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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Melissa Wells
Hearing 3/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/04/2025
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Consumer Protection - Artificial Intelligence [HB-1331]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Data Privacy ]
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
Revenge Pornography and Intimate Visual Depictions - Prohibition and Removal [HB-1248]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
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
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Identity Fraud - Artificial Intelligence and Deepfake Representations [HB-1425]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Crime ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Prohibiting a person from utilizing certain personal identifying information or engaging in certain conduct in order to cause certain harm; prohibiting a person from using certain artificial intelligence or certain deepfake representations for certain purposes; and providing that a person who is the victim of certain conduct may bring a civil action against a certain person.
Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson
Hearing Canceled on 02/27/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Baltimore City and Takoma Park - Stop Sign Monitoring Systems - Authorization [HB-1226]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Education ]
Authorizing the use of stop sign monitoring systems in school zones in Baltimore City and the City of Takoma Park under the pilot program authorized for Prince George's County if authorized by local law; requiring a local jurisdiction that implements a stop sign monitoring system to prominently place signs on highways within the local jurisdiction providing notice that stop sign monitoring systems are in use; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robbyn Lewis
Favorable With Amendments Report By Environment And Transportation on 04/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Personal Identifying Information and Images of Individuals - Dissemination [HB-1150]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a person from intentionally disseminating the personal identifying information or image of an individual under the age of 25 years without express permission and with the intent to intimidate or harm the individual; and establishing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or a fine not exceeding $5,000 or both.
Sponsored by: Rep. Diana Fennell
Hearing Canceled on 02/27/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Howard County - Noise Abatement Monitoring Systems - Authorization [SB-967]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing the use of noise abatement monitoring systems in Howard County to enforce certain motor vehicle noise requirements; and requiring that Howard County report by March 1, 2026, to the Governor and the General Assembly on the time period noise abatement monitoring systems were in use, the number of warnings and citations issued, the costs associated with implementation, the revenue collected, and the effectiveness of noise abatement monitoring systems in reducing the noise produced by motor vehicles in the county.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law – Identity Fraud – Artificial Intelligence and Deepfake Representations [SB-905]
[Crime ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Prohibiting a person from utilizing certain personal identifying information or engaging in certain conduct in order to cause certain harm; prohibiting a person from using certain artificial intelligence or certain deepfake representations for certain purposes; and providing that a person who is the victim of certain conduct may bring a civil action against a certain person.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Consumer Protection - High-Risk Artificial Intelligence - Developer and Deployer Requirements [SB-936]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring a certain developer of, and a certain deployer who uses, a certain high-risk artificial intelligence system to use reasonable care to protect consumers from known and reasonably foreseeable risks of certain algorithmic discrimination in a certain high-risk artificial intelligence system; regulating the use of high-risk artificial intelligence systems by establishing certain requirements for disclosures, impact assessments, and other consumer protection provisions; authorizing the Attorney General to enforce the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sara Love
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Enforcement of Federal Immigration Law - Restrictions on Access to Information (Maryland Data Privacy Act) [SB-977]
[Immigration ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[National Security ]
Prohibiting a certain person in possession of certain data, information, and records from sharing or otherwise making the data, information, and records available under certain circumstances; altering certain provisions of law to require a law enforcement agency or a unit of State or local government to deny access to certain databases, facilities, or buildings by certain individuals seeking access for the purpose of enforcing federal immigration law, under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Hearing Canceled on 03/26/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Baltimore City and Montgomery County - Stop Sign Monitoring Systems - Authorization MC 4-25 [HB-1032]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing the use of stop sign monitoring systems in school zones in Baltimore City and Montgomery County under the pilot program authorized for Prince George's County, if authorized by local law; and requiring the Montgomery County Department of Transportation and the Baltimore City Department of Transportation to individually report to the Governor and General Assembly by December 1, 2027, the data on the program through October 1, 2027, in their individual jurisdictions.
