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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Pesticide and Pest Control - State-Owned Property - Pesticide Use Restrictions and Pollinator Habitat [HB-1342]
[Agriculture ]
[Environmental ]
[Animals ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Science ]
Authorizing a person to apply a pesticide on State-owned property only if the person is applying a listed pesticide or a registered pesticide for specified purposes; requiring the Department of Agriculture to develop a model pesticide and pollinator habitat management plan to be implemented on State-owned and managed property; and requiring a unit of State government that manages tracts of State-owned property to work with the Department to adapt the model plan.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robbyn Lewis
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to public notices. [HB-386]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
Amend KRS 424.260 to make a technical correction and to increase the expenditure threshold for the advertising requirement from $40,000 to $60,000; exempt vehicles and installed vehicle equipment from the bidding requirement; allow an alternative publication procedure for the advertisement; amend KRS 424.145 to remove the population restriction and allow any city, special district, school district, or special purpose governmental entity to use the alternative publication procedures.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jennifer Henson Decker
To Local Government (h) on 02/12/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Education - Reporting Arrests of Students - Alterations [HB-1211]
[Education ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Requiring a law enforcement agency making an arrest of a student for a reportable offense or an offense related to the student's membership in a criminal organization to report the arrest to the Maryland Center for School Safety, the Juvenile Services Education Program, the State Board of Education, and the State's Attorney; requiring the State's Attorney to notify the Maryland Center for School Safety, the Juvenile Services Education Program, and the State Board of the disposition of the offense; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason C. Buckel
Hearing Canceled (ways And Means) on 03/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Residential Real Property Sales – Appraisals [HB-1151]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Providing that a seller or the seller's agent may provide certain information to an appraiser of residential real property at certain times and under certain circumstances; requiring an appraiser to provide a lender with certain information under certain circumstances and for the lender to provide notice of the information to a prospective buyer; requiring a buyer to work with a seller to provide certain information for an appraiser under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public and Nonpublic Schools - Student Elopement - Notice and Reporting Requirements (Ace's Law) [HB-1204]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring certain public and nonpublic schools to notify a parent or guardian if a student attempts or accomplishes an elopement, the act of leaving the school campus without permission; requiring certain schools and individualized education program teams to review and address with relevant stakeholders certain behavior in updating a student's individualized education program or behavior intervention plan; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 339 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Obscene Material - Device Filters [HB-1212]
[Crime ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring each device, tablet, or smart phone manufactured on or after January 1, 2026, activated in the State to enable a certain filter to prevent minors from accessing obscene material; prohibiting a certain person from deactivating the filter; providing that a manufacturer of a device and certain persons are subject to civil and criminal liability for certain conduct related to device filters; authorizing the Attorney General to take certain actions against persons who violate the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan K McComas
First Reading Economic Matters on 02/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - Membership, Reporting, Billing, and Planning (WSSC Planning and Reporting Act of 2025) MC/PG 105-25 [HB-1195]
[Water ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring one of the three commissioners from Montgomery County on the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission to be the Director of the Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection or a designee; requiring the Commission to submit a long range comprehensive financial plan in a certain manner; requiring the budget authorization for the Office of the Inspector General of the Commission to be approved independently and without involvement of Commission staff; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 593 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Schools - Injury Incidents - Requirements for Tracking and Reporting [HB-1194]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring certain public schools to develop and implement a system to track and report injury incidents, whether intentional or accidental, to a student, teacher, or school employee on the school campus during the school year; and establishing certain reporting requirements for county boards of education, the Juvenile Services Education Program Superintendent, and the State Department of Education regarding certain injury incidents in schools.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nino Mangione
Hearing Canceled (ways And Means) on 03/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Youth Accountability and Safety Act [HB-1190]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Providing that a person who was a child at the time of the offense may not be found to have committed felony murder in the first degree under certain provisions of law unless the person was a principal in the first degree; and providing for a motion for review of a certain conviction under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Charlotte Agnes Crutchfield
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Education - Primary and Secondary Schools - Alternative School Options (Right to Learn Act) [HB-1180]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring, on or before January 1 each year, each county board of education to provide certain information to the parents or legal guardians of students who attend a failing school; requiring that a failing school continue to be designated as a failing school until certain conditions are met; requiring that a student who is attending a failing school be provided the opportunity to attend an alternative school; establishing the Broadening Options and Opportunities for Students Today Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven J. Arentz
Hearing 3/03 At 11:00 A.m. on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Health - Prohibited Ingredients in Food [HB-1208]
[Public Health ]
[Food ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibiting a person, beginning on October 1, 2028, from manufacturing, selling, delivering, holding, or offering for sale in the State food that contains brominated vegetable oil, potassium bromate, propylparaben, or Red Dye No. 3; and providing certain penalties for violations of the Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Safety - Immigration Enforcement - Cooperation [HB-1188]
[Immigration ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[National Security ]
Requiring law enforcement agencies, law enforcement agents, and local detention facilities who take custody of an individual to run a search of the individual in the National Crime Information Center, make a certain notice to federal immigration authorities, and cooperate with federal immigration authorities in regards to certain individuals; and prohibiting the State, a unit of local government, a county sheriff, or an agency of the State or a unit of local government from adopting, implementing, or enforcing certain policies.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason C. Buckel
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Civil Actions Against Firearm Industry Members - Private Right of Action [HB-1158]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Authorizing persons who suffer injury or loss to bring an action against a firearm industry member for certain unlawful or unreasonable conduct.
