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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - 43rd Alcoholic Beverages District - Class B-D-7 Licenses [SB-788]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
Authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore City to issue additional B-D-7 beer, wine, and liquor licenses in certain areas of the 43rd alcoholic beverages district of Baltimore City if the license applicant meets certain criteria; and extending to July 1, 2026, an alcoholic beverages license issued for a certain area for the purpose of renewal.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 806 on 05/20/2025
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Wicomico County - Alcoholic Beverages - Temporary To-Go Event Permit and Class C Per Diem Municipal To-Go Beer, Wine, and Liquor License [SB-798]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
Establishing a temporary to-go event permit in Wicomico County; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Wicomico County to issue a temporary to-go event permit to a holder of a Class B beer, wine, and liquor license; establishing a Class C per diem municipal to-go beer, wine, and liquor license in the county; authorizing the Board to issue a Class C per diem municipal to-go beer, wine, and liquor license to a municipality in the county; requiring the Board to adopt certain regulations; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 794 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Prince George's County - Stop Sign Monitoring Systems - School Bus Stops [SB-808]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Children and Youth ]
Clarifying that a political subdivision may recover the cost of implementing and administering a stop sign monitoring system from the fines collected by the political subdivision as a result of violations enforced by the stop sign monitoring system; authorizing the use of stop sign monitoring systems within 100 feet of school bus stops in Prince George's County, if authorized by local law or, in the case of school bus stops located on State highways, the State Highway Administration; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Malcolm Augustine
Rereferred To Environment And Transportation on 04/04/2025
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Environment - Wetlands - Landward Boundaries [HB-1023]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
Requiring certain land created under a tidal wetlands license to be described by metes and bounds; and requiring the Department of the Environment to update, on a scale of 1 inch to 200 feet, the landward boundaries of certain wetlands following the completion of improvements consisting of certain shoreline stabilization measures.
Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Adams
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2025
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Baltimore City and Montgomery County - Stop Sign Monitoring Systems - Authorization MC 4-25 [HB-1032]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing the use of stop sign monitoring systems in school zones in Baltimore City and Montgomery County under the pilot program authorized for Prince George's County, if authorized by local law; and requiring the Montgomery County Department of Transportation and the Baltimore City Department of Transportation to individually report to the Governor and General Assembly by December 1, 2027, the data on the program through October 1, 2027, in their individual jurisdictions.
Sponsored by: Rep. Caylin Young
Favorable With Amendments Report By Judicial Proceedings on 04/04/2025
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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 Szeliga
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 797 on 05/20/2025
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Economic Development - Tax Increment Financing - Noncontiguous Areas [HB-942]
[Economic Development ]
[Housing ]
[Taxes ]
[Community Development ]
Authorizing the designation of certain noncontiguous areas as development districts; and requiring the governing body of a political subdivision to limit redevelopment of noncontiguous parcels within a development district for affordable housing that is deed restricted to households whose household income does not exceed 80% of area median income.
Sponsored by: Rep. Matthew Schindler
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/24/2025
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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 Stein
Third Reading Passed (102-30) on 03/31/2025
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Charles County - Alcoholic Beverages - Baseball Stadium License - Alterations [SB-731]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Sports ]
Altering the areas in which beer, wine, and liquor may be sold and consumed under a Class B-Stadium (baseball stadium) beer, wine, and liquor license in Charles County to exclude any parking areas; and altering the types of containers in which beer, wine, and liquor may be served.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 785 on 05/20/2025
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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 Arentz
Referred Rules on 04/04/2025
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Prince George's County - Natural Resources - Sunday Deer Hunting and Archery Hunting Safety Zones [HB-882]
[Animals ]
[Public Safety ]
[Recreation ]
Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to allow a person to hunt deer on each Sunday of the deer bow hunting season in Prince George's County; and adding Prince George's County to the list of counties in which the safety zone for archery hunters extends a distance of 50 yards from a dwelling house, residence, church, or any other building or camp occupied by human beings.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kriselda Valderrama
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 01/30/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Tidal Fish Licenses - Oyster Authorizations - Administrative Penalties [HB-893]
[Animals ]
[Water ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Environmental ]
[Crime ]
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to suspend for up to 5 years for a first violation, rather than revoke, a person's oyster authorization for knowingly committing certain violations; providing for the reinstatement for certain persons of an oyster authorization and an entitlement to engage or work in the oyster fishery; altering a certain offense related to the use of prohibited gear; and repealing the 90-day time period within which a certain administrative hearing must be held.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Arentz
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 552 on 05/13/2025
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Department of the Environment - Water Resources - Protection of Vernal Pools (Vernal Pool Wetlands Protection Act of 2025) [HB-878]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to adopt regulations to protect and preserve vernal pools.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2025
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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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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Urban State Highways - Speed Limits - Exemptions [HB-780]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing the State Highway Administration to decrease the maximum speed limit by 5 miles per hour on certain urban State highways without an engineering and traffic investigation, subject to certain notice requirements; and prohibiting the use of speed monitoring systems on urban State highways under the Administration's jurisdiction for which the speed limit has been decreased without performing an engineering and traffic investigation for 6 months after the speed limit decrease.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Referred Judicial Proceedings on 02/28/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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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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 Ferguson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 814 on 05/20/2025
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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 Fraser-hidalgo
Hearing Canceled on 03/06/2025
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Charles County - Alcoholic Beverages - Baseball Stadium License - Alterations [HB-835]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Sports ]
Altering the areas in which beer, wine, and liquor may be sold and consumed under a Class B-Stadium (baseball stadium) beer, wine, and liquor license in Charles County to exclude any parking areas; and altering the types of containers in which beer, wine, and liquor may be served.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 784 on 05/20/2025
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Baltimore City and Takoma Park - Stop Sign Monitoring Systems - Authorization of Pilot Program [SB-600]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing the use of stop sign monitoring systems in certain 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; and requiring that a certain percentage of the fines collected under the Act be distributed to the local management board for Baltimore City and be used only to provide youth programming and services for youth living in or attending a school located in the 45th or 46th legislative districts.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 571 on 05/13/2025