Baltimore County
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Transportation - Regional Authorities - Established [SB-935]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Economic Development ]
Authorizing certain counties to impose certain transportation authority sales tax surcharges, hotel surcharges, and transfer tax surcharges; 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; requiring interest earnings of the funds to be credited to the funds; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne C. Benson
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. (budget And Taxation) on 02/05/2025
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Transportation - Regional Transportation Authorities [SB-881]
[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.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. (budget And Taxation) on 02/05/2025
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Collective Bargaining - Local Government Employees and Public Employee Relations Act [SB-976]
[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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence K. Lam
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2025
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State Procurement - Worker Residency Requirements [HB-957]
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[Construction ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Requiring certain contractors to ensure that at least 35% of apprenticeship hours on certain projects are performed by State residents; requiring the Department of Labor to enforce certain residency requirements; providing that a contractor that fails to meet certain requirements is liable for an amount twice the number of apprentice hours at the apprentice rate by which the contractor failed to meet the applicable requirement; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Third Reading Passed (122-12) on 04/07/2025
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Baltimore County - Alcoholic Beverages - Class B-OB-CRD (Office Building - Commercial Revitalization District) Beer, Wine, and Liquor License [HB-987]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Community Development ]
Establishing a Class B-OB-CRD (office building - commercial revitalization district) beer, wine, and liquor license in Baltimore County; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore County to issue the license to an establishment that previously had or has a certain zoning classification and is at least a certain distance from a place of worship under certain circumstances and subject to certain limitations; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy J Szeliga
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 797 on 05/20/2025
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Baltimore County - Speed Monitoring Systems - Interstate 695 and Interstate 83 [HB-978]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Infrastructure ]
Authorizing the State Highway Administration to place and use not more than four speed monitoring systems on Interstate 695 and three systems on Interstate 83 in Baltimore County, subject to notice requirements; requiring that fines collected in Baltimore County as a result of violations enforced by speed monitoring systems on Interstate 695 and Interstate 83 be used to recover costs and assist in covering the cost of roadway and safety improvements on Interstate 695 and Interstate 83 in Baltimore County; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Third Reading Passed (102-30) on 03/31/2025
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Natural Resources - Canada Geese - Bag Limits [HB-892]
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[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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Baltimore County - Alcoholic Beverages - Sale or Delivery for Off-Premises Consumption [HB-770]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
Altering the scope of a certain provision prohibiting the retail delivery to a purchaser of alcoholic beverages in Baltimore County under certain circumstances; providing that certain authorization for the holders of certain licenses to sell alcoholic beverages for off-premises consumption in a certain manner applies only if the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore County has adopted certain regulations; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy J Szeliga
First Reading Economic Matters on 01/29/2025
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Baltimore County Board of Education - Alterations of Elected Member Districts and Establishment of Redistricting Process [SB-656]
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[Elections ]
Requiring certain members of the Baltimore County Board of Education to be elected from certain districts in certain elections; and establishing the process for how the Baltimore County school board districts are reapportioned after each decennial census of the United States.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin T. Brooks
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/24/2025
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Baltimore County - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Transfers [HB-746]
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Authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore County to approve the transfer of a Class B or Class D license existing on a certain date that is located in an eligible transferor district to another election district under certain circumstances; and limiting the number of license transfers that the Board may approve from an eligible transferor district.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michele Guyton
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 815 on 05/20/2025
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Baltimore County - Speed Monitoring Systems - Funding for Traffic Calming Devices [HB-759]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring the governing body of Baltimore County to establish, by law, a special fund that may be used only to assist in covering the cost of siting, constructing, installing, and maintaining traffic calming devices on county roads; and requiring the fines collected by Baltimore County as a result of violations enforced by the speed monitoring systems to be deposited in the special fund.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert B. Long
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/17/2025
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Baltimore County - Political Party Central Committee - Elections [HB-562]
[Elections ]
Altering from four to three the number of members elected from each councilmanic district of Baltimore County to the Baltimore County Republican Party Central Committee; and altering the number of members elected from each legislative district of Baltimore County to the Baltimore County Democratic Party Central Committee.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert B. Long
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 413 on 05/06/2025
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Baltimore County - Vehicle Laws - Private Roadways in Residential Communities [HB-528]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting, from October 1, 2025, to July 1, 2028, a person from driving a motor vehicle in violation of certain provisions of the Maryland Vehicle Law on private roadways in a certain residential community in Baltimore County; authorizing, from October 1, 2025, to July 1, 2028, a police officer to enforce the vehicle law on private roadways in a certain residential community in Baltimore County; and prohibiting a person from driving a motor vehicle in violation of the Act on any roadway located in certain areas of Calvert County.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 422 on 05/06/2025
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Baltimore County - Political Party Central Committee - Elections [SB-352]
[Elections ]
Altering from four to three the number of members elected from each councilmanic district of Baltimore County to the Baltimore County Republican Party Central Committee; and altering the number of members elected from each legislative district of Baltimore County to the Baltimore County Democratic Party Central Committee.
