St. Mary's County - Public Facilities Bond [HB-561]
Authorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of St. Mary's County to borrow not more than $71,000,000 in order to finance the construction, improvement, or development of certain public facilities in St. Mary's County, and to effect such borrowing by the issuance and sale at public or private sale of its general obligation bonds; etc.
HB-561: St. Mary's County - Public Facilities Bond
Sponsored by: No sponsors
First Reading Appropriations on 01/23/2025
Relating To Minors. [HB-1198]
Establishes civil liability for any commercial entity that knowingly or intentionally publishes or distributes materially harmful to minors without following certain age verification requirements.
HB-1198: Relating To Minors.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lauren Matsumoto
Introduced And Pass First Reading. on 01/23/2025
Hospitals - Emergency Medical Conditions - Procedures [SB-447]
Requiring a hospital to conduct screening on an individual presenting at an emergency department of the hospital to determine whether the individual has an emergency medical condition; establishing requirements and prohibitions related to the treatment and transfer of an individual who has an emergency medical condition; prohibiting a hospital from taking adverse action against a provider for not transferring a patient who is not stabilized; etc.
SB-447: Hospitals - Emergency Medical Conditions - Procedures
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
First Reading Finance on 01/21/2025
Maryland Department of Labor - Study on Building Code Requirements for Single-Staircase Buildings [SB-436]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to study building code requirements for single-staircase buildings in the State and other States and analyze best practices when drafting building code requirements; requiring the Department to make legislative and regulatory recommendations for the purpose of increasing the affordable housing supply by reducing barriers to multifamily housing development; and requiring the Department to report to the Governor and certain committees of the General Assembly by December 1, 2025.
SB-436: Maryland Department of Labor - Study on Building Code Requirements for Single-Staircase Buildings
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher
First Reading Education, Energy, And The Environment on 01/21/2025
Education and Health - Emergency Use Epinephrine - Alterations [HB-536]
Altering the defined term "auto-injectable epinephrine" to be "emergency use epinephrine" and to include certain drug delivery devices and products; and altering the name of the Emergency Use Auto-Injectable Epinephrine Program to be the Emergency Use Epinephrine Program.
HB-536: Education and Health - Emergency Use Epinephrine - Alterations
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
First Reading Ways And Means And Health And Government Operations on 01/22/2025
Excellence in Maryland Public Schools Act [SB-429]
Altering the definitions of target per pupil foundation amount, collaborative time per pupil amount, and special education per pupil amount for certain fiscal years; altering the source of funds for the Blueprint for Maryland's Future Fund to include the interest earnings of the Academic Excellence Fund; freezing certain increases in the Concentration of Poverty School Grant Program for certain fiscal years; establishing the Collaborative Time Innovation Demonstration Grant and the Academic Excellence Program and Fund; etc.
SB-429: Excellence in Maryland Public Schools Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. (budget And Taxation) on 01/23/2025
Land Use - Regional Housing Infrastructure Gap (Housing for Jobs Act) [HB-503]
Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development and the Department of Planning to calculate certain regional housing infrastructure gaps; providing for the apportionment of regional housing infrastructure gaps to counties and incorporated municipalities; authorizing local jurisdictions to reduce local housing infrastructure gaps in a certain manner; establishing that certain local jurisdictions have an affirmative obligation to expeditiously approve housing development project applications; etc.
HB-503: Land Use - Regional Housing Infrastructure Gap (Housing for Jobs Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Hornberger
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 01/22/2025
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Self-Directed Mental Health Services - Pilot Program [SB-448]
Establishing the Self-Directed Mental Health Services Pilot Program in the Maryland Department of Health to facilitate access to clinically appropriate, person-centered, culturally responsive, and trauma-informed self-directed services in the most integrated setting appropriate for certain recipients of services under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program; requiring the Governor in fiscal years 2027 through 2029 to include $300,000 in the annual budget bill for the Pilot Program; and requiring a certain report.
