Commercial Financing - Small Business Truth in Lending Act [HB-693]
[Finance ]
[Small Business ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Economic Development ]
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
Residential Owners in Common Ownership Communities - Bill of Rights [HB-557]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Community Development ]
Establishing a bill of rights for unit owners of a condominium, members of a cooperative housing corporation, and lot owners of a homeowners association.
HB-557: Residential Owners in Common Ownership Communities - Bill of Rights
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/27/2025
Institutions of Higher Education - Mandatory Disclosures for New and Prospective Students (Informed Enrollment Act) [HB-611]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring each institution of higher education in the State that admits first-time undergraduate students, by July 1, 2026, to prominently display on its publicly accessible prospective student website a link to the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard website; and requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to make certain data available to institutions of higher education in the State under certain circumstances.
HB-611: Institutions of Higher Education - Mandatory Disclosures for New and Prospective Students (Informed Enrollment Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Jeff Ghrist
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2025
Empowering New Energy Resources and Green Initiatives Toward a Zero-Emission (ENERGIZE) Maryland Act [SB-434]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Public Health ]
Renaming the "renewable energy portfolio standard" to be the "clean energy portfolio standard"; altering the minimum required percentage of energy that must be derived from clean energy sources in certain years under the clean energy portfolio standard; altering the contents of and approval criteria for an application for an offshore wind project; establishing a process for the Public Service Commission to review and approve an application for a proposed nuclear energy generation project; etc.
SB-434: Empowering New Energy Resources and Green Initiatives Toward a Zero-Emission (ENERGIZE) Maryland Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2025
Excellence in Maryland Public Schools Act [SB-429]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Economic Development ]
Altering the definitions of "target per pupil foundation amount", "collaborative time per pupil amount", "compensatory education per pupil amount", "English learner per pupil amount", "special education per pupil amount", "growth in the target per pupil foundation amount", and "change in the per pupil amount"; directing county boards of education to provide certain funding to local workforce development boards to support the Career Counseling Program for Middle and High School Students; etc.
SB-429: Excellence in Maryland Public Schools Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/02/2025
Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Renaming and Alterations [HB-505]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
Renaming the "renewable energy portfolio standard" to be the "clean energy portfolio standard"; altering the minimum required percentage of energy that must be derived from clean energy sources in certain years under the clean energy portfolio standard; and applying the Act retroactively; etc.
HB-505: Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Renaming and Alterations
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Ebersole
Third Reading Passed (131-3) on 04/07/2025
Economic Development - Delivering Economic Competitiveness and Advancing Development Efforts (DECADE) Act [HB-498]
[Economic Development ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Taxes ]
Requiring the Department of Commerce to evaluate the potential employment and economic growth of the State's industry sectors and establish a certain list of industry sectors and activities to be considered for additional support; repealing the Maryland Economic Development Commission and Commerce Subcabinet; altering the designation, administration, and purposes of and eligibility for certain economic development programs; altering eligibility for and the calculation of certain economic development incentives; etc.
HB-498: Economic Development - Delivering Economic Competitiveness and Advancing Development Efforts (DECADE) Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing Canceled (ways And Means) on 02/07/2025
Economic Development - Delivering Economic Competitiveness and Advancing Development Efforts (DECADE) Act [SB-427]
[Economic Development ]
[Small Business ]
[Film Production ]
[Taxes ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Altering the designation, administration, and purposes of and eligibility for certain economic development programs; redesignating the Maryland Economic Development Assistance Authority to be the Maryland Economic Competitiveness Fund; repealing the Maryland Small Business Development Financing Authority and certain related Funds; making the film production activity tax credit transferable; authorizing a qualified film production entity to amend its application for the tax credit under certain circumstances; etc.
SB-427: Economic Development - Delivering Economic Competitiveness and Advancing Development Efforts (DECADE) Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Rereferred To Ways And Means And Appropriations on 04/07/2025
Excellence in Maryland Public Schools Act [HB-504]
[Education ]
[Taxes ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Authorizing local governing bodies to exceed certain tax and revenue limitations for a certain purpose; altering the source of funds for the Blueprint for Maryland's Future Fund to include the interest earnings of the Academic Excellence Fund; authorizing the Department to establish a national teacher recruitment campaign; establishing the Academic Excellence Program in the Department to address critical academic needs in public schools; requiring local school systems to develop certain countywide community school implementation plans; etc.
HB-504: Excellence in Maryland Public Schools Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Hornberger
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 237 on 05/06/2025
Prince George's County - Hospitals - Sale of Patient Debt PG 402-25 [HB-405]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
Authorizing a hospital to sell the medical debt of patients if the debt is sold to Prince George's County for the purpose of canceling the debt; requiring the contract between the hospital and Prince George's County to state that the sole purpose of the sale of the debt is to cancel the debt; etc.
HB-405: Prince George's County - Hospitals - Sale of Patient Debt PG 402-25
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/15/2025
Medical Debt - Complaints for Money Judgment and Real Property Liens [SB-349]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Property Tax ]
Establishing certain requirements for a complaint for a money judgment for medical debt; defining "medical debt" as a debt owed by a consumer to a person, the person's agent or assignee for the provision of medical services, products, or devices; providing that medical debt does not include debt charged to a credit card except under certain circumstances; prohibiting the creation of a lien on owner-occupied residential property for the payment of medical debt; and applying the Act prospectively.
