State Board of Dental Examiners - Expanded Function Dental Assistants - Education and Reinstatement [HB-573]
[Healthcare ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
Authorizing the State Board of Dental Examiners to approve a certain course of study for expanded function dental assistant certification; requiring that a course of study for initial dental assistant certification include at least 35 hours of in-person and online instruction; requiring the Board to reinstate a certain certification only under certain circumstances; requiring the Board to adopt regulations requiring continuing education, including clinical hands-on training, for expanded function dental assistants; etc.
HB-573: State Board of Dental Examiners - Expanded Function Dental Assistants - Education and Reinstatement
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 23 on 04/08/2025
Educational Equality for Service Members Act [HB-600]
[Education ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
Establishing rules of interpretation related to the uniformed services; altering the rule of interpretation for "veteran"; and altering the application of certain provisions of law governing education to apply to all uniformed services, rather than only the armed forces.
HB-600: Educational Equality for Service Members Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 256 on 05/06/2025
Vehicle Laws - Motor Vehicle Administration - 3-Hour Roadway Safety Driving Education Program - Requirements [SB-471]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the requirements of the 3-hour Roadway Safety Driving Education Program established by the Motor Vehicle Administration for certain applicants for driver's licenses; and requiring the Administration to adopt regulations establishing criteria for certifying a private entity to offer the 3-hour Roadway Safety Education Program.
SB-471: Vehicle Laws - Motor Vehicle Administration - 3-Hour Roadway Safety Driving Education Program - Requirements
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 298 on 05/06/2025
State Board of Nursing - Advanced Practice Nursing Licensure and Specialty Certification - Reciprocity Discussions (Maryland Border States Advanced Practice Nursing Act) [HB-602]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the State Board of Nursing to hold discussions with Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to pursue reciprocity agreements for advanced practice nursing licensure and specialty certification; and requiring the Board, by November 1, 2025, and each November 1 for the following 4 years, to submit a report to certain committees of the General Assembly on the status of the discussions, agreements reached, challenges in the negotiations, and any legislative recommendations.
HB-602: State Board of Nursing - Advanced Practice Nursing Licensure and Specialty Certification - Reciprocity Discussions (Maryland Border States Advanced Practice Nursing Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Adams
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 673 on 05/20/2025
You have voted HB-602: State Board of Nursing - Advanced Practice Nursing Licensure and Specialty Certification - Reciprocity Discussions (Maryland Border States Advanced Practice Nursing Act).
Public Schools - Lifesaver Schools Program - Establishment [HB-612]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing the Lifesaver Schools Program to recognize public schools that provide health and safety training to students and school personnel; establishing requirements and prohibitions for Lifesaver Schools; authorizing a public school to partner with the county board of education to meet the criteria to qualify as a Lifesaver School; and requiring a Lifesaver School to reapply to the Department for approval to maintain the Lifesaver School designation.
HB-612: Public Schools - Lifesaver Schools Program - Establishment
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2025
Education and Health - Emergency Use Epinephrine - Alterations [HB-536]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering the defined term "auto-injectable epinephrine" to be "emergency use epinephrine" and to include certain drug delivery devices and products; and altering the name of the Emergency Use Auto-Injectable Epinephrine Program to be the Emergency Use Epinephrine Program.
HB-536: Education and Health - Emergency Use Epinephrine - Alterations
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/10/2025
Excellence in Maryland Public Schools Act [SB-429]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Economic Development ]
Altering the definitions of "target per pupil foundation amount", "collaborative time per pupil amount", "compensatory education per pupil amount", "English learner per pupil amount", "special education per pupil amount", "growth in the target per pupil foundation amount", and "change in the per pupil amount"; directing county boards of education to provide certain funding to local workforce development boards to support the Career Counseling Program for Middle and High School Students; etc.
SB-429: Excellence in Maryland Public Schools Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/02/2025
Health Occupations - Implicit Bias and Structural Racism Training [SB-458]
[Healthcare ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Education ]
Requiring applicants for renewal of certain licenses and certain certificates issued by certain health occupation boards to attest that the applicant completed an implicit bias and structural racism training program, rather than an implicit bias training program, approved by the Cultural and Linguistic Health Care Professional Competency Program; authorizing each health occupations board to adopt regulations allowing applicants seeking license renewal to receive continuing education credits for completion of certain training; etc.
SB-458: Health Occupations - Implicit Bias and Structural Racism Training
Sponsored by: Sen. Dawn Gile
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/05/2025
Registered Apprenticeship Investments for a Stronger Economy (RAISE) Act [HB-501]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
Authorizing the State Board of Plumbing to waive the license examination requirement for a journey plumber license; authorizing the Secretary of Labor to waive the examination for certain licenses; altering the duties of the Maryland Apprenticeship and Training Council; repealing the Youth Apprenticeship Advisory Committee; establishing the Maryland Office of Registered Apprenticeship Development to market and advance the registered apprenticeship system throughout the State; etc.
HB-501: Registered Apprenticeship Investments for a Stronger Economy (RAISE) Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
Education and Health - Emergency Use Epinephrine - Alterations [SB-459]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering the defined term "auto-injectable epinephrine" to be "emergency use epinephrine" and to include certain drug delivery devices and products; and altering the name of the Emergency Use Auto-Injectable Epinephrine Program to be the Emergency Use Epinephrine Program.
