Property Tax – Tax Sales – Revisions [HB-59]
[Property Tax ]
[Real Estate ]
[Taxes ]
Authorizing a tax collector to withhold from tax sale certain property occupied by an heir of a deceased owner of the property; requiring that certain owner-occupied property and certain property occupied by an heir of a deceased owner of the property be withheld from tax sale; requiring each county to establish a registry for interested parties or the Tax Sale Ombudsman to designate property to be withheld from tax sale; requiring the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to assist each county in creating and maintaining the registry; etc.
HB-59: Property Tax – Tax Sales – Revisions
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 231 on 04/22/2025
Environment - Plastic Products - Postconsumer Recycled Content Program [HB-69]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibiting certain producers of certain plastic products from selling, offering for sale, or distributing the products to any person in the State unless certain conditions are met; requiring certain producers of certain plastic products to, individually or as part of a representative organization, register yearly, beginning March 1, 2026, and pay a registration fee annually beginning May 15, 2026, to the Department of the Environment; establishing minimum postconsumer recycled content percentage requirements for certain products; etc.
HB-69: Environment - Plastic Products - Postconsumer Recycled Content Program
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
Hearing 2/14 At 1:30 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 01/29/2025
Cannabis – On–Site Consumption Establishments and Cannabis Events [HB-132]
[Cannabis ]
Limiting application submissions for on-site consumption licenses to social equity applicants under certain circumstances; authorizing a political subdivision to establish hours of operation for on-site consumption establishments; authorizing the holder of an on-site consumption license to repackage and process cannabis and cannabis products under certain circumstances; authorizing the holder of a certain cannabis event registration to hold certain cannabis events; providing for certain fees for a cannabis event registration; etc.
HB-132: Cannabis – On–Site Consumption Establishments and Cannabis Events
Sponsored by: Rep.
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/16/2025
Cannabis Reform - Revisions [SB-215]
[Cannabis ]
[Taxes ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Extending the time period from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 2026, during which a holder of a certain cannabis dispensary license may continue to deliver medical cannabis; limiting application submissions for on-site consumption licenses to social equity applicants under certain circumstances; authorizing a political subdivision to establish hours of operation for on-site consumption establishments; providing that a certain food sales exemption from the sales and use tax does not apply to the sale of certain cannabinoid beverages; etc.
SB-215: Cannabis Reform - Revisions
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 120 on 04/22/2025
Health Occupations Boards - English Proficiency Requirements and Licensure by Endorsement for Nursing [SB-72]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
Prohibiting a health occupations board from requiring additional evidence of English proficiency as a condition for licensure, certification, or registration if an applicant holds a valid, unrestricted license, certification, or registration from another state that requires evidence of English proficiency; requiring each health occupations board that requires evidence of English proficiency to post a statement on their website that an applicant may not be required to provide additional evidence of proficiency; etc.
SB-72: Health Occupations Boards - English Proficiency Requirements and Licensure by Endorsement for Nursing
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 732 on 05/20/2025
Vehicle Laws - Towed, Removed, or Abandoned Vehicles - Electronic Notice to Owner [SB-40]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Authorizing a person who tows or removes a vehicle from a parking lot to provide electronic notice of the tow or removal to the vehicle owner through the Motor Vehicle Administration under certain circumstances; and authorizing a police department that takes an abandoned vehicle into custody to send an electronic notice to the last known registered owner of the vehicle through the Administration under certain circumstances.
SB-40: Vehicle Laws - Towed, Removed, or Abandoned Vehicles - Electronic Notice to Owner
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 521 on 05/13/2025
Business Occupational and Professional Licenses - Suspension and Revocation for Workplace Fraud [SB-218]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Construction ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring, under certain circumstances, the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to notify a licensing authority when a licensee is found in violation of certain workplace fraud provisions; requiring licensing authorities to suspend or revoke the licenses of licensees who are reported by the Commissioner; and establishing certain appeal and license reinstatement procedures.
SB-218: Business Occupational and Professional Licenses - Suspension and Revocation for Workplace Fraud
Sponsored by: Sen.
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 01/27/2025
Apprenticeships in Licensed Occupations Act of 2024 [SB-1185]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring professional and occupational regulatory boards to issue licenses, certifications, and registrations to individuals who complete an apprenticeship program that is established under certain provisions of the Act, pass a certain examination, and pay a certain fee; authorizing the Maryland Department of Labor to develop a standard apprenticeship program for a licensed occupation or profession; and establishing a workgroup to establish group-sponsored apprenticeships in certain professions.
SB-1185: Apprenticeships in Licensed Occupations Act of 2024
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/21/2024
State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners - Scope of Practice, Reinstatements, and Examinations by Health Care Providers [HB-1497]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Altering the definition of "practice massage therapy" to include, subject to certain education and training requirements, instrument-assisted soft tissue manipulation techniques that enhance or imitate manual techniques; altering the circumstances under which the State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners is required to reinstate a license or registration; and requiring the Board to require a licensee or an applicant to submit to an examination by a health care provider under certain circumstances.
