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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Education - High School Graduation Requirements - Financial Aid Application [SB-552]
Requiring each public high school student, beginning in the 2026-2027 school year, to submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to the U.S. Department of Education or the Maryland State Financial Aid Application (MSFAA) to the Maryland Higher Education Commission, or a certain financial information form to a county board of education as a requirement for graduation.
Sponsored by: Sen. Malcolm Augustine
Hearing Canceled on 02/19/2025
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Victims and Witnesses - U Nonimmigrant Status - Certification of Victim Helpfulness [SB-553]
Altering the criteria for determining whether a certain victim or the victim's parent, guardian, or next friend shall be considered to be helpful, to have been helpful, or likely to be helpful to the detection, investigation, or prosecution of certain criminal activity for a certain purpose; altering the time periods within which a certain certifying entity shall certify or decline a certain form under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Malcolm Augustine
Hearing Canceled on 02/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Garrett County Alcoholic Beverages Act of 2025 [HB-685]
Establishing certain deluxe complex restaurant and resort complex beer and wine and beer, wine, and liquor licenses in Garrett County; requiring the Board of License Commissioners for Garrett County to hold a hearing for the issuance of certain festival licenses and altering certain notice requirements for the hearing; requiring certain festival license applicants to apply to the Board in a certain manner; clarifying the entities to which the Board may issue certain multiple day and multiple event licenses; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jim Hinebaugh
Returned Passed on 04/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases and Holdover Tenancies - Local Good Cause Termination (Good Cause Eviction) [HB-709]
Authorizing a county to adopt, by local law or ordinance, provisions prohibiting certain landlords of residential property from failing to renew a lease during the lease period or from terminating a holdover tenancy without good cause; establishing certain requirements and prohibitions for a local law or ordinance adopted in accordance with the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle Wilkins
Hearing Canceled on 02/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Education - High School Graduation Requirements - Financial Aid Application [HB-688]
Requiring each public high school student, beginning in the 2026-2027 school year, to submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to the U.S. Department of Education, the Maryland State Financial Aid Application (MSFAA) to the Maryland Higher Education Commission, or a certain financial information form to a county board of education as a requirement for graduation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Solomon
Hearing Canceled on 02/12/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Department of Information Technology - Maryland OneStop - Required State, County, and Municipal Information [SB-497]
Requiring the Department of Information Technology by December 1, 2025, and periodically thereafter, to update certain information available on the Maryland OneStop portal, the internet-based statewide licensing portal managed by the Department; requiring, beginning on July 1, 2026, each county and municipal corporation, in coordination with the Department, to make certain information available on the portal; and requiring each county and municipal corporation to periodically update certain information.
Sponsored by: Sen. Arthur Ellis
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/24/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Anne Arundel County - Alcoholic Beverages - Class C Licenses - Events [HB-571]
Authorizing a holder of certain Class C licenses in Anne Arundel County to sell beer, wine, and liquor to certain individuals for on-premises consumption during events held at the licensed premises; and requiring an outside group to obtain a per diem license from the Board of License Commissioners for Anne Arundel County if the outside group holds an event hosted by the holder of a certain Class C license.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Returned Passed on 04/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Business Regulation - Enforcement for Miscellaneous State Business Licenses - Study [HB-577]
Requiring the Comptroller to consult with certain stakeholders to study and make recommendations on the enforcement process for miscellaneous State business licenses; and requiring the Comptroller to report the findings and recommendations of the study to the General Assembly by December 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Returned Passed on 04/01/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Government - Maryland Reparations Commission - Establishment (Harriet Tubman Community Investment Act) [SB-469]
Establishing the Maryland Reparations Commission to develop and administer a program to provide compensatory benefits to the descendants of individuals enslaved in the State; providing that any individual whose ancestors were enslaved in the State is eligible to receive certain benefits; authorizing the Commission to seek the assistance of State agencies to develop and evaluate processes and applications; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill such sums as necessary to carry out the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Energy, And The Environment) on 01/30/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Common Ownership Communities - Local Commissions [HB-558]
Establishing requirements for a local commission on common ownership communities established by the local government of a county.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/27/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Real Property - Transfer-on-Death Deed - Establishment [HB-625]
