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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 601 on 05/20/2025
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Dental Services - Qualification for Maryland Dent-Care Program [SB-456]
[Healthcare ]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Altering the eligibility criteria for Higher Education Loan Assistance Grants under the Maryland Dent-Care Program to include part-time employment.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 357 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Self-Directed Mental Health Services - Pilot Program [SB-448]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Establishing the Self-Directed Mental Health Services Pilot Program in the Maryland Department of Health to facilitate access to clinically appropriate, person-centered, culturally responsive, and trauma-informed self-directed services in the most integrated setting appropriate for certain recipients of services under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program; requiring the Governor in fiscal years 2027 through 2029 to include $300,000 in the annual budget bill for the Pilot Program; and requiring a certain report.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/27/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Education - Remote Learning Accommodations - Established (College Disability Education Act) [HB-531]
[Education ]
[Disabilities ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Requiring all public institutions of higher education to establish remote learning accommodations for students with disabilities that impede regular, in-person attendance beginning in the 2026-2027 academic year; authorizing the Maryland Higher Education Commission to issue waivers from the requirement under certain circumstances; establishing a grant program to assist institutions to meet the remote learning accommodations requirement; and providing for certain review procedures and penalties for noncompliance.
Sponsored by: Rep. Andre Johnson
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Excellence in Maryland Public Schools Act [HB-504]
[Education ]
[Taxes ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Authorizing local governing bodies to exceed certain tax and revenue limitations for a certain purpose; altering the source of funds for the Blueprint for Maryland's Future Fund to include the interest earnings of the Academic Excellence Fund; authorizing the Department to establish a national teacher recruitment campaign; establishing the Academic Excellence Program in the Department to address critical academic needs in public schools; requiring local school systems to develop certain countywide community school implementation plans; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Hornberger
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 237 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Hearing Canceled on 01/30/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Counties - Cancer Screening for Professional Firefighters - Required Coverage (James "Jimmy" Malone Act) [HB-459]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
[Insurance ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
Requiring counties that offer self-insured employee health benefit plans to provide to firefighters employed by the county coverage for preventive cancer screenings in accordance with certain guidelines; authorizing a county to satisfy the requirement by providing a no-cost annual examination or applying for a grant to pay for certain cancer screening technologies; prohibiting counties from imposing a copayment, coinsurance, or deductible requirement; and requiring the Maryland Health Commission to conduct a certain study.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 655 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Department of Education - Family Child Care Homes and Child Care Centers - Regulatory Analysis [HB-477]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the State Department of Education to conduct a thorough analysis of the State's regulatory framework for child care facilities with particular emphasis on regulations that limit a person's ability to register a child care facility, receive a license to operate a child care center, or operate a child care facility in a profitable manner while providing quality care; and requiring an interim and final report be submitted to the Governor and the General Assembly by January 1, 2026, and September 1, 2026, respectively.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ben Barnes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 287 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Health - Maryland Commission on Health Equity - Advisory Committee and Hospital Reporting [HB-474]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Mental Health ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring the Maryland Commission on Health Equity, in coordination with the Maryland Department of Health, to establish a health equity measures advisory committee to determine the 10 widest disparities in health care quality, access, or outcomes for vulnerable populations; and requiring the health equity advisory committee to review the health equity reports submitted annually to the Department by licensed State hospitals.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing Canceled on 01/24/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Department of Labor - Study on Building Code Requirements for Single-Staircase Buildings [HB-489]
[Housing ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to study building code requirements for single-staircase buildings in the State and other States and analyze best practices when drafting building code requirements; requiring the Department to make legislative and regulatory recommendations for the purpose of increasing the affordable housing supply by reducing barriers to multifamily housing development; and requiring the Department to report to the Governor and certain committees of the General Assembly by December 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 504 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Counties - Cancer Screening for Professional Firefighters - Required Coverage (James "Jimmy" Malone Act) [SB-374]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
[Insurance ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring counties that offer self-insured employee health benefit plans to provide to firefighters employed by the county coverage for preventive cancer screenings in accordance with certain guidelines; authorizing a county to satisfy the requirement by providing a certain annual examination or applying for a certain grant; prohibiting counties from imposing a copayment, coinsurance, or deductible requirement on the coverage; and requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission to conduct a certain study and report by December 1, 2028.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 656 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Workgroup on Social Worker Requirements for Licensure - Extension and Duties [SB-379]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Human Services ]
