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Somerset County - Property Tax - Emergency Services Tax [SB-719]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
[Public Safety ]
[Funding ]
Authorizing the County Commissioners of Somerset County to impose an emergency services tax on all property subject to the county property tax to pay costs of emergency services; prohibiting the county commissioners from initially imposing or subsequently increasing an emergency services tax until after a public hearing is held; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2025.
SB-719: Somerset County - Property Tax - Emergency Services Tax
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Elizabeth Carozza
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 70 on 04/08/2025
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Health Care Facilities - Hospitals and Freestanding Birthing Centers - Perinatal Care Standards [SB-676]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health, in coordination with the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems, to adopt regulations establishing minimum perinatal care standards that meet or exceed the Maryland Perinatal System Standards for each hospital that provides obstetrical services; and requiring each hospital that provides obstetrical services and freestanding birthing centers, as a condition of licensure, to comply with certain minimum perinatal care standards.
SB-676: Health Care Facilities - Hospitals and Freestanding Birthing Centers - Perinatal Care Standards
Sponsored by: Sen. Dawn D. Gile
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 708 on 05/20/2025
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Public Safety Employee Retirement Income [HB-792]
[Taxes ]
[Retirement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Pensions ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Increasing, from $15,000 to $20,000, the amount allowed as a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for retirement income attributable to an individual's employment as a public safety employee; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024.
HB-792: Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Public Safety Employee Retirement Income
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason C. Buckel
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2025
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Public Safety Volunteers [HB-815]
[Taxes ]
[Public Safety ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Increasing, from $7,000 to $10,000, the amount of a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for an individual who is a qualifying public safety volunteer for a taxable year beginning after December 31, 2024.
HB-815: Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Public Safety Volunteers
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
First Reading Ways And Means on 01/29/2025
Local Government – Local Personnel – Leave With Pay [SB-652]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
Establishing that governmental units may provide disaster service leave with pay to certain employees; establishing that an employee of a governmental unit of a county or a municipality in the State may be entitled to disaster service leave with pay under certain circumstances; authorizing certain governmental units to waive certain requirements for disaster service leave; and authorizing a governmental unit of a county or a municipality to provide leave with pay under certain circumstances.
SB-652: Local Government – Local Personnel – Leave With Pay
Sponsored by: Sen. J.B. Jennings
Hearing Canceled on 03/26/2025
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Somerset County - Property Tax - Emergency Services Tax [HB-791]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing the County Commissioners of Somerset County to impose an emergency services tax on all property subject to the county property tax to pay costs of emergency services; and prohibiting the county commissioners from initially imposing or subsequently increasing an emergency services tax until after a public hearing is held.
HB-791: Somerset County - Property Tax - Emergency Services Tax
Sponsored by: Rep. Charles James Otto
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 69 on 04/08/2025
Consumer Protection - Credit Reporting - Medical Debt (Fair Medical Debt Reporting Act) [SB-614]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Healthcare ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Finance ]
Prohibiting a consumer reporting agency from including certain medical debt information in a consumer report; prohibiting a person from using medical debt information included in a consumer report when making a creditworthiness determination; prohibiting certain entities from disclosing medical debt to a consumer reporting agency; requiring certain entities to include a certain provision in contracts entered into with a collection entity regarding medical debt; etc.
SB-614: Consumer Protection - Credit Reporting - Medical Debt (Fair Medical Debt Reporting Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence K. Lam
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/05/2025
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Criminal Law - Dismembering or Burying Human Remains With Intent to Conceal a Crime [HB-674]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a person, with the intent to conceal a crime, from knowingly and willfully dismembering, destroying, removing, burying, disposing of, or obliterating by any means any portion of human remains; prohibiting a person from aiding or abetting another in committing a violation of the Act; and establishing that a violation of the Act is a felony with a penalty of imprisonment not exceeding 5 years.
HB-674: Criminal Law - Dismembering or Burying Human Remains With Intent to Conceal a Crime
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheree Sample-Hughes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 545 on 05/13/2025
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Property Tax - Credit for Law Enforcement Officer or Rescue Worker - Expansion to Judicial Officer [SB-502]
[Property Tax ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Taxes ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing the governing body of a county or municipal corporation or the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City to provide a certain property tax credit to certain judicial officers, surviving spouses, or cohabitants; requiring the county or municipal corporation to define, by law, who is a correctional officer and judicial officer; and applying the Act retroactively to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2022.
SB-502: Property Tax - Credit for Law Enforcement Officer or Rescue Worker - Expansion to Judicial Officer
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 130 on 04/22/2025
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Public Libraries - Automated External Defibrillator Program (Raymono A. Russell Act) [HB-593]
[Public Health ]
[Libraries ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
Requiring certain libraries, beginning January 1, 2026, to place an automated external defibrillator in a prominent area accessible to employees and library users, to provide maintenance for the automated external defibrillator, and to comply with the Public Access Automated External Defibrillator Program; granting certain immunities to libraries and individuals under certain circumstances; requiring by December 1, 2026, a report to certain committees of the General Assembly on the use of defibrillators in libraries; etc.
HB-593: Public Libraries - Automated External Defibrillator Program (Raymono A. Russell Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin E Holmes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 614 on 05/20/2025
Relating To Ambulances. [HB-905]
[Healthcare ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
Appropriates funds to the Department of Health to purchase of one advanced life support ambulance and related equipment to be based in central Maui, fund pay-related personnel costs for state-certified emergency medical services personnel, and increase the predictability and stability of available air ambulance services for all islands in the State. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
HB-905: Relating To Ambulances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Justin H. Woodson
Reported From Hlt (stand. Com. Rep. No. 572) As Amended In Hd 1, Recommending Passage On Second Reading And Referral To Fin. on 02/13/2025
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Public Safety Volunteers [SB-419]
[Taxes ]
[Public Safety ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Increasing, from $7,000 to $10,000, the amount of a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for an individual who is a qualifying public safety volunteer for a taxable year beginning after December 31, 2024.
SB-419: Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Public Safety Volunteers
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael A. Jackson
Hearing Canceled on 01/30/2025
Relating To Health. [HB-784]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Makes an appropriation for the operation of an additional ambulance for the island of Hawaii to be based in Makalei. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
HB-784: Relating To Health.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregg Takayama
Bill Scheduled For Conference Committee Meeting On Thursday, 04-24-25 3:16pm In Conference Room 329. on 04/23/2025