Public Buildings And Facilities
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Environment - Local Building Energy Performance Standards - Authorization [SB-807]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Construction ]
[Housing ]
[Air Quality ]
[Climate Change ]
Authorizing counties to adopt local building energy performance standards that are at least as stringent as certain standards adopted by the Department of the Environment if the standards are approved by the Department; authorizing a county to enforce local building energy performance standards; and exempting a covered building that is subject to certain local building energy performance standards from complying with certain statewide standards.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Fred Kramer
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2025
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Carroll County - Public Facilities Bond [HB-833]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of Carroll County to borrow not more than $36,900,000 in order to finance the construction, improvement, or development of certain public facilities in Carroll County and to effect such borrowing by the issuance and sale at public or private sale of its general obligation bonds; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 423 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
St. Mary's County - Public Facilities Bond [SB-623]
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[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of St. Mary's County to borrow not more than $71,000,000 in order to finance the construction, improvement, or development of certain public facilities in St. Mary's County, and to effect such borrowing by the issuance and sale at public or private sale of its general obligation bonds; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Bailey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 408 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Local Government Tort Claims Act - Hagerstown Multi-Use Sports and Events Facility, Inc. [SB-579]
[Sports ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the definition of "local government" under the Local Government Tort Claims Act to include the Hagerstown Multi-Use Sports and Events Facility, Inc., in Washington County.
Sponsored by: Sen. Paul Corderman
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/30/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Commission on State and Local Government Real Property Bearing Confederate Names [HB-752]
[Community Development ]
[Real Estate ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Ethics ]
Establishing the Commission on State and Local Government Real Property Bearing Confederate Names to develop and implement a framework to identify real property owned by the State or a political subdivision that bears a Confederate name; and requiring the Commission to make recommendations regarding the real property that should be renamed and report its findings to the Governor, the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City, the governing body of each county, and the General Assembly by October 1, 2032.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Boards, Committees, Commissions, Task Forces, and Workgroups - Elimination of Citizenship Requirements and Establishment of Diversity Requirements [HB-696]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Ethics ]
Eliminating citizenship requirements for boards and commissions; and requiring that members of boards, committees, commissions, task forces, and workgroups reflect the full diversity of the State to the extent practicable.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2025
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Prince George's County - Illegal Dumping and Litter Control Law - Video Evidence and Reward Programs [SB-525]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Environmental ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing Prince George's County to establish a pilot program allowing a member of the public to submit video evidence of an alleged violation of the Illegal Dumping and Litter Control Law to a certain enforcement unit; requiring the program to allow a member of the public to receive a portion of fines collected in relation to the violation; and authorizing the governing body of Prince George's County to refer unpaid fines to the Central Collection Unit of the Department of Budget and Management for collection.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 181 on 04/22/2025
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Public Libraries - Automated External Defibrillator Program (Raymono A. Russell Act) [HB-593]
[Public Health ]
[Libraries ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
Requiring certain libraries, beginning January 1, 2026, to place an automated external defibrillator in a prominent area accessible to employees and library users, to provide maintenance for the automated external defibrillator, and to comply with the Public Access Automated External Defibrillator Program; granting certain immunities to libraries and individuals under certain circumstances; requiring by December 1, 2026, a report to certain committees of the General Assembly on the use of defibrillators in libraries; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin E Holmes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 614 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Boards, Committees, Commissions, Task Forces, and Workgroups - Elimination of Citizenship Requirements and Establishment of Diversity Requirements [SB-490]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Ethics ]
Eliminating citizenship requirements for boards and commissions; and requiring that members of boards, committees, commissions, task forces, and workgroups reflect the full diversity of the State to the extent practicable.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/30/2025
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Building Energy Performance Standards - Public Safety, Emergency, and Public Utility Buildings - Exclusion [SB-479]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Construction ]
[Housing ]
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: Sen. Mary Elizabeth Carozza
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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St. Mary's County - Public Facilities Bond [HB-561]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of St. Mary's County to borrow not more than $71,000,000 in order to finance the construction, improvement, or development of certain public facilities in St. Mary's County, and to effect such borrowing by the issuance and sale at public or private sale of its general obligation bonds; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 3/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/21/2025
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Unhoused Individuals - Rights, Civil Action, and Affirmative Defense [SB-484]
