Emergency Bills
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Election Law - State Elected Officials - Fundraising Activities During General Assembly Session [SB-1047]
[Elections ]
[Ethics ]
[Funding ]
Altering the entities with respect to which certain officials or persons acting on behalf of certain officials are prohibited from taking certain actions related to fundraising during a regular session of the General Assembly; and prohibiting certain officials or persons acting on behalf of certain officials from participating in certain fundraising events in a certain manner during a regular session of the General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jason Gallion
Motion Rules Suspend For Late Introduction (senator Gallion) Adopted on 04/02/2025
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Election Law - State Elected Officials - Fundraising Activities During General Assembly Session [HB-1558]
[Elections ]
[Ethics ]
[Funding ]
Altering the entities with respect to which certain officials or persons acting on behalf of certain officials are prohibited from taking certain actions related to fundraising during a regular session of the General Assembly; and prohibiting certain officials or persons acting on behalf of certain officials from participating in certain fundraising events in a certain manner during a regular session of the General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Motion Rules Suspend For Late Introduction (delegate Kipke) Adopted (127-7) on 04/02/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Program to Protect Individuals Unemployed or Furloughed Due to Federal Actions - Establishment [HB-1557]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Housing ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Unemployment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Program to Protect Individuals Unemployed or Furloughed Due to Federal Actions; requiring a credit reporting agency to place an adverse information freeze on a qualified individual's record; establishing requirements and prohibitions for certain financial institutions; prohibiting a public service company from terminating electric or gas service to a qualified individual; requiring a court to stay a foreclosure of a certain residential property; requiring the Department to administer the Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jessica Feldmark
Motion Rules Suspend For Late Introduction (delegate Feldmark) Adopted (101-34) on 03/26/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Correctional Officers - Body-Worn Digital Recording Devices [SB-1046]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
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
Hearing 4/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 04/01/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Funeral Establishments, Crematories, and Reduction Facilities - Oversight (Ensuring Dignity and Accountability in Crematory and Funeral Home Operations Act) [HB-1555]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
Requiring the Office of Cemetery Oversight and the State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors to establish and maintain certain online databases and conduct certain inspections; establishing the authority of the Secretary of Health regarding staff for the Board; authorizing the Executive Director of the Board to direct an immediate investigation of certain complaints; establishing requirements for the review of complaints and investigations by the Board; providing a civil penalty of up to $25,000 for certain violations; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Board of Public Works - Central Collection Unit - Delinquent Federal Funds [HB-1546]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Finance ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Taxes ]
Reserving jurisdiction with respect to certain federal land in the State under certain conditions; requiring the Central Collection Unit to be responsible for the collection of certain delinquent federal funds; authorizing the Central Collection Unit to place liens on certain federal property in the State under certain circumstances; and authorizing the Board of Public Works to determine the federal government to be delinquent in federal funds owed to the State under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Luke Clippinger
Rereferred To Appropriations on 03/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Board of Public Works - Comptroller - Delinquent Federal Funds [HB-1545]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Taxes ]
Authorizing the Comptroller, in consultation with the Board of Public Works, to withhold up to a certain amount of State payments to the federal government under certain conditions; and authorizing the Board of Public Works to determine the federal government to be delinquent in federal funds owed to the State in the event of federal noncompliance with court decisions upholding congressionally approved spending.
Sponsored by: Rep. Luke Clippinger
Rereferred To Appropriations on 03/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Department of Budget and Management - Expedited Hiring Program (FEDERAL Jobs Act of 2025) [SB-1040]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
Establishing the Expedited Hiring Program in the Department of Budget and Management for the purpose of hiring eligible applicants for vacant positions in the State Personnel Management System, subject to certain requirements; authorizing an appointing authority to recruit for certain vacant positions in State government under certain circumstances; and authorizing the Secretary of Budget and Management to contract with a certain entity to assist with the implementation of the Program.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Electric Companies and Gas Companies - Customer Bill Surcharge - Repeal [HB-1535]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Health ]
Repealing on electric and gas bills a certain surcharge used to encourage and promote the efficient use and conservation of energy in support of certain greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals and targets.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Grammer
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/27/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Municipalities - Annexation - Limitations [HB-1525]
[Community Development ]
[Real Estate ]
Prohibiting a municipality from annexing land that is located in a different legislative district than a legislative district in which the municipality is located.
Sponsored by: Rep. Andrea Harrison
Hearing 3/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Financial Institutions - Consumer Credit - Application of Licensing Requirements (Maryland Secondary Market Stability Act of 2025) [SB-1026]
[Finance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Housing ]
Providing that certain provisions of law governing the licensing of providers of certain financial services in the State do not apply to a certain person that acquires or is assigned a certain mortgage, mortgage loan, or installment loan under certain circumstances or a certain trust that acquires or is assigned a certain mortgage loan under certain circumstances; establishing the Maryland Licensing Workgroup; and requiring the Workgroup to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 31, 2025.
