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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Housing Development Permits - Local Reporting Requirements (Maryland Housing Data Transparency Act) [HB-1193] [Housing ] [Real Estate ] [Community Development ] [Construction ] [Data Privacy ] [Technology and Innovation ]
Requiring certain counties to report information quarterly about certain housing development permits to the Department of Planning, beginning January 1, 2027; authorizing municipalities to make certain quarterly reports to the Department regarding housing development permits issued by the municipality, beginning January 1, 2027; and requiring the Department of Planning to make certain permit information available on a public, interactive, and searchable website.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes Approved By The Governor - Chapter 349 on 05/06/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Residential Real Property Sales – Appraisals [HB-1151] [Real Estate ] [Housing ] [Consumer Protection ]
Providing that a seller or the seller's agent may provide certain information to an appraiser of residential real property at certain times and under certain circumstances; requiring an appraiser to provide a lender with certain information under certain circumstances and for the lender to provide notice of the information to a prospective buyer; requiring a buyer to work with a seller to provide certain information for an appraiser under certain circumstances; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Family Law - Child Custody - Determinations [HB-1191] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Children and Youth ]
Authorizing the court, in determining legal and physical custody in certain child custody proceedings, to consider certain factors; and authorizing the court to modify a child custody or visitation order if the court determines that there has been a material change in circumstances since the issuance of the order that related to the needs of the child or the ability of the parents to meet those needs and that modifying the order is in the best interests of the child.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser Approved By The Governor - Chapter 483 on 05/13/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Family Law - Prospective Foster Care Parents and Out-of-Home Placements [HB-1205] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Healthcare ] [Human Services ] [Children and Youth ]
Requiring a local department of social services to provide non-confidential information to a prospective foster care parent on the medical, educational, and behavioral history of a child as it directly relates to the care of a child in an out-of-home placement; and authorizing a local department of social services to place up to four foster children in an out-of-home placement.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. William Wivell Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/03/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - Membership, Reporting, Billing, and Planning (WSSC Planning and Reporting Act of 2025) MC/PG 105-25 [HB-1195] [Water ] [Budget and Spending ] [Environmental ] [Public Safety ]
Requiring one of the three commissioners from Montgomery County on the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission to be the Director of the Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection or a designee; requiring the Commission to submit a long range comprehensive financial plan in a certain manner; requiring the budget authorization for the Office of the Inspector General of the Commission to be approved independently and without involvement of Commission staff; etc.

  

Sponsored by: No sponsors Approved By The Governor - Chapter 593 on 05/13/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Public Schools - Injury Incidents - Requirements for Tracking and Reporting [HB-1194] [Education ] [Public Safety ] [Children and Youth ]
Requiring certain public schools to develop and implement a system to track and report injury incidents, whether intentional or accidental, to a student, teacher, or school employee on the school campus during the school year; and establishing certain reporting requirements for county boards of education, the Juvenile Services Education Program Superintendent, and the State Department of Education regarding certain injury incidents in schools.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Nino Mangione Hearing Canceled (ways And Means) on 03/05/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Civil Actions Against Firearm Industry Members - Private Right of Action [HB-1158] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [Consumer Protection ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ] [Crime ]
Authorizing persons who suffer injury or loss to bring an action against a firearm industry member for certain unlawful or unreasonable conduct.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Scott Phillips Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/03/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning, or Refrigeration Contractors - Equipment Sales [HB-1162] [Consumer Protection ] [Construction ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Small Business ]
Prohibiting a person from knowingly offering to sell or selling heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, or refrigeration equipment to an individual that does not hold a certain license issued by the Board of Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning, or Refrigeration Contractors except under certain circumstances; requiring certain persons to provide a certain notice to purchasers of heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, or refrigeration equipment at the time of sale; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein Approved By The Governor - Chapter 386 on 05/06/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Child Abuse and Neglect - Reports and Records - Disclosure [HB-1209] [Children and Youth ] [Human Services ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ] [Criminal Justice ] [Data Privacy ]
Requiring a local director of a local department of social services or the Secretary of Human Services to disclose certain reports and records of child abuse and neglect within 30 days after receiving a request if certain conditions are met; requiring the Secretary to notify the State's Attorney's office of a request to disclose certain reports and records of child abuse and neglect; requiring the State's Attorney's office to be given 30 days during which the office is authorized to redact certain portions of the reports and records; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Grammer Approved By The Governor - Chapter 485 on 05/13/2025

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2025-2026 Session

Healthcare Workforce Reforms [HB-67] [Healthcare ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Public Health ]
Healthcare Workforce Reforms

