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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Schools - High School Sports Officials - Payment and Fees [SB-923]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Sports ]
Requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association, to develop and periodically update a list of similar high school sports that are categorized together; requiring a county board of education to ensure that certain high school sports officials for certain high school sports are provided equal pay; and requiring a county board to conduct invitations for bids for high school sports officiating services in a certain manner.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl C. Kagan
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 342 on 05/06/2025
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Education - High School Class Rankings and Guaranteed Admissions to Public Senior Institutions of Higher Education [SB-899]
[Education ]
Requiring, beginning in the 2025-2026 school year, certain high schools to prepare, in a certain manner, a class ranking of each student who completes grade 11 to establish rankings for use in a certain guaranteed admissions process to certain public senior institutions of higher education in the State; and requiring, beginning in the 2026-2027 academic year, public senior institutions of higher education to establish a certain process for accepting high school students who apply under a guaranteed admission policy.
Sponsored by: Sen. Malcolm L. Augustine
Hearing Canceled on 02/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Anne Arundel County - Board of License Commissioners - Alterations [SB-972]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Ethics ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Increasing from three to five the membership of the Board of License Commissioners for Anne Arundel County; altering the eligibility requirements for Board membership; requiring the Board to adopt and publish a certain ethics policy; prohibiting the Board from using any race or ethnicity information as a factor in determining whether to issue or renew a license; and requiring the Board to submit a report on the racial breakdown of the disciplinary actions taken by the Board to the General Assembly each year.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence K. Lam
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/16/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Procurement - Minority Business Enterprise Program - Extension and Reports [SB-829]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Altering the termination date for certain provisions of law governing the Minority Business Enterprise Program and its application to public-private partnerships, offshore wind projects, video lottery terminals, and sports wagering licenses; and altering the date by which certain reports, studies, and guidelines must be submitted.
Sponsored by: Sen. Antonio Hayes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 621 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Dorchester County - Well and On-Site Sewage Disposal Activities - Privatization Program [SB-964]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
Authorizing the Department of the Environment, at the request of the Dorchester County government and the local health department or county agency in Dorchester County that has received a well or on-site sewage disposal system delegation of authority by the Department, to establish a privatization program for the performance of activities associated with the well or on-site sewage disposal system delegation of authority in Dorchester County.
Sponsored by: Sen. Dorchester County Senators
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 424 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Pharmacogenomic Testing - Required Coverage [SB-961]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Insurance ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain health insurers, nonprofit health services plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for single-gene and multigene pharmacogenomic testing in certain circumstances; and limiting the prior authorization requirements that certain health insurers, nonprofit health services plans, and health maintenance organizations may implement for pharmacogenomic testing.
Sponsored by: Sen. Johnny Mautz
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2025
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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 C. Smith
Third Reading Passed (34-13) on 04/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Common Ownership Communities - Ombudsman Unit, Governing Document Database, and Local Commissions [SB-866]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Community Development ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Data Privacy ]
Establishing the Common Ownership Community Ombudsman Unit in the Office of the Attorney General to monitor relevant changes in federal and State laws, make certain information publicly available, assist members in understanding certain rights and processes, and provide information on alternative dispute resolution services; requiring common ownership communities to file certain documents; requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to establish a data base of governing documents; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Anthony Muse
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Education - Artificial Intelligence - Guidelines, Professional Development, and Task Force [SB-906]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with the State Board of Education and the Task Force on Artificial Intelligence in K-12 Education, to develop or update guidance on artificial intelligence for county boards of education; requiring the Department, in consultation with the Department of Information Technology, to develop and update annually a list of approved artificial intelligence tools; requiring each county board to conduct an annual inventory of systems that employ artificial intelligence; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Fry Hester
Hearing Canceled on 03/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Environment - Managed Aquifer Recharge Pilot Program - Establishment [SB-930]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Science ]
