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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact [SB-21]
Entering into the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact; authorizing a dentist or dental hygienist to practice in a participating state under certain scope of practice rules; establishing a Commission to oversee the Compact and its duties and powers; providing the Act is contingent on the enactment of substantially similar legislation in seven other states; and requiring the Department of Health to notify the Department of Legislative Services within 10 days of enactment of similar legislation in seven other states.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Dawn Gile Hearing Canceled on 01/20/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance - Authorized Interception of Oral Communications - Cellular Telephones and Security Cameras [SB-61]
Establishing that it is lawful for a person to use a cellular telephone or another device to intercept an oral communication in public if the speaker should reasonably anticipate that the oral communication would be overheard or intercepted; and establishing that it is lawful for a person to use a security camera or another device installed on or about certain real property to intercept an oral communication on the property.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Chris West Hearing 1/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/09/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Public Safety - Safe Neighborhoods - Pilot Program [HB-283]
Requiring the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services to establish a Safe Neighborhoods Pilot Program to provide doorbell cameras or security systems with doorbell cameras to residents of high-crime areas; requiring the Office to report to the General Assembly by December 31, 2027, regarding the usefulness and viability of the Program based on a cost-benefit analysis; and requiring the Governor to include $5,000,000 in the annual budget bill in fiscal year 2027 and each fiscal year thereafter for the Program.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Caylin Young Hearing 1/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/10/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Public Safety - Corrugated Stainless Steel Tubing for Fuel Gas Piping Systems - Requirements and Prohibitions [SB-175]
Prohibiting the sale, offer for sale, transfer, or distribution of corrugated stainless steel tubing that does not meet a certain International Code Council standard or is not proven to withstand a certain electrical arcing charge; requiring certain tubing used in the construction of fuel gas piping systems in certain buildings to meet a certain International Code Council standard or be proven to withstand a certain electrical arcing charge; and providing a civil penalty of up to $1,000 for a violation of the Act.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/21/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

State Department of Education - Driver Education and Career and Technical Education - Funding (Driver Education and Career Education Act of 2025) [SB-161]
Requiring, for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2032, the Governor to include in the annual budget bill certain appropriations to the State Department of Education for the Coalition for Public Safety Training in Schools, Inc., in Prince George's County for certain purposes related to driver education and career and technical education; and requiring the Department to hire an independent contractor to conduct an annual evaluation of the impact of the funding provided by the Act on increasing the number of career-ready students.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson Hearing 1/22 At 10:30 A.m. on 01/14/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Workgroup to Study School Bus Safety (Maryland School Bus Safety Act of 2025) [HB-200]
Establishing the Workgroup to Study School Bus Safety; requiring the Workgroup to identify issues related to safety for and behavior of students and bus drivers on buses driven to or from a primary or secondary school in the State; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the governing body of each county and Baltimore City, each county board of education, including Baltimore City, the Governor, and the General Assembly by June 30, 2026.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Nino Mangione Hearing Canceled on 01/15/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Public Safety - Rape Kit Collection, Testing, and Tracking Grant Fund - Alterations [HB-58]
Altering the name of the Rape Kit Testing Grant Fund to be the Rape Kit Collection, Testing, and Tracking Grant Fund; revising the purpose of the Fund to provide law enforcement agencies with multiyear funding to pay for testing of sexual assault evidence collection kits; providing the Fund may be used for equipment, supplies, personnel, and outsourcing necessary to test sexual assault evidence collection kits collected before or after the establishment of the Fund; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Hearing Canceled on 01/21/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Community Health and Safety Works Grant Program and Fund - Alterations [HB-172]
Altering the projects eligible for funding under the Community Health and Safety Works Grant Program; altering the applicants eligible to apply for funding for certain projects under the Program; altering requirements for projects to purchase or install license readers; repealing certain requirements for projects to purchase or install camera networks; repealing minimum and maximum grant amounts under the Program; and expanding the authorized uses of the Community Health and Safety Works Grant Program Fund.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Hearing Canceled on 01/13/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Housing and Community Development - Homeless Shelter Certification Program - Establishment [HB-93]
Establishing a homeless shelter certification program in the Department of Housing and Community Development; requiring the Department to develop certain operational and building standards for homeless shelters and minimum standards for the protection of the rights of shelter residents; and requiring the operator of a homeless shelter to participate in a certain Homeless Management Information System.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Hearing 2/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/15/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Housing and Community Development - Homeless Shelter Certification Program - Establishment [SB-234]
Establishing a homeless shelter certification program in the Department of Housing and Community Development; requiring the Department to develop certain operational and building standards for homeless shelters and minimum standards for the protection of the rights of shelter residents; and requiring the operator of a homeless shelter to participate in a certain Homeless Management Information System.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Hearing Canceled on 01/15/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Election Law – Special Elections [HB-75]
Altering requirements for scheduling special elections to fill vacancies in a county council or in the office of chief executive officer or county executive; authorizing the resolution of a county council establishing the date of a special election to fill a vacancy in the county council or in the office of chief executive officer or county executive to direct that a special primary election not be held and that the vacancy be filled solely through a special general election; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. First Reading Ways And Means on 01/08/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Education - Safe Schools Fund - Grant Allocations [SB-136]
Authorizing the reallocation of grants from the Safe Schools Fund to local school systems that have fully expended their grant allocation and demonstrate unmet need within the same fiscal year.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. William Folden First Reading Budget And Taxation on 01/08/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Residential Real Property - Local Limits on Summoning Law Enforcement or Emergency Services [SB-125]
Prohibiting a local jurisdiction from enforcing a law or ordinance that limits the summoning of law enforcement or emergency services to a residential property by establishing a certain threshold or penalty.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Dawn Gile Hearing 1/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/09/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Short-Term Rentals and Home Amenity Rentals - Taxation, Regulation, and Crimes [HB-87]
Applying certain health and safety requirements to short-term rental units and home amenities; prohibiting certain activities at a home amenity or short-term rental; authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county to adopt certain rules or regulations relating to short-term rentals; including "short-term rental platform" and "short-term rental unit" in the definition of "hotel" for the purpose of the county and municipal corporation hotel rental tax; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Linda Foley First Reading Ways And Means And Environment And Transportation on 01/08/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Cannabis – On–Site Consumption Establishments and Cannabis Events [HB-132]
Limiting application submissions for on-site consumption licenses to social equity applicants under certain circumstances; authorizing a political subdivision to establish hours of operation for on-site consumption establishments; authorizing the holder of an on-site consumption license to repackage and process cannabis and cannabis products under certain circumstances; authorizing the holder of a certain cannabis event registration to hold certain cannabis events; providing for certain fees for a cannabis event registration; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/16/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

