Revenue And Taxes
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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Economic Development - Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board and Senator George C. Edwards Fund - Alterations [SB-861]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Altering the composition of the Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board; providing that the Executive Director serves as a nonvoting member of the Board; altering the purpose of the Senator George C. Edwards Fund to provide grant or loan funding to create jobs and significant economic development opportunities in the region; altering the criteria that the Board must consider when awarding certain grant and loan funding from the fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Paul Corderman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 379 on 05/06/2025
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Correctional Services - Medication-Assisted Treatment Funding [SB-942]
[Healthcare ]
[Funding ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Maryland Secretary of Health to provide funding to counties for medication-assisted treatment programs; requiring counties that receive funding to submit a certain report; authorizing the Governor to appropriate certain funds in the annual budget bill; altering the requirements for a certain report; authorizing funds in the Opioid Restitution Fund to be used for medication-assisted treatment programs; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles E. Sydnor
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. (judicial Proceedings) on 02/04/2025
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Maryland Department of Health and Health Officers - Revisions [SB-971]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to notify each health officer for a county of a certain procurement to offer the opportunity for the county health department to join the procurement; authorizing a health officer for a county to make an appointment to a position without the approval of the Maryland Department of Health or the Department of Budget and Management if the position is fully funded through the use of local funding or grant funding; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence K. Lam
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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Department of Human Services - Study on Private Treatment Foster Care Homes [SB-833]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Department of Human Services to conduct a study to determine the types of State support that would be appropriate and beneficial to assist private providers of treatment foster care homes in the provision of services; and requiring the Department to report its findings and recommendations on or before December 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nick Charles
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 528 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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Cyber Maryland Program - Revisions [SB-867]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Transferring the Cyber Maryland Program from the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to the Maryland Department of Labor; altering the duties of the Program; requiring the Program to issue competitive grants and contracts beginning in fiscal year 2026, to enhance cybersecurity workforce development, including cybersecurity for operational technology; authorizing the Governor for fiscal year 2027 and each fiscal year thereafter to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation sufficient to run the program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Fry Hester
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 218 on 04/22/2025
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Nutrient Management – Tidal Buffer – Vegetative Buffers and Restriction on Fertilizer Application [SB-898]
[Agriculture ]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Funding ]
Authorizing, in accordance with technical specifications adopted by the Department of Agriculture, that State cost-share funding be made available for installing various vegetative buffer practices on land within the 100-foot tidal buffer on an agricultural operation; prohibiting a nutrient management plan renewed after July 1, 2025, from allowing a person to apply certain fertilizer to land within the 100-foot tidal buffer; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sara Norris Love
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Health Insurance and Family Planning Services – Consumer Protections – Updates [SB-940]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
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; providing that the Maryland Insurance Commissioner and the Commission on Civil Rights have concurrent jurisdiction to enforce certain provisions of law related to discrimination in health insurance; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Antonio Hayes
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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Workers' Compensation - Claims Application Form - Authorization for Release of Information [SB-830]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Altering the entities to which a claimant is required to authorize the release in a claim application filed with the Workers' Compensation Commission to include the Uninsured Employers' Fund and the Subsequent Injury Fund; altering the information which a claimant is required to authorize the release in a claim application to include additional claims filed by the claimant and information in the custody of the Commission; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Antonio Hayes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 308 on 05/06/2025
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Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System and State Police Retirement System - Line-of-Duty Catastrophic Injury Disability [SB-812]
[Pensions ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Retirement ]
[Disabilities ]
[Public Safety ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
Requiring a certain line-of-duty disability allowance to be paid to a member of the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System or the State Police Retirement System who is found to be disabled and unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael A. Jackson
Hearing 2/27 At 9:00 A.m. on 02/05/2025
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Baltimore Convention and Tourism Redevelopment and Operating Authority Task Force - Revisions [HB-1016]
[Tourism ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
Requiring the Baltimore Convention and Tourism Redevelopment and Operating Authority Task Force to identify certain funding sources and mechanisms, and to submit a report to the Governor, the Mayor of Baltimore City, and the General Assembly on its findings and recommendations by December 1, 2025; and extending the termination date for the Task Force from June 30, 2025, to June 30, 2026.
