Motor Vehicle Administration Records - Access to Digital Photographic Images and Signatures - Baltimore City [HB-1533]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Housing ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration to make a digital photographic image or signature of an individual, or the actual stored data of the image or signature, recorded by the Administration available to the Special Investigations Unit of the Baltimore City Department of Housing and Community Development or its successor.
HB-1533: Motor Vehicle Administration Records - Access to Digital Photographic Images and Signatures - Baltimore City
Sponsored by: Rep. Melissa Wells
Hearing 3/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/04/2025
Baltimore City - Water and Sewer Service Charge Increase - Audit [HB-1498]
[Water ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Baltimore City Auditor to conduct a certain audit of the Baltimore City Department of Public Works within 6 months after the Department increases its water and sewer service charges; and requiring the audit to include information on water usage, information on water leakage and broken pipes, and the justification for the service charge increase.
HB-1498: Baltimore City - Water and Sewer Service Charge Increase - Audit
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/12/2025
Frederick County - County Employees and Volunteers - Criminal History Records Check [SB-995]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing the Director of Human Resources of Frederick County to request from the Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services a State and national criminal history records check for a prospective or current county employee or county volunteer; requiring the Central Repository to forward certain information to certain persons; requiring that the information remain confidential and that it be used only for personnel-related purposes; etc.
SB-995: Frederick County - County Employees and Volunteers - Criminal History Records Check
Sponsored by: Sen.
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/10/2025
Garrett County - Bids and Contracts - Advertisement Exceptions [HB-1334]
[Small Business ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Providing that, in Garrett County, a certain requirement to advertise for bids does not apply to a certain contract for goods or services procured on an as-needed basis over time or for certain vehicles.
HB-1334: Garrett County - Bids and Contracts - Advertisement Exceptions
Sponsored by: Rep. Jim Hinebaugh
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 779 on 05/20/2025
Local Government - Fees, Receipts, and Penalties for Plastic and Paper Carryout Bags [HB-1232]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Environmental ]
[Small Business ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring certain retailers that charge a fee for providing a plastic or paper carryout bag to a customer under a local law to provide a receipt to a customer that includes the fee amount charged and the number of bags issued to the customer; and providing a system of penalties for first, second, and third and subsequent offenses with a maximum civil penalty of up to $1,000.
HB-1232: Local Government - Fees, Receipts, and Penalties for Plastic and Paper Carryout Bags
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
First Reading Economic Matters on 02/07/2025
Calvert County Commissioners - Prohibited Gatherings and Events [HB-1401]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing the County Commissioners of Calvert County to enact a local law that authorizes the County Attorney or the State's Attorney for Calvert County to prohibit future events or gatherings that have a substantial likelihood of creating a nuisance or disturbance of the peace.
HB-1401: Calvert County Commissioners - Prohibited Gatherings and Events
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/04/2025
Carroll County - Board of Health and Health Department [HB-1426]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing the Carroll County Board of Commissioners as the Carroll County Board of Health; requiring the board of health to take certain actions related to operating procedures for the Carroll County Health Department, records of the Department, and evaluations of the health officer, deputy health officers, and other employees of the health department; authorizing the board of health to remove the health officer or a deputy health officer under certain circumstances; etc.
HB-1426: Carroll County - Board of Health and Health Department
Sponsored by: Rep. April Rose
Hearing Canceled on 02/26/2025
Howard County - Speed Monitoring Systems - Authorization Ho. Co. 9-25 [HB-1311]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Education ]
Expanding the authorization to place and use speed monitoring systems on highways in Howard County to authorize their use in residential districts, on certain high-risk highways, and on U.S. Route 1; and requiring the fines collected by Howard County as a result of violations enforced by certain speed monitoring systems to be used for public safety purposes, including pedestrian or highway safety programs, or to fund deferred maintenance work at Howard County public schools.
HB-1311: Howard County - Speed Monitoring Systems - Authorization Ho. Co. 9-25
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 4/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/25/2025
Public Ethics - Local Government and School Boards - Requirements [HB-1297]
[Ethics ]
[Education ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring that the conflict of interest provisions or regulations adopted by a county, municipal corporation, or school board be equivalent to or exceed certain provisions of State law and authorize removal of a certain official for certain violations; requiring that conflict of interest provisions adopted by a county, municipal corporation, or school board include certain provisions relating to judicial relief for violations of the conflict of interest provisions; etc.
HB-1297: Public Ethics - Local Government and School Boards - Requirements
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Reassigned To Environment And Transportation on 02/12/2025
Montgomery County - Speed Monitoring Systems - High-Risk Highways MC 17-25 [HB-1173]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Construction ]
Authorizing the placement and use of speed monitoring systems on highways in Montgomery County that are at high risk for certain motor vehicle crashes; prohibiting the placement and use of speed monitoring systems on certain highways in Montgomery County; requiring the fines collected by Montgomery County or by a municipal government in Montgomery County as a result of violations enforced by a speed monitoring system to be used to fund the study, design, and construction of certain safety-related projects; etc.
HB-1173: Montgomery County - Speed Monitoring Systems - High-Risk Highways MC 17-25
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 590 on 05/13/2025
Montgomery County - Municipal Authority to Regulate Structures - Alterations MC/PG 116-25 [HB-1167]
[Construction ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
Altering the authority of a municipal corporation or governed special taxing district in Montgomery County to adopt an additional or stricter building requirement than is required by a State, regional, or county unit to regulate the construction, repair, or remodeling of certain structures on land zoned for single-family residential use to apply to buildings with four or fewer dwelling units and their accessory structures without regard to the zoning for the land where the building is located.
HB-1167: Montgomery County - Municipal Authority to Regulate Structures - Alterations MC/PG 116-25
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 780 on 05/20/2025
Local Government - Excise Tax on Plastic and Paper Carryout Bags [HB-1056]
[Taxes ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Environmental ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requiring a county to impose an excise tax on the amount of a fee charged by a retailer to a customer for a plastic or paper carryout bag that exceeds the amount required by local law; and providing for the allocation of the excise tax revenue between the county and the State.
HB-1056: Local Government - Excise Tax on Plastic and Paper Carryout Bags
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 02/07/2025
Local Government - Fee for Plastic and Paper Carryout Bags - Prohibition on Charge [HB-1067]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Food ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
Prohibiting certain retailers that are authorized or required by a local law to charge a fee to a customer for a plastic or paper carryout bag from charging the fee if the customer's form of payment uses federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or federal Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children benefits.
HB-1067: Local Government - Fee for Plastic and Paper Carryout Bags - Prohibition on Charge
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 02/07/2025
You have voted HB-1064: Montgomery County Planning Board and Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - Open Meetings - Live Streaming Requirement MC/PG 101-25.
Somerset County - Salaries of Local Officials - Increase [SB-717]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Finance ]
[Taxes ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Increasing the salaries of the Sheriff of Somerset County, the County Commissioners of Somerset County, the President of the County Commissioners of Somerset County, a member of the County Roads Board of Somerset County, and the President of the County Roads Board of Somerset County.
SB-717: Somerset County - Salaries of Local Officials - Increase
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Carozza
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 399 on 05/06/2025
Somerset County - Property Tax - Emergency Services Tax [SB-719]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
[Public Safety ]
[Funding ]
Authorizing the County Commissioners of Somerset County to impose an emergency services tax on all property subject to the county property tax to pay costs of emergency services; prohibiting the county commissioners from initially imposing or subsequently increasing an emergency services tax until after a public hearing is held; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2025.
SB-719: Somerset County - Property Tax - Emergency Services Tax
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Carozza
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 70 on 04/08/2025