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Belk Ch. Sl 2025-37 on 07/01/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Applicants for Positions Involving Direct Contact With Minors - Required Information, Review Process, and Reporting - Alterations [HB-1105] [Children and Youth ] [Education ] [Public Safety ] [Human Services ] [Crime ] [Law Enforcement ]
Requiring child care centers and youth-serving organizations to require applicants for positions involving direct contact with minors to submit certain information; requiring county boards of education, nonpublic schools, and contracting agencies to require applicants for positions involving direct contact with minors to submit certain information relating to certain boundary-violating behavior; requiring child care centers and youth-serving organizations to follow certain procedures when hiring certain applicants; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Edith Patterson Hearing Canceled on 02/07/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases - Prospective Tenant Criminal History Records Check (Maryland Fair Chance Housing Act) [HB-1077] [Housing ] [Crime ] [Real Estate ] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a landlord from requiring or requesting from a prospective tenant certain information relating to criminal history and prohibiting a landlord from considering certain information when evaluating the prospective tenant; permitting a landlord to consider certain criminal history information prior to extending a conditional offer to a prospective tenant and requiring the landlord to consider certain information provided by a prospective tenant relating to a criminal history records check; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle Wilkins First Reading Environment And Transportation on 02/05/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Real Property - Insufficient Condominium Reserve Account Grant Fund - Establishment [HB-1040] [Real Estate ] [Housing ] [Community Development ] [Finance ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Consumer Protection ]
Requiring regulated financial institutions to develop a community benefit plan in connection with applications to the Commissioner of Financial Regulation relating to financial services for purposes of providing safe and sound loans, and other financial products for low-and moderate-income individuals and communities and other distressed or underserved individuals and communities; requiring the Commissioner to exercise certain oversight authority relating to the adequacy of the community benefit plans and attainment of goals; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/10/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Residential Real Property - Landlord and Tenant - Notice of Landlord Entry [HB-1076] [Housing ] [Real Estate ] [Consumer Protection ]
Requiring a landlord to provide a tenant with certain written notice in a certain manner at least 24 hours in advance of when the landlord intends to enter a leased premises, except in the event of a certain emergency; and authorizing the court to issue a certain injunction or assess certain damages under certain circumstances.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey Approved By The Governor - Chapter 564 on 05/13/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland Behavioral Health Crisis Response System – Integration of 9–8–8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Network and Outcome Evaluations [HB-1146] [Healthcare ] [Mental Health ] [Public Health ] [Overdose Prevention ] [Human Services ] [Law Enforcement ] [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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser Approved By The Governor - Chapter 659 on 05/20/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Dorchester County - Well and On-Site Sewage Disposal Activities - Privatization Program [HB-1124] [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.

  

Sponsored by: No sponsors Approved By The Governor - Chapter 425 on 05/06/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Correctional Services - Geriatric and Medical Parole [HB-1123] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Healthcare ] [Public Safety ] [Senior Citizens ] [Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Maryland Parole Commission to consider the age of an incarcerated individual when determining whether to grant parole; altering how the Commission evaluates a request for medical parole; requiring the Commission to develop procedures for assessing parole requests by certain incarcerated individuals; repealing the authorization for the Governor to disapprove of a decision by the Commission to grant medical parole; requiring the Commission to conduct a certain risk assessment at a certain time; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway Approved By The Governor - Chapter 103 on 04/22/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Health Insurance, Family Planning Services, and Confidentiality of Medical Records - Consumer Protections - Updates [HB-1045] [Healthcare ] [Insurance ] [Consumer Protection ] [Reproductive Rights / Abortion ] [Data Privacy ] [Public Health ]
Updating references to federal law related to family planning services, grandfathered plans, explanation of benefits, summaries of benefits and coverage, medical loss ratios, catastrophic plans, annual limits for cost sharing, prescription drugs, and rescissions; altering the definitions of "legally protected health care" and "sensitive health services" to include gender-affirming care for purposes of law governing the disclosure of information regarding sensitive health services; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser Approved By The Governor - Chapter 469 on 05/13/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Fraud Prevention and Worker Protections - Prohibitions, Penalties, and Enforcement [HB-1096] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Unemployment ] [Workers' Compensation ] [Crime ] [Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a person from knowingly making or using, or causing to be made or used, a false record or statement resulting in underpayments of unemployment insurance contributions or payment of unemployment insurance benefits of more than a certain amount; altering the enforcement mechanisms of the Maryland Wage and Hour Law, the Maryland Wage Payment and Collection Law, workplace fraud laws, living wage laws, and prevailing wage laws; etc.

  

Sponsored by: No sponsors Hearing Canceled on 02/10/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Election Law - Enhanced Automatic Voter Registration System [HB-1113] [Voting Rights ] [Elections ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to implement an enhanced automatic voter registration system on or before July 1, 2026; establishing requirements regarding the transmission of enhanced automatic voter registration information by the Administration, the processing of the voter registration information by the State Board of Elections, and the sending of notices by the State Board; authorizing the State Board to implement certain enhanced automatic voter registration at certain agencies with their consent; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jessica Feldmark Hearing Canceled on 02/07/2025

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