Public Buildings And Facilities
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Prior Authorizations of State Debt - Alterations [HB-1519]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Amending certain prior authorizations of State Debt to change the names of certain grantees, alter the authorized uses of certain grants, and extend the termination date of certain grants.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Chang
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 643 on 05/20/2025
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State Government - Equal Access to Public Services for Individuals With Limited English Proficiency and Individuals With Disabilities [HB-1473]
[Disabilities ]
[Human Services ]
[Immigration ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Rights ]
Requiring the Governor's Office of Immigrant Affairs and the Department of Disabilities to convene the Maryland Language Advisory Group, by January 1, 2026, to make findings and recommendations on oversight, monitoring, investigation, and enforcement of certain provisions of law relating to equal access to public services for certain individuals; altering provisions of law relating to equal access to public services for individuals with limited English proficiency to include individuals with disabilities; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 434 on 05/13/2025
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Public School Construction - Projections and Funding - Inflationary Adjustments [HB-1436]
[Construction ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Inflation ]
Requiring the Interagency Commission for School Construction to include an inflationary adjustment using a cost of construction inflation index in projections of school construction and capital improvement needs in its submission to the Capital Debt Affordability Committee and the Governor; and clarifying the intent of the General Assembly regarding funding for public school construction.
Sponsored by: Rep. April Fleming Miller
Hearing Canceled on 03/05/2025
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Calvert County Commissioners - Prohibited Gatherings and Events [HB-1401]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing the County Commissioners of Calvert County to enact a local law that authorizes the County Attorney or the State's Attorney for Calvert County to prohibit future events or gatherings that have a substantial likelihood of creating a nuisance or disturbance of the peace.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/04/2025
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Department of General Services - Assessment of State-Owned Facilities - Child Care Centers [HB-1344]
[Children and Youth ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring the Department of General Services to conduct an assessment of facilities owned by the State and operated by the 16 State agencies the Department supports to evaluate whether the facility or a portion of the facility would be suitable to lease to a child care center; requiring the Department to report to the General Assembly the results of the assessment and a description of whether each facility is suitable to lease to a child care center by December 1, 2026; and requiring the report to be published on the Department's website.
Sponsored by: Rep. Heather Bagnall
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 650 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Land Use and Real Property - Accessory Dwelling Units - Requirements and Prohibitions [HB-1466]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Construction ]
[Community Development ]
Establishing the policy of the State to promote and encourage the creation of accessory dwelling units on land with a single-family detached dwelling unit as the primary dwelling unit in order to meet the housing needs of the citizens of the State; requiring, on or before October 1, 2026, the legislative body of certain counties or municipal corporations to adopt a local law authorizing the development of accessory dwelling units on land with certain single-family detached dwelling units subject to certain requirements; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 197 on 04/22/2025
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Calvert County - Procurement - Long-Term Contracts for Infrastructure and Asset Management [HB-1482]
[Infrastructure ]
[Construction ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
Authorizing Calvert County to enter into certain contracts for infrastructure and asset management under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2025
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Environment - Building Energy Performance Standards and Energy Use Intensity Targets - Exemptions [HB-1415]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Construction ]
[Housing ]
Exempting a certain covered building from compliance with certain building energy performance standards and energy use intensity targets until a certain occurrence.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Building Energy Performance Standards - Public Safety, Emergency, and Public Utility Buildings - Exclusion (Safe Solutions Now Act of 2025) [HB-1414]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Construction ]
Altering the definition of "covered building" for purposes of certain building energy performance standards to exclude certain public safety, emergency, and public utility buildings.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Counties and Municipalities - Homelessness - Local Laws (Right to Rest Act) [HB-1164]
[Housing ]
[Human Services ]
[Community Development ]
[Poverty ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a county or municipality from enacting or enforcing a local law that is designed to prevent an individual from resting or sleeping in a public space, protecting oneself from the elements in a manner that does not obstruct the use of or access to private property, or sleeping in a legally parked vehicle.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jessica Feldmark
Hearing Canceled on 02/27/2025
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Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - Design and Construction - Alternative Project Delivery and Solicitation Methods MC/PG 102-25 [HB-1063]
[Construction ]
[Water ]
Repealing a limitation on the design/build contracts into which the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission may enter; and authorizing the Commission to adopt regulations establishing certain alternative project delivery and solicitation methods.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing Canceled on 04/07/2025
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Public Utilities - Generating Stations - Generation and Siting (Renewable Energy Certainty Act) [HB-1036]
[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: Rep. C.T. Wilson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 624 on 05/20/2025
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Department of Agriculture - Public Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment - Registration, Regulation, and Oversight [HB-1039]
[Agriculture ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
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: Rep. Nick Allen
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 02/05/2025
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State Public Transit Service and Stations - Exclusion for Assault and Bodily Injury [HB-1144]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Providing that a person alleged by a public transit operator to have committed an assault or other intentional act causing bodily injury may be prohibited from using a State public transit service or entering a State public transit service station; requiring the Maryland Transit Administration to create a rider code of conduct and implement a comprehensive internal safety program to strengthen protection for operators and passengers; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 542 on 05/13/2025
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State Public Transit Service and Stations - Exclusion for Assault and Bodily Injury [SB-858]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Providing that a person alleged to have committed an assault or other intentional act causing bodily injury may be prohibited from using a State public transit service or entering a State public transit service station; requiring the Maryland Transit Administration to create a rider code of conduct and implement a comprehensive internal safety program to strengthen protections for operators and passengers; requiring the Administration to convene a workgroup to create a rider code of conduct; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shaneka Henson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 541 on 05/13/2025
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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 Kagan
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 431 on 05/13/2025
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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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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 Feldman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 623 on 05/20/2025
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Education - School Building Energy Usage - Monthly Report [SB-818]
[Education ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Construction ]
Requiring each county board of education to collect data on energy usage and report the data collected to the Interagency Commission on School Construction; requiring the Commission to adopt regulations specifying the data to be collected and the means and frequency of reporting; and requiring the Commission to analyze the data collected and provide recommendations for improving school building energy efficiency and usage.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing Canceled on 02/19/2025
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Enforcement of Federal Immigration Law - Restrictions on Access to Information (Maryland Data Privacy Act) [SB-977]
[Immigration ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[National Security ]
Prohibiting a certain person in possession of certain data, information, and records from sharing or otherwise making the data, information, and records available under certain circumstances; 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, facilities, or buildings by certain individuals seeking access for the purpose of enforcing federal immigration law, under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Hearing Canceled on 03/26/2025