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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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Education and Health - Emergency Use Epinephrine - Alterations [HB-420]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering the defined term "auto-injectable epinephrine" to be "emergency use epinephrine" and to include certain drug delivery devices and products; and altering the name of the Emergency Use Auto-Injectable Epinephrine Program to be the Emergency Use Epinephrine Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Julie Palakovich Carr
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 711 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland Cybersecurity Council - Alterations [HB-376]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
Altering the selection of the membership and chair of the Maryland Cybersecurity Council; requiring beginning on October 1, 2025, and every 2 years thereafter, the Council to elect a chair and vice chair from among the members of the Council; requiring the Council, working with certain entities, to assess and address cybersecurity threats and associated risks from artificial intelligence and quantum computing; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Health and Government Operations
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 627 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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Tax Relief and State Personnel Equality for Service Members Act [SB-278]
[Taxes ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Establishing rules of interpretation related to the uniformed services; altering the rule of interpretation for "veteran"; and altering the application of certain provisions of law governing personnel and taxation to apply to all uniformed services, rather than only the armed forces.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 258 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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Maryland Transportation Authority – Tolls, Fees, and Other Charges – Temporary Adjustments [HB-288]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Increasing from 180 days to 300 days the maximum duration of an emergency status determination authorizing the temporary adjustment of tolls, fees, or other charges by the Maryland Transportation Authority.
Sponsored by: Rep. Environment and Transportation
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 55 on 04/08/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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Department of the Environment - Fees, Penalties, Funding, and Regulation [SB-250]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Funding ]
[Water ]
[Energy ]
[Public Health ]
Altering the authorized uses of the Maryland Clean Air Fund to include certain activities relating to mitigating and reducing air pollution in the State; authorizing the Department of the Environment to charge a fee for processing and issuing on-site sewage disposal permits and individual well construction permits under certain circumstances; requiring a holder of a license to transfer oil into the State to pay a certain fee when oil owned by the licensee is first transferred into the State; establishing the Private Dam Repair Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Education, Energy, and the Environment
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 432 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation - Total Assessed Cost of Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Study and Reports [SB-149]
[Climate Change ]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Science ]
[Air Quality ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requiring the Comptroller, in coordination with the Department of the Environment and the Department of Commerce, to conduct a study to assess the total cost of greenhouse gas emissions in the State and report certain findings to certain committees on or before December 1, 2026, on the total assessed cost of greenhouse gas emissions in the State based on the findings of a certain study; authorizing the Comptroller to hire a consultant to conduct the study; and requiring the report to include certain information and calculations.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Fry Hester
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/16/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation - Total Assessed Cost of Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Study and Reports [HB-128]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Energy ]
[Air Quality ]
[Science ]
Requiring the Comptroller, in coordination with the Department of the Environment and the Department of Commerce, to conduct a study to assess the total cost of greenhouse gas emissions in the State and report certain findings to certain committees by December 1, 2026, on the total assessed cost of greenhouse gas emissions in the State based on the findings of the study; authorizing the Comptroller to hire a consultant to conduct the study; and requiring the report to include certain information and calculations.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Vincent Fraser-hidalgo
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/16/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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State Finance and Procurement - Local Cybersecurity Preparedness and Response Plan and Assessment - Repeal [HB-209]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Repealing a duplicative provision of law requiring each county government, local school system, and local health department, in consultation with the local emergency manager, to create or update a cybersecurity preparedness and response plan and complete a cybersecurity preparedness assessment in a manner and frequency established by the Department of Information Technology.
Sponsored by: Rep. Health and Government Operations
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 166 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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State Finance and Procurement - Local Cybersecurity Preparedness and Response Plan and Assessment - Repeal [SB-239]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Education ]
Repealing a duplicative provision of law requiring each county government, local school system, and local health department, in consultation with the local emergency manager, to create or update a cybersecurity preparedness and response plan and complete a cybersecurity preparedness assessment in a manner and frequency established by the Department of Information Technology.
Sponsored by: Sen. Education, Energy, and the Environment
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 167 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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Controlled Hazardous Substance Facility Permit - Research Facilities - Chemical Warfare Material Requirements [SB-253]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Science ]
[Public Safety ]
[Defense ]
Providing that certain provisions of law regarding chemical warfare material requirements under a controlled hazardous substance facility permit do not apply to the incineration of chemical warfare materials at a certain research facility if the incineration is done for research, development, or demonstration purposes; and establishing additional requirements applicable to research, development, and demonstration permits issued for the incineration of chemical warfare materials at a research facility.
