Revenue And Taxes
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund and Customer-Sited Solar Program - Alterations [HB-1273]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Climate Change ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Authorizing the use of the Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund for grants and loans for building electrification and transportation electrification; altering the allowed uses of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative auction revenue and certain compliance fee revenue; altering certain reporting requirements for the Fund; and altering the definition of "low to moderate income" for purposes of the Customer-Sited Solar Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Economic Matters
Hearing Canceled on 03/20/2025
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Cybersecurity – Standards, Compliance, and Audits – Alterations [HB-1309]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
Repealing the requirement that county boards of education prioritize the purchase of digital devices with certain funds; requiring each local school system to comply with, and certify compliance with, the State minimum cybersecurity standards and to conduct a cybersecurity maturity assessment every 2 years; requiring the Office of Security Management within the Department of Information Technology to annually update the State minimum cybersecurity standards; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Chao Wu
Hearing Canceled (health And Government Operations) on 03/08/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Office of Social Equity - Community Reinvestment and Repair Fund - Modifications [HB-1364]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Nonprofit ]
Repealing provisions of law requiring the Office of Social Equity to report on the Community Reinvestment and Repair Fund and to solicit public input on the uses of the Fund and publish a review of the input; requiring the Office to oversee the appropriation of funds from the Fund and to train Fund recipients; requiring the Office to require each county to develop a plan for the distribution of certain funds to community-based organizations and to report certain information to the office every year; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lily Qi
Favorable With Amendments {723327/1 Adopted on 04/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Boat Act - Abandoned or Sunken Recreational Vessels - Identification and Removal [HB-1260]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Water ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Safety ]
[Recreation ]
Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to remove abandoned or sunken recreational vessels secured to certain apparatuses or left anchored and unattended for more than 60 days under certain circumstances; requiring the Department to consider and document certain factors when determining whether a recreational vessel is abandoned or sunken under certain provisions of law; and authorizing the Department to use funds budgeted for the Natural Resources Police to remove or store certain abandoned or sunken vessels.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven J. Arentz
Hearing Canceled on 03/02/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Commercial Law - Voice and Visual Likeness - Digital Replication Rights (Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe Act - NO FAKES Act) [HB-1407]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Arts and Culture ]
Establishing that each individual and a certain right holder have the right to authorize the use of the voice or visual likeness of the individual in a digital replica; providing that the right does not expire on the death of the individual and is transferable or licensable in a certain manner; providing that the right terminates after a certain period of time; requiring an online service to designate an agent for certain purposes; requiring the Secretary of State to maintain and make available certain information; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marlon Amprey
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2025
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Baltimore City - Office of the Sheriff - Neighborhood Services Unit [HB-1293]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing the Neighborhood Services Unit within the Office of the Sheriff of Baltimore City; requiring the Neighborhood Services Unit and the Board of License Commissioners of Baltimore City to work in partnership to enforce the alcoholic beverages laws of Baltimore City and to enter into a memorandum of understanding that specifies the respective roles and responsibilities of the parties and funding in connection with the partnership; expanding the authorized uses of certain revenue to include the Neighborhood Services Unit; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephanie Smith
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 515 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
County Boards of Education - Appointed Members in Leadership Positions - Prohibition [HB-1252]
[Education ]
Prohibiting appointed members of a county board of education from serving in certain leadership positions on the county board; requiring the State Department of Education to send a certain notice to a county board if the county board allows an appointed member to serve in a certain leadership position; and specifying certain penalties that may be imposed on a county board and an appointed member if the member continues to serve in a leadership position after receiving notice.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Craig Johnson
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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Transportation-Related Tolls - Installment Payment Plans [HB-1465]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Requiring the Maryland Transportation Authority to establish programs to offer installment payment plans for the payment of certain tolls, in excess of $300.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 527 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
School Bus Transition - Propane-Powered School Buses - Grant Program, Fund, and Purchase [HB-1269]
[Energy ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Grants ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering certain provisions of law relating to funding and grants to transition to zero-emission vehicle school buses to include propane-powered school buses; and authorizing a county board of education, beginning in fiscal year 2030, to enter into a new contract for the purchase of school buses that are propane-powered.
