Revenue And Taxes
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Howard County - Common Ownership Communities - Funding of Reserve Accounts and Preparation of Funding Plans Ho. Co. 4-25 [SB-777]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring that the annual budget of a cooperative housing corporation, a residential condominium, or a homeowners association in Howard County include certain funds; requiring that certain funds for the reserve account of a cooperative housing corporation, a residential condominium, or a homeowners association in Howard County be deposited by a certain day each fiscal year; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Howard County Senators
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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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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Nursing Homes - Cost Reports [HB-933]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to review the cost reports and other data submitted by each nursing home that participates in the Maryland Medical Assistance Program; and requiring the Department to report the findings resulting from the review conducted under the Act to the Governor and certain committees of the General Assembly by October 1, 2025, and each October 1 thereafter through 2029.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 733 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Consumer and Display Fireworks - Regulation and Tax [HB-1002]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Taxes ]
[Public Safety ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
Authorizing the sale and possession of certain consumer fireworks, subject to certain requirements and restrictions; altering certain provisions to establish that certain provisions authorizing the State Fire Marshal to issue a certain permit relating to fireworks apply only to certain display fireworks; authorizing a county to opt out of certain provisions regulating the sale and possession of consumer fireworks; establishing a certain sales and use tax for certain fireworks; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Bailey Hornberger
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Community Eligibility Provision Expansion Program – Establishment [SB-769]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Food ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Poverty ]
[Human Services ]
Establishing the Community Eligibility Provision Expansion Program in the State Department of Education to provide funding to eligible schools that participate in the federal community eligibility provision of the child nutrition programs.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy J Guzzone
Hearing Canceled (budget And Taxation) on 02/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Mattress Stewardship Program - Establishment [HB-858]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Environmental ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibiting, on and after January 1, 2031, a person from disposing of a mattress in a landfill, subject to certain exceptions; prohibiting, on and after January 1, 2031, a person from disposing of a mattress in an incinerator, subject to a certain exception; requiring certain producers of mattresses sold at retail in the State or a certain representative organization to submit a plan for the establishment of a Mattress Stewardship Program in the Department of the Environment for approval on or before July 1, 2027; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 4/07 At 11:00 A.m. on 04/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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Access to Health Insurance for Child Care Professionals - Outreach [HB-859]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Health ]
[Insurance ]
Requiring the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange to promote access to health insurance for child care professionals; and requiring the Exchange to conduct a survey, in consultation with the State Department of Education and relevant nonprofit organizations, to assess current levels of health care access across the child care community.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 679 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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Catastrophic Event Account - Transfer of Funds - State Disaster Recovery Fund [HB-865]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing the transfer of funds from the Catastrophic Event Account to the State Disaster Recovery Fund if the balance of the Fund has been depleted due to use or transfer or the estimated costs for providing adequate disaster relief for a natural disaster or catastrophic situation are in excess of the Fund's balance; and providing the Legislative Policy Committee has 10 days to review and make comments before the Governor may transfer certain funds from the Account through budget amendment.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Jones
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 559 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Transportation Access and Revenue Act [HB-846]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Infrastructure ]
Altering the definitions of "taxable price" and "taxable service" for the purposes of certain provisions of law governing the sales and use tax to impose the tax on certain transportation-related services; requiring the Comptroller to distribute revenue attributable to the sales and use tax on certain transportation-related services to the Transportation Trust Fund; and providing that revenue the Comptroller distributes may not be credited to the Gasoline and Motor Vehicle Revenue Account in the Transportation Trust Fund.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin E Holmes
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. (ways And Means) on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Horse Racing - Distribution of Racetrack Facility Renewal Account Funds - Alterations [HB-856]
[Agriculture ]
[Gaming ]
Altering the distribution of certain funds available under the Racetrack Facility Renewal Account.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2025
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Public Safety - Rape Kit Testing - Tracking Program and Grant Fund [SB-669]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Altering the date from December 31, 2025, to March 31, 2026, by which a certain report under a certain sexual assault evidence collection kit tracking program is required to be submitted; altering the purpose and use of the Rape Kit Testing Grant Fund; expanding the duties of the Executive Director of the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention and Policy relating to the Fund; prohibiting the use of the Fund for a certain sexual assault evidence collection kit tracking program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Smith
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 667 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Child Care Affordability Commission - Establishment [HB-862]
[Children and Youth ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Funding ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
Establishing the Child Care Affordability Commission to study and make recommendations regarding obstacles and barriers to child care affordability in the State; requiring the Commission to consider certain economic measures to support working families; and requiring the Commission to submit an interim report by January 1, 2026, and a final report of its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by December 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Referred To Interim Study By Ways And Means on 04/07/2025
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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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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Access to Counsel in Evictions - Special Fund - Alteration [HB-876]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Funding ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering the contents of the Access to Counsel in Evictions Special Fund to include money received by the Antitrust Division in the Office of the Attorney General from a final settlement, an agreement, or a judgment relating to a certain violation of the Maryland Antitrust Act, excluding restitution and certain costs the Attorney General is entitled to recover.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel I Rosenberg
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. (appropriations) on 01/31/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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Labor and Employment - Uninsured Employers' Fund Board - Membership and Reserves [SB-695]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
Altering the membership of the Uninsured Employers' Fund Board; and requiring, rather than authorizing, the Board to establish reserves to meet potential losses of the Uninsured Employers' Fund.
Sponsored by: Sen. Pamela G Beidle
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 309 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Baltimore City - Highway User Revenues Capital Grants - Calculation [HB-901]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Increasing from 9.5% to 12.2%, beginning in fiscal year 2028, the percentage used to calculate a capital grant based on highway user revenues that is required to be appropriated to Baltimore City.
Sponsored by: Rep. Melissa Wells
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Tobacco Product Manufacturers - Escrow Act - Alterations [HB-870]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring, beginning in 2026 and each year thereafter, a certain tobacco product manufacturer to pay a certain equity fee instead of depositing certain funds in a certain escrow account; authorizing a certain tobacco product manufacturer to contest the amount of the equity fee paid under certain circumstances; requiring a certain tobacco product manufacturer to make a certain certification to the Attorney General each year; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel I Rosenberg
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Nursing Homes - Cost Reports (Nursing Home Care Crisis Transparency Act) [SB-679]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to review the cost reports and other data submitted by each nursing home that participates in the Maryland Medical Assistance Program; and requiring the Department to report the findings resulting from the review conducted under the Act to the Governor and certain committees of the General Assembly by October 1, 2025, and each October 1 thereafter through 2029.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Comprehensive Rehabilitative Prerelease Services - Female Incarcerated Individuals (The Monica Cooper Prerelease Act) [SB-632]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Construction ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering the required specifications for a certain prerelease facility for female incarcerated individuals; requiring the Department of General Services to direct the procurement processes for the construction of a certain prerelease facility for female incarcerated individuals; requiring the Commissioner of the Division of Correction to make certain services available to certain female incarcerated individuals; requiring the implementation of comprehensive prerelease services for certain individuals by September 1, 2025; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
Rereferred To Judiciary on 04/07/2025
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Wildlife - Protections and Highway Crossings [SB-635]
[Animals ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing the Maryland Connectivity Coalition to foster collaboration among State and federal agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and other stakeholders for the purpose of protecting endangered wildlife from habitat fragmentation; requiring the State Highway Administration to have final decision-making authority regarding decisions related to placement, funding, or design of wildlife crossings; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/01/2025