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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Environment - Covered Electronic Device Recycling Program - Establishment (Electronics Recycling Health and Safety Modernization Act) [HB-931]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Health ]
Establishing the Covered Electronic Device Recycling Program in the Department of the Environment; altering the contents and use of the State Recycling Trust Fund; establishing a separate covered electronic device recycling account and a separate covered electronic device manufacturer registration fee account within the Fund; altering certain provisions of law relating to registration fees for certain manufacturers of covered electronic devices; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2025
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Workgroup to Study the Rise in Adverse Decisions in the State Health Care System - Establishment [SB-776]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Establishing the Workgroup to Study the Rise in Adverse Decisions in the State Health Care System to review existing State adverse decision reporting requirements for all health payers in the State and make recommendations to improve State reporting on adverse decisions; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations on or before December 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Sen. Pamela Beidle
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 671 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Hospitals - Clinical Staffing Committees and Plans - Establishment (Safe Staffing Act of 2025) [HB-905]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring certain hospitals licensed in the State to establish and maintain a clinical staffing committee and to implement a clinical staffing plan; requiring each clinical staffing committee to develop a clinical staffing plan; requiring by July 1 each year, each hospital's clinical staffing committee to conduct a review of the clinical staffing plan for certain purposes; and requiring by January 1, 2027, each hospital to implement a clinical staffing plan and assign personnel in accordance with the plan.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Favorable With Amendments Report By Finance on 04/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Task Force on the Establishment of a State Park Dedicated to Veterans' Care [SB-781]
[Veterans ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Recreation ]
[Healthcare ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
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: Sen. Paul Corderman
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Sports Wagering - Independent Evaluation of Sports Wagering Content - Required [SB-708]
[Gaming ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Sports ]
Requiring, rather than authorizing, certain sports wagering licensees and sports wagering operators that advertise in the State to contract with certain independent evaluators to evaluate and rate the sports wagering licensee's sports wagering content, sports wagering experts, sports wagering influencers, and content partners; and providing that Section 1 of the Act is contingent on the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission issuing licenses pursuant to certain provisions of law to at least three independent evaluators.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Ferguson
House Conference Committee Appointed (delegates Atterbeary, Ebersole And Patterson) on 04/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Department of Education and Department of Information Technology - Evaluation on Artificial Intelligence in Public Schools [SB-704]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
Requiring the State Department of Education to conduct an evaluation on the use and potential use of artificial intelligence in public schools; requiring that the evaluation consist of a survey of local school systems and a review of available systems that use artificial intelligence to assist with student learning; requiring the Department of Information Technology to assist the State Department of Education in performing its review; and requiring the Department to issue a final report on the results of the evaluation by December 15, 2026.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester
Hearing Canceled on 02/19/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Department of Information Technology - Major Information Technology Development Projects - Oversight [SB-705]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Providing that a unit of State government may not purchase, lease, contract for, or rent an information technology service or product unless consistent with the master plan, as determined by the Secretary of Information Technology; providing that the Secretary is responsible for overseeing the implementation of major information technology development projects in the State; establishing the Maryland Office of Digital Experience in the Department to provide oversight, leadership, and strategic modernization for major technology projects; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Hershey
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 846 on 05/25/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Consumer Protection - Workgroup on Artificial Intelligence Implementation [HB-956]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
Establishing the Workgroup on Artificial Intelligence Implementation; requiring the Workgroup to monitor and make recommendations related to the regulation of artificial intelligence, consumer protection, current private sector use of artificial intelligence, enforcement authority for the Office of the Attorney General's Office of Consumer Protection, and impact in the determination of government benefits; and requiring the Workgroup to make its recommendations to certain committees of the General Assembly by July 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 105 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Howard County - Common Ownership Communities - Funding of Reserve Accounts and Preparation of Funding Plans Ho. Co. 4-25 [SB-777]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring that the annual budget of a cooperative housing corporation, a residential condominium, or a homeowners association in Howard County include certain funds; requiring that certain funds for the reserve account of a cooperative housing corporation, a residential condominium, or a homeowners association in Howard County be deposited by a certain day each fiscal year; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Procurement - Minority Business Enterprise Program - Extension and Reports [HB-991]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Altering the termination date for certain provisions of law governing the Minority Business Enterprise Program and its application to public-private partnerships, offshore wind projects, video lottery terminals, and sports wagering licenses; and altering the date by which certain reports, studies, and guidelines must be submitted.