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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Safety - Distribution of Literature to Purchasers of Firearms and Ammunition [SB-577]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to prepare certain literature relating to firearms and ammunition and to distribute the literature to all county health departments in the State; requiring each county health department to distribute certain literature to all establishments that sell firearms or ammunition within the county; requiring establishments that sell firearms or ammunition in the State to make certain literature visible and available and to distribute the literature to purchasers of firearms and ammunition; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Hearing Canceled on 02/06/2025
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Artificial Intelligence - Causing Injury or Death - Civil and Criminal Liability [HB-589]
Establishing that a person who intentionally, knowingly, or negligently designs or creates artificial intelligence software able to cause physical injury or death is strictly liable for damages and subject to a civil penalty if the software is used to cause personal injury or death; and prohibiting a person from intentionally, knowingly, or negligently designing or creating artificial intelligence software able to cause injury or death.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Grammer
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/27/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Civil Actions - Consumer Contracts - Limitations Periods [HB-431]
Establishing that any provision of a consumer contract that sets a shorter period of time to bring an action under or on the consumer contract than is required under the law of the State at the time the contract is issued or delivered is void as against public policy; providing that a violation of the Act is a violation of the Consumer Protection Act and subject to certain enforcement and penalty provisions; and applying the Act prospectively.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vaughn Stewart
Referred Finance on 03/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Financial Institutions and Activities - Virtual Currency Kiosks - Registration and Regulation [SB-305]
Establishing registration and operating requirements for a virtual currency kiosk operator to operate a virtual currency kiosk in the State; authorizing the Commissioner of Financial Regulation to investigate and enforce the Act in a certain manner; and authorizing the Commissioner to assess against a virtual currency kiosk operator a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 for each knowing and willful violation of the Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Referred Economic Matters on 03/14/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Real Property - Regulation of Common Ownership Community Managers [HB-303]
Creating the State Board of Common Ownership Community Managers in the Maryland Department of Labor to oversee the licensing of community managers who provide management services for common ownership communities; providing that certain provisions of the Act do not prohibit certain persons from providing certain services under certain circumstances; requiring an individual to be issued a license by the Board before providing management services for a common ownership community under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Favorable With Amendments Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/15/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Safety - Fuel Gas Piping Systems and Corrugated Stainless Steel Tubing - Prohibitions and Study [HB-222]
Prohibiting the sale, offer for sale, transfer, or distribution of non-arc-resistant jacketed corrugated stainless steel tubing; providing a civil penalty of up to $1,000 for a violation of the Act; and requiring the Office of the State Fire Marshal, by September 1, 2026, to conduct a study and report to the Governor and certain committees of the General Assembly the results and recommendations related to preventing the fire hazards associated with commonly used fuel gas piping systems.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Referred Education, Energy, And The Environment on 03/12/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Family Law – Child Support [HB-218]
Altering provisions relating to the commencement of a proceeding to hold a person in contempt of court for the person's default in payment of periodic child or spousal support under the terms of a court order and provisions relating to the commencement of a contempt proceeding for failure to make a payment of child or spousal support under a court order; authorizing the Child Support Administration to take action to secure an assignment to the State of any rights to support on behalf of a child receiving foster care maintenance payments; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Hearing Canceled on 02/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Davis Martinez Public Employee Safety and Health Act [HB-176]
Requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to appoint an Assistant Commissioner for Public Employees' Safety and Health; establishing the Public Employees' Safety and Health Unit in the Division of Labor and Industry to administer and enforce certain duties regarding the oversight of certain public bodies; altering the Maryland Occupational Safety and Health Act as it applies to certain public bodies; establishing and applying certain civil and criminal penalties to public bodies and persons in government; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Solomon
Third Reading Passed (136-3) on 03/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Electronic Payment Transactions - Interchange Fees - Calculation and Use of Data [HB-29]
Requiring certain entities that process electronic payment transactions to exclude, under certain circumstances, the amount of tax and gratuity included in the electronic payment transaction from the amount on which an interchange fee is charged; requiring certain credit and debit card issuers to credit a merchant who provides certain documentation with the amount of the interchange fee charged on the amount of tax and gratuity included in an electronic payment transaction; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brian Crosby
First Reading Economic Matters on 01/08/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Commercial Law - False Advertising - Penalties [HB-224]
Increasing, from $500 to $1,000, the maximum penalty for violating the prohibition against false advertising.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
