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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Correctional Officers - Body-Worn Digital Recording Devices [SB-1046]
Authorizing the interception of certain oral communications by a correctional officer with a body-worn digital recording device under certain circumstances and subject to certain requirements; and requiring the Maryland Correctional Training Commission to develop and publish online by January 1, 2026, a certain policy relating to the use of body-worn digital recording devices by a correctional officer.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Motion Rules Suspend For Late Introduction (senator Mckay) Adopted on 03/06/2025
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Funeral Establishments, Crematories, and Reduction Facilities - Oversight (Ensuring Dignity and Accountability in Crematory and Funeral Home Operations Act) [HB-1555]
Requiring the Director of the Office of Cemetery Oversight and the State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors to adopt regulations that require funeral establishments, crematories, and reduction facilities to maintain adequate refrigerated holding facilities to ensure proper storage of human remains; requiring the Director and the Board to establish and maintain certain online databases, conduct certain inspections, and make certain notifications to authorizing agents; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing Canceled on 03/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Sales and Use Tax - Taxable Business Services - Alterations [HB-1554]
Altering the definitions of "taxable price" and "taxable service" for the purposes of certain provisions of law governing the sales and use tax to impose the tax on certain labors and services if both the provider of the service and the buyer are business entities; and specifying the rate of the sales and use tax for certain labor and services.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Moon
Rereferred To Ways And Means on 03/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Sales and Use Tax - Taxable Business Services - Alterations [SB-1045]
Altering the definitions of "taxable price" and "taxable service" for the purposes of certain provisions of law governing the sales and use tax to impose the tax on certain labors and services if both the provider of the service and the buyer are business entities; and specifying the rate of the sales and use tax for certain labor and services.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Rereferred To Budget And Taxation on 03/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Maternal Health Monitoring Pilot Program [HB-1538]
Establishing the Maternal Health Monitoring Pilot Program in the Maryland Department of Health to support pregnant and postpartum Maryland Medical Assistance Program recipients who have higher risks of pregnancy complications because of maternal hypertension or maternal diabetes; requiring the Department to choose a managed care organization to administer the Program; requiring the managed care organization to contract with a technology vendor to offer remote patient monitoring services to participants in the Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jamila Woods
Hearing Canceled on 03/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Publicly Funded Prekindergarten - Eligible Prekindergarten Provider Data Dashboard [HB-1530]
Requiring, beginning July 1, 2026, the State Department of Education to maintain on its website a data dashboard with certain information regarding certain eligible prekindergarten providers in the State; requiring the Department to partner with a nonprofit organization that has experience in maintaining a data dashboard for child care providers; and requiring the Department to establish a process that allows an eligible prekindergarten provider to opt out of being included in the data dashboard.
Sponsored by: Rep. Aletheia McCaskill
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/24/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Commercial Law - Voice and Visual Likeness - Digital Replication Rights (Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe Act - NO FAKES Act) [SB-1025]
Establishing that each individual and a certain right holder have the right to authorize the use of the voice or visual likeness of the individual in a digital replica; providing that the right does not expire on the death of the individual and is transferable or licensable in a certain manner; providing that the right terminates after a certain period of time; requiring an online service to designate an agent for certain purposes; requiring the Secretary of State to maintain and make available certain information; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Johnny Mautz
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Developmental Disabilities Administration Waiver Advisory Council - Establishment [SB-1027]
Establishing the Maryland Developmental Disabilities Administration Waiver Advisory Council to advise and provide recommendations to the Developmental Disabilities Administration on system design, service delivery, and quality enhancement strategies for the Medicaid waiver programs operated by the Administration.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Transportation Network Companies - Itemized Receipts and Operator Data Reporting [SB-1018]
Requiring a transportation network company to provide an operator and a passenger an itemized digital receipt that contains certain information as soon as practicable after the operator provides transportation network services to the passenger; requiring a transportation network company to report, on or before February 1 each year, certain information to the Public Service Commission; and requiring the Commission, by March 1 each year, to submit the compiled information to certain committees of the General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Kramer
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/14/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
General Assembly - Fiscal Notes - Family Impact Statement [HB-1487]
Requiring the fiscal note for proposed legislation prepared by the Department of Legislative Services to include a family impact statement; and prohibiting a committee from voting on a bill unless a family impact statement is attached to or included in the fiscal note.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nino Mangione
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/12/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Government - Equal Access to Public Services for Individuals With Limited English Proficiency and Individuals With Disabilities [HB-1473]
Altering provisions of law relating to equal access to public services for individuals with limited English proficiency to include individuals with disabilities; establishing certain requirements for equal access to public services for certain State departments, agencies, and programs, including developing a language access plan; requiring the Governor's Office of Immigrant Affairs to oversee, monitor, investigate, and enforce certain provisions of law; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing Canceled on 03/11/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Consumer Protection - Artificial Intelligence [HB-1331]
Regulating the manner in which a developer or deployer of artificial intelligence must protect consumers from certain risks; requiring a developer that offers to sell a certain artificial intelligence system to provide certain information and make certain disclosures; requiring a deployer to implement a certain risk management policy and take certain precautions to protect consumers from certain risks; requiring a deployer to complete an impact assessment and make certain disclosures; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lily Qi
First Reading Economic Matters on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Safety - Law Enforcement Agencies - Standardized Report Writing System (Maryland Statewide Law Enforcement Report Writing Standardization Act) [HB-1361]
Requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to create a standardized report writing system for all law enforcement agencies in the State; requiring all law enforcement agencies in the State to implement the standardized report writing system within 18 months; and requiring the Commission to report annually, beginning October 15, 2026, on the progress and effectiveness of the standardized report writing system, including recommendations for system improvements and future resource needs.
