Primary and Secondary Education - Definition and Notification of Reportable Offense - Alterations [SB-386]
[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.
SB-386: Primary and Secondary Education - Definition and Notification of Reportable Offense - Alterations
Sponsored by: Sen. William Folden
Hearing Canceled (education, Energy, And The Environment) on 02/10/2025
Baltimore City - Raffles - Organizations Affiliated With a Professional Major League Baseball Team [SB-341]
[Gaming ]
[Sports ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing organizations that are affiliated with a professional major league baseball team that plays its home games in Baltimore City to conduct certain raffles; requiring the organization to obtain a permit to conduct raffles; providing that raffle tickets may only be sold using age-verification measures to ensure the buyer is at least 18 years old; providing that, subject to certain limitations, an organization conducting a raffle is not subject to a certain provision of law prohibiting the acceptance of credit as payment; etc.
SB-341: Baltimore City - Raffles - Organizations Affiliated With a Professional Major League Baseball Team
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 372 on 05/06/2025
Natural Resources - Invasive Blue Catfish Pilot Program [HB-446]
[Animals ]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Science ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing the Invasive Blue Catfish Pilot Program in the Department of Natural Resources to curb the spread of the invasive blue catfish in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries; requiring the Department to expand the use of practices determined to be effective under the Program; and requiring the Department to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2025, on its findings and recommendations based on the Pilot Program.
HB-446: Natural Resources - Invasive Blue Catfish Pilot Program
Sponsored by: Rep. Barrie Ciliberti
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 172 on 04/22/2025
Department of State Police - Residency Requirements [SB-351]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Military ]
Altering the residency requirements for certain employees of the Department of State Police; requiring each police appointee to the Department to be a resident of the State or reside within 25 miles outside its borders on the date of appointment and for the duration of the appointee's employment; and requiring certain other qualifications.
SB-351: Department of State Police - Residency Requirements
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson
Hearing 1/29 At 11:00 A.m. on 01/20/2025
Baltimore City - Raffles - Organizations Affiliated With a Professional Major League Baseball Team [HB-399]
[Gaming ]
[Sports ]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing certain organizations that are affiliated with a professional major league baseball team that plays its home games in Baltimore City to conduct certain raffles; requiring the organization to obtain a permit to conduct raffles from an agency designated by the Baltimore City government; requiring that raffle tickets are sold using age-verification measure to ensure the buyer is at least 18 years old; providing that a permit to hold certain raffles expires at the end of the calendar year in which the permit was issued; etc.
HB-399: Baltimore City - Raffles - Organizations Affiliated With a Professional Major League Baseball Team
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Edelson
Favorable With Amendments Report By Budget And Taxation on 04/07/2025
Natural Resources - Canada Geese - Bag Limits [SB-335]
[Animals ]
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.
SB-335: Natural Resources - Canada Geese - Bag Limits
Sponsored by: Sen. Johnny Mautz
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 554 on 05/13/2025
Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - 45th Alcoholic Beverages District - Licenses [SB-304]
[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.
SB-304: Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - 45th Alcoholic Beverages District - Licenses
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 808 on 05/20/2025
State Buildings and State Highways - Collection and Disposal of Yard Waste [HB-338]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Construction ]
Prohibiting a person from disposing of yard waste collected on the grounds of a State building or State highway in a single-use plastic container; requiring a person to collect yard waste on the grounds of a State building or State highway in a container that will not be discarded with the yard waste or is a compostable paper bag; and requiring all yard waste collected on the grounds of a State building or State highway to be disposed of in a certain manner under certain circumstances.
HB-338: State Buildings and State Highways - Collection and Disposal of Yard Waste
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Favorable Report By Education, Energy, And The Environment on 04/02/2025
State Lottery Fund - Laurel Race Course - Local Impact Aid [HB-337]
[Gaming ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring the Comptroller, beginning in fiscal year 2026, to distribute 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.
HB-337: State Lottery Fund - Laurel Race Course - Local Impact Aid
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseline Pena-Melnyk
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 403 on 05/06/2025
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.
HB-335: Baltimore County - Nuisance Actions - Community Association
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Grammer
Hearing Canceled on 03/25/2025
Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - 43rd Alcoholic Beverages District - Class B-D-7 Licenses [HB-346]
[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.
