Telecommunications And Information Technology
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Safety - Rape Kit Testing - Tracking Program and Grant Fund [HB-675]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Altering from December 31, 2025, to March 31,2026, the date by which a certain report under a certain sexual assault evidence collection kit tracking program is required to be submitted; altering the purpose and use of the Rape Kit Testing Grant Fund; expanding the duties of the Executive Director of the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention and Policy relating to the Fund; and prohibiting the use of the Fund for a certain sexual assault evidence collection kit tracking program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 668 on 05/20/2025
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Health Insurance - Adverse Decisions - Notices, Reporting, and Examinations [SB-474]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring that certain adverse decision and grievance decision notices include certain information in a certain manner; requiring certain carriers, if the number of adverse decisions issued by the carrier for a type of service has grown by 10% or more in the immediately preceding calendar year or 25% or more in the immediately preceding 3 calendar years, to provide certain information to the Maryland Insurance Commissioner; authorizing the Commissioner to use certain adverse decision information as the basis of an examination; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Pamela Beidle
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 670 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Education - Dependent Children of Service Members - Advance Enrollment Procedures [HB-596]
[Education ]
[Veterans ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disabilities ]
[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 the remote registration process to provide an opportunity for the service member or other parent or guardian of a dependent child with a disability to note whether the child has an individualized education program or a 504 plan in the sending state; and requiring the Secretary of Veterans and Military Families to publish information on advance enrollment.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Referred Education, Energy, And The Environment on 03/12/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Artificial Intelligence - Causing Injury or Death - Civil and Criminal Liability [HB-589]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Establishing that a person who intentionally, knowingly, or negligently designs or creates artificial intelligence software able to cause physical injury or death is strictly liable for damages and subject to a civil penalty if the software is used to cause personal injury or death; and prohibiting a person from intentionally, knowingly, or negligently designing or creating artificial intelligence software able to cause injury or death.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Grammer
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/27/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Procurement - Major Information Technology Development Projects [SB-487]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Requiring the Secretary of Information Technology to conduct a certain risk assessment of certain major information technology development projects under certain circumstances; authorizing the Secretary to recommend an increase in a certain limitation of liability amount under certain circumstances; requiring the Chief Procurement Officer to review a certain recommendation; authorizing the Chief Procurement Officer to approve a certain change to a certain limitation of liability; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. J.B. Jennings
Hearing Canceled on 01/30/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Institutions of Higher Education - Mandatory Disclosures for New and Prospective Students (Informed Enrollment Act) [HB-611]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring each institution of higher education in the State that admits first-time undergraduate students, by July 1, 2026, to prominently display on its publicly accessible prospective student website a link to the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard website; and requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to make certain data available to institutions of higher education in the State under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jeff Ghrist
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Real Estate Development and Highway Rights-of-Way - Installation of Broadband Micro Conduits and Microducts [HB-626]
[Real Estate ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring the installation of micro conduits in any utility easement and building power or telecommunication rooms during the new construction or major improvement of certain commercial and residential premises; requiring that buried fiber optic cable installed in a highway right-of-way include conduit containing at least seven microducts; requiring the Department of Transportation or a unit of local government to ensure a broadband service provider has access to the conduit on a neutral and nondiscriminatory basis; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Scott Phillips
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Excellence in Maryland Public Schools Act [SB-429]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Economic Development ]
Altering the definitions of "target per pupil foundation amount", "collaborative time per pupil amount", "compensatory education per pupil amount", "English learner per pupil amount", "special education per pupil amount", "growth in the target per pupil foundation amount", and "change in the per pupil amount"; directing county boards of education to provide certain funding to local workforce development boards to support the Career Counseling Program for Middle and High School Students; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/02/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Procurement Reform Act of 2025 [HB-500]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Infrastructure ]
Authorizing the Secretary of General Services to delegate certain powers and duties to the Chief Procurement Officer; altering the authority of the Department of General Services to engage in or control procurement of certain equipment and services; requiring the Department of Information Technology to establish a technical procurement team; altering the authority of the Department of Transportation and the Maryland Transportation Authority to engage in procurement for certain supplies and services; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 601 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Education - Remote Learning Accommodations - Established (College Disability Education Act) [HB-531]
[Education ]
[Disabilities ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Requiring all public institutions of higher education to establish remote learning accommodations for students with disabilities that impede regular, in-person attendance beginning in the 2026-2027 academic year; authorizing the Maryland Higher Education Commission to issue waivers from the requirement under certain circumstances; establishing a grant program to assist institutions to meet the remote learning accommodations requirement; and providing for certain review procedures and penalties for noncompliance.
