Telecommunications And Information Technology
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Education - Maryland STEM Program - Established [SB-673]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Science ]
Establishing the Maryland STEM Program in the State Department of Education to provide additional compensation to educators who teach STEM classes at nonpublic schools beginning in the 2025-2026 school year; authorizing nonpublic schools to apply for the Program; requiring local school systems to inform current teachers about the Program; requiring participating nonpublic schools to report certain information to the Department each year; requiring the Governor to include a $250,000 appropriation in the annual budget bill; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Favorable With Amendments Report By Education, Energy, And The Environment on 04/07/2025
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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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Health Insurance - Adverse Decisions - Notices, Reporting, and Examinations [HB-848]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring that certain adverse decision and grievance decision notices include certain information in a certain manner; requiring that the information regarding criteria and standards for utilization review that a private review agent is required to post on its website or the carrier's website be posted on the member's and provider's pages of the websites; requiring that certain information submitted to the Maryland Insurance Commissioner be aggregated by zip code; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 669 on 05/20/2025
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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
Information Technology - Modernizing Data Governance - Office of Enterprise Data and Council for Open Data Advancement [HB-807]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Science ]
Establishing the position and responsibilities of the State Chief Data Officer; establishing the Office of Enterprise Data in the Department of Information Technology and the responsibilities of the Office; requiring each unit of State government to appoint an Agency Data Officer; renaming the Council on Open Data to be the Council for Open Data Advancement; and altering the membership, member terms, and responsibilities of the Council.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Referred Education, Energy, And The Environment on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Uniform Disposition of Abandoned Property Act – Revisions [SB-665]
[Finance ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
Making certain virtual currency subject to the abandoned property laws in the State; establishing certain provisions to determine certain information about certain apparent owners of abandoned property; altering and establishing certain provisions pertaining to the presumption of abandonment for certain types of property; establishing certain procedures to establish the death of a certain insured or certain annuitant; altering the dollar value at which the Comptroller is required to publish certain notice; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 635 on 05/20/2025
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Generative Artificial Intelligence - Training Data Transparency [HB-823]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring a developer of a generative artificial intelligence system, on or before January 1, 2026, and before the developer releases or substantially modifies a certain generative artificial intelligence system, to publish on the developer's website documentation detailing the data used to train the generative artificial intelligence system.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
First Reading Economic Matters on 01/29/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Courts - Artificial Intelligence Evidence Clinic Pilot Program - Establishment [SB-655]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Establishing an Artificial Intelligence Evidence Clinic Pilot Program within the Administrative Office of the Courts to provide expertise in artificial intelligence to the circuit courts and the District Court in the form of expert testimony on certain types of evidence before the courts; requiring the Office to develop a grant application for the Program and award grants to eligible higher education institutions; and authorizing the Governor for fiscal years 2027 and 2028 to include $250,000 in the annual budget bill for the Program.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/16/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Opioid Restitution Fund - Interactive Dashboard [HB-798]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Maryland Office of Overdose Response, in collaboration with the Maryland Department of Health, to develop and maintain an interactive dashboard on Opioid Restitution Fund spending to share prescription opioid-related settlement information with the public; requiring the dashboard to include links to the State, county, or municipal websites that provide access to additional information on the use of opioid-related settlement funds; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 690 on 05/20/2025
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Consumer Protection - Motor Vehicles - Right to Repair [HB-843]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring a manufacturer of certain motor vehicles to provide certain information and tools related to the diagnosis, service, and repair of motor vehicles to certain owners and independent repair facilities under certain circumstances; requiring a manufacturer that sells motor vehicles with telematics systems to install an open data platform in certain motor vehicles; requiring the Consumer Protection Division of the Office of the Attorney General to develop a certain document relating to telematics systems and certain consumer rights; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jeff Ghrist
First Reading Economic Matters on 01/29/2025
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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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Education - Dependent Children of Service Members - Advance Enrollment Procedures [SB-601]
[Education ]
[Veterans ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Military ]
Requiring a county superintendent of schools to allow a certain dependent child of a service member to advance enroll in a school in the county in a certain manner; requiring a local school system to coordinate with the parents or guardians of a certain child with a disability and the school district in a certain sending state to prevent a delay in transferring the child; requiring the Secretary of Veterans and Military Families to publish information on the advance enrollment procedures established by the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks
Third Reading Passed (135-0) on 04/07/2025
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Maryland Uniform Disposition of Abandoned Property Act - Revisions [HB-761]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Making certain virtual currency subject to the abandoned property laws in the State; establishing certain provisions to determine certain information about certain apparent owners of abandoned property; altering and establishing certain provisions pertaining to the presumption of abandonment for certain types of property; establishing certain procedures to establish the death of a certain insured or certain annuitant; altering from $100 to $50 the value at which the Comptroller is required to publish a certain notice; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 636 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
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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Election Law - Campaign Materials - Disclosure of Use of Synthetic Media [HB-740]
[Elections ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Media and Advertising ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring that candidates, campaign finance entities, and specified other persons, or agents of candidates, campaign finance entities, or specified other persons, that publish, distribute, or disseminate, or cause to be published, distributed, or disseminated, to another person in the State campaign materials that use or contain synthetic media include a specified disclosure in a specified manner; and defining "synthetic media" as an image, an audio recording, or a video recording that has been intentionally manipulated in a certain manner.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/28/2025
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Election Law - Online Platforms and Qualifying Paid Digital Communications - Alterations [HB-730]
[Elections ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Cybersecurity ]
Altering certain requirements relating to online platforms and qualifying paid digital communications; repealing certain provisions of law establishing and governing a compliance waiver; and requiring an online platform to make certain records relating to qualifying paid digital communications available for public inspection on the online platform's website rather than to provide the records to the State Board on request.
Sponsored by: Rep. Matt Morgan
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/28/2025
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Opioid Restitution Fund - Interactive Dashboard [SB-589]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring the Maryland Office of Overdose Response, in collaboration with the Maryland Department of Health, to develop and maintain an interactive dashboard on Opioid Restitution Fund spending to share prescription opioid-related settlement information with the public; requiring the dashboard to include links to the State, county, or municipal websites that provide access to additional information on the use of opioid-related settlement funds; requiring that the dashboard be funded by the Opioid Restitution Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Malcolm Augustine
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 691 on 05/20/2025
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Harford County - Alcoholic Beverages - Hearing Notice [HB-754]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering certain notice requirements before the Board of License Commissioners for Harford County may hold public hearings on proposed regulatory changes or license applications; and providing that the Board may publish a decision on certain license applications either in certain newspapers or on its website.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 810 on 05/20/2025