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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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Health Occupations - Nursing - Loan Repayment, Education, and Sunset Extension (Building Opportunities for Nurses Act of 2025) [HB-19]
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[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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Health and Government Operations
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 416 on 05/06/2025
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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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Education, Energy, and the Environment
Hearing Canceled on 01/15/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Green and Renewable Energy for Nonprofit Organizations Loan Program and Fund [HB-145]
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[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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrian Boafo
Hearing 1/23 At 1:00 P.m. (economic Matters) on 01/08/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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Department of the Environment - Fees, Penalties, Funding, and Regulation [SB-250]
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[Air Quality ]
[Funding ]
[Water ]
[Energy ]
[Public Health ]
Altering the authorized uses of the Maryland Clean Air Fund to include certain activities relating to mitigating and reducing air pollution in the State; authorizing the Department of the Environment to charge a fee for processing and issuing on-site sewage disposal permits and individual well construction permits under certain circumstances; requiring a holder of a license to transfer oil into the State to pay a certain fee when oil owned by the licensee is first transferred into the State; establishing the Private Dam Repair Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Education, Energy, and the Environment
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 432 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation - Total Assessed Cost of Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Study and Reports [SB-149]
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[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Science ]
[Air Quality ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requiring the Comptroller, in coordination with the Department of the Environment and the Department of Commerce, to conduct a study to assess the total cost of greenhouse gas emissions in the State and report certain findings to certain committees on or before December 1, 2026, on the total assessed cost of greenhouse gas emissions in the State based on the findings of a certain study; authorizing the Comptroller to hire a consultant to conduct the study; and requiring the report to include certain information and calculations.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Fry Hester
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/16/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation - Total Assessed Cost of Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Study and Reports [HB-128]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Energy ]
[Air Quality ]
[Science ]
Requiring the Comptroller, in coordination with the Department of the Environment and the Department of Commerce, to conduct a study to assess the total cost of greenhouse gas emissions in the State and report certain findings to certain committees by December 1, 2026, on the total assessed cost of greenhouse gas emissions in the State based on the findings of the study; authorizing the Comptroller to hire a consultant to conduct the study; and requiring the report to include certain information and calculations.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Vincent Fraser-hidalgo
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/16/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Green and Renewable Energy for Nonprofit Organizations Loan Program and Fund [SB-105]
[Energy ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Nonprofit ]
[Environmental ]
Establishing the Green and Renewable Energy for Nonprofit Organizations Loan Program in the Maryland Clean Energy Center to provide financial assistance in the form of no-interest loans to nonprofit organizations for the planning, purchase, and installation of qualifying energy systems, and actions that improve energy efficiency; establishing the Green and Renewable Energy for Nonprofit Organizations Loan Fund; authorizing the Governor to include $5,000,000 in the fiscal year 2027 budget for the Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl C. Kagan
Referred Economic Matters Appropriations on 03/15/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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Environment - Bay Restoration Fund - Septic System Upgrade Program [SB-117]
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[Water ]
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[Public Health ]
Prioritizing funding first to failing sewage systems and holding tanks in the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area, second to 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, third to failing systems with the 500-year floodplain, and fourth to certain other failing systems; and expanding certain funding eligibility criteria for on-site and community sewage systems.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Fry Hester
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 460 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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Maryland Veterans Trust – Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard [HB-228]
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[Military ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Expanding the purposes of the Maryland Veterans Trust to include providing monetary and other assistance to members of the Maryland National Guard and their families; and authorizing the Maryland Veterans Trust to expend money from the Maryland Veterans Trust Fund to provide loans and grants to members of the Maryland National Guard and their families.
Sponsored by: Rep. Appropriations
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 617 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Housing and Community Development – Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions – Issuance of Loans and Achievement of Targets [HB-155]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Energy ]
[Climate Change ]
[Environmental ]
[Construction ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[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 procure and provide when calculating the achievement of certain greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets.
