Home Improvement Contractors - Disaster Mitigating Services - Regulation and Prohibition [HB-1348]
[Construction ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Housing ]
[Insurance ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Real Estate ]
[Small Business ]
Altering the definition of "home improvement" to include the provision of certain disaster mitigating services for purposes of licensing and regulations of home improvement contractors; authorizing a certain owner to rescind a home improvement contract for disaster mitigating services under certain circumstances; and authorizing the governing body of a county to impose certain limitations on in-person solicitation of a victim of a disaster by a contractor offering disaster mitigation services.
HB-1348: Home Improvement Contractors - Disaster Mitigating Services - Regulation and Prohibition
Sponsored by: Rep. Marlon Amprey
Hearing 4/07 At 11:00 A.m. on 04/06/2025
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.
HB-1483: Public Schools - High School Sports Officials - Payment and Fees
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
Favorable With Amendments {763726/1 Adopted on 04/05/2025
Public Schools - High School Sports Officials - Payment and Fees [SB-923]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Sports ]
Requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association, to develop 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; and requiring a county board to conduct invitations for bids for high school sports officiating services in a certain manner.
SB-923: Public Schools - High School Sports Officials - Payment and Fees
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 342 on 05/06/2025
Electricity and Gas - Emissions Reductions, Rate Regulation, Cost Recovery, Infrastructure, Planning, Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard, and Energy Assistance Programs (Next Generation Energy Act) [SB-937]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Housing ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Health ]
[Budget and Spending ]
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.
SB-937: Electricity and Gas - Emissions Reductions, Rate Regulation, Cost Recovery, Infrastructure, Planning, Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard, and Energy Assistance Programs (Next Generation Energy Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 625 on 05/20/2025
You have voted SB-937: Electricity and Gas - Emissions Reductions, Rate Regulation, Cost Recovery, Infrastructure, Planning, Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard, and Energy Assistance Programs (Next Generation Energy Act).
Medicaid Management Information System - Surveillance and Utilization Review Subsystem - Publication of Procurement Schedule [SB-840]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to publish on its website a schedule for the issuance of a solicitation for the procurement of a Surveillance and Utilization Review Subsystem of the Medicaid Management Information System; and requiring the Department to publish on its website notice of certain time frames at least 60 days before the issuance of the procurement.
SB-840: Medicaid Management Information System - Surveillance and Utilization Review Subsystem - Publication of Procurement Schedule
Sponsored by: Sen. Johnny Mautz
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2025
Howard Community College - Board of Trustees, Meetings, and Contracts - Alterations Ho. Co. 1-25 [SB-813]
[Education ]
[Community Development ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Adding two members to the Board of Community College Trustees for Howard County; requiring each meeting of the Board to allow for public comment; requiring the Board to make a video or audio recording of its meetings which are to be made available on the Board's website; requiring Board members to undergo certain training specific to Board governance; and requiring the Board to submit a report to the General Assembly by January 1, 2026, and every 6 months thereafter until a contract is finalized, on the status of the faculty union contract.
SB-813: Howard Community College - Board of Trustees, Meetings, and Contracts - Alterations Ho. Co. 1-25
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 585 on 05/13/2025
Campaign Finance - Political Organizations - Disclosures on Solicitations (Stop Scam PACs Act) [HB-906]
[Elections ]
[Ethics ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring certain political organizations to include certain disclaimers and disclosures on certain solicitations; authorizing the State Administrator of Elections to investigate a potential violation of the Act; and authorizing the State Board after the issuance of a public report of its findings to prohibit a person who violated the Act from making further solicitations for a certain period or impose a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000.
HB-906: Campaign Finance - Political Organizations - Disclosures on Solicitations (Stop Scam PACs Act)
Procurement - Employee Stock Ownership Plan Preference - Pilot [HB-819]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
[Education ]
Authorizing the Maryland Stadium Authority, Morgan State University, St. Mary's College of Maryland, and Baltimore City Community College to establish a certain preference program for certain procurements; authorizing the establishment of a certain evaluation factor for certain proposals by an entity that utilizes certain employee stock ownership plans; requiring contractors to provide certain information to a unit regarding the use of an employee stock ownership plan; etc.
HB-819: Procurement - Employee Stock Ownership Plan Preference - Pilot
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 737 on 05/20/2025
Procurement - Employee Stock Ownership Plan Preference - Pilot [SB-653]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
[Education ]
Authorizing the Maryland Stadium Authority, Morgan State University, St. Mary's College of Maryland, and Baltimore City Community College to establish a certain preference program for certain procurements; authorizing the establishment of a certain evaluation factor for certain proposals by an entity that utilizes an employee stock ownership plan; requiring contractors to provide certain information to a unit regarding the use of an employee stock ownership plan; etc.
SB-653: Procurement - Employee Stock Ownership Plan Preference - Pilot
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 736 on 05/20/2025
Campaign Finance - Political Organizations - Disclosures on Solicitations (Stop Scam PACs Act) [SB-633]
[Elections ]
[Ethics ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring certain political organizations to include certain disclaimers and disclosures on certain solicitations; authorizing the State Administrator of Elections to investigate a potential violation of the Act; and authorizing the State Board after the issuance of a public report of its finding to prohibit a person who violated the Act from making further solicitations for a certain period or impose a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000.
