Commerce And Business
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Tax Credits, Exemptions, and Deductions - Alterations and Repeal [HB-919]
[Taxes ]
[Economic Development ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Small Business ]
[Energy ]
[Manufacturing ]
Altering the termination dates of the Job Creation Tax Credit, Opportunity Zone Enhancement Program, research and development tax credit, biotechnology investment incentive tax credit, security clearance administrative expense tax credit, and cybersecurity technology and service tax credit; providing for the termination of the One Maryland Economic Development Tax Credit Program on a certain date; altering eligibility for a certain tax credit for certain qualified vehicles; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Julie Palakovich Carr
Hearing Canceled on 02/13/2025
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Public Ethics - Conflicts of Interest and Blind Trust - Governor [HB-932]
[Ethics ]
Requiring the Governor to place certain interests into a certain certified blind trust or divest of certain interests within 6 months after taking the oath of office; requiring the Governor to enter into a nonparticipation agreement with the State Ethics Commission for any interests not included in a blind trust; authorizing the Ethics Commission to impose a fine of up to $5,000 for each violation of the Act; requiring the Commission to adopt regulations to carry out the Act including standards for types of interests that be exempted; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 300 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland Commission for Women - Maryland Collaborative to Advance Implementation of Coverage of Over-the-Counter Birth Control [HB-939]
[Healthcare ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring the Maryland Commission for Women to establish the Maryland Collaborative to Advance Implementation of Coverage of Over-the-Counter Birth Control to study access to over-the-counter birth control; and requiring the Collaborative to submit an interim report by January 1, 2026, and a final report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly by December 1, 2027.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 294 on 05/06/2025
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Baltimore County - Alcoholic Beverages - Class B-OB-CRD (Office Building - Commercial Revitalization District) Beer, Wine, and Liquor License [HB-987]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Community Development ]
Establishing a Class B-OB-CRD (office building - commercial revitalization district) beer, wine, and liquor license in Baltimore County; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore County to issue the license to an establishment that previously had or has a certain zoning classification and is at least a certain distance from a place of worship under certain circumstances and subject to certain limitations; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy J Szeliga
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 797 on 05/20/2025
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Business Regulation – Licensing – Definition of Storage Warehouse [HB-968]
[Small Business ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Altering, with respect to business licensing requirements in the State, the definition of "storage warehouse" to exclude a self-service storage facility.
Sponsored by: Rep. Andre V. Johnson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 359 on 05/06/2025
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Consumer Protection - Workgroup on Artificial Intelligence Implementation [HB-956]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
Establishing the Workgroup on Artificial Intelligence Implementation; requiring the Workgroup to monitor and make recommendations related to the regulation of artificial intelligence, consumer protection, current private sector use of artificial intelligence, enforcement authority for the Office of the Attorney General's Office of Consumer Protection, and impact in the determination of government benefits; and requiring the Workgroup to make its recommendations to certain committees of the General Assembly by July 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 105 on 04/22/2025
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Public Utilities - Nuclear Energy - Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard and Procurement (Decarbonization Infrastructure Solutions Act of 2025) [SB-716]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Climate Change ]
Altering the renewable energy portfolio standard; including nuclear energy generated by certain nuclear energy reactors as a Tier 1 renewable source; establishing a certified nuclear renewable energy credit for use in meeting certain renewable energy portfolio standard requirements; establishing a procurement process for the Public Service Commission to evaluate and approve an application for nuclear energy generation projects; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2025
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Mattress Stewardship Program - Establishment [HB-858]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Environmental ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibiting, on and after January 1, 2031, a person from disposing of a mattress in a landfill, subject to certain exceptions; prohibiting, on and after January 1, 2031, a person from disposing of a mattress in an incinerator, subject to a certain exception; requiring certain producers of mattresses sold at retail in the State or a certain representative organization to submit a plan for the establishment of a Mattress Stewardship Program in the Department of the Environment for approval on or before July 1, 2027; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 4/07 At 11:00 A.m. on 04/06/2025
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Employment and Insurance Equality for Service Members Act [HB-895]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Insurance ]
[Veterans ]
[Economic Development ]
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 the regulation of business, economic development, insurance, and labor and employment to apply to all uniformed services, rather than only the armed forces.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Rogers
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 6 on 04/08/2025
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Cannabis - Prohibition on Outdoor Advertising - Repeal [HB-880]
[Cannabis ]
[Media and Advertising ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Repealing a certain prohibition on certain outdoor advertising for cannabis licensees, products, or services.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jazz Lewis
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/19/2025
