Studies
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program [SB-346]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Environmental ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
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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Health Facilities - Augmentation of Survey Staff - Nursing Homes [HB-429]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Requiring the Secretary of Health, on request of a county, to delegate to the county the authority to augment State nursing home survey staff using county funds under certain circumstances; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to initiate a certain memorandum of understanding and develop a certain plan with a requesting county within 45 days after a county's request; requiring the Department, beginning July 1, 2025, to report to each area agency on aging the names and dates of each nursing home surveyed in the preceding 6 months; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Referred Rules on 04/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Food Deserts Workgroup - Establishment [SB-353]
[Food ]
[Community Development ]
[Public Health ]
[Economic Development ]
[Healthcare ]
Establishing the Food Deserts Workgroup to study and make recommendations regarding solutions to eliminate food deserts in the State; and requiring the Workgroup to report its key findings and recommended solutions to eliminate food deserts by November 1, 2025, to the Governor and certain committees of the General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Sen. Johnny Salling
Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Workers' Compensation - Prescription Drug and Pharmaceutical Services - Reimbursements [SB-306]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requiring the State Workers' Compensation Commission to regulate fees and other charges for the reimbursements of prescription drugs and pharmaceutical services under certain circumstances; limiting covered reimbursements to a cost index or indexes; and requiring the Maryland Prescription Drug Affordability Board to conduct a study on prescription drug affordability challenges related to workers' compensation claims and report its findings and recommendations to certain committees of the General Assembly by March 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Sen. Pamela Beidle
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Workgroup on Newborn Nurse Home Visiting Services - Establishment [HB-334]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
Establishing the Workgroup on Universal Newborn Nurse Home Visiting Services; requiring the Workgroup to compile updated participant data and expenditure per participant from the home visiting programs currently operating in the State, compare the data for home visiting programs to the data for evidence-based models, identify service gaps, and identify workforce needs; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 31, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 719 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Healthcare Ecosystem Stakeholder Cybersecurity Workgroup [HB-333]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Healthcare ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Health ]
[Data Privacy ]
Establishing the Healthcare Ecosystem Stakeholder Cybersecurity Workgroup to develop strategies to prevent cybersecurity disruptions to the healthcare ecosystem, ensure the continuous delivery of essential healthcare ecosystem services, and enhance recovery efforts of the healthcare ecosystem following a cybersecurity incident; and requiring the Workgroup to submit an interim report on or before January 1, 2026, and a final report of its findings and recommendations on or before December 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/16/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Task Force to Study Fiduciary Adjudication in Maryland [HB-315]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing the Task Force to Study Fiduciary Adjudication in Maryland to examine and analyze the efficiency, uniformity, and quality of fiduciary adjudication in Maryland and make recommendations; requiring the orphans' courts, circuit courts, registers of wills, and Administrative Office of the Courts to comply with certain requests of the Task Force; and requiring the Task Force to report its findings and make recommendations on or before January 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 220 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Election Law - Curbside Voting - Pilot Program [HB-317]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Disabilities ]
Establishing the Curbside Voting Pilot Program to test the viability of curbside voting in the State; establishing requirements governing curbside voting; requiring the State Board and local board to communicate with voters and the general public, including signage at curbside voting locations, that curbside voting is primarily for certain voters with disabilities; and requiring the State Board to report to the General Assembly on the implementation of the Pilot Program by September 1, 2029.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle Wilkins
Hearing 4/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/18/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Cybersecurity Council - Alterations [SB-294]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
Altering the selection of the membership and chair of the Maryland Cybersecurity Council; requiring, beginning October 1, 2025, and every 2 years thereafter, the Council to elect a chair and vice chair from among the members of the Council; and requiring the Council, working with certain entities, to assess and address cybersecurity threats and associated risks from artificial intelligence and quantum computing.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 628 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Cooperative Housing Corporations, Condominiums, and Homeowners Associations - Funding of Reserve Accounts and Preparation of Funding Plans [HB-292]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring that certain funds for certain reserve accounts be deposited on or before the last day of each fiscal year; 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; authorizing a reasonable deviation from certain reserve funding requirements following a certain financial hardship determination; requiring that certain updated reserve studies be prepared by a certain person; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 519 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Government - Grants and Contracts - Reimbursement of Indirect Costs [HB-300]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Nonprofit ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Altering the rate at which nonprofit organizations receiving State-funded grants or contracts may be reimbursed for indirect costs to match the rate established under relevant federal guidelines; requiring the Maryland Efficient Grant Application Council to study and make certain recommendations to the Department of Budget and Management regarding the entire grants life cycle; requiring the Council to submit a report on its full recommendations to the Department and the General Assembly by July 1, 2027; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 162 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Safety - Fuel Gas Piping Systems and Corrugated Stainless Steel Tubing - Prohibitions and Study [HB-222]
