Vehicle Laws - Out-of-State Vehicles - Improper Registration [HB-219]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing a certain process for bringing vehicles owned by State residents that are improperly registered in another state into compliance with the Maryland Vehicle Law.
Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services - Study on Location of Individuals Prior to and Following Incarceration [SB-84]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to conduct an annual study examining and comparing certain data regarding an individual's residence prior to incarceration and on release from a State correctional facility; and requiring the Department by October 1, 2026, and each October 1 thereafter, to report the results of the study to certain committees of the General Assembly.
SB-84: Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services - Study on Location of Individuals Prior to and Following Incarceration
Sponsored by: Sen. Paul Corderman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 127 on 04/22/2025
Task Force on Education Funding and Student Population Growth [HB-53]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Establishing the Task Force on Education Funding and Student Population Growth to analyze the challenges related to the delay in student enrollment counts and the effect on school funding and the connection between growing student populations and school funding; and requiring the Task Force to make recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly regarding the provision of school funding by December 15, 2025.
HB-53: Task Force on Education Funding and Student Population Growth
Sponsored by: Rep. Kris Fair
Hearing Canceled on 01/24/2025
Child Support - Suspension of Driver's Licenses [HB-110]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering provisions of law relating to the authority of the Child Support Enforcement Administration to notify the Motor Vehicle Administration of an individual's child support arrearages for the purpose of suspending the individual's driver's license or privilege to drive under certain circumstances.
HB-110: Child Support - Suspension of Driver's Licenses
Sponsored by: Rep. Lauren Arikan
Referred Judicial Proceedings on 03/17/2025
Natural Resources - Fishing Licenses and Stamps - Alterations [HB-40]
[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.
HB-40: Natural Resources - Fishing Licenses and Stamps - Alterations
Sponsored by: Rep. Environment and Transportation
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 45 on 04/08/2025
Environment - Bay Restoration Fund - Septic System Upgrade Program [SB-117]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Funding ]
[Public Health ]
Prioritizing funding first to failing sewage systems and holding tanks in the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area, second to 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, third to failing systems with the 500-year floodplain, and fourth to certain other failing systems; and expanding certain funding eligibility criteria for on-site and community sewage systems.
SB-117: Environment - Bay Restoration Fund - Septic System Upgrade Program
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Fry Hester
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 460 on 05/13/2025
Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services - Study on Location of Individuals Prior to and Following Incarceration [HB-22]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to conduct an annual study examining and comparing certain data regarding an individual's residence prior to incarceration and on release from a State correctional facility; and requiring the Department by October 1, 2026, and each October 1 thereafter, to report the results of the study to certain committees of the General Assembly.
HB-22: Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services - Study on Location of Individuals Prior to and Following Incarceration
Sponsored by: Rep. William Valentine
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 128 on 04/22/2025
Task Force on Education Funding and Student Population Growth [SB-62]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Establishing the Task Force on Education Funding and Student Population Growth to analyze the challenges related to the delay in student enrollment counts and its effect on school funding and the connection between growing student populations and the provision of school funding; and requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 15, 2025.
SB-62: Task Force on Education Funding and Student Population Growth
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Hearing 3/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025
Department of Agriculture - Maryland Agricultural Commission and Young Farmers [HB-262]
[Agriculture ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Food ]
Altering the membership of the Maryland Agricultural Commission; establishing the Committee on Young Farmers for purposes of communicating to the Maryland Agricultural Commission on issues relating to young and beginning farmers in the State; repealing the provisions of law establishing and governing the Young Farmers Advisory Board; and requiring the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation to be governed and administered by a board of trustees composed in a certain manner.
HB-262: Department of Agriculture - Maryland Agricultural Commission and Young Farmers
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin E Holmes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 43 on 04/08/2025
Solid Waste Disposal Surcharge and Wasted Food Reduction and Diversion Fund and Grant Programs - Established [SB-134]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Agriculture ]
[Food ]
[Grants ]
[Environmental ]
[Funding ]
Establishing 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 and compost use, wasted food prevention, and food rescue; establishing a solid waste disposal surcharge on the final disposal of solid waste in the State; requiring the Department to report to the General Assembly yearly beginning December 31, 2027, on the grants awarded, and the impact on jobs creation, producers, and food waste reduction; etc.
