Tanana Valley State Forest [HB-218]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
An Act expanding the Tanana Valley State Forest; and providing for an effective date.
HB-218: Tanana Valley State Forest
Sponsored by: Rep.
Read The First Time - Referrals on 05/02/2025
Tanana Valley State Forest [SB-188]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
An Act expanding the Tanana Valley State Forest; and providing for an effective date.
SB-188: Tanana Valley State Forest
Sponsored by: Sen.
Read The First Time - Referrals on 05/02/2025
Cook Inlet: New Admin Area [SB-158]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
An Act relating to administrative areas for regulation of certain commercial set net entry permits; and providing for an effective date.
SB-158: Cook Inlet: New Admin Area
Sponsored by: Sen. Jesse Bjorkman
L&c Rpt Recd Await Transmittal Nxt on 05/12/2025
Election Date; Election Holiday; Terms [HB-163]
[Elections ]
An Act relating to municipal and school board elections; declaring Election Day a holiday; relating to terms of office for municipal mayors, municipal governing bodies, elected utility boards, and school boards; and providing for an effective date.
HB-163: Election Date; Election Holiday; Terms
Sponsored by: Rep. Jubilee Underwood
Read The First Time - Referrals on 03/28/2025
Municipalities - Annexation - Limitations [HB-1525]
[Community Development ]
[Real Estate ]
Prohibiting a municipality from annexing land that is located in a different legislative district than a legislative district in which the municipality is located.
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.
AN ACT relating to school governance. [SB-131]
[Education ]
Amend KRS 160.350 to require a majority vote instead of a four-fifths vote of board members to remove the superintendent; delete requirements for approval from the commissioner of education to remove a superintendent; amend KRS 160.180 to remove the relative employee eligibility requirement for candidates for the local board of education; require a local board member obtain at least one hour of open records and open meetings training per term; amend KRS 160.160 to establish a one-year term for chair and vice chair of the local board of education;
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SB-131: AN ACT relating to school governance.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lindsey Tichenor
To Education (s) on 02/13/2025
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - Environmental Impact Analysis and Existing Burden Report [HB-1406]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring a person applying for a certificate of public convenience and necessity to include with the application a certain environmental impact analysis and, if applicable, a certain existing burden report; altering certain notice requirements; prohibiting the Public Service Commission from approving an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity unless the application includes a final environmental impact assessment and, if applicable, a final existing burden report; etc.
HB-1406: Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - Environmental Impact Analysis and Existing Burden Report
Sponsored by: Rep. Diana Fennell
First Reading Economic Matters on 02/07/2025
Department of Commerce - Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve Study MC 15-25 [HB-1228]
[Agriculture ]
[Economic Development ]
[Tourism ]
Requiring the Department of Commerce, in coordination with certain county agencies and organizations, to study economic development in and the tourist and visitor economy of the Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve and, on or before June 30, 2026, report its findings to the members of the Montgomery County Delegation to the General Assembly; and requiring the Department to make recommendations regarding policies and programs that can help promote and preserve the Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve.
HB-1228: Department of Commerce - Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve Study MC 15-25
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 235 on 04/22/2025
Natural Resources - Wildland Areas - Overhead Transmission Lines [HB-1270]
[Energy ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Telecommunications ]
Exempting certain areas in the Big Savage Mountain Wildland, Bear Pen Wildland, and Dan's Mountain Wildland from being designated as a wildland area, subject to a certificate of public convenience and necessity being obtained for a certain transmission line; and requiring the Public Service Commission to require an applicant for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the construction of a certain overhead transmission line to provide wildland impact mitigation guarantees.
HB-1270: Natural Resources - Wildland Areas - Overhead Transmission Lines
Sponsored by: Rep. Jim Hinebaugh
Motion Special Order Until 03/27 (delegate Crosby) Adopted on 03/17/2025
Land Use and Real Property - Accessory Dwelling Units - Requirements and Prohibitions [HB-1466]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Construction ]
[Community Development ]
Establishing the policy of the State to promote and encourage the creation of accessory dwelling units on land with a single-family detached dwelling unit as the primary dwelling unit in order to meet the housing needs of the citizens of the State; requiring, on or before October 1, 2026, the legislative body of certain counties or municipal corporations to adopt a local law authorizing the development of accessory dwelling units on land with certain single-family detached dwelling units subject to certain requirements; etc.
