Community Development

State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Sale of Residential Property - Taxes and Offers to Purchase (End Hedge Fund Control of Maryland Homes Act of 2025) [HB-1428] [Real Estate ] [Taxes ] [Housing ] [Community Development ] [Nonprofit ] [Property Tax ] [Economic Development ]
Imposing an excise tax on the acquisition and excess ownership of certain single-family residences in the State by certain entities; authorizing a person who offers for sale to a third party improved single-family residential real property, for the first 30 days, to accept an offer to purchase the property made only by an individual, a community development organization, a nonprofit organization, or a real estate enterprise that owns an interest in less than 3% of all residential real property in the county; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Marlon Amprey First Reading Environment And Transportation And Ways And Means on 02/07/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - System Development Charge - Exemptions MC/PG 107-25 [HB-1230] [Water ] [Construction ] [Housing ] [Property Tax ] [Community Development ]
Requiring, rather than authorizing, the Montgomery County Council and the Prince George's County Council to grant exemptions from the system development charge imposed by the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission for certain properties and projects located in Montgomery County; limiting the exemption to $80,000; altering the method by which the county councils establish eligibility for the exemptions; prohibiting the county councils from requiring that an applicant for an exemption own the property for which the exemption is sought; etc.

  

Sponsored by: No sponsors Approved By The Governor - Chapter 594 on 05/13/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Office of Social Equity - Community Reinvestment and Repair Fund - Modifications [HB-1364] [Community Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Human Services ] [Nonprofit ]
Repealing provisions of law requiring the Office of Social Equity to report on the Community Reinvestment and Repair Fund and to solicit public input on the uses of the Fund and publish a review of the input; requiring the Office to oversee the appropriation of funds from the Fund and to train Fund recipients; requiring the Office to require each county to develop a plan for the distribution of certain funds to community-based organizations and to report certain information to the office every year; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Lily Qi Favorable With Amendments Report By Economic Matters on 04/05/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Economic Development - Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board and Senator George C. Edwards Fund - Alterations [HB-1459] [Economic Development ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Small Business ]
Altering the composition of the Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board; providing that the Executive Director serves as a nonvoting member of the Board, but may vote to break a tie; providing criteria for the awarding of grant and loan funding to include the creation or retention of at least 25 jobs, creation or retention of at least 10 jobs each with wages that exceed 120% of the State minimum wage, or creates significant population growth in the area in which the project is located; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel Approved By The Governor - Chapter 380 on 05/06/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Real Property - Insufficient Condominium Reserve Account Grant Fund - Establishment [HB-1040] [Real Estate ] [Housing ] [Community Development ] [Finance ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Consumer Protection ]
Requiring regulated financial institutions to develop a community benefit plan in connection with applications to the Commissioner of Financial Regulation relating to financial services for purposes of providing safe and sound loans, and other financial products for low-and moderate-income individuals and communities and other distressed or underserved individuals and communities; requiring the Commissioner to exercise certain oversight authority relating to the adequacy of the community benefit plans and attainment of goals; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/10/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Energy Resource Adequacy and Planning Act [HB-1037] [Energy ] [Budget and Spending ] [Public Safety ]
Establishing the Strategic Energy Planning Office; requiring the Office to develop a Comprehensive Wholesale Energy Markets and Bulk Power System Risk Report and examine certain scenarios to support the development of the Risk Report; requiring the Risk Report to assess wholesale energy market financial resource adequacy and reliability risks and to identify any necessary cost-effective solutions that ensure electric system reliability while meeting the State's energy policy goals; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Brian Crosby Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/16/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Electricity and Gas - Emissions Reductions, Rate Regulation, Cost Recovery, Infrastructure, Planning, Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard, and Energy Assistance Programs (Next Generation Energy Act) [HB-1035] [Energy ] [Environmental ] [Infrastructure ] [Climate Change ] [Housing ] [Budget and Spending ] [Public Health ]
Authorizing the Department of Housing and Community Development to issue loans, in addition to grants, for certain purposes relating to reducing direct greenhouse gas emissions from certain multifamily residential buildings; requiring the Maryland Energy Administration, in coordination with the Public Service Commission and the Department of Natural Resources, to pursue certain agreements with neighboring states and federal agencies related to the development of new nuclear energy generation stations; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson Approved By The Governor - Chapter 626 on 05/20/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Housing and Community Development - Division of Just Communities - Establishment [SB-890] [Housing ] [Community Development ] [Public Health ] [Grants ] [Funding ]
Establishing the Division of Just Communities in the Department of Housing and Community Development; transferring the authority to designate an area as a Just Community from the Governor to the Department; altering the criteria for designating an area as a Just Community; and transferring the administration of the Community Health and Safety Works Grant Program to the Division.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Office of Social Equity - Community Reinvestment and Repair Fund - Modifications [SB-894] [Community Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Economic Development ]
Repealing provisions of law requiring the Office of Social Equity to report on the Community Reinvestment and Repair Fund and to solicit public input on the uses of the Fund and publish a review of the input; requiring the Office to oversee the appropriation of funds from the Fund and to train Fund recipients; altering certain limitations on the use of the Fund; limiting certain administrative costs to administer the Fund to a certain amount; requiring counties to administer funds from the Fund in a certain manner; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington Approved By The Governor - Chapter 195 on 04/22/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Energy Resource Adequacy and Planning Act [SB-909] [Energy ] [Budget and Spending ] [Public Safety ]
Establishing the Strategic Energy Planning Office; requiring the Office to develop a Comprehensive Wholesale Energy Markets and Bulk Power System Risk Report and examine certain scenarios to support the development of the Risk Report; requiring the Risk Report to assess wholesale energy market financial resource adequacy and reliability risks and to identify any necessary cost-effective solutions that ensure electric system reliability while meeting the State's energy policy goals; etc.

