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
Carroll County - Public Facilities Bond [SB-416]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of Carroll County to borrow not more than $36,900,000 in order to finance the construction, improvement, or development of certain public facilities in Carroll County and to effect such borrowing by the issuance and sale at public or private sale of its general obligation bonds; etc.
Maryland Agricultural and Resource-Based Industry Development Corporation - Oyster Shucking House Loan Program [SB-363]
[Agriculture ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
Altering a certain loan program to authorize the Maryland Agricultural and Resource-Based Industry Development Corporation to provide loans in an amount up to $25,000 for certain seasonal full-time jobs; and reducing, from 5 years to 3 years, the number of years that a person must have been a licensed seafood dealer in order to be eligible to receive financing under the loan program.
SB-363: Maryland Agricultural and Resource-Based Industry Development Corporation - Oyster Shucking House Loan Program
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Bailey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 174 on 04/22/2025
Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2025 [HB-352]
[Finance ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Establishing or altering certain administrative penalties; altering or repealing certain required appropriations; authorizing the use of certain funds for certain purposes; establishing certain funds; authorizing, requiring, or altering the distribution of certain revenue; altering the rates and rate brackets under the State income tax on certain income of individuals; increasing the cap on the percentage that may be deducted from all open purses and paid to a certain organization; etc.
HB-352: Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2025
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 604 on 05/20/2025
Maryland Agricultural and Resource-Based Industry Development Corporation - Oyster Shucking House Loan Program [HB-397]
[Agriculture ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Food ]
Altering a certain loan program to authorize the Maryland Agricultural and Resource-Based Industry Development Corporation to provide loans in an amount up to $25,000 for certain seasonal full-time jobs; and reducing, from 5 years to 3 years, the number of years that a person must have been a licensed seafood dealer in order to be eligible to receive financing under the loan program.
HB-397: Maryland Agricultural and Resource-Based Industry Development Corporation - Oyster Shucking House Loan Program
Sponsored by: Rep. Jay Jacobs
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 173 on 04/22/2025
Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2025 [SB-321]
[Finance ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Establishing or altering certain administrative penalties; altering or repealing certain required appropriations; authorizing the use of certain funds for certain purposes; establishing certain funds; authorizing, requiring, or altering the distribution of certain revenue; altering the rates and rate brackets under the State income tax on certain income of individuals; requiring certain groups of corporations to file a combined income tax return reflecting the aggregate income tax liability of all members of the group; etc.
SB-321: Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2025
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing Canceled on 02/14/2025
Higher Education - Janet L. Hoffman Loan Assistance Repayment Program - Eligibility [SB-318]
[Student Loans ]
[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 and to include individuals who provided veterinary technician services for a certain time period or provided volunteer veterinary technician services at certain animal shelters.
SB-318: Higher Education - Janet L. Hoffman Loan Assistance Repayment Program - Eligibility
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 387 on 05/06/2025
Relating To The Department Of Hawaiian Home Lands. [SB-152]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Native American Affairs ]
Authorizes the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to utilize funds in the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund as collateral when DHHL is an eligible borrower of a loan guaranteed by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to the Housing and Community Development Act, as amended, subject to approval of the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation. Appropriates funds. (SD1)
SB-152: Relating To The Department Of Hawaiian Home Lands.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lynn Decoite
Reported From Hou/hwn (stand. Com. Rep. No. 470) With Recommendation Of Passage On Second Reading, As Amended (sd 1) And Referral To Wam. on 02/13/2025
Relating To The Rental Housing Revolving Fund. [SB-163]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Construction ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to maximize the amount of housing built that utilizes loans from the Rental Housing Revolving Fund by prioritizing projects with the shortest projected loan repayment terms that produce the highest number of units, per dollar, per year. Repeals all other priorities and preferences for projects utilizing the RHRF.
SB-163: Relating To The Rental Housing Revolving Fund.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joy San Buenaventura
The Committee On Hou Deferred The Measure. on 01/28/2025
Aidea Finance Workforce Housing Develop. [SB-14]
[Housing ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
An Act relating to the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority; and relating to workforce housing development projects.
SB-14: Aidea Finance Workforce Housing Develop.
