Revenue And Taxes
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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Housing Authorities - Tax-Exempt Status - Modifications [HB-1085]
[Housing ]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
[Nonprofit ]
Exempting certain real property owned by certain nonprofit entities created by public housing authorities from State and local property taxation; directing certain nonprofit entities created by public housing authorities to make payment in lieu of taxes that may be set by mutual agreement with a political subdivision; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin E Holmes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 169 on 04/22/2025
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State Retirement and Pension System - Administrative Fees - Repeal [HB-1072]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requiring the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System to certify certain employer contribution rates each fiscal year; requiring the employer contribution rates to include recognition of certain administrative and operational expenses; repealing a requirement that certain administrative and operational expenses of the State Retirement and Pension System and the State Retirement Agency be funded by charging each participating employer an administrative fee for each system participant; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Catherine M. Forbes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 764 on 05/20/2025
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Civil Actions - Punitive Damage Awards - Surcharge [HB-1099]
[Finance ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Education ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Providing that punitive damages may be awarded in a civil action only if the plaintiff proves by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant acted with gross negligence; requiring the State Court Administrator to assess a certain surcharge on a defendant against whom a judgement for punitive damages is entered; requiring the Administrator to deposit money collected from the surcharge into the Blueprint for Maryland's Future Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Luke Clippinger
Hearing Canceled on 03/04/2025
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Insurance - Automobile Insurance - Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund and Affordability Study [HB-1098]
[Insurance ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund to calculate and report its risk based capital level in accordance with certain provisions of insurance law and maintain total adjusted capital in a certain amount; establishing that certain provisions of insurance law regarding prior approval rate making apply to the Fund during a certain time period and under certain circumstances; requiring the Maryland Insurance Administration to establish a workgroup to study automobile insurance affordability; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Vincent Fraser-hidalgo
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 395 on 05/06/2025
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Local Government - Accommodations Intermediaries - Hotel Rental Tax Collection by Comptroller [HB-1103]
[Taxes ]
[Housing ]
Requiring certain accommodations intermediaries to collect and remit the hotel rental tax to the Comptroller rather than to each county; providing for the administration of the hotel rental tax by the Comptroller; providing that certain provisions of State law prevail over certain local laws or agreements related to the hotel rental tax; repealing the authority of certain counties to provide for certain exemptions from the hotel rental tax; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary
Hearing Canceled on 02/07/2025
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Environment - Maryland Clean Water Fund - Authorized Uses [HB-1135]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Funding ]
Altering the uses of the Maryland Clean Water Fund to include activities that are related to urban forest management.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel I Rosenberg
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/10/2025
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Real Property - Insufficient Condominium Reserve Account Grant Fund - Establishment [HB-1040]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Finance ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring regulated financial institutions to develop a community benefit plan in connection with applications to the Commissioner of Financial Regulation relating to financial services for purposes of providing safe and sound loans, and other financial products for low-and moderate-income individuals and communities and other distressed or underserved individuals and communities; requiring the Commissioner to exercise certain oversight authority relating to the adequacy of the community benefit plans and attainment of goals; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel I Rosenberg
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/10/2025
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Gaming – Prohibition of Online Sweepstakes Games and Revenue From Illegal Markets [HB-1140]
[Gaming ]
Prohibiting a person from operating, conducting, or promoting online sweepstakes games or supporting the operation, conducting, or promotion of online sweepstakes games; requiring the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency to deny certain license applications and revoke certain licenses under certain circumstances; prohibiting the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission from issuing a license to certain persons or allowing the person to commence or continue operations under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric D. Ebersole
Hearing Canceled on 03/05/2025
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Correctional Services - Geriatric and Medical Parole [HB-1123]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Safety ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Maryland Parole Commission to consider the age of an incarcerated individual when determining whether to grant parole; altering how the Commission evaluates a request for medical parole; requiring the Commission to develop procedures for assessing parole requests by certain incarcerated individuals; repealing the authorization for the Governor to disapprove of a decision by the Commission to grant medical parole; requiring the Commission to conduct a certain risk assessment at a certain time; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank M Conaway
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 103 on 04/22/2025
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Health Insurance, Family Planning Services, and Confidentiality of Medical Records - Consumer Protections - Updates [HB-1045]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Health ]
Updating references to federal law related to family planning services, grandfathered plans, explanation of benefits, summaries of benefits and coverage, medical loss ratios, catastrophic plans, annual limits for cost sharing, prescription drugs, and rescissions; altering the definitions of "legally protected health care" and "sensitive health services" to include gender-affirming care for purposes of law governing the disclosure of information regarding sensitive health services; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 469 on 05/13/2025
