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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact [HB-118]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Repealing certain provisions of law relating to the Interstate Agreement on Qualifications of Educational Personnel; providing that certain provisions of law regarding the issuance of an initial teaching certificate do not apply to certain teachers; entering into the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact for the purpose of authorizing regulated teachers who hold multistate licenses to teach in each member state; establishing requirements for multistate licensure; providing a certain contingency requirement; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kris Fair
Hearing 1/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/15/2025
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Family Law - Adoption of an Adult [HB-243]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
Limiting the requirement that a petitioner's spouse join in the petition for adoption to apply only when the prospective adoptee is a minor; authorizing a petitioner's spouse to join in the petition for adoption if the prospective adoptee is an adult; establishing that certain provisions of law requiring the issuance and service of a show-cause order on a prospective adoptee's parents do not apply if the prospective adoptee is an adult; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Regina T. Boyce
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 501 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Fisheries - Striped Bass or Rockfish - Juvenile Survey [SB-87]
[Animals ]
[Environmental ]
[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 sampling sites in the central region of the Maryland waters of the Chesapeake Bay in addition to sampling sites in the northern and southern regions of the Maryland waters of the Chesapeake Bay; and establishing certain requirements for the central region sampling sites.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Bailey
Hearing 2/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/14/2025
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Public Information Act - Personnel Records of Elected Officials and Joint Ethics Committee Records [SB-145]
[Ethics ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Data Privacy ]
Establishing that certain records of elected officials are not personnel records for the purposes of inspection under the Public Information Act; and establishing that certain records of the State Ethics Commission and Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics are available for public inspection under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Folden
Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/21/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Schools - Children Charged With a Crime of Violence - Prohibition on In-Person Attendance (School Safety Act of 2025) [HB-137]
[Crime ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a child from in-person attendance at a public school if the child has been charged with a crime of violence, until the child is found not delinquent or the charge is dismissed; and requiring each local school system to provide alternative educational options for children prohibited from in-person attendance in a certain manner.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven J. Arentz
Hearing 1/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/09/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Safety - Police Accountability - Time Limit for Filing Administrative Charges [HB-238]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Requiring a law enforcement agency to file any administrative charges arising out of an investigation of alleged police officer misconduct that is not required to be reviewed by an administrative charging committee within a certain period of time; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin L. Grammer
Motion Reconsider Second Reading (delegate Clippinger) Adopted on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Child Support - Suspension of Driver's Licenses [HB-110]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering provisions of law relating to the authority of the Child Support Enforcement Administration to notify the Motor Vehicle Administration of an individual's child support arrearages for the purpose of suspending the individual's driver's license or privilege to drive under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lauren Arikan
Referred Judicial Proceedings on 03/17/2025
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Human Services - Adult Protective Services [HB-246]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Specifying that certain provisions of law relating to confidentiality do not prohibit the disclosure of certain information relating to adult protective services or the disclosure of the identity of certain persons making certain reports under certain circumstances; expanding the definition of "health practitioner" to include certain emergency medical providers; and authorizing individuals who are required in specific instances to report information regarding alleged vulnerable adults to make a report by calling the statewide reporting hotline.
Sponsored by: Rep. Judiciary
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 37 on 04/08/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Environment - Plastic Products - Postconsumer Recycled Content Program [HB-69]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibiting certain producers of certain plastic products from selling, offering for sale, or distributing the products to any person in the State unless certain conditions are met; requiring certain producers of certain plastic products to, individually or as part of a representative organization, register yearly, beginning March 1, 2026, and pay a registration fee annually beginning May 15, 2026, to the Department of the Environment; establishing minimum postconsumer recycled content percentage requirements for certain products; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
Hearing 2/14 At 1:30 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 01/29/2025
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Public Safety - Police Accountability - Police Officer Complainant [HB-122]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing a police officer to file a complaint of police misconduct with a police accountability board.