Extending the termination date for the Workgroup on Social Worker Requirements for Licensure to June 30, 2027; altering the duties of the Workgroup to include an examination of alterations made to the examination developed by the Association of Social Work Boards and implemented beginning in 2026; and requiring the Workgroup to submit a report on whether to continue to use examinations developed by the Association of Social Work Boards as a requirement for licensure on or before December 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Motion Recommit To Committee (senator Beidle) Adopted on 03/12/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Elections - Ranked-Choice Voting in Contests for Presidential Nomination and Certification of Election-Supporting Technology [SB-383]
[Elections ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Voting Rights ]
Authorizing the State Board of Elections, beginning with the 2028 statewide primary election, to use ranked-choice voting to conduct a contest for the nomination by a political party of a candidate for the office of President of the United States; requiring the State Board to adopt regulations for the review, certification, and decertification of election-supporting technology and to periodically review and evaluate election-supporting technology; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/30/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Transportation - Major Highway Capacity Expansion Projects and Impact Assessments (Transportation and Climate Alignment Act of 2025) [SB-395]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Climate Change ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Air Quality ]
Requiring the Department of Transportation, as part of the planning and implementation of certain major highway expansion projects to develop and implement a corresponding multimodal transportation program; requiring the Department beginning with a certain Consolidated Transportation Program to evaluate certain major capital projects for their impact on greenhouse gas emissions and vehicle miles traveled; requiring the Secretary of Transportation to perform certain capacity expansion impact assessments; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Hearing 1/29 At 10:30 A.m. on 01/20/2025
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Public Health - Commission on Universal Health Care [HB-417]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Establishing the Commission on Universal Health Care to determine the feasibility of establishing a State universal health care program to provide health benefits to all residents of the State through a single-payer system; and requiring the Commission to submit an interim report on June 1, 2027, and a final report with its analysis and recommendations to the Governor and certain committees of the General Assembly by October 1, 2028.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Ebersole
Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/21/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Correctional Facilities - Incarcerated Individuals - Costs of Telephone Communications [HB-401]
[Telecommunications ]
[Crime ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing certain requirements relating to the use of telephone equipment and telephone services by incarcerated individuals in State correctional facilities; prohibiting a State correctional facility and telephone service provider from charging an incarcerated individual for the indivdual's use of telephone equipment and services while in the facility; and establishing the Costs of Telephone Communications Advisory Committee to review prison and jail phone call programs and report to the Governor and General Assembly by December 31, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle Wilkins
Hearing 2/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/17/2025
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Voting Rights Act of 2025 - Counties and Municipal Corporations [SB-342]
[Voting Rights ]
[Elections ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Prohibiting the imposition or application of a method for electing the governing body of a county or municipal corporation that impairs the ability of members of a protected class to elect candidates of the members' choice or influence the outcome of an election by diluting or abridging the rights of voters who are members of a protected class; and providing for the application of the Act if the a court issues a certain holding.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing Canceled on 03/26/2025
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Maryland Transportation Authority - Video Toll Facilities - Study on Image Capture of License Plates [SB-339]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring the Maryland Transportation Authority to conduct a study on the feasibility of capturing the image of only the rear license plate of a vehicle at video toll facilities in the State; and requiring the Authority to report its findings on or before December 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Watson
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/10/2025
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Outdoor Lighting - Guidance and Use of State Funds [HB-452]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Construction ]
Requiring the Maryland Green Building Council, on or before October 1, 2026, to update or develop guidance for the purchase of outdoor lighting fixtures in consideration of certain recommendations; prohibiting State funds from being used to install or replace certain permanent outdoor luminaires for lighting unless certain requirements are met; altering the requirements for the use of State funds for the installation or replacement of certain permanent outdoor luminaires for lighting; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 389 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Environment - Municipal Recycling Plans - Requirement [HB-407]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
Requiring the largest municipal corporation in each county, beginning on or before January 1, 2026, and every 5 years thereafter, to adopt or update certain recycling plans that provide for a reduction through recycling of a certain percentage of the municipal corporation's solid waste stream by weight under certain circumstances; and requiring the Department of Planning to identify certain municipal corporations as part of certain population projections.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Edelson
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/20/2025