Investigations And Inquiries
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Schools – Student Fights – School Investigation and Discipline [SB-783]
[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: Sen. Mike McKay
Hearing Canceled on 02/19/2025
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Campaign Finance - Political Organizations - Disclosures on Solicitations (Stop Scam PACs Act) [HB-906]
[Elections ]
[Ethics ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring certain political organizations to include certain disclaimers and disclosures on certain solicitations; authorizing the State Administrator of Elections to investigate a potential violation of the Act; and authorizing the State Board after the issuance of a public report of its findings to prohibit a person who violated the Act from making further solicitations for a certain period or impose a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000.
Sponsored by: Rep. Julie Palakovich Carr
Floor Amendment {633121/1 (senator Ready) on 04/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Commercial Financing - Small Business Truth in Lending Act [SB-754]
[Finance ]
[Small Business ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Economic Development ]
Regulating commercial financing transactions, including by establishing requirements related to certain disclosures, calculations of annual percentage rates, terms of repayments, and other related items, and the extension of specific offers.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Fred Kramer
Referred Economic Matters on 03/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Law Enforcement - Records of Administrative Investigation - Expungement [SB-762]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Requiring a certain record relating to an administrative investigation of misconduct by a police officer to be expunged under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Department of General Services - Maryland Capitol Police - Jurisdiction [SB-766]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Altering the jurisdiction of the Maryland Capitol Police of the Department of General Services.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael A. Jackson
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Transportation Network Companies - Deactivation of Operators - Policy and Appeal Procedure [SB-747]
[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: Sen. Clarence K. Lam
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Railroads - Safety Requirements (Maryland Railway Safety Act of 2025) [HB-958]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Energy ]
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: Rep. Dana M Stein
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact [HB-959]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Entering into the School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact for the purpose of authorizing licensed school psychologists who hold multistate licenses to provide school psychological services in member states; establishing requirements for multistate licensure; establishing the School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact Commission; providing for the withdrawal from the Compact; and providing the Act is contingent on the enactment of substantially similar legislation in seven other states.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bernice Mireku-North
Hearing Canceled on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Schools and Youth Services - Crisis Support and Assistance and Workgroup Study [SB-770]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Mental Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring each local school system to provide crisis support to a public school when a teacher or other school employee with direct contact with minors is removed from the school due to alleged criminal activity or for student safety; requiring each county board of education to establish a crisis response team; requiring the State Department of Education to establish a workgroup to examine the impact of requiring applicants for certain positions to include information regarding the applicant's history of boundary-violating behavior; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Dawn D. Gile
Hearing Canceled on 03/26/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Fisheries - Striped Bass or Rockfish - Juvenile Survey [HB-889]
[Animals ]
[Environmental ]
[Science ]
[Water ]
Expanding the scope of the annual young-of-the-year juvenile survey of striped bass or rockfish by requiring the Department of Natural Resources to conduct the survey at at least a certain number of additional sampling sites in the central region of the Maryland waters of the Chesapeake Bay; and requiring the Department to report the results of the survey to certain Commissions and committees of the General Assembly by December 31 each year.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven J. Arentz
Third Reading Passed (137-1) on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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Public Safety - Rape Kit Testing - Tracking Program and Grant Fund [SB-669]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Altering the date from December 31, 2025, to March 31, 2026, by which a certain report under a certain sexual assault evidence collection kit tracking program is required to be submitted; altering the purpose and use of the Rape Kit Testing Grant Fund; expanding the duties of the Executive Director of the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention and Policy relating to the Fund; prohibiting the use of the Fund for a certain sexual assault evidence collection kit tracking program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Smith
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 667 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Education - Maryland STEM Program - Established [SB-673]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Science ]
Establishing the Maryland STEM Program in the State Department of Education to provide additional compensation to educators who teach STEM classes at nonpublic schools beginning in the 2025-2026 school year; authorizing nonpublic schools to apply for the Program; requiring local school systems to inform current teachers about the Program; requiring participating nonpublic schools to report certain information to the Department each year; requiring the Governor to include a $250,000 appropriation in the annual budget bill; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Favorable With Amendments Report By Education, Energy, And The Environment on 04/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Safety - Police Accountability - Investigation Records Relating to Unfounded and Exonerated Complaints [HB-885]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Requiring that all investigation records relating to a complaint of misconduct by a police officer be removed from the police officer's personnel record 3 years after an administrative charging committee or a trial board issues a finding that the complaint is unfounded or exonerated.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason C. Buckel
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Safety - Police Accountability - Investigation Records Relating to Unfounded and Exonerated Complaints [SB-625]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Requiring that all investigation records relating to a complaint of misconduct by a police officer be removed from the police officer's personnel record 3 years after an administrative charging committee or a trial board issues a finding that the complaint is unfounded or exonerated.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Folden
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Urban State Highways - Speed Limits - Exemptions [HB-780]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing the State Highway Administration to decrease the maximum speed limit by 5 miles per hour on certain urban State highways without an engineering and traffic investigation, subject to certain notice requirements; and prohibiting the use of speed monitoring systems on urban State highways under the Administration's jurisdiction for which the speed limit has been decreased without performing an engineering and traffic investigation for 6 months after the speed limit decrease.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Referred Judicial Proceedings on 02/28/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
County Police Accountability Boards - Investigation of Complaints of Police Misconduct [HB-836]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing the local governing body of a county to authorize, by local law, the county's police accountability board to exercise investigatory and subpoena powers; and authorizing a police accountability board to conduct an investigation of police misconduct concurrently with a law enforcement agency investigating the complaint.
Sponsored by: Rep. Debra Davis
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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Maryland Medical Practice Act and Maryland Physician Assistants Act - Revisions [HB-776]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
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: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 676 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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Campaign Finance - Political Organizations - Disclosures on Solicitations (Stop Scam PACs Act) [SB-633]
[Elections ]
[Ethics ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring certain political organizations to include certain disclaimers and disclosures on certain solicitations; authorizing the State Administrator of Elections to investigate a potential violation of the Act; and authorizing the State Board after the issuance of a public report of its finding to prohibit a person who violated the Act from making further solicitations for a certain period or impose a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl C. Kagan
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 313 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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Opioid Restitution Fund - Authorized Uses [HB-728]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Altering the allowable uses of the Opioid Restitution Fund to provide funds for the operating expenses and personnel costs for investigations, enforcement actions, and other activities conducted by the Opioids Enforcement Unit within the Office of the Attorney General that are related to the recovery of funds from opioid-related judgments or settlements; and requiring, beginning October 1, 2025, the Office of the Attorney General to report annually to the General Assembly on the status of activity of the Opioids Enforcement Unit.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 700 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Speed Monitoring Systems - Stolen Vehicles or Registration Plates [HB-758]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring a local designee under a local automated speed enforcement program to void a citation issued under the program if the local designee determines that the motor vehicle subject to the citation or its registration plates were stolen at the time the alleged violation occurred; prohibiting a local automated speed enforcement program from issuing or mailing a citation until the program confirms that the motor vehicle involved in the alleged violation or its registration plates were not reported as stolen; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michele Guyton
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/10/2025