Altering the Maryland Uniform Disclaimer of Property Interests Act to provide for the disclaimer of nonprobate transfers at death; providing for the creation, revocation, recordation, and effects of a transfer-on-death deed for real property; requiring the Administrative Office of the Courts to develop an informational sheet regarding transfer-on-death deeds; providing example forms for the creation and revocation of a transfer-on-death deed; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. (judiciary) on 01/27/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Educational Equality for Service Members Act [HB-600]
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 education to apply to all uniformed services, rather than only the armed forces.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Returned Passed on 04/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Primary and Secondary Education - Student Immunization - Temporary Admission Period [HB-608]
Requiring each county board of education to grant certain students temporary admission to schools for a certain time frame if the parent or guardian of a student is unable to provide proof of immunization under certain circumstances; and requiring the parent or guardian of a student granted temporary admission to present evidence of the student's appointment with a health professional or local health department for purposes of receiving the required immunizations or reconstructing a lost record.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Economic Development - Business Resource Initiative for Developmental Growth and Empowerment (BRIDGE) Program - Establishment [HB-648]
Establishing the Business Resource Initiative for Developmental Growth and Empowerment Program and Fund in the Department of Commerce to provide grants to certain business entities to establish certain business incubators; prohibiting the grants awarded under the Program from being used to support more than 25% of the operating expenses of a qualified incubator, except in the first year of a grant; requiring the Department to give priority for grants to incubators managed by socially or economically disadvantaged persons; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Regina Boyce
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Housing Development Act [HB-503]
Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to periodically establish housing production targets for the State and certain local jurisdictions; requiring the Department to publish housing production targets on its website and notify certain local jurisdictions; requiring the Department to publish an annual report assessing the progress of the State and certain local jurisdictions with meeting specified housing targets; establishing the Housing Opportunities Made Equitable Commission; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Hornberger
Rereferred To Education, Energy, And The Environment on 04/03/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Dental Services - Qualification for Maryland Dent-Care Program [SB-456]
Altering the eligibility criteria for Higher Education Loan Assistance Grants under the Maryland Dent-Care Program to include part-time employment.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Returned Passed on 04/03/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Registered Apprenticeship Investments for a Stronger Economy (RAISE) Act [HB-501]
Authorizing the State Board of Plumbing to waive the license examination requirement for a journey plumber license; authorizing the Secretary of Labor to waive the examination for certain licenses; altering the duties of the Maryland Apprenticeship and Training Council; repealing the Youth Apprenticeship Advisory Committee; establishing the Maryland Office of Registered Apprenticeship Development to market and advance the registered apprenticeship system throughout the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Education - Remote Learning Accommodations - Established (College Disability Education Act) [HB-531]
Requiring all public institutions of higher education to establish remote learning accommodations for students with disabilities that impede regular, in-person attendance beginning in the 2026-2027 academic year; authorizing the Maryland Higher Education Commission to issue waivers from the requirement under certain circumstances; establishing a grant program to assist institutions to meet the remote learning accommodations requirement; and providing for certain review procedures and penalties for noncompliance.
Sponsored by: Rep. Andre Johnson
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Economic Development - Delivering Economic Competitiveness and Advancing Development Efforts (DECADE) Act [HB-498]
Requiring the Department of Commerce to evaluate the potential employment and economic growth of the State's industry sectors and establish a certain list of industry sectors and activities to be considered for additional support; repealing the Maryland Economic Development Commission and Commerce Subcabinet; altering the designation, administration, and purposes of and eligibility for certain economic development programs; altering eligibility for and the calculation of certain economic development incentives; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing Canceled (ways And Means) on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Economic Development - Delivering Economic Competitiveness and Advancing Development Efforts (DECADE) Act [SB-427]
Altering the designation, administration, and purposes of and eligibility for certain economic development programs; redesignating the Maryland Economic Development Assistance Authority to be the Maryland Economic Competitiveness Fund; repealing the Maryland Small Business Development Financing Authority and certain related Funds; making the film production activity tax credit transferable; authorizing a qualified film production entity to amend its application for the tax credit under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Rereferred To Ways And Means And Appropriations on 04/07/2025