Public Officials
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Frederick County - County Employees and Volunteers - Criminal History Records Check [SB-995]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing the Director of Human Resources of Frederick County to request from the Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services a State and national criminal history records check for a prospective or current county employee or county volunteer; requiring the Central Repository to forward certain information to certain persons; requiring that the information remain confidential and that it be used only for personnel-related purposes; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Frederick County Senators
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/10/2025
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Election Law - Approval Voting - Authorization for County Elections [SB-996]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Authorizing the governing body of a county to adopt, by law, an approval voting method for elections for offices in the executive or legislative branches of county government; defining "approval voting" as a method of casting and tabulating votes in which voters may choose any number of candidates and the candidate chosen most often is elected; and requiring a local law enacted under the provisions of the Act to provide for an educational campaign explaining how to vote using approval voting.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Montgomery County and Prince George's County - Qualifying Municipal Corporation - Land Use MC/PG 114-25 [HB-1231]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
Authorizing a governing body of a qualifying municipal corporation by resolution to exercise the powers of the Prince George's County Planning Board, the zoning hearing examiner for Prince George's County, or the District Council for Prince George's County to make land use decisions relating to any land within the corporate limits of the municipal corporation; subjecting the exercise of those powers to certain substantive and procedural requirements and standards; providing for the judicial review of certain actions; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
House of Delegates - Renaming [HB-1381]
[Elections ]
Changing the name of the House of Delegates to be the House of Representatives; and providing that the House of Representatives is the successor to the House of Delegates and that the Speaker of the House of Representatives is the successor to the Speaker of the House of Delegates.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jeffrie E. Long
Hearing 3/03 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/26/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Carroll County - Board of Health and Health Department [HB-1426]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing the Carroll County Board of Commissioners as the Carroll County Board of Health; requiring the board of health to take certain actions related to operating procedures for the Carroll County Health Department, records of the Department, and evaluations of the health officer, deputy health officers, and other employees of the health department; authorizing the board of health to remove the health officer or a deputy health officer under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. April Rose
Hearing Canceled on 02/26/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Task Force to Study Land Use Issues in Prince George's County - Establishment MC/PG 117-25 [HB-1266]
[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
[Housing ]
[Construction ]
Establishing the Task Force to Study Land Use Issues In Prince George's County to review the role of the County Planning Board, evaluate the list of person that have standing to seek judicial review and appeal to the Appellate Court, the expiration processes, and the need for legislative remedies to address certain issues; and requiring the Task Force to report its findings to the Prince George's County Executive, the County Council, and the Prince George's County Delegation to the General Assembly by December 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing Canceled on 04/01/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Environmental Permits - Requirements for Public Participation and Impact and Burden Analyses (Cumulative Harms to Environmental Restoration For Improving Shared Health - CHERISH Our Communities Act) [HB-1484]
[Environmental ]
[Public Health ]
[Air Quality ]
[Water ]
[Community Development ]
Applying certain public participation requirements to permits for projects that have been identified by the Department of the Environment as having an increased potential for adverse community environmental and public health impacts; requiring a person applying for certain environmental permits for certain projects with an increased potential to cause adverse community environmental and public health impacts to include in the permit application an environmental impact analysis; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jazz Lewis
Hearing Canceled (environment And Transportation) on 03/02/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Procurement - Prohibited Certifications - Boycotts of Foreign Countries [HB-1460]
[Trade ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibiting a procurement officer from requiring a certain certification from a bidder or offeror or including a certain clause in a State procurement contract or contract renewal relating to boycotts of foreign countries.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gabriel Acevero
Hearing Canceled on 03/11/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Ethics - Local Government and School Boards - Requirements [HB-1297]
[Ethics ]
[Education ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring that the conflict of interest provisions or regulations adopted by a county, municipal corporation, or school board be equivalent to or exceed certain provisions of State law and authorize removal of a certain official for certain violations; requiring that conflict of interest provisions adopted by a county, municipal corporation, or school board include certain provisions relating to judicial relief for violations of the conflict of interest provisions; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason C. Buckel
Reassigned To Environment And Transportation on 02/12/2025
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North Carolina 2025-2026 Session
Board of Motor Vehicles/Authority Study [SB-63]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Board of Motor Vehicles/Authority Study
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Vincent Lee
Withdrawn From Com on 04/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Maryland Parole Commission - Members and Hearing Examiners [HB-1156]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the number of members of the Maryland Parole Commission from 10 to at least 15 but not more than 20 members; altering the appointing authority and method of appointment of parole commissioners; and repealing the authority of the Commission to appoint and utilize hearing examiners.
Sponsored by: Rep. Scott Phillips
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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Montgomery County - Board of Education - Student Member Compensation MC 7-25 [HB-1207]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering the compensation of the student member of the Montgomery County Board of Education.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 426 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - Membership, Reporting, Billing, and Planning (WSSC Planning and Reporting Act of 2025) MC/PG 105-25 [HB-1195]
[Water ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring one of the three commissioners from Montgomery County on the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission to be the Director of the Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection or a designee; requiring the Commission to submit a long range comprehensive financial plan in a certain manner; requiring the budget authorization for the Office of the Inspector General of the Commission to be approved independently and without involvement of Commission staff; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 593 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Constitutional Officers - Gender-Neutral Language [HB-1129]
[Ethics ]
Altering terminology in the Maryland Constitution that refers to constitutional officers to be gender-neutral.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing Canceled on 03/08/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Carroll County Board of Education - Vacancy Procedures - Alterations [HB-1118]
[Education ]
[Elections ]
Altering the procedures used to fill a vacancy of a voting member of the Carroll County Board of Education under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 3/03 At 11:00 A.m. on 02/07/2025
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North Carolina 2025-2026 Session
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Various Local Elections [HB-58]
[Elections ]
Various Local Elections
Sponsored by: Rep. Brian Mills Turner
Ratified on 03/27/2025
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North Carolina 2025-2026 Session
GSC Moral Turpitude/Occupational Licensure [HB-45]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
GSC Moral Turpitude/Occupational Licensure
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Theodore Davis
Withdrawn From Cal on 02/26/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
County Boards of Education - Reappointment of Incumbent County Superintendent - Authorization [SB-887]
[Education ]
Authorizing a county board of education to reappoint an incumbent county superintendent in a certain manner; and authorizing a county board to take action at a public meeting to reappoint the incumbent superintendent at any time after the end of the second year of the incumbent superintendent's term but not later than March 1 of the year in which the contract is being renewed to serve a new term of 4 years beginning the immediately following July 1.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy King
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/24/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Carroll County Board of Education - Vacancy Procedures - Alterations [SB-885]
[Education ]
[Elections ]
Altering the procedures used to fill a vacancy of a voting member of the Carroll County Board of Education under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Carroll County Senators
Hearing Canceled on 03/26/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Environmental Permits - Requirements for Public Participation and Impact and Burden Analyses (Cumulative Harms to Environmental Restoration for Improving Shared Health - CHERISH Our Communities Act) [SB-978]
[Environmental ]
[Public Health ]
[Air Quality ]
[Water ]
[Community Development ]
Applying certain public participation requirements to permits for projects that have been identified by the Department of the Environment as having an increased potential for adverse community environmental and public health impacts; requiring a person applying for certain environmental permits for certain projects with an increased potential to cause adverse community environmental and public health impacts to include in the permit application an environmental impact analysis; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence K. Lam
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025