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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Baltimore City - Public Middle Schools - Course on Consequences of a Felony Murder Conviction [HB-994]
[Education ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners to develop and implement, beginning in the 2026-2027 school year, a course on the consequences of a conviction for felony murder for middle school students in Baltimore City public schools.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank M Conaway
Hearing Canceled (ways And Means) on 02/07/2025
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Baltimore City - Ordinance Enforcement - Amount of Fines and Penalties [HB-1009]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Increasing from $1,000 to $10,000 the maximum amount that Baltimore City is authorized to establish for civil and criminal fines and penalties for violating certain ordinances, rules, or regulations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Melissa Wells
First Reading Judiciary on 01/31/2025
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Baltimore City - Speed Monitoring Systems - Interstate 83 [HB-913]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Increasing from two to four the number of speed monitoring systems that may be placed on Interstate 83 in Baltimore City; limiting to not more than one speed monitoring system in each direction that may be in operation at the same time on Interstate 83 in Baltimore City; and making permanent the authorization to place speed monitoring systems on Interstate 83 in Baltimore City.
Sponsored by: Rep. Melissa Wells
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 567 on 05/13/2025
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Natural Resources - Canada Geese - Bag Limits [HB-892]
[Animals ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Recreation ]
Requiring, during the migratory Canada goose (Atlantic population) hunting season, the bag limit for all Canada geese in certain areas of the State, including geese found in the Atlantic Flyway Resident Population Hunt Zone and the Atlantic Population Hunt Zone, to conform to the bag limit for Atlantic population Canada geese adopted annually by the Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven J. Arentz
Referred Rules on 04/04/2025
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Public Works Contracts - Apprenticeship Requirements (Maryland Workforce Apprenticeship Utilization Act) [SB-688]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
[Education ]
Altering certain apprenticeship requirements relating to public works contracts to require certain contractors and subcontractors to employ a certain number of qualified apprentices or journeyworkers necessary to meet a certain applicable percentage for the project; altering which projects are subject to certain apprenticeship requirements; repealing certain provisions of law that authorized contractors and subcontractors to make certain payments to a certain apprenticeship program in lieu of employing certain apprentices; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne C. Benson
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. (finance) on 02/06/2025
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Baltimore Convention and Tourism Redevelopment and Operating Authority Task Force - Revisions [SB-672]
[Tourism ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring the Baltimore Convention and Tourism Redevelopment and Operating Authority Task Force to identify funding sources and mechanisms to renovate, revitalize, and develop projects relating to the Baltimore Convention site and to establish and sustain the operations of a Baltimore Convention and Tourism Redevelopment and Operating Authority; and extending the termination date of the Task Force to June 30, 2026.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/07/2025
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Baltimore City - Highway User Revenues Capital Grants - Calculation [HB-901]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Increasing from 9.5% to 12.2%, beginning in fiscal year 2028, the percentage used to calculate a capital grant based on highway user revenues that is required to be appropriated to Baltimore City.
Sponsored by: Rep. Melissa Wells
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2025
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Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases and Holdover Tenancies - Local Good Cause Termination (Good Cause Eviction) [SB-651]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Authorizing a county to enact, by local law or ordinance, provisions prohibiting certain landlords of residential property from failing to renew a lease during the lease period or from terminating a holdover tenancy without good cause; establishing certain requirements and prohibitions for a local law or ordinance adopted in accordance with the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Anthony Muse
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Correctional Services - Comprehensive Rehabilitative Prerelease Services - Female Incarcerated Individuals (The Monica Cooper Prerelease Act) [SB-632]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Construction ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering the required specifications for a certain prerelease facility for female incarcerated individuals; requiring the Department of General Services to direct the procurement processes for the construction of a certain prerelease facility for female incarcerated individuals; requiring the Commissioner of the Division of Correction to make certain services available to certain female incarcerated individuals; requiring the implementation of comprehensive prerelease services for certain individuals by September 1, 2025; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
Rereferred To Judiciary on 04/07/2025
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Estates and Trusts - Registers of Wills - Salary [SB-628]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Providing that the maximum annual salary of a register of wills may not be more than the salary of a State employee at grade 26, step 20 of the State of Maryland Standard and Bargaining Salary Scale in effect on the day before the register beginning a new term of office; and repealing as obsolete a certain minimum salary requirement for the register of wills for Baltimore City.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2025
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Public Schools - School Resource Officers - Firearms Required [SB-644]
[Education ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring a Baltimore City school police officer and a school resource officer to carry a firearm while present on the premises of the school to which the officer is assigned.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Hearing Canceled on 02/10/2025
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Information Technology - Modernizing Data Governance - Office of Enterprise Data and Council for Open Data Advancement [HB-807]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Science ]
Establishing the position and responsibilities of the State Chief Data Officer; establishing the Office of Enterprise Data in the Department of Information Technology and the responsibilities of the Office; requiring each unit of State government to appoint an Agency Data Officer; renaming the Council on Open Data to be the Council for Open Data Advancement; and altering the membership, member terms, and responsibilities of the Council.
