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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Commercial Driver's Licenses - Out-of-State Residents - School Buses or Passenger Vehicles [SB-884]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Education ]
Authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration to issue a Class B commercial driver's license with a school bus or passenger vehicle endorsement to nonresidents of Maryland who hold an equivalent commercial driver's license and the appropriate equivalent endorsement from the driver's licensing authority of a neighboring state.
Sponsored by: Sen. Justin D Ready
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/10/2025
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Gettr Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. (budget And Taxation) on 02/05/2025
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South Dakota 2025 Regular Session
Designate an individual using the address of a mail forwarding service or post office box when applying to register as a voter or vote by absentee ballot as a federal voter. [HB-1208]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Designate an individual using the address of a mail forwarding service or post office box when applying to register as a voter or vote by absentee ballot as a federal voter.
Sponsored by: Rep. Phil Jensen
Signed By The Governor On March 31, 2025 H.j. 553 on 03/31/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Fair Share for Maryland Act of 2025 [HB-1014]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Altering a certain limit on the unified credit used for determining the estate tax for decedents dying on or after January 1, 2026; altering a certain limitation on the amount of the estate tax for decedents dying on or after a certain date; altering the definition of "qualified child" for purposes of a certain credit against the State income tax for certain dependent children; imposing a certain business transportation fee on certain taxable income of corporations and pass-through entities for certain taxable years; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Alaska 34th Legislature
Perm Fund; Employment; Eligibility [HB-75]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Finance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
An Act relating to national criminal history record checks for certain employees of the Department of Revenue; relating to allowable absences for eligibility for a permanent fund dividend; relating to electronic notice of debt collection executed on a permanent fund dividend; and providing for an effective date.
Sponsored by: Rep. Andrew L. Josephson
Effective Date(s) Of Law 1/1/26 on 07/30/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Business Regulation - Maryland Franchise Registration and Disclosure Law - Alterations (Franchise Reform Act) [HB-992]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering the period of time within which the Securities Commissioner in the Office of the Attorney General may exercise a power under certain provisions of law governing the sale of franchises; altering the period of time within which an action for liability under a certain provision of law pertaining to franchise offers for sale must be brought; prohibiting a franchisor and certain others from inhibiting the right of franchisees to associate for certain purposes; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marc Alan Korman
Hearing 3/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/18/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Procurement - Worker Residency Requirements [HB-957]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Construction ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Requiring certain contractors to ensure that at least 35% of apprenticeship hours on certain projects are performed by State residents; requiring the Department of Labor to enforce certain residency requirements; providing that a contractor that fails to meet certain requirements is liable for an amount twice the number of apprentice hours at the apprentice rate by which the contractor failed to meet the applicable requirement; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Third Reading Passed (123-11) on 04/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Out-of-State Drivers - Automated Enforcement (Out-of-State Driver Accountability Act) [HB-915]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring each county and municipal automated traffic enforcement program to submit to the Vision Zero coordinator a quarterly report containing certain information regarding each citation issued under the program during the quarter to a motor vehicle registered in another state.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robbyn Lewis
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Institutions of Postsecondary Education - Institutional Debt - Report [HB-920]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
[Funding ]
Requiring institutions of postsecondary education to submit a report on institutional debt to the Maryland Higher Education Commission by October 1 each year, beginning in 2026; authorizing the Commission to assess a civil penalty, up to $10,000 per violation, against an institution for failure to submit a report or knowingly including inaccurate information in a report; and establishing certain notice and hearing procedures that the Commission must follow before assessing a civil penalty.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jennifer Terrasa
Hearing Canceled on 04/02/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact [HB-959]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Entering into the School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact for the purpose of authorizing licensed school psychologists who hold multistate licenses to provide school psychological services in member states; establishing requirements for multistate licensure; establishing the School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact Commission; providing for the withdrawal from the Compact; and providing the Act is contingent on the enactment of substantially similar legislation in seven other states.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bernice Mireku-North
