Railroad Corp. Financing [HB-67]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
An Act authorizing the Alaska Railroad Corporation to issue revenue bonds to finance the replacement of the Alaska Railroad Corporation's passenger dock and related terminal facility in Seward, Alaska; and providing for an effective date.
HB-67: Railroad Corp. Financing
Sponsored by: Rep.
Read The First Time - Referrals on 01/24/2025
Approp: Operating Budget; Cap; Supp [SB-56]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
An Act making appropriations for the operating and loan program expenses of state government and for certain programs; capitalizing funds; amending appropriations; making supplemental appropriations; making reappropriations; making appropriations under art. IX, sec. 17(c), Constitution of the State of Alaska, from the constitutional budget reserve fund; and providing for an effective date.
SB-56: Approp: Operating Budget; Cap; Supp
Sponsored by: Sen.
Read The First Time - Referrals on 01/24/2025
Railroad Corp. Financing [HB-65]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
An Act authorizing the Alaska Railroad Corporation to issue revenue bonds to finance the replacement of the Alaska Railroad Corporation's passenger dock and related terminal facility in Seward, Alaska; and providing for an effective date.
HB-65: Railroad Corp. Financing
Sponsored by: Rep. Andrew Josephson
Effective Date(s) Of Law 3/7/2025 on 03/10/2025
Railroad Corp. Financing [SB-72]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
An Act authorizing the Alaska Railroad Corporation to issue revenue bonds to finance the replacement of the Alaska Railroad Corporation's passenger dock and related terminal facility in Seward, Alaska; and providing for an effective date.
SB-72: Railroad Corp. Financing
Sponsored by: Sen.
Read The First Time - Referrals on 01/24/2025
Commercial Financing - Small Business Truth in Lending Act [HB-693]
[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.
HB-693: Commercial Financing - Small Business Truth in Lending Act
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
Favorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/17/2025
Excess Ownership of Single-Family Residences Excise Tax (End Hedge Fund Control of Maryland Homes Act of 2025) [SB-510]
[Housing ]
[Taxes ]
[Real Estate ]
[Finance ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
Imposing an excise tax on the acquisition and excess ownership of certain single-family residences in the State by certain entities; providing for the calculation, collection, and distribution of the excise tax; establishing the Down Payment and Settlement Expense Loan Program Fund which may be used only to provide financing for down payment and settlement expenses to enable eligible homebuyers to purchase homes; etc.
SB-510: Excess Ownership of Single-Family Residences Excise Tax (End Hedge Fund Control of Maryland Homes Act of 2025)
Sponsored by: Sen. Shaneka Henson
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/17/2025
Relating To The Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, As Amended. [SB-1653]
[Housing ]
[Native American Affairs ]
Increases the limit of the State's liability from $100,000,000 to $500,000,000 for moneys borrowed by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands or loans made to lessees that are guaranteed by the Department.
SB-1653: Relating To The Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, As Amended.
Sponsored by: Sen. Angus McKelvey
Reported From Hwn (stand. Com. Rep. No. 431) With Recommendation Of Passage On Second Reading And Referral To Wam. on 02/13/2025
Relating To The Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, As Amended. [HB-1351]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Native American Affairs ]
Increases the limit of the State's liability for moneys borrowed by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands or loans made to lessees that are guaranteed by the Department from $100,000,000 to $500,000,000. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
HB-1351: Relating To The Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, As Amended.
Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Holt
Reported From Jha (stand. Com. Rep. No. 282) As Amended In Hd 1, Recommending Passage On Second Reading And Referral To Fin. on 02/10/2025
State Government - Maryland Reparations Commission - Establishment (Harriet Tubman Community Investment Act) [SB-469]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Rights ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Maryland Reparations Commission to develop and administer a program to provide compensatory benefits to the descendants of individuals enslaved in the State; providing that any individual whose ancestors were enslaved in the State is eligible to receive certain benefits; authorizing the Commission to seek the assistance of State agencies to develop and evaluate processes and applications; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill such sums as necessary to carry out the Act; etc.
SB-469: State Government - Maryland Reparations Commission - Establishment (Harriet Tubman Community Investment Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Energy, And The Environment) on 01/30/2025
Economic Development - Small Business Guaranty Fund - Alterations [HB-601]
[Economic Development ]
[Small Business ]
[Finance ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Authorizing the Maryland Small Business Development Financing Authority to authorize the provision of a guaranty under the Small Business Guaranty Fund in an irrevocable letter of credit, an official treasurer's check, funds on deposit in an escrow or other depository account, or any other legal instrument promising a financial institution restitution or reimbursement for its loan losses, within the limits of the guaranty.
