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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Lottery Fund - Laurel Race Course - Local Impact Aid [SB-595]
[Gaming ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring the Comptroller to distribute, for certain fiscal years, from the State Lottery Fund $250,000 of supplemental local impact aid to Anne Arundel County, Howard County, and the City of Laurel from the proceeds of the Racetrax lottery game to be used for certain programs and services in the communities surrounding Laurel Race Course; specifying the purposes for and manner in which the supplemental local impact aid may be utilized; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/04/2025
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Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases - Prospective Tenant Criminal History Records Check (Maryland Fair Chance Housing Act) [SB-514]
[Housing ]
[Crime ]
[Real Estate ]
[Criminal Justice ]
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: Sen. Shaneka Henson
Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/28/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Victims and Witnesses - U Nonimmigrant Status - Certification of Victim Helpfulness [HB-686]
[Crime ]
[Immigration ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the criteria for determining whether a certain victim or the victim's parent, guardian, or next friend shall be considered to be helpful, to have been helpful, or likely to be helpful to the detection, investigation, or prosecution of certain criminal activity for a certain purpose; altering the time periods within which a certain certifying entity shall certify or decline a certain form under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Ebersole
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Victims and Witnesses - U Nonimmigrant Status - Certification of Victim Helpfulness [SB-553]
[Crime ]
[Immigration ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the criteria for determining whether a certain victim or the victim's parent, guardian, or next friend shall be considered to be helpful, to have been helpful, or likely to be helpful to the detection, investigation, or prosecution of certain criminal activity for a certain purpose; altering the time periods within which a certain certifying entity shall certify or decline a certain form under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Malcolm Augustine
Hearing Canceled on 02/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - U Nonimmigrant Status Petitions and Immigration Enforcement at Sensitive Locations [HB-579]
[Immigration ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring federal law enforcement officers to notify certain individuals of federal immigration action at certain sensitive locations; altering the requirements for certification of a U Nonimmigrant Status Petition; altering the individuals eligible to request a certain official to certify victim helpfulness relating to certification of a U Nonimmigrant Status Petition; authorizing the disclosure of certain information under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle Wilkins
Third Reading Passed (124-14) on 04/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Health Insurance - Adverse Decisions - Notices, Reporting, and Examinations [SB-474]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring that certain adverse decision and grievance decision notices include certain information in a certain manner; requiring certain carriers, if the number of adverse decisions issued by the carrier for a type of service has grown by 10% or more in the immediately preceding calendar year or 25% or more in the immediately preceding 3 calendar years, to provide certain information to the Maryland Insurance Commissioner; authorizing the Commissioner to use certain adverse decision information as the basis of an examination; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Pamela Beidle
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 670 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Excellence in Maryland Public Schools Act [SB-429]
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[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
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[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
Economic Development - Delivering Economic Competitiveness and Advancing Development Efforts (DECADE) Act [HB-498]
[Economic Development ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Taxes ]
Requiring the Department of Commerce to evaluate the potential employment and economic growth of the State's industry sectors and establish a certain list of industry sectors and activities to be considered for additional support; repealing the Maryland Economic Development Commission and Commerce Subcabinet; altering the designation, administration, and purposes of and eligibility for certain economic development programs; altering eligibility for and the calculation of certain economic development incentives; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing Canceled (ways And Means) on 02/07/2025
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Economic Development - Delivering Economic Competitiveness and Advancing Development Efforts (DECADE) Act [SB-427]
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[Small Business ]
[Film Production ]
[Taxes ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Altering the designation, administration, and purposes of and eligibility for certain economic development programs; redesignating the Maryland Economic Development Assistance Authority to be the Maryland Economic Competitiveness Fund; repealing the Maryland Small Business Development Financing Authority and certain related Funds; making the film production activity tax credit transferable; authorizing a qualified film production entity to amend its application for the tax credit under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Rereferred To Ways And Means And Appropriations on 04/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Adult Education - High School Diploma by Examination - Requirements and Study [SB-451]
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[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to allow an individual to take all components of the General Educational Development Test in either English or Spanish; and requiring the Department to study the feasibility and cost of offering the examination in additional languages and to report its findings and recommendations to certain committees of the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 327 on 05/06/2025
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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
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
Braille Flag Memorial Act of 2025 [HB-455]
[Veterans ]
[Disabilities ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Military ]
Requiring the Department of Veterans and Military Families to designate a location for an American braille tactile flag to be placed on the grounds of one or more State veterans' cemeteries to honor members of the uniformed services, veterans, and other individuals in the State who are blind or visually impaired.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 252 on 05/06/2025
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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]
[Education ]
[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
Workgroup on Social Worker Requirements for Licensure - Extension and Duties [SB-379]
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[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Human Services ]
Extending the termination date for the Workgroup on Social Worker Requirements for Licensure to June 30, 2027; altering the duties of the Workgroup to include an examination of alterations made to the examination developed by the Association of Social Work Boards and implemented beginning in 2026; and requiring the Workgroup to submit a report on whether to continue to use examinations developed by the Association of Social Work Boards as a requirement for licensure on or before December 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Motion Recommit To Committee (senator Beidle) Adopted on 03/12/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Health Occupations Boards - English Proficiency Requirements and Licensure by Endorsement for Nursing [HB-367]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
Prohibiting a health occupations board from requiring additional evidence of English proficiency as a condition for licensure, certification, or registration if an applicant holds a valid, unrestricted license, certification, or registration from another state that requires evidence of English proficiency; requiring each health occupations board that requires evidence of English proficiency to post a statement on their website that an applicant may not be required to provide additional evidence of proficiency; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 731 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Lottery Fund - Laurel Race Course - Local Impact Aid [HB-337]
[Gaming ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring the Comptroller, beginning in fiscal year 2026, to distribute from the State Lottery Fund $250,000 of supplemental local impact aid to Anne Arundel County, Howard County, and the City of Laurel from the proceeds of the Racetrax lottery game to be used for certain programs and services in the communities surrounding Laurel Race Course; specifying the purposes for and manner in which the supplemental local impact aid may be utilized; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseline Pena-Melnyk
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 403 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Adult Education - High School Diploma by Examination - Requirements and Study [HB-325]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to allow an individual to choose to take all components of the General Educational Development Test in either English or Spanish; and requiring the Department to study the feasibility and cost of offering the examination in additional languages and to report its findings and recommendations to certain committees of the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Ebersole
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 328 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Sign Language Interpreters – Licensing Requirement [HB-329]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Disabilities ]
Altering from January 1, 2025, to July 1, 2026, the date by which an individual must be licensed by the State Board of Sign Language Interpreters before providing certain sign language interpretation services or making certain representations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Heather Bagnall
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/10/2025