Howard County
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Transportation - Regional Transportation Authorities [SB-881]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Baltimore region, capital region, and Southern Maryland region transportation authorities to develop and implement certain transportation plans; establishing the Baltimore region, capital region, and Southern Maryland region transportation funds as special, nonlapsing funds; imposing certain transportation authority sales tax surcharges, hotel surcharges, and transfer tax surcharges; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. (budget And Taxation) on 02/05/2025
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Collective Bargaining - Local Government Employees and Public Employee Relations Act [SB-976]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing collective bargaining rights for public local employees; applying the Maryland Public Employee Relations Act to county and municipal government employers and their employees; providing that a public employee may be deemed a certain management employee for purposes of establishing collective bargaining rights; establishing impasse procedures for collective bargaining between public local employees and their employers that include binding arbitration; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence K. Lam
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2025
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Howard Community College - Board of Trustees, Meetings, and Contracts - Alterations Ho. Co. 1-25 [SB-813]
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[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
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[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
State Procurement - Worker Residency Requirements [HB-957]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Construction ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Requiring certain contractors to ensure that at least 35% of apprenticeship hours on certain projects are performed by State residents; requiring the Department of Labor to enforce certain residency requirements; providing that a contractor that fails to meet certain requirements is liable for an amount twice the number of apprentice hours at the apprentice rate by which the contractor failed to meet the applicable requirement; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Third Reading Passed (122-12) on 04/07/2025
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Howard County - Common Ownership Communities - Funding of Reserve Accounts and Preparation of Funding Plans Ho. Co. 4-25 [SB-777]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring that the annual budget of a cooperative housing corporation, a residential condominium, or a homeowners association in Howard County include certain funds; requiring that certain funds for the reserve account of a cooperative housing corporation, a residential condominium, or a homeowners association in Howard County be deposited by a certain day each fiscal year; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Howard County Senators
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Canada Geese - Bag Limits [HB-892]
[Animals ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Recreation ]
Requiring, during the migratory Canada goose (Atlantic population) hunting season, the bag limit for all Canada geese in certain areas of the State, including geese found in the Atlantic Flyway Resident Population Hunt Zone and the Atlantic Population Hunt Zone, to conform to the bag limit for Atlantic population Canada geese adopted annually by the Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven J. Arentz
Referred Rules on 04/04/2025
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Columbia Association - Lease Requirements and Governing Documents Ho. Co. 14-25 [HB-808]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring a written lease for certain residential or commercial real property in Howard County to include information on the annual charge assessed by the Columbia Association and a description of certain rights and privileges under certain circumstances; requiring a landlord to provide a tenant with a copy of certain covenants and governing documents under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 584 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Lottery Fund - Laurel Race Course - Local Impact Aid [SB-595]
[Gaming ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring the Comptroller to distribute, for certain fiscal years, from the State Lottery Fund $250,000 of supplemental local impact aid to Anne Arundel County, Howard County, and the City of Laurel from the proceeds of the Racetrax lottery game to be used for certain programs and services in the communities surrounding Laurel Race Course; specifying the purposes for and manner in which the supplemental local impact aid may be utilized; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/04/2025
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Howard County - Public Campaign Financing - Board of Education Ho. Co. 3-25 [SB-575]
[Elections ]
[Funding ]
[Education ]
Authorizing the governing body of Howard County to establish a system of public campaign financing for members of the county board of education.