Sponsored by: Rep. Environment and Transportation
Referred Education, Energy, And The Environment on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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Environment - Building Energy Performance Standards - Alterations and Analysis [HB-49]
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[Environmental ]
[Construction ]
[Air Quality ]
[Housing ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Altering the requirements for certain regulations adopted by the Department of the Environment relating to building energy performance standards to include certain exclusions and considerations and a certain annual reporting fee to cover certain costs; requiring the Department to certify a certain building energy performance standards program adopted by a county under certain circumstances; requiring the Department to conduct an analysis of the potential costs and benefits of certain building energy performance standards policy options; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Environment and Transportation
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 844 on 05/25/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Health Occupations - Nursing - Loan Repayment, Education, and Sunset Extension (Building Opportunities for Nurses Act of 2025) [SB-216]
[Healthcare ]
[Education ]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Student Loans ]
[Public Health ]
Expanding the purpose of the Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Nurses and Nursing Support Staff; altering certain education requirements for licensure in registered nursing and licensure by endorsement in registered nursing; extending the termination dates of certain preceptorship program tax credits and altering certain criteria necessary to claim the tax credits; altering the effective date of certain provisions of law relating to certified nursing assistants; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Finance
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Individuals Experiencing Homelessness - Address Requirements - Prohibition [HB-254]
[Housing ]
[Human Services ]
[Libraries ]
[Poverty ]
[Community Development ]
Prohibiting a public library, a recipient of a certain award from the Department of Housing and Community Development, the Department, a public housing agency, a county, or a municipality from requiring an individual experiencing homelessness to provide a current address in certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jackie Addison
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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Maryland Veterans Trust - Assistance to Members of the Maryland National Guard [SB-246]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Expanding the purposes of the Maryland Veterans Trust to include providing monetary and other assistance to members of the Maryland National Guard and their families; and authorizing the Maryland Veterans Trust to expend money from the Maryland Veterans Trust Fund to provide loans and grants to members of the Maryland National Guard and their families.
Sponsored by: Sen. Education, Energy, and the Environment
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 618 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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Economic Development - West North Avenue Development Authority - Alterations [SB-4]
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[Community Development ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Altering the administration and membership of the West North Avenue Development Authority; specifying the powers and duties of the Authority; requiring the Authority to take certain actions regarding the finances of the Authority; exempting the Authority from certain taxation or assessments under certain circumstances; establishing the West North Avenue Development Authority Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; and altering the termination date of the Authority from September 30, 2026 to September 30, 2029.
Sponsored by: Sen. Antonio Hayes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 216 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Land Use - Transit-Oriented Development - Alterations [HB-80]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Housing ]
[Construction ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Community Development ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Real Estate ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
Altering the authority of local legislative bodies to regulate land use planning on certain land that is located within 0.25 miles of a rail transit station that receives at least hourly service on average from 8:00 A.M. until 6:00 P.M. Monday through Friday; exempting certain transit-oriented development from certain provisions of State procurement law; and adding the use of project labor agreements as a scoring preference for projects financed by the Transit-Oriented Development Capital Grant and Revolving Loan Fund.
Sponsored by: Rep. Environment and Transportation
Hearing Canceled on 03/26/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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Economic Development - West North Avenue Development Authority - Alterations [HB-258]
[Economic Development ]
[Community Development ]
[Taxes ]
[Funding ]
Altering the administration and membership of the West North Avenue Development Authority; specifying the powers and duties of the Authority, subject to certain limitations; requiring the Authority to take certain actions regarding the finances of the Authority; exempting the Authority from certain taxation or assessments under certain circumstances; establishing the West North Avenue Development Authority Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; altering the termination date of the Authority; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Melissa Wells
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 215 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Economic Development - County or Municipal Corporation Economic Development Authority - Powers and Use of Proceeds [HB-97]
[Economic Development ]
[Community Development ]
[Finance ]
[Taxes ]
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; authorizing an authority to issue certain bonds in accordance with certain requirements; expanding the authorized uses of tax increment proceeds; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lily Qi
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. (ways And Means) on 01/31/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the eligibility of nurses for the Homes for Texas Heroes home loan program. [SB-536]
[Housing ]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
Relating to the eligibility of nurses for the Homes for Texas Heroes home loan program.
Sponsored by: Sen. Borris L. Miles
Considered In Public Hearing on 04/28/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the eligibility of certain political subdivisions to receive a state loan or grant following the political subdivision's failure to comply with certain financial reporting requirements. [SB-427]
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[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Relating to the eligibility of certain political subdivisions to receive a state loan or grant following the political subdivision's failure to comply with certain financial reporting requirements.
Sponsored by: Sen. Juan Hinojosa
Placed On General State Calendar on 05/27/2025