Energy Resource Adequacy and Planning Act [SB-909]
[Energy ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing the Strategic Energy Planning Office; requiring the Office to develop a Comprehensive Wholesale Energy Markets and Bulk Power System Risk Report and examine certain scenarios to support the development of the Risk Report; requiring the Risk Report to assess wholesale energy market financial resource adequacy and reliability risks and to identify any necessary cost-effective solutions that ensure electric system reliability while meeting the State's energy policy goals; etc.
SB-909: Energy Resource Adequacy and Planning Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/16/2025
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.
SB-937: Electricity and Gas - Emissions Reductions, Rate Regulation, Cost Recovery, Infrastructure, Planning, Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard, and Energy Assistance Programs (Next Generation Energy Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 625 on 05/20/2025
You have voted SB-937: Electricity and Gas - Emissions Reductions, Rate Regulation, Cost Recovery, Infrastructure, Planning, Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard, and Energy Assistance Programs (Next Generation Energy Act).
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.
SB-931: Public Utilities - Generating Stations - Generation and Siting (Renewable Energy Certainty Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 623 on 05/20/2025
Local Government - Development Impact Fees, Surcharges, and Excise Taxes - Reporting [SB-814]
[Taxes ]
[Community Development ]
[Housing ]
[Construction ]
[Real Estate ]
[Property Tax ]
Requiring county governments to make a certain report by July 1 each year to the Department of Planning on the amount, use, and location of the use of county development impact fees, surcharges, and excise taxes; and requiring county governments to make certain reports to the Department of Planning identifying certain local laws.
SB-814: Local Government - Development Impact Fees, Surcharges, and Excise Taxes - Reporting
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 187 on 04/22/2025
Public Works Contracts - Apprenticeship Requirements (Maryland Workforce Apprenticeship Utilization Act) [HB-1017]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
[Education ]
Altering certain apprenticeship requirements relating to public works contracts to require certain contractors and subcontractors to employ a certain number of qualified apprentices or journeyworkers necessary to meet a certain applicable percentage for the project; altering which projects are subject to certain apprenticeship requirements; repealing certain provisions of law that authorized contractors and subcontractors to make certain payments to a certain apprenticeship program in lieu of employing certain apprentices; etc.
HB-1017: Public Works Contracts - Apprenticeship Requirements (Maryland Workforce Apprenticeship Utilization Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Melissa Wells
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
Estates and Trusts - Registers of Wills - Salary [HB-918]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Providing that the maximum annual salary of a register of wills may not be more than the salary of a State employee at grade 26, step 20 of the State of Maryland Standard and Bargaining Salary Scale in effect on the day before the register begins a new term of office; and repealing as obsolete a certain minimum salary requirement for the register of wills for Baltimore City.
HB-918: Estates and Trusts - Registers of Wills - Salary
Sponsored by: Rep. Luke Clippinger
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/15/2025
Anne Arundel County Crownsville Hospital Memorial Park Advisory Committee [HB-971]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Community Development ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Safety ]
[Recreation ]
Establishing the Anne Arundel County Crownsville Hospital Memorial Park Advisory Committee to provide advice on the planning of the Park; requiring the Advisory Committee to make recommendations to ensure that the Park focuses on mental and physical health and well-being, is equitable in providing access to the property, is truthful about the history of Crownsville Hospital, and preserves the natural beauty of the site; and requiring the Committee to report its achievements and recommendations to certain entities by February 1 each year.
HB-971: Anne Arundel County Crownsville Hospital Memorial Park Advisory Committee
Sponsored by: Rep. Andrew Pruski
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 657 on 05/20/2025
Public Works Contracts - Apprenticeship Requirements (Maryland Workforce Apprenticeship Utilization Act) [SB-688]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
[Education ]
Altering certain apprenticeship requirements relating to public works contracts to require certain contractors and subcontractors to employ a certain number of qualified apprentices or journeyworkers necessary to meet a certain applicable percentage for the project; altering which projects are subject to certain apprenticeship requirements; repealing certain provisions of law that authorized contractors and subcontractors to make certain payments to a certain apprenticeship program in lieu of employing certain apprentices; etc.