HB-1497: State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners - Scope of Practice, Reinstatements, and Examinations by Health Care Providers
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 788 on 05/16/2024
Workers' Compensation - Rehabilitation Practitioners - Licensed Social Workers [HB-1285]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Mental Health ]
[Healthcare ]
Authorizing licensed social workers to register as a rehabilitation practitioner; and authorizing a licensed certified social worker-clinical to provide evaluation services for workers' compensation claims related to permanent impairments involving a behavioral or mental disorder.
HB-1285: Workers' Compensation - Rehabilitation Practitioners - Licensed Social Workers
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan McComas
Third Reading Passed (137-0) on 03/18/2024
Commercial Law - Earned Wage Access Services [HB-1425]
[Finance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requiring a certain provider of earned wage access services to register with the Commissioner of Financial Regulation; requiring a provider to file a certain surety bond or an irrevocable letter of credit with the Commissioner in a certain manner; regulating providers and earned wage access services; authorizing a certain consumer to submit a written complaint to the Commissioner under certain circumstances; providing the Commissioner with certain investigatory and enforcement authority; etc.
HB-1425: Commercial Law - Earned Wage Access Services
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
First Reading Economic Matters on 02/09/2024
Local Boards of Elections - Maintenance and Public Disclosure of Election Records [HB-1222]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring each local board of elections to maintain certain records, including all election data, absentee ballot requests, and voter registration lists, for at least 10 years and organized by election year; requiring an election director or a representative of a local board to make certain records available for public inspection immediately and to post certain records on the local board's website on request; and authorizing a person to enforce a certain request by filing a petition for a writ of mandamus.
HB-1222: Local Boards of Elections - Maintenance and Public Disclosure of Election Records
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2024
Occupational and Professional Licensing - Military Training and Military Spouses [HB-1201]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Small Business ]
Requiring an occupational licensing board to issue a license, certificate, permit, or registration to an applicant who is military trained or who is a military spouse if the applicant meets certain requirements; requiring an occupational licensing board to consider certain types of experience for a certain calculation; and authorizing an occupational licensing board to issue a temporary license, certificate, permit, or registration under certain circumstances.
HB-1201: Occupational and Professional Licensing - Military Training and Military Spouses
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. (economic Matters) on 02/09/2024
Election Law - Automatic Voter Registration - Alterations [HB-1088]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Healthcare ]
Altering automatic voter registration procedures at the Motor Vehicle Administration and the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange; establishing requirements regarding the transmission of automatic voter registration information by the Administration and the Exchange, the processing of the voter registration information by the State Board of Elections, and the sending of notices by the State Board and the Exchange; etc.
HB-1088: Election Law - Automatic Voter Registration - Alterations
Sponsored by: Rep. Jessica Feldmark
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2024
Watershed, Stream, and Floodplain Restoration - Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Restoration and Stream and Floodplain Restoration Funding (Whole Watershed Act) [HB-1165]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requiring, in each fiscal year from 2026 through 2030, up to $100,000 from the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund to be used to fund certain operations grants at a rate of $20,000 per project sponsor each fiscal year; authorizing the use of the Waterway Improvement Fund for projects that involve the beneficial use of dredged material and for certain water quality monitoring; prohibiting the Department of the Environment from reducing certain monitoring requirements for certain projects; etc.
HB-1165: Watershed, Stream, and Floodplain Restoration - Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Restoration and Stream and Floodplain Restoration Funding (Whole Watershed Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 558 on 05/09/2024
You have voted HB-1165: Watershed, Stream, and Floodplain Restoration - Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Restoration and Stream and Floodplain Restoration Funding (Whole Watershed Act).
Election Law – Registered Voter List and Petitions (Ballot Petition Modernization Act) [HB-1109]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring the State Board of Elections to adopt regulations for the secure storage and use of voter data from the list of registered voters and specifying procedures and requirements relating to electronic signatures; establishing and altering certain provisions governing the petition process, including provisions regarding the collection and invalidation of signatures, use of electronic signatures, and attestations by petition circulators; etc.
HB-1109: Election Law – Registered Voter List and Petitions (Ballot Petition Modernization Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2024
Human Remains - Alkaline Hydrolysis and Natural Organic Reduction (Green Death Care Options Act) [HB-1168]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Establishing a regulatory system for reduction operators and reduction facilities; establishing requirements and prohibitions related to the performance of alkaline hydrolysis and natural organic reduction and the disposition of hydrolyzed or soil remains by certain facilities; requiring the Director of the Office of Cemetery Oversight and the Director of the State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors to adopt regulations governing the performance of natural organic reduction; etc.
HB-1168: Human Remains - Alkaline Hydrolysis and Natural Organic Reduction (Green Death Care Options Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 600 on 05/09/2024
Business Regulation - Electronic Smoking Devices Manufacturers - Certifications [HB-1033]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Cannabis ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Small Business ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring a tobacco product manufacturer and a certain electronic smoking devices manufacturer to pay a certain certification fee; 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; etc.
HB-1033: Business Regulation - Electronic Smoking Devices Manufacturers - Certifications
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/12/2024