Maryland Building Performance Standards - Fossil Fuel Use, Energy Conservation, and Electric- and Solar-Ready Standards (Better Buildings Act of 2025) [HB-973]
[Energy ]
[Construction ]
[Environmental ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Climate Change ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to adopt, by October 1, 2025, and as part of the Maryland Building Performance Standards, energy conservation requirements, an electric- and solar-ready standard for certain buildings, and a requirement that new buildings and significant improvements meet all laundry, water, and space heating demands of the building without the use of fossil fuels.
HB-973: Maryland Building Performance Standards - Fossil Fuel Use, Energy Conservation, and Electric- and Solar-Ready Standards (Better Buildings Act of 2025)
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2025
You have voted HB-973: Maryland Building Performance Standards - Fossil Fuel Use, Energy Conservation, and Electric- and Solar-Ready Standards (Better Buildings Act of 2025).
Transportation Network Companies - Deactivation of Operators - Policy and Appeal Procedure [SB-747]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Altering the definitions of "transportation network company" and "transportation network operator" for purposes of provisions of law regarding transportation network companies; requiring a transportation network company to maintain a deactivation policy that provides the policies and procedures for the deactivation of operators; prohibiting a transportation network company from deactivating an operator unless the deactivation is consistent with the company's deactivation policy; etc.
SB-747: Transportation Network Companies - Deactivation of Operators - Policy and Appeal Procedure
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2025
Offshore Wind Turbines and Accessory Installations - Aircraft Detection Lighting Systems [SB-753]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Aerospace ]
[Infrastructure ]
Requiring, beginning October 1, 2025, that any wind turbine and accessory installation associated with a qualified offshore wind project or an offshore wind transmission project be installed with an aircraft detection lighting system approved by the Federal Aviation Administration.
SB-753: Offshore Wind Turbines and Accessory Installations - Aircraft Detection Lighting Systems
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Kramer
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
Railroads - Safety Requirements (Maryland Railway Safety Act of 2025) [HB-958]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Energy ]
Establishing requirements and prohibitions related to the operation of railroads in the State, including provisions related to the size of the crew, blocking of railroad and highway grade crossings, the length of trains operating on a main or branch line, wayside detectors, and investigations by railroad labor union representatives; and requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to establish and maintain a reporting system regarding the transportation of hazardous materials and waste by rail in the State.
Health Facilities - Assisted Living Programs - Family Councils [SB-751]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Public Health ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Providing for the composition of a family council for certain assisted living programs; authorizing a family council to be created and, under certain circumstances, led by the owner, operator, or staff of an assisted living program; requiring certain assisted living programs to give new and prospective residents information about the family council; requiring certain assisted living programs to respond in writing to certain communications from the family council within 14 calendar days; etc.
SB-751: Health Facilities - Assisted Living Programs - Family Councils
Sponsored by: Sen. Shaneka Henson
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2025
Baltimore County - Speed Monitoring Systems - Interstate 695 and Interstate 83 [HB-978]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Infrastructure ]
Authorizing the State Highway Administration to place and use not more than four speed monitoring systems on Interstate 695 and three systems on Interstate 83 in Baltimore County, subject to notice requirements; requiring that fines collected in Baltimore County as a result of violations enforced by speed monitoring systems on Interstate 695 and Interstate 83 be used to recover costs and assist in covering the cost of roadway and safety improvements on Interstate 695 and Interstate 83 in Baltimore County; etc.
HB-978: Baltimore County - Speed Monitoring Systems - Interstate 695 and Interstate 83
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Third Reading Passed (102-30) on 03/31/2025
Climate Solutions Now Act Affordability Act of 2025 [SB-779]
[Climate Change ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Specifying that certain requirements under the Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022 are to be carried out to the extent economically practicable, including requirements concerning achieving certain direct greenhouse gas emissions reductions from certain buildings, measuring and reporting direct emissions data to the Department of the Environment, achieving certain greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals, and achieving zero-emission vehicle goals relating to the State vehicle fleet and local school buses; etc.