HB-601: Economic Development - Small Business Guaranty Fund - Alterations
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 3 on 04/08/2025
Higher Education - Janet L. Hoffman Loan Assistance Repayment Program - Eligibility [HB-643]
[Student Loans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Animals ]
[Education ]
[Veterans ]
Expanding the eligibility for the Janet L. Hoffman Loan Assistance Repayment Program to include individuals who received a certain degree from an accredited veterinary school and provided veterinary services in the State for not less than 5 years or provided volunteer veterinary services at certain animal shelters for 3 years and to include individuals who provided veterinary technician services for not less than 5 years or provided volunteer veterinary technician services at certain animal shelters over a 3-year period.
HB-643: Higher Education - Janet L. Hoffman Loan Assistance Repayment Program - Eligibility
Sponsored by: Rep. Michele Guyton
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 388 on 05/06/2025
SB-878: Relating to limitations on the use of public money under certain economic development agreements or programs adopted by certain political subdivisions.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Birdwell
Referred To Ways & Means on 04/22/2025
You have voted SB-878: Relating to limitations on the use of public money under certain economic development agreements or programs adopted by certain political subdivisions..
Approp: Operating Budget; Cap; Supp [HB-53]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
An Act making appropriations for the operating and loan program expenses of state government and for certain programs; capitalizing funds; amending appropriations; making supplemental appropriations; and providing for an effective date.
HB-53: Approp: Operating Budget; Cap; Supp
Sponsored by: Rep.
Signed Into Law 6/12 Chapter 10 Sla 25 on 06/16/2025
Empowering New Energy Resources and Green Initiatives Toward a Zero-Emission (ENERGIZE) Maryland Act [SB-434]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Public Health ]
Renaming the "renewable energy portfolio standard" to be the "clean energy portfolio standard"; altering the minimum required percentage of energy that must be derived from clean energy sources in certain years under the clean energy portfolio standard; altering the contents of and approval criteria for an application for an offshore wind project; establishing a process for the Public Service Commission to review and approve an application for a proposed nuclear energy generation project; etc.
SB-434: Empowering New Energy Resources and Green Initiatives Toward a Zero-Emission (ENERGIZE) Maryland Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2025
Environment - Maryland Water Quality Revolving Loan Fund - Renaming and Alterations [SB-461]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Funding ]
Renaming the Maryland Water Quality Revolving Loan Fund to be the Maryland Water Quality Improvement Revolving Loan Fund; altering the conditions under which the Maryland Water Quality Improvement Revolving Loan Fund may be used to include supporting certain projects; and requiring the Maryland Water Infrastructure Financing Administration to prioritize certain communities and to use a certain scoring system when creating a certain intended use plan.
SB-461: Environment - Maryland Water Quality Revolving Loan Fund - Renaming and Alterations
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
Hearing Canceled (education, Energy, And The Environment) on 02/10/2025
Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Renaming and Alterations [HB-505]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
Renaming the "renewable energy portfolio standard" to be the "clean energy portfolio standard"; altering the minimum required percentage of energy that must be derived from clean energy sources in certain years under the clean energy portfolio standard; and applying the Act retroactively; etc.
HB-505: Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Renaming and Alterations
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Ebersole
Third Reading Passed (131-3) on 04/07/2025
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.
HB-498: Economic Development - Delivering Economic Competitiveness and Advancing Development Efforts (DECADE) Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing Canceled (ways And Means) on 02/07/2025
Economic Development - Delivering Economic Competitiveness and Advancing Development Efforts (DECADE) Act [SB-427]
[Economic Development ]
[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.
SB-427: Economic Development - Delivering Economic Competitiveness and Advancing Development Efforts (DECADE) Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Rereferred To Ways And Means And Appropriations on 04/07/2025
Relating To Condominiums. [HB-849]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Finance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Property Tax ]
Clarifies that the terms of a loan must first be sent to unit owners and approved by a majority of unit owners' consent to the loan. Requires a majority of unit owners to vote in favor of or provide written consent to maintenance fee increases before they take effect. Requires a forensic audit of an association's financial records no less frequently than once every three years, with the first forensic audit to be completed by 6/30/2026.
HB-849: Relating To Condominiums.
Sponsored by: Rep. Linda Ichiyama
Introduced And Pass First Reading. on 01/23/2025
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.
SB-409: Economic Development - County or Municipal Corporation Economic Development Authority - Powers and Use of Proceeds
Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy King
Referred Ways And Means Environment And Transportation on 03/13/2025