Sponsored by: Sen. Forrest Dunbar
L&c Rpt Recd Await Transmittal Nxt on 02/07/2025
Loans Under $25,000; Payday Loans [SB-39]
[Finance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Small Business ]
An Act relating to loans in an amount of $25,000 or less; relating to financial institutions; relating to the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System and Registry; relating to pawnbroker licensing exemptions; relating to deferred deposit advances; relating to computing interest; and providing for an effective date.
SB-39: Loans Under $25,000; Payday Loans
Sponsored by: Rep. Scott Kawasaki
Vetoed By Governor 6/24/25 on 06/25/2025
Teacher/state Employee Student Loan Prgrm [HB-28]
[Student Loans ]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
An Act establishing a student loan repayment pilot program; and providing for an effective date.
HB-28: Teacher/state Employee Student Loan Prgrm
Sponsored by: Rep. Andrew Josephson
Referred To Education on 05/19/2025
Baltimore City - Removal of Debt Ballot Questions [SB-289]
[Elections ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Taxes ]
Removing the requirement that certain debt created by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore be approved by the legal voters of the City of Baltimore through a majority vote at a certain election; and providing that the proposed amendment to the Maryland Constitution be submitted to the qualified voters of the State for adoption or rejection at the next general election to be held in November 2026.
SB-289: Baltimore City - Removal of Debt Ballot Questions
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 01/27/2025
Relating To Deposits Of Public Funds. [SB-69]
[Finance ]
[Housing ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
Requires the Director of Finance to consider, before the selection of a depository for the state treasury, the beneficial effects to the State of using depositories within the State, including but not limited to lending at favorable terms for the creation of certain affordable housing units. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
SB-69: Relating To Deposits Of Public Funds.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stanley Chang
Reported From Cpn/hou (stand. Com. Rep. No. 452) With Recommendation Of Passage On Second Reading, As Amended (sd 1) And Referral To Wam. on 02/13/2025
Environment - Bay Restoration Fund - Septic System Upgrade Program [HB-131]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Funding ]
[Public Health ]
Updating the funding priorities for failing sewage systems and holding tanks; requiring as a second priority those located within the Maryland Chesapeake Bay 8-digit watershed that have a relative effectiveness for total nitrogen reduction of 9.24 or higher based on the Chesapeake Bay watershed model; requiring as a third priority funding for failing systems within the 500-year floodplain, and fourth to certain other failing systems; and expanding certain funding eligibility criteria for on-site and community sewage systems.
HB-131: Environment - Bay Restoration Fund - Septic System Upgrade Program
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 461 on 05/13/2025
Health Occupations - Nursing - Loan Repayment, Education, and Sunset Extension (Building Opportunities for Nurses Act of 2025) [HB-19]
[Healthcare ]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
Expanding the purpose of the Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Nurses and Nursing Support Staff; requiring the Department to prioritize funding for nurses or nursing support staff who practice in an area with a shortage of nurses or nursing support staff or who practice in a specialty where a shortage has been identified; altering certain education requirements for licensure; repealing a certain requirement that the State Board of Nursing approve certain nursing assistant training program sites within a certain time period; etc.
HB-19: Health Occupations - Nursing - Loan Repayment, Education, and Sunset Extension (Building Opportunities for Nurses Act of 2025)
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 416 on 05/06/2025
Housing and Community Development - Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions - Issuance of Loans and Achievement of Targets [SB-247]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Energy ]
[Climate Change ]
[Environmental ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Authorizing the Department of Housing and Community Development to issue loans, in addition to grants, for certain purposes relating to reducing direct greenhouse gas emissions from certain multifamily residential buildings; and expanding the sources of savings that the Department may include when calculating the achievement of certain greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets.
SB-247: Housing and Community Development - Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions - Issuance of Loans and Achievement of Targets
Green and Renewable Energy for Nonprofit Organizations Loan Program and Fund [HB-145]
[Energy ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Environmental ]
[Nonprofit ]
Establishing the Green and Renewable Energy for Nonprofit Organizations Loan Program in the Maryland Energy Administration to provide financial assistance in the form of no-interest loans to nonprofit organizations for the planning, purchase, and installation of qualifying energy systems; establishing the Green and Renewable Energy for Nonprofit Organizations Loan Fund; altering the uses of the Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund; authorizing the Governor to include $5,000,000 in the fiscal year 2027 budget for the Fund; etc.
HB-145: Green and Renewable Energy for Nonprofit Organizations Loan Program and Fund
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrian Boafo
First Reading Economic Matters And Appropriations on 01/08/2025