Sponsored by: Rep. Harry Bhandari
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Department of Commerce - Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve Study MC 15-25 [HB-1228]
Requiring the Department of Commerce to study the tourist and visitor economy of the Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve and, on or before June 30, 2026, report its findings to the members of the Montgomery County Delegation to the General Assembly; and requiring the Department to make recommendations regarding policies and programs that can help promote and preserve the Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve and better support the small businesses, recreation sites, and historic sites that depend on the visitor and tourist economy.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Favorable With Amendments {793527/1 Adopted on 03/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Health Care Providers and Health Insurance Carriers - Use of Artificial Intelligence in Health Care Decision Making [HB-1240]
Prohibiting health care providers and carriers from using artificial intelligence if the artificial intelligence has been designed only to reduce costs for a health care provider or carrier at the expense of reducing the quality of patient care, delaying care, or denying coverage for patient care; requiring health care providers and carriers that use artificial intelligence for health care decisions annually to post certain key data about the decisions on the health care provider's or carrier's website; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Public Clam Fishery Area - Establishment [HB-1263]
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources, in consultation with the Tidal Fisheries Advisory Commission, to identify by regulation the public clam fishery area in the Chesapeake Bay based on commercial harvesting activity during the 3 years preceding June 1, 2025, any surveys conducted by the Department, and other quantitative data known or made available to the Department; and prohibiting the lease of the public clam fishery area for shellfish aquaculture.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jay Jacobs
Hearing Canceled on 03/02/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Alternative Fuel, Fuel-Efficient, and Electric Vehicles - Highway Use Fees [HB-1457]
Repealing the annual surcharge required to register a zero-emission vehicle or plug-in electric drive vehicle; requiring the owners of certain alternative fuel vehicles, fuel-efficient vehicles, and plug-in electric drive vehicles to pay an annual highway use fee for each vehicle registered; establishing a voluntary annual Mileage-Based User Fee Program within the Department of Transportation; allowing the owners of certain vehicles to participate in the Program in lieu of paying the annual highway use fee; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Julie Palakovich Carr
Hearing Canceled (environment And Transportation) on 02/14/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Commercial Law - Credit Regulation - Earned Wage Access and Credit Modernization [HB-1294]
Subjecting certain earned wage access products to the Maryland Consumer Loan Law and other provisions that regulate entities that provide consumer credit, revolving credit, and closed end credit; restricting the acceptance of tips by certain lenders under certain circumstances; providing for the licensing or registration of certain entities offering earned wage access products with certain exemptions; regulating earned wage access service agreements; limiting the costs and fees associated with obtaining an earned wage access product; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson
Favorable With Amendments Report By Economic Matters on 03/14/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Electric Distribution System Plans - Establishment (Affordable Grid Act) [HB-1225]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to adopt regulations or issue orders on or before December 31, 2025, that require electric companies to, every 3 years, develop an electric system distribution plan to be approved by the Commission and provide the Commission with annual progress reports; requiring the Commission to adopt regulations or issue orders adopting certain metrics to monitor and assess electric distribution system plans; requiring an electric company to provide certain public comment opportunities; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
First Reading Economic Matters on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Revenge Pornography and Intimate Visual Depictions - Prohibition and Removal [HB-1248]
Requiring certain online platforms to establish a process for an individual or an individual's representative to provide certain notice of and request the disabling of access to or removal of certain visual depictions; requiring a certain online platform to comply with a request under the Act as soon as possible, but not later than 48 hours after receiving a request and to establish certain data logging requirements; and altering the prohibition against revenge pornography.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Grammer
Hearing Canceled on 02/27/2025