Investigations And Inquiries
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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Child Abuse and Neglect - Reports and Records - Disclosure [HB-1209]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring a local director of a local department of social services or the Secretary of Human Services to disclose certain reports and records of child abuse and neglect within 30 days after receiving a request if certain conditions are met; requiring the Secretary to notify the State's Attorney's office of a request to disclose certain reports and records of child abuse and neglect; requiring the State's Attorney's office to be given 30 days during which the office is authorized to redact certain portions of the reports and records; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin L. Grammer
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 485 on 05/13/2025
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Department of the Environment - Community Water and Sewerage Systems - Cybersecurity Planning and Assessments [HB-1062]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Water ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to coordinate, in coordination with the Department of Information Technology and the Maryland Department of Emergency Management, cybersecurity efforts within community water systems and community sewerage systems; establishing the roles and responsibilities of various State agencies with respect to regulating, assessing, and promoting cybersecurity efforts within the water and wastewater sector; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Andrea Fletcher Harrison
Favorable With Amendments Report By Environment And Transportation on 04/05/2025
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Applicants for Positions Involving Direct Contact With Minors - Required Information, Review Process, and Reporting - Alterations [HB-1105]
[Children and Youth ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring child care centers and youth-serving organizations to require applicants for positions involving direct contact with minors to submit certain information; requiring county boards of education, nonpublic schools, and contracting agencies to require applicants for positions involving direct contact with minors to submit certain information relating to certain boundary-violating behavior; requiring child care centers and youth-serving organizations to follow certain procedures when hiring certain applicants; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Edith Jerry Patterson
Hearing Canceled on 02/07/2025
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Local Government - Accommodations Intermediaries - Hotel Rental Tax Collection by Comptroller [HB-1103]
[Taxes ]
[Housing ]
Requiring certain accommodations intermediaries to collect and remit the hotel rental tax to the Comptroller rather than to each county; providing for the administration of the hotel rental tax by the Comptroller; providing that certain provisions of State law prevail over certain local laws or agreements related to the hotel rental tax; repealing the authority of certain counties to provide for certain exemptions from the hotel rental tax; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary
Hearing Canceled on 02/07/2025
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Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases - Prospective Tenant Criminal History Records Check (Maryland Fair Chance Housing Act) [HB-1077]
[Housing ]
[Crime ]
[Real Estate ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a landlord from requiring or requesting from a prospective tenant certain information relating to criminal history and prohibiting a landlord from considering certain information when evaluating the prospective tenant; permitting a landlord to consider certain criminal history information prior to extending a conditional offer to a prospective tenant and requiring the landlord to consider certain information provided by a prospective tenant relating to a criminal history records check; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle K. Wilkins
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2025
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Fraud Prevention and Worker Protections - Prohibitions, Penalties, and Enforcement [HB-1096]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a person from knowingly making or using, or causing to be made or used, a false record or statement resulting in underpayments of unemployment insurance contributions or payment of unemployment insurance benefits of more than a certain amount; altering the enforcement mechanisms of the Maryland Wage and Hour Law, the Maryland Wage Payment and Collection Law, workplace fraud laws, living wage laws, and prevailing wage laws; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing Canceled on 02/10/2025
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Public Schools - Student Fights - School Investigation and Discipline [HB-1132]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Requiring a principal or school administration to investigate each student fight or physical struggle; prohibiting a school employee from disciplining a student who, after an investigation, more likely than not used reasonable force necessary to protect the student or to escape the attack; and requiring a principal or school administration to expunge certain documentation from a student's disciplinary record under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barrie S. Ciliberti
Hearing 3/03 At 11:00 A.m. on 02/07/2025
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Fraud Prevention and Worker Protections - Prohibitions, Penalties, and Enforcement [SB-938]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
Prohibiting a person from knowingly making or using, or causing to be made or used, a false record or statement resulting in underpayments of unemployment insurance contributions or payment of unemployment insurance benefits of more than a certain amount; altering the enforcement mechanisms of the Maryland Wage and Hour Law, the Maryland Wage Payment and Collection Law, workplace fraud laws, living wage laws, and prevailing wage laws; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2025
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Local Government - Accommodations Intermediaries - Hotel Rental Tax - Collection by Comptroller and Alterations [SB-979]
[Taxes ]
[Housing ]
Requiring certain accommodations intermediaries to collect and remit the hotel rental tax to the Comptroller rather than to each county; providing for the administration of the hotel rental tax by the Comptroller; providing that certain provisions of State law prevail over certain local laws or agreements related to the hotel rental tax; repealing the authority of certain counties to provide for certain exemptions from the hotel rental tax; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy J Guzzone
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 638 on 05/20/2025
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Cybersecurity - Standards, Compliance, and Audits - Alterations [SB-907]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
Repealing the requirement that county boards of education prioritize the purchase of digital devices with certain funds; requiring each local school system to comply with, and certify compliance with, the State minimum cybersecurity standards and to conduct a cybersecurity maturity assessment every 2 years; requiring the Office of Security Management within the Department of Information Technology to annually update the State minimum cybersecurity standards; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Fry Hester
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2025
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Higher Education - Antihate and Antidiscrimination Policies and Workgroup (Maryland Campus Accountability and Modernization to Protect University Students Act) [SB-847]
