Data Brokers - Registry and Gross Income Tax (Building Information Guardrails Data Act of 2025) [HB-1089]
[Data Privacy ]
[Taxes ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Education ]
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; imposing a tax on the gross income of certain data brokers for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2026; requiring the revenue from the data broker tax be used by Maryland Public Television to provide digital literacy support to students in kindergarten through 12th grade; etc.
HB-1089: Data Brokers - Registry and Gross Income Tax (Building Information Guardrails Data Act of 2025)
Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Solomon
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. (economic Matters) on 02/06/2025
Homeowners Associations - Reserve Funding Requirements - Exemption [HB-1041]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Real Estate ]
Providing an exemption to reserve funding requirements for homeowners associations that experience exigent financial circumstances, subject to certain requirements; establishing that a violation of the Act is an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice; and authorizing a certain lot owner to file an action against the governing body of a homeowners association.
Maryland Department of Health - AHEAD Model Implementation - Electronic Health Care Transactions and Population Health Improvement Fund [HB-1104]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Clarifying that electronic health care transactions information may be used to support the participation of the State in the States Advancing All-Payer Health Equity Approaches and Development (AHEAD) Model and any successor models; establishing the Population Health Improvement Fund to support the statewide population health targets under the AHEAD Model and any successor models; authorizing the Health Services Cost Review Commission to assess a uniform, broad-based, and reasonable amount in hospital rates to be credited to the Fund; etc.
HB-1104: Maryland Department of Health - AHEAD Model Implementation - Electronic Health Care Transactions and Population Health Improvement Fund
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 615 on 05/20/2025
You have voted HB-1104: Maryland Department of Health - AHEAD Model Implementation - Electronic Health Care Transactions and Population Health Improvement Fund.
Public Schools - Student Fights - School Investigation and Discipline [HB-1132]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Requiring a principal or school administration to investigate each student fight or physical struggle; prohibiting a school employee from disciplining a student who, after an investigation, more likely than not used reasonable force necessary to protect the student or to escape the attack; and requiring a principal or school administration to expunge certain documentation from a student's disciplinary record under certain circumstances.
HB-1132: Public Schools - Student Fights - School Investigation and Discipline
Sponsored by: Rep. Barrie Ciliberti
Hearing 3/03 At 11:00 A.m. on 02/07/2025
Public Health - Medetomidine and Xylazine Consumer Protection Act [HB-1109]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[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.
HB-1109: Public Health - Medetomidine and Xylazine Consumer Protection Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Jesse Pippy
Hearing Canceled on 03/05/2025
State-Owned Property - Inventory and Disposition - Housing [HB-1061]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring each unit of State government to submit to the Department of Planning an inventory of State-owned property used or controlled by the unit; requiring the Department of Planning to determine the suitability of each property for use or redevelopment for housing; requiring each unit to sell or donate certain State-owned property in a certain manner; requiring by December 31, 2030, the Department of Housing and Community Development to set goals for the construction of housing units on land owned by the State as of a certain date; etc.
HB-1061: State-Owned Property - Inventory and Disposition - Housing
Sponsored by: Rep. David Moon
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/24/2025
Montgomery County - Common Ownership Communities - Disputes, Payments, and Elections MC 11-25 [HB-1117]
[Community Development ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Establishing certain requirements for elections to governing bodies and organizing activities of cooperative housing corporations, condominiums, and homeowners associations in Montgomery County; establishing procedures and requirements during a dispute between a member or an owner and a cooperative housing corporation, condominium, or homeowners association in Montgomery County; etc.
HB-1117: Montgomery County - Common Ownership Communities - Disputes, Payments, and Elections MC 11-25
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2025
Corporations and Associations - Limited Equity Housing Cooperatives - Establishment [HB-1052]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
Authorizing a Maryland nonstock corporation to convert to a limited equity housing cooperative subject to certain requirements; requiring a limited equity housing cooperative for certain households to receive notice and vacate a portion of a certain residential rental facility; requiring a limited equity housing cooperative to reimburse certain households for moving expenses; etc.
Correctional Services - Maryland Parole Commission - Improvements in Transparency and Equity [HB-1147]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the annual report of the Maryland Parole Commission to contain certain information; altering a certain provision of law to require the Commission to provide certain documents to a certain incarcerated individual at a certain time, rather than allow the incarcerated individual to examine the documents on request; requiring the Commission to document, state on the record, provide to an incarcerated individual, and make available to the public certain information; etc.