HB-1466: Land Use and Real Property - Accessory Dwelling Units - Requirements and Prohibitions
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 197 on 04/22/2025
Baltimore City and Takoma Park - Stop Sign Monitoring Systems - Authorization [HB-1226]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Education ]
Authorizing the use of stop sign monitoring systems in school zones in Baltimore City and the City of Takoma Park under the pilot program authorized for Prince George's County if authorized by local law; requiring a local jurisdiction that implements a stop sign monitoring system to prominently place signs on highways within the local jurisdiction providing notice that stop sign monitoring systems are in use; etc.
HB-1226: Baltimore City and Takoma Park - Stop Sign Monitoring Systems - Authorization
Sponsored by: Rep. Robbyn Lewis
Favorable With Amendments Report By Environment And Transportation on 04/05/2025
HB-1484: Environmental Permits - Requirements for Public Participation and Impact and Burden Analyses (Cumulative Harms to Environmental Restoration For Improving Shared Health - CHERISH Our Communities Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Jazz Lewis
Hearing Canceled (environment And Transportation) on 03/02/2025
You have voted HB-1484: Environmental Permits - Requirements for Public Participation and Impact and Burden Analyses (Cumulative Harms to Environmental Restoration For Improving Shared Health - CHERISH Our Communities Act).
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.
Civil Actions - Nonprofit Organizations - Unauthorized Support of Israeli Settlement Activity (Not On Our Dime Act) [HB-1394]
[International ]
[Human Rights ]
[Nonprofit ]
Prohibiting certain nonprofit organizations from aiding or abetting certain activity by the government of Israel or a citizen of Israel; authorizing the Attorney General or a certain person to bring a certain action against a nonprofit organization that violates the Act; and requiring the Secretary of State to remove a nonprofit organization from the Registry of Charitable Solicitation after receiving notice from the Attorney General or a prevailing plaintiff of a decision entered against a nonprofit organization.
HB-1394: Civil Actions - Nonprofit Organizations - Unauthorized Support of Israeli Settlement Activity (Not On Our Dime Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Diana Fennell
Hearing 3/05 At 3:00 P.m. on 03/05/2025
Correctional Services - Comprehensive Rehabilitative Prerelease Services - Female Incarcerated Individuals (The Monica Cooper Prerelease Act) [HB-1198]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering the required location and timeline for 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 Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to implement certain comprehensive rehabilitative prerelease services by July 1, 2026; requiring the Department to report certain information to certain entities; etc.
HB-1198: Correctional Services - Comprehensive Rehabilitative Prerelease Services - Female Incarcerated Individuals (The Monica Cooper Prerelease Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Referred Judicial Proceedings Budget And Taxation on 03/17/2025
You have voted HB-1198: Correctional Services - Comprehensive Rehabilitative Prerelease Services - Female Incarcerated Individuals (The Monica Cooper Prerelease Act).
Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages – Authorizations and Revisions [HB-1172]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
Requiring the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore City to impose a fee of not more than $250 for expedited processing of certain Class C per diem licenses; requiring the Board to adopt regulations related to the application process for Class C per diem licenses, including for the denial or revocation of the licenses, and limiting the number of licenses that may be issued to a person for the same location within a certain period of time; etc.
HB-1172: Baltimore City – Alcoholic Beverages – Authorizations and Revisions
Sponsored by: Rep. Marlon Amprey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 812 on 05/20/2025
Port of Deposit State Historical Park - Size and Scope [HB-1184]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Arts and Culture ]
Altering the size and scope of the Port of Deposit State Historical Park; extending the deadline for the Bainbridge Development Corporation to transfer certain property to the Department of Natural Resources to June 1, 2026; and altering the purpose for which a certain appropriation may be used.
HB-1184: Port of Deposit State Historical Park - Size and Scope
Sponsored by: Rep. Teresa Reilly
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2025