Laws And Ordinances
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Washington County - Property Tax Credit - Economic Development Projects [HB-750]
[Property Tax ]
[Economic Development ]
[Taxes ]
[Real Estate ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Altering eligibility requirements for a certain property tax credit for certain business entities that invest a certain amount in certain real property in Washington County and create a certain number of new and permanent full-time jobs in the county; and altering the amount and duration of the property tax credit.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 236 on 04/22/2025
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Municipalities - Enforcement Officers - Body-Worn Cameras [HB-748]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
Including a certain municipal enforcement officer in the definition of "law enforcement officer" for purposes of a certain exception to prohibitions against wiretapping and electronic surveillance relating to the use of body-worn cameras; authorizing a municipality to adopt an ordinance or a resolution authorizing an official who is authorized to act as an enforcement officer to utilize a body-worn camera; and requiring that a certain municipality publish its policy for the issuance and use of body-worn cameras by enforcement officers; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing Canceled on 03/25/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Baltimore City - Ordinance Enforcement - Amount of Fines and Penalties [SB-573]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Increasing the maximum amount that Baltimore City is authorized to establish for civil and criminal fines and penalties for violating certain ordinances, rules, or regulations from $1,000 to $10,000.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory V. McCray
Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/28/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Baltimore City - Property Tax - Authority to Impose on Vacant and Abandoned Property Owned by Nonprofit Organizations [SB-550]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Nonprofit ]
Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City to impose, by law, the general property tax rate and a certain special property tax rate on vacant and abandoned property owned by certain nonprofit organizations that would otherwise be exempt from property tax under certain provisions of law; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2025.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory V. McCray
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 170 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases and Holdover Tenancies - Local Good Cause Termination (Good Cause Eviction) [HB-709]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Authorizing a county to adopt, by local law or ordinance, provisions prohibiting certain landlords of residential property from failing to renew a lease during the lease period or from terminating a holdover tenancy without good cause; establishing certain requirements and prohibitions for a local law or ordinance adopted in accordance with the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle K. Wilkins
Hearing Canceled on 02/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Local Government - Development Impact Fees, Surcharges, and Excise Taxes - Reporting [HB-698]
[Taxes ]
[Community Development ]
[Housing ]
[Construction ]
[Real Estate ]
[Property Tax ]
Requiring county governments to make a certain report by July 1 each year to the Department of Planning on the amount, use, and location of the use of county development impact fees, surcharges, and excise taxes; and requiring county governments to make certain reports to the Department of Planning identifying certain local laws.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 186 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Real Property - Short-Term Rentals [HB-705]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibiting the governing body of a county or municipality from enacting a local law or ordinance prohibiting the offering of residential property as a short-term rental by an operator solely because the operator is a lessee or sublessee.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kriselda Valderrama
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Property Tax - Credit for Law Enforcement Officer or Rescue Worker - Expansion to Judicial Officer [SB-502]
[Property Tax ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Taxes ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing the governing body of a county or municipal corporation or the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City to provide a certain property tax credit to certain judicial officers, surviving spouses, or cohabitants; requiring the county or municipal corporation to define, by law, who is a correctional officer and judicial officer; and applying the Act retroactively to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2022.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 130 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Anne Arundel County - Development Impact Fees [SB-572]
[Construction ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
Altering the scope of certain limitations on the authority of the Anne Arundel County Council to grant exemptions from or credits against development impact fees.
Sponsored by: Sen. Anne Arundel County Senators
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 472 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Property Tax - Day Care Centers, Child Care Homes, and Child Care Centers [SB-516]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Housing ]
[Education ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Exempting personal property used in connection with certain large family child care homes from valuation and taxation; authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or a municipal corporation to grant, by law, a property tax credit against the real property tax owed on the portion of real property used for certain large family child care homes; increasing the maximum amount of a property tax credit that may be granted for certain child care homes and centers and day care centers; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne C. Benson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 123 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Manufacturing Business Personal Property Tax - Optional Exemption [SB-488]
[Manufacturing ]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
[Property Tax ]
[Economic Development ]
Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to exempt all personal property, including manufacturing inventory, in the possession of a person engaged in a manufacturing business that employs 50 or fewer employees from the personal property tax; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2025.
