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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Health Insurance - Prescription Drug Formularies and Coverage for Generic Drugs and Biosimilars [HB-529]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring certain carriers to post updated, accurate, and complete prescription drug formularies and changes to the formularies in a certain manner on a carrier's website; and requiring certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to make certain generic drugs and biosimilars available on a formulary with certain cost sharing.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jennifer Terrasa
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/17/2025
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Maryland Transit Administration - Purple Line - Free Ridership and Promotional Materials and Services [HB-527]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Small Business ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring the Maryland Transit Administration to develop and implement a program providing for the first month after transit service begins on the Purple Line, free ridership on Purple Line transit vehicles to individuals residing within a one-quarter-mile radius of the Purple Line track; and requiring the Administration to include, beginning on October 1, 2025, for 3 months after service on the Purple Lines begins promotional materials and services at no cost to small businesses located within a one-quarter-mile radius of the Purple Line track.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 494 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Workgroup on the Reorganization of the Maryland Transit Administration [HB-517]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Workgroup on the Reorganization of the Maryland Transit Administration to study reorganizing the Maryland Transit Administration; requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2025; and requiring the Department of Transportation, in consultation with the Department of Legislative Services, to submit to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House draft legislation to effectuate the recommendations of the Workgroup.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marc Korman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 462 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Excellence in Maryland Public Schools Act [SB-429]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Economic Development ]
Altering the definitions of "target per pupil foundation amount", "collaborative time per pupil amount", "compensatory education per pupil amount", "English learner per pupil amount", "special education per pupil amount", "growth in the target per pupil foundation amount", and "change in the per pupil amount"; directing county boards of education to provide certain funding to local workforce development boards to support the Career Counseling Program for Middle and High School Students; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/02/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Procurement Reform Act of 2025 [HB-500]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Infrastructure ]
Authorizing the Secretary of General Services to delegate certain powers and duties to the Chief Procurement Officer; altering the authority of the Department of General Services to engage in or control procurement of certain equipment and services; requiring the Department of Information Technology to establish a technical procurement team; altering the authority of the Department of Transportation and the Maryland Transportation Authority to engage in procurement for certain supplies and services; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 601 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Dental Services - Qualification for Maryland Dent-Care Program [SB-456]
[Healthcare ]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
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
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 357 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Real Property - New Home Sales - Entry of Final Sale Price in Multiple Listing Service [SB-441]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Housing ]
Requiring a developer, builder, broker, or real estate agent to enter the final sale price of a new home into a multiple listing service or similarly accessible database.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Sydnor
Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/28/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Chesapeake Bay Legacy Act [SB-428]
[Agriculture ]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Food ]
Establishing the Maryland Leaders in Environmentally Engaged Farming (LEEF) Program; establishing the Maryland Leaders in Environmentally Engaged Farming (LEEF) Program Fund to support actions associated with fulfilling the Program's purpose; defining "fixed natural buffer" as a strip of maintained, native vegetation alongside a body of water; exempting certain holders of certain fishing licenses from the requirement to obtain a certain food establishment license; establishing the Water Quality Monitoring Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Third Reading Passed (47-0) on 04/02/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Election Law - Influencing a Voter By Dissemination of a Deepfake - Prohibition [HB-525]
[Elections ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Prohibiting a person from, with fraudulent intent, influencing or attempting to influence a voter's decision whether or not to cast a vote or how to vote on a candidate or ballot issue by disseminating a deepfake; and defining "deepfake" as an image, an audio recording, or a video recording that has been intentionally created or manipulated with the use of generative artificial intelligence or other digital technology to create a realistic but false depiction of a person that an ordinary person would conclude is an actual representation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Referred Rules on 04/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Excellence in Maryland Public Schools Act [HB-504]
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[Taxes ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Authorizing local governing bodies to exceed certain tax and revenue limitations for a certain purpose; altering the source of funds for the Blueprint for Maryland's Future Fund to include the interest earnings of the Academic Excellence Fund; authorizing the Department to establish a national teacher recruitment campaign; establishing the Academic Excellence Program in the Department to address critical academic needs in public schools; requiring local school systems to develop certain countywide community school implementation plans; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Hornberger