HB-1147: Correctional Services - Maryland Parole Commission - Improvements in Transparency and Equity
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025
Family Law - Protective Orders - Surrender of Firearms [HB-1050]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering and establishing provisions relating to the surrender of firearms by a respondent under the domestic violence statutes; creating the Task Force to Study the Use of Firearms in Domestic Violence Situations; and requiring the Task Force to submit a report on its recommendations on or before November 15, 2025.
HB-1050: Family Law - Protective Orders - Surrender of Firearms
Sponsored by: Rep. Juanita Bartlett
Hearing Canceled on 02/17/2025
Artificial Intelligence - Health Software and Health Insurance Decision Making [SB-987]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission to maintain a registry of artificial intelligence health software that may be distributed or operated in the State; prohibiting a person from distributing or operating artificial intelligence health software unless the software is registered with the Commission; and prohibiting a health insurance carrier from using artificial intelligence to decide or directly influence a health care decision or a decision directly related to health care; etc.
SB-987: Artificial Intelligence - Health Software and Health Insurance Decision Making
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2025
Substitute Child Care Provider Pool Pilot Program - Established [SB-868]
[Children and Youth ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Nonprofit ]
[Public Health ]
Establishing the Substitute Child Care Provider Pool Pilot Program in the State Department of Education; providing the purpose of the Program is to facilitate the continuous operation of child care facilities in the State by ensuring that qualified substitute child care providers are available to fill short-term staffing needs of child care facilities on a temporary basis; requiring the Department for fiscal years 2027 through 2030, to award a grant of $350,000 to the nonprofit organization selected to administer the Program; etc.
SB-868: Substitute Child Care Provider Pool Pilot Program - Established
Sponsored by: Sen. Shaneka Henson
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2025
Housing Development Permits - Local Reporting Requirements (Maryland Housing Data Transparency Act) [SB-944]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Construction ]
[Community Development ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Requiring certain counties to report information about certain housing development permits that include a residential component to the Department of Planning beginning January 1, 2027; requiring the Department of Planning to make certain permit information public on a public, interactive, and searchable website; and requiring the Department to submit a report on the collection of building permit information on or before December 31 each year to the Governor and the General Assembly.
SB-944: Housing Development Permits - Local Reporting Requirements (Maryland Housing Data Transparency Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/04/2025
Fraud Prevention and Worker Protections - Prohibitions, Penalties, and Enforcement [SB-938]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
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.
SB-938: Fraud Prevention and Worker Protections - Prohibitions, Penalties, and Enforcement
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2025
Education - High School Class Rankings and Guaranteed Admissions to Public Senior Institutions of Higher Education [SB-899]
[Education ]
Requiring, beginning in the 2025-2026 school year, certain high schools to prepare, in a certain manner, a class ranking of each student who completes grade 11 to establish rankings for use in a certain guaranteed admissions process to certain public senior institutions of higher education in the State; and requiring, beginning in the 2026-2027 academic year, public senior institutions of higher education to establish a certain process for accepting high school students who apply under a guaranteed admission policy.
SB-899: Education - High School Class Rankings and Guaranteed Admissions to Public Senior Institutions of Higher Education
Sponsored by: Sen. Malcolm Augustine
Hearing Canceled on 02/06/2025
Public Health Abortion Grant Program - Establishment [SB-848]
[Healthcare ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Public Health ]
[Insurance ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Establishing the Public Health Abortion Grant Program to provide grants to improve access to abortion care clinical services for individuals in the State; establishing the Public Health Abortion Grant Program Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund to provide grants under the Program; and requiring that certain premium funds collected by health insurance carriers be used to provide certain coverage and to support improving access to abortion care clinical services under certain circumstances.
SB-848: Public Health Abortion Grant Program - Establishment
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 436 on 05/13/2025
Family and Law Enforcement Protection Act [SB-943]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering and establishing provisions relating to the surrender of firearms by a respondent under the domestic violence statutes; creating the Task Force to Study the Use of Firearms in Domestic Violence Situations; and requiring the Task Force to submit a report on its recommendations on or before November 15, 2025.
SB-943: Family and Law Enforcement Protection Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025