SB-134: Solid Waste Disposal Surcharge and Wasted Food Reduction and Diversion Fund and Grant Programs - Established
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Fry Hester
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Energy, And The Environment) on 01/23/2025
Individuals Experiencing Homelessness - Address Requirements - Prohibition [HB-254]
[Housing ]
[Human Services ]
[Libraries ]
[Poverty ]
[Community Development ]
Prohibiting a public library, a recipient of a certain award from the Department of Housing and Community Development, the Department, a public housing agency, a county, or a municipality from requiring an individual experiencing homelessness to provide a current address in certain circumstances.
Economic Development - West North Avenue Development Authority - Alterations [SB-4]
[Economic Development ]
[Community Development ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Altering the administration and membership of the West North Avenue Development Authority; specifying the powers and duties of the Authority; requiring the Authority to take certain actions regarding the finances of the Authority; exempting the Authority from certain taxation or assessments under certain circumstances; establishing the West North Avenue Development Authority Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; and altering the termination date of the Authority from September 30, 2026 to September 30, 2029.
SB-4: Economic Development - West North Avenue Development Authority - Alterations
Sponsored by: Sen. Antonio Hayes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 216 on 04/22/2025
Income Tax - Resident [HB-183]
[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.
HB-183: Income Tax - Resident
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
Hearing 1/30 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/13/2025
Economic Development - West North Avenue Development Authority - Alterations [HB-258]
[Economic Development ]
[Community Development ]
[Taxes ]
[Funding ]
Altering the administration and membership of the West North Avenue Development Authority; specifying the powers and duties of the Authority, subject to certain limitations; requiring the Authority to take certain actions regarding the finances of the Authority; exempting the Authority from certain taxation or assessments under certain circumstances; establishing the West North Avenue Development Authority Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; altering the termination date of the Authority; etc.
HB-258: Economic Development - West North Avenue Development Authority - Alterations
Sponsored by: Rep. Melissa Wells
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 215 on 04/22/2025
Department of Agriculture – Maryland Agricultural Commission and Young Farmers [SB-240]
[Agriculture ]
Altering the membership of the Maryland Agricultural Commission; establishing the Committee on Young Farmers for purposes of communicating to the general public, State government, and the Maryland Agricultural Commission issues relating to young and beginning farmers in the State; establishing the membership of the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation Board of Trustees; and repealing the provisions of law establishing and governing the Young Farmers Advisory Board.
SB-240: Department of Agriculture – Maryland Agricultural Commission and Young Farmers
Sponsored by: Sen. Education, Energy, and the Environment
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 44 on 04/08/2025
Horse Racing - Racing Facility Ownership and Construction - Racing Operations [HB-1524]
[Sports ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
Altering the location, type, and ownership of horse racing facilities that the Maryland Stadium Authority is authorized to finance; increasing the amount of debt that the Maryland Stadium Authority may issue for certain purposes in connection with certain racing facilities; requiring the Maryland Thoroughbred Racetrack Operating Authority to prepare certain financial statements; requiring the Authority to submit a copy of any lease of the Pimlico racing facility to the Legislative Policy Committee for review and comment; etc.
HB-1524: Horse Racing - Racing Facility Ownership and Construction - Racing Operations
Sponsored by: Rep. Ways and Means
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 410 on 05/09/2024
Uniform Act: Guardianship/conservatorship [SB-250]
[Children and Youth ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
An Act relating to guardianships, conservatorships, and other protective arrangements; relating to the public guardian; relating to the crime of violating a protective order; amending Rules 6, 6.1, 12(e), and 37.7(a), Alaska Rules of Administration; repealing Rule 9(b)(2)(G)(ii), Alaska Rules of Administration; amending the Alaska Rules of Probate Procedure; and amending Rule 77(c), Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure.
SB-250: Uniform Act: Guardianship/conservatorship
Sponsored by: Sen. Jesse Kiehl
Read The First Time - Referrals on 02/21/2024