Penalties And Sentences
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Uploading Criminal Activity on Social Media Application - Prohibition (MaKenzi's Law) [HB-1282]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
Prohibiting a person from uploading a video depicting a crime under the laws of the State or federal law to a certain social media application with the intent to promote or condone the activity; 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 $2,500 or both.
Sponsored by: Rep. Chris Tomlinson
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025
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Commission to Review and Assess Racial Disparities in the State Criminal Justice System - Establishment [HB-1423]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing the Commission to Review and Assess Racial Disparities in the State Criminal Justice System to study and make recommendations on certain matters involving the disparate treatment of African Americans, Hispanics, and other non-White individuals in the State's criminal justice system and other criminal justice issues in the State; and requiring the Commission to report its findings and recommendations on or before September 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Rep. Charlotte Agnes Crutchfield
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Crime of Violence - Medical Facilities and Places of Worship - Penalty (Sacred Places Safety Act) [HB-1308]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Prohibiting a person from committing a crime of violence while the person is in a medical facility or a place of worship; and providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment of up to 10 years.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheree Sample-Hughes
Hearing Canceled on 02/27/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Cannabis Use in Motor Vehicle With Minor Occupant - Prohibition [HB-1392]
[Cannabis ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting an individual from smoking, vaping, or consuming cannabis in the passenger area of a motor vehicle if a minor is an occupant.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason C. Buckel
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/14/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Montgomery County - School Bus Stops on Highways - Alterations MC 8-25 [HB-1227]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Applying certain provisions of law regarding school bus stops located on certain highways in Montgomery County to a school bus stop at a location for which at least 400 citations were issued in the preceding fiscal year to drivers traveling in the opposite direction of the bus stop; and prohibiting, beginning on December 31, 2028, locating a school bus stop on any highway with five or more undivided traffic lanes, except under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 589 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Employer Communications During Nonworking Hours - Right to Disconnect [HB-1413]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring employers to establish a policy that provides employees a certain right to ignore communications from the employer during nonworking hours and establishes nonworking hours by written agreement; and prohibiting, except under certain circumstances, an employer from requiring that an employee communicate with the employer during nonworking hours.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jazz Lewis
Hearing Canceled on 02/25/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Environment - Road Salt - Outdoor Storage [HB-1360]
[Environmental ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Water ]
Prohibiting certain persons from storing road salt uncovered outdoors; and requiring the Department of the Environment to adopt regulations to establish proper outdoor storage requirements for road salt and penalties for noncompliance.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jon S Cardin
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State and Local Agencies - Enforcement of Federal Immigration Law - Restrictions on Access to Information (Maryland Data Privacy Act) [HB-1431]
[Immigration ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering certain provisions of law to require a law enforcement agency or a unit of State or local government to deny access to certain databases by certain individuals seeking access for the purpose of enforcing federal immigration law, under certain circumstances; requiring the Attorney General to enforce certain provisions of the Act; and providing that a State employee who violates certain provisions of the Act is subject to certain discipline.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025
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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
Criminal Law - Causing Ingestion of an Abortion-Inducing Drug - Prohibition (Women's Freedom From Coercion Act) [HB-1186]
[Crime ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a person from knowingly and willfully causing another to ingest an abortion-inducing drug when the person knows or believes that the other person is pregnant and without consent, through fraud or coercion, or by force or threat of force; and establishing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment of up to 25 years.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Bailey Hornberger
Hearing Canceled on 03/03/2025
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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
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 M. Fennell
Hearing Canceled on 02/27/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Family Law - Child Custody and Visitation - Visitation Reevaluations and Remedies [HB-1165]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing a parent to petition a court for an emergency hearing to reevaluate a visitation schedule if the other parent fails to comply with a court-ordered visitation schedule without just cause; requiring the court to hold an emergency hearing within 10 days after the petition has been filed; and requiring and authorizing a court to take certain actions as a result of a parent's failure to comply with a court-ordered visitation schedule.
Sponsored by: Rep. Edith Jerry Patterson
Hearing Canceled on 02/17/2025
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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
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
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
Election Law - Absentee Ballots - Duly Authorized Agents [HB-1042]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Requiring that certain information regarding the use of an agent to pick up and deliver absentee ballots be conspicuously displayed on each specimen ballot; and prohibiting a candidate's representative from being a duly authorized agent for the purpose of picking up and delivering an absentee ballot for a registered voter.
Sponsored by: Rep. Denise Roberts
Hearing Canceled on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Juvenile Law - Confinement and Restrictive Housing - Limitations [HB-1107]
[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; 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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jazz Lewis
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases - Prospective Tenant Criminal History Records Check (Maryland Fair Chance Housing Act) [HB-1077]
[Housing ]
[Crime ]
[Real Estate ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a landlord from requiring or requesting from a prospective tenant certain information relating to criminal history and prohibiting a landlord from considering certain information when evaluating the prospective tenant; permitting a landlord to consider certain criminal history information prior to extending a conditional offer to a prospective tenant and requiring the landlord to consider certain information provided by a prospective tenant relating to a criminal history records check; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle K. Wilkins
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 02/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Real Property - Insufficient Condominium Reserve Account Grant Fund - Establishment [HB-1040]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Finance ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring regulated financial institutions to develop a community benefit plan in connection with applications to the Commissioner of Financial Regulation relating to financial services for purposes of providing safe and sound loans, and other financial products for low-and moderate-income individuals and communities and other distressed or underserved individuals and communities; requiring the Commissioner to exercise certain oversight authority relating to the adequacy of the community benefit plans and attainment of goals; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel I Rosenberg
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/10/2025