Prohibiting a person from performing groundwater augmentation except under certain circumstances; establishing the Managed Aquifer Recharge Pilot Program; authorizing the Department of the Environment to review, permit, and regulate groundwater augmentation; requiring groundwater augmentation to address a groundwater supply or quality problem that is occurring or reasonably anticipated to occur in the next 25 years; requiring, by December 31 each year, the Department to report on the status of the Pilot Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Dawn D. Gile
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 475 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Blueprint for Maryland's Future - Alterations [SB-852]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Children and Youth ]
Repealing the Career Counseling Program for Middle and High School Students and the associated funding; requiring county boards of education to report on per-school funding for certain programs associated with the Blueprint for Maryland's Future in a certain manner; providing a waiver from the minimum funding per school requirement for schools with 350 or fewer total students; altering the definition of "Tier I child" for purposes of publicly funded prekindergarten to include certain children; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Energy, And The Environment) on 02/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Amendments Convention Called Under Article V of the U.S. Constitution - Delegation to the Convention [SB-886]
[Elections ]
[Ethics ]
Requiring the General Assembly to appoint a delegation to an amendments convention called under Article V of the U.S. Constitution and an advisory committee under certain circumstances and in accordance with certain requirements; providing for the membership of the delegation; providing for the qualifications, oath, compensation, and duties of a commissioner to the delegation; establishing the operations of the delegation and the advisory committee; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Justin D Ready
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 Norris Love
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Insurance - Enforcement, Impaired Entities, Homeowner's Insurance Policies, and Unfair Claim Settlement Practices - Revisions [SB-893]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Establishing and altering requirements governing the regulation of insurance in the State, including requirements related to reviews and examinations undertaken by the Maryland Insurance Commissioner, premium discounts, the temporary suspension of writing new homeowner's insurance policies, and claims handling; providing that certain insurers may be subject to additional market conduct examinations under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nick Charles
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds to pay bail bonds. [SB-1048]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds to pay bail bonds.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Huffman
Scheduled For Public Hearing On . . . on 02/03/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Agriculture - Confinement of Egg-Laying Hens in Commercial Egg Production - Prohibitions [SB-806]
[Agriculture ]
[Animals ]
[Food ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibiting a certain farm owner or operator from knowingly confining egg-laying hens in an enclosure that is not a cage-free housing system and does not meet certain space requirements, subject to certain exceptions, on and after January 1, 2030; and prohibiting a business owner or operator or a farm owner or operator from selling shell eggs or egg products without a certain certification of compliance on and after January 1, 2030.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Fred Kramer
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Howard Community College - Board of Trustees, Meetings, and Contracts - Alterations Ho. Co. 1-25 [SB-813]
[Education ]
[Community Development ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Adding two members to the Board of Community College Trustees for Howard County; requiring each meeting of the Board to allow for public comment; requiring the Board to make a video or audio recording of its meetings which are to be made available on the Board's website; requiring Board members to undergo certain training specific to Board governance; and requiring the Board to submit a report to the General Assembly by January 1, 2026, and every 6 months thereafter until a contract is finalized, on the status of the faculty union contract.
Sponsored by: Sen. Howard County Senators
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 585 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Ethics - Conflicts of Interest and Blind Trust - Governor [SB-723]
[Ethics ]
Requiring the Governor to place certain interests into a certain certified blind trust or divest of certain interests within 6 months after taking the oath of office; requiring the Governor to enter into a nonparticipation agreement with the State Ethics Commission for any interests not included in a blind trust; requiring a certain business entity to report to the Ethics Commission any interest held in the business entity by the Governor or a restricted individual; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian J. Feldman
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Amendments Convention Called Under Article V of the U.S. Constitution - Delegation to the Convention [HB-925]
[Elections ]
[Ethics ]
Requiring the General Assembly to appoint a delegation to an amendments convention called under Article V of the U.S. Constitution and an advisory committee under certain circumstances and in accordance with certain requirements; providing for the membership of the delegation; providing for the qualifications, oath, compensation, and duties of a commissioner to the delegation; establishing the operations of the delegation and the advisory committee; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark N Fisher
Hearing 3/03 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/26/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Condominiums and Homeowners Associations - Elections, Financial Statements, and Enforcement [SB-758]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Establishing certain requirements for elections of the governing body of a condominium or homeowners association; requiring that the governing body of a condominium accommodate unit owner organizing activities relating to the governance of the condominium; prohibiting unit owners and lot owners from being charged for examining certain records of the condominium or homeowners association in a certain manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl C. Kagan
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 512 on 05/13/2025