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Transportation Network Companies - Weekly Fare and Earnings Summary and Operator Data Reporting [HB-861]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Requiring a transportation network company to provide each operator with a weekly fare and earnings summary; requiring a transportation network company to report, on or before February 1 each year, certain information to the Public Service Commission; and providing that the report submitted to the Commission may be made available to the General Assembly on request, provided that the report remain confidential and exempt from public disclosure.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vaughn Stewart
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 506 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland Commission for Women - Maryland Collaborative to Advance Implementation of Coverage of Over-the-Counter Birth Control [SB-674]
[Healthcare ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring the Maryland Commission for Women to establish the Maryland Collaborative to Advance Implementation of Coverage of Over-the-Counter Birth Control to study access to over-the-counter birth control; and requiring the Collaborative to submit an interim report by January 1, 2026, and a final report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly by December 1, 2027.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 293 on 05/06/2025
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Public Health - Sale of Diet Pills to Minors - Prohibition [HB-884]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Establishing prohibitions and requirements regarding the sale of diet pills to individuals under the age of 18 years.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joe Vogel
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/15/2025
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Environment - Extended Producer Responsibility for Batteries and Battery-Containing Products (Battery Stewardship Act) [SB-686]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Science ]
[Manufacturing ]
Requiring certain producers of batteries and battery-containing products to individually or as part of a battery stewardship organization submit a certain battery stewardship plan to the Department of the Environment for review and approval by July 1, 2026, and every 5 years thereafter, in accordance with certain requirements; requiring a battery stewardship program to be implemented within a certain amount of time after the Department approves a certain battery stewardship plan; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Malcolm L. Augustine
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2025
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Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs - Repeal of Interdepartmental Advisory Committee and Establishment of the Governor's Subcabinet on Socioeconomic Procurement Participation [HB-826]
[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Repealing the Interdepartmental Advisory Committee on Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs within the Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs; establishing the Governor's Subcabinet on Socioeconomic Procurement Participation to study and make recommendations on socioeconomic procurement in the State; and requiring the Subcabinet to conduct certain meetings and report annually to the Governor on the Subcabinet's activities, progress, and recommendations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Health and Government Operations
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 619 on 05/20/2025
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Agriculture - Confinement of Egg-Laying Hens in Commercial Egg Production - Prohibitions [HB-834]
[Agriculture ]
[Animals ]
[Food ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibiting a certain farm owner or operator from knowingly confining egg-laying hens in an enclosure that is not a cage-free housing system and does not meet certain space requirements, subject to certain exceptions, on and after January 1, 2030; and prohibiting a business owner or operator or a farm owner or operator from selling shell eggs or egg products without a certain certification of compliance on and after January 1, 2030.
Sponsored by: Rep. Edith Jerry Patterson
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 01/29/2025
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Generative Artificial Intelligence - Training Data Transparency [HB-823]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring a developer of a generative artificial intelligence system, on or before January 1, 2026, and before the developer releases or substantially modifies a certain generative artificial intelligence system, to publish on the developer's website documentation detailing the data used to train the generative artificial intelligence system.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
First Reading Economic Matters on 01/29/2025
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Hospitals - Medical Debt Collection - Sale of Patient Debt [HB-765]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Nonprofit ]
Authorizing a hospital, under certain circumstances, to sell the medical debt of patients if the debt is sold to a governmental unit or an entity that is under contract with the unit or a nonprofit organization for the purpose of canceling the debt; requiring that a hospital's financial policy require the hospital to dismiss actions pending against a patient for the collection of debt that was sold and prohibit the hospital from engaging in specified collection activities; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 750 on 05/20/2025
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Municipal Incorporation - County Commissioners or County Council - Required Approval of Referendum Request [HB-768]
[Elections ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring a certain organizing committee to make certain determinations and provide a certain report to the county commissioners or county council of a certain county regarding a proposed municipal incorporation; requiring the county commissioners or county council to approve a certain referendum request in a certain manner if a valid petition to incorporate an area as a municipality is presented by at least 40% of the registered voters who are residents of the area proposed to be incorporated; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Craig Johnson
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 01/29/2025
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Economic Development - Maryland Innovation Initiative Institution Partnership Extension Program - Establishment [HB-799]
[Economic Development ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Establishing the Maryland Innovation Initiative Institution Partnership Extension Program to expand opportunities for technology validation, entrepreneurial development, and industry engagement at eligible institutions; establishing eligibility criteria for project proposals to receive funding under the Program; authorizing the Governor to include an appropriation of $250,000 in the annual budget bill for fiscal years 2027 and 2028 for the Program; and altering the purpose and contents of the Maryland Innovation Initiative Fund.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason C. Buckel
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 217 on 04/22/2025