SB-779: Climate Solutions Now Act Affordability Act of 2025
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Carozza
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Energy, And The Environment) on 02/04/2025
Montgomery County and Prince George's County - Distracted Driving Monitoring System Pilot Program [HB-908]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Data Privacy ]
Establishing a pilot program to authorize the use of distracted driving monitoring systems in Montgomery County and Prince George's County to enforce certain prohibitions regarding the use of certain devices while operating a vehicle; and requiring that a county that authorizes a program of distracted driving monitoring systems under the Act to report on the effectiveness of the systems on or before December 1, 2027.
HB-908: Montgomery County and Prince George's County - Distracted Driving Monitoring System Pilot Program
Sponsored by: Rep. Linda Foley
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 01/31/2025
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.
SB-777: Howard County - Common Ownership Communities - Funding of Reserve Accounts and Preparation of Funding Plans Ho. Co. 4-25
Sponsored by: Sen.
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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.
HB-959: School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact
Sponsored by: Rep. Bernice Mireku-North
Hearing Canceled on 02/07/2025
Center for Firearm Violence Prevention and Intervention - Resources, Tools, and Educational Materials [HB-934]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Education ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering the powers of the Center for Firearm Violence Prevention and Intervention to include the creation of certain resources, tools, and educational materials related to firearms; and authorizing the Center to consult with State and local agencies and third-party organizations in carrying out those powers.
HB-934: Center for Firearm Violence Prevention and Intervention - Resources, Tools, and Educational Materials
Sponsored by: Rep. Lesley Lopez
Hearing Canceled on 03/04/2025
Public Schools and Youth Services - Crisis Support and Assistance and Workgroup Study [SB-770]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Mental Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring each local school system to provide crisis support to a public school when a teacher or other school employee with direct contact with minors is removed from the school due to alleged criminal activity or for student safety; requiring each county board of education to establish a crisis response team; requiring the State Department of Education to establish a workgroup to examine the impact of requiring applicants for certain positions to include information regarding the applicant's history of boundary-violating behavior; etc.
SB-770: Public Schools and Youth Services - Crisis Support and Assistance and Workgroup Study
Sponsored by: Sen. Dawn Gile
Hearing Canceled on 03/26/2025
Criminal Law - Weapon Crimes - Transporting Firearm in Checked Bag on Public Transportation [HB-916]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a person from transporting a firearm in a checked bag on
public transportation in the State unless the firearm is disabled from discharging by an external safety lock; and defining "external safety lock" as a device attached to a firearm with a key or combination lock and designed to prevent a firearm from being discharged unless the device has been deactivated.
HB-916: Criminal Law - Weapon Crimes - Transporting Firearm in Checked Bag on Public Transportation
Sponsored by: Rep. Marlon Amprey
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/10/2025
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.
HB-1002: Consumer and Display Fireworks - Regulation and Tax
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Hornberger
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2025
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, Chapter 105, relative to blasting. [SB-566]
[Construction ]
[Mining ]
[Public Safety ]
As introduced, requires a blasting firm that conducts a pre-blast survey for an owner or occupant of certain buildings within 300 feet of the blast hole to provide the survey upon request by the owner or occupant at no cost. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 105.
SB-566: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, Chapter 105, relative to blasting.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Pody
Passed On Second Consideration, Refer To Senate Commerce And Labor Committee on 02/12/2025
Prince George's County - Natural Resources - Sunday Deer Hunting and Archery Hunting Safety Zones [HB-882]
[Animals ]
[Public Safety ]
[Recreation ]
Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to allow a person to hunt deer on each Sunday of the deer bow hunting season in Prince George's County; and adding Prince George's County to the list of counties in which the safety zone for archery hunters extends a distance of 50 yards from a dwelling house, residence, church, or any other building or camp occupied by human beings.
HB-882: Prince George's County - Natural Resources - Sunday Deer Hunting and Archery Hunting Safety Zones
Sponsored by: Rep. Kriselda Valderrama
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 01/30/2025
Hunter Safety Education - Issuance of Identification Number [HB-854]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Public Safety ]
[Animals ]
[Education ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to print an assigned permanent identification number in a certain manner for a person who completes the course of instruction in conservation and in competency and safety in the handling of firearms.
HB-854: Hunter Safety Education - Issuance of Identification Number
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Hornberger
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/17/2025