Public Works
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Works Contracts - Apprenticeship Requirements (Maryland Workforce Apprenticeship Utilization Act) [HB-1017]
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Melissa Wells
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Estates and Trusts - Registers of Wills - Salary [HB-918]
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Luke Clippinger
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Anne Arundel County Crownsville Hospital Memorial Park Advisory Committee [HB-971]
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; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Andrew Pruski
Favorable With Amendments Report By Appropriations on 03/14/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Works Contracts - Apprenticeship Requirements (Maryland Workforce Apprenticeship Utilization Act) [SB-688]
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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. (finance) on 02/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Procurement - Public Work Contracts - Data Dashboard (Maryland Public Works and Apprenticeship Transparency Act) [HB-850]
Requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to develop and maintain a data dashboard that includes certain information relating to contractors, subcontractors, employees, and apprentices working under public work contracts; requiring each contractor who is contracted under a public work contract to provide certain information to the Commissioner; requiring the Commissioner to update the data dashboard on a certain basis and post the data dashboard on the Maryland Department of Labor website; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseline Pena-Melnyk
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Nuisance - Common Carriers - Damage to Public Infrastructure [HB-860]
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 is liable to the State or local government for civil penalties of $1,000 per day for each day the public nuisance continues.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Favorable With Amendments Report By Judiciary on 03/14/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Estates and Trusts - Registers of Wills - Salary [SB-628]
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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Carroll County - Public Facilities Bond [HB-833]
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
Hearing 3/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/21/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
St. Mary's County - Public Facilities Bond [SB-623]
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
Referred Appropriations on 03/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Counties – Construction of Sidewalks and Crosswalks – Safe Alternative Routes to Public Schools [HB-811]
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Edith Patterson
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 02/07/2025
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Idaho 2025 Regular Session
Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding the construction, alteration, equipping, furnishing, and repair of public buildings and works. [HB-52]
PUBLIC WORKS -- 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
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Idaho 2025 Regular Session
Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding delegation of public works projects. [HB-50]
PUBLIC WORKS -- Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding delegation of public works projects.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Reported Signed By Governor On February 18, 2025 Session Law Chapter 5 Effective: 07/01/2025 on 02/19/2025
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Idaho 2025 Regular Session
Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding competitive bidding. [HB-56]
PUBLIC WORKS -- Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding competitive bidding.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Reported Signed By Governor On February 18, 2025 Session Law Chapter 3 Effective: 07/01/2025 on 02/19/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Local Government - Development Impact Fees, Surcharges, and Excise Taxes - Reporting [HB-698]
Requiring county governments to make a certain report by July 1 each year to the Governor and General Assembly on the amount and use of county development impact fees, surcharges, and excise taxes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Referred Budget And Taxation on 03/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Counties - Construction of Sidewalks and Crosswalks - Safe Alternative Routes to Public Schools [SB-526]
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, who are ineligible for transportation services, 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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Hearing Canceled on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Procurement Contracts and Public-Private Partnerships - Project Labor Agreements, Community Benefit Agreements, and Use of Registered Apprentices [SB-494]
Establishing requirements related to project labor agreements, community benefit agreements, and the use of registered apprentices under procurement contracts and public-private partnerships.
Sponsored by: Sen. Arthur Ellis
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Property Tax - Transportation Funding (Transportation Funding Act of 2025) [HB-641]
Requiring the Governor, after consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, to submit each year to the Board of Public Works and the General Assembly a proposal for a State property tax to support transportation projects and programs; requiring, on or before February 15 each year, the Board of Public Works to approve, reject, or modify the proposed State property tax; imposing a State property tax at the rates and on the classes and subclasses of property that the Board of Public Works approves; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Ruth
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. (ways And Means) on 01/28/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
St. Mary's County - Public Facilities Bond [HB-561]
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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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity – Overhead Transmission Lines – Conservation Easements [HB-640]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to consider the impact of the development of overhead transmission lines on certain properties subject to an existing conservation easement in certain proceedings for a certificate of public convenience and necessity; and requiring the Commission to require an applicant for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the development of overhead transmission lines to consider alternative routes for transmission lines affecting conservation easements or alter proposed routes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
First Reading Economic Matters on 01/23/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Land Use - Regional Housing Infrastructure Gap (Housing for Jobs Act) [HB-503]
Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development and the Department of Planning to calculate certain regional housing infrastructure gaps; providing for the apportionment of regional housing infrastructure gaps to counties and incorporated municipalities; authorizing local jurisdictions to reduce local housing infrastructure gaps in a certain manner; establishing that certain local jurisdictions have an affirmative obligation to expeditiously approve housing development project applications; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Hornberger
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2025