Commission on State and Local Government Real Property Bearing Confederate Names [HB-752]
[Community Development ]
[Real Estate ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Ethics ]
Establishing the Commission on State and Local Government Real Property Bearing Confederate Names to develop and implement a framework to identify real property owned by the State or a political subdivision that bears a Confederate name; and requiring the Commission to make recommendations regarding the real property that should be renamed and report its findings to the Governor, the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City, the governing body of each county, and the General Assembly by October 1, 2032.
HB-752: Commission on State and Local Government Real Property Bearing Confederate Names
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2025
State Lottery Fund - Laurel Race Course - Local Impact Aid [SB-595]
[Gaming ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring the Comptroller to distribute, for certain fiscal years, from the State Lottery Fund $250,000 of supplemental local impact aid to Anne Arundel County, Howard County, and the City of Laurel from the proceeds of the Racetrax lottery game to be used for certain programs and services in the communities surrounding Laurel Race Course; specifying the purposes for and manner in which the supplemental local impact aid may be utilized; etc.
SB-595: State Lottery Fund - Laurel Race Course - Local Impact Aid
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/04/2025
Wicomico County - Alcoholic Beverages - Temporary To-Go Event Permit and Class C Per Diem Municipal To-Go Beer, Wine, and Liquor License [HB-655]
[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.
HB-655: Wicomico County - Alcoholic Beverages - Temporary To-Go Event Permit and Class C Per Diem Municipal To-Go Beer, Wine, and Liquor License
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 795 on 05/20/2025
You have voted HB-655: Wicomico County - Alcoholic Beverages - Temporary To-Go Event Permit and Class C Per Diem Municipal To-Go Beer, Wine, and Liquor License.
Vehicle Laws - Speed Monitoring Systems - Residential Districts [SB-530]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing that certain provisions of law authorizing the use of speed monitoring systems in certain residential districts apply statewide; and requiring all speed limit signs on certain highways in residential districts to include certain signs.
SB-530: Vehicle Laws - Speed Monitoring Systems - Residential Districts
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks
Hearing 2/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/28/2025
Garrett County Alcoholic Beverages Act of 2025 [HB-685]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
Establishing certain deluxe complex restaurant and resort complex beer and wine and beer, wine, and liquor licenses in Garrett County; requiring the Board of License Commissioners for Garrett County to hold a hearing for the issuance of certain festival licenses and altering certain notice requirements for the hearing; requiring certain festival license applicants to apply to the Board in a certain manner; clarifying the entities to which the Board may issue certain multiple day and multiple event licenses; etc.
HB-685: Garrett County Alcoholic Beverages Act of 2025
Sponsored by: Rep. Jim Hinebaugh
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 790 on 05/20/2025
Relating To Hanalei Bay. [HB-1423]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
Prohibits vessels longer than seventy-five feet from entering Hanalei Bay except for vessels operated by a federal, state, or county agency. Requires the Board of Land and Natural Resources to define boundaries of Hanalei Bay by rule. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
HB-1423: Relating To Hanalei Bay.
Sponsored by: Rep. Daynette Morikawa
Reported From Wal (stand. Com. Rep. No. 709) As Amended In Hd 1, Recommending Passage On Second Reading And Referral To Jha. on 02/14/2025
State Property Tax - Transportation Funding (Transportation Funding Act of 2025) [HB-641]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Infrastructure ]
Requiring the Governor, after consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, to submit each year to the Board of Public Works and the General Assembly a proposal for a State property tax to support transportation projects and programs; requiring, on or before February 15 each year, the Board of Public Works to approve, reject, or modify the proposed State property tax; imposing a State property tax at the rates and on the classes and subclasses of property that the Board of Public Works approves; etc.
HB-641: State Property Tax - Transportation Funding (Transportation Funding Act of 2025)
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Ruth
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. (ways And Means) on 01/28/2025
Port of Deposit State Historical Park - Size and Scope [SB-477]
[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.
SB-477: Port of Deposit State Historical Park - Size and Scope
Sponsored by: Sen.
First Reading Education, Energy, And The Environment on 01/23/2025
Maryland Transit Administration - Purple Line - Free Ridership and Promotional Materials and Services [HB-527]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Small Business ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring the Maryland Transit Administration to develop and implement a program providing for the first month after transit service begins on the Purple Line, free ridership on Purple Line transit vehicles to individuals residing within a one-quarter-mile radius of the Purple Line track; and requiring the Administration to include, beginning on October 1, 2025, for 3 months after service on the Purple Lines begins promotional materials and services at no cost to small businesses located within a one-quarter-mile radius of the Purple Line track.
HB-527: Maryland Transit Administration - Purple Line - Free Ridership and Promotional Materials and Services
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 494 on 05/13/2025
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.
HB-528: Baltimore County - Vehicle Laws - Private Roadways in Residential Communities
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 422 on 05/06/2025
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.
HB-503: Housing Development Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Hornberger
Rereferred To Education, Energy, And The Environment on 04/03/2025
Primary and Secondary Education - Definition and Notification of Reportable Offense - Alterations [HB-526]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Altering the definition of "reportable offense" to remove the requirement that the offense occurred off school premises and did not occur at an event sponsored by the school; and requiring the Department of Juvenile Services to report to the local superintendent of schools and school principal for certain decisions made during a certain inquiry of a juvenile offender for certain offenses.
HB-526: Primary and Secondary Education - Definition and Notification of Reportable Offense - Alterations
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Hearing Canceled (ways And Means) And Hearing Canceled (judiciary) on 02/12/2025
Economic Development - Delivering Economic Competitiveness and Advancing Development Efforts (DECADE) Act [HB-498]
[Economic Development ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Taxes ]
Requiring the Department of Commerce to evaluate the potential employment and economic growth of the State's industry sectors and establish a certain list of industry sectors and activities to be considered for additional support; repealing the Maryland Economic Development Commission and Commerce Subcabinet; altering the designation, administration, and purposes of and eligibility for certain economic development programs; altering eligibility for and the calculation of certain economic development incentives; etc.
HB-498: Economic Development - Delivering Economic Competitiveness and Advancing Development Efforts (DECADE) Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing Canceled (ways And Means) on 02/07/2025
Economic Development - Delivering Economic Competitiveness and Advancing Development Efforts (DECADE) Act [SB-427]
[Economic Development ]
[Small Business ]
[Film Production ]
[Taxes ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Altering the designation, administration, and purposes of and eligibility for certain economic development programs; redesignating the Maryland Economic Development Assistance Authority to be the Maryland Economic Competitiveness Fund; repealing the Maryland Small Business Development Financing Authority and certain related Funds; making the film production activity tax credit transferable; authorizing a qualified film production entity to amend its application for the tax credit under certain circumstances; etc.
SB-427: Economic Development - Delivering Economic Competitiveness and Advancing Development Efforts (DECADE) Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Rereferred To Ways And Means And Appropriations on 04/07/2025
Land Use - Regional Housing Infrastructure Gap (Housing for Jobs Act) [SB-430]
[Housing ]
[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.
SB-430: Land Use - Regional Housing Infrastructure Gap (Housing for Jobs Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Hearing Canceled on 02/06/2025
Natural Resources - Wildland Areas - Overhead Transmission Lines [SB-399]
[Energy ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Water ]
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.
SB-399: Natural Resources - Wildland Areas - Overhead Transmission Lines
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 572 on 05/13/2025
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.
HB-472: Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - 45th Alcoholic Beverages District - Licenses
Sponsored by: Rep. Jackie Addison
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 807 on 05/20/2025