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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Motor Vehicles - Automated Enforcement Programs - Privacy Protections [HB-516] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Data Privacy ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
Requiring a custodian of recorded images produced by certain automated enforcement systems to deny inspection of the images, subject to certain exceptions; prohibiting certain State and local agencies from using a recorded image or associated data from an automated enforcement system subject to certain exceptions; and establishing certain requirements and authorizations for the removal and destruction of recorded images and associated data produced by an automated enforcement system.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes Approved By The Governor - Chapter 464 on 05/13/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Juvenile Court - Jurisdiction [SB-422] [Children and Youth ] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Crime ]
Altering the jurisdiction of the juvenile court by repealing provisions specifying that the juvenile court does not have jurisdiction over a child alleged to have committed certain acts.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Hearing 2/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/24/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Recreational Equality for Service Members Act [HB-494] [Veterans ] [Public Health ] [Healthcare ] [Military ] [Recreation ]
Establishing rules of interpretation related to the uniformed services; altering the rule of interpretation for "veteran"; altering the application of certain provisions of law governing public health and the regulation of health occupations to apply to all uniformed services, rather than only the armed forces; altering the circumstances under which licenses for fishing in tidal waters do not lapse; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes Approved By The Governor - Chapter 266 on 05/06/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Gaming - Problem Gambling and College Athlete Protections [HB-465] [Gaming ] [Sports ] [Consumer Protection ] [Public Health ] [Mental Health ]
Requiring the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to adopt regulations to reduce or mitigate the effects of problem gambling; requiring the regulations to establish a voluntary exclusion list; requiring the Commission to provide contact information of individuals that request to be placed on the voluntary exclusion list to the Maryland Center for Excellence on Problem Gambling; prohibiting an individual under 21 years of age from participating in fantasy competitions; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Ebersole Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/21/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Vehicle Laws - Obscured, Modified, or Blocked Registration Plates and Registration Plate Covers [HB-470] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Consumer Protection ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Crime ]
Prohibiting a person from obscuring or modifying any vehicle registration plate in a manner that may prevent identification and enforcing the prohibition as a secondary offense; prohibiting a person from advertising for or promoting the sale of an unlawful registration plate cover by falsely claiming that the registration plate cover is lawful in the State; and establishing that a violation of the Act is an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice subject to certain enforcement and penalties.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein Approved By The Governor - Chapter 566 on 05/13/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Motor Vehicles - Automated Enforcement Programs - Privacy Protections [SB-381] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Data Privacy ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
Requiring a custodian of recorded images produced by certain automated enforcement systems to deny inspection of the images, subject to certain exceptions; prohibiting certain State and local agencies from using a recorded image or associated data from an automated enforcement system, subject to certain exceptions; establishing certain requirements and authorizations for the destruction of recorded images; and establishing certain requirements for privacy protection under automated enforcement programs.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith Approved By The Governor - Chapter 463 on 05/13/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Civil Actions - Distribution of Obscene Material to Minors and Age Verification Information [HB-394] [Children and Youth ] [Data Privacy ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Consumer Protection ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ] [Cybersecurity ] [Crime ]
Establishing that a commercial entity that distributes obscene material to minors on the Internet from certain websites is liable for certain damages; and prohibiting a commercial entity or third party that performs a certain age verification of an individual from retaining any identifying information of an individual under certain circumstances.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Grammer Hearing Canceled on 02/03/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Vehicle Laws - Obscured, Modified, or Blocked Registration Plates and Registration Plate Covers [SB-322] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Consumer Protection ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Crime ]
Prohibiting a person from obscuring or modifying any vehicle registration plate in a manner that may prevent identification and enforcing the prohibition as a secondary offense; prohibiting a person from advertising for or promoting the sale of certain registration plate covers by falsely claiming that the registration plate cover is lawful in the State; and establishing that a violation of the Act is an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice subject to certain enforcement and penalties.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/05/2025

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State (Arizona)
Arizona Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session (2025)

Early ballot drop off; identification [SB-1098] [Elections ] [Voting Rights ]
Early ballot drop off; identification

