Enforcement of Federal Immigration Law - Restrictions on Access to Information (Maryland Data Privacy Act) [SB-977]
[Immigration ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[National Security ]
Prohibiting a certain person in possession of certain data, information, and records from sharing or otherwise making the data, information, and records available under certain circumstances; altering certain provisions of law to require a law enforcement agency or a unit of State or local government to deny access to certain databases, facilities, or buildings by certain individuals seeking access for the purpose of enforcing federal immigration law, under certain circumstances; etc.
SB-977: Enforcement of Federal Immigration Law - Restrictions on Access to Information (Maryland Data Privacy Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Hearing Canceled on 03/26/2025
Wicomico County - Alcoholic Beverages - Temporary To-Go Event Permit and Class C Per Diem Municipal To-Go Beer, Wine, and Liquor License [SB-798]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
Establishing a temporary to-go event permit in Wicomico County; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Wicomico County to issue a temporary to-go event permit to a holder of a Class B beer, wine, and liquor license; establishing a Class C per diem municipal to-go beer, wine, and liquor license in the county; authorizing the Board to issue a Class C per diem municipal to-go beer, wine, and liquor license to a municipality in the county; requiring the Board to adopt certain regulations; etc.
SB-798: Wicomico County - Alcoholic Beverages - Temporary To-Go Event Permit and Class C Per Diem Municipal To-Go Beer, Wine, and Liquor License
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 794 on 05/20/2025
You have voted SB-798: Wicomico County - Alcoholic Beverages - Temporary To-Go Event Permit and Class C Per Diem Municipal To-Go Beer, Wine, and Liquor License.
Criminal Law - Masked Intimidation - Prohibition (Unmask Hate Act) [SB-709]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a person from intentionally harassing, intimidating, or threatening another person while hiding or concealing their face; providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment of up to 90 days or a fine of up to $500 or both for a first offense, and for subsequent offenses, imprisonment of up to 180 days and a fine not to exceed $1,000 or both; and establishing certain affirmative defenses for a violation of the Act.
SB-709: Criminal Law - Masked Intimidation - Prohibition (Unmask Hate Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
Employment and Insurance Equality for Service Members Act [HB-895]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Insurance ]
[Veterans ]
[Economic Development ]
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 the regulation of business, economic development, insurance, and labor and employment to apply to all uniformed services, rather than only the armed forces.
HB-895: Employment and Insurance Equality for Service Members Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Rogers
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 6 on 04/08/2025
Hunter Safety Education - Issuance of Identification Number [HB-854]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Public Safety ]
[Animals ]
[Education ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to print an assigned permanent identification number in a certain manner for a person who completes the course of instruction in conservation and in competency and safety in the handling of firearms.
HB-854: Hunter Safety Education - Issuance of Identification Number
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Hornberger
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/17/2025
Baltimore County - Alcoholic Beverages - Sale or Delivery for Off-Premises Consumption [HB-770]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
Altering the scope of a certain provision prohibiting the retail delivery to a purchaser of alcoholic beverages in Baltimore County under certain circumstances; providing that certain authorization for the holders of certain licenses to sell alcoholic beverages for off-premises consumption in a certain manner applies only if the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore County has adopted certain regulations; etc.
HB-770: Baltimore County - Alcoholic Beverages - Sale or Delivery for Off-Premises Consumption
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Szeliga
First Reading Economic Matters on 01/29/2025
Correctional Services - Comprehensive Rehabilitative Prerelease Services - Female Incarcerated Individuals (The Monica Cooper Prerelease Act) [SB-632]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Construction ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering the required specifications for a certain prerelease facility for female incarcerated individuals; requiring the Department of General Services to direct the procurement processes for the construction of a certain prerelease facility for female incarcerated individuals; requiring the Commissioner of the Division of Correction to make certain services available to certain female incarcerated individuals; requiring the implementation of comprehensive prerelease services for certain individuals by September 1, 2025; etc.