[Education ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Community Development ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring institutions of higher education to adopt and enforce policies regarding antihate and antidiscrimination and time, place, and manner requirements for expressive conduct; requiring institutions of higher education to conduct certain meetings with certain approved student organizations; establishing the Campus Community Grant Program; and establishing the Workgroup on Combating Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and Other Forms of Racial, Ethnic, and Religious Violence, Harassment, and Intimidation.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2025
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Common Ownership Communities - Ombudsman Unit, Governing Document Database, and Local Commissions [SB-866]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Community Development ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Data Privacy ]
Establishing the Common Ownership Community Ombudsman Unit in the Office of the Attorney General to monitor relevant changes in federal and State laws, make certain information publicly available, assist members in understanding certain rights and processes, and provide information on alternative dispute resolution services; requiring common ownership communities to file certain documents; requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to establish a data base of governing documents; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Anthony Muse
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Consumer Protection - High-Risk Artificial Intelligence - Developer and Deployer Requirements [SB-936]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring a certain developer of, and a certain deployer who uses, a certain high-risk artificial intelligence system to use reasonable care to protect consumers from known and reasonably foreseeable risks of certain algorithmic discrimination in a certain high-risk artificial intelligence system; regulating the use of high-risk artificial intelligence systems by establishing certain requirements for disclosures, impact assessments, and other consumer protection provisions; authorizing the Attorney General to enforce the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sara Norris Love
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2025
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Railroads - Safety Requirements (Maryland Railway Safety Act of 2025) [SB-855]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
Establishing requirements and prohibitions related to the operation of railroads in the State, including provisions related to the size of the crew, blocking of railroad and highway grade crossings, the length of trains operating on a main or branch line, wayside detectors, and investigations by railroad labor union representatives; and requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to establish and maintain a reporting system regarding the transportation of hazardous materials and waste by rail in the State.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Anthony Muse
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2025
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Cyber Maryland Program - Revisions [SB-867]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Transferring the Cyber Maryland Program from the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to the Maryland Department of Labor; altering the duties of the Program; requiring the Program to issue competitive grants and contracts beginning in fiscal year 2026, to enhance cybersecurity workforce development, including cybersecurity for operational technology; authorizing the Governor for fiscal year 2027 and each fiscal year thereafter to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation sufficient to run the program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Fry Hester
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 218 on 04/22/2025
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Insurance - Enforcement, Impaired Entities, Homeowner's Insurance Policies, and Unfair Claim Settlement Practices - Revisions [SB-893]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Establishing and altering requirements governing the regulation of insurance in the State, including requirements related to reviews and examinations undertaken by the Maryland Insurance Commissioner, premium discounts, the temporary suspension of writing new homeowner's insurance policies, and claims handling; providing that certain insurers may be subject to additional market conduct examinations under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nick Charles
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2025
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Department of the Environment - Community Water and Sewerage Systems - Cybersecurity Planning and Assessments [SB-871]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Water ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to coordinate, in coordination with the Department of Information Technology and the Maryland Department of Emergency Management, cybersecurity efforts within community water systems and community sewerage systems; establishing the roles and responsibilities of various State agencies with respect to regulating, assessing, and promoting cybersecurity efforts within the water and wastewater sector; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Fry Hester
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 495 on 05/13/2025
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Transportation Network Companies - Deactivation of Operators - Policy and Appeal Procedure [HB-1030]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Altering the definitions of "transportation network company" and "transportation network operator" for purposes of provisions of law regarding transportation network companies; requiring a transportation network company to maintain a deactivation policy that provides the policies and procedures for the deactivation of operators; prohibiting a transportation network company from deactivating an operator unless the deactivation is consistent with the company's deactivation policy; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Diana M. Fennell
Hearing Canceled on 03/03/2025
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Correctional Services - Private Detention Facilities - Deprivation of Rights, Privileges, and Immunities [HB-1011]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a person from depriving an individual in a private detention facility of any right, privilege, or immunity secured by the United States Constitution, the Maryland Constitution, the Maryland Declaration of Rights, or any state or federal law; authorizing the Office of the Attorney General to investigate a violation of the Act; authorizing the Office of the Attorney General to file a civil action against a person for a violation of the Act under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/24/2025
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Correctional Services - Private Detention Facilities - Deprivation of Rights, Privileges, and Immunities [SB-786]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Prohibiting a person from depriving an individual in a private detention facility of any right, privilege, or immunity secured or protected by the United States Constitution, the Maryland Constitution, the Maryland Declaration of Rights, or any state or federal law; authorizing the Office of the Attorney General to investigate a violation of the Act; authorizing the Office of the Attorney General to file a civil action against a person for a violation of the Act under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/03/2025