Bay Restoration Fund - Authorized Uses - Connection to Existing Municipal Wastewater Facility [HB-24]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Infrastructure ]
Altering the authorized uses of a certain account of the Bay Restoration Fund to include the cost of connecting certain property using an on-site sewage disposal system to an existing municipal wastewater facility under certain circumstances.
HB-24: Bay Restoration Fund - Authorized Uses - Connection to Existing Municipal Wastewater Facility
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Szeliga
Hearing Canceled on 02/16/2025
Railroad Companies - Condemnation Authority - Application [HB-48]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
Establishing that certain authority of railroad companies to acquire property by condemnation does not apply to an entity that owns or operates a railroad powered by a magnetic levitation propulsion system.
Residential Property - Assignment of Contracts of Sale - Disclosure Requirements and Rescission [HB-124]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Authorizing a seller or assignee of certain residential property to rescind a contract of sale without penalty at any time before closing if a certain seller does not provide a certain notice; establishing that an assignee is entitled to a refund of any deposit paid in connection with the assignment of a contract of sale of the residential property under certain circumstances; requiring that a contract of sale comply with the requirements of the Act; and applying the Act prospectively.
HB-124: Residential Property - Assignment of Contracts of Sale - Disclosure Requirements and Rescission
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 508 on 05/13/2025
Residential Leases - Late Payment Penalties - Calculation [HB-273]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Real Estate ]
Altering a prohibition concerning the maximum penalty for the late payment of rent that a landlord may charge in a residential lease to prohibit a penalty in excess of 5% of the amount of the unpaid rent rather than of the amount due.
HB-273: Residential Leases - Late Payment Penalties - Calculation
Sponsored by: Rep. Nick Allen
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 580 on 05/13/2025
Federally Qualified Health Centers Grant Program - Acquisition of Land [HB-43]
[Healthcare ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Community Development ]
[Public Health ]
Authorizing the Board of Public Works, on recommendation of the Secretary of Health, to make grants under the Federally Qualified Health Centers Grant Program to counties, municipal corporations, and nonprofit corporations for the acquisition of land for the construction or use of a federally qualified health center.
HB-43: Federally Qualified Health Centers Grant Program - Acquisition of Land
Sponsored by: Rep. Jazz Lewis
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 642 on 05/20/2025
Short-Term Rentals and Home Amenity Rentals - Taxation, Regulation, and Crimes [SB-132]
[Taxes ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Public Safety ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Tourism ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Applying certain health and safety requirements to short-term rental units and home amenities; prohibiting certain activities at a home amenity or short-term rental; authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county to adopt certain rules or regulations relating to short-term rentals; including "short-term rental platform" and "short-term rental unit" in the definition of "hotel" for the purpose of the county and municipal corporation hotel rental tax; etc.
SB-132: Short-Term Rentals and Home Amenity Rentals - Taxation, Regulation, and Crimes
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Hearing Canceled (education, Energy, And The Environment) on 03/06/2025
Real Property - Actions for Wrongful Detainer - Required Postings [HB-252]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Property Tax ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Providing that certain provisions of law pertaining to wrongful detainer actions do not apply unless certain property is posted conspicuously against trespass or loitering.
HB-252: Real Property - Actions for Wrongful Detainer - Required Postings
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Hearing 1/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/10/2025
Real Property - Residential Contracts of Sale - Buyer Privacy Rights [HB-13]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Housing ]
[Data Privacy ]
Prohibiting a contract of sale for single-family residential real property from containing the name of an individual buyer prior to acceptance of the contract of sale by the seller; and applying the Act prospectively.
HB-13: Real Property - Residential Contracts of Sale - Buyer Privacy Rights
Sponsored by: Rep. Malcolm Ruff
Hearing 1/28 At 2:00 P.m. on 01/15/2025
Department of the Environment - Fees, Penalties, Funding, and Regulation [SB-250]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Funding ]
[Water ]
[Energy ]
[Public Health ]
Altering the authorized uses of the Maryland Clean Air Fund to include certain activities relating to mitigating and reducing air pollution in the State; authorizing the Department of the Environment to charge a fee for processing and issuing on-site sewage disposal permits and individual well construction permits under certain circumstances; requiring a holder of a license to transfer oil into the State to pay a certain fee when oil owned by the licensee is first transferred into the State; establishing the Private Dam Repair Fund; etc.