Sponsored by: Rep. Melissa Wells
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 214 on 04/22/2025
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Talbot County - Hotel Rental Tax - Time of Penalty for Nonpayment [SB-803]
[Taxes ]
[Housing ]
[Tourism ]
[Property Tax ]
Altering the amount of time that a hotel has to pay the hotel rental tax in Talbot County before incurring a penalty.
Sponsored by: Sen. Talbot County Senators
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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African American Heritage Preservation Program and Grant Fund - Noncapital Grants and Donations [HB-1010]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Community Development ]
Altering the purpose of the African American Heritage Preservation Program and Grant Fund to provide funding for African American Heritage Preservation Noncapital Grants for the purpose of preserving or sharing African American history or culture in the State; requiring certain noncapital grants to be made using certain money received by the African American Heritage Preservation (AAHP) Grant Fund; and authorizing the AAHP Grant Fund to receive grants and donations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrienne A. Jones
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 622 on 05/20/2025
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Relocation of Human Remains - Authorization Process [HB-1003]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Requiring a person seeking to relocate human remains from a burial site to apply for approval for relocation with the Office of Cemetery Oversight before seeking authorization from a State's Attorney; establishing requirements and procedures for an application for authorization to relocate human remains; requiring the Office of Cemetery Oversight to delay authorization for relocation of human remains under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Caylin Allen Young
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2025
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State Procurement - Worker Residency Requirements [HB-957]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Construction ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Requiring certain contractors to ensure that at least 35% of apprenticeship hours on certain projects are performed by State residents; requiring the Department of Labor to enforce certain residency requirements; providing that a contractor that fails to meet certain requirements is liable for an amount twice the number of apprentice hours at the apprentice rate by which the contractor failed to meet the applicable requirement; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Third Reading Passed (122-12) on 04/07/2025
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Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act of 2025 [SB-752]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Insurance ]
Repealing and establishing the methodology used to calculate the weekly benefit amount; altering the taxable wage base used to determine employer contributions to the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund, the dependent allowance, and the amount of earned wages subtracted from a weekly benefit amount; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to determine and make available online the State annual average wage applicable to the rate of contribution; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Fred Kramer
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2025
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Health Benefit Plans - Calculation of Cost-Sharing Contribution - Requirements [SB-773]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to include certain discounts, financial assistance payments, product vouchers, and other out-of-pocket expenses made by or on behalf of an insured or enrollee when calculating certain cost-sharing contributions for certain prescription drugs; providing that a violation of the Act is considered a violation of the Consumer Protection Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen S Hershey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 692 on 05/20/2025
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Commissioned Public Art - Artist Rights and Registration of Art [HB-961]
[Arts and Culture ]
Prohibiting an entity from including in a contract for certain State public art a provision requiring artists to waive copyright protections or certain rights; prohibiting enforcement of a certain waiver in an existing contract; and requiring an entity that commissions certain State public art to register the art with the Maryland State Arts Council.
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan K McComas
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/24/2025
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University of Maryland Eastern Shore - Land-Grant Institution - Funding (Land-Grant Equity and Accountability Act) [HB-941]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Infrastructure ]
Requiring, to address a certain funding disparity, that the Governor include at least $5,000,000 to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in the annual budget bill each fiscal year until a total amount of $321,181,312 is appropriated; and authorizing the University of Maryland Eastern Shore to use funds made available by the Act for development of infrastructure and academic programs, investment in faculty, scholarships, and certain other institutional needs.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin E Holmes
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2025
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Gaming - Problem Gambling - Prevalence Study and Fund Revenue [SB-706]
[Gaming ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to conduct certain prevalence studies concerning problem and pathological mobile gambling, with an initial study to be completed on or before July 1, 2030; requiring the Secretary of Health, on or before November 1 each year, beginning in 2026, to submit a report to the General Assembly on how the funds in the Problem Gambling Fund have been expended on treatment and prevention programs; and altering the distribution of certain fantasy competition and sports wagering proceeds.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Referred Ways And Means on 03/13/2025
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Forensic Mental Health Treatment [SB-741]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Altering the circumstances under which a certificate of need for changing bed capacity in a health care facility is required; establishing the Workgroup on Forensic Mental Health Treatment; requiring the Workgroup to develop a certain form to be used by judges in a proceeding related to incompetency to stand trial; establishing the Forensic Mental Health Treatment Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; requiring courts to remit certain fines and monetary penalties into the Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence K. Lam
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. (finance) on 02/06/2025