SB-349: Medical Debt - Complaints for Money Judgment and Real Property Liens
Sponsored by: Sen. Sara Love
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 497 on 05/13/2025
Abundant Affordable Clean Energy - Procurement and Development (AACE Act) [HB-398]
[Energy ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Climate Change ]
[Public Health ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring each electric company in the State to submit to the Public Service Commission by certain dates plans for the construction or procurement of distribution-connected energy storage devices and to construct or procure the devices in accordance with the plan; providing for the creation of zero-emission credits by beneficial nuclear facilities; requiring the Commission to pursue certain coordinated approaches to offshore wind energy transmission development; etc.
HB-398: Abundant Affordable Clean Energy - Procurement and Development (AACE Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
First Reading Economic Matters on 01/16/2025
Medical Debt - Complaints for Money Judgment and Real Property Liens [HB-428]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
Establishing certain requirements for a complaint for a money judgment; defining "medical debt" as a debt owed by a consumer to a provider of medical services, products, or devices, but does not include debt charged to a credit card except under certain circumstances; prohibiting the creation of a lien on owner-occupied residential property by contract or as a result of a breach of contract for the payment of medical debt; and applying the Act prospectively.
HB-428: Medical Debt - Complaints for Money Judgment and Real Property Liens
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 498 on 05/13/2025
Abundant Affordable Clean Energy - Procurement and Development (AACE Act) [SB-316]
[Energy ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Climate Change ]
[Public Health ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring each electric company in the State to submit to the Public Service Commission by certain dates plans for the construction or procurement of distribution-connected energy storage devices and to construct or procure the devices in accordance with the plan; providing for the creation of zero-emission credits by beneficial nuclear facilities; requiring the Commission to pursue certain coordinated approaches to offshore wind energy transmission development; etc.
SB-316: Abundant Affordable Clean Energy - Procurement and Development (AACE Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/27/2025
Child Support - Suspension of Driver's Licenses [SB-106]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering provisions of law relating to the authority of the Child Support Enforcement Administration to notify the Motor Vehicle Administration of an individual's child support arrearages for the purpose of suspending the individual's driver's license or privilege to drive under certain circumstances.
SB-106: Child Support - Suspension of Driver's Licenses
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Hearing 1/22 At 10:00 A.m. on 01/09/2025
Child Support - Suspension of Driver's Licenses [HB-110]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering provisions of law relating to the authority of the Child Support Enforcement Administration to notify the Motor Vehicle Administration of an individual's child support arrearages for the purpose of suspending the individual's driver's license or privilege to drive under certain circumstances.
HB-110: Child Support - Suspension of Driver's Licenses
Sponsored by: Rep. Lauren Arikan
Referred Judicial Proceedings on 03/17/2025
Criminal Law - Theft - Mail and Packages (Porch Piracy Act of 2025) [HB-135]
[Crime ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting the theft of mail or packages delivered or left to be collected by the United States Postal Service or a delivery service company; requiring the Central Collection Unit to report certain overdue restitution to certain consumer reporting agencies; and providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a felony and is subject to imprisonment of up to 5 years.
HB-135: Criminal Law - Theft - Mail and Packages (Porch Piracy Act of 2025)
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Hearing 1/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/10/2025
Baltimore Regional Water Authority Governance Workgroup - Established [SB-1174]
[Water ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Community Development ]
Establishing the Baltimore Regional Water Governance Model Workgroup to study the regional water governance approach in the Baltimore region; requiring the Governor to include an appropriation of $500,000 in the annual budget bill for the Workgroup; and requiring the Workgroup to report, on or before June 30, 2027, its findings to the Mayor of Baltimore City, the County Executive of Baltimore County, the Governor, and the General Assembly.
SB-1174: Baltimore Regional Water Authority Governance Workgroup - Established
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray
Third Reading Passed (47-0) on 04/08/2024
Baltimore Regional Water Governance Model Workgroup - Established [HB-1509]
[Water ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Community Development ]
Establishing the Baltimore Regional Water Governance Model Workgroup to study the regional water governance approach in the Baltimore region; requiring the Governor to include an appropriation of $500,000 in the annual budget bill for the Workgroup; and requiring the Workgroup to report, on or before June 30, 2027, its findings to the Mayor of Baltimore City, the County Executive of Baltimore County, the Governor, and the General Assembly.
HB-1509: Baltimore Regional Water Governance Model Workgroup - Established
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 503 on 05/09/2024
Electric System Planning - Scope and Funding [HB-1393]
[Energy ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the scope of certain policy goals with regard to energy systems; requiring the Public Service Commission to report on certain projects relating to certain goals; altering the scope of certain funds that may be used for certain projects; requiring the Commission to adopt regulations to require investment in certain demand-side reliability and efficiency improvement methods; requiring that certain regulations adopted and orders issued by the Commission by December 31, 2025, be developed in a certain manner; etc.
HB-1393: Electric System Planning - Scope and Funding
Sponsored by: Rep. Brian Crosby
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 540 on 05/09/2024