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
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
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 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 County - Property Tax - Homeowners Property Tax Credit [HB-1285]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
[Housing ]
Requiring the governing body of Baltimore County to grant a certain property tax credit to supplement the State homeowners property tax credit; prohibiting the county from granting the credit if the homeowner's combined net worth is in excess of $200,000 or the homeowner's combined gross income exceeds $72,000; providing that the State Department of Assessments and Taxation is responsible for certain administrative duties with respect to the credit; and requiring the county to reimburse the Department for certain costs.
Baltimore County - Residential Real Property - Moratorium on Assessment Increases and Review of Assessment Practices and Methodology [HB-1330]
[Real Estate ]
[Property Tax ]
Prohibiting, for a taxable year beginning after June 30, 2025, but before July 1, 2027, an increase of the assessed value of residential real property in Baltimore County except under certain circumstances; requiring the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to retain an independent third party to study and make certain recommendations regarding the residential real property assessment practices and methodology of the Department; requiring the Department to report, on or before December 1, 2026, the results of the study; etc.
HB-1330: Baltimore County - Residential Real Property - Moratorium on Assessment Increases and Review of Assessment Practices and Methodology
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Long
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/04/2025
You have voted HB-1330: Baltimore County - Residential Real Property - Moratorium on Assessment Increases and Review of Assessment Practices and Methodology.
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.
Baltimore County - Alcoholic Beverages - Change of Location [HB-1141]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
Establishing an additional circumstance under which the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore County may approve a change of location for a certain alcoholic beverages license; and providing that the Board may approve a certain change if the license was originally issued within the same election district and has been at the same location for a least 10 years.
HB-1141: Baltimore County - Alcoholic Beverages - Change of Location
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Ebersole
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 193 on 04/22/2025
Baltimore County Public Library - Collective Bargaining - Supervisory Employees [HB-1071]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Libraries ]
Authorizing supervisory employees of the Baltimore County Public Library to form, join, and participate in an employee organization and engage in certain other activities related to collective bargaining; authorizing certain bargaining units for the employees of the Baltimore County Public Library; and altering certain provisions to provide that an employee may be deemed a certain management employee, rather than a supervisory employee, under certain circumstances.
HB-1071: Baltimore County Public Library - Collective Bargaining - Supervisory Employees
Sponsored by: Rep. Catherine Forbes
Hearing 3/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/21/2025
Maryland Transit Administration - Baltimore East-West Corridor - Property Acquisition [HB-1137]
[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.
Public Service Internship Scholarship Program - Renaming and Funding [HB-1114]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Children and Youth ]
Renaming the Walter Sondheim Jr. Public Service Internship Scholarship Program to be the Public Service Internship Scholarship Program; adding services in transportation and other fields within State or local government to the list of certain criteria for which an eligible student must be given priority for participation in the Program; and requiring that the Governor include in the annual budget bill an appropriation for the Program sufficient to provide a certain number of internships.
HB-1114: Public Service Internship Scholarship Program - Renaming and Funding
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Hearing Canceled on 03/05/2025
Baltimore County Public Library – Collective Bargaining – Supervisory Employees [SB-914]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Libraries ]
Authorizing supervisory employees of the Baltimore County Public Library to form, join, and participate in an employee organization and engage in certain other activities related to collective bargaining; authorizing certain bargaining units for the employees of the Baltimore County Public Library; and altering certain provisions to provide that an employee may be deemed a certain management employee, rather than a supervisory employee, under certain circumstances.
SB-914: Baltimore County Public Library – Collective Bargaining – Supervisory Employees
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2025
Baltimore County - Vehicle Laws - Private Roadways in Residential Communities [SB-915]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Community Development ]
Prohibiting, for a certain period of time, a person from driving a motor vehicle in violation of certain provisions of the Maryland Vehicle Law on private roadways in a residential community in Baltimore County; and authorizing, for a certain period of time, a police officer to enforce the Maryland Vehicle Law on private roadways in a certain residential community in Baltimore County.
SB-915: Baltimore County - Vehicle Laws - Private Roadways in Residential Communities
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 421 on 05/06/2025
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