Election Law - Postelection Tabulation Audits - Risk-Limiting Audits [SB-313]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Requiring the State Board of Elections, in collaboration with the local boards of elections, to conduct a risk-limiting audit after each statewide election; authorizing the State Board, in collaboration with the local boards, to conduct a risk-limiting audit after a special general election; authorizing, rather than requiring, the State Board, in collaboration with the local boards, to conduct an automated software audit after a statewide election; authorizing a local board to conduct a risk-limiting audit under certain circumstances; etc.
SB-313: Election Law - Postelection Tabulation Audits - Risk-Limiting Audits
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 320 on 05/06/2025
Department of Veterans and Military Families - Communications, Outreach, and Advocacy Program - Alterations [SB-309]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring the Communications, Outreach, and Advocacy Program in the Department of Veterans and Military Families to expand certain services to include service members and their families; and requiring the Secretary of Veterans and Military Families to submit an annual report by December 1 each year to the Governor and the General Assembly that includes a general assessment of communication methods utilized in support of the Communications, Outreach, and Advocacy Program.
SB-309: Department of Veterans and Military Families - Communications, Outreach, and Advocacy Program - Alterations
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Carozza
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 269 on 05/06/2025
Ai, Deepfakes, Cybersecurity, Data Xfers [SB-2]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Elections ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
An Act relating to disclosure of election-related deepfakes; relating to use of artificial intelligence by state agencies; and relating to transfer of data about individuals between state agencies.
SB-2: Ai, Deepfakes, Cybersecurity, Data Xfers
Sponsored by: Rep. Shelley Hughes
Read The First Time - Referrals on 01/22/2025
Office Of Information Technology [SB-38]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
An Act establishing the office of information technology; relating to information technology projects undertaken by state agencies; and providing for an effective date.
SB-38: Office Of Information Technology
Sponsored by: Rep. James Kaufman
Read The First Time - Referrals on 01/22/2025
Delivery Network Companies [SB-35]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Economic Development ]
An Act relating to transportation network and delivery network companies.
SB-35: Delivery Network Companies
Sponsored by: Sen. Jesse Bjorkman
Sta Rpt Recd Await Transmittal Nxt on 04/23/2025
Synthetic Media: Liability; Elections [SB-33]
[Elections ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Media and Advertising ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
An Act relating to defamation claims based on the use of synthetic media; relating to the use of synthetic media in electioneering communications; and providing for an effective date.
SB-33: Synthetic Media: Liability; Elections
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Cronk
Read The First Time - Referrals on 01/22/2025
Interstate Social Work Licensure Compact [HB-345]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
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 that the Act is contingent on the enactment of substantially similar legislation in six other states.
HB-345: Interstate Social Work Licensure Compact
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 9 on 04/08/2025
Workgroup on Newborn Nurse Home Visiting Services - Establishment [HB-334]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
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.
HB-334: Workgroup on Newborn Nurse Home Visiting Services - Establishment
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 719 on 05/20/2025
County Boards of Education - Members - Publication of Contact Information [HB-319]
[Education ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
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.
HB-319: County Boards of Education - Members - Publication of Contact Information
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Grammer
Hearing 1/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/15/2025
You have voted SB-710: Relating to the establishment and use of a written electronic communications system accessible to the public by certain municipal entities..
Vehicle Laws - Manufacturers and Dealers - Prices Listed on Dealer Websites [SB-28]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
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.
SB-28: Vehicle Laws - Manufacturers and Dealers - Prices Listed on Dealer Websites
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 01/27/2025
General Assembly Vacancy - Political Party Central Committees - Procedures [SB-171]
[Elections ]
[Ethics ]
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.
SB-171: General Assembly Vacancy - Political Party Central Committees - Procedures
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Hearing Canceled on 02/03/2025
County Boards of Education - Student Technology Use Policy - Requirements [HB-147]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring certain county boards of education to develop and adopt a policy on the use of a personal electronic device during school hours; requiring that the policy limit the use of a smartphone and a device connected to a smartphone during instructional time except for any purpose documented in the student's education program or Section 504 plan, to monitor or address a student's health issue, or for certain educational purposes; requiring the policy to be published on the county board's website and in student handbooks; etc.
HB-147: County Boards of Education - Student Technology Use Policy - Requirements
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
House Conference Committee Appointed (delegates Ebersole, Vogel And Hornberger) on 04/07/2025
General Assembly Vacancy - Political Party Central Committees - Procedures [HB-237]
[Elections ]
[Ethics ]
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.
HB-237: General Assembly Vacancy - Political Party Central Committees - Procedures
Sponsored by: Rep. Julie Palakovich Carr
Referred Education, Energy, And The Environment on 03/12/2025
County Boards of Education - Curriculum Guides and Courses of Study - Discrepancies [HB-161]
[Education ]
Requiring each county board of education to adopt curriculum guides and courses of study aligned with content standards established by the State Department of Education; establishing a process for correcting discrepancies identified by the State Superintendent of Schools in a county board's curriculum guides and courses of study, including the imposition of certain penalties; requiring the Department, in consultation with certain teachers, to develop content and curriculum standards and resources for each subject at each grade level; etc.
HB-161: County Boards of Education - Curriculum Guides and Courses of Study - Discrepancies
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 245 on 05/06/2025
Dental Services - Qualification for Maryland Dent-Care Program [HB-265]
[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.
HB-265: Dental Services - Qualification for Maryland Dent-Care Program
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 356 on 05/06/2025