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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Environment - Managed Aquifer Recharge Pilot Program - Establishment [SB-930]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Science ]
Prohibiting a person from performing groundwater augmentation except under certain circumstances; establishing the Managed Aquifer Recharge Pilot Program; authorizing the Department of the Environment to review, permit, and regulate groundwater augmentation; requiring groundwater augmentation to address a groundwater supply or quality problem that is occurring or reasonably anticipated to occur in the next 25 years; requiring, by December 31 each year, the Department to report on the status of the Pilot Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Dawn D. Gile
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 475 on 05/13/2025
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Electricity and Gas - Emissions Reductions, Rate Regulation, Cost Recovery, Infrastructure, Planning, Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard, and Energy Assistance Programs (Next Generation Energy Act) [SB-937]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Housing ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Health ]
[Budget and Spending ]
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; requiring the Maryland Energy Administration, in coordination with the Public Service Commission and the Department of Natural Resources, to pursue certain agreements with neighboring states and federal agencies related to the development of new nuclear energy generation stations; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian J. Feldman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 625 on 05/20/2025
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Mold - Landlord Requirements and Regulations (Maryland Tenant Mold Protection Act) [SB-856]
[Housing ]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Environmental ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Real Estate ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment, the Maryland Department of Health, the Department of Housing and Community Development, the Maryland Department of Labor, and the Department of General Services to develop a certain pamphlet and website; requiring a landlord to provide a tenant with certain information at certain times and in a certain manner; requiring a landlord to perform a mold assessment and mold remediation within 15 days after receipt of a written notice regarding the detection of mold; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shaneka Henson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 539 on 05/13/2025
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Business Regulation - Travel Services - Surety Requirement (Don't You Worry (Wurie) Act) [SB-922]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Tourism ]
Requiring certain providers of travel services to file with the Department of Labor evidence of financial security; requiring the Consumer Protection Division of the Attorney General's Office and the Department to provide reasonable notice of the requirements of the Act to consumers and sellers of travel; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Dawn D. Gile
Hearing Canceled on 02/13/2025
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Alcoholic Beverages – Premium Cigar Lounge License – Establishment (Maryland Premium Cigar Lounge Act of 2025) [SB-934]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Small Business ]
Establishing a Class C-PCL (premium cigar lounge) alcoholic beverages license for use in conjunction with a certain tobacco products retailer license; authorizing a local licensing board to issue the license; exempting a holder of the license from the Clean Indoor Air Act; and altering a certain period of time during which a local alcoholic beverages license may not be issued to a certain tobacconist.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Lorenzo Watson
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/24/2025
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Vehicle Laws - Fully Autonomous Vehicles [SB-949]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing certain standards and requirements for the operation of fully autonomous vehicles on highways in the State; requiring, before operating a fully autonomous vehicle on a highway in the State, a person to submit a law enforcement interaction plan to the Motor Vehicle Administration; and establishing that a State agency or local political subdivision may not prohibit the operation of fully autonomous vehicles on highways under their jurisdiction.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne C. Benson
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Medicaid Management Information System - Surveillance and Utilization Review Subsystem - Publication of Procurement Schedule [SB-840]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to publish on its website a schedule for the issuance of a solicitation for the procurement of a Surveillance and Utilization Review Subsystem of the Medicaid Management Information System; and requiring the Department to publish on its website notice of certain time frames at least 60 days before the issuance of the procurement.