  

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

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Electricity and Gas - Emissions Reductions, Rate Regulation, Cost Recovery, Infrastructure, Planning, Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard, and Energy Assistance Programs (Next Generation Energy Act) [SB-937] [Energy ] [Environmental ] [Climate Change ] [Housing ] [Infrastructure ] [Public Health ] [Budget and Spending ]
Authorizing the Department of Housing and Community Development to issue loans, in addition to grants, for certain purposes relating to reducing direct greenhouse gas emissions from certain multifamily residential buildings; requiring the Maryland Energy Administration, in coordination with the Public Service Commission and the Department of Natural Resources, to pursue certain agreements with neighboring states and federal agencies related to the development of new nuclear energy generation stations; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman Approved By The Governor - Chapter 625 on 05/20/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Economic Development - Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board and Senator George C. Edwards Fund - Alterations [SB-861] [Economic Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Altering the composition of the Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board; providing that the Executive Director serves as a nonvoting member of the Board; altering the purpose of the Senator George C. Edwards Fund to provide grant or loan funding to create jobs and significant economic development opportunities in the region; altering the criteria that the Board must consider when awarding certain grant and loan funding from the fund; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Paul Corderman Approved By The Governor - Chapter 379 on 05/06/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Baltimore Convention and Tourism Redevelopment and Operating Authority Task Force - Revisions [HB-1016] [Tourism ] [Economic Development ] [Funding ]
Requiring the Baltimore Convention and Tourism Redevelopment and Operating Authority Task Force to identify certain funding sources and mechanisms, and to submit a report to the Governor, the Mayor of Baltimore City, and the General Assembly on its findings and recommendations by December 1, 2025; and extending the termination date for the Task Force from June 30, 2025, to June 30, 2026.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Melissa Wells Approved By The Governor - Chapter 214 on 04/22/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Montgomery County - Task Force on the Displacement of Residents of Emory Grove MC 5-25 [HB-964] [Community Development ] [Housing ] [Economic Development ] [Human Services ]
Establishing the Task Force on the Displacement of Residents of Emory Grove to study how urban renewal caused the displacement of residents from the Emory Grove community and make recommendations on potential remedies to those who were displaced by urban renewal; requiring the Task Force to submit an interim report by December 15, 2025, and a final report of its findings and recommendations to the Montgomery County Council, the Montgomery County Executive, the Montgomery County Delegation, and the General Assembly by December 15, 2026.

  

Sponsored by: No sponsors Approved By The Governor - Chapter 588 on 05/13/2025

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State (Maryland)
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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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Economic Development - Tax Increment Financing - Noncontiguous Areas [HB-942] [Economic Development ] [Housing ] [Taxes ] [Community Development ]
Authorizing the designation of certain noncontiguous areas as development districts; and requiring the governing body of a political subdivision to limit redevelopment of noncontiguous parcels within a development district for affordable housing that is deed restricted to households whose household income does not exceed 80% of area median income.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Matthew Schindler Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/24/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

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 Rosapepe Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

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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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Baltimore Convention and Tourism Redevelopment and Operating Authority Task Force - Revisions [SB-672] [Tourism ] [Economic Development ] [Funding ] [Community Development ]
Requiring the Baltimore Convention and Tourism Redevelopment and Operating Authority Task Force to identify funding sources and mechanisms to renovate, revitalize, and develop projects relating to the Baltimore Convention site and to establish and sustain the operations of a Baltimore Convention and Tourism Redevelopment and Operating Authority; and extending the termination date of the Task Force to June 30, 2026.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/07/2025

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State (Utah)
Utah 2025 General Session

Housing Attainability Amendments [HB-360] [Housing ] [Real Estate ] [Construction ] [Community Development ] [Economic Development ]
Housing Attainability Amendments

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Lincoln Fillmore Governor Signed In Lieutenant Governor's Office For Filing on 03/26/2025

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