State and Local Parks - Playgrounds - Safety Standards (Our Kids Play Safe Playground Safety Act of 2025) [SB-95]
Requiring each unit of State or local government responsible for the construction and maintenance of a playground to ensure that the playground is constructed and maintained in accordance with certain safety standards; and requiring a unit of State or local government to inspect at least once every 2 years a certain playground to evaluate compliance with certain safety standards and to keep a record of the inspections, including a written plan to address any safety issues discovered during the inspection.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. William Folden Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/23/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Cannabis - On-Site Consumption Establishments and Cannabis Events [SB-215]
Limiting application submissions for on-site consumption licenses to social equity applicants under certain circumstances; authorizing a political subdivision to establish hours of operation for on-site consumption establishments; authorizing the holder of an on-site consumption license to repackage and process cannabis and cannabis products under certain circumstances; authorizing the holder of a certain cannabis event registration to hold certain cannabis events; providing certain fees for a cannabis event registration; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Hearing 1/30 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/14/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Environment – Reservoir Augmentation Permit – Establishment [HB-25]
Establishing the Reservoir Augmentation Program in the Department of the Environment; defining "Reservoir Augmentation" as the planned placement of reclaimed water into a surface water reservoir used as a source for a drinking water treatment facility; requiring a person to obtain a permit from the Department to perform reservoir augmentation; providing for the modification, renewal, denial, or revocation of a reservoir augmentation permit under the Program; and requiring certain revenues to be used for the operation and oversight of the Program.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Hearing Canceled on 01/13/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Hunter Safety Education - Issuance of Identification Number [SB-128]
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.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Bailey Hearing 2/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/14/2025

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Cooperative Housing Corporations, Condominiums, and Homeowners Associations – Funding of Reserve Accounts and Preparation of Funding Plans [SB-63]
Requiring that the annual budget of a cooperative housing corporation, a residential condominium, or a homeowners association include certain funds; requiring that certain funds for certain reserve accounts be deposited on or before the last day of each fiscal year, extending from 3 to 5 years the duration to comply with a certain funding requirement; requiring the governing body of a cooperative housing corporation, a residential condominium, or a homeowners association to prepare a certain funding plan subject to certain requirements; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse Hearing 1/21 At 2:30 P.m. on 01/09/2025

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