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Laurin Hendrix Governor Vetoed on 05/12/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Financial Institutions and Activities - Virtual Currency Kiosks - Registration and Regulation [SB-305] [Finance ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Consumer Protection ] [Cybersecurity ] [Law Enforcement ]
Establishing registration and operating requirements for a virtual currency kiosk operator to operate a virtual currency kiosk in the State; authorizing the Commissioner of Financial Regulation to investigate and enforce the Act in a certain manner; and authorizing the Commissioner to assess against a virtual currency kiosk operator a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 for each knowing and willful violation of the Act.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman Approved By The Governor - Chapter 117 on 04/22/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Certificates of Birth, Licenses, and Identification Cards - Sex Designation (Birth Certificate Modernization Act) [SB-314] [Public Health ] [Healthcare ] [Data Privacy ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Human Rights ]
Altering the circumstances under which the Secretary of Health is required to make a new certificate of birth due to the change of a sex designation of an individual; establishing requirements and a prohibition related to the making of new certificates of birth; and altering the options for indicating an individual's sex designation on a license, identification card, or moped operator's permit issued by the Motor Vehicle Administration.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam Hearing 2/05 At 2:00 P.m. (finance) on 01/20/2025

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State (Arizona)
Arizona Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session (2025)

Foreign entities; land; legislative approval [SB-1066] [Real Estate ] [International ]
Foreign entities; land; legislative approval

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Finchem Governor Vetoed on 04/18/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Employment and Insurance Equality for Service Members Act [SB-279] [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.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. J.B. Jennings Approved By The Governor - Chapter 5 on 04/08/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Recreational Equality for Service Members Act [SB-282] [Veterans ] [Public Health ] [Healthcare ] [Recreation ]
Establishing rules of interpretation related to the uniformed services; altering the rule of interpretation for "veteran"; altering the application of certain provisions of law governing public health and the regulation of health occupations to apply to all uniformed services, rather than only the armed forces; altering the circumstances under which licenses for fishing in tidal waters do not lapse; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson Approved By The Governor - Chapter 265 on 05/06/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Criminal Procedure - Forensic Genetic Genealogical DNA Analysis and Search - Affidavit for Judicial Authorization [HB-301] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ] [Science ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Data Privacy ]
Altering and clarifying the requirement that a sworn affidavit for judicial authorization to initiate forensic genetic genealogical DNA analysis and search (FGGS) assert that the reasonable investigative leads have been pursued and failed to identify the perpetrator and instead requiring that a sworn affidavit for judicial authorization assert that identity of the perpetrator is unknown.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Moon Approved By The Governor - Chapter 135 on 04/22/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Internet Gaming - Authorization and Implementation [HB-17] [Gaming ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Consumer Protection ]
Authorizing the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to issue certain licenses to certain qualified applicants to conduct or participate in certain Internet gaming operations in the State; requiring the Commission to regulate Internet gaming and the conduct of Internet gaming in the State; requiring an Internet gaming licensee to require individuals to provide proof of the registration in order to participate in Internet gaming; submitting the Act to a referendum; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary Hearing 2/10 At 11:00 A.m. on 01/17/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Sales and Use Tax - Tax-Free Day - Veterans' Day [HB-34] [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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Nick Allen Hearing 1/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/09/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Election Law - Polling Places - Establishing Voter Identity (Voter Privacy Act of 2025) [HB-115] [Elections ] [Voting Rights ] [Data Privacy ]
Authorizing a voter to establish the voter's identity at the request of an election judge at a polling place by presenting the voter's registration card, a valid Maryland driver's license, or any identification card that contains a photograph of the voter and is issued by a political subdivision of the State, the State, the federal government, or any unit of a political subdivision of the State, the State, or the federal government.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Long Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Criminal Law - Mail and Package Theft (Porch Piracy Act of 2025) [HB-210] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Data Privacy ] [Public Safety ]
Altering the prohibition against taking and breaking open a letter; prohibiting the theft of mail under certain circumstances; prohibiting a person from possessing an arrow key with the intent to use or allow the use of the arrow key in the commission of a violation of the Act; providing for concurrent jurisdiction in the District Court and circuit court to try a violation of the Act; and authorizing the use of facial recognition technology to investigate the commission of mail theft.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway Third Reading Passed (137-0) on 03/17/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Hunter Safety Education - Issuance of Identification Number [SB-128] [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.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Bailey Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/10/2025

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