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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Task Force to Study Student Athlete Name, Image, and Likeness Programs in Maryland - Establishment [HB-1528] [Education ] [Sports ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Economic Development ]
Establishing the Task Force to Study Student Athlete Name, Image, and Likeness Programs in Maryland; requiring the Task Force to study and make recommendations on how the House v. NCAA case settlement may affect certain revenue sharing programs at universities in the State and the future use of name, image, and likeness programs for student athletes in the State; and requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to certain committees of the General Assembly by December 1, 2025.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Denise Roberts Rereferred To Appropriations on 03/10/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Natural Resources - Vessels - Carbon Monoxide Warning Labels (Matthew's Law) [SB-1028] [Environmental ] [Public Safety ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Consumer Protection ]
Prohibiting a person from operating a gasoline-powered vessel manufactured after July 31, 2007, that has accommodation spaces, swim platforms, or aft lounging areas on the waters of the State unless the vessel has carbon monoxide warning labels affixed in conspicuous locations in the vicinity of both the transom and the helm of the vessel; and prohibiting the Department of Natural Resources from imposing a penalty on a person that violates the provisions of the Act.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Dawn Gile Approved By The Governor - Chapter 450 on 05/13/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

House of Delegates - Renaming [HB-1381] [Elections ]
Changing the name of the House of Delegates to be the House of Representatives; and providing that the House of Representatives is the successor to the House of Delegates and that the Speaker of the House of Representatives is the successor to the Speaker of the House of Delegates.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jeffrie Long Hearing 3/03 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/26/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Certificates of Birth, Licenses, and Identification Cards - Sex Designation (Birth Certificate Modernization Act) [HB-1368] [Public Health ] [Healthcare ] [Data Privacy ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Human Rights ]
Altering the circumstances under which the Secretary of Health is required to make a new certificate of birth due to the change of a sex designation of an individual; establishing requirements and a prohibition related to the making of new certificates of birth; and altering the options for indicating an individual's sex designation on a license, identification card, or moped operator's permit issued by the Motor Vehicle Administration.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser Hearing 2/21 At 2:00 P.m. (health And Government Operations) on 02/10/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Natural Resources - Vessels - Carbon Monoxide Warning Labels (Matthew's Law) [HB-1322] [Environmental ] [Public Safety ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Consumer Protection ]
Prohibiting a person from operating a gasoline-powered vessel manufactured after July 31, 2007, that has accommodation spaces, swim platforms, or aft lounging areas on the waters of the State unless the vessel has carbon monoxide warning labels affixed in conspicuous locations in the vicinity of both the transom and the helm of the vessel; and prohibiting the Department of Natural Resources from imposing a penalty on a person that violates the Act.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein Approved By The Governor - Chapter 451 on 05/13/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Criminal Law - Personal Identifying Information and Images of Individuals - Dissemination [HB-1150] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Data Privacy ] [Public Safety ] [Children and Youth ] [Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a person from intentionally disseminating the personal identifying information or image of an individual under the age of 25 years without express permission and with the intent to intimidate or harm the individual; and establishing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or a fine not exceeding $5,000 or both.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Diana Fennell Hearing Canceled on 02/27/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Correctional Services - Geriatric and Medical Parole [HB-1123] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Healthcare ] [Public Safety ] [Senior Citizens ] [Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Maryland Parole Commission to consider the age of an incarcerated individual when determining whether to grant parole; altering how the Commission evaluates a request for medical parole; requiring the Commission to develop procedures for assessing parole requests by certain incarcerated individuals; repealing the authorization for the Governor to disapprove of a decision by the Commission to grant medical parole; requiring the Commission to conduct a certain risk assessment at a certain time; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway Approved By The Governor - Chapter 103 on 04/22/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Public Service Internship Scholarship Program - Renaming and Funding [HB-1114] [Education ] [Budget and Spending ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Children and Youth ]
Renaming the Walter Sondheim Jr. Public Service Internship Scholarship Program to be the Public Service Internship Scholarship Program; adding services in transportation and other fields within State or local government to the list of certain criteria for which an eligible student must be given priority for participation in the Program; and requiring that the Governor include in the annual budget bill an appropriation for the Program sufficient to provide a certain number of internships.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg Hearing Canceled on 03/05/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Criminal Law - Distribution of Students' Personal Information - Prohibition [SB-889] [Crime ] [Data Privacy ] [Education ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a person from distributing personal identifying information or images of a student enrolled in an institution of secondary education or an institution of postsecondary education with intent or knowledge that the information will be used to harm the student or with reckless disregard for the risk the information will be used to harm the student; and providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a misdemeanor and is subject to imprisonment of up to 1 year or a fine of up to $5,000 or both.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Shaneka Henson Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Higher Education - Scholarships for Correctional Officers [SB-690] [Education ] [Law Enforcement ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
Altering the eligibility criteria for the Maryland Police Officers and Probation Agents Scholarship Program to include correctional officers.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Information Technology - Modernizing Data Governance - Office of Enterprise Data and Council for Open Data Advancement [HB-807] [Technology and Innovation ] [Data Privacy ] [Cybersecurity ] [Science ]
Establishing the position and responsibilities of the State Chief Data Officer; establishing the Office of Enterprise Data in the Department of Information Technology and the responsibilities of the Office; requiring each unit of State government to appoint an Agency Data Officer; renaming the Council on Open Data to be the Council for Open Data Advancement; and altering the membership, member terms, and responsibilities of the Council.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Referred Education, Energy, And The Environment on 03/17/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Natural Resources - Public Lands - Acquisition, Staffing, Operations, and Funding [HB-717] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Environmental ] [Funding ] [Real Estate ] [Budget and Spending ] [Law Enforcement ] [Water ]
Altering provisions of law regarding the acquisition of real property by the Department of Natural Resources; establishing a Land and Property Management Program in the Department to process certain transactions; authorizing the Department and the Natural Resources Police to establish affiliated foundations; authorizing the Governor to transfer certain Program Open Space funds to the Department under certain circumstances; altering and repealing certain provisions of law regarding the use of Program Open Space local funding; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Approved By The Governor - Chapter 443 on 05/13/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Commission on State and Local Government Real Property Bearing Confederate Names [HB-752] [Community Development ] [Real Estate ] [Race and Civil Rights ] [Ethics ]
Establishing the Commission on State and Local Government Real Property Bearing Confederate Names to develop and implement a framework to identify real property owned by the State or a political subdivision that bears a Confederate name; and requiring the Commission to make recommendations regarding the real property that should be renamed and report its findings to the Governor, the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City, the governing body of each county, and the General Assembly by October 1, 2032.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

