Studies
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Blueprint for Maryland's Future - Alterations [HB-1245]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
Repealing the Career Counseling Program for Middle and High School Students and the associated funding; requiring county boards of education to report on per-school funding for certain programs associated with the Blueprint for Maryland's Future in a certain manner; providing a waiver from the minimum funding per school requirement for schools with 350 or fewer total students; altering the definition of "Tier I child" for purposes of publicly funded prekindergarten to include certain children; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Greg Wims
Hearing Canceled (appropriations) on 03/05/2025
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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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North Carolina 2025-2026 Session
Board of Motor Vehicles/Authority Study [SB-63]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Board of Motor Vehicles/Authority Study
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Lee
Withdrawn From Com on 04/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Service Commission - Full Costs and Benefits Analysis of Sources of Electricity Generation [HB-1149]
[Energy ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Taxes ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to conduct an analysis of the full costs and benefits of sources of electricity generation in the State; requiring the Commission to include recommended policy changes to support the development of energy sources with the lowest costs and greatest benefits to the ratepayers of the State; and requiring the Commission to reports its findings and recommendations to certain committees of the General Assembly by December 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Adams
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public and Nonpublic Schools - Student Elopement - Notice and Reporting Requirements (Ace's Law) [HB-1204]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring certain public and nonpublic schools to notify a parent or guardian if a student attempts or accomplishes an elopement, the act of leaving the school campus without permission; requiring certain schools and individualized education program teams to review and address with relevant stakeholders certain behavior in updating a student's individualized education program or behavior intervention plan; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 339 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
Task Force on the Establishment of a State Park Dedicated to Veterans' Care [HB-1181]
[Veterans ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Recreation ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
Establishing the Task Force on the Establishment of a State Park Dedicated to Veterans' Care to study issues and estimate costs related to the establishment of a State park dedicated to providing recreational opportunities and therapeutic services to veterans; and requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations on or before December 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Rep. William Wivell
Third Reading Passed (139-0) on 03/12/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Montgomery County - Speed Monitoring Systems - High-Risk Highways MC 17-25 [HB-1173]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Construction ]
Authorizing the placement and use of speed monitoring systems on highways in Montgomery County that are at high risk for certain motor vehicle crashes; prohibiting the placement and use of speed monitoring systems on certain highways in Montgomery County; requiring the fines collected by Montgomery County or by a municipal government in Montgomery County as a result of violations enforced by a speed monitoring system to be used to fund the study, design, and construction of certain safety-related projects; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 590 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Common Ownership Communities - Time to Attain Reserve Funding Level - Extension [HB-1215]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Extending from 3 to 5 fiscal years the time in which the governing body of a cooperative housing corporation, condominium, or homeowners association is required to attain a certain recommended annual reserve funding level following an initial reserve study.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Arentz
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/03/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Task Force to Study Fencing for Bodies of Water and Playgrounds - Established [HB-1163]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Recreation ]
[Water ]
[Community Development ]
Establishing the Task Force to Study Fencing for Bodies of Water and Playgrounds; requiring the Task Force to review best practices for fencing bodies of water, assess how fencing and similar environmental interventions can be used to prevent injuries and fatalities that occur in or around bodies of water and playgrounds, examine data and research related to incidents of wandering and drowning, and make recommendations on possible interventions to fence bodies of water and playgrounds; and requiring the Task Force to report by July 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing Canceled on 03/08/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access - Workgroups [HB-1066]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Human Services ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access to establish a workgroup on the improvement of health, social, and economic outcomes related to substance use; requiring the workgroup to make recommendations on changes to State laws, policies and practices needed to mitigate the harm related to criminalization of substance use and related to the discharge of patients from substance use treatment programs; and requiring the workgroup to submit a certain report annually.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 763 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Behavioral Health Advisory Council and the Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access - Plan to Implement Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment Requirements [HB-1083]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the Behavioral Health Advisory Council and the Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access, through its workgroup, to implement Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment requirements; requiring the workgroup to provide recommendations to implement recommendations in a certain Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services State Health Official letter; and requiring the Maryland Department of Health to report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by January 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 687 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Insurance - Automobile Insurance - Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund and Affordability Study [HB-1098]
[Insurance ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund to calculate and report its risk based capital level in accordance with certain provisions of insurance law and maintain total adjusted capital in a certain amount; establishing that certain provisions of insurance law regarding prior approval rate making apply to the Fund during a certain time period and under certain circumstances; requiring the Maryland Insurance Administration to establish a workgroup to study automobile insurance affordability; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 395 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Real Property - Insufficient Condominium Reserve Account Grant Fund - Establishment [HB-1040]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Finance ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring regulated financial institutions to develop a community benefit plan in connection with applications to the Commissioner of Financial Regulation relating to financial services for purposes of providing safe and sound loans, and other financial products for low-and moderate-income individuals and communities and other distressed or underserved individuals and communities; requiring the Commissioner to exercise certain oversight authority relating to the adequacy of the community benefit plans and attainment of goals; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Common Ownership Communities - Reserve Studies - Annual Revisions [HB-1133]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
Authorizing the governing body of a cooperative housing corporation, condominium, or homeowners association to revise a required reserve study at the end of each calendar year to reflect any changes made to the common elements that year.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/03/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Behavioral Health Crisis Response System – Integration of 9–8–8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Network and Outcome Evaluations [HB-1146]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Maryland Behavioral Health Crisis Response System to have a State 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, rather than a crisis communication center, in each jurisdiction; requiring each State 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline in the System to coordinate with the national 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Network to provide supportive counseling, suicide prevention, crisis intervention, referrals to additional resources, and direct dispatch to other services as needed; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 659 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Generating Stations - Generation and Siting (Renewable Energy Certainty Act) [HB-1036]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
Altering the factors the Public Service Commission must consider before taking final action on a certificate of public convenience and necessity; establishing a distributed generation certificate of public convenience and necessity to authorize the construction and operation of a certain distributed solar energy generating system; requiring the Power Plant Research Program, by July 1, 2026, to develop and submit to the Commission proposed siting and design requirements and licensing conditions; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 624 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Department of Health - Access to Telephones - Study [HB-1070]
[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: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing 2/21 At 2:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Workgroup on Mail-In Ballot Accessibility [HB-1097]
[Voting Rights ]
[Elections ]
[Disabilities ]
Establishing the Workgroup on Mail-In Ballot Accessibility to examine current processes in the State relating to mail-in ballot return, assessing the impact on voters with disabilities, collect information about current practices for accessible alternatives to paper mail-in ballot return, and evaluate the alternatives for individuals with disabilities; 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
Hearing Canceled on 02/07/2025