Sponsored by: Sen. Pamela Beidle
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 118 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Financial Institutions - Consumer Credit - Application of Licensing Requirements (Maryland Secondary Market Stability Act of 2025) [HB-1516]
[Finance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Housing ]
[Economic Development ]
Providing that certain provisions of law governing the licensing of providers of certain financial services in the State do not apply to a certain trust that acquires or is assigned a certain mortgage loan under certain circumstances; establishing the Maryland Licensing Workgroup to study and make recommendations on licensing requirements for persons that provide financial services in the State; and requiring the Workgroup to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 31, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Pamela Queen
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 119 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Support and Protections for Individuals Affected by Federal Actions (Protect Our Federal Workers Act) [HB-1424]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Economic Development ]
Renaming the Federal Government Shutdown Employee Assistance Loan Fund to be the Federal Government Employee Assistance Loan Fund; authorizing funds appropriated to the Catastrophic Event Account to be expended to assist in funding costs connected to a relocation, closure, or mass layoff of a unit of the federal government; establishing the Expedited Hiring Program in the Department of Budget and Management; authorizing an appointing authority to recruit for certain vacant positions in State government; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 97 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Local Finance - Special Taxing Districts - Anne Arundel County Erosion Prevention Projects and Erosion Control Projects [HB-1467]
[Finance ]
[Taxes ]
[Water ]
[Construction ]
[Environmental ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring interest earnings on money deposited for a certain taxing and assessment district to be credited to that district; specifying that a certain provision of law governing the petition process for the construction of an erosion prevention project or erosion control project in a certain district in Anne Arundel County does not apply to certain planning, permitting, or cost estimate activities; authorizing certain entities to use tax funds for upkeep or reconstruction of an existing shore erosion control project; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Seth Howard
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 168 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Education - Reportable Offenses and Prohibited Behavior on School Grounds - Alterations [HB-1265]
[Education ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Altering the offenses that constitute "reportable offenses" that a law enforcement agency must report to certain school personnel under certain circumstances; altering certain provisions relating to the provision of notification to certain school personnel of the arrest of a student for a certain reportable offense; requiring the State Department of Education to develop an operational protocol to guide the transmission of reportable offense information; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Energy, And The Environment) on 03/18/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Blue Catfish - Population Control [HB-1249]
[Animals ]
[Agriculture ]
[Water ]
[Environmental ]
[Food ]
Establishing that regulations of the Department of Natural Resources governing the catching of blue catfish shall establish a pilot program authorizing the use of electrofishing, shall authorize the use of finfish trotlines of up to 2,400 feet in length, may not set a limit on the number of hooks used, and shall authorize the use of hooks that are not corrodible; and requiring the Department of Agriculture to report on or before September 1, 2025, outlining needs and best practices for collecting, processing, and marketing blue catfish.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Arentz
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Port of Deposit State Historical Park - Size and Scope [HB-1184]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Arts and Culture ]
Altering the size and scope of the Port of Deposit State Historical Park; extending the deadline for the Bainbridge Development Corporation to transfer certain property to the Department of Natural Resources to June 1, 2026; and altering the purpose for which a certain appropriation may be used.
Sponsored by: Rep. Teresa Reilly
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Baltimore County - Alcoholic Beverages - Change of Location [HB-1141]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
Establishing an additional circumstance under which the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore County may approve a change of location for a certain alcoholic beverages license; and providing that the Board may approve a certain change if the license was originally issued within the same election district and has been at the same location for a least 10 years.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Ebersole
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 193 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Commission on Nondiscrimination - Establishment [HB-1055]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing the Commission on Nondiscrimination to monitor and study nondiscrimination laws and regulations and the impacts of the actions of the federal government on those laws and regulations and to recommend legislation to address any deficiencies in nondiscrimination protections in Maryland; and requiring the Commission to submit a report on its findings and recommendations, including any legislative proposals, to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 15 each year.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing Canceled on 03/08/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Immigration Enforcement - Sensitive Locations - Access, Guidance, and Policies (Protecting Sensitive Locations Act) [SB-828]
[Immigration ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Education ]
[Libraries ]
Prohibiting certain schools, libraries, and units of State government that operate at certain sensitive locations from allowing certain federal personnel to access certain areas, subject to certain exceptions; requiring the Attorney General to develop guidance regarding immigration enforcement at certain sensitive locations and guidance regarding individuals interacting with certain federal personnel; and requiring certain schools, libraries and units of State government to adopt policies consistent with the guidelines.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Third Reading Passed (34-13) on 04/07/2025