Penalties And Sentences
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Pharmacogenomic Testing - Required Coverage [SB-961]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Insurance ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain health insurers, nonprofit health services plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for single-gene and multigene pharmacogenomic testing in certain circumstances; and limiting the prior authorization requirements that certain health insurers, nonprofit health services plans, and health maintenance organizations may implement for pharmacogenomic testing.
Sponsored by: Sen. Johnny Mautz
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2025
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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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl C. Kagan
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 431 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Charles County – Off–Highway Recreational Vehicles – Regulation and Enforcement [SB-912]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Recreation ]
Authorizing Charles County to regulate the operation of off-highway recreational vehicles in the county and to impound an off-highway recreational vehicle that is subject to certain alleged motor vehicle violations.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles County Senators
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 03/28/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Transportation-Related Tolls - Installment Payment Plans [SB-941]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Requiring the Maryland Transportation Authority to establish programs to offer installment payment plans for the payment of unpaid video tolls and civil penalties in excess of $300.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles E. Sydnor
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 03/28/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Municipalities - Enforcement of Ordinances and Resolutions [SB-820]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Increasing from $1,000 to $5,000 the maximum amount of a criminal fine or municipal infraction that may be imposed by a municipality to enforce certain ordinances and resolutions enacted by the municipality.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 570 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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.
Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Smith
Hearing Canceled on 03/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Workgroup to Study Adoption of a Statute for Assault in the Third Degree [SB-873]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing the Workgroup to Study Adoption of a Statute for Assault in the Third Degree; requiring the Workgroup, if it recommends adoption of a third degree assault prohibition, to prepare draft legislation with the assistance of the Department of Legislative Services; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Smith
Hearing 3/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025
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Baltimore City - Assault of Special Enforcement Officers - Penalties [SB-825]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Increasing penalties for a person causing physical injury to a Baltimore City special enforcement officer, a special parking enforcement officer, or a special traffic enforcement officer while the officer is engaged in the performance of the officer's official duties; and providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of the felony of assault in the second degree and is subject to imprisonment of up to 10 years or a fine of up to $5,000 or both.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory V. McCray
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law – Identity Fraud – Artificial Intelligence and Deepfake Representations [SB-905]
[Crime ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Prohibiting a person from utilizing certain personal identifying information or engaging in certain conduct in order to cause certain harm; prohibiting a person from using certain artificial intelligence or certain deepfake representations for certain purposes; and providing that a person who is the victim of certain conduct may bring a civil action against a certain person.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Fry Hester
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Criminal Law - Gift Card Crimes [SB-874]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a person from taking a certain gift card from another or receiving a gift card with the intent to use, sell, or transfer the gift card in a certain manner; prohibiting a person from receiving a gift card that the person knows was lost, mislaid, or delivered under a mistake and retaining possession in a certain manner; prohibiting a person from selling and buying a gift card under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Folden
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Health – Medetomidine and Xylazine Consumer Protection Act [SB-875]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Prohibiting a retailer from distributing, selling, or exposing for sale a medetomidine product or a xylazine product unless the purchaser provides to the retailer certain proof; prohibiting a retailer from distributing, selling, or exposing for sale a medetomidine product or a xylazine product to an individual under the age of 21 years; requiring a retailer that prepares, distributes, sells, or exposes for sale a medetomidine product or a xylazine product to maintain certain records; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Folden
Hearing Canceled on 03/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Data Brokers - Registry and Gross Income Tax (Building Information Guardrails Data Act of 2025) [SB-904]
[Data Privacy ]
[Taxes ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
Establishing the Privacy Protection and Enforcement Unit within the Division of Consumer Protection in the Office of the Attorney General; establishing a data broker registry; requiring certain data brokers to register each year with the Comptroller; and imposing a tax on the gross income of certain data brokers for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2026.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. (budget And Taxation) on 02/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Consumer Protection - Third-Party Litigation Financing [SB-985]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Finance ]
Prohibiting certain litigation financiers from engaging in certain conduct with respect to litigation financing transactions and certain litigation financing contracts; requiring that the litigation financing contracts contain certain disclosures and be executed in a certain manner; requiring a certain disclosure of a litigation financing contract in certain civil actions; and imposing a fiduciary duty on litigation financiers in certain class actions.
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo T. Washington
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2025
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Gaming - Prohibition of Online Sweepstakes Games and Revenue From Illegal Markets [SB-860]
[Gaming ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Prohibiting a person from operating, conducting, or promoting online sweepstakes games or supporting the operation, conducting, or promotion of online sweepstakes games; requiring the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency to deny certain license applications and revoke certain licenses under certain circumstances; prohibiting the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission from issuing a license to certain persons or allowing the person to commence or continue operations under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Paul Corderman
Referred Ways And Means on 03/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Veterans Benefits Matters – Claim Servicers – Prohibitions and Requirements [SB-928]
[Veterans ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Establishing prohibitions and requirements regarding compensation for certain services related to veterans benefits matters; prohibiting a person that is not V.A. accredited from making certain guarantees; providing for the enforcement of the Act under the Maryland Consumer Protection Act; and repealing certain advertising and disclosure requirements for veterans benefits services and veterans benefits appeals services.
Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Smith
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2025
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Criminal Law - Causing Ingestion of an Abortion-Inducing Drug - Prohibition (Women's Freedom From Coercion Act) [SB-933]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Healthcare ]
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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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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