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 237 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Hospitals - Price Transparency - Requirements and Fund [HB-547]
[Healthcare ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring hospitals in the State to comply with a certain federal price transparency law; requiring hospitals to maintain and make available a list of standard charges for the hospital's shoppable services; prohibiting hospitals from selling certain personal data; requiring the Secretary of Health to perform certain hospital monitoring duties; requiring hospitals who violate certain provisions of the Act to submit corrective action plans; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Grammer
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Procurement Reform Act of 2025 [SB-426]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
Authorizing the Secretary of General Services to delegate certain powers and duties to the Chief Procurement Officer; altering the authority of the Department of General Services to engage in or control procurement of certain equipment and services; altering the authority of the Department of Transportation and the Maryland Transportation Authority to engage in procurement for certain supplies and services for transportation related activities; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Hearing Canceled on 01/30/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Medical Practice Act and Maryland Physician Assistants Act - Revisions [SB-423]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Mental Health ]
Repealing obsolete and redundant language in, clarifying language in, and making language consistent across certain provisions of law governing the State Board of Physicians and the regulation of physicians, physician assistants, and allied health professionals; altering certain licensure requirements; altering the grounds for discipline for physicians, physician assistants, and allied health professionals; authorizing the Board to impose a civil penalty for a certain report made in bad faith; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Pamela Beidle
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 675 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Fully Autonomous Vehicles - Human Safety Operators and Reporting Requirements [SB-405]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring a human safety operator to be present in certain fully autonomous vehicles operating on highways in the State; requiring a manufacturer of a fully autonomous vehicle to submit to the Motor Vehicle Administration an incident report on any vehicle collision, certain citations for traffic violations, any disengagement event, or any assault or harassment of a passenger or human safety operator that occurs in the State and involves a fully autonomous vehicle under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Johnny Salling
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Transportation - Maryland Area Rail Commuter Rail Authority - Establishment (MARC Rail Authority Act of 2025) [SB-401]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Establishing the Maryland Area Rail Commuter (MARC) Rail Authority and the powers and duties of the MARC Rail Authority, acting on behalf of the Department of Transportation, with respect to the supervision, construction, operation, maintenance, and repair of MARC railroad facilities projects; authorizing the MARC Rail Authority to issue certain revenue bonds to finance the cost of MARC railroad facilities; establishing the MARC Rail Authority Fund; and requiring certain funds and revenues to be deposited in the Fund.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray
Favorable With Amendments Report By Budget And Taxation on 04/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Fantasy Competitions - Alterations and Voluntary Exclusion Requirements [HB-484]
[Gaming ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Altering the definition of "fantasy competition" for purposes of provisions of law governing fantasy competitions to include certain competitions; requiring the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to establish a certain voluntary exclusion program; prohibiting a fantasy competition operator from permitting an individual on the mandatory exclusion list to establish a fantasy competition account or participate 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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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Education - Antidiscrimination Policies - Policy and Notice Requirements [HB-495]
[Education ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring certain schools that have an antidiscrimination policy to ensure that the policy includes certain information and is available to certain individuals in a certain manner; requiring a school to provide a certain training regarding antidiscrimination policies to students and employees in a certain manner; and requiring, if sufficient resources are not available to provide training, a school to coordinate with a community organization with certain expertise to provide the training to students and employees at no cost.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. (ways And Means) on 01/29/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Schools - Discipline-Related Data - Collection and Publication [HB-488]
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[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the State Department of Education to disaggregate certain discipline-related data in an electronic spreadsheet format for the Department's website, make the data available to the public, and report certain discipline-related information each year; and requiring the Department to maintain a certain risk ratio and State comparison threshold used to identify a school's disproportional disciplinary practices and report disproportionality data for high-suspending schools.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseline Pena-Melnyk
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Health - Maryland Commission on Health Equity - Advisory Committee and Hospital Reporting [HB-474]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Mental Health ]
[Human Services ]
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 State hospitals.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing Canceled on 01/24/2025
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Relating to public notice of a crematory's compliance history, rating, and classification. [HB-1949]
[Public Safety ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Relating to public notice of a crematory's compliance history, rating, and classification.
Sponsored by: Rep. Donna Howard
Scheduled For Public Hearing On . . . on 05/01/2025