First Reading Economic Matters on 01/08/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Out-of-State Vehicles - Improper Registration [HB-219]
Establishing a certain process for bringing vehicles owned by State residents that are improperly registered in another state into compliance with the Maryland Vehicle Law.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Referred Judicial Proceedings on 03/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Safety - Fuel Gas Piping Systems and Corrugated Stainless Steel Tubing - Prohibitions and Study [SB-175]
Prohibiting the sale, offer for sale, transfer, or distribution of corrugated stainless steel tubing that does not meet a certain International Code Council standard or is not proven to withstand a certain electrical arcing charge; requiring certain tubing used in the construction of fuel gas piping systems in certain buildings to meet a certain International Code Council standard or be proven to withstand a certain electrical arcing charge; and providing a civil penalty of up to $1,000 for a violation of the Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks
Favorable With Amendments Report By Education, Energy, And The Environment on 03/14/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Occupational Safety and Health - Revisions (Davis Martinez Public Employee Safety and Health Act) [SB-26]
Establishing the Public Employees' Safety and Health Unit in the Division of Labor and Industry to administer and enforce certain duties regarding the oversight of certain public bodies; altering the Maryland Occupational Safety and Health Act as it applies to certain public bodies; establishing and applying certain civil and criminal penalties to public bodies and persons in government; requiring the Commissioner to develop standards for protecting employees of public bodies from workplace violence; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Kramer
Referred Appropriations on 03/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Parental School Engagement Leave Act [SB-58]
Requiring certain employers to provide certain employees with at least 12 hours of parental school engagement leave each school year to attend meetings and conferences relating to the schooling of the employee's child; and requiring the State Superintendent of Schools and the Commissioner of Labor to provide notice of certain provisions of the Act and develop and make available a document that may be used to validate an employee's use of parental school engagement leave.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Hearing 1/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/14/2025
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Commercial Law - Earned Wage Access Services [HB-1425]
Requiring a certain provider of earned wage access services to register with the Commissioner of Financial Regulation; requiring a provider to file a certain surety bond or an irrevocable letter of credit with the Commissioner in a certain manner; regulating providers and earned wage access services; authorizing a certain consumer to submit a written complaint to the Commissioner under certain circumstances; providing the Commissioner with certain investigatory and enforcement authority; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
First Reading Economic Matters on 02/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Business Regulation - Electronic Smoking Devices Manufacturers - Certifications [HB-1197]
Requiring a tobacco product manufacturer and a certain electronic smoking devices manufacturer to pay a certification fee of $1,000; authorizing the Executive Director of the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission and the Attorney General to take certain action relating to the licensure of certain electronic smoking devices manufacturers, wholesalers, importers, and retailers and vape shop vendors in certain circumstances; requiring the Attorney General to develop and make available to the public a certain directory; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Rogers
Hearing Canceled on 02/26/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Environment - Playground Surfacing Materials - Prohibitions [HB-1147]
Prohibiting, on or after October 1, 2024, a person from installing, supplying, selling, soliciting, or offering for sale playground surfacing materials that contain a certain concentration of lead or a component product, material, or substance to which PFAS chemicals were previously intentionally added for certain purposes; prohibiting a county, municipality, or unit of local government from adopting any ordinance, rule, or regulation related to playground surfacing materials that is less stringent than of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 488 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Montgomery County and Prince George’s County – Enforcement of Local Vacant Property Laws [HB-1142]
Authorizing Montgomery County and Prince George's County to enforce certain local laws related to the maintenance of a vacant dwelling or building owned by a business entity by imposing certain civil and criminal fines and penalties of certain amounts.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicole Williams
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 02/07/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Financial Institutions - Community Benefit Plan Act of 2024 [HB-1135]
Requiring certain regulated financial institutions to develop a community benefit plan in connection with certain applications to the Commissioner of Financial Regulation relating to financial services; requiring the Commissioner to exercise certain oversight authority relating to the adequacy of the community benefit plans and attainment of goals under the plans; establishing the Community Reinvestment Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund to finance certain community development activities; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Melissa Wells
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/04/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Commercial Law - Earned Wage Access Services [SB-998]
Requiring a certain provider of earned wage access services to register with the Commissioner of Financial Regulation; requiring a provider to file a certain surety bond or an irrevocable letter of credit with the Commissioner in a certain manner; regulating providers and earned wage access services; authorizing a certain consumer to submit a written complaint to the Commissioner under certain circumstances; providing the Commissioner with certain investigatory and enforcement authority; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2024