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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Real Property - Transfer-on-Death Deed - Establishment [HB-625]
[Real Estate ]
[Property Tax ]
Altering the Maryland Uniform Disclaimer of Property Interests Act to provide for the disclaimer of nonprobate transfers at death; providing for the creation, revocation, recordation, and effects of a transfer-on-death deed for real property; requiring the Administrative Office of the Courts to develop an informational sheet regarding transfer-on-death deeds; providing example forms for the creation and revocation of a transfer-on-death deed; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. (judiciary) on 01/27/2025
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Transportation - Highway User Revenues Capital Grants - Calculation [HB-637]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Altering, beginning in fiscal year 2026, the amounts of certain capital grants calculated based on highway user revenues that are required to be appropriated to Baltimore City, counties, and municipalities.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nick Allen
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. (appropriations) on 02/21/2025
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Public Utilities - Solar Energy Generating Stations - Local Approval [SB-478]
[Energy ]
Prohibiting the Public Service Commission from approving a certificate of public convenience and necessity for a solar energy generating station unless the Commission receives written approval for the construction of the generating station from each county or municipal corporation where the generating station is proposed to be located.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen S Hershey
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2025
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Public Middle, High, and Charter Schools - Start Time for Instruction [SB-468]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring, beginning in the 2027-2028 school year, each public middle school and each public high school to begin instruction not earlier than 8 a.m. and 8:30 a.m., respectively, unless granted a waiver by the State Board of Education under certain circumstances; and requiring each county board of education and each public charter school to implement a certain public service campaign to raise awareness on sleep deprivation and later school start times.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne C. Benson
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2025
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Higher Education - High Impact Economic Development Activities - Alterations [SB-439]
[Economic Development ]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Altering the definition of "high impact economic development activity" to exclude cost savings related to the reduction in the number of University System of Maryland or Morgan State University employees; requiring the Board of Regents of the University System of Maryland and the Board of Regents of Morgan State University to report certain information relating to high impact economic development activities; making a high impact economic development activity subject to State procurement law; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence K. Lam
Hearing Canceled on 03/26/2025
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Workgroup on the Reorganization of the Maryland Transit Administration [HB-517]
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[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Workgroup on the Reorganization of the Maryland Transit Administration to study reorganizing the Maryland Transit Administration; requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2025; and requiring the Department of Transportation, in consultation with the Department of Legislative Services, to submit to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House draft legislation to effectuate the recommendations of the Workgroup.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marc Alan Korman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 462 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Housing Development Act [HB-503]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to periodically establish housing production targets for the State and certain local jurisdictions; requiring the Department to publish housing production targets on its website and notify certain local jurisdictions; requiring the Department to publish an annual report assessing the progress of the State and certain local jurisdictions with meeting specified housing targets; establishing the Housing Opportunities Made Equitable Commission; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Bailey Hornberger
Rereferred To Education, Energy, And The Environment on 04/03/2025
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Land Use - Regional Housing Infrastructure Gap (Housing for Jobs Act) [SB-430]
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[Infrastructure ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
[Real Estate ]
[Construction ]
Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development and the Department of Planning to calculate certain regional housing infrastructure gaps; providing for the apportionment of regional housing infrastructure gaps to counties and incorporated municipalities; authorizing local jurisdictions to reduce local housing infrastructure gaps in a certain manner; establishing that certain local jurisdictions have an affirmative obligation to expeditiously approve housing development project applications; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl C. Kagan
Hearing Canceled on 02/06/2025
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Abandoned and Neglected Cemeteries Fund - Establishment [HB-535]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Establishing the Abandoned and Neglected Cemeteries Fund to provide for the care, preservation, maintenance, and restoration of abandoned and neglected cemeteries in the State; authorizing the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $250,000 to the fund; and requiring an annual report by September 30 to the General Assembly on the donations to the Fund and promotional efforts undertaken by money from the Fund.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 410 on 05/06/2025
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Economic Development - County or Municipal Corporation Economic Development Authority - Powers and Use of Proceeds [SB-409]
[Economic Development ]
[Community Development ]
[Small Business ]
Expanding the acceptable names authorized for an economic development authority established by a county or municipal corporation; expanding the powers of an authority, subject to limitations in the articles of incorporation of the authority and resolutions of the legislative body of a county or municipal corporation; providing that certain actions require prior approval of the legislative body of a county or municipal corporation under certain circumstances; expanding the authorized uses of tax increment proceeds; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy King
Referred Ways And Means Environment And Transportation on 03/13/2025
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Baltimore City - Speed Monitoring Systems - Maximum Penalty Increase [SB-402]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Increasing the maximum penalty that may be assessed for a violation recorded by a speed monitoring system located in Baltimore City from $40 to $60.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory V. McCray