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris West
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 414 on 05/06/2025
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Baltimore County - Speed Monitoring Systems - Interstate 695 and Interstate 83 [SB-338]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing the State Highway Administration to place and use not more than four speed monitoring systems on Interstate 695 in Baltimore County and three on Interstate 83 in Baltimore County subject to notice requirements; requiring that fines collected as a result of violations enforced by speed monitoring systems on Interstate 695 in Baltimore County and Interstate 83 in Baltimore County be used to recover administrative costs and assist in covering the cost of certain roadway and safety improvements; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Baltimore County Senators
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 582 on 05/13/2025
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Baltimore County - Nuisance Actions - Community Association [HB-335]
[Community Development ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the definitions of "community association" and "local code violation" to authorize community associations to seek judicial relief for nuisance abatement in Baltimore County; requiring certain notices relating to nuisance actions to be provided to the county code enforcement agency and certain tenants and property owners; and repealing a provision of law requiring the Circuit Court for Baltimore County to determine the amount and conditions of a bond filed by a community association in a certain nuisance action.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin L. Grammer
Hearing Canceled on 03/25/2025
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Education - Youth Enhancement Program - Establishment [SB-97]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Community Development ]
[Human Services ]
Establishing the Youth Enhancement Program within the State Department of Education to provide grants to certain nonprofit organizations to provide services to individuals residing in or attending public schools in Baltimore City or Baltimore County which focus on mentoring and academic and social instruction including continuous engagement into adulthood; requiring the Department to submit an annual report to the General Assembly by December 1, 2028, providing data on the services provided and students' progress though the education system.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory V. McCray
Hearing 1/15 At 10:30 A.m. (budget And Taxation) on 01/08/2025
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Environment - Interjurisdictional Watersheds - Flood Management [SB-42]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to designate the watersheds of Carroll Creek in Frederick City and Frederick County, Gwynns Falls and Jones Falls in Baltimore City and Baltimore County, and Herring Run, including the Herring Run Stream in Baltimore City and Baltimore County and all their headwaters and tributaries as interjurisdictional flood hazard watersheds.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025
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Baltimore County, Frederick County, Howard County, and Washington County Boards of Education – Student Members – Alterations [SB-98]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering certain provisions of law relating to the rights and privileges of student members of certain county boards of education; repealing the requirement that a student member of the Baltimore County Board of Education complete a certain training prior to voting on certain matters; adding a nonvoting student member to the Washington County Board of Education; and establishing a certain scholarship and reimbursement for certain activities of the student member of the Washington County Board of Education.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/03/2025
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Baltimore County - Deer Management Program - Establishment [HB-173]
[Animals ]
[Public Safety ]
[Recreation ]
Requiring the Department of Recreation and Parks of Baltimore County to establish a deer management program to manage the deer population on county parklands.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ryan Nawrocki
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/10/2025