HB-346: Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - 43rd Alcoholic Beverages District - Class B-D-7 Licenses
Sponsored by: Rep. Regina Boyce
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 805 on 05/20/2025
Election Law - Curbside Voting - Pilot Program [HB-317]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Disabilities ]
Establishing the Curbside Voting Pilot Program to test the viability of curbside voting in the State; establishing requirements governing curbside voting; requiring the State Board and local board to communicate with voters and the general public, including signage at curbside voting locations, that curbside voting is primarily for certain voters with disabilities; and requiring the State Board to report to the General Assembly on the implementation of the Pilot Program by September 1, 2029.
HB-317: Election Law - Curbside Voting - Pilot Program
Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle Wilkins
Hearing 4/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/18/2025
Natural Resources - Invasive Blue Catfish Pilot Program [SB-186]
[Animals ]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Science ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing the Invasive Blue Catfish Pilot Program in the Department of Natural Resources to curb the spread of the invasive blue catfish in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries; requiring the Department to expand the use of practices determined to be effective under the Program; and requiring the Department to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2025, on its findings and recommendations based on the Pilot Program.
SB-186: Natural Resources - Invasive Blue Catfish Pilot Program
Sponsored by: Sen. Johnny Mautz
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 171 on 04/22/2025
School Construction and Housing - School Zones and Adequate Public Facilities Ordinances [HB-38]
[Housing ]
[Construction ]
[Education ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring each county board of education to submit a report by July 1, 2025, and each July 1 thereafter, on student residency and school zones to the Department of Planning and the Interagency Commission on School Construction; repealing the authorization of the Interagency Commission on School Construction to make an enrollment deduction under certain circumstances; and prohibiting a county's adequate public facilities ordinance from restricting housing developments for more than 4 years after enactment.
HB-38: School Construction and Housing - School Zones and Adequate Public Facilities Ordinances
Sponsored by: Rep. David Moon
Hearing 2/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/24/2025
Maryland Department of Planning – Modernization [HB-272]
[Elections ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring the State Administrator of Elections to electronically submit certain precinct boundary information to the Secretary of Planning; altering certain requirements related to the Department of Planning preparing population projections for the Washington and Baltimore metropolitan areas to authorize the use of population figures developed by the Baltimore Metropolitan Council, the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments and their member jurisdictions; etc.
HB-272: Maryland Department of Planning – Modernization
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 61 on 04/08/2025
Procurement - State Department of Education - Local Food Purchasing Program [HB-56]
[Agriculture ]
[Food ]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the State Department of Education, in coordination with the Department of General Services and the Department of Agriculture, to establish a program to procure, when funding is available, local food for local school systems with preference to providers that are certified local farms or certified Chesapeake invasive species providers; altering the percentage price preference adopted by the Board of Public Works for locally grown food from 5% to 10%; etc.
HB-56: Procurement - State Department of Education - Local Food Purchasing Program
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/16/2025
Land Use - Transit-Oriented Development - Alterations [SB-190]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Economic Development ]
Authorizing the Maryland Department of Transportation to establish transit-oriented development (TOD) corridor funds financed by revenue from county special taxing districts to benefit transit-oriented development; altering the authority of local legislative bodies to regulate land use planning on certain land that is located within 0.5 miles of, or under certain circumstances, adjacent to, certain transit stations; exempting certain special taxes for the benefit of transit-oriented development from any county tax limitation or bond cap; etc.
SB-190: Land Use - Transit-Oriented Development - Alterations
Sponsored by: Sen.
Hearing 1/29 At 10:30 A.m. on 01/15/2025
Tidal Fish Licenses - Oyster Authorizations - Administrative Penalties [SB-76]
[Animals ]
[Water ]
[Environmental ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to suspend, rather than revoke, for up to 5 years for a first violation, 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.
SB-76: Tidal Fish Licenses - Oyster Authorizations - Administrative Penalties
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Bailey
Rereferred To Environment And Transportation on 04/02/2025
Procurement - State Department of Education - Local Food Purchasing Program [SB-177]
[Agriculture ]
[Food ]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the State Department of Education, in coordination with the Department of General Services and the Department of Agriculture, to establish a program to procure local food for local school systems from certified local farms and certified Chesapeake invasive species providers under certain circumstances; altering a certain percentage price preference adopted by the Board of Public Works by regulations; requiring the Board to adopt certain regulations relating to limiting responses for certain procurements; etc.
SB-177: Procurement - State Department of Education - Local Food Purchasing Program
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/16/2025