Sponsored by: Rep. Scott Phillips
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/03/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Income, Sales and Use, and Property Taxes - Rescission of Exempt Status for Nonprofit Organizations for Supporting Terrorist Organizations [HB-1192]
[Taxes ]
[Nonprofit ]
[National Security ]
[Property Tax ]
Requiring, as practicable, the Comptroller and the Director of the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to jointly determine on a regular basis whether a certain nonprofit organization in the State has been found to be a certain terrorist-supporting organization; requiring that the Comptroller and the Director rescind a terrorist-supporting organization's tax-exempt status with respect to certain Maryland income tax, sales and use tax, and property tax exemptions; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason C. Buckel
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/21/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning, or Refrigeration Contractors - Equipment Sales [HB-1162]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Construction ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
Prohibiting a person from knowingly offering to sell or selling heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, or refrigeration equipment to an individual that does not hold a certain license issued by the Board of Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning, or Refrigeration Contractors except under certain circumstances; requiring certain persons to provide a certain notice to purchasers of heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, or refrigeration equipment at the time of sale; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 386 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Child Abuse and Neglect - Reports and Records - Disclosure [HB-1209]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring a local director of a local department of social services or the Secretary of Human Services to disclose certain reports and records of child abuse and neglect within 30 days after receiving a request if certain conditions are met; requiring the Secretary to notify the State's Attorney's office of a request to disclose certain reports and records of child abuse and neglect; requiring the State's Attorney's office to be given 30 days during which the office is authorized to redact certain portions of the reports and records; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin L. Grammer
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 485 on 05/13/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to publication. [HB-368]
Amend KRS 424.145 to remove the population restriction and make the alternative publication procedure available to all local governments as defined; stipulate that the local government must submit the advertisement to the newspaper in a timely manner for publication within the prescribed limits; make technical corrections.
Sponsored by: Rep. DJ Johnson
Received In Senate on 02/27/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Business Regulation - Travel Services - Special Fund, Fees, and Surety Requirement (Don't You Worry (Wurie) Act) [HB-1106]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Tourism ]
Establishing the Sellers of Travel Registration Fund in the Department of Labor to be used to cover the actual documented direct and indirect costs of fulfilling certain statutory and regulatory duties of the Department; authorizing the Department to set by regulation certain fees based on certain calculations; prohibiting certain fees from increasing annually by more than 12.5% of the existing and corresponding fees of the Department; requiring certain providers of travel services to file certain information with the Department; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrian Boafo
Third Reading Passed (113-24) on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Applicants for Positions Involving Direct Contact With Minors - Required Information, Review Process, and Reporting - Alterations [HB-1105]
[Children and Youth ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring child care centers and youth-serving organizations to require applicants for positions involving direct contact with minors to submit certain information; requiring county boards of education, nonpublic schools, and contracting agencies to require applicants for positions involving direct contact with minors to submit certain information relating to certain boundary-violating behavior; requiring child care centers and youth-serving organizations to follow certain procedures when hiring certain applicants; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Edith Jerry Patterson
Hearing Canceled on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Local Government - Accommodations Intermediaries - Hotel Rental Tax Collection by Comptroller [HB-1103]
[Taxes ]
[Housing ]
Requiring certain accommodations intermediaries to collect and remit the hotel rental tax to the Comptroller rather than to each county; providing for the administration of the hotel rental tax by the Comptroller; providing that certain provisions of State law prevail over certain local laws or agreements related to the hotel rental tax; repealing the authority of certain counties to provide for certain exemptions from the hotel rental tax; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary
Hearing Canceled on 02/07/2025