Maryland Medical Practice Act and Maryland Physician Assistants Act - Revisions [HB-776]
Repealing obsolete and redundant language in, clarifying language in, and making language consistent across certain provisions of law governing the State Board of Physicians and the regulation of physicians, physician assistants, and allied health professionals; altering certain licensure requirements; altering the grounds for discipline for physicians, physician assistants, and allied health professionals; authorizing the Board to impose a civil penalty for a certain report made in bad faith; etc.
HB-776: Maryland Medical Practice Act and Maryland Physician Assistants Act - Revisions
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Third Reading Passed (136-1) on 03/17/2025
Courts - Prohibited Liability Agreements - Indoor Trampoline Parks [SB-642]
Altering a provision of law that makes unenforceable a provision of a contract or agreement limiting liability for injury caused by negligence or other wrongful acts to apply the unenforceability only to contracts or agreements relating to the use of an indoor trampoline park rather than the use of a recreational facility.
SB-642: Courts - Prohibited Liability Agreements - Indoor Trampoline Parks
Sponsored by: Sen. William Folden
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2025
Business Regulation - Enforcement for Miscellaneous State Business Licenses - Study [SB-664]
Requiring the Comptroller to consult with certain stakeholders to study and make recommendations on the enforcement process for miscellaneous State business licenses; and requiring the Comptroller to submit a report of the study's findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by December 1, 2025.
SB-664: Business Regulation - Enforcement for Miscellaneous State Business Licenses - Study
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Third Reading Passed (42-0) on 03/17/2025
Maryland Uniform Disposition of Abandoned Property Act - Revisions [HB-761]
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.
HB-761: Maryland Uniform Disposition of Abandoned Property Act - Revisions
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Referred Finance on 03/17/2025
Environment - On-Site Wastewater Systems - Requirements for Inspection and Pumping Services and Extension of Sunset and Implementation Dates [HB-747]
Requiring a landlord of property that is served by an on-site wastewater system to ensure, on or before July 1, 2028, and before each new tenant occupies the property thereafter, that the system has been inspected and pumped out in a certain manner; requiring a landlord or an owner of property to notify a certain delegated approval authority that an on-site sewage disposal system has failed and when the system is fixed, under certain circumstances; extending certain dates; etc.
HB-747: Environment - On-Site Wastewater Systems - Requirements for Inspection and Pumping Services and Extension of Sunset and Implementation Dates
Sponsored by: Rep. Michele Guyton
Hearing 3/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/18/2025
You have voted HB-747: Environment - On-Site Wastewater Systems - Requirements for Inspection and Pumping Services and Extension of Sunset and Implementation Dates.
Natural Resources - Repeal of Somers Cove Marina Commission and Improvement Fund and Alteration of Operations [HB-720]
Repealing provisions of law relating to the Somers Cove Marina Commission, the Somers Cove Marina Improvement Fund, and the operation of Somers Cove Marina; requiring the Secretary to develop a master plan for the operation and improvement of services at Somers Cove Marina by October 1, 2027; requiring all revenue received by the Department from activities associated with Somers Cove Marina be deposited in the Natural Resources Property Maintenance Fund; establishing the Somers Cove Marina Advisory Commission; etc.
HB-720: Natural Resources - Repeal of Somers Cove Marina Commission and Improvement Fund and Alteration of Operations
Sponsored by: Rep.
Hearing 3/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/17/2025
Residential Real Property - Tenants' Right of First Refusal [SB-606]
Clarifying the circumstances under which liability for the failure to comply with certain requirements relating to a tenant's right of first refusal to purchase residential property is restricted to the owner of the property and does not attach to the property.
SB-606: Residential Real Property - Tenants' Right of First Refusal
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris West
Hearing 3/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025
Human Remains - Transportation Protection Agreements [SB-607]
Excluding transportation protection agreements from the definition of "preneed burial contract" and "pre-need contract" under the Maryland Cemetery Act and the Maryland Morticians and Funeral Directors Act, respectively; and providing that transportation protection agreements are not insurance and are not subject to regulation under certain provisions of law.
SB-607: Human Remains - Transportation Protection Agreements
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris West
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/17/2025
Consumer Protection - Credit Reporting - Medical Debt (Fair Medical Debt Reporting Act) [SB-614]
Prohibiting a consumer reporting agency from including certain medical debt information in a consumer report; prohibiting a person from using medical debt information included in a consumer report when making a creditworthiness determination; prohibiting certain entities from disclosing medical debt to a consumer reporting agency; etc.
SB-614: Consumer Protection - Credit Reporting - Medical Debt (Fair Medical Debt Reporting Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/01/2025
Commercial Financing - Small Business Truth in Lending Act [HB-693]
Regulating commercial financing transactions, including by establishing requirements related to certain disclosures, calculations of annual percentage rates, terms of repayments, and other related items, and the extension of specific offers.
HB-693: Commercial Financing - Small Business Truth in Lending Act
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
Favorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/17/2025
Procurement - Indefinite Quantity Contracts - Authorization [HB-662]
Authorizing a procurement officer to award an indefinite quantity contract under certain circumstances; requiring the Board of Public Works to adopt certain regulations relating to the assignment of work under an indefinite quantity contract including assignment by right of first refusal in the order of ranking of contract awards and rotation among contractors; etc.
SB-494: Procurement Contracts and Public-Private Partnerships - Project Labor Agreements, Community Benefit Agreements, and Use of Registered Apprentices
Sponsored by: Sen. Arthur Ellis
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/05/2025
You have voted SB-494: Procurement Contracts and Public-Private Partnerships - Project Labor Agreements, Community Benefit Agreements, and Use of Registered Apprentices.
Home Builders - New Home Sales - Notice of Appliance Warranty Registration [SB-522]
Requiring a person registered to build a new home to provide at the time of closing for the initial sale of a new home information about the warranties for appliances registered by the person, including the date of the warranty registration and the time remaining under the warranty.
SB-522: Home Builders - New Home Sales - Notice of Appliance Warranty Registration
Sponsored by: Sen. Nick Charles
Hearing Canceled on 03/18/2025