Children (4-12)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Senior Higher Education Institutions - Pregnant and Parenting Students - Plan Requirements (Pregnant and Parenting Student Support Act) [HB-840]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Requiring certain public senior higher education institutions to adopt a plan regarding pregnant and parenting students to include referral to on-campus or off-campus services to assist regarding the availability of or eligibility for certain government assistance programs and any other programs, scholarships, or subsidies that may be available for pregnant and parenting students; and requiring each public senior higher education institution to post the plan on the institution's website on or before August 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 336 on 05/06/2025
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Natural Resources - State Boat Act - Alterations [HB-719]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Water ]
[Funding ]
[Recreation ]
Repealing certain advertising and public hearing requirements for proposed regulations implementing the State Boat Act; increasing certain funding thresholds for certain projects financed by the Waterway Improvement Fund; and altering the fees for manufacturer and dealer licenses, certificates of number, Maryland use stickers, and the issuance of certificates of title, transfer of title, or duplicate or corrected certificates of title.
Sponsored by: Rep. Environment and Transportation
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 433 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Boards, Committees, Commissions, Task Forces, and Workgroups - Elimination of Citizenship Requirements and Establishment of Diversity Requirements [HB-696]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Ethics ]
Eliminating citizenship requirements for boards and commissions; and requiring that members of boards, committees, commissions, task forces, and workgroups reflect the full diversity of the State to the extent practicable.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Senior Higher Education Institutions - Pregnant and Parenting Students - Plan Requirements (Pregnant and Parenting Student Support Act) [SB-511]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring certain public senior higher education institutions to adopt a plan regarding pregnant and parenting students to include referral to on-campus or off-campus services to assist regarding the availability of or eligibility for certain government assistance programs and any other programs, scholarships, or subsidies that may be available for pregnant and parenting students; and requiring each public senior higher education institution to post the plan on the institution's website on or before August 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shaneka Henson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 335 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Medical Assistance Program – Use of Reimbursement Funds by Schools [HB-689]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Requiring elementary schools, secondary schools, and county school systems to use certain funds received for services provided under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program or the Maryland Children's Health Insurance Program to provide additional positions for providers, paid internships for students seeking to become providers, stipends for providers that are designed to address problems in provider recruitment and retention, and stipends for providers working in low-performing schools that are designed to address retention.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary
Hearing Canceled on 02/12/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Use of Reimbursement Funds by Schools [SB-506]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Requiring elementary schools, secondary schools, and county school systems to use certain funds received for services provided under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program or the Maryland Children's Health Insurance Program to provide additional positions for providers, paid internships for students seeking to become providers, stipends designed to address problems in provider recruitment and retention, and stipends for providers working in low-performing schools designed to encourage provider recruitment and retention.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shaneka Henson
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Energy, And The Environment) on 02/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Child Pornography - Prohibitions and Penalties [SB-545]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a person from possessing more than 100 images of certain child pornography or possessing or viewing images of certain child pornography depicting a minor or an individual indistinguishable from an actual and identifiable child under the age of 13 years; providing that a violation of the Act is a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 10 years; and providing that a sentence under the Act may be separate from and consecutive to or concurrent with a sentence imposed for certain other crimes.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Anthony Muse
Referred Judiciary on 02/21/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Boards, Committees, Commissions, Task Forces, and Workgroups - Elimination of Citizenship Requirements and Establishment of Diversity Requirements [SB-490]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Ethics ]
Eliminating citizenship requirements for boards and commissions; and requiring that members of boards, committees, commissions, task forces, and workgroups reflect the full diversity of the State to the extent practicable.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/30/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Department of Education - Soccer Opportunities Program - Establishment [SB-408]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Sports ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Community Development ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Establishing the Soccer Opportunities Program in the State Department of Education to increase opportunities for minority students to participate in soccer in their communities; authorizing a youth soccer nonprofit organization to submit a grant proposal meeting certain criteria to the Department for a program; and requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill for fiscal years 2027, 2028, and 2029 an appropriation of at least $100,000 for the Program.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy King
Hearing Canceled on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Residential Child Care Programs - Transportation Companies - Regulation (Preventing Abduction in Youth Transport Act of 2025) [HB-497]
