Dorchester County - Well and On-Site Sewage Disposal Activities - Privatization Program [SB-964]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
Authorizing the Department of the Environment, at the request of the Dorchester County government and the local health department or county agency in Dorchester County that has received a well or on-site sewage disposal system delegation of authority by the Department, to establish a privatization program for the performance of activities associated with the well or on-site sewage disposal system delegation of authority in Dorchester County.
SB-964: Dorchester County - Well and On-Site Sewage Disposal Activities - Privatization Program
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 424 on 05/06/2025
Caroline County - Alcoholic Beverages - Special Event Venue License and Multiple Event Licenses [SB-910]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
Establishing the special event venue beer, wine, and liquor license in Caroline County; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Caroline County to issue the license to the owner of a venue with a certain zoning classification; authorizing holders of certain multiple event licenses in Caroline County to store alcoholic beverages on the licensed premises for use at subsequent events under certain circumstances; requiring a license holder to keep certain records of all alcoholic beverages purchased and sold on the premises; etc.
SB-910: Caroline County - Alcoholic Beverages - Special Event Venue License and Multiple Event Licenses
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 830 on 05/20/2025
Public Health - Women's Health Care Data - Report [SB-965]
[Healthcare ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Public Health ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to collect and compile annual data on the costs of birth, postpartum care, pregnancy care, and abortion; requiring the Department to post on its website and submit to the General Assembly a reproductive health care data report each December 1, beginning in 2025; and requiring the report to include the aggregated cost data for certain categories of care, comparative data by region within the State, analysis of trends in the cost of care, and recommendations for improving cost efficiency.
SB-965: Public Health - Women's Health Care Data - Report
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Carozza
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2025
SB-978: Environmental Permits - Requirements for Public Participation and Impact and Burden Analyses (Cumulative Harms to Environmental Restoration for Improving Shared Health - CHERISH Our Communities Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
You have voted SB-978: Environmental Permits - Requirements for Public Participation and Impact and Burden Analyses (Cumulative Harms to Environmental Restoration for Improving Shared Health - CHERISH Our Communities Act).
Business Regulation - Electronic Smoking Devices Manufacturers - Certifications [SB-918]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Small Business ]
Authorizing the Executive Director of the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission and the Attorney General to take certain action relating to the licensure of certain electronic smoking devices manufacturers, wholesalers, importers, and retailers and vape shop vendors in certain circumstances; requiring an electronic smoking devices manufacturer to execute and deliver a certain certification to the Attorney General each year; etc.
SB-918: Business Regulation - Electronic Smoking Devices Manufacturers - Certifications
Sponsored by: Sen. Dawn Gile
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2025
Environment - Packaging and Paper Products - Producer Responsibility Plans [SB-901]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
Requiring certain producers of covered materials, individually or as part of a producer responsibility organization, to submit a certain covered materials producer responsibility plan to the Department of the Environment for review and approval on or before July 1, 2028, and every 5 years thereafter, in accordance with certain requirements, or to develop an alternative collection program; requiring a producer responsibility organization to pay certain costs to the Department; etc.
SB-901: Environment - Packaging and Paper Products - Producer Responsibility Plans
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 431 on 05/13/2025
Electronic Smoking Devices - Seizure and Wholesaler Record-Keeping Requirements [SB-842]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Cannabis ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing the Executive Director of the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission to seize electronic smoking devices that are sold or offered for sale in violation of certain provisions of law without a warrant; establishing procedures for the return of certain property seized by the Executive Director; and establishing certain record-keeping requirements for electronic smoking devices wholesaler distributors and wholesaler importers.
SB-842: Electronic Smoking Devices - Seizure and Wholesaler Record-Keeping Requirements
Sponsored by: Sen. Pamela Beidle
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 305 on 05/06/2025
Howard County - Noise Abatement Monitoring Systems - Authorization [SB-967]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing the use of noise abatement monitoring systems in Howard County to enforce certain motor vehicle noise requirements; and requiring that Howard County report by March 1, 2026, to the Governor and the General Assembly on the time period noise abatement monitoring systems were in use, the number of warnings and citations issued, the costs associated with implementation, the revenue collected, and the effectiveness of noise abatement monitoring systems in reducing the noise produced by motor vehicles in the county.
SB-967: Howard County - Noise Abatement Monitoring Systems - Authorization
Sponsored by: Sen.
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
Health Occupations - Licensed Direct-Entry Midwives - Revisions [SB-854]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering the scope of practice of licensed direct-entry midwives; providing that the practice of direct-entry midwifery is independent and not does not require oversight by another health care practitioner; repealing the requirement that licensed direct-entry midwives report certain information to the Direct-Entry Midwifery Advisory Committee; altering the disciplinary actions that may be taken against a licensed direct-entry midwife or an applicant for a license; etc.
SB-854: Health Occupations - Licensed Direct-Entry Midwives - Revisions
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 644 on 05/20/2025
Abandoned and Neglected Cemeteries Fund - Establishment [SB-963]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Grants ]
[Arts and Culture ]
Establishing the Abandoned and Neglected Cemeteries Fund to provide for the care, preservation, maintenance, and restoration of abandoned and neglected cemeteries in the State; authorizing the Governor to include in the budget bill an appropriation of $250,000 to the Fund; and requiring an annual report by September 30 to the General Assembly on the donations to the Fund, promotional efforts undertaken with money from the Fund, and a detailed accounting of the use of the Fund.