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Fraud Prevention and Worker Protections - Prohibitions, Penalties, and Enforcement [HB-1096]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a person from knowingly making or using, or causing to be made or used, a false record or statement resulting in underpayments of unemployment insurance contributions or payment of unemployment insurance benefits of more than a certain amount; altering the enforcement mechanisms of the Maryland Wage and Hour Law, the Maryland Wage Payment and Collection Law, workplace fraud laws, living wage laws, and prevailing wage laws; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing Canceled on 02/10/2025
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Commission on Nondiscrimination - Establishment [HB-1055]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing the Commission on Nondiscrimination to monitor and study nondiscrimination laws and regulations and the impacts of the actions of the federal government on those laws and regulations and to recommend legislation to address any deficiencies in nondiscrimination protections in Maryland; and requiring the Commission to submit a report on its findings and recommendations, including any legislative proposals, to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 15 each year.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Hearing Canceled on 03/08/2025
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Department of Agriculture - Public Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment - Registration, Regulation, and Oversight [HB-1039]
[Agriculture ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Requiring the owner of public electric vehicle supply equipment to register with the Secretary of Agriculture on or before certain dates; applying certain provisions of law regarding weights and measures to public electric vehicle supply equipment; requiring the Secretary to establish a program to test the weight and measure of public electric vehicle supply equipment and ensure the equipment conforms to certain standards; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nick Allen
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2025
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Maryland Transportation Authority - Tolls - Collection and Use (Maryland Toll Rate Reform Act of 2025) [HB-1068]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Infrastructure ]
Establishing the Transportation Facilities Overage Account in the Transportation Trust Fund; requiring the Maryland Transportation Authority to fix, revise, charge, and collect fees, tolls, and other charges for the use of transportation facilities under its control to maximize revenues above certain amounts and to distribute the additional revenues to the Transportation Facilities Overage Account for certain purposes; and establishing certain standards under which the Authority is required to set certain toll rates.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vaughn Stewart
Hearing Canceled (environment And Transportation) on 03/04/2025
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Public Health - Buprenorphine - Training Grant Program and Workgroup [HB-1131]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Mental Health ]
Establishing the Buprenorphine Training Grant Program to assist counties with offsetting the cost of training paramedics to administer buprenorphine; including the Program as an authorized use of funding from the Opioid Restitution Fund; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of at least $50,000 from the Opioid Restitution Fund for the Program; and requiring the Maryland Office of Overdose Response to convene a workgroup to study access to buprenorphine in the State.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joe Vogel
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 759 on 05/20/2025
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Allegany County - Alcoholic Beverages - Minimum Age for Employment of Underage Individuals [HB-1108]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering the minimum age for employment in Allegany County for alcoholic beverages license holders that do not derive more than half of their revenues from the sale of food from 16 years of age to 18 years of age.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 843 on 05/20/2025
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Land Bank Authorities - Powers and Authority [HB-1128]
[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
[Housing ]
[Property Tax ]
Authorizing certain land bank authorities to create a special fund for certain purposes, make loans or grants for certain purposes, and enter into partnerships for certain purposes; requiring a land bank authority to include in the sale, lease, transfer, or disposition of the land bank authority's property a certain agreement; and authorizing a county or municipal corporation to authorize, by law, a land bank authority to foreclose on certain property through a certain in rem foreclosure action.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin E Holmes
Hearing 3/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/17/2025
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Data Brokers - Registry and Gross Income Tax (Building Information Guardrails Data Act of 2025) [HB-1089]
[Data Privacy ]
[Taxes ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Education ]
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; imposing a tax on the gross income of certain data brokers for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2026; requiring the revenue from the data broker tax be used by Maryland Public Television to provide digital literacy support to students in kindergarten through 12th grade; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Scott Solomon
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. (economic Matters) on 02/06/2025
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Maryland Department of Health - AHEAD Model Implementation - Electronic Health Care Transactions and Population Health Improvement Fund [HB-1104]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Clarifying that electronic health care transactions information may be used to support the participation of the State in the States Advancing All-Payer Health Equity Approaches and Development (AHEAD) Model and any successor models; establishing the Population Health Improvement Fund to support the statewide population health targets under the AHEAD Model and any successor models; authorizing the Health Services Cost Review Commission to assess a uniform, broad-based, and reasonable amount in hospital rates to be credited to the Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Health and Government Operations
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 615 on 05/20/2025
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Procurement - Advertising - Local News Organizations [HB-1119]
[Media and Advertising ]
[Small Business ]
[Funding ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring units of State government to ensure that at least 50% of the unit's total dollar value of procurement contracts for print and digital advertising is being made directly to local news organizations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Linda Foley
Hearing Canceled on 03/08/2025