Sponsored by: Rep. Caylin Allen Young
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Crime Solvers Reward Fund - Establishment [HB-198]
[Crime ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Establishing the Crime Solvers Reward Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund in the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to provide grants to law enforcement agencies and county reward programs to be used as rewards offered to the public for certain assistance in solving certain crimes; and requiring the Department by October 1, 2026, and each year thereafter, to report to the General Assembly on the number of rewards issued and the total amount of money provided under the Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Caylin Allen Young
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/12/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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Interstate Social Work Licensure Compact [SB-174]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
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; 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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne C. Benson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 10 on 04/08/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Family Law – Child Custody Evaluators – Qualifications [SB-25]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Specifying certain qualifications necessary for an individual to be appointed by a court as a custody evaluator.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Elizabeth Carozza
Referred To Interim Study By Judicial Proceedings on 03/14/2025
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Legally Protected Health Care - Reproductive, Fertility Preservation, and Contraceptive Treatment and Services (IVF and Contraception Shield Act of 2025) [SB-1]
[Healthcare ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
Altering the definition of "legally protected health care" to include certain reproductive, fertility preservation, and contraceptive treatment, including medications and supplies, for the purposes of certain provisions of law that prohibit health occupations disciplinary actions and certain actions in criminal and civil proceedings and the use of certain resources in furtherance of certain investigations and proceedings related to legally protected health care.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence K. Lam
Hearing Canceled on 01/21/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Family Law – Child Custody Evaluators – Qualifications [HB-152]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Specifying certain qualifications necessary for an individual to be appointed by a court as a custody evaluator.
Sponsored by: Rep. Aaron M. Kaufman
Hearing Canceled on 01/16/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Schools - Children Suspected of a Crime of Violence - Prohibition on In-Person Attendance (Student Protection Act of 2025) [HB-68]
[Education ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a child from in-person attendance at a public school if the child has been identified as a suspect in a crime of violence, until the investigation is complete and the child is no longer identified as a suspect; and requiring each local school system to provide alternative educational options for children prohibited from in-person attendance in a certain manner.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nino Mangione
Hearing 1/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/09/2025
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Office of the Chief Medical Examiner - Disclosure of Autopsy Information and Maintenance of Investigative Database [SB-115]
[Public Health ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Altering the autopsy information in a public record with respect to which a custodian is required to deny inspection; requiring the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to maintain an investigative database; and providing that certain data and records maintained in the database are not public records and not subject to the Maryland Public Information Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Finance
Hearing 1/16 At 3:00 P.m. on 01/09/2025
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Gwynns Falls State Park - Focus Group, Advisory Committee, and Report [SB-1183]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Recreation ]
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources and Baltimore City to convene focus group meetings on the establishment of the Gwynns Falls State Park with community members and stakeholders that reside or operate in the vicinity of the proposed State park; requiring the Department and Baltimore City to establish a stakeholder advisory committee; and requiring the Department to submit a report to the General Assembly by December 1, 2025, on properties suitable for inclusion in the State park and certain funding requirements.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill P Carter
Third Reading Passed (46-0) on 04/08/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
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State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners - Scope of Practice, Reinstatements, and Examinations by Health Care Providers [HB-1497]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Altering the definition of "practice massage therapy" to include, subject to certain education and training requirements, instrument-assisted soft tissue manipulation techniques that enhance or imitate manual techniques; altering the circumstances under which the State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners is required to reinstate a license or registration; and requiring the Board to require a licensee or an applicant to submit to an examination by a health care provider under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 788 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Surveys [SB-1140]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Science ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
Altering the definition of "aerial survey" for purposes of surveying submerged aquatic vegetation to include other surveys that encompass certain geographic areas and use certain methodologies; and requiring the Department of Natural Resources to study and report on the implications and feasibility of using alternative methods other than an aerial survey to delineate SAV protection zones on or before December 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Sen. Johnny Mautz
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/04/2024