SB-250: Department of the Environment - Fees, Penalties, Funding, and Regulation
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 432 on 05/13/2025
Criminal Law - Fraud - Possession of Residential Real Property [HB-154]
[Real Estate ]
[Crime ]
[Housing ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Property Tax ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a person from possessing or claiming a right to possess residential real property the person does not lawfully possess or own, with the intent to defraud another; authorizing the owner of certain residential real property to file a certain sworn affidavit and requiring a sheriff to remove a certain person from residential real property under certain circumstances; and providing that the Act does not prohibit the owner of property from filing a wrongful detainer action.
HB-154: Criminal Law - Fraud - Possession of Residential Real Property
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Hearing 1/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/10/2025
Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact [HB-118]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Repealing certain provisions of law relating to the Interstate Agreement on Qualifications of Educational Personnel; providing that certain provisions of law regarding the issuance of an initial teaching certificate do not apply to certain teachers; entering into the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact for the purpose of authorizing regulated teachers who hold multistate licenses to teach in each member state; establishing requirements for multistate licensure; providing a certain contingency requirement; etc.
HB-118: Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact
Sponsored by: Rep. Kris Fair
Hearing 1/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/15/2025
Property Taxes - Authority of Counties to Establish a Subclass and Set a Special Rate for Commercial and Industrial Property [HB-23]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Education ]
Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county to establish, by law, a subclass of real property consisting of certain commercial and industrial property and to set a special property tax rate for certain commercial and industrial property for the purpose of financing certain transportation improvements or the approved budget of the county board of education; applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2025; etc.
HB-23: Property Taxes - Authority of Counties to Establish a Subclass and Set a Special Rate for Commercial and Industrial Property
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/24/2025
State Finance and Procurement - State Leasing of Real Property [HB-73]
[Real Estate ]
[Finance ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Property Tax ]
Increasing the noncompetitive threshold for State leases of real property from less than 2,500 square feet to up to 5,000 square feet; altering the time frame during which the State is required to advertise the need for rental of building space from at least 30 days to 20 days before proposals for lease are due; requiring the advertisement to be in certain newspapers providing notice to at least the people of the affected locality; and requiring the notice to be posted on the Department's website and eMaryland Marketplace.
HB-73: State Finance and Procurement - State Leasing of Real Property
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 75 on 04/08/2025
Multifamily Dwellings - Smoking Policies [SB-108]
[Housing ]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring the governing body of a common ownership community to develop a smoking policy that is at least as stringent as the applicable State and local laws regarding smoking if the property subject to the control of the governing body is a multifamily dwelling.
SB-108: Multifamily Dwellings - Smoking Policies
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo Washington
Hearing 1/15 At 12:00 P.m. on 01/09/2025
Maryland Department of Planning – Modernization [HB-272]
[Elections ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring the State Administrator of Elections to electronically submit certain precinct boundary information to the Secretary of Planning; altering certain requirements related to the Department of Planning preparing population projections for the Washington and Baltimore metropolitan areas to authorize the use of population figures developed by the Baltimore Metropolitan Council, the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments and their member jurisdictions; etc.
HB-272: Maryland Department of Planning – Modernization
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 61 on 04/08/2025
Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance - Authorized Interception of Oral Communications - Cellular Telephones and Security Cameras [SB-61]
[Crime ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing that it is lawful for a person to use a cellular telephone or another device to intercept an oral communication in public if the speaker should reasonably anticipate that the oral communication would be overheard or intercepted; and establishing that it is lawful for a person to use a security camera or another device installed on or about certain real property to intercept an oral communication on the property.
SB-61: Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance - Authorized Interception of Oral Communications - Cellular Telephones and Security Cameras
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris West
Hearing 1/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/09/2025
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Real Property - Holding Over - Expedited Hearing and Service of Summons for Active Duty Service Members [SB-32]
[Real Estate ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Housing ]
Requiring the District Court to hold a hearing on a tenant holding over within 45 days after a landlord makes a complaint if the landlord or the landlord's spouse is on active duty with the United States military; and authorizing a private process server to serve a certain summons if the constable or sheriff of the county fails to serve the summons within 10 days after the summons is issued by the court.
SB-32: Real Property - Holding Over - Expedited Hearing and Service of Summons for Active Duty Service Members
Sponsored by: Sen. Dawn Gile
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 646 on 05/20/2025