Property Tax Credit - Disabled or Fallen Law Enforcement Officer or Rescue Worker - Alterations [SB-330]
[Property Tax ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Taxes ]
[Disabilities ]
[Veterans ]
Altering, for purposes of a certain property tax credit for a certain dwelling, the definition of "fallen law enforcement officer or rescue worker" to include disabled law enforcement officers or rescue workers who have died regardless of the cause of death; authorizing, under certain circumstances, the amount of the credit for a dwelling owned by a disabled or fallen law enforcement officer or rescue worker or the surviving spouse or cohabitant to be in the same proportion as the property tax credit initially granted for the dwelling; etc.
SB-330: Property Tax Credit - Disabled or Fallen Law Enforcement Officer or Rescue Worker - Alterations
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Hearing 3/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/03/2025
You have voted SB-73: Require that an individual registering as a voter when applying for a driver license be a resident of this state for the purposes of voting..
Abundant Affordable Clean Energy - Procurement and Development (AACE Act) [SB-316]
[Energy ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Climate Change ]
[Public Health ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring each electric company in the State to submit to the Public Service Commission by certain dates plans for the construction or procurement of distribution-connected energy storage devices and to construct or procure the devices in accordance with the plan; providing for the creation of zero-emission credits by beneficial nuclear facilities; requiring the Commission to pursue certain coordinated approaches to offshore wind energy transmission development; etc.
SB-316: Abundant Affordable Clean Energy - Procurement and Development (AACE Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin T. Brooks
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/27/2025
Pfd/child Support [SB-12]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
An Act relating to permanent fund dividends for individuals owing child support; and relating to applications and qualifications for permanent fund dividends for individuals owing child support.
SB-12: Pfd/child Support
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert H. Myers
Jud Rpt Recd W/cs Await Transmittal Nxt on 03/14/2025
Teacher/state Employee Student Loan Prgrm [HB-28]
[Student Loans ]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
An Act establishing a student loan repayment pilot program; and providing for an effective date.
HB-28: Teacher/state Employee Student Loan Prgrm
Sponsored by: Rep. Andrew L. Josephson
Referred To Education on 05/19/2025
State Park Permits For Disabled Veterans [SB-30]
[Veterans ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Recreation ]
[Disabilities ]
An Act making certain veterans eligible for a lifetime permit to access state park campsites and the parking and restrooms of developed facilities without charge; and providing for an effective date.
SB-30: State Park Permits For Disabled Veterans
Sponsored by: Sen. Jesse J. Bjorkman
Res Rpt Cs 5dp 2nr Same Title on 02/19/2025
Baltimore County - Nuisance Actions - Community Association [HB-335]
[Community Development ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the definitions of "community association" and "local code violation" to authorize community associations to seek judicial relief for nuisance abatement in Baltimore County; requiring certain notices relating to nuisance actions to be provided to the county code enforcement agency and certain tenants and property owners; and repealing a provision of law requiring the Circuit Court for Baltimore County to determine the amount and conditions of a bond filed by a community association in a certain nuisance action.
HB-335: Baltimore County - Nuisance Actions - Community Association
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin L. Grammer
Hearing Canceled on 03/25/2025
Real Property - Regulation of Common Ownership Community Managers [HB-303]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Community Development ]
Creating the State Board of Common Ownership Community Managers in the Maryland Department of Labor to oversee the licensing of community managers who provide management services for common ownership communities; providing that certain provisions of the Act do not prohibit certain persons from providing certain services under certain circumstances; requiring an individual to be issued a license by the Board before providing management services for a common ownership community under certain circumstances; etc.
HB-303: Real Property - Regulation of Common Ownership Community Managers
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025
Natural Resources - Fishing Licenses and Stamps - Alterations [SB-258]
[Animals ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Recreation ]
Altering the fees for resident consolidated senior sport fishing licenses, angler's licenses, and trout stamps; and repealing the exemption from the requirement to obtain a trout stamp under certain circumstances for a holder of a resident consolidated senior sport fishing license.
SB-258: Natural Resources - Fishing Licenses and Stamps - Alterations
Sponsored by: Sen. Education, Energy, and the Environment
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 46 on 04/08/2025
Environment - Bay Restoration Fund - Septic System Upgrade Program [HB-131]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Funding ]
[Public Health ]
Updating the funding priorities for failing sewage systems and holding tanks; requiring as a second priority those located within the Maryland Chesapeake Bay 8-digit watershed that have a relative effectiveness for total nitrogen reduction of 9.24 or higher based on the Chesapeake Bay watershed model; requiring as a third priority funding for failing systems within the 500-year floodplain, and fourth to certain other failing systems; and expanding certain funding eligibility criteria for on-site and community sewage systems.