Hearing Canceled on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Catastrophic Event Account and Federal Government Shutdown Employee Assistance Loan Fund, Protection of Federal Benefits, and Powers of the Attorney General - Alterations (Protect Our Federal Workers Act) [SB-683]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Renaming the Federal Government Shutdown Employee Assistance Loan Fund to be the Federal Government Employee Assistance Loan Fund; authorizing funds appropriated to the Catastrophic Event Account to be expended to assist in funding costs in connection with a closure, relocation, or mass layoff of a unit of the federal government, or other similar circumstances; and altering the purpose of the Fund and the eligibility criteria to receive loans from the Fund.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Favorable With Amendments Report By Budget And Taxation on 04/07/2025
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Alaska 34th Legislature
Support Universal Service Fund [HJR-6]
[Telecommunications ]
[Funding ]
Support Universal Service Fund
Sponsored by: Rep. Labor & Commerce
Referred To Labor & Commerce on 03/18/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Commission on Abandoned and Neglected Maryland Cemeteries - Establishment [SB-631]
[Community Development ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Establishing the Commission on Abandoned and Neglected Maryland Cemeteries within the Office of Cemetery Oversight to establish standard definitions for neglected and abandoned cemeteries, support the development of a statewide inventory of cemeteries and burial sites in the State, and develop recommendations relating to historical cemeteries concentrating on abandoned African American cemeteries; and requiring the Commission to submit an annual report by December 1 with its recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/01/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Business Regulation - Enforcement for Miscellaneous State Business Licenses - Study [SB-664]
[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
Requiring the Comptroller to consult with certain stakeholders to study and make recommendations on the enforcement process for miscellaneous State business licenses; and requiring the Comptroller to submit a report of the study's findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by December 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 632 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Education - Dependent Children of Service Members - Advance Enrollment Procedures [SB-601]
[Education ]
[Veterans ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Military ]
Requiring a county superintendent of schools to allow a certain dependent child of a service member to advance enroll in a school in the county in a certain manner; requiring a local school system to coordinate with the parents or guardians of a certain child with a disability and the school district in a certain sending state to prevent a delay in transferring the child; requiring the Secretary of Veterans and Military Families to publish information on the advance enrollment procedures established by the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin T. Brooks
Third Reading Passed (135-0) on 04/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Homestead Property Tax Credit - Eligible Properties - Alteration [HB-726]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
[Housing ]
Expanding eligibility for the homestead property tax credit to include additional residences.
Sponsored by: Rep. William J. Wivell
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/28/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Commission on Abandoned and Neglected Maryland Cemeteries - Establishment [HB-724]
[Community Development ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Establishing the Commission on Abandoned and Neglected Maryland Cemeteries within the Office of Cemetery Oversight to establish standard definitions for neglected and abandoned cemeteries, support the development of a statewide inventory of cemeteries and burial sites in the State, develop recommendations relating to historical cemeteries concentrating on abandoned African American cemeteries; and requiring the Commission to submit an annual report by December 1 with its recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/28/2025
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Alaska 34th Legislature
Perm Fund; Employment; Eligibility [SB-77]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Finance ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
An Act relating to national criminal history record checks for certain employees of the Department of Revenue; relating to allowable absences for eligibility for a permanent fund dividend; relating to the confidentiality of certain information provided on a permanent fund dividend application; relating to the duties of the Department of Revenue; and providing for an effective date.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jesse Kiehl
L&c Rpt Recd Await Transmittal Nxt on 02/10/2025
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Alaska 34th Legislature
School&election Bds; Voting; Elections [SB-70]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Education ]
An Act relating to regional educational attendance area elections; relating to terms for members of regional school boards; relating to voter residence; relating to voter registration; relating to the inclusion of voter registration forms in permanent fund dividend applications; relating to election administration; relating to ballot counting; relating to absentee voting; relating to early voting; relating to voting by mail; relating to publication of election pamphlets; and relating to confidential information in voter registration records.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Read The First Time - Referrals on 01/24/2025
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Alaska 34th Legislature
Washington D.c. Statehood [SJR-6]
[Community Development ]
[Elections ]
[Human Rights ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Washington D.c. Statehood
Sponsored by: Rep. Matt Claman
Referred To Rules on 03/24/2025