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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Board of Education - Membership - School Principal [HB-129]
[Education ]
Altering the membership of the State Board of Education to include a school principal as a member; and providing that the initial term of the principal member of the State Board begins July 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
Hearing 2/05 At 2:00 P.m. on 01/22/2025
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Child Care Centers - Certificated Staff Ratio Requirement - Alteration [SB-252]
[Children and Youth ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Education ]
[Human Services ]
Altering a requirement that a child care center that has 20 or more children have in attendance a certain ratio of staff to children who hold a certificate in first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 318 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Department of the Environment - Fees, Penalties, Funding, and Regulation [SB-250]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Funding ]
[Water ]
[Energy ]
[Public Health ]
Altering the authorized uses of the Maryland Clean Air Fund to include certain activities relating to mitigating and reducing air pollution in the State; authorizing the Department of the Environment to charge a fee for processing and issuing on-site sewage disposal permits and individual well construction permits under certain circumstances; requiring a holder of a license to transfer oil into the State to pay a certain fee when oil owned by the licensee is first transferred into the State; establishing the Private Dam Repair Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 432 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Pesticide and Pest Control - Revisions to Pesticide Applicator's Law and Repeal of Obsolete Provisions [SB-249]
[Agriculture ]
[Environmental ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Establishing requirements for the commercial application of general use pesticides, the commercial application of restricted use pesticides, and the private application of restricted use pesticides; requiring a certified private applicator to ensure that certain individuals working under the certified applicator's supervision meet certain requirements; specifying the responsibility and liability of certified applicators for the application of certain pesticides; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 42 on 04/08/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Elections - Ranked-Choice Voting in Contests for Presidential Nomination and Certification of Election-Supporting Technology [HB-215]
[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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jennifer Terrasa
First Reading Ways And Means on 01/08/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Business Occupational and Professional Licenses - Suspension and Revocation for Workplace Fraud [HB-264]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Construction ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring, under certain circumstances, the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to notify a licensing authority when a licensee is found in violation of certain workplace fraud provisions; requiring licensing authorities to suspend or revoke the licenses of licensees who are reported by the Commissioner; and establishing certain appeal and license reinstatement procedures.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/16/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Plant Disease Control - Nurseries - Inspection, Certification, and Licensing Fees [HB-244]
[Agriculture ]
[Finance ]
[Small Business ]
Increasing the inspection fee that a nursery is required to pay to the Secretary of Agriculture in a specified manner; increasing the annual certification fee that a nursery is required to pay from $100 to $150; and increasing the annual license fee that a broker or dealer is required to pay from $100 to $150.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Hearing Canceled on 01/15/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Election Law - Municipal Elections - Administration [SB-88]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Authorizing the State Administrator of Elections to enter into memoranda of understanding with municipalities that allow the State Administrator to work collaboratively with a municipality to support the administration of the municipality's elections; and altering the deadline for municipalities to request that the State Board of Elections include on a ballot offices and questions to be voted on in a municipal election and the certification that must be included in the request.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Hearing 3/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services - Incarcerated Individual Apprenticeship Program [HB-289]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to develop and offer an apprenticeship program in skilled trades for incarcerated individuals; establishing the purpose of the program is to assist incarcerated individuals to develop marketable job skills and to earn money that can be used once the individual is released from incarceration; authorizing the Department to pay all or part of an incarcerated individual's wages to a spouse, child, or other dependent in need of financial support; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ric Metzgar
Hearing 1/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Housing and Community Development - Homeless Shelter Certification Program - Establishment [HB-93]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
Establishing a homeless shelter certification program in the Department of Housing and Community Development; requiring the Department to develop certain operational and building standards for homeless shelters and minimum standards for the protection of the rights of shelter residents; and requiring the operator of a homeless shelter to participate in a certain Homeless Management Information System.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Hearing 2/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/15/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Housing and Community Development - Homeless Shelter Certification Program - Establishment [SB-234]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
Establishing a homeless shelter certification program in the Department of Housing and Community Development; requiring the Department to develop certain operational and building standards for homeless shelters and minimum standards for the protection of the rights of shelter residents; and requiring the operator of a homeless shelter to participate in a certain Homeless Management Information System.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Hearing Canceled on 01/15/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Environment - Plastic Products - Postconsumer Recycled Content Program [HB-69]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibiting certain producers of certain plastic products from selling, offering for sale, or distributing the products to any person in the State unless certain conditions are met; requiring certain producers of certain plastic products to, individually or as part of a representative organization, register yearly, beginning March 1, 2026, and pay a registration fee annually beginning May 15, 2026, to the Department of the Environment; establishing minimum postconsumer recycled content percentage requirements for certain products; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
Hearing 2/14 At 1:30 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 01/29/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Department of the Environment - Notation of Veteran Status [SB-89]
[Environmental ]
[Veterans ]
Authorizing the Department of the Environment to establish a certain process in collaboration with one or more boards under the Department's direction and control that requires a board to include a notation indicating veteran status on a professional license or certificate.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 249 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Plant Disease Control - Nurseries - Inspection, Certification, and Licensing Fees [SB-264]
[Agriculture ]
[Finance ]
[Small Business ]
[Funding ]
Increasing the inspection fee that a nursery is required to pay to the Secretary of Agriculture in a specified manner; increasing the annual certification fee that a nursery is required to pay from $100 to $150; increasing the annual license fee that a broker or dealer is required to pay from $100 to $150; and requiring the Department to report by January 31 annually to certain committees of the General Assembly beginning January 31, 2026, on the number of current licenses, inspections conducted, and the diseases and pests identified.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Procurement - Scrutinized Entities - Prohibition [HB-188]
[Trade ]
[International ]
[National Security ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting an entity owned, operated, or controlled by the government of certain countries subject to an embargo under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations from participating in any procurement with the State, a local government in the State, a public instrumentality in the State, or any governmental unit in the State; requiring the Board of Public Works to make certain determinations and maintain and publish a certain list of scrutinized entities; preempting any local ordinance, rule, or regulation that conflicts with the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Hornberger
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Health Occupations Boards - English Proficiency Requirements and Licensure by Endorsement for Nursing [SB-72]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
Prohibiting a health occupations board from requiring additional evidence of English proficiency as a condition for licensure, certification, or registration if an applicant holds a valid, unrestricted license, certification, or registration from another state that requires evidence of English proficiency; requiring each health occupations board that requires evidence of English proficiency to post a statement on their website that an applicant may not be required to provide additional evidence of proficiency; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 732 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Board of Education - Membership - School Principal [SB-113]
[Education ]
Altering the membership of the State Board of Education to include a school principal as a member; and providing that the initial term of the principal member of the State Board begins July 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Kramer
Hearing Canceled on 01/23/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Public Ethics Law - School Boards - Compliance Certification [SB-109]
[Ethics ]
[Education ]
Requiring each school board to certify to the State Ethics Commission, on or before October 1 each year, that the school board is in compliance with certain requirements of the Maryland Public Ethics Law.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 299 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Accountants - Licensed Out-of-State Practice Privileges - Qualifications [SB-51]
[Finance ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Altering the qualifications for an individual licensed as a certified public accountant in another state to practice certified public accountancy in the State to include a requirement that the individual passed the Uniform CPA Examination to qualify for a license in another state.
Sponsored by: Sen. Arthur Ellis
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 406 on 05/06/2025