[Housing ]
[Human Rights ]
[Poverty ]
[Public Safety ]
[Community Development ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Providing that all unhoused individuals have certain rights; authorizing the Attorney General or an individual harmed by a violation of the Act to bring a certain civil action against a political subdivision, a unit of State or local government, or a government official; establishing an affirmative defense of necessity to certain criminal charges relating to trespass or disturbing the peace; and repealing the authority of a municipality to prohibit vagrancy.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Anthony Muse
Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/24/2025
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Public Health - Hospitals - Parking for Patients [HB-519]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Requiring hospitals in the State to offer parking at no cost for inpatients for the duration of the inpatient's admission and for outpatients attending a scheduled medical appointment for the duration of the appointment; and requiring hospitals in the State to display signage notifying inpatients and outpatients of the availability of parking at no cost.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2025
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Economic Development - County or Municipal Corporation Economic Development Authority - Powers and Use of Proceeds [SB-409]
[Economic Development ]
[Community Development ]
[Small Business ]
Expanding the acceptable names authorized for an economic development authority established by a county or municipal corporation; expanding the powers of an authority, subject to limitations in the articles of incorporation of the authority and resolutions of the legislative body of a county or municipal corporation; providing that certain actions require prior approval of the legislative body of a county or municipal corporation under certain circumstances; expanding the authorized uses of tax increment proceeds; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy King
Referred Ways And Means Environment And Transportation on 03/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Carroll County - Public Facilities Bond [SB-416]
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[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of Carroll County to borrow not more than $36,900,000 in order to finance the construction, improvement, or development of certain public facilities in Carroll County and to effect such borrowing by the issuance and sale at public or private sale of its general obligation bonds; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Carroll County Senators
Hearing Canceled on 01/30/2025
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Unhoused Individuals - Rights, Civil Action, and Affirmative Defense [HB-487]
[Housing ]
[Human Rights ]
[Poverty ]
[Public Safety ]
[Community Development ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Human Services ]
Providing that all unhoused individuals have certain rights; authorizing the Attorney General or an individual harmed by a violation of the Act to bring a certain civil action against a political subdivision, a unit of State or local government, or a government official; establishing an affirmative defense of necessity to certain criminal charges relating to trespass or disturbing the peace; and repealing the authority of a municipality to prohibit vagrancy.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bernice Mireku-North
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/27/2025
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Public Libraries - Automated External Defibrillator Program (Raymono A. Russell Act) [SB-369]
[Public Health ]
[Libraries ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
Requiring certain libraries, beginning January 1, 2026, to place an automated external defibrillator in a certain area and maintain the functionality of the automated external defibrillator and comply with the Public Access Automated External Defibrillator Program; granting certain immunities to libraries and individuals for certain acts or omissions under certain circumstances; requiring the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems to submit a certain report by December 1, 2026; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian J. Feldman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 613 on 05/20/2025
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State Buildings and State Highways - Collection and Disposal of Yard Waste [HB-338]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Construction ]
Prohibiting a person from disposing of yard waste collected on the grounds of a State building or State highway in a single-use plastic container; requiring a person to collect yard waste on the grounds of a State building or State highway in a container that will not be discarded with the yard waste or is a compostable paper bag; and requiring all yard waste collected on the grounds of a State building or State highway to be disposed of in a certain manner under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Favorable Report By Education, Energy, And The Environment on 04/02/2025
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Local Comprehensive Planning and State Economic Growth, Resource Protection, and Planning Policy - Planning Principles [HB-286]
[Environmental ]
[Economic Development ]
[Community Development ]
Providing certain planning principles that are collectively intended to create sustainable communities and to protect the environment utilizing active public participation; altering the State Economic Growth, Resource Protection, and Planning Policy to consist of planning principles for advancing sustainable growth in the State; and requiring the publisher of the Annotated Code of Maryland, along with the Department of Legislative Services, to correct cross-references and terminology in the Code that are rendered incorrect by the Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Environment and Transportation
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 63 on 04/08/2025
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School Buildings - Solar Technologies - Parking Lot Solar Canopies [HB-61]
[Energy ]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Construction ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
Requiring the Interagency Commission to adopt regulations requiring the design development documents for the construction or major renovation of school buildings to include parking lot solar canopies in the evaluation of the use of solar technologies in the construction project; and requiring, by December 31 each year, the Interagency Commission to report to the Governor on the number of public school construction and major renovations projects in each jurisdiction that use solar technologies.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
Hearing Canceled on 04/04/2025