Criminal Law - Controlled Dangerous Substances and Firearms [SB-925]
[Cannabis ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing a person who is at least 21 years of age to manufacture a personal use amount of cannabis products or concentrated cannabis for personal use or adult sharing at a private residence if the manufacturing process does not involve the use of a volatile solvent; specifying that manufacturing, distributing, dispensing, or possessing certain large quantities of certain controlled dangerous substances is a felony; altering the penalties for being a volume dealer and drug kingpin with regard to cannabis; etc.
SB-925: Criminal Law - Controlled Dangerous Substances and Firearms
Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Smith
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 03/28/2025
Maryland Self-Service Storage Act - Sale of Personal Property in Satisfaction of Lien - Notice Requirements [SB-844]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Real Estate ]
Requiring an operator of a certain self-service storage facility to notify an occupant in default at least 10 days before conducting a sale of the occupant's property stored in the self-storage facility of the time, place, and terms of the sale by hand delivery, verified mail, or electronic mail at the occupant's last known address; and requiring the operator of a self-storage facility to send a second notice if no response has been received 5 days prior to the sale.
SB-844: Maryland Self-Service Storage Act - Sale of Personal Property in Satisfaction of Lien - Notice Requirements
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence K. Lam
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 211 on 04/22/2025
Juvenile Law - Confinement and Restrictive Housing - Limitations [SB-827]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Limiting the circumstances under which an incarcerated minor may be involuntarily placed in restrictive housing to the extent necessary to eliminate identifiable risk; prohibiting the placement of a minor in restrictive housing for more than 6 hours; and authorizing a correctional facility to place a minor in restrictive housing at the minor's request; establishing certain requirements for detaining, confining, or transporting a child; etc.
SB-827: Juvenile Law - Confinement and Restrictive Housing - Limitations
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne C. Benson
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
Public Health Abortion Grant Program - Establishment [SB-848]
[Healthcare ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Public Health ]
[Insurance ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Establishing the Public Health Abortion Grant Program to provide grants to improve access to abortion care clinical services for individuals in the State; establishing the Public Health Abortion Grant Program Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund to provide grants under the Program; and requiring that certain premium funds collected by health insurance carriers be used to provide certain coverage and to support improving access to abortion care clinical services under certain circumstances.
SB-848: Public Health Abortion Grant Program - Establishment
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy J Guzzone
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 436 on 05/13/2025
Solar Energy - Distributed Generation Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity, Ground-Mounted Solar, and Small Solar Siting Workgroup [SB-983]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Construction ]
[Environmental ]
Establishing a distributed generation certificate of public convenience and necessity to authorize the construction and operation of a certain distributed solar energy generating system; requiring the Power Plant Research Program, by July 1, 2026, to develop and submit to the Public Service Commission proposed siting and design requirements and licensing conditions; prohibiting a county from enacting certain zoning laws or adopting certain regulations regarding certain ground-mounted solar systems and facilities; etc.
SB-983: Solar Energy - Distributed Generation Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity, Ground-Mounted Solar, and Small Solar Siting Workgroup
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin T. Brooks
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2025
You have voted SB-983: Solar Energy - Distributed Generation Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity, Ground-Mounted Solar, and Small Solar Siting Workgroup.
Public Schools - Open Enrollment - Policies and Funding [SB-819]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Authorizing a county board of education to adopt an open enrollment policy to authorize certain students to attend, free of charge, a public school in a county other than the county where the student is domiciled with the student's parent or guardian, subject to certain requirements; requiring county boards to include certain students in full-time equivalent enrollment counts; and directing certain funding to the county in which certain students are enrolled in a public school under an open enrollment policy.
SB-819: Public Schools - Open Enrollment - Policies and Funding
Sponsored by: Rep. Dalya Attar
Hearing Canceled (education, Energy, And The Environment) on 03/04/2025
Local Government - Accommodations Intermediaries - Hotel Rental Tax - Collection by Comptroller and Alterations [SB-979]
[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.
SB-979: Local Government - Accommodations Intermediaries - Hotel Rental Tax - Collection by Comptroller and Alterations
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy J Guzzone
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 638 on 05/20/2025
Higher Education - Antihate and Antidiscrimination Policies and Workgroup (Maryland Campus Accountability and Modernization to Protect University Students Act) [SB-847]
[Education ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Community Development ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring institutions of higher education to adopt and enforce policies regarding antihate and antidiscrimination and time, place, and manner requirements for expressive conduct; requiring institutions of higher education to conduct certain meetings with certain approved student organizations; establishing the Campus Community Grant Program; and establishing the Workgroup on Combating Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and Other Forms of Racial, Ethnic, and Religious Violence, Harassment, and Intimidation.
SB-847: Higher Education - Antihate and Antidiscrimination Policies and Workgroup (Maryland Campus Accountability and Modernization to Protect University Students Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2025
You have voted SB-847: Higher Education - Antihate and Antidiscrimination Policies and Workgroup (Maryland Campus Accountability and Modernization to Protect University Students Act).
Data Centers - Fast Track Pass for Co-Location and Sales and Use Tax [SB-903]
[Taxes ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Energy ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Economic Development ]
[Data Privacy ]
Establishing an expedited certificate of public convenience and necessity review process for certain co-located energy generation projects that have received a fast track pass; establishing a Data Center Fast Track Advisory Committee in the Public Service Commission to facilitate the application for and review and awarding of fast track passes; altering the requirements for qualified data center personal property to be eligible to be exempt from the sales and use tax; etc.