Hearing 2/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/24/2025
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Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - 45th Alcoholic Beverages District - Licenses [HB-472]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
Authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore City to issue a Class C beer, wine, and liquor license in a certain area of the 45th alcoholic beverages district in Baltimore City under certain circumstances; and altering a geographic boundary in the 45th district within which the holder of a Class A or Class B-D-7 beer, wine, and liquor license must operate in accordance with specified hours.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jackie Addison
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 807 on 05/20/2025
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Baltimore City - Raffles - Organizations Affiliated With a Professional Major League Baseball Team [SB-341]
[Gaming ]
[Sports ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing organizations that are affiliated with a professional major league baseball team that plays its home games in Baltimore City to conduct certain raffles; requiring the organization to obtain a permit to conduct raffles; providing that raffle tickets may only be sold using age-verification measures to ensure the buyer is at least 18 years old; providing that, subject to certain limitations, an organization conducting a raffle is not subject to a certain provision of law prohibiting the acceptance of credit as payment; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory V. McCray
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 372 on 05/06/2025
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Property Tax Credit - Retail Service Station Conversions [SB-344]
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[Taxes ]
[Real Estate ]
[Energy ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to grant, by law, a credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax on real property if use of the real property has been converted from a retail service station to other certain uses; and authorizing the State to pay to each county or municipal corporation that grants the property tax credit under the Act 50% of forgone revenue.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin T. Brooks
Hearing 3/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/03/2025
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Baltimore City - Raffles - Organizations Affiliated With a Professional Major League Baseball Team [HB-399]
[Gaming ]
[Sports ]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing certain organizations that are affiliated with a professional major league baseball team that plays its home games in Baltimore City to conduct certain raffles; requiring the organization to obtain a permit to conduct raffles from an agency designated by the Baltimore City government; requiring that raffle tickets are sold using age-verification measure to ensure the buyer is at least 18 years old; providing that a permit to hold certain raffles expires at the end of the calendar year in which the permit was issued; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Edelson
Favorable With Amendments Report By Budget And Taxation on 04/07/2025
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Property Tax - Day Care Centers, Child Care Homes, and Child Care Centers [HB-389]
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[Taxes ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Housing ]
[Education ]
Exempting personal property used in connection with certain large family child care homes from valuation and taxation; authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or a municipal corporation to grant, by law, a property tax credit against the real property tax owed on the portion of real property used for certain large family child care homes; increasing the maximum amount of a property tax credit that may be granted for certain child care homes and centers and day care centers; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Julie Palakovich Carr
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 122 on 04/22/2025
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Affordable Housing Payment In Lieu of Taxes Expansion Act [HB-390]
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[Real Estate ]
[Taxes ]
[Property Tax ]
[Community Development ]
Authorizing an owner of real property used for rental housing and the governing body of a county to enter into a payment in lieu of taxes agreement for maintaining at least 25% of the rental housing units located at the real property as affordable dwelling units for at least 15 years; and authorizing the governing body of the county to require the owner of real property to maintain a higher percentage of rental housing units as affordable dwelling units than the minimum percentage specified in the Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marc Alan Korman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 107 on 04/22/2025
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Affordable Housing Payment In Lieu of Taxes Expansion Act [SB-327]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Taxes ]
[Property Tax ]
[Community Development ]
Authorizing an owner of real property used for rental housing and the governing body of a county to enter into a payment in lieu of taxes agreement for maintaining at least 25% of the rental housing units located at the real property as affordable dwelling units for at least 15 years; and authorizing the governing body of the county to require the owner of real property to maintain a higher percentage of rental housing units as affordable dwelling units than the minimum percentage specified in the Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 106 on 04/22/2025
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Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - 45th Alcoholic Beverages District - Licenses [SB-304]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
Authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore City to issue a Class C beer, wine, and liquor license in a certain area of the 45th alcoholic beverages district in Baltimore City under certain circumstances; and altering a geographic boundary in the 45th district within which the holder of a Class A or Class B-D-7 beer, wine, and liquor license must operate in accordance with specified hours.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory V. McCray
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 808 on 05/20/2025
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Property Tax Credit - Retail Service Station Conversions [HB-341]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
[Real Estate ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to grant, by law, a credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax on real property if use of the real property has been converted from a retail service station to other certain uses; and requiring, as provided in the State budget, the State to pay to each county or municipal corporation that grants the property tax credit under the Act 50% of forgone revenue.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jennifer Terrasa
Hearing 2/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/18/2025