Sponsored by: Sen. Education, Energy, and the Environment
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 445 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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Maryland Transportation Authority - Tolls, Fees, and Other Charges - Temporary Adjustments [SB-210]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Increasing from 180 days to 300 days the maximum duration of an emergency status determination authorizing the temporary adjustment of tolls, fees, or other charges by the Maryland Transportation Authority.
Sponsored by: Sen. Finance
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 56 on 04/08/2025
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
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Maryland Protecting Opportunities and Regional Trade (PORT) Act [HB-1526]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Trade ]
[Funding ]
[Economic Development ]
[Unemployment ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Public Safety ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
Establishing the Fallen Transportation Workers Scholarship Program and the Fallen Transportation Workers Scholarship Fund; authorizing the Secretary of Labor to exempt an individual from the requirement to be actively seeking work for unemployment insurance benefits eligibility; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor and the Department of Commerce to establish certain temporary relief programs to provide assistance to individuals and certain entities impacted by a certain closure of the Port of Baltimore; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert B. Long
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 2 on 04/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
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Maryland Protecting Opportunities and Regional Trade (PORT) Act [SB-1188]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Trade ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Unemployment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing the Fallen Transportation Workers Scholarship Program and the Fallen Transportation Workers Scholarship Fund to provide tuition assistance to a student who was a dependent or is the surviving spouse of a fallen transportation worker; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor and the Department of Commerce to establish programs to assist individuals and certain entities impacted by the reduced operations of the Port of Baltimore; authorizing the Secretary of Labor to alter certain unemployment eligibility requirements; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Ferguson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 3 on 04/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State of Emergency – Restoration, Repair, or Replacement of Critical Infrastructure – Suspension of State or Local Law [SB-1187]
[Infrastructure ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Public Safety ]
[Energy ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Water ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Cybersecurity ]
Authorizing the Governor to suspend State or local law if necessary for the restoration, repair, or replacement of critical infrastructure related to a declared state of emergency for not more than 1 year after the state of emergency is declared; authorizing the Governor, notwithstanding the termination of the state of emergency, to extend the suspension of State or local law under the Act until the restoration, repair, or replacement of the critical infrastructure is completed; applying the Act retroactively to March 26, 2024; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Johnny Ray Salling
Motion Rules Suspend For Late Introduction (senator Simonaire) Adopted on 03/28/2024
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Urging The Department Of Education And Hawaii Emergency Management Agency To Adopt A Curriculum For High School Students To Participate In The Youth Civil Defense Corps. [SR-190]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Urging The Department Of Education And Hawaii Emergency Management Agency To Adopt A Curriculum For High School Students To Participate In The Youth Civil Defense Corps.
Sponsored by: Sen. Angus L.K. McKelvey
Referred To Edu/psm. on 03/14/2024
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Requesting The Establishment Of A Statewide Firefighting Aircraft Program. [SCR-181]
[Public Safety ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Aerospace ]
Requesting The Establishment Of A Statewide Firefighting Aircraft Program.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lynn Decoite
Report Adopted; Referred To The Committee(s) On Fin With None Voting Aye With Reservations; None Voting No (0) And Representative(s) Cochran, Ganaden, Garcia, Hashem, Holt, Poepoe, Yamashita Excused (7). on 04/15/2024
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Urging The Department Of Education And Hawaii Emergency Management Agency To Adopt A Curriculum For High School Students To Participate In The Youth Civil Defense Corps. [SCR-214]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Urging The Department Of Education And Hawaii Emergency Management Agency To Adopt A Curriculum For High School Students To Participate In The Youth Civil Defense Corps.
Sponsored by: Sen. Angus L.K. McKelvey
Referred To Edu/psm. on 03/14/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Hospitals - Emergency Medical Conditions - Procedures (Maryland Lifesaving Treatment Access and Abortion Protection Act) [SB-1175]
[Healthcare ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring a hospital to conduct screening on an individual presenting at an emergency department of the hospital to determine whether the individual has an emergency medical condition; establishing requirements and prohibitions related to the treatment and transfer of an individual who has an emergency medical condition; prohibiting a hospital from taking adverse action against a provider for not transferring a patient who is not stabilized; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence K. Lam
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/15/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Calvert County - Procurement - Competitive Bidding [HB-1462]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Small Business ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Increasing the minimum dollar amount of contracts from $30,000 to $50,000 for which the Calvert County Commissioners are required to undergo a formal bidding process.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/15/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Family Law – Child Custody and Visitation – Visitation Reevaluations and Remedies [HB-1307]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing a parent to petition a court for an emergency hearing to reevaluate a visitation schedule if the other parent fails to comply with a court-ordered visitation schedule without just cause; and requiring and authorizing a court to take certain actions as a result of a parent's failure to comply with a court-ordered visitation schedule.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary A. Lehman
Hearing 2/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2024