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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Roadside Tree Removal Permit Notification Act [HB-362]
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[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
[Property Tax ]
Requiring an applicant for a roadside tree removal permit to provide notice of the application to all owners of property abutting and adjacent to the property subject to the application and the governing body of any common ownership community that has control over the land on which the tree subject to the application is located by certified mail, return receipt requested.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marc Korman
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/03/2025
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Election Law - Statewide Voter Registration Application - Prepaid Postage [SB-323]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Requiring that a statewide voter registration application include a return envelope or envelope template with prepaid postage that an applicant may use to return the application to the State Board of Elections; requiring a statewide voter registration application to be accompanied by certain instructions for postage; and requiring the return envelopes or envelope templates to be preprinted with the address of the State Board for purposes of the returning the statewide voter registration application.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/30/2025
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Alaska 34th Legislature
Address Confidentiality Program [SB-31]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Human Services ]
An Act relating to the duties of the Department of Administration; creating an address confidentiality program; and providing for an effective date.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jesse Kiehl
Cosponsor(s): Kaufman, Dunbar on 03/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Baltimore County - Nuisance Actions - Community Association [HB-335]
[Community Development ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the definitions of "community association" and "local code violation" to authorize community associations to seek judicial relief for nuisance abatement in Baltimore County; requiring certain notices relating to nuisance actions to be provided to the county code enforcement agency and certain tenants and property owners; and repealing a provision of law requiring the Circuit Court for Baltimore County to determine the amount and conditions of a bond filed by a community association in a certain nuisance action.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Grammer
Hearing Canceled on 03/25/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
County Boards of Education - Members - Publication of Contact Information [HB-319]
[Education ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Requiring the county school system of each county in the State to publish an e-mail address, a mailing address, and a certain phone number prominently on its website contact information for nonstudent members of the county board of education; and requiring the county school system in each county in the State to publish on its website an e-mail address for student members, if applicable.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Grammer
Hearing 1/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/15/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Roadside Tree Removal Permit Notification Act [SB-290]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
[Property Tax ]
Requiring an applicant for a roadside tree removal permit to provide a certain notice in a certain manner to all owners of property abutting and adjacent to the property subject to the tree removal and to the governing body of any common ownership community that has control over the land on which the tree to be removed is located.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sara Love
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/24/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Theft - Mail and Packages (Porch Piracy Act of 2025) [HB-126]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting the theft of mail or packages delivered or left to be collected by the U.S. Postal Service or a delivery service; providing for the disposition of interest on unpaid restitution in certain cases involving the theft of mail or packages; and providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a felony and is subject to imprisonment of up to 5 years.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Hearing 1/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Real Property - Wrongful Detainer - Time of Hearing and Service of Process [HB-164]
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[Housing ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Property Tax ]
Requiring a certain hearing to be held not more than 14 calendar days after a certain complaint is filed; and altering requirements relating to service of process in a wrongful detainer action.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Third Reading Passed (137-0) on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Consumer Protection - Automatic Renewals [HB-107]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring a person who makes an automatic renewal offer to consumers to allow a consumer to cancel the automatic renewal in a cost-effective, timely, and easy-to-use manner; requiring automatic renewal offers to be displayed in a certain manner and contain certain information; establishing that compliance with certain regulations or a certain license shall be considered to be compliance with the Act; establishing that a violation of the Act is an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Andrew Pruski
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 205 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Property Tax - Tax Sales - Revisions [SB-192]
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[Taxes ]
[Water ]
[Housing ]
Requiring that certain owner-occupied property be withheld from tax sale; requiring a county or municipal corporation to withhold from tax sale certain property when the taxes consist only of a lien for unpaid water and sewer service; authorizing a county or a municipal corporation to withhold from tax sale certain property designated for redevelopment purposes; altering the contents of certain statements required to be sent to an owner of property subject to tax sale; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Hearing 1/22 At 10:30 A.m. on 01/14/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Mailing of Fake, Fraudulent, or Altered Documents - Prohibition [HB-79]
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[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a person from knowingly sending fake, fraudulent, or altered documents through the mail; and providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to imprisonment of up to 1 year or a fine of up to $1,000 or both.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Hearing 1/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Theft - Mail and Packages (Porch Piracy Act of 2025) [HB-280]
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[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
Prohibiting the theft of mail or packages from intended recipients; and authorizing the court to order a person convicted under the Act for a third or subsequent offense to participate in substance use disorder evaluation and treatment.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Hearing 1/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Mail and Package Theft (Porch Piracy Act of 2025) [HB-210]
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[Criminal Justice ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the prohibition against taking and breaking open a letter; prohibiting the theft of mail under certain circumstances; prohibiting a person from possessing an arrow key with the intent to use or allow the use of the arrow key in the commission of a violation of the Act; providing for concurrent jurisdiction in the District Court and circuit court to try a violation of the Act; and authorizing the use of facial recognition technology to investigate the commission of mail theft.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Third Reading Passed (137-0) on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Property Tax – Tax Sales – Revisions [HB-59]
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[Real Estate ]
[Taxes ]
Authorizing a tax collector to withhold from tax sale certain property occupied by an heir of a deceased owner of the property; requiring that certain owner-occupied property and certain property occupied by an heir of a deceased owner of the property be withheld from tax sale; requiring each county to establish a registry for interested parties or the Tax Sale Ombudsman to designate property to be withheld from tax sale; requiring the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to assist each county in creating and maintaining the registry; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 231 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Consumer Protection - Automatic Renewals [SB-49]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring a person who makes an automatic renewal offer to consumers to allow a consumer to cancel the automatic renewal in a cost-effective, timely, and easy-to-use manner; requiring automatic renewal offers to be displayed in a certain manner and contain certain information; establishing that compliance with certain regulations or a certain license shall be considered to be compliance with the Act; establishing that a violation of the Act is an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Dawn Gile
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 204 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Theft - Mail and Packages (Porch Piracy Act of 2025) [HB-135]
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[Consumer Protection ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting the theft of mail or packages delivered or left to be collected by the United States Postal Service or a delivery service company; requiring the Central Collection Unit to report certain overdue restitution to certain consumer reporting agencies; and providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a felony and is subject to imprisonment of up to 5 years.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Hearing 1/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Theft and Opening of Mail and Packages [HB-177]
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[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring a court to notify the United States Postmaster General of a certain conviction involving the theft, taking, or opening of mail or packages, under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Hearing 1/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Taking and Breaking Open Letters - Penalty [HB-291]
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[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Increasing the fine for violating the prohibition against taking and breaking open a letter addressed to another without the other's permission from $15 to $500.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Hearing 1/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Theft - Mail and Packages (Porch Piracy Act of 2025) [HB-143]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting the theft of mail or packages delivered or left to be collected by the United States Postal Service or a delivery service company; authorizing the court to order a person convicted of a certain crime to stay away from certain locations; and providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a felony and is subject to imprisonment of up to 5 years.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Hearing 1/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Theft of Mail and Packages and Victim Notification [HB-64]
[Crime ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Prohibiting the theft of mail or packages; requiring the prosecutor of a violation of the Act to notify the victim or the victim's representative about each court proceeding, the right of the victim to submit a victim impact statement, any posttrial court proceeding, any appeal, and any sentence review related to the court proceedings; and providing that a person who violates the Act by depriving an owner of mail or a package is guilty of a felony and is subject to imprisonment of up to 5 years.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Hearing 1/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/10/2025