Howard County - Ambient Air Quality Control - Permit Applications, Permit Holders, and Property Tax Credit Ho. Co. 6-25 [SB-966]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to provide for an informational meeting on an application for an air quality control permit for activities located in Howard County; requiring Howard County to hold a public meeting before verifying that certain zoning and land use requirements are satisfied; requiring certain permit holders in Howard County to provide annual emission reports to certain community associations; authorizing the governing body of Howard County to grant a certain property tax credit; etc.
SB-966: Howard County - Ambient Air Quality Control - Permit Applications, Permit Holders, and Property Tax Credit Ho. Co. 6-25
Sponsored by: Sen.
Hearing Canceled (education, Energy, And The Environment) on 02/19/2025
Common Ownership Communities - Candidate or Proposition Signs - Display Period [SB-817]
Altering, if there is early voting for an election, to 30 days before the start of early voting for a primary election, general election, or vote on the proposition the time period during which a common ownership community may restrict the display of candidate or proposition signs.
SB-817: Common Ownership Communities - Candidate or Proposition Signs - Display Period
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Watson
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
Common Ownership Communities - Ombudsman Unit, Governing Document Database, and Local Commissions [SB-866]
Establishing the Common Ownership Community Ombudsman Unit in the Office of the Attorney General to monitor relevant changes in federal and State laws, make certain information publicly available, assist members in understanding certain rights and processes, and provide information on alternative dispute resolution services; requiring common ownership communities to file certain documents; requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to establish a data base of governing documents; etc.
SB-866: Common Ownership Communities - Ombudsman Unit, Governing Document Database, and Local Commissions
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
Pesticide and Pest Control - State-Owned Property - Pesticide Use Restrictions and Pollinator Habitat [SB-932]
Authorizing a person to apply a pesticide on State-owned property only if the person is applying a listed pesticide or a registered pesticide for specified purposes; requiring the Department of Agriculture to develop a model pesticide and pollinator habitat management plan to be implemented on State-owned and managed property; and requiring a unit of State government that manages tracts of State-owned property to work with the Department to adapt the model plan.
SB-932: Pesticide and Pest Control - State-Owned Property - Pesticide Use Restrictions and Pollinator Habitat
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
Mold - Landlord Requirements and Regulations (Maryland Tenant Mold Protection Act) [SB-856]
Requiring the Department of the Environment, the Maryland Department of Health, the Department of Housing and Community Development, the Maryland Department of Labor, and the Department of General Services to develop a certain pamphlet and website; requiring a landlord to provide a tenant with certain information at certain times and in a certain manner; requiring a landlord to perform a mold assessment and mold remediation within 15 days after receipt of a written notice regarding the detection of mold; etc.
Business Regulation - Travel Services - Surety Requirement (Don't You Worry (Wurie) Act) [SB-922]
Requiring certain providers of travel services to file with the Department of Labor evidence of financial security; requiring the Consumer Protection Division of the Attorney General's Office and the Department to provide reasonable notice of the requirements of the Act to consumers and sellers of travel; etc.
SB-922: Business Regulation - Travel Services - Surety Requirement (Don't You Worry (Wurie) Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Dawn Gile
Hearing Canceled on 02/13/2025
Public Utilities - Generating Stations - Generation and Siting (Renewable Energy Certainty Act) [SB-931]
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
Passed Enrolled on 04/07/2025
Nutrient Management – Tidal Buffer – Vegetative Buffers and Restriction on Fertilizer Application [SB-898]
Authorizing, in accordance with technical specifications adopted by the Department of Agriculture, that State cost-share funding be made available for installing various vegetative buffer practices on land within the 100-foot tidal buffer on an agricultural operation; prohibiting a nutrient management plan renewed after July 1, 2025, from allowing a person to apply certain fertilizer to land within the 100-foot tidal buffer; etc.
SB-898: Nutrient Management – Tidal Buffer – Vegetative Buffers and Restriction on Fertilizer Application
Sponsored by: Sen. Sara Love
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
Insurance - Enforcement, Impaired Entities, Homeowner's Insurance Policies, and Unfair Claim Settlement Practices - Revisions [SB-893]
Establishing and altering requirements governing the regulation of insurance in the State, including requirements related to reviews and examinations undertaken by the Maryland Insurance Commissioner, premium discounts, the temporary suspension of writing new homeowner's insurance policies, and claims handling; providing that certain insurers may be subject to additional market conduct examinations under certain circumstances; etc.
Overhead Transmission Lines - Eminent Domain [SB-955]
Prohibiting a person constructing an overhead transmission line from exercising a right of condemnation to acquire property encumbered by a conservation easement; authorizing a certain property owner to bring an action for damages incurred as a result of a certain condemnation proceeding; and requiring that reasonable counsel fees be awarded to counsel for the defendant in a condemnation proceeding and that certain court costs be charged against the plaintiff under certain circumstances.