SB-963: Abandoned and Neglected Cemeteries Fund - Establishment
Sponsored by: Sen. Johnny Mautz
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 409 on 05/06/2025
End-of-Life Option Act (The Honorable Elijah E. Cummings and the Honorable Shane E. Pendergrass Act) [SB-926]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
Authorizing an individual to request aid in dying by making certain requests; establishing requirements and prohibitions governing aid in dying, including requirements related to requests for aid in dying, consulting physicians, mental health assessments, the disposal of drugs prescribed for aid in dying, health care facility policies, and the effect of aid in dying on insurance policies; authorizing a pharmacist to dispense medication for aid in dying only to certain individuals under certain circumstances; etc.
SB-926: End-of-Life Option Act (The Honorable Elijah E. Cummings and the Honorable Shane E. Pendergrass Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Hearing Canceled on 03/06/2025
Common Ownership Communities - Ombudsman Unit, Governing Document Database, and Local Commissions [SB-866]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Community Development ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Data Privacy ]
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
Children - Parental Rights - Educational Rights [SB-948]
[Children and Youth ]
[Education ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Requiring each county board of education, in consultation with certain individuals, to develop and implement a certain policy to promote parental involvement in students' education; and establishing a complaint and appeals process for violations of a certain policy.
SB-948: Children - Parental Rights - Educational Rights
Sponsored by: Sen. Justin Ready
Hearing Canceled on 03/04/2025
Criminal Law – Identity Fraud – Artificial Intelligence and Deepfake Representations [SB-905]
[Crime ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Prohibiting a person from utilizing certain personal identifying information or engaging in certain conduct in order to cause certain harm; prohibiting a person from using certain artificial intelligence or certain deepfake representations for certain purposes; and providing that a person who is the victim of certain conduct may bring a civil action against a certain person.
SB-905: Criminal Law – Identity Fraud – Artificial Intelligence and Deepfake Representations
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
Primary and Secondary Education - Student Immunization - Temporary Admission Period [SB-821]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring each county board of education to grant certain students temporary admission to schools for a specified time frame if the parent or guardian of a student is unable to provide proof of immunization under certain circumstances; and requiring the parent or guardian of a student granted temporary admission to present evidence of the student's appointment within 60 calendar days of the admission with a health professional or local health department for purposes of receiving the required immunizations or reconstructing a lost record.
SB-821: Primary and Secondary Education - Student Immunization - Temporary Admission Period
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Hearing Canceled on 02/19/2025
Maryland Behavioral Health Crisis Response System - Integration of 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Network and Outcome Evaluations [SB-900]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Maryland Behavioral Health Crisis Response System to have a State 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, rather than a crisis communication center, in each jurisdiction; requiring each State 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline in the System to coordinate with the national 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Network to provide supportive counseling, suicide prevention, crisis intervention, referrals to additional resources, and direct dispatch to other services as needed; etc.
SB-900: Maryland Behavioral Health Crisis Response System - Integration of 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Network and Outcome Evaluations
Sponsored by: Sen. Malcolm Augustine
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 658 on 05/20/2025
You have voted SB-900: Maryland Behavioral Health Crisis Response System - Integration of 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Network and Outcome Evaluations.
Environment - Managed Aquifer Recharge Pilot Program - Establishment [SB-930]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Science ]
Prohibiting a person from performing groundwater augmentation except under certain circumstances; establishing the Managed Aquifer Recharge Pilot Program; authorizing the Department of the Environment to review, permit, and regulate groundwater augmentation; requiring groundwater augmentation to address a groundwater supply or quality problem that is occurring or reasonably anticipated to occur in the next 25 years; requiring, by December 31 each year, the Department to report on the status of the Pilot Program; etc.
SB-930: Environment - Managed Aquifer Recharge Pilot Program - Establishment
Sponsored by: Sen. Dawn Gile
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 475 on 05/13/2025
Public Health – Medetomidine and Xylazine Consumer Protection Act [SB-875]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Prohibiting a retailer from distributing, selling, or exposing for sale a medetomidine product or a xylazine product unless the purchaser provides to the retailer certain proof; prohibiting a retailer from distributing, selling, or exposing for sale a medetomidine product or a xylazine product to an individual under the age of 21 years; requiring a retailer that prepares, distributes, sells, or exposes for sale a medetomidine product or a xylazine product to maintain certain records; etc.
SB-875: Public Health – Medetomidine and Xylazine Consumer Protection Act
Sponsored by: Sen. William Folden
Hearing Canceled on 03/04/2025
Data Brokers - Registry and Gross Income Tax (Building Information Guardrails Data Act of 2025) [SB-904]
[Data Privacy ]
[Taxes ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
Establishing the Privacy Protection and Enforcement Unit within the Division of Consumer Protection in the Office of the Attorney General; establishing a data broker registry; requiring certain data brokers to register each year with the Comptroller; and imposing a tax on the gross income of certain data brokers for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2026.
SB-904: Data Brokers - Registry and Gross Income Tax (Building Information Guardrails Data Act of 2025)
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. (budget And Taxation) on 02/05/2025
Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Prohibited Disclosures [SB-815]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering certain provisions of law regarding the prohibition on certain departments of State government denying an occupational license or certificate to an applicant solely on the basis of the criminal history of the applicant by prohibiting the State Board of Barbers and the State Board of Cosmetologists in the Maryland Department of Labor from requiring disclosure of certain actions on an application.
SB-815: Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Prohibited Disclosures
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025