[Public Safety ]
[Construction ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
Prohibiting the sale, offer for sale, transfer, or distribution of non-arc-resistant jacketed corrugated stainless steel tubing; providing a civil penalty of up to $1,000 for a violation of the Act; and requiring the Maryland Department of Labor and the Office of the State Fire Marshal, by September 1, 2026, to submit a final report to the Governor and certain committees of the General Assembly with recommendations related to preventing the fire hazards associated with commonly used fuel gas piping systems.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 385 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Schools - Restorative Practices Schools - Comprehensive Plan [HB-197]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the State Department of Education to develop a comprehensive plan by July 1, 2026, for the establishment of Restorative Practices Schools which integrate restorative practices into daily practices and activities of the whole school; requiring a county board of education to use the comprehensive plan if the county board chooses to establish a Restorative Practices School; and requiring the Department to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2026, on the comprehensive plan for Restorative Practices Schools.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Ebersole
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 240 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Dental Services - Qualification for Maryland Dent-Care Program [HB-265]
[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: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 356 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
On-Farm Organics and Wasted Food Reduction and Diversion Grant Programs - Established [HB-42]
[Agriculture ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Food ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Establishing, beginning July 1, 2027, the On-Farm Organics Diversion and Recycling Grant Program in the Department of Agriculture to award grants to eligible entities to develop and implement on-farm organics recycling, compost use, wasted food prevention, and food rescue; requiring the Department to report to the General Assembly by December 31, 2027, on the impact of the grants awarded on jobs, producers, and food waste prevention; authorizing the Governor to transfer $3,000,000 to certain programs in fiscal years 2027 through 2031; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Third Reading Passed (122-14) on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program [HB-232]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Environmental ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
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
Data Center Impact Analysis and Report [HB-270]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Economic Development ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment, the Maryland Energy Administration, and the University of Maryland School of Business, in coordination with the Department of Legislative Services, to conduct an analysis of the likely environmental, energy, and economic impacts of data center development in the State; and requiring the Department of Legislative Services to coordinate preparation of the final report to be submitted to the Governor and the General Assembly by September 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brian Crosby
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/16/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Department of Health - Access to Telephones - Study [SB-69]
[Healthcare ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to study the feasibility of installing and maintaining a telephone system in assisted living facilities, psychiatric facilities, and nursing homes; and requiring the Maryland Department of Health to report its findings and recommendations to certain committees of the General Assembly by September 30, 2026.
Sponsored by: Sen. Johnny Salling
Hearing 1/21 At 3:00 P.m. on 01/14/2025
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Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation - Total Assessed Cost of Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Study and Reports [SB-149]
[Climate Change ]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Science ]
[Air Quality ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requiring the Comptroller, in coordination with the Department of the Environment and the Department of Commerce, to conduct a study to assess the total cost of greenhouse gas emissions in the State and report certain findings to certain committees on or before December 1, 2026, on the total assessed cost of greenhouse gas emissions in the State based on the findings of a certain study; authorizing the Comptroller to hire a consultant to conduct the study; and requiring the report to include certain information and calculations.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/16/2025
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Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation - Total Assessed Cost of Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Study and Reports [HB-128]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Energy ]
[Air Quality ]
[Science ]
Requiring the Comptroller, in coordination with the Department of the Environment and the Department of Commerce, to conduct a study to assess the total cost of greenhouse gas emissions in the State and report certain findings to certain committees by December 1, 2026, on the total assessed cost of greenhouse gas emissions in the State based on the findings of the study; authorizing the Comptroller to hire a consultant to conduct the study; and requiring the report to include certain information and calculations.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/16/2025