Sponsored by: Rep. Seth A. Howard
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Employees' Pension System and Teachers' Pension System - Deferred Retirement Option Program - Establishment [HB-1388]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Establishing a Deferred Retirement Option Program for certain members of the Employees' Pension System and the Teachers' Pension System; and requiring the State Retirement Agency to seek a certain determination letter.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ben Barnes
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/12/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Health - Sickle Cell Disease - Specialized Clinics and Scholarship Program for Medical Residents [HB-1306]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Science ]
[Education ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish certain specialized clinics for the management and treatment of sickle cell disease and establish a scholarship program for medical residents who specialize in benign or classical hematology with a focus on sickle cell disease; and requiring the Governor for fiscal year 2027 to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $6,000,000 to support clinic operations, staffing, training, and social support services.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Hearing Canceled on 03/08/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Environmental Permits - Requirements for Public Participation and Impact and Burden Analyses (Cumulative Harms to Environmental Restoration For Improving Shared Health - CHERISH Our Communities Act) [HB-1484]
[Environmental ]
[Public Health ]
[Air Quality ]
[Water ]
[Community Development ]
Applying certain public participation requirements to permits for projects that have been identified by the Department of the Environment as having an increased potential for adverse community environmental and public health impacts; requiring a person applying for certain environmental permits for certain projects with an increased potential to cause adverse community environmental and public health impacts to include in the permit application an environmental impact analysis; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jazz Lewis
Hearing Canceled (environment And Transportation) on 03/02/2025
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Montgomery County - School Bus Stops on Highways - Alterations MC 8-25 [HB-1227]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Applying certain provisions of law regarding school bus stops located on certain highways in Montgomery County to a school bus stop at a location for which at least 400 citations were issued in the preceding fiscal year to drivers traveling in the opposite direction of the bus stop; and prohibiting, beginning on December 31, 2028, locating a school bus stop on any highway with five or more undivided traffic lanes, except under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 589 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Department of Aging - Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Continuing Care At-Home Providers Licensing and Regulation - Study [HB-1454]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Healthcare ]
[Housing ]
Requiring the Department of Aging to contract with an independent consultant to complete a study on the licensing and regulation of continuing care retirement communities and continuing care at-home providers; and requiring the Department to submit the results of the study on or before December 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lily Qi
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Transportation - Maryland Transit Administration - Funding (Transit Safety and Investment Act of 2025) [HB-1463]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Governor to include, for each of fiscal years 2030 through 2039, an appropriation of $550,000,000 in the State budget from the Transportation Trust Fund to the Maryland Transit Administration for certain operating and capital needs of the Administration.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robbyn Lewis
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Howard County - Speed Monitoring Systems - Authorization Ho. Co. 9-25 [HB-1311]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Education ]
Expanding the authorization to place and use speed monitoring systems on highways in Howard County to authorize their use in residential districts, on certain high-risk highways, and on U.S. Route 1; and requiring the fines collected by Howard County as a result of violations enforced by certain speed monitoring systems to be used for public safety purposes, including pedestrian or highway safety programs, or to fund deferred maintenance work at Howard County public schools.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 4/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/25/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Prekindergarten - 3-Year-Olds - Private Providers (Parental Choice for Prekindergarten Act) [HB-1374]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering the definition of "Tier I child" for purposes of publicly provided prekindergarten to not include 3-year-olds and only include certain 4-year-olds; authorizing an eligible private prekindergarten provider to elect to enroll 3-year-olds in publicly provided prekindergarten; requiring an eligible private provider that elects to enroll a Tier I 3-year-old to enter into a certain memorandum of understanding with the State Department of Education and the county board of education; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus R Kipke
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Real Property - Condemnation - Damages Awarded for Lost Profits [HB-1337]
[Real Estate ]
[Small Business ]
[Agriculture ]
[Property Tax ]
[Economic Development ]
Providing that the owner of a business or farming operation on certain property that is taken is entitled to damages for the loss of profits under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason C. Buckel
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Government - Maryland Reparations Commission [HB-1422]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Maryland Reparations Commission to study and make recommendations relating to appropriate benefits to be made to individuals whose ancestors were enslaved in the State or were impacted by certain inequitable government policies; and requiring the Commission to submit a preliminary report by January 1, 2027, and a final report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by November 1, 2027.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Blueprint for Maryland's Future - Alterations [HB-1245]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
Repealing the Career Counseling Program for Middle and High School Students and the associated funding; requiring county boards of education to report on per-school funding for certain programs associated with the Blueprint for Maryland's Future in a certain manner; providing a waiver from the minimum funding per school requirement for schools with 350 or fewer total students; altering the definition of "Tier I child" for purposes of publicly funded prekindergarten to include certain children; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Greg Wims
Hearing Canceled (appropriations) on 03/05/2025