Circuit Courts

State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Circuit Court Judges - Selection and Retention Elections [SB-630] [Elections ] [Law Enforcement ] [Voting Rights ] [Criminal Justice ]
Proposing amendments to the Maryland Constitution relating to the selection and tenure of circuit court judges; altering the method of filling vacancies in the office of a judge of a circuit court; providing for retention elections following an appointment to fill a vacancy in the office of a judge of a circuit court; providing for a transitional period during which the terms of certain amendments are to become effective; and submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the State for their adoption or rejection.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Criminal Procedure - Domestic Violence Offender Registry [SB-650] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to establish and maintain the Domestic Violence Offender Registry; requiring a certain person convicted three or more times of a certain domestically related crime to register with a certain county sheriff before the person is released, granted probation, granted a suspended sentence, or is not sentenced to a term of imprisonment; requiring the county sheriff to forward all registration information to the Department; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

St. Mary's County - Judgeships - Circuit Courts [SB-620] [Law Enforcement ] [Criminal Justice ]
Altering the number of resident judges of the circuit courts by adding one additional judgeship in St. Mary's County.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Circuit Court Judges - Selection and Retention Elections [HB-778] [Elections ] [Law Enforcement ] [Voting Rights ] [Criminal Justice ]
Proposing amendments to the Maryland Constitution relating to the selection and tenure of circuit court judges; altering the method of filling vacancies in the office of a judge of a circuit court; providing for retention elections following an appointment to fill a vacancy in the office of a judge of a circuit court; providing for a transitional period during which the terms of certain amendments are to become effective; and submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the State for their adoption or rejection.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. (judiciary) on 01/30/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland Uniform Disposition of Abandoned Property Act – Revisions [SB-665] [Finance ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Consumer Protection ] [Data Privacy ]
Making certain virtual currency subject to the abandoned property laws in the State; establishing certain provisions to determine certain information about certain apparent owners of abandoned property; altering and establishing certain provisions pertaining to the presumption of abandonment for certain types of property; establishing certain procedures to establish the death of a certain insured or certain annuitant; altering the dollar value at which the Comptroller is required to publish certain notice; etc.

  

Sponsored by: No sponsors Approved By The Governor - Chapter 635 on 05/20/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Public Information Act - Frivolous, Vexatious, or Abusive Requests - Remedies [HB-806] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Data Privacy ]
Authorizing the custodian of a record to file a certain complaint relating to a Public Information Act request or pattern of requests with the Public Information Act Compliance Board or circuit court; authorizing the Compliance Board to issue a certain order or dismiss a complaint under certain circumstances; authorizing a complainant to appeal a certain decision of the Compliance Board; and authorizing the circuit court to issue a certain order under certain circumstances.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. First Reading Health And Government Operations on 01/29/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Courts - Artificial Intelligence Evidence Clinic Pilot Program - Establishment [SB-655] [Artificial Intelligence ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Cybersecurity ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Education ] [Budget and Spending ] [Law Enforcement ] [Criminal Justice ]
Establishing an Artificial Intelligence Evidence Clinic Pilot Program within the Administrative Office of the Courts to provide expertise in artificial intelligence to the circuit courts and the District Court in the form of expert testimony on certain types of evidence before the courts; requiring the Office to develop a grant application for the Program and award grants to eligible higher education institutions; and authorizing the Governor for fiscal years 2027 and 2028 to include $250,000 in the annual budget bill for the Program.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/16/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Criminal Law - Mail and Package Theft [HB-805] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Altering the prohibition against taking and breaking open a letter; providing that a person may not knowingly and intentionally open mail addressed to another without permission of the person or an authorized designee; providing certain penalties for violations of the Act; prohibiting the theft of mail under certain circumstances; prohibiting a person from possessing an arrow key under certain circumstances; and providing for concurrent jurisdiction in the District Court and circuit court to try a violation of the Act.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Solomon Hearing Canceled on 02/17/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland Uniform Disposition of Abandoned Property Act - Revisions [HB-761] [Consumer Protection ] [Data Privacy ] [Technology and Innovation ]
Making certain virtual currency subject to the abandoned property laws in the State; establishing certain provisions to determine certain information about certain apparent owners of abandoned property; altering and establishing certain provisions pertaining to the presumption of abandonment for certain types of property; establishing certain procedures to establish the death of a certain insured or certain annuitant; altering from $100 to $50 the value at which the Comptroller is required to publish a certain notice; etc.