State Boards, Committees, Commissions, Task Forces, and Workgroups - Elimination of Citizenship Requirements and Establishment of Diversity Requirements [HB-696] [Race and Civil Rights ] [Human Rights ] [Ethics ]
Eliminating citizenship requirements for boards and commissions; and requiring that members of boards, committees, commissions, task forces, and workgroups reflect the full diversity of the State to the extent practicable.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

State Boards, Committees, Commissions, Task Forces, and Workgroups - Elimination of Citizenship Requirements and Establishment of Diversity Requirements [SB-490] [Race and Civil Rights ] [Human Rights ] [Ethics ]
Eliminating citizenship requirements for boards and commissions; and requiring that members of boards, committees, commissions, task forces, and workgroups reflect the full diversity of the State to the extent practicable.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/30/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Election Law - Registered Voter List and Petitions (Ballot Petition Modernization Act) [HB-642] [Elections ] [Voting Rights ] [Data Privacy ] [Technology and Innovation ]
Requiring the State Board of Elections to adopt regulations for the secure storage and use of voter data from the list of registered voters and specifying procedures and requirements relating to electronic signatures; establishing and altering certain provisions governing the petition process, including provisions regarding the collection and invalidation of signatures, the use of electronic signatures, and attestations by petition circulators; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/28/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

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.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

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.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington Hearing Canceled (education, Energy, And The Environment) on 02/10/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Ebersole Third Reading Passed (131-3) on 04/07/2025

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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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