SB-459: Education and Health - Emergency Use Epinephrine - Alterations
Sponsored by: Sen. Dawn Gile
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 710 on 05/20/2025
Adult Education - High School Diploma by Examination - Requirements and Study [SB-451]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to allow an individual to take all components of the General Educational Development Test in either English or Spanish; and requiring the Department to study the feasibility and cost of offering the examination in additional languages and to report its findings and recommendations to certain committees of the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2026.
SB-451: Adult Education - High School Diploma by Examination - Requirements and Study
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 327 on 05/06/2025
Excellence in Maryland Public Schools Act [HB-504]
[Education ]
[Taxes ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Authorizing local governing bodies to exceed certain tax and revenue limitations for a certain purpose; altering the source of funds for the Blueprint for Maryland's Future Fund to include the interest earnings of the Academic Excellence Fund; authorizing the Department to establish a national teacher recruitment campaign; establishing the Academic Excellence Program in the Department to address critical academic needs in public schools; requiring local school systems to develop certain countywide community school implementation plans; etc.
HB-504: Excellence in Maryland Public Schools Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Hornberger
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 237 on 05/06/2025
Primary and Secondary Education - Public School Employees - Salaries [HB-551]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Altering, beginning July 1, 2026, the minimum salary for certain public school employees to be $60,000; and establishing, subject to certain conditions, certain salary increases for certain public school employees.
HB-551: Primary and Secondary Education - Public School Employees - Salaries
Sponsored by: Rep. Jessica Feldmark
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2025
Registered Apprenticeship Investments for a Stronger Economy (RAISE) Act [SB-431]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Altering the duties of the Maryland Apprenticeship and Training Council; repealing the Youth Apprenticeship Advisory Committee; establishing the Maryland Office of Registered Apprenticeship Development to scale registered apprenticeships across industries and occupations to meet the needs of the State's economy; establishing the Maryland Pay Per Apprentice Program within the Maryland Department of Labor; establishing the Maryland Pay Per Apprentice Program Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; etc.
SB-431: Registered Apprenticeship Investments for a Stronger Economy (RAISE) Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy King
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 2 on 04/08/2025
Maryland Medical Practice Act and Maryland Physician Assistants Act - Revisions [SB-423]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Mental Health ]
Repealing obsolete and redundant language in, clarifying language in, and making language consistent across certain provisions of law governing the State Board of Physicians and the regulation of physicians, physician assistants, and allied health professionals; altering certain licensure requirements; altering the grounds for discipline for physicians, physician assistants, and allied health professionals; authorizing the Board to impose a civil penalty for a certain report made in bad faith; etc.
SB-423: Maryland Medical Practice Act and Maryland Physician Assistants Act - Revisions
Sponsored by: Sen. Pamela Beidle
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 675 on 05/20/2025
SB-407: State Board of Nursing - Advanced Practice Nursing Licensure and Specialty Certification - Reciprocity Discussions (Maryland Border States Advanced Practice Nursing Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Pamela Beidle
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 674 on 05/20/2025
You have voted SB-407: State Board of Nursing - Advanced Practice Nursing Licensure and Specialty Certification - Reciprocity Discussions (Maryland Border States Advanced Practice Nursing Act).
Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination Review Process [HB-482]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Providing that "department" does not include the Maryland Department of Health or the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services for purposes of certain provisions prohibiting a department from refusing to issue an occupational license or certificate based on a certain conviction under certain circumstances; establishing a predetermination review process for occupational licenses and certificates in certain departments of State government; authorizing a department to charge a criminal history review fee of up to $100; etc.
HB-482: Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination Review Process
Sponsored by: Rep. Andrea Harrison
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/16/2025
Income Tax - Credits for Nursing Program Preceptors in Areas With Health Care Workforce Shortages - Alterations [HB-496]
[Healthcare ]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Health ]
[Education ]
Reducing from 100 to 90 the number of training hours that certain health care practitioners are required to perform in a nursing program preceptor rotation in order to qualify for certain credits against the State income tax for certain health care practitioners serving as preceptors in areas with health care workforce shortages; and requiring the Department of Health by January 31 each year, to report to the Comptroller on the tax credit certificates issued and to the General Assembly on the utilization of the credit.
HB-496: Income Tax - Credits for Nursing Program Preceptors in Areas With Health Care Workforce Shortages - Alterations
Sponsored by: Rep. Robbyn Lewis
Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. (ways And Means) on 01/21/2025
Elections - Ranked-Choice Voting in Contests for Presidential Nomination and Certification of Election-Supporting Technology [SB-383]
[Elections ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Voting Rights ]
Authorizing the State Board of Elections, beginning with the 2028 statewide primary election, to use ranked-choice voting to conduct a contest for the nomination by a political party of a candidate for the office of President of the United States; requiring the State Board to adopt regulations for the review, certification, and decertification of election-supporting technology and to periodically review and evaluate election-supporting technology; etc.
SB-383: Elections - Ranked-Choice Voting in Contests for Presidential Nomination and Certification of Election-Supporting Technology
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/30/2025