[Children and Youth ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Human Services ]
Prohibiting transportation companies that transport children to residential child care programs from using certain restraints unless there is a substantial likelihood of imminent serious physical harm to a child or others; prohibiting transportation companies that transport children to residential child care programs from picking up children between the hours of 9 p.m. and 6 a.m.; authorizing an individual and the Attorney General to bring a certain civil action against certain transportation companies; and applying the Act prospectively.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank M Conaway
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 343 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Victims and Witnesses - Out of Court Statement of Child to Forensic Interviewer [HB-442]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Expanding the evidentiary rule on the admissibility of out of court statements made by child victims or witnesses to make admissible an out of court statement made by a child to a forensic interviewer.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Kerr
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 147 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Therapeutic Child Care Grant Program - Funding - Alterations [SB-359]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Healthcare ]
Altering the fiscal years from 2023 through 2025, and for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2029, during which the Governor is required to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $3,700,000 to the Therapeutic Child Care Grant Program.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy King
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 239 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Child Pornography - Prohibitions and Penalties [HB-364]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a person from possessing more than 100 images of certain child pornography or possessing or viewing images of certain child pornography depicting a minor or an individual indistinguishable from an actual and identifiable child under the age of 13 years; providing that a violation of the Act is a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 10 years; and providing that a sentence under the Act may be separate from and consecutive to or concurrent with a sentence imposed for certain other crimes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gabriel Acevero
Hearing 2/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2025 [HB-352]
[Finance ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Establishing or altering certain administrative penalties; altering or repealing certain required appropriations; authorizing the use of certain funds for certain purposes; establishing certain funds; authorizing, requiring, or altering the distribution of certain revenue; altering the rates and rate brackets under the State income tax on certain income of individuals; increasing the cap on the percentage that may be deducted from all open purses and paid to a certain organization; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 604 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Department of Education - Soccer Opportunities Program - Establishment [HB-358]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Sports ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Establishing the Soccer Opportunities Program in the State Department of Education to increase opportunities for minority students to participate in soccer in their communities; and requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill for fiscal years 2027, 2028, and 2029 an appropriation of at least $100,000 for the Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gabriel Acevero
Hearing 2/05 At 2:00 P.m. on 01/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2025 [SB-321]
[Finance ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Establishing or altering certain administrative penalties; altering or repealing certain required appropriations; authorizing the use of certain funds for certain purposes; establishing certain funds; authorizing, requiring, or altering the distribution of certain revenue; altering the rates and rate brackets under the State income tax on certain income of individuals; requiring certain groups of corporations to file a combined income tax return reflecting the aggregate income tax liability of all members of the group; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing Canceled on 02/14/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Health and Taxation - Digital Social Media Services and the Mental Health Care Fund for Children and Youth [HB-414]
[Healthcare ]
[Taxes ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Funding ]
[Public Health ]
Establishing the Mental Health Care Fund for Children and Youth to support improved access to mental health care services to children and youth in the State; imposing a tax on certain annual revenues derived from certain digital social media services in the State; providing for the calculation and collection of the tax; requiring the Comptroller to distribute revenue from the tax in a certain manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Caylin Allen Young
First Reading Ways And Means on 01/16/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Victims and Witnesses - Out of Court Statement of Child to Forensic Interviewer [SB-333]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Expanding the evidentiary rule on the admissibility of out of court statements made by child victims or witnesses to make admissible an out of court statement made by a child to a forensic interviewer.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Folden
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 148 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Child Sexual Abuse Material - Artificial Intelligence Software [HB-5]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the term "child pornography" to be "child sexual abuse material" for purposes of certain criminal offenses; defining "computer-generated image" to include images created through the use of artificial intelligence software as the term pertains to provisions of law related to child sexual abuse material; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank M Conaway
Hearing Canceled on 03/25/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Therapeutic Child Care Grant Program - Funding - Alterations [HB-185]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
Altering the fiscal years to include fiscal year 2027 through fiscal year 2029, during which the Governor is required to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $3,700,000 to the Therapeutic Child Care Grant Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 238 on 05/06/2025