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 620 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Schools and Youth Services - Crisis Support and Assistance and Workgroup Study [SB-770]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Mental Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring each local school system to provide crisis support to a public school when a teacher or other school employee with direct contact with minors is removed from the school due to alleged criminal activity or for student safety; requiring each county board of education to establish a crisis response team; requiring the State Department of Education to establish a workgroup to examine the impact of requiring applicants for certain positions to include information regarding the applicant's history of boundary-violating behavior; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Dawn Gile
Hearing Canceled on 03/26/2025
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North Carolina 2025-2026 Session
The Wells Act [SB-31]
The Wells Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Paul Newton
Withdrawn From Com on 02/11/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Department of Planning - Study on Solar Energy Project Sites [HB-904]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Environmental ]
[Science ]
Requiring the Department of Planning, in consultation with the Maryland Energy Administration, to conduct a study to identify and evaluate land owned by the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services for the siting of new solar energy projects; and requiring the Department to report its findings and recommendations on or before October 1, 2027.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Moon
Hearing Canceled on 02/26/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Mattress Stewardship Program - Establishment [HB-858]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Environmental ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibiting, on and after January 1, 2031, a person from disposing of a mattress in a landfill, subject to certain exceptions; prohibiting, on and after January 1, 2031, a person from disposing of a mattress in an incinerator, subject to a certain exception; requiring certain producers of mattresses sold at retail in the State or a certain representative organization to submit a plan for the establishment of a Mattress Stewardship Program in the Department of the Environment for approval on or before July 1, 2027; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 4/07 At 11:00 A.m. on 04/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Task Force to Improve Attendance and Reduce Chronic Absenteeism in Schools [HB-879]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing the Task Force to Improve Attendance and Reduce Chronic Absenteeism in Schools for the purpose of studying and making recommendations on practices to identify, prevent, and eliminate chronic absenteeism by students from schools in the State; and requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 31, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 243 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Commission to Study the Dental Hygienist Shortage - Establishment [HB-849]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
[Education ]
Establishing the Maryland Commission to Study the Dental Hygienist Shortage; providing that the purpose of the Commission is to support the State's efforts to improve the oral health of Marylanders by ensuring the stability and sustainability of the State's dental hygiene workforce; and requiring the Commission to submit an interim report by December 1, 2025, and a final report of its findings and recommendations by December 1, 2026, to the General Assembly, the Maryland Department of Health, and the Higher Education Commission.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lesley Lopez
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Office of Cemetery Oversight - Study of Deathcare and Funeral Practices [SB-671]
[Public Health ]
[Environmental ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
Requiring the Office of Cemetery Oversight, in consultation with the Maryland Department of Health, the Maryland Department of Labor, and the Department of the Environment, to conduct a study of the environmental and public health impacts of deathcare and funeral practices in the State; and requiring the Office to submit an interim report by July 1, 2026, and a final report by January 1, 2027, to the Governor and the General Assembly including any recommended policy changes for sustainable deathcare and funeral practices.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Catastrophic Event Account and Federal Government Shutdown Employee Assistance Loan Fund, Protection of Federal Benefits, and Powers of the Attorney General - Alterations (Protect Our Federal Workers Act) [SB-683]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Renaming the Federal Government Shutdown Employee Assistance Loan Fund to be the Federal Government Employee Assistance Loan Fund; authorizing funds appropriated to the Catastrophic Event Account to be expended to assist in funding costs in connection with a closure, relocation, or mass layoff of a unit of the federal government, or other similar circumstances; and altering the purpose of the Fund and the eligibility criteria to receive loans from the Fund.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Favorable With Amendments Report By Budget And Taxation 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 [SB-675]
[Energy ]
[Budget and Spending ]
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: Sen. Mary Carozza
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Health - Pediatric Hospital Overstay Patients and Workgroup on Children in Unlicensed Settings and Pediatric Overstays [SB-696]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
Specifying that the scope of the Maryland Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Registry and Referral System includes both private and State inpatient and outpatient mental health and substance use services; requiring the Maryland Department of Health and the Department of Human Services to ensure pediatric hospital overstay patients are placed in the least restrictive setting when clinically indicated and when possible; establishing the Workgroup on Children in Unlicensed Settings and Pediatric Overstays in the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Pamela Beidle
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 480 on 05/13/2025