HB-131: Environment - Bay Restoration Fund - Septic System Upgrade Program
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 461 on 05/13/2025
Police Discipline - Trial Board Composition [HB-186]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Altering the composition of trial boards responsible for adjudicating matters of police discipline to include certain attorneys.
School Construction and Housing - School Zones and Adequate Public Facilities Ordinances [HB-38]
[Housing ]
[Construction ]
[Education ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring each county board of education to submit a report by July 1, 2025, and each July 1 thereafter, on student residency and school zones to the Department of Planning and the Interagency Commission on School Construction; repealing the authorization of the Interagency Commission on School Construction to make an enrollment deduction under certain circumstances; and prohibiting a county's adequate public facilities ordinance from restricting housing developments for more than 4 years after enactment.
HB-38: School Construction and Housing - School Zones and Adequate Public Facilities Ordinances
Sponsored by: Rep. David H. Moon
Hearing 2/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/24/2025
Education - Youth Enhancement Program - Establishment [SB-97]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Community Development ]
[Human Services ]
Establishing the Youth Enhancement Program within the State Department of Education to provide grants to certain nonprofit organizations to provide services to individuals residing in or attending public schools in Baltimore City or Baltimore County which focus on mentoring and academic and social instruction including continuous engagement into adulthood; requiring the Department to submit an annual report to the General Assembly by December 1, 2028, providing data on the services provided and students' progress though the education system.
SB-97: Education - Youth Enhancement Program - Establishment
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory V. McCray
First Reading Budget And Taxation And Education, Energy, And The Environment on 01/08/2025
On-Farm Organics and Wasted Food Reduction and Diversion Grant Programs - Established [HB-42]
[Agriculture ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Food ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Establishing, beginning July 1, 2027, the On-Farm Organics Diversion and Recycling Grant Program in the Department of Agriculture to award grants to eligible entities to develop and implement on-farm organics recycling, compost use, wasted food prevention, and food rescue; requiring the Department to report to the General Assembly by December 31, 2027, on the impact of the grants awarded on jobs, producers, and food waste prevention; authorizing the Governor to transfer $3,000,000 to certain programs in fiscal years 2027 through 2031; etc.
HB-42: On-Farm Organics and Wasted Food Reduction and Diversion Grant Programs - Established
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Third Reading Passed (122-14) on 03/17/2025
Internet Gaming - Authorization and Implementation [HB-17]
[Gaming ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Authorizing the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to issue certain licenses to certain qualified applicants to conduct or participate in certain Internet gaming operations in the State; requiring the Commission to regulate Internet gaming and the conduct of Internet gaming in the State; requiring an Internet gaming licensee to require individuals to provide proof of the registration in order to participate in Internet gaming; submitting the Act to a referendum; etc.
HB-17: Internet Gaming - Authorization and Implementation
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary
Hearing 2/10 At 11:00 A.m. on 01/17/2025
Anne Arundel County - Class A (Off-Sale) and Class D (Off-Sale) Licenses - Population Ratio Quota [HB-99]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
Establishing a population ratio quota for certain Class A (off-sale) and Class D (off-sale) licenses in Anne Arundel County; specifying a certain official map to be used to identify certain tax assessment districts for purposes of the population ratio quota; and prohibiting the Board of License Commissioners for Anne Arundel County from approving the transfer of certain alcoholic beverages licenses under certain circumstances.
HB-99: Anne Arundel County - Class A (Off-Sale) and Class D (Off-Sale) Licenses - Population Ratio Quota
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Rogers
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 819 on 05/20/2025
Income Tax - Resident [SB-59]
[Taxes ]
Altering the definition of "resident" under the Maryland income tax law to provide that an individual who maintains a place of abode in the State for more than 3 months, rather than 6 months, of the taxable year is a resident for income tax purposes whether or not the individual is domiciled in the State; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024.
SB-59: Income Tax - Resident
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Hearing 1/22 At 10:30 A.m. on 01/15/2025
Public Safety - Gun Violence Victim Relocation Program - Establishment [HB-180]
[Crime ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Establishing the Gun Violence Victim Relocation Program within the Victim Services Unit of the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention and Policy to provide certain victims of gun violence certain services and assistance related to relocating for the safety of the victim or the victim's family; establishing the Gun Violence Victim Relocation Program Fund; requiring the Victim Services Unit to establish a certain oversight commission; requiring the Unit to submit a yearly status report on the Program by December 1, beginning in 2027; etc.
HB-180: Public Safety - Gun Violence Victim Relocation Program - Establishment
Sponsored by: Rep. Jackie Addison
Hearing Canceled on 03/04/2025