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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Workgroup on Newborn Nurse Home Visiting Services - Establishment [HB-334]
Establishing the Workgroup on Universal Newborn Nurse Home Visiting Services; requiring the Workgroup to compile updated participant data and expenditure per participant from the home visiting programs currently operating in the State, compare the data for home visiting programs to the data for evidence-based models, identify service gaps, and identify workforce needs; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 31, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Referred Finance on 03/07/2025
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Interstate Social Work Licensure Compact [HB-345]
Entering into the Social Work Licensure Compact for the purpose of authorizing regulated social workers who hold multistate licenses to practice social work in member states in order to improve public access to competent social work services; establishing requirements for multistate licensure; establishing the Social Work Licensure Compact Commission; providing for withdrawal from the Compact; and providing the Act is contingent on the enactment of substantially similar legislation in six other states.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Referred Finance on 02/14/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
County Boards of Education - Members - Publication of Contact Information [HB-319]
Requiring the county school system of each county in the State to publish an e-mail address, a mailing address, and a certain phone number prominently on its website contact information for nonstudent members of the county board of education; and requiring the county school system in each county in the State to publish on its website an e-mail address for student members, if applicable.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Grammer
Hearing 1/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/15/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the establishment and use of a written electronic communications system accessible to the public by certain municipal entities. [SB-710]
Relating to the establishment and use of a written electronic communications system accessible to the public by certain municipal entities.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sarah Eckhardt
Scheduled For Public Hearing On . . . on 03/17/2025
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Maine 132nd Legislature
An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Fantasy Contests [SB-33]
An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Fantasy Contests
Sponsored by: Sen. Craig Hickman
Work Session Held on 03/12/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to property owners' associations, including condominium unit owners' associations. [SB-711]
Relating to property owners' associations, including condominium unit owners' associations.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Hughes
Read First Time on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Manufacturers and Dealers - Prices Listed on Dealer Websites [SB-28]
Providing that a manufacturer, distributor, or factory branch may not prohibit a dealer from listing on the dealer's website a vehicle for sale or lease at the purchase price, coerce or require a dealer to list a price different from the purchase price on the dealer's website, or take an adverse action against a dealer for listing a vehicle at a particular price on the dealer's website.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 01/27/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
General Assembly Vacancy - Political Party Central Committees - Procedures [SB-171]
Establishing requirements for the filling of a vacancy in the office of Senator or Delegate in the General Assembly by a central committee of a political party under the Maryland Constitution relating to applications, public notice, public meetings, and voting; and requiring a member of the central committee who has applied to fill the vacancy to recuse themselves from voting on the individual to fill the vacancy.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Hearing Canceled on 02/03/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
County Boards of Education - Student Technology Use Policy - Requirements [HB-147]
Requiring certain county boards of education to develop and adopt a policy that prohibits elementary and middle school students from using a cellular phone or personal electronic device during the school day except for any purpose documented in the student's individualized education program, to monitor or address a student's documented health issue or when directed by an educator or administrator for educational purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
Third Reading Passed (140-0) on 03/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
General Assembly Vacancy - Political Party Central Committees - Procedures [HB-237]
Establishing requirements for the filling of a vacancy in the office of Senator or Delegate in the General Assembly by a central committee of a political party under the Maryland Constitution relating to applications, public notice, public meetings, and voting; and requiring a member of the central committee who has applied to fill the vacancy to recuse themselves from voting on the individual to fill the vacancy.
Sponsored by: Rep. Julie Palakovich Carr
Referred Education, Energy, And The Environment on 03/12/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Primary and Secondary Education - Comprehensive Health Education Framework - Established [HB-161]
Requiring the State Department of Education, in collaboration with the Maryland Department of Health, to develop a comprehensive health education framework; requiring each county board of education to create an age-appropriate curriculum that is consistent with the comprehensive health education framework; and requiring each county board to establish policies, guidelines, and procedures for a parent or guardian to opt out of the family life and human sexuality topics for a certain student, subject to a certain prohibition.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary
Hearing 3/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/14/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Dental Services - Qualification for Maryland Dent-Care Program [HB-265]
Altering the eligibility criteria for Higher Education Loan Assistance Grants under the Maryland Dent-Care Program to include part-time employment.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Referred Education, Energy, And The Environment Finance on 02/21/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Health - Food and Milk Product Labeling - Requirements [HB-8]
Requiring, beginning July 1, 2026, certain food manufacturers, processors, and retailers to use certain terms regarding the quality or safety date on labels of food items manufactured for human consumption; prohibiting, beginning on July 1, 2026, a person from selling, or offering for sale, food items manufactured for human consumption with a certain label or that do not meet certain labeling requirements; requiring the creation of an educational program to inform consumers about the meaning of certain dates; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Andrea Harrison
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Internet Gaming - Authorization and Implementation [HB-17]
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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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Child Sexual Abuse Material - Artificial Intelligence Software [HB-5]
Defining "computer-generated image" to include images created through the use of artificial intelligence software as the term pertains to provisions of law related to child pornography.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Third Reading Passed (140-0) on 03/14/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Finance and Procurement - State Leasing of Real Property [HB-73]
Increasing the noncompetitive threshold for State leases of real property from less than 2,500 square feet to up to 5,000 square feet; altering the time frame during which the State is required to advertise the need for rental of building space from at least 30 days to 20 days before proposals for lease are due; requiring the advertisement to be in certain newspapers providing notice to at least the people of the affected locality; and requiring the notice to be posted on the Department's website and eMaryland Marketplace.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Referred Budget And Taxation on 02/28/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Elections - Ranked-Choice Voting in Contests for Presidential Nomination and Certification of Election-Supporting Technology [HB-215]
Authorizing the State Board of Elections, beginning with the 2028 statewide primary election, to use ranked-choice voting to conduct a contest for the nomination by a political party of a candidate for the office of President of the United States; requiring the State Board to adopt regulations for the review, certification, and decertification of election-supporting technology and to periodically review and evaluate election-supporting technology; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jennifer Terrasa
First Reading Ways And Means on 01/08/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Health - Maryland Commission on Health Equity - Advisory Committee and Hospital Reporting [SB-129]
Requiring the Maryland Commission on Health Equity, in coordination with the Maryland Department of Health, to establish a health equity measures advisory committee to determine the 10 widest disparities in health care quality, access, or outcomes for vulnerable populations; and requiring the health equity advisory committee to review the health equity reports submitted annually to the Department by licensed hospitals in the State.
Sponsored by: Sen. Arthur Ellis
Hearing 1/30 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/14/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Department of Education - Driver Education and Career and Technical Education - Funding (Driver Education and Career Education Act of 2025) [SB-161]
Requiring, for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2032, the Governor to include in the annual budget bill certain appropriations to the State Department of Education for the Coalition for Public Safety Training in Schools, Inc., in Prince George's County for certain purposes related to driver education and career and technical education; and requiring the Department to hire an independent contractor to conduct an annual evaluation of the impact of the funding provided by the Act on increasing the number of career-ready students.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Hearing 1/22 At 10:30 A.m. on 01/14/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Electric Vehicles - Repeal of Excise Tax Credit and Establishment of Rebate Program [HB-216]
Repealing the electric vehicle excise tax credit; establishing the Electric Vehicle Rebate Program; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to establish a website to administer the program; requiring a participating dealer to provide a rebate in the form of a reduction of the vehicle's purchase price equal to the full amount of the rebate for which the vehicle purchased is eligible at the time the eligible vehicle is purchased; requiring the Administration to reimburse a dealer for rebates provided by the dealer; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/15/2025