Baltimore City - Vehicle Laws - Lighting on Privately Owned Vehicles
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 562 on 05/13/2025
Collective Bargaining - Local Government Employees and Public Employee Relations Act [HB-1509]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing collective bargaining rights for public local employees; applying the Maryland Public Employee Relations Act to county and municipal government employers and their employees; providing that a public employee may be deemed a certain management employee for purposes of establishing collective bargaining rights; establishing impasse procedures for collective bargaining between public local employees and their employers that include binding arbitration; etc.
HB-1509: Collective Bargaining - Local Government Employees and Public Employee Relations Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Harris
Hearing Canceled on 03/26/2025
Maryland Tort Claims Act - Employees of an Office of a Sheriff [HB-1507]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Providing that an employee of the office of a sheriff of a county or Baltimore City is immune from liability under the Maryland Tort Claims Act in the same manner as a sheriff or deputy sheriff.
HB-1507: Maryland Tort Claims Act - Employees of an Office of a Sheriff
Sponsored by: Rep. Karen Toles
Favorable Report By Judiciary on 04/07/2025
Business Regulation - Cemeteries - Requirements for Sale or Transfer or Government Acquisition [SB-1021]
Prohibiting certain owners of a cemetery from selling or transferring the cemetery without the approval of the Director of the Office of Cemetery Oversight; exempting certain religious organizations from the requirement to obtain an approval from the Director; authorizing a governmental unit to acquire an abandoned cemetery under certain circumstances; and establishing requirements for the sale, transfer, or government acquisition of a cemetery.
SB-1021: Business Regulation - Cemeteries - Requirements for Sale or Transfer or Government Acquisition
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Favorable With Amendments Report By Finance on 03/17/2025
Baltimore City - Sales Tax - Authorization [HB-1508]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City to impose, by law, a tax on retail sales of tangible personal property and taxable services in the City of Baltimore, subject to certain limitations.
HB-1508: Baltimore City - Sales Tax - Authorization
Sponsored by: Rep. Melissa Wells
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/05/2025
Baltimore City - AIDS Prevention Sterile Needle and Syringe Exchange Pilot Program - Revisions [HB-1502]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Renaming the AIDS Prevention Sterile Needle and Syringe Exchange Pilot Program to be the HIV Prevention Syringe Services Program; altering the duties of the Program to provide for the safe distribution of syringes and hypodermic needles and account for the number of hypodermic needles and syringes exchanged and distributed by the Baltimore City Health Department; altering the membership and duties of the Program's oversight committee; altering the immunity provided to Program staff and participants; etc.
HB-1502: Baltimore City - AIDS Prevention Sterile Needle and Syringe Exchange Pilot Program - Revisions
Sponsored by: Rep. Melissa Wells
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 758 on 05/20/2025
Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - License Extension [SB-1013]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
Extending until the end of July 1, 2026, the expiration of an alcoholic beverages license issued for the 5700 block of Falls Road in Baltimore City for transfer and renewal purposes.
SB-1013: Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - License Extension
Sponsored by: Rep. Dalya Attar
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 827 on 05/20/2025
Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages – License Extension [HB-1488]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
Extending until the end of July 1, 2026, the expiration of an alcoholic beverages license issued for the 5700 block of Falls Road in Baltimore City for the purpose of completing a transfer of ownership and renewal at the same location.
HB-1488: Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages – License Extension
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/12/2025
Maryland Transit Administration - Baltimore East-West Corridor - Property Acquisition [SB-1012]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Infrastructure ]
Prohibiting the Maryland Transit Administration, in conducting the Red Line transit project, from acquiring any real property for planning, construction, operation, or maintenance of the Red Line if the acquisition would result in involuntary residential displacement.
Baltimore City - Water and Sewer Service Charge Increase - Audit [HB-1498]
[Water ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Baltimore City Auditor to conduct a certain audit of the Baltimore City Department of Public Works within 6 months after the Department increases its water and sewer service charges; and requiring the audit to include information on water usage, information on water leakage and broken pipes, and the justification for the service charge increase.
HB-1498: Baltimore City - Water and Sewer Service Charge Increase - Audit
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/12/2025
Gaming - Sports Wagering - Sports Wagering Facility Licensees [SB-1000]
[Gaming ]
Authorizing certain sports wagering facility licensees to submit a written request to the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to relocate the sports wagering facility if the facility was originally issued a Class B sports wagering facility license on or before September 30, 2023, and meets certain requirements; authorizing certain sports wagering facility licensees to utilize certain branding and loyalty rewards programs; prohibiting the sports wagering facility licensee from allowing certain account wallet utilization; etc.
Business Regulation - Retail Stores - Carryout Bags [HB-1412]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
Prohibiting a county or municipal corporation from requiring a retail establishment to impose a fee, tax, or charge for a carryout bag, except under certain circumstances; requiring that certain customers be exempted from any fee, tax, or charge for a carryout bag; etc.
HB-1412: Business Regulation - Retail Stores - Carryout Bags
Sponsored by: Rep. Gabriel Acevero
First Reading Environment And Transportation And Economic Matters on 02/07/2025
Home Improvement Contractors - Disaster Mitigating Services - Regulation and Prohibition [HB-1348]
[Construction ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Housing ]
[Insurance ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Real Estate ]
[Small Business ]
Altering the definition of "home improvement" to include the provision of certain disaster mitigating services for purposes of licensing and regulations of home improvement contractors; authorizing a certain owner to rescind a home improvement contract for disaster mitigating services under certain circumstances; and authorizing the governing body of a county to impose certain limitations on in-person solicitation of a victim of a disaster by a contractor offering disaster mitigation services.
HB-1348: Home Improvement Contractors - Disaster Mitigating Services - Regulation and Prohibition
Sponsored by: Rep. Marlon Amprey
Hearing 4/07 At 11:00 A.m. on 04/06/2025
Baltimore City - Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products - Public Notice of Application for County License [HB-1300]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the clerk of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, before issuing a license, to publish notice of an application to sell cigarettes or other tobacco products at retail two times for 2 successive weeks in two newspapers of general circulation and in a conspicuous place at the location of the business in the application for at least 10 days.
HB-1300: Baltimore City - Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products - Public Notice of Application for County License
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
First Reading Economic Matters on 02/07/2025