SB-632: Correctional Services - Comprehensive Rehabilitative Prerelease Services - Female Incarcerated Individuals (The Monica Cooper Prerelease Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
Rereferred To Judiciary on 04/07/2025
You have voted SB-632: Correctional Services - Comprehensive Rehabilitative Prerelease Services - Female Incarcerated Individuals (The Monica Cooper Prerelease Act).
Vehicle Laws - Licenses, Identification Cards, and Moped Operator's Permits - Notation of Nonapparent Disability (Eric's ID Law) [SB-618]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Disabilities ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring that an original and renewal application for a license, an identification card, or a moped operator's permit allow an applicant to choose to indicate on the document the applicant's nonapparent disability; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to delete a certain record about an applicant's nonapparent disability notation under certain circumstances; requiring the Administration to establish public outreach efforts to educate the general public on the availability of the nonapparent disability notation; etc.
SB-618: Vehicle Laws - Licenses, Identification Cards, and Moped Operator's Permits - Notation of Nonapparent Disability (Eric's ID Law)
Sponsored by: Sen. William Ferguson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 448 on 05/13/2025
You have voted SB-618: Vehicle Laws - Licenses, Identification Cards, and Moped Operator's Permits - Notation of Nonapparent Disability (Eric's ID Law).
Baltimore City and Takoma Park - Stop Sign Monitoring Systems - Authorization of Pilot Program [SB-600]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing the use of stop sign monitoring systems in certain school zones in Baltimore City and the City of Takoma Park under the pilot program authorized for Prince George's County, if authorized by local law; and requiring that a certain percentage of the fines collected under the Act be distributed to the local management board for Baltimore City and be used only to provide youth programming and services for youth living in or attending a school located in the 45th or 46th legislative districts.
SB-600: Baltimore City and Takoma Park - Stop Sign Monitoring Systems - Authorization of Pilot Program
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 571 on 05/13/2025
Sales and Use Tax - Tax-Free Day - Veterans' Day [SB-528]
[Taxes ]
[Veterans ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Establishing November 11 as a tax-free day each year during which an exemption from the sales and use tax is provided for sales to certain veterans; requiring an individual, in order to qualify for the exemption, to provide the vendor evidence of eligibility for the exemption; and providing that evidence of eligibility may consist of a valid driver's license or government-issued identification card that includes a notation indicating that the individual is a veteran.
SB-528: Sales and Use Tax - Tax-Free Day - Veterans' Day
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Carozza
Hearing Canceled on 02/07/2025
Wicomico County - Alcoholic Beverages - Temporary To-Go Event Permit and Class C Per Diem Municipal To-Go Beer, Wine, and Liquor License [HB-655]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
Establishing a temporary to-go event permit in Wicomico County; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Wicomico County to issue a temporary to-go event permit to a holder of a Class B beer, wine, and liquor license; establishing a Class C per diem municipal to-go beer, wine, and liquor license in the county; authorizing the Board to issue a Class C per diem municipal to-go beer, wine, and liquor license to a municipality in the county; requiring the Board to adopt certain regulations; etc.
HB-655: Wicomico County - Alcoholic Beverages - Temporary To-Go Event Permit and Class C Per Diem Municipal To-Go Beer, Wine, and Liquor License
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 795 on 05/20/2025
You have voted HB-655: Wicomico County - Alcoholic Beverages - Temporary To-Go Event Permit and Class C Per Diem Municipal To-Go Beer, Wine, and Liquor License.
Law Enforcement Officers - Body-Worn Cameras - Requirements [HB-669]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
Authorizing a recording of a body-worn camera worn by a law enforcement officer to be used as evidence in certain proceedings; requiring a custodian to deny inspection of a recording made with the use of a body-worn camera used by a law enforcement officer, subject to certain exceptions; establishing minimum requirements for a body-worn camera policy for a law enforcement agency and the model policy created by the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission; etc.