Sponsored by: Rep. Caylin Young
Favorable With Amendments Report By Judicial Proceedings on 04/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Forged Digital Likenesses - Distribution - Prohibition [HB-955]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Crime ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Providing that the distribution of a certain forged digital likeness to another constitutes a statement or communication for the purpose of an action for defamation; prohibiting a person from knowingly distributing a certain forged digital likeness under certain circumstances; and providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a term of imprisonment of up to 3 years or a fine of up to $1,000 or both.
Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Baltimore County - Speed Monitoring Systems - Interstate 695 and Interstate 83 [HB-978]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Infrastructure ]
Authorizing the State Highway Administration to place and use not more than four speed monitoring systems on Interstate 695 and three systems on Interstate 83 in Baltimore County, subject to notice requirements; requiring that fines collected in Baltimore County as a result of violations enforced by speed monitoring systems on Interstate 695 and Interstate 83 be used to recover costs and assist in covering the cost of roadway and safety improvements on Interstate 695 and Interstate 83 in Baltimore County; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Third Reading Passed (102-30) on 03/31/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Montgomery County and Prince George's County - Distracted Driving Monitoring System Pilot Program [HB-908]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Data Privacy ]
Establishing a pilot program to authorize the use of distracted driving monitoring systems in Montgomery County and Prince George's County to enforce certain prohibitions regarding the use of certain devices while operating a vehicle; and requiring that a county that authorizes a program of distracted driving monitoring systems under the Act to report on the effectiveness of the systems on or before December 1, 2027.
Sponsored by: Rep. Linda Foley
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 01/31/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Domestic Violence Offender Registry [HB-847]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to establish and maintain the Domestic Violence Offender Registry; requiring a certain person convicted three or more times of a certain domestically related crime to register with a certain county sheriff before the person is released, granted probation, granted a suspended sentence, or is not sentenced to a term of imprisonment; requiring the county sheriff to forward certain registration information to the Department; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing Canceled on 02/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Domestic Violence Offender Registry [SB-650]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to establish and maintain the Domestic Violence Offender Registry; requiring a certain person convicted three or more times of a certain domestically related crime to register with a certain county sheriff before the person is released, granted probation, granted a suspended sentence, or is not sentenced to a term of imprisonment; requiring the county sheriff to forward all registration information to the Department; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Revenge Porn - Computer-Generated Visual Representation [HB-803]
[Crime ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a person from knowingly distributing a computer-generated visual representation of another including a photograph, a film, a video, a digital image, or a picture, whether made or produced by electronic, mechanical, or other means.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Hearing Canceled on 02/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Baltimore City and Takoma Park - Stop Sign Monitoring Systems - Authorization of Pilot Program [SB-600]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing the use of stop sign monitoring systems in certain school zones in Baltimore City and the City of Takoma Park under the pilot program authorized for Prince George's County, if authorized by local law; and requiring that a certain percentage of the fines collected under the Act be distributed to the local management board for Baltimore City and be used only to provide youth programming and services for youth living in or attending a school located in the 45th or 46th legislative districts.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 571 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Election Law - Campaign Materials - Disclosure of Use of Synthetic Media [HB-740]
[Elections ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Media and Advertising ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring that candidates, campaign finance entities, and specified other persons, or agents of candidates, campaign finance entities, or specified other persons, that publish, distribute, or disseminate, or cause to be published, distributed, or disseminated, to another person in the State campaign materials that use or contain synthetic media include a specified disclosure in a specified manner; and defining "synthetic media" as an image, an audio recording, or a video recording that has been intentionally manipulated in a certain manner.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/28/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Montgomery County and Prince George's County - Distracted Driving Monitoring System Pilot Program [SB-613]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Data Privacy ]
Establishing a pilot program to authorize the use of distracted driving monitoring systems in Montgomery County and Prince George's County to enforce certain prohibitions regarding the use of certain devices while operating a vehicle; and requiring that a county that authorizes a program of distracted driving monitoring systems under the Act to report on the effectiveness of the systems on or before December 1, 2027.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/30/2025