Sponsored by: Sen. Howard County Senators
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/30/2025
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Howard County Board of Education - Board Member Terms and Compensation Commission Ho. Co. 2-25 [SB-574]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
Altering the terms of the members of the Howard County Board of Education; establishing the Howard County Board of Education Compensation Commission; and requiring the Commission to study the salaries of the Members of the Howard County Board of Education and issue a report to the Howard County Council by September 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Sen. Howard County Senators
Motion Recommit To Committee (senator Lam) Adopted on 03/14/2025
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State Lottery Fund - Laurel Race Course - Local Impact Aid [HB-337]
[Gaming ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring the Comptroller, beginning in fiscal year 2026, to distribute from the State Lottery Fund $250,000 of supplemental local impact aid to Anne Arundel County, Howard County, and the City of Laurel from the proceeds of the Racetrax lottery game to be used for certain programs and services in the communities surrounding Laurel Race Course; specifying the purposes for and manner in which the supplemental local impact aid may be utilized; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseline A Pena-Melnyk
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 403 on 05/06/2025
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Baltimore County, Frederick County, Howard County, and Washington County Boards of Education – Student Members – Alterations [SB-98]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering certain provisions of law relating to the rights and privileges of student members of certain county boards of education; repealing the requirement that a student member of the Baltimore County Board of Education complete a certain training prior to voting on certain matters; adding a nonvoting student member to the Washington County Board of Education; and establishing a certain scholarship and reimbursement for certain activities of the student member of the Washington County Board of Education.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/03/2025
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Howard County Task Force to Study Revenue Options for School Capital Needs Ho. Co. 18-24 [SB-1186]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Taxes ]
Establishing the Howard County Task Force to Study Revenue Options for School Capital Needs to identify capital needs of Howard County Public Schools and study options for closing any identified funding gaps through 2035; requiring the Howard County Council to submit a resolution to the Howard County Delegation to the General Assembly if the county council makes a certain determination; and requiring the Task Force to report its recommendations to certain county officials and the Howard County Delegation on or before October 31, 2024.
Sponsored by: Sen. Howard County Senators
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/02/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Workgroup to Study the Fiscal and Operational Viability of Public-Private Partnerships for Howard County Public Schools - Established Ho. Co. 14-24 [SB-1155]
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[Construction ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing the Workgroup to Study the Fiscal and Operational Viability of Public-Private Partnerships for Howard County Public Schools to study the use of public-private partnerships to reduce or increase the speed of school construction, the potential for public-private partnerships to reduce or improve the quality of school construction, and other possible uses for public-private partnerships; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations by December 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Sen. Howard County Senators
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/11/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Columbia Association - Lease Requirements and Governing Documents Ho. Co. 4-24 [SB-1146]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring a written lease for certain residential or commercial real property in Howard County to include information on the annual charge assessed by the Columbia Association and a description of certain rights and privileges under certain circumstances; requiring a landlord to provide a tenant with a copy of certain covenants and governing documents under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Howard County Senators
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/10/2024
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Howard County - Payment in Lieu of Taxes Agreements - Moderate Income Housing Ho. Co. 8-24 [SB-1147]
[Housing ]
[Taxes ]
[Real Estate ]
[Property Tax ]
[Community Development ]
Authorizing certain owners of real property and the governing body of Howard County to enter into payment in lieu of taxes agreements for maintaining a certain number of moderate income housing units at the property; requiring the County Executive of Howard County to publish on the county's website the methodology used to calculate the negotiated payment amount under a payment in lieu of taxes agreement authorized under the Act and to reevaluate the methodology at least once every 5 years; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Howard County Senators
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/10/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Howard County Public Schools - Differences in Capital Budget Proposals - Report [SB-1132]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Requiring the Howard County Board of Education, under certain circumstances, to publish on the website of the Howard County public school system a report that details the differences between the Howard County Superintendent of Schools' proposed capital budget and the capital budget approved by the Howard County Board of Education and the detailed rationale for each difference; requiring the Howard County Board of Education to submit the report to the General Assembly; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Howard County Senators
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Howard County – Public Campaign Financing – Board of Education Ho. Co. 1–24 [SB-1130]
[Elections ]
[Funding ]
[Education ]
Authorizing the governing body of Howard County to establish a system of public campaign financing for members of the county board of education.
Sponsored by: Sen. Howard County Senators
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/09/2024
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Howard County Agricultural Preservation Advisory Board - Term Length - Alteration Ho. Co. 15-24 [SB-1128]
[Agriculture ]
[Community Development ]
Limiting the term of a member serving on the agricultural preservation advisory board in Howard County to 3 years; and authorizing members currently serving on the agricultural preservation advisory board in Howard County to complete their terms.
Sponsored by: Sen. Howard County Senators
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/09/2024
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Howard County - Board of Education Elections - Ranked-Choice Voting Ho. Co. 6-24 [SB-1129]
[Elections ]
Authorizing the Howard County Council to adopt a ranked-choice voting method for elections for the Howard County Board of Education.
Sponsored by: Sen. Howard County Senators
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/09/2024