HB-669: Law Enforcement Officers - Body-Worn Cameras - Requirements
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicole Williams
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025
Vehicle Laws - Licenses, Identification Cards, and Moped Operator's Permits - Notation of Nonapparent Disability (Eric's ID Law) [HB-707]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Disabilities ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring that an original and renewal application for a license, an identification card, or a moped operator's permit allow an applicant to choose to indicate on the document the applicant's nonapparent disability; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to ensure that a certain license, identification card, or moped operator's permit include a notation of a nonapparent disability; requiring the immediate implementation of training for law enforcement concerning interactions with persons with nonapparent disabilities; etc.
HB-707: Vehicle Laws - Licenses, Identification Cards, and Moped Operator's Permits - Notation of Nonapparent Disability (Eric's ID Law)
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 440 on 05/13/2025
You have voted HB-707: Vehicle Laws - Licenses, Identification Cards, and Moped Operator's Permits - Notation of Nonapparent Disability (Eric's ID Law).
Real Property - Fraudulent Possession and Unauthorized Lease or Listing - Prohibition and Removal [SB-556]
[Real Estate ]
[Crime ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Property Tax ]
Prohibiting the knowing and willful presentation of certain false documents in order to possess real property; prohibiting a person from leasing to another real property the person does not own or is not authorized to lease and from listing or advertising for sale real property if the person knows the purported seller is not the owner of the property; etc.
SB-556: Real Property - Fraudulent Possession and Unauthorized Lease or Listing - Prohibition and Removal
Sponsored by: Sen. Justin Ready
Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/28/2025
Relating To Geothermal Energy Exploration. [HB-1403]
[Energy ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Tourism ]
Appropriates funds to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism for the exploration and identification of geothermal resources on Hawaii island.
HB-1403: Relating To Geothermal Energy Exploration.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicole Lowen
Referred To Eep, Ecd, Fin, Referral Sheet 4 on 01/27/2025
Relating To Nursing. [SB-1596]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
Requires the State Board of Nursing to identify one facility in each of the counties of Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui that has the capability to establish a Pearson VUE Authorized Test Center as a test site to administer a National Council Licensure Examination for nurses; equip each facility identified with the technical and facility requirements necessary for a Pearson VUE Authorized Test Center; and submit an application for each facility to Pearson Education, Inc. to be authorized and contracted as a Pearson VUE Authorized Test Center. Requires a
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SB-1596: Relating To Nursing.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lorraine Inouye
Reported From Hhs (stand. Com. Rep. No. 558) With Recommendation Of Passage On Second Reading, As Amended (sd 1) And Referral To Wam. on 02/14/2025
Health Insurance - Adverse Decisions - Notices, Reporting, and Examinations [SB-474]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring that certain adverse decision and grievance decision notices include certain information in a certain manner; requiring certain carriers, if the number of adverse decisions issued by the carrier for a type of service has grown by 10% or more in the immediately preceding calendar year or 25% or more in the immediately preceding 3 calendar years, to provide certain information to the Maryland Insurance Commissioner; authorizing the Commissioner to use certain adverse decision information as the basis of an examination; etc.
SB-474: Health Insurance - Adverse Decisions - Notices, Reporting, and Examinations
Sponsored by: Sen. Pamela Beidle
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 670 on 05/20/2025
State Personnel - Job Sharing Arrangements and Tri-Position Identification Number System (Maryland Workforce Retention, Recruitment, and Reentry Act) [HB-520]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Human Services ]
Establishing, to the extent practicable, a certain Tri-Position Identification Number (Tri-PIN) system that is applicable to the Executive Branch of State government; requiring certain appropriate officials in State government to review vacant positions occurring on or after October 1, 2025, for potential placement into a Tri-PIN system that enables positions to be filled with part-time employees under a certain job sharing arrangement or a full-time employee; etc.
HB-520: State Personnel - Job Sharing Arrangements and Tri-Position Identification Number System (Maryland Workforce Retention, Recruitment, and Reentry Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Solomon
Hearing 2/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/24/2025
You have voted HB-520: State Personnel - Job Sharing Arrangements and Tri-Position Identification Number System (Maryland Workforce Retention, Recruitment, and Reentry Act).