Property Tax - Charter Counties - Application of County Tax Limitation on Public Safety Budget [SB-1041]
[Property Tax ]
[Public Safety ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing a county council of a charter county, notwithstanding certain provisions of law, to set by simple majority vote a property tax rate that is higher than the property tax rate authorized under a county's charter or collect more property tax revenues than the revenues authorized under the county's charter for the purpose of funding the approved public safety budget of the county; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2025.
SB-1041: Property Tax - Charter Counties - Application of County Tax Limitation on Public Safety Budget
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Kramer
First Reading Senate Rules on 03/03/2025
Employment Discrimination - Fire and Rescue Public Safety Employees - Use of Medical Cannabis [SB-1023]
[Cannabis ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting an employer from taking certain discriminatory employment actions against a fire and rescue public safety employee based on the employee's use of medical cannabis, subject to certain conditions; and requiring an employer to report an incident of a fire and rescue public safety employee reporting for work while impaired by cannabis to the State Emergency Medical Services Board.
SB-1023: Employment Discrimination - Fire and Rescue Public Safety Employees - Use of Medical Cannabis
Sponsored by: Sen. Carl Jackson
Third Reading Passed (36-8) on 03/17/2025
Property Tax - Credit for Law Enforcement Officer or Rescue Worker - Expansion to Judicial Officer [HB-1200]
[Property Tax ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Taxes ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing the governing body of a county or municipal corporation or the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City to provide a certain property tax credit to certain judicial officers, surviving spouses, or cohabitants; requiring the county or municipal corporation to define, by law, who is a correctional officer and judicial officer; and applying the Act retroactively to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2022.
HB-1200: Property Tax - Credit for Law Enforcement Officer or Rescue Worker - Expansion to Judicial Officer
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 129 on 04/22/2025
Local Government - Local Personnel - Leave With Pay [HB-1080]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
Establishing that governmental units may provide disaster service leave with pay to certain employees; establishing that an employee of a governmental unit of a county or a municipality in the State may be entitled to disaster service leave with pay under certain circumstances; authorizing certain governmental units to waive certain requirements for disaster service leave; and authorizing a governmental unit of a county or a municipality to provide leave with pay under certain circumstances.
HB-1080: Local Government - Local Personnel - Leave With Pay
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Griffith
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 274 on 05/06/2025
Howard County - Department of Fire and Rescue Services - Current and Prospective Employee Medical Cannabis Use [SB-969]
[Cannabis ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Prohibiting the Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services from taking certain adverse employment actions against an employee or prospective employee solely because of the employee's or prospective employee's authorized use of medical cannabis; and authorizing the Department to prohibit an employee from working while impaired by cannabis or using cannabis within the 12 hours immediately precedeing the employee's shift.
SB-969: Howard County - Department of Fire and Rescue Services - Current and Prospective Employee Medical Cannabis Use
Sponsored by: Sen.
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/10/2025
Venue-Specific Emergency Action Plans - High School Football Games - Requirements [HB-935]
[Sports ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the requirements of a venue-specific emergency action plan to include the on-site presence of certain health care professionals or an ambulance staffed with certain emergency medical services personnel, except under certain circumstances, at each high school football game.
HB-935: Venue-Specific Emergency Action Plans - High School Football Games - Requirements
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/18/2025
Somerset County - Property Tax - Emergency Services Tax [SB-719]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
[Public Safety ]
[Funding ]
Authorizing the County Commissioners of Somerset County to impose an emergency services tax on all property subject to the county property tax to pay costs of emergency services; prohibiting the county commissioners from initially imposing or subsequently increasing an emergency services tax until after a public hearing is held; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2025.
SB-719: Somerset County - Property Tax - Emergency Services Tax
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Carozza
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 70 on 04/08/2025