Salaries And Compensation
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
No Tax on Tips Act [HB-1400]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Food ]
Establishing consumer protections related to service fees charged by food service facilities; specifying the State minimum wage rate; prohibiting, beginning July 1, 2028, employers of tipped employees from including a tip credit amount as part of the employees' wages; allowing a subtraction under the State income tax for certain qualified tips received by certain individuals; and allowing a person a credit against the State income tax for certain amounts paid to an employee based on the payment of certain wages and tips.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
First Reading Economic Matters And Ways And Means on 02/07/2025
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County Superintendents - Contracts - Required Provisions (Superintendent Buyout Limit) [HB-1317]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requiring that a contract executed between a county board of education and a county superintendent of schools on or after July 1, 2025, include certain provisions that provide for the compensation the county superintendent shall receive on termination of the contract and the continuance of health benefits coverage for 1 year beginning on the date of termination or until the county superintendent secures new employment, whichever occurs first.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Hearing Canceled on 03/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Climate Solutions Affordability Act of 2025 [HB-1451]
[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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Hearing Canceled (environment And Transportation) on 03/02/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Schools - High School Sports Officials - Payment and Fees [HB-1483]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Sports ]
Requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association to develop by September 1, 2025, and periodically update, a list of similar high school sports that are categorized together; requiring a county board of education to ensure that certain high school sports officials for certain high school sports are provided equal pay; requiring a county board to conduct invitations for bids for high school sports officiating services in a certain manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
Favorable With Amendments {763726/1 Adopted on 04/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Education - Maryland STEM Program - Established [HB-1447]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Science ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Establishing the Maryland STEM Program in the State Department of Education to provide additional compensation to educators who teach STEM classes at nonpublic schools; authorizing nonpublic schools to apply for the Program; requiring local school systems to inform current teachers about the Program and share a teacher interest survey; requiring participating nonpublic schools to report certain information to the Department each year; requiring the Governor to include a $250,000 appropriation in the annual budget bill; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joe Vogel
Hearing Canceled on 03/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Real Property - Condemnation - Damages Awarded for Lost Profits [HB-1337]
[Real Estate ]
[Small Business ]
[Agriculture ]
[Property Tax ]
[Economic Development ]
Providing that the owner of a business or farming operation on certain property that is taken is entitled to damages for the loss of profits under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Social Media Platforms - Vloggers and Video Content Featuring Minors (Child Influencers Protection Act) [HB-1453]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Education ]
Requiring a vlogger who creates video content that is posted on a social media platform and features a certain minor child to compensate the child under certain circumstances; establishing requirements on social media platforms relating to deleting video content featuring minor children; applying certain requirements related to the labor of minors to children compensated by vloggers; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jazz Lewis
Hearing Canceled on 03/03/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Anne Arundel County Board of Education - Constituent Services Liaison - Establishment [HB-1275]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the Anne Arundel County Board of Education to hire a constituent services liaison before the beginning of the 2025-2026 school year; requiring the president of the county board, in consultation with counsel for the county board, to negotiate the terms of the employment agreement for the constituent services liaison; providing that the salary of the constituent services liaison is $120,000; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Seth Howard
Hearing Canceled on 03/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Economic Development - Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board and Senator George C. Edwards Fund - Alterations [HB-1459]
[Economic Development ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Small Business ]
Altering the composition of the Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board; providing that the Executive Director serves as a nonvoting member of the Board, but may vote to break a tie; providing criteria for the awarding of grant and loan funding to include the creation or retention of at least 25 jobs, creation or retention of at least 10 jobs each with wages that exceed 120% of the State minimum wage, or creates significant population growth in the area in which the project is located; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 380 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Teachers - Career Ladder Compensation and National Board Certification Study (Maryland Educator Stipend Reform Act) [HB-1430]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Altering certain salary increases for teachers on the career ladder to be annual stipends paid only in certain years; authorizing county boards of education to award a certain stipend to certain teachers on the career ladder based on a certain certification of the county board related to implementing the Blueprint for Maryland's Future; and requiring the State Department of Education to conduct a certain study regarding the efficacy of National Board Certification of teachers and submit its report by September 1, 2030.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Hearing Canceled (appropriations) on 03/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Department of Health and Department of Human Services – Public Benefits – Prevention of Waste, Fraud, and Abuse [HB-1402]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health and the Department of Human Services to enter into certain data-sharing agreements with certain agencies to conduct certain reviews related to eligibility for and use of certain public benefits; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to seek approval for a certain waiver to impose a certain lockout period on certain individuals who fail to report a change in eligibility for the Maryland Medical Assistance Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Grammer
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. (appropriations) on 02/21/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Maryland Parole Commission - Members and Hearing Examiners [HB-1156]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the number of members of the Maryland Parole Commission from 10 to at least 15 but not more than 20 members; altering the appointing authority and method of appointment of parole commissioners; and repealing the authority of the Commission to appoint and utilize hearing examiners.
Sponsored by: Rep. Scott Phillips
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Frederick County - Sheriff - Salary [HB-1197]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Altering the annual salary of the Sheriff of Frederick County to be equal to the salary of a Department of State Police lieutenant colonel at the highest available step for a lieutenant colonel under the Department of State Police pay plan.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 3/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/12/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Montgomery County - Board of Education - Student Member Compensation MC 7-25 [HB-1207]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering the compensation of the student member of the Montgomery County Board of Education.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 426 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - Membership, Reporting, Billing, and Planning (WSSC Planning and Reporting Act of 2025) MC/PG 105-25 [HB-1195]
[Water ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring one of the three commissioners from Montgomery County on the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission to be the Director of the Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection or a designee; requiring the Commission to submit a long range comprehensive financial plan in a certain manner; requiring the budget authorization for the Office of the Inspector General of the Commission to be approved independently and without involvement of Commission staff; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 593 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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 Forbes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 764 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Health - Maryland Interested Parties Advisory Group - Establishment [HB-1142]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Community Development ]
[Human Services ]
Establishing the Maryland Interested Parties Advisory Group to ensure adequate access to applicable home- and community-based services in the State; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to provide certain support to the Advisory Group; and requiring by September 1 each year beginning in 2026, the Advisory Group to report its activities and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 754 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Electricity and Gas - Emissions Reductions, Rate Regulation, Cost Recovery, Infrastructure, Planning, Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard, and Energy Assistance Programs (Next Generation Energy Act) [HB-1035]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Climate Change ]
[Housing ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Health ]
Authorizing the Department of Housing and Community Development to issue loans, in addition to grants, for certain purposes relating to reducing direct greenhouse gas emissions from certain multifamily residential buildings; requiring the Maryland Energy Administration, in coordination with the Public Service Commission and the Department of Natural Resources, to pursue certain agreements with neighboring states and federal agencies related to the development of new nuclear energy generation stations; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 626 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Baltimore City Sheriff's Office - Collective Bargaining - Compensation [HB-1091]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Including salary and wages in the compensation with regard to which full-time sworn law enforcement officers and court security officers in Baltimore City may collectively bargain; altering the person with whom the full-time sworn officers and court security officers are to seek recognition for the purposes of collectively bargaining concerning certain matters; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephanie Smith
Hearing 3/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/18/2025