Sponsored by: Rep. Health and Government Operations
Referred Education, Energy, And The Environment on 03/17/2025
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Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Alterations [HB-784]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
Authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore City to provide a certain waiver from certain requirements for a restaurant within a certain bounded area in the 46th alcoholic beverages district; expanding the class of license to which a certain requirement for a memorandum of understanding applies to include any alcoholic beverages license in Baltimore City; providing an exception to a certain prohibition against the Board allowing a certain license transfer under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Luke Clippinger
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 813 on 05/20/2025
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Procurement - Employee Stock Ownership Plan Preference - Pilot [HB-819]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
[Education ]
Authorizing the Maryland Stadium Authority, Morgan State University, St. Mary's College of Maryland, and Baltimore City Community College to establish a certain preference program for certain procurements; authorizing the establishment of a certain evaluation factor for certain proposals by an entity that utilizes certain employee stock ownership plans; requiring contractors to provide certain information to a unit regarding the use of an employee stock ownership plan; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 737 on 05/20/2025
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County Police Accountability Boards - Investigation of Complaints of Police Misconduct [HB-836]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing the local governing body of a county to authorize, by local law, the county's police accountability board to exercise investigatory and subpoena powers; and authorizing a police accountability board to conduct an investigation of police misconduct concurrently with a law enforcement agency investigating the complaint.
Sponsored by: Rep. Debra Davis
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025
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Multifamily Dwellings - Smoking Policies [HB-804]
[Housing ]
[Public Health ]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring the governing body of a common ownership community to develop a smoking policy that applies to all common areas of the property if the property subject to the control of the governing body is a multifamily dwelling.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank M Conaway
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 01/29/2025
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Procurement - Employee Stock Ownership Plan Preference - Pilot [SB-653]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
[Education ]
Authorizing the Maryland Stadium Authority, Morgan State University, St. Mary's College of Maryland, and Baltimore City Community College to establish a certain preference program for certain procurements; authorizing the establishment of a certain evaluation factor for certain proposals by an entity that utilizes an employee stock ownership plan; requiring contractors to provide certain information to a unit regarding the use of an employee stock ownership plan; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory V. McCray
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 736 on 05/20/2025
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Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Alterations [SB-662]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
Authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore City to provide a certain waiver from certain requirements for a restaurant within a certain bounded area in the 46th alcoholic beverages district; expanding the class of license to which a certain requirement for a memorandum of understanding applies to include any alcoholic beverages license in Baltimore City; authorizing the Board to issue a certain alcoholic beverages license for a certain location in the 40th alcoholic beverages district; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Ferguson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 814 on 05/20/2025
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Property Tax - Payment Plans - Notice to Taxpayers [HB-790]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring the State Tax Sale Ombudsman to include certain information concerning a certain State installment payment program for property taxes on the Ombudsman's website; requiring the Ombudsman to contract with a vendor to operate an installment payment program for payment of taxes in which any homeowner may enroll; requiring a collector of taxes to include certain information concerning a certain State or local installment payment program for property taxes in a separate insert included with each property tax bill; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 108 on 04/22/2025
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Solar Energy - Distributed Generation Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity, Ground-Mounted Solar, and Small Solar Siting Workgroup [HB-827]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Construction ]
[Environmental ]
Establishing a distributed generation certificate of public convenience and necessity to authorize the construction and operation of a certain distributed solar energy generating system; requiring the Power Plant Research Program, by July 1, 2026, to develop and submit to the Public Service Commission proposed siting and design requirements and licensing conditions; prohibiting a county from enacting certain zoning laws or adopting certain regulations regarding certain ground-mounted solar systems and facilities; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Vincent Fraser-hidalgo
Hearing Canceled on 03/06/2025