SB-688: Public Works Contracts - Apprenticeship Requirements (Maryland Workforce Apprenticeship Utilization Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. (finance) on 02/06/2025
Workgroup on the Creation of a Data Dashboard for Public Work Contracts and Apprentices - Establishment [HB-850]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Construction ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing the Workgroup on the Creation of a Data Dashboard for Public Work Contracts and Apprentices to study the most efficient and cost-effective method to create a publicly available data dashboard that disaggregates information regarding public work contracts with the State and apprentices working under the public work contracts; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by January 7, 2027.
HB-850: Workgroup on the Creation of a Data Dashboard for Public Work Contracts and Apprentices - Establishment
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 717 on 05/20/2025
Public Nuisance - Common Carriers - Damage to Public Infrastructure [HB-860]
[Infrastructure ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Construction ]
Prohibiting certain common carriers from damaging certain public infrastructure necessitating the closure of the infrastructure; establishing that a violation of the Act is a public nuisance; authorizing the State or a local government to bring a civil action against a common carrier for a violation under the Act; and providing that a common carrier that commits a violation may be liable to the State or local government for civil penalties of $1,000 per day for each day the public nuisance continues.
HB-860: Public Nuisance - Common Carriers - Damage to Public Infrastructure
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 454 on 05/13/2025
Estates and Trusts - Registers of Wills - Salary [SB-628]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Providing that the maximum annual salary of a register of wills may not be more than the salary of a State employee at grade 26, step 20 of the State of Maryland Standard and Bargaining Salary Scale in effect on the day before the register beginning a new term of office; and repealing as obsolete a certain minimum salary requirement for the register of wills for Baltimore City.
SB-628: Estates and Trusts - Registers of Wills - Salary
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2025
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.
HB-833: Carroll County - Public Facilities Bond
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 423 on 05/06/2025
St. Mary's County - Public Facilities Bond [SB-623]
[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.
SB-623: St. Mary's County - Public Facilities Bond
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Bailey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 408 on 05/06/2025
Counties – Construction of Sidewalks and Crosswalks – Safe Alternative Routes to Public Schools [HB-811]
[Education ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Construction ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring a county board of education each year to prepare and post to the county's website a report that identifies pathways that public school students may use to travel to school using only safe alternative routes under certain circumstances; requiring the governing body of a county each year to review a certain report and construct any sidewalks and crosswalks necessary to create safe alternative routes for public school students under certain circumstances; etc.
HB-811: Counties – Construction of Sidewalks and Crosswalks – Safe Alternative Routes to Public Schools
Sponsored by: Rep. Edith Patterson
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 02/07/2025
Arch, Eng, Surveyors; Reg Int Design [SB-54]
[Construction ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Water ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Community Development ]
[Recreation ]
An Act relating to registered interior designers and interior design; relating to project costs for the construction, enlargement, or improvement of airports; extending the termination date of the State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors; relating to the State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors; establishing requirements for the practice of registered interior design; relating to the practice of architecture, engineering, land surveying, landscape architecture, and registered interior
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SB-54: Arch, Eng, Surveyors; Reg Int Design
Sponsored by: Rep. Matt Claman
Manifest Error(s) on 05/29/2025
HB-52: Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding the construction, alteration, equipping, furnishing, and repair of public buildings and works.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Reported Signed By Governor On February 18, 2025 Session Law Chapter 4 Effective: 07/01/2025 on 02/19/2025
You have voted HB-52: Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding the construction, alteration, equipping, furnishing, and repair of public buildings and works..
Local Government - Development Impact Fees, Surcharges, and Excise Taxes - Reporting [HB-698]
[Taxes ]
[Community Development ]
[Housing ]
[Construction ]
[Real Estate ]
[Property Tax ]
Requiring county governments to make a certain report by July 1 each year to the Department of Planning on the amount, use, and location of the use of county development impact fees, surcharges, and excise taxes; and requiring county governments to make certain reports to the Department of Planning identifying certain local laws.
HB-698: Local Government - Development Impact Fees, Surcharges, and Excise Taxes - Reporting
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 186 on 04/22/2025