SB-903: Data Centers - Fast Track Pass for Co-Location and Sales and Use Tax
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Fry Hester
Hearing Canceled (education, Energy, And The Environment) on 03/04/2025
Business Regulation - Electronic Smoking Devices Manufacturers - Certifications [SB-918]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Small Business ]
Authorizing the Executive Director of the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission and the Attorney General to take certain action relating to the licensure of certain electronic smoking devices manufacturers, wholesalers, importers, and retailers and vape shop vendors in certain circumstances; requiring an electronic smoking devices manufacturer to execute and deliver a certain certification to the Attorney General each year; etc.
SB-918: Business Regulation - Electronic Smoking Devices Manufacturers - Certifications
Sponsored by: Sen. Dawn D. Gile
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2025
Hospitals - Financial Assistance and Collection of Debts - Policies [SB-981]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Excluding a civil action on a certain contract between a hospital and a consumer from a certain provision of law establishing the statute of limitations on civil actions on certain specialties; specifying the percentage by which a hospital is required to reduce a patient's out-of-pocket expenses under certain circumstances; adding to the notice requirements relating to a hospital's financial assistance policy; prohibiting a hospital from filing a civil action to collect a debt against a patient whose outstanding debt is at or below $500; etc.
SB-981: Hospitals - Financial Assistance and Collection of Debts - Policies
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence K. Lam
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 694 on 05/20/2025
Environment - Packaging and Paper Products - Producer Responsibility Plans [SB-901]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
Requiring certain producers of covered materials, individually or as part of a producer responsibility organization, to submit a certain covered materials producer responsibility plan to the Department of the Environment for review and approval on or before July 1, 2028, and every 5 years thereafter, in accordance with certain requirements, or to develop an alternative collection program; requiring a producer responsibility organization to pay certain costs to the Department; etc.
SB-901: Environment - Packaging and Paper Products - Producer Responsibility Plans
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl C. Kagan
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 431 on 05/13/2025
Immigration Enforcement - Sensitive Locations - Access, Guidance, and Policies (Protecting Sensitive Locations Act) [SB-828]
[Immigration ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Education ]
[Libraries ]
Prohibiting certain schools, libraries, and units of State government that operate at certain sensitive locations from allowing certain federal personnel to access certain areas, subject to certain exceptions; requiring the Attorney General to develop guidance regarding immigration enforcement at certain sensitive locations and guidance regarding individuals interacting with certain federal personnel; and requiring certain schools, libraries and units of State government to adopt policies consistent with the guidelines.
Department of Agriculture - Public Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment - Registration, Regulation, and Oversight [SB-913]
[Agriculture ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring the owner of public electric vehicle supply equipment to register with the Secretary of Agriculture on or before certain dates; applying certain provisions of law regarding weights and measures to public electric vehicle supply equipment; requiring the Secretary to establish a program to test the weight and measure of public electric vehicle supply equipment and ensure the equipment conforms to certain standards; etc.
SB-913: Department of Agriculture - Public Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment - Registration, Regulation, and Oversight
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
Electronic Smoking Devices - Seizure and Wholesaler Record-Keeping Requirements [SB-842]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Cannabis ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing the Executive Director of the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission to seize electronic smoking devices that are sold or offered for sale in violation of certain provisions of law without a warrant; establishing procedures for the return of certain property seized by the Executive Director; and establishing certain record-keeping requirements for electronic smoking devices wholesaler distributors and wholesaler importers.
SB-842: Electronic Smoking Devices - Seizure and Wholesaler Record-Keeping Requirements
Sponsored by: Sen. Pamela G Beidle
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 305 on 05/06/2025
End-of-Life Option Act (The Honorable Elijah E. Cummings and the Honorable Shane E. Pendergrass Act) [SB-926]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
Authorizing an individual to request aid in dying by making certain requests; establishing requirements and prohibitions governing aid in dying, including requirements related to requests for aid in dying, consulting physicians, mental health assessments, the disposal of drugs prescribed for aid in dying, health care facility policies, and the effect of aid in dying on insurance policies; authorizing a pharmacist to dispense medication for aid in dying only to certain individuals under certain circumstances; etc.
SB-926: End-of-Life Option Act (The Honorable Elijah E. Cummings and the Honorable Shane E. Pendergrass Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Smith
Hearing Canceled on 03/06/2025
Child Care - Prekindergarten Expansion Grant Modifications and Workgroup [SB-857]
[Children and Youth ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
Altering the use of Prekindergarten Expansion Grants to add slots for additional children and not supplant child care slots for infants and toddlers; requiring applications for the grant to use certain terminology and be accompanied by certain instructions; requiring the State Department of Education to establish a multiyear grant award process; requiring the Department to convene a workgroup to explore and make recommendations on opportunities to incentivize growth in certain child care providers with slots for infants and toddlers; etc.
SB-857: Child Care - Prekindergarten Expansion Grant Modifications and Workgroup
Sponsored by: Sen. Shaneka Henson
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2025
Common Ownership Communities - Ombudsman Unit, Governing Document Database, and Local Commissions [SB-866]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Community Development ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Data Privacy ]
Establishing the Common Ownership Community Ombudsman Unit in the Office of the Attorney General to monitor relevant changes in federal and State laws, make certain information publicly available, assist members in understanding certain rights and processes, and provide information on alternative dispute resolution services; requiring common ownership communities to file certain documents; requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to establish a data base of governing documents; etc.
SB-866: Common Ownership Communities - Ombudsman Unit, Governing Document Database, and Local Commissions
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Anthony Muse
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
Pesticide and Pest Control - State-Owned Property - Pesticide Use Restrictions and Pollinator Habitat [SB-932]
[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.
SB-932: Pesticide and Pest Control - State-Owned Property - Pesticide Use Restrictions and Pollinator Habitat
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025