SB-448: Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Self-Directed Mental Health Services - Pilot Program
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
First Reading Finance on 01/21/2025
Pharmacy Benefits Administration - Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Pharmacy Benefits Managers [SB-438]
Altering the reimbursement levels for drug products that the Maryland Medical Assistance Program is required to establish and that pharmacy benefits managers that contract with a pharmacy on behalf of a managed care organization are required to reimburse the pharmacy; and altering the definition of "purchaser" for purposes of certain provisions of law regulating pharmacy benefits managers to include certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations.
SB-438: Pharmacy Benefits Administration - Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Pharmacy Benefits Managers
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
First Reading Finance on 01/21/2025
Land Use - Regional Housing Infrastructure Gap (Housing for Jobs Act) [SB-430]
Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development and the Department of Planning to calculate certain regional housing infrastructure gaps; providing for the apportionment of regional housing infrastructure gaps to counties and incorporated municipalities; authorizing local jurisdictions to reduce local housing infrastructure gaps in a certain manner; establishing that certain local jurisdictions have an affirmative obligation to expeditiously approve housing development project applications; etc.
SB-430: Land Use - Regional Housing Infrastructure Gap (Housing for Jobs Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
First Reading Education, Energy, And The Environment on 01/21/2025
Motor Vehicles - Automated Enforcement Programs - Privacy Protections [HB-516]
Requiring a custodian of recorded images produced by certain automated enforcement systems to deny inspection of the images, subject to certain exceptions; prohibiting certain State and local agencies from using a recorded image or associated data from an automated enforcement system without a warrant, subpoena, or court order unless the use is for an appropriate traffic or law enforcement purpose; and establishing certain requirements and authorizations for the removal and destruction of recorded images.
HB-516: Motor Vehicles - Automated Enforcement Programs - Privacy Protections
Sponsored by: Rep. Marc Korman
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 01/22/2025
Nuisance and Breach of Lease Actions - Rodent Harborage [HB-549]
Authorizing an individual to bring a nuisance action for damages caused by rodent harborage on certain real property against certain individuals; authorizing a landlord to bring a breach of lease action against a tenant for behavior that causes or contributes to rodent harborage; and providing that a nuisance action may not be brought under the Act if the rodent harborage occurs on property that is zoned for agricultural use and is actually and primarily used as agricultural property.
HB-549: Nuisance and Breach of Lease Actions - Rodent Harborage
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Grammer
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 01/22/2025
Excellence in Maryland Public Schools Act [HB-504]
Altering the definitions of target per pupil foundation amount, collaborative time per pupil amount, and special education per pupil amount for certain fiscal years; altering the source of funds for the Blueprint for Maryland's Future Fund to include the interest earnings of the Academic Excellence Fund; freezing certain increases in the Concentration of Poverty School Grant Program for certain fiscal years; establishing the Collaborative Time Innovation Demonstration Grant and the Academic Excellence Program and Fund, etc.
HB-504: Excellence in Maryland Public Schools Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Hornberger
First Reading Appropriations And Ways And Means on 01/22/2025
Abandoned and Neglected Cemeteries Fund - Establishment and Income Tax Checkoff [HB-535]
Establishing the Abandoned and Neglected Cemeteries Fund to provide for the care, preservation, maintenance, and restoration of abandoned and neglected cemeteries in the State; establishing an income tax checkoff for contributions to the Fund; requiring the Comptroller to include a checkoff on individual income tax returns and to include certain information in income tax return packaged; and requiring an annual report by September 30 to the General Assembly on the donations to the Fund and promotional efforts undertaken by money from the Fund.
HB-535: Abandoned and Neglected Cemeteries Fund - Establishment and Income Tax Checkoff
Sponsored by: Rep. Andre Johnson
First Reading Health And Government Operations And Ways And Means on 01/22/2025
Relating To Pedestrians. [HB-941]
Authorizes pedestrians to cross roadways in a manner contrary to the statewide traffic code under certain circumstances.
HB-941: Relating To Pedestrians.
Sponsored by: Rep. Chris Todd
Introduced And Pass First Reading. on 01/23/2025