Sponsored by: Sen. Johnny Mautz
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2025
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Economic Development - Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board and Senator George C. Edwards Fund - Alterations [SB-861]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Altering the composition of the Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board; providing that the Executive Director serves as a nonvoting member of the Board; altering the purpose of the Senator George C. Edwards Fund to provide grant or loan funding to create jobs and significant economic development opportunities in the region; altering the criteria that the Board must consider when awarding certain grant and loan funding from the fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Paul Corderman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 379 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland Department of Health and Health Officers - Revisions [SB-971]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to notify each health officer for a county of a certain procurement to offer the opportunity for the county health department to join the procurement; authorizing a health officer for a county to make an appointment to a position without the approval of the Maryland Department of Health or the Department of Budget and Management if the position is fully funded through the use of local funding or grant funding; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence K. Lam
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/17/2025
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Amendments Convention Called Under Article V of the U.S. Constitution - Delegation to the Convention [SB-886]
[Elections ]
[Ethics ]
Requiring the General Assembly to appoint a delegation to an amendments convention called under Article V of the U.S. Constitution and an advisory committee under certain circumstances and in accordance with certain requirements; providing for the membership of the delegation; providing for the qualifications, oath, compensation, and duties of a commissioner to the delegation; establishing the operations of the delegation and the advisory committee; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Justin D Ready
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Public Utilities - Generating Stations - Generation and Siting (Renewable Energy Certainty Act) [SB-931]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
Altering the factors the Public Service Commission must consider before taking final action on a certificate of public convenience and necessity; 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 Commission proposed siting and design requirements and licensing conditions; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian J. Feldman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 623 on 05/20/2025
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Consumer Protection - High-Risk Artificial Intelligence - Developer and Deployer Requirements [SB-936]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring a certain developer of, and a certain deployer who uses, a certain high-risk artificial intelligence system to use reasonable care to protect consumers from known and reasonably foreseeable risks of certain algorithmic discrimination in a certain high-risk artificial intelligence system; regulating the use of high-risk artificial intelligence systems by establishing certain requirements for disclosures, impact assessments, and other consumer protection provisions; authorizing the Attorney General to enforce the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sara Norris Love
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2025
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Insurance - Enforcement, Impaired Entities, Homeowner's Insurance Policies, and Unfair Claim Settlement Practices - Revisions [SB-893]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Establishing and altering requirements governing the regulation of insurance in the State, including requirements related to reviews and examinations undertaken by the Maryland Insurance Commissioner, premium discounts, the temporary suspension of writing new homeowner's insurance policies, and claims handling; providing that certain insurers may be subject to additional market conduct examinations under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nick Charles
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2025
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Corporations and Associations - Cooperative Limited Equity Housing Corporations - Establishment [SB-927]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
Authorizing a Maryland nonstock corporation to convert to a cooperative limited equity housing corporation subject to certain requirements; requiring a cooperative limited equity housing corporation for certain households to receive notice to vacate a portion of a certain residential rental facility; requiring a cooperative limited equity housing corporation to reimburse certain households for moving expenses; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Smith
Hearing 3/25 At 1:00 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 03/19/2025
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Wicomico County - Alcoholic Beverages - Temporary To-Go Event Permit and Class C Per Diem Municipal To-Go Beer, Wine, and Liquor License [SB-798]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
Establishing a temporary to-go event permit in Wicomico County; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Wicomico County to issue a temporary to-go event permit to a holder of a Class B beer, wine, and liquor license; establishing a Class C per diem municipal to-go beer, wine, and liquor license in the county; authorizing the Board to issue a Class C per diem municipal to-go beer, wine, and liquor license to a municipality in the county; requiring the Board to adopt certain regulations; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Wicomico County Senators
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 794 on 05/20/2025
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Transportation Network Companies - Deactivation of Operators - Policy and Appeal Procedure [HB-1030]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Altering the definitions of "transportation network company" and "transportation network operator" for purposes of provisions of law regarding transportation network companies; requiring a transportation network company to maintain a deactivation policy that provides the policies and procedures for the deactivation of operators; prohibiting a transportation network company from deactivating an operator unless the deactivation is consistent with the company's deactivation policy; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Diana M. Fennell
Hearing Canceled on 03/03/2025
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Public Works Contracts - Apprenticeship Requirements (Maryland Workforce Apprenticeship Utilization Act) [HB-1017]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
[Education ]
Altering certain apprenticeship requirements relating to public works contracts to require certain contractors and subcontractors to employ a certain number of qualified apprentices or journeyworkers necessary to meet a certain applicable percentage for the project; altering which projects are subject to certain apprenticeship requirements; repealing certain provisions of law that authorized contractors and subcontractors to make certain payments to a certain apprenticeship program in lieu of employing certain apprentices; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Melissa Wells
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Correctional Services - Private Detention Facilities - Deprivation of Rights, Privileges, and Immunities [HB-1011]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a person from depriving an individual in a private detention facility of any right, privilege, or immunity secured by the United States Constitution, the Maryland Constitution, the Maryland Declaration of Rights, or any state or federal law; authorizing the Office of the Attorney General to investigate a violation of the Act; authorizing the Office of the Attorney General to file a civil action against a person for a violation of the Act under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/24/2025
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Baltimore City and Montgomery County - Stop Sign Monitoring Systems - Authorization MC 4-25 [HB-1032]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing the use of stop sign monitoring systems in school zones in Baltimore City and Montgomery County under the pilot program authorized for Prince George's County, if authorized by local law; and requiring the Montgomery County Department of Transportation and the Baltimore City Department of Transportation to individually report to the Governor and General Assembly by December 1, 2027, the data on the program through October 1, 2027, in their individual jurisdictions.
Sponsored by: Rep. Caylin Allen Young
Favorable With Amendments Report By Judicial Proceedings on 04/04/2025
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Relocation of Human Remains - Authorization Process [HB-1003]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Requiring a person seeking to relocate human remains from a burial site to apply for approval for relocation with the Office of Cemetery Oversight before seeking authorization from a State's Attorney; establishing requirements and procedures for an application for authorization to relocate human remains; requiring the Office of Cemetery Oversight to delay authorization for relocation of human remains under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Caylin Allen Young
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2025