Sponsored by: Sen. J.B. Jennings
Hearing Canceled on 03/26/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Property Tax - Property Adjacent to Rail Stations - Subclasses and Special Rates [SB-472]
[Property Tax ]
[Real Estate ]
[Taxes ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county to establish, by law, certain subclasses of real property located within 1 mile of a rail station and to set a special property tax rate for each subclass of the property.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Hearing 3/26 At 2:15 P.m. (ways And Means) on 03/26/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Common Ownership Communities - Local Commissions [HB-558]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
Establishing requirements for a local commission on common ownership communities established by the local government of a county.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin E Holmes
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/27/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Anne Arundel County - Property Tax Credit - Supermarkets [HB-598]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
[Community Development ]
[Food ]
[Economic Development ]
[Real Estate ]
Authorizing the governing body of Anne Arundel County or of a municipal corporation in Anne Arundel County to grant, by law, a property tax credit against the personal property tax imposed on personal property of a supermarket that completes certain construction and is located in a certain food desert retail incentive area; requiring the governing body to designate what constitutes a food desert retail incentive area for purposes of the tax credit; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Heather Bagnall
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 177 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Unhoused Individuals - Rights, Civil Action, and Affirmative Defense [SB-484]
[Housing ]
[Human Rights ]
[Poverty ]
[Public Safety ]
[Community Development ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Providing that all unhoused individuals have certain rights; authorizing the Attorney General or an individual harmed by a violation of the Act to bring a certain civil action against a political subdivision, a unit of State or local government, or a government official; establishing an affirmative defense of necessity to certain criminal charges relating to trespass or disturbing the peace; and repealing the authority of a municipality to prohibit vagrancy.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Anthony Muse
Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/24/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Anne Arundel County - Office of the Inspector General - Establishment [SB-440]
[Ethics ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
Requiring the Anne Arundel County Council to establish an Office of the Inspector General in the county; requiring the County Council to establish certain ordinances and include a projected budget for the Office of the Inspector General in the county's annual operating budget proposal; and establishing an Office of the Inspector General Advisory Board to select and appoint and, under certain circumstances, remove the Inspector General.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence K. Lam
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Economic Development - County or Municipal Corporation Economic Development Authority - Powers and Use of Proceeds [SB-409]
[Economic Development ]
[Community Development ]
[Small Business ]
Expanding the acceptable names authorized for an economic development authority established by a county or municipal corporation; expanding the powers of an authority, subject to limitations in the articles of incorporation of the authority and resolutions of the legislative body of a county or municipal corporation; providing that certain actions require prior approval of the legislative body of a county or municipal corporation under certain circumstances; expanding the authorized uses of tax increment proceeds; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy King
Referred Ways And Means Environment And Transportation on 03/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Unhoused Individuals - Rights, Civil Action, and Affirmative Defense [HB-487]
[Housing ]
[Human Rights ]
[Poverty ]
[Public Safety ]
[Community Development ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Human Services ]
Providing that all unhoused individuals have certain rights; authorizing the Attorney General or an individual harmed by a violation of the Act to bring a certain civil action against a political subdivision, a unit of State or local government, or a government official; establishing an affirmative defense of necessity to certain criminal charges relating to trespass or disturbing the peace; and repealing the authority of a municipality to prohibit vagrancy.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bernice Mireku-North
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/27/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Property Tax Credit - Retail Service Station Conversions [SB-344]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
[Real Estate ]
[Energy ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to grant, by law, a credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax on real property if use of the real property has been converted from a retail service station to other certain uses; and authorizing the State to pay to each county or municipal corporation that grants the property tax credit under the Act 50% of forgone revenue.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin T. Brooks
Hearing 3/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/03/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Property Tax - Day Care Centers, Child Care Homes, and Child Care Centers [HB-389]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Housing ]
[Education ]
Exempting personal property used in connection with certain large family child care homes from valuation and taxation; authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or a municipal corporation to grant, by law, a property tax credit against the real property tax owed on the portion of real property used for certain large family child care homes; increasing the maximum amount of a property tax credit that may be granted for certain child care homes and centers and day care centers; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Julie Palakovich Carr
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 122 on 04/22/2025