Sponsored by: Rep. Andre Johnson
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Economic Development - Delivering Economic Competitiveness and Advancing Development Efforts (DECADE) Act [HB-498]
[Economic Development ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Taxes ]
Requiring the Department of Commerce to evaluate the potential employment and economic growth of the State's industry sectors and establish a certain list of industry sectors and activities to be considered for additional support; repealing the Maryland Economic Development Commission and Commerce Subcabinet; altering the designation, administration, and purposes of and eligibility for certain economic development programs; altering eligibility for and the calculation of certain economic development incentives; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing Canceled (ways And Means) on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Election Law - Influencing a Voter By Dissemination of a Deepfake - Prohibition [HB-525]
[Elections ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Prohibiting a person from, with fraudulent intent, influencing or attempting to influence a voter's decision whether or not to cast a vote or how to vote on a candidate or ballot issue by disseminating a deepfake; and defining "deepfake" as an image, an audio recording, or a video recording that has been intentionally created or manipulated with the use of generative artificial intelligence or other digital technology to create a realistic but false depiction of a person that an ordinary person would conclude is an actual representation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Referred Rules on 04/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Economic Development - Delivering Economic Competitiveness and Advancing Development Efforts (DECADE) Act [SB-427]
[Economic Development ]
[Small Business ]
[Film Production ]
[Taxes ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Altering the designation, administration, and purposes of and eligibility for certain economic development programs; redesignating the Maryland Economic Development Assistance Authority to be the Maryland Economic Competitiveness Fund; repealing the Maryland Small Business Development Financing Authority and certain related Funds; making the film production activity tax credit transferable; authorizing a qualified film production entity to amend its application for the tax credit under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Rereferred To Ways And Means And Appropriations on 04/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Excellence in Maryland Public Schools Act [HB-504]
[Education ]
[Taxes ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Authorizing local governing bodies to exceed certain tax and revenue limitations for a certain purpose; altering the source of funds for the Blueprint for Maryland's Future Fund to include the interest earnings of the Academic Excellence Fund; authorizing the Department to establish a national teacher recruitment campaign; establishing the Academic Excellence Program in the Department to address critical academic needs in public schools; requiring local school systems to develop certain countywide community school implementation plans; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Hornberger
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 237 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Procurement Reform Act of 2025 [SB-426]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
Authorizing the Secretary of General Services to delegate certain powers and duties to the Chief Procurement Officer; altering the authority of the Department of General Services to engage in or control procurement of certain equipment and services; altering the authority of the Department of Transportation and the Maryland Transportation Authority to engage in procurement for certain supplies and services for transportation related activities; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Hearing Canceled on 01/30/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Education - Antidiscrimination Policies - Policy and Notice Requirements [HB-495]
[Education ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring certain schools that have an antidiscrimination policy to ensure that the policy includes certain information and is available to certain individuals in a certain manner; requiring a school to provide a certain training regarding antidiscrimination policies to students and employees in a certain manner; and requiring, if sufficient resources are not available to provide training, a school to coordinate with a community organization with certain expertise to provide the training to students and employees at no cost.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. (ways And Means) on 01/29/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Schools - Discipline-Related Data - Collection and Publication [HB-488]
[Education ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the State Department of Education to disaggregate certain discipline-related data in an electronic spreadsheet format for the Department's website, make the data available to the public, and report certain discipline-related information each year; and requiring the Department to maintain a certain risk ratio and State comparison threshold used to identify a school's disproportional disciplinary practices and report disproportionality data for high-suspending schools.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseline Pena-Melnyk
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Election Law - Influence on a Voter's Voting Decision By Use of Fraud - Prohibition [SB-361]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Prohibiting a person from using fraud to influence or attempt to influence a voter's voting decision; and providing that fraud includes the use of synthetic media.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester
Third Reading Passed (39-8) on 04/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Elections - Ranked-Choice Voting in Contests for Presidential Nomination and Certification of Election-Supporting Technology [SB-383]
[Elections ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Voting Rights ]
Authorizing the State Board of Elections, beginning with the 2028 statewide primary election, to use ranked-choice voting to conduct a contest for the nomination by a political party of a candidate for the office of President of the United States; requiring the State Board to adopt regulations for the review, certification, and decertification of election-supporting technology and to periodically review and evaluate election-supporting technology; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/30/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Preserve Telehealth Access Act of 2025 [SB-372]
[Healthcare ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Repealing the limitation on the period during which the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations are required to provide reimbursement for certain health care services provided through telehealth on a certain basis and at a certain rate; altering the circumstances under which health care practitioners are authorized to prescribe certain controlled dangerous substances for the treatment of pain through telehealth; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 481 on 05/13/2025