Corporations and Associations - Cooperative Limited Equity Housing Corporations - Establishment [SB-927]
Authorizing a Maryland nonstock corporation to convert to a cooperative limited equity housing corporation subject to certain requirements; requiring a cooperative limited equity housing corporation for certain households to receive notice to vacate a portion of a certain residential rental facility; requiring a cooperative limited equity housing corporation to reimburse certain households for moving expenses; etc.
Cooperative Housing Corporations and Condominiums - Funding of Reserve Accounts and Timing of Reserve Studies [SB-787]
Establishing that a reserve study conducted for a cooperative housing corporation or condominium must identify only certain components with a repair or replacement cost that exceeds $10,000; establishing an exception to the requirement to conduct a reserve study for certain cooperative housing corporations and condominiums; altering the timing for an updated reserve study from at least 5 to at least 10 years under certain circumstances; etc.
SB-787: Cooperative Housing Corporations and Condominiums - Funding of Reserve Accounts and Timing of Reserve Studies
Sponsored by: Sen. J.B. Jennings
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
Baltimore Convention and Tourism Redevelopment and Operating Authority Task Force - Revisions [HB-1016]
Requiring the Baltimore Convention and Tourism Redevelopment and Operating Authority Task Force to identify certain funding sources and mechanisms, and to submit a report to the Governor, the Mayor of Baltimore City, and the General Assembly on its findings and recommendations by December 1, 2025; and extending the termination date for the Task Force from June 30, 2025, to June 30, 2026.
HB-1016: Baltimore Convention and Tourism Redevelopment and Operating Authority Task Force - Revisions
Sponsored by: Rep. Melissa Wells
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 214 on 04/22/2025
Financial Institutions - Conventional Home Mortgage Loans - Assumption and Required Disclosures [HB-1018]
Requiring banking institutions, credit unions, mortgage lenders, mortgage lending businesses, and mortgage loan originators to include a certain provision in certain conventional home mortgage loans authorizing a certain borrower to purchase the property interest of a certain borrower in connection with a decree of absolute divorce if the lending entity determines that the assuming borrower qualifies for the loan; applying certain provisions of the Act retroactively; etc.
HB-1018: Financial Institutions - Conventional Home Mortgage Loans - Assumption and Required Disclosures
Sponsored by: Rep. Andrew Pruski
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 202 on 04/22/2025
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 66, Chapter 11, relative to liens. [SB-605]
As introduced, extends from 10 to 20 days, the time within which a non-contracting spouse must serve the prime contractor with written notice of that spouse's objection to a contract for improving real property after learning of the contract when the contract is made with a husband or a wife who is not separated and living apart from that person's spouse, and the property is owned by the other spouse or by both spouses, in order to avoid the other spouse being deemed the agent of the objecting spouse. - Amends TCA Title 66, Chapter 11.
SB-605: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 66, Chapter 11, relative to liens.
Sponsored by: Sen. Paul Bailey
Passed On Second Consideration, Refer To Senate Commerce And Labor Committee on 02/12/2025
Calvert County - Property Tax Credit - Tobacco Barns [HB-998]
Authorizing the governing body of Calvert County to grant a property tax credit against the county property tax imposed on certain real property that was formerly used solely as a tobacco barn.
HB-998: Calvert County - Property Tax Credit - Tobacco Barns
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Favorable Report By Ways And Means on 02/04/2025
Montgomery County - Task Force on the Displacement of Residents of Emory Grove MC 5-25 [HB-964]
Establishing the Task Force on the Displacement of Residents of Emory Grove to study how urban renewal caused the displacement of residents from the Emory Grove community and make recommendations on potential remedies to those who were displaced by urban renewal; requiring the Task Force to submit an interim report by December 15, 2025, and a final report of its findings and recommendations to the Montgomery County Council, the Montgomery County Executive, the Montgomery County Delegation, and the General Assembly by December 15, 2026.
HB-964: Montgomery County - Task Force on the Displacement of Residents of Emory Grove MC 5-25
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Passed Enrolled on 04/07/2025
Condominiums and Homeowners Associations - Elections, Financial Statements, and Enforcement [SB-758]
Establishing certain requirements for elections of the governing body of a condominium or homeowners association; requiring that the governing body of a condominium accommodate unit owner organizing activities relating to the governance of the condominium; prohibiting unit owners and lot owners from being charged for examining certain records of the condominium or homeowners association in a certain manner; etc.
SB-758: Condominiums and Homeowners Associations - Elections, Financial Statements, and Enforcement
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Third Reading Passed (137-0) on 04/07/2025