  

Sponsored by: No sponsors Approved By The Governor - Chapter 636 on 05/20/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Public Information Act - Frivolous, Vexatious, or Abusive Requests - Remedies [SB-554] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Data Privacy ]
Authorizing the custodian of a record to file a certain complaint relating to a Public Information Act request or pattern of requests with the Public Information Act Compliance Board or circuit court; authorizing the Compliance Board to issue a certain order or dismiss a complaint under certain circumstances; authorizing a complainant to appeal a certain decision of the Compliance Board; and authorizing the circuit court to issue a certain order under certain circumstances.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Energy, And The Environment) on 01/30/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Police Discipline - Order to Show Cause [SB-532] [Crime ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing a police officer who is denied a certain right to apply to the circuit court at any time before a hearing is held by the hearing board for an order that directs the law enforcement agency to show cause why the right should not be granted.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. William Folden Hearing Canceled on 02/06/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Real Property - Transfer-on-Death Deed - Establishment [HB-625] [Real Estate ] [Property Tax ]
Altering the Maryland Uniform Disclaimer of Property Interests Act to provide for the disclaimer of nonprobate transfers at death; providing for the creation, revocation, recordation, and effects of a transfer-on-death deed for real property; requiring the Administrative Office of the Courts to develop an informational sheet regarding transfer-on-death deeds; providing example forms for the creation and revocation of a transfer-on-death deed; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. (judiciary) on 01/27/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Criminal Law - Third-Degree Assault [HB-544] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Establishing that it is a misdemeanor to intentionally cause offensive contact, engage in conduct tending to put another in fear of offensive contact, or attempt to cause offensive contact; and altering a certain list of convictions that are eligible for expungement under certain circumstances.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Moon Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/27/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Police Discipline - Order to Show Cause [HB-537] [Crime ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing a police officer who is denied a certain right to apply to the circuit court at any time before a hearing is held by the hearing board for an order that directs the law enforcement agency to show cause why the right should not be granted.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sheree Sample-Hughes Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Hornberger Rereferred To Education, Energy, And The Environment on 04/03/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Local Public Campaign Financing - Expansion to Additional Offices [HB-550] [Elections ] [Funding ] [Ethics ]
Authorizing the governing body of a county to establish a system of public campaign financing after the governing body of the county has implemented a system of public campaign financing for elective offices in the executive or legislative branches of county government for at least one complete election cycle for the offices of State's Attorney, sheriff, register of wills, judge of the circuit court, clerk of the circuit court judge of the orphans' court, or an elected member of the county board of education.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jessica Feldmark First Reading Ways And Means on 01/22/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

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.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan Hearing Canceled on 02/06/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Criminal Law - Mail and Package Theft [SB-410] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Altering the prohibition against taking and breaking open a letter; providing that a person may not knowingly and intentionally open mail addressed to another without permission of the person or an authorized designee; providing certain penalties for violations of the Act; prohibiting the theft of mail under certain circumstances; prohibiting a person from possessing an arrow key under certain circumstances; and providing for concurrent jurisdiction in the District Court and circuit court to try a violation of the Act.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher Hearing 2/05 At 2:00 P.m. on 01/24/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Medical Debt - Complaints for Money Judgment and Real Property Liens [SB-349] [Healthcare ] [Consumer Protection ] [Property Tax ]
Establishing certain requirements for a complaint for a money judgment for medical debt; defining "medical debt" as a debt owed by a consumer to a person, the person's agent or assignee for the provision of medical services, products, or devices; providing that medical debt does not include debt charged to a credit card except under certain circumstances; prohibiting the creation of a lien on owner-occupied residential property for the payment of medical debt; and applying the Act prospectively.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Sara Love Approved By The Governor - Chapter 497 on 05/13/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Prince George's County - Early Childhood Education Program, High School Child Care Centers, and Fee in Child Support Cases - Established PG 502-25 [HB-359] [Education ] [Children and Youth ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Human Services ]
Requiring the Prince George's County Board of Education to require certain public high schools in the county to offer a certain CTE program in early childhood education; requiring the county board of education to establish child care centers in certain public high schools in the county; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $5,000,000 to carry out the Act; requiring the Circuit Court for Prince George's County to collect a certain fee in certain child support cases; etc.

  

Sponsored by: No sponsors Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2025

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