Studies
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Workgroup on the Creation of a Data Dashboard for Public Work Contracts and Apprentices - Establishment [HB-850]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Construction ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing the Workgroup on the Creation of a Data Dashboard for Public Work Contracts and Apprentices to study the most efficient and cost-effective method to create a publicly available data dashboard that disaggregates information regarding public work contracts with the State and apprentices working under the public work contracts; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by January 7, 2027.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 717 on 05/20/2025
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Environment - Extended Producer Responsibility for Batteries and Battery-Containing Products (Battery Stewardship Act) [SB-686]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Science ]
[Manufacturing ]
Requiring certain producers of batteries and battery-containing products to individually or as part of a battery stewardship organization submit a certain battery stewardship plan to the Department of the Environment for review and approval by July 1, 2026, and every 5 years thereafter, in accordance with certain requirements; requiring a battery stewardship program to be implemented within a certain amount of time after the Department approves a certain battery stewardship plan; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Malcolm Augustine
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Healthcare Ecosystem Stakeholder Cybersecurity Workgroup [SB-691]
[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 health care 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 by January 1, 2026, and a final report of its findings and recommendations by December 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/16/2025
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North Carolina 2025-2026 Session
Study State Travel Allowance Reimbursements [HB-10]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Taxes ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Study State Travel Allowance Reimbursements
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Belk
Passed 1st Reading on 01/30/2025
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North Carolina 2025-2026 Session
NC Managing Environmental Waste Act of 2025 [HB-8]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
NC Managing Environmental Waste Act of 2025
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Belk
Withdrawn From Com on 03/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Covered Individuals - Alternatively Qualified Individuals [HB-824]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Insurance ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program to provide benefits, beginning July 1, 2027, to alternatively qualified individuals who care for or bond with a child under certain circumstances; altering the date that the Secretary of Labor is required to begin conducting certain cost analyses of the Program; and requiring that an employer allow an alternatively qualified individual who is receiving benefits under the Program to take certain unpaid leave from employment.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vaughn Stewart
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 02/19/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Transmission Lines - Advanced Transmission Technologies [HB-829]
[Energy ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the definition of "qualified generator lead line" for purposes of provisions of law regarding certificates of public convenience and necessity; requiring an applicant for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the construction of an overhead transmission line to include certain information in its application; requiring the Public Service Commission to consider certain evidence before taking final action on a certain application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/18/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs - Repeal of Interdepartmental Advisory Committee and Establishment of the Governor's Subcabinet on Socioeconomic Procurement Participation [HB-826]
[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Repealing the Interdepartmental Advisory Committee on Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs within the Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs; establishing the Governor's Subcabinet on Socioeconomic Procurement Participation to study and make recommendations on socioeconomic procurement in the State; and requiring the Subcabinet to conduct certain meetings and report annually to the Governor on the Subcabinet's activities, progress, and recommendations.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 619 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Wildlife - Protections and Highway Crossings [SB-635]
[Animals ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing the Maryland Connectivity Coalition to foster collaboration among State and federal agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and other stakeholders for the purpose of protecting endangered wildlife from habitat fragmentation; requiring the State Highway Administration to have final decision-making authority regarding decisions related to placement, funding, or design of wildlife crossings; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/01/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Insurance Administration and Maryland Department of Health - Workgroup to Study Pharmacy Benefits Managers [HB-813]
[Insurance ]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Maryland Insurance Administration and the Maryland Department of Health, in consultation with the Prescription Drug Affordability Board, to convene a workgroup to study and review reimbursement for pharmacists; and requiring the workgroup to submit an interim report by December 31, 2025, and a final report on their findings and recommendations to certain committees of the General Assembly by December 31, 2026.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 730 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Senior Higher Education Institutions - Pregnant and Parenting Students - Plan Requirements (Pregnant and Parenting Student Support Act) [HB-840]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Requiring certain public senior higher education institutions to adopt a plan regarding pregnant and parenting students to include referral to on-campus or off-campus services to assist regarding the availability of or eligibility for certain government assistance programs and any other programs, scholarships, or subsidies that may be available for pregnant and parenting students; and requiring each public senior higher education institution to post the plan on the institution's website on or before August 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 336 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Solar Energy - Distributed Generation Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity, Ground-Mounted Solar, and Small Solar Siting Workgroup [HB-827]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Construction ]
[Environmental ]
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 Public Service Commission proposed siting and design requirements and licensing conditions; prohibiting a county from enacting certain zoning laws or adopting certain regulations regarding certain ground-mounted solar systems and facilities; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
Hearing Canceled on 03/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Study on Detecting Deadly Weapons in Public Middle and High Schools [HB-782]
[Crime ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the Maryland Center for School Safety to study how best to detect deadly weapons in public middle and high schools and how best to rapidly report the detection of weapons to a law enforcement agency; requiring the Center to request any available assessment technologies evaluated under the Act; and requiring the Center to issue an interim report by December 1, 2025, and a final report on the findings of the study, in a manner that does not jeopardize school safety, by December 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Ebersole
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 244 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Business Regulation - Enforcement for Miscellaneous State Business Licenses - Study [SB-664]
[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
Requiring the Comptroller to consult with certain stakeholders to study and make recommendations on the enforcement process for miscellaneous State business licenses; and requiring the Comptroller to submit a report of the study's findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by December 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 632 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Department of Information Technology - Major Information Technology Development Projects - Oversight [HB-738]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
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: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 845 on 05/25/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Wildlife - Protections and Highway Crossings [HB-731]
[Animals ]
[Environmental ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing the Maryland Connectivity Coalition to foster collaboration among State and federal agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and other stakeholders for the purpose of protecting endangered wildlife from habitat fragmentation; requiring the State Highway Administration to have final decision-making authority regarding decisions related to placement, funding, or design of wildlife crossings; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 549 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Comptroller - Baby Bond Account Program Study [HB-753]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Poverty ]
Requiring the Comptroller to conduct a study and report to the Governor and General Assembly on or before June 1, 2026, on the feasibility of a State baby bond account program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Edelson
Hearing Canceled on 03/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Environment - Covered Electronic Device Recycling Program - Establishment (Electronics Recycling Health and Safety Modernization Act) [SB-591]
[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: Sen. Malcolm Augustine
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Government - Maryland Reparations Commission [SB-587]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Maryland Reparations Commission to study and make recommendations relating to appropriate benefits to be made to individuals whose ancestors were enslaved in the State or were impacted by certain inequitable government policies; and requiring the Commission to submit a preliminary report by January 1, 2027, and a final report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by November 1, 2027.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/16/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Repeal of Somers Cove Marina Commission and Improvement Fund and Alteration of Operations [HB-720]
[Water ]
[Community Development ]
[Recreation ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Repealing provisions of law relating to the Somers Cove Marina Commission, the Somers Cove Marina Improvement Fund, and the operation of Somers Cove Marina; requiring the Secretary to develop a master plan for the operation and improvement of services at Somers Cove Marina by October 1, 2027; requiring all revenue received by the Department from activities associated with Somers Cove Marina be deposited in the Natural Resources Property Maintenance Fund; establishing the Somers Cove Marina Advisory Commission; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 444 on 05/13/2025