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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Relating To Firearms. [SB-862]
Requires retail sellers of firearms to provide purchasers with notice regarding the law on firearms storage. Expands the requirements for the secure storage of firearms. Clarifies the offense of criminally negligent storage of a firearm.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karl Rhoads
Referred To Psm, Cpn/jdc. on 01/23/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
County Boards of Education - Student Cellular Phone Use Policy - Establishment (Maryland Phone-Free Schools Act) [SB-368]
Requiring each county board of education to develop and implement, not later than the 2026-2027 school year, a policy limiting the use of a cellular phone by a student during the school day; and prohibiting the policy from restricting a student's use of a cellular phone for any purpose documented in the student's individualized education program to monitor or address a student's documented health issue during an emergency event or when directed by an educator or administrator for educational purposes.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Watson
Hearing 1/29 At 2:30 P.m. on 01/23/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Automated Enforcement Programs - Privacy Protections [SB-381]
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, subject to certain exceptions; establishing certain requirements and authorizations for the destruction of recorded images; and establishing certain requirements for privacy protection under automated enforcement programs.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Passed Enrolled on 04/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Property Tax Credit - Retail Service Station Conversions [SB-344]
Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to grant, by law, a credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax on real property if use of the real property has been converted from a retail service station to other certain uses; and authorizing the State to pay to each county or municipal corporation that grants the property tax credit under the Act 50% of forgone revenue.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks
Hearing 3/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/03/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program [SB-346]
Establishing the Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program to increase the reuse and recycling of beverage containers and reduce the litter, pollution, and costs associated with beverage containers; prohibiting a producer from selling, offering for sale, or distributing in or importing into the State a redeemable beverage container unless the producer is registered with the Department of the Environment, pays a certain fee, and is part of a certain stewardship organization; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Elections - Local Boards of Elections - Open Meeting Requirements (Local Boards of Elections Transparency Act) [HB-412]
Requiring each local board of elections to make available on its website each open meeting agenda, a summary of any finalized documents, certain written testimony, and other materials on which the board will be voting; requiring each local board to provide live video streaming of each open meeting and to maintain a complete and unedited archived video recording of each open meeting for 5 years; requiring the State Board of Elections to adopt regulations to ensure that the streaming requirements are met in a certain manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marc Korman
Returned Passed on 04/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Elections - Local Boards of Elections - Open Meeting Requirements (Local Boards of Elections Transparency Act) [SB-337]
Requiring each local board of elections to make available on its website each open meeting agenda, a summary of any finalized documents, certain written testimony, and other materials on which the board will be voting; requiring each local board to provide live video streaming of each open meeting and to maintain a complete and unedited archived video recording of each open meeting for 5 years; requiring the State Board of Elections to adopt regulations to ensure that the streaming requirements are met in a certain manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Third Reading Passed (137-0) on 04/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Abundant Affordable Clean Energy - Procurement and Development (AACE Act) [HB-398]
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
First Reading Economic Matters on 01/16/2025
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
Relating To Firearms. [HB-125]
Requires retail sellers or transferers of firearms to provide purchasers with notice regarding the law on firearms storage. Expands the requirements for the secure storage of firearms. Clarifies the offense of criminally negligent storage of a firearm. (HD1)
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregg Takayama
Act 022, On 04/22/2025 (gov. Msg. No. 1122). on 04/23/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Abundant Affordable Clean Energy - Procurement and Development (AACE Act) [SB-316]
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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/27/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Property Tax Credit - Retail Service Station Conversions [HB-341]
Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to grant, by law, a credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax on real property if use of the real property has been converted from a retail service station to other certain uses; and requiring, as provided in the State budget, the State to pay to each county or municipal corporation that grants the property tax credit under the Act 50% of forgone revenue.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jennifer Terrasa
Hearing 2/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/18/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Cannabis - Wholesaler License - Establishment [HB-204]
Establishing a cannabis wholesaler license; and altering the maximum fee certain applicants for cannabis licenses must pay for initial licensing or renewal of licenses.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/16/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Davis Martinez Public Employee Safety and Health Act [HB-176]
Requiring the Correctional Training Commission to adopt regulations for the training, issuance, and use of body-worn cameras by January 1, 2026; establishing the Public Employees' Safety and Health Unit in the Division of Labor and Industry to administer and enforce certain duties regarding the oversight of workplace safety and health of employees of certain public bodies; establishing and applying certain civil and criminal penalties to public bodies and persons in government; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Solomon
Passed Enrolled on 04/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program [HB-232]
Establishing the Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program to increase the reuse and recycling of beverage containers and reduce the litter, pollution, and costs associated with beverage containers; prohibiting a producer from selling, offering for sale, or distributing in or importing into the State a redeemable beverage container unless the producer is registered with the Department of the Environment, pays a certain fee, and is part of a certain stewardship organization; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseline Pena-Melnyk
Hearing 2/14 At 1:30 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 01/29/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
County Boards of Education - Student Cellular Phone Use Policy - Establishment [HB-57]
Requiring each county board of education to develop and implement a policy limiting the use of a cellular phone by a student during instructional time during the school day; prohibiting the policy from limiting a student's use of a cellular phone for any purpose documented in the student's individual education program, to monitor or address a student's documented health issue, or when directed by an educator or administrator for educational purposes; and requiring the policy to include appropriate disciplinary measures.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
Hearing 1/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/15/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Department of the Environment - Fees, Penalties, Funding, and Regulation [SB-250]
Altering the authorized uses of the Maryland Clean Air Fund to include certain activities relating to mitigating and reducing air pollution in the State; authorizing the Department of the Environment to charge a fee for processing and issuing on-site sewage disposal permits and individual well construction permits under certain circumstances; requiring a holder of a license to transfer oil into the State to pay a certain fee when oil owned by the licensee is first transferred into the State; establishing the Private Dam Repair Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Returned Passed on 04/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Cannabis - Wholesaler License - Establishment [SB-221]
Establishing a cannabis wholesaler license; and altering the maximum fee certain applicants for cannabis licenses must pay for initial licensing or renewal of licenses.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Hearing 1/30 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/14/2025
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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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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Exceptional Hauling Permits for Farm Products [SB-203]
Creating an exception for vehicles carrying fluid milk products to the prohibition against driving a vehicle subject to an exceptional hauling permit on the interstate highway system; altering certain weight limits and tolerances under an exceptional hauling permit; altering the preventive maintenance documents that an individual operating under an exceptional hauling permit must possess; and altering certain record-keeping requirements and the application of certain administrative penalties under an exceptional hauling permit.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 52 on 04/08/2025