SB-633: Campaign Finance - Political Organizations - Disclosures on Solicitations (Stop Scam PACs Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 313 on 05/06/2025
Natural Resources - Public Lands - Acquisition, Staffing, Operations, and Funding [HB-717]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Environmental ]
[Funding ]
[Real Estate ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Water ]
Altering provisions of law regarding the acquisition of real property by the Department of Natural Resources; establishing a Land and Property Management Program in the Department to process certain transactions; authorizing the Department and the Natural Resources Police to establish affiliated foundations; authorizing the Governor to transfer certain Program Open Space funds to the Department under certain circumstances; altering and repealing certain provisions of law regarding the use of Program Open Space local funding; etc.
HB-717: Natural Resources - Public Lands - Acquisition, Staffing, Operations, and Funding
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 443 on 05/13/2025
Alcoholic Beverages Industry - Study [SB-542]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Requiring the Governor's Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs to contract with a third party to conduct a study of the structure and composition of the distribution and retail sector of the alcoholic beverages industry in the State and to make recommendations on identifying and eliminating barriers to minority participation in that industry; and requiring the Office to submit its report and recommendations on or before December 1, 2026.
SB-542: Alcoholic Beverages Industry - Study
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
Procurement Reform Act of 2025 [HB-500]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Infrastructure ]
Authorizing the Secretary of General Services to delegate certain powers and duties to the Chief Procurement Officer; altering the authority of the Department of General Services to engage in or control procurement of certain equipment and services; requiring the Department of Information Technology to establish a technical procurement team; altering the authority of the Department of Transportation and the Maryland Transportation Authority to engage in procurement for certain supplies and services; etc.
HB-500: Procurement Reform Act of 2025
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 601 on 05/20/2025
Procurement Reform Act of 2025 [SB-426]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
Authorizing the Secretary of General Services to delegate certain powers and duties to the Chief Procurement Officer; altering the authority of the Department of General Services to engage in or control procurement of certain equipment and services; altering the authority of the Department of Transportation and the Maryland Transportation Authority to engage in procurement for certain supplies and services for transportation related activities; etc.
SB-426: Procurement Reform Act of 2025
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Hearing Canceled on 01/30/2025
St. Mary's County - Vehicle Laws - Prohibition on Roadway Solicitations [HB-460]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a person in St. Mary's County from standing in a roadway, median divider, or intersection to solicit in an aggressive manner money or donations from the occupant of a vehicle.
HB-460: St. Mary's County - Vehicle Laws - Prohibition on Roadway Solicitations
Sponsored by: Rep. Matt Morgan
Favorable With Amendments Report By Environment And Transportation on 04/04/2025
Abundant Affordable Clean Energy - Procurement and Development (AACE Act) [HB-398]
[Energy ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Climate Change ]
[Public Health ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring each electric company in the State to submit to the Public Service Commission by certain dates plans for the construction or procurement of distribution-connected energy storage devices and to construct or procure the devices in accordance with the plan; providing for the creation of zero-emission credits by beneficial nuclear facilities; requiring the Commission to pursue certain coordinated approaches to offshore wind energy transmission development; etc.
HB-398: Abundant Affordable Clean Energy - Procurement and Development (AACE Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
First Reading Economic Matters on 01/16/2025
Abundant Affordable Clean Energy - Procurement and Development (AACE Act) [SB-316]
[Energy ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Climate Change ]
[Public Health ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring each electric company in the State to submit to the Public Service Commission by certain dates plans for the construction or procurement of distribution-connected energy storage devices and to construct or procure the devices in accordance with the plan; providing for the creation of zero-emission credits by beneficial nuclear facilities; requiring the Commission to pursue certain coordinated approaches to offshore wind energy transmission development; etc.
SB-316: Abundant Affordable Clean Energy - Procurement and Development (AACE Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/27/2025
Wicomico County - Vehicle Laws - Prohibition on Roadway Solicitations [HB-320]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a person in Wicomico County from standing in a roadway, median divider, or intersection to solicit in an aggressive manner money or donations from the occupant of a vehicle.
HB-320: Wicomico County - Vehicle Laws - Prohibition on Roadway Solicitations
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheree Sample-Hughes
Favorable With Amendments Report By Environment And Transportation on 04/04/2025
Wicomico County - Vehicle Laws - Prohibition on Roadway Solicitations [SB-101]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a person in Wicomico County from standing in a roadway, median divider, or intersection to solicit money or donations of any kind from the occupant of a vehicle.
SB-101: Wicomico County - Vehicle Laws - Prohibition on Roadway Solicitations
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Carozza
Motion Special Order Until Later This Session (delegate Young) Adopted on 04/07/2025
Electricity - Offshore Wind Projects - Alterations [HB-1296]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Environmental ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to open a revised Round 2 proceeding on June 1, 2024, to evaluate certain offshore wind projects; prohibiting the Commission from approving an application for an offshore wind project unless the application includes commitments for in-State expenditures and investments; requiring the Commission to develop a certain plan to include a schedule of offshore wind energy procurements and proposed amounts of offshore wind energy for procurement through 2031; etc.