Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Retirement Income [HB-355]
[Taxes ]
[Retirement ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Including income from certain retirement plans within a certain subtraction modification allowed under the Maryland income tax for certain individuals who are at least 65 years old or who are disabled or whose spouse is disabled; altering the maximum amount of the subtraction modification for certain taxable years; repealing a limitation on the maximum amount of the subtraction modification; applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024; etc.
HB-355: Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Retirement Income
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Grammer
First Reading Ways And Means on 01/16/2025
Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established [HB-384]
[Animals ]
[Disabilities ]
[Funding ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing the Maryland Disability Service Animal Program in the Department of Disabilities to select one or more nonprofit training entities to participate in the Program and provide additional funding mechanisms to assist eligible individuals in the Program; requiring the Department to select at least one nonprofit training entity to develop and implement a training protocol and to select qualified participants; and establishing the Maryland Disability Service Animal Program Fund to pay a participating nonprofit training entity.
HB-384: Maryland Disability Service Animal Program - Established
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/16/2025
Property Tax Credit - Disabled or Fallen Law Enforcement Officer or Rescue Worker - Alterations [SB-330]
[Property Tax ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Taxes ]
[Disabilities ]
[Veterans ]
Altering, for purposes of a certain property tax credit for a certain dwelling, the definition of "fallen law enforcement officer or rescue worker" to include disabled law enforcement officers or rescue workers who have died regardless of the cause of death; authorizing, under certain circumstances, the amount of the credit for a dwelling owned by a disabled or fallen law enforcement officer or rescue worker or the surviving spouse or cohabitant to be in the same proportion as the property tax credit initially granted for the dwelling; etc.
SB-330: Property Tax Credit - Disabled or Fallen Law Enforcement Officer or Rescue Worker - Alterations
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 3/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/03/2025
Schools: Funding; Disability Services [HB-9]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disabilities ]
An Act relating to education; relating to funding for charter schools; and relating to services for children with disabilities.
HB-9: Schools: Funding; Disability Services
Sponsored by: Rep. Ashley Carrick
Read The First Time - Referrals on 01/22/2025
Education For Deaf & Hearing Impaired [SB-8]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disabilities ]
An Act relating to public school students who are deaf or hard of hearing.
SB-8: Education For Deaf & Hearing Impaired
Sponsored by: Sen. Elvira Gray-Jackson
Edc Rpt Recd W/cs Await Transmittal Nxt on 05/07/2025
Teachers & Pub Employee Retirement Plans [SB-27]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Education ]
[Disabilities ]
An Act relating to restoration of tenure for certain disabled individuals; relating to the Public Employees' Retirement System of Alaska and the teachers' retirement system; providing certain employees an opportunity to choose between the defined benefit and defined contribution plans of the Public Employees' Retirement System of Alaska and the teachers' retirement system; and providing for an effective date.
SB-27: Teachers & Pub Employee Retirement Plans
Sponsored by: Sen. Jesse Kiehl
Read The First Time - Referrals on 01/22/2025
School/university Employee Health Insur [SB-5]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
An Act relating to group insurance coverage and self-insurance coverage for school district employees, employees of the University of Alaska, and employees of other governmental units in the state; and providing for an effective date.
SB-5: School/university Employee Health Insur
Sponsored by: Rep. Shelley Hughes
Read The First Time - Referrals on 01/22/2025
School/university Employee Health Insur [HB-29]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
An Act relating to group insurance coverage and self-insurance coverage for school district employees, employees of the University of Alaska, and employees of other governmental units in the state; and providing for an effective date.
HB-29: School/university Employee Health Insur
Sponsored by: Rep. Mia Costello
Sponsor Substitute Introduced on 04/30/2025
State Park Permits For Disabled Veterans [SB-30]
[Veterans ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Recreation ]
[Disabilities ]
An Act making certain veterans eligible for a lifetime permit to access state park campsites and the parking and restrooms of developed facilities without charge; and providing for an effective date.
SB-30: State Park Permits For Disabled Veterans
Sponsored by: Sen. Jesse Bjorkman
Res Rpt Cs 5dp 2nr Same Title on 02/19/2025
Election Law - Curbside Voting - Pilot Program [HB-317]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Disabilities ]
Establishing the Curbside Voting Pilot Program to test the viability of curbside voting in the State; establishing requirements governing curbside voting; requiring the State Board and local board to communicate with voters and the general public, including signage at curbside voting locations, that curbside voting is primarily for certain voters with disabilities; and requiring the State Board to report to the General Assembly on the implementation of the Pilot Program by September 1, 2029.
HB-317: Election Law - Curbside Voting - Pilot Program
Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle Wilkins
Hearing 4/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/18/2025
Correctional Services - Medical Parole - Life Imprisonment [HB-311]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Repealing provisions relating to gubernatorial approval of a decision of the Maryland Parole Commission to grant medical parole to an incarcerated individual serving a sentence of life imprisonment.
HB-311: Correctional Services - Medical Parole - Life Imprisonment
Sponsored by: Rep. Juanita Bartlett
Hearing Canceled on 02/17/2025
Recreational Equality for Service Members Act [SB-282]
[Veterans ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Recreation ]
Establishing rules of interpretation related to the uniformed services; altering the rule of interpretation for "veteran"; altering the application of certain provisions of law governing public health and the regulation of health occupations to apply to all uniformed services, rather than only the armed forces; altering the circumstances under which licenses for fishing in tidal waters do not lapse; etc.
SB-282: Recreational Equality for Service Members Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 265 on 05/06/2025
Boating Accidents - Duty to Remain at the Scene, Render Assistance, and Provide Information - Penalties [HB-307]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the operator of a vessel involved in a collision, accident, or other casualty to return to and remain at the scene until the operator has rendered certain assistance and provided certain information; establishing certain criminal penalties for the operator of a vessel involved in a collision, accident, or other casualty who does not return to and remain at the scene of the collision, accident, or other casualty or render certain assistance and provide certain information; etc.
HB-307: Boating Accidents - Duty to Remain at the Scene, Render Assistance, and Provide Information - Penalties
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Johnson
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/17/2025