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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Program to Protect Individuals Unemployed or Furloughed Due to Federal Actions - Establishment [HB-1557]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Housing ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Unemployment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Program to Protect Individuals Unemployed or Furloughed Due to Federal Actions; requiring a credit reporting agency to place an adverse information freeze on a qualified individual's record; establishing requirements and prohibitions for certain financial institutions; prohibiting a public service company from terminating electric or gas service to a qualified individual; requiring a court to stay a foreclosure of a certain residential property; requiring the Department to administer the Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jessica Feldmark
Motion Rules Suspend For Late Introduction (delegate Feldmark) Adopted (101-34) on 03/26/2025
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Electric and Gas Service - Termination - Third-Party Notification [SB-1035]
[Energy ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring a public service company to notify a certain municipality and certain members of the General Assembly and local elected officials before terminating for nonpayment electric or gas service to a multifamily dwelling unit for which the account is held by a property owner or manager.
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo Washington
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Charles County - Student Bus Transportation Providers - Provider Displacement [HB-1359]
[Education ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Requiring the Charles County Board of Education to provide at least 10 years' notice and hold a certain public hearing before taking any action that results in a certain displacement of a person that has been providing student bus transportation services in Charles County; and requiring the Board of Education to provide written notice by registered mail at least 5 years before the displacement of a person that has been providing student bus transportation services.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/21/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Department of Agriculture - Public Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment - Registration, Regulation, and Oversight [HB-1039]
[Agriculture ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Requiring the owner of public electric vehicle supply equipment to register with the Secretary of Agriculture on or before certain dates; applying certain provisions of law regarding weights and measures to public electric vehicle supply equipment; requiring the Secretary to establish a program to test the weight and measure of public electric vehicle supply equipment and ensure the equipment conforms to certain standards; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nick Allen
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 02/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Environment - Packaging and Paper Products - Producer Responsibility Plans [SB-901]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
Requiring certain producers of covered materials, individually or as part of a producer responsibility organization, to submit a certain covered materials producer responsibility plan to the Department of the Environment for review and approval on or before July 1, 2028, and every 5 years thereafter, in accordance with certain requirements, or to develop an alternative collection program; requiring a producer responsibility organization to pay certain costs to the Department; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 431 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Department of Agriculture - Public Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment - Registration, Regulation, and Oversight [SB-913]
[Agriculture ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring the owner of public electric vehicle supply equipment to register with the Secretary of Agriculture on or before certain dates; applying certain provisions of law regarding weights and measures to public electric vehicle supply equipment; requiring the Secretary to establish a program to test the weight and measure of public electric vehicle supply equipment and ensure the equipment conforms to certain standards; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Business Regulation - Cellular Phone Carriers - Authorized Users [SB-846]
[Telecommunications ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Requiring a cellular phone carrier to allow a customer of record who is responsible for payment of an account to have the option to designate other individuals as authorized users on the customer's account and to allow an authorized user to take certain actions in connection with the account.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 334 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Charles County – Student Bus Transportation Providers – Provider Displacement [SB-727]
[Education ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Requiring the Charles County Board of Education to provide at least 10 years' notice and hold a certain public hearing at least 5 years before taking any action that results in a certain displacement of a person that has been providing student bus transportation services in Charles County.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Hearing Canceled on 03/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact [HB-959]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Entering into the School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact for the purpose of authorizing licensed school psychologists who hold multistate licenses to provide school psychological services in member states; establishing requirements for multistate licensure; establishing the School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact Commission; providing for the withdrawal from the Compact; and providing the Act is contingent on the enactment of substantially similar legislation in seven other states.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bernice Mireku-North
Hearing Canceled on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
St. Mary's County - Metropolitan Commission - Discontinuance of Service [HB-491]
[Water ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Public Safety ]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
Authorizing the St. Mary's County Metropolitan Commission to discontinue all or part of water or sewer service provided to an improved private property determined to be unsafe, unfit, or unsuitable for human occupancy due to an accident, artificial disaster, or natural disaster; requiring the suspension of the ready-to-serve charge on certain private properties; and authorizing the St. Mary's County Metropolitan Commission to utilize certain remedies for a violation related to certain public water and sewer use.
Sponsored by: Rep. Matt Morgan
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 599 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Consumer Protection - Automatic Renewals [HB-107]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring a person who makes an automatic renewal offer to consumers to allow a consumer to cancel the automatic renewal in a cost-effective, timely, and easy-to-use manner; requiring automatic renewal offers to be displayed in a certain manner and contain certain information; establishing that compliance with certain regulations or a certain license shall be considered to be compliance with the Act; establishing that a violation of the Act is an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Andrew Pruski
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 205 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Consumer Protection - Automatic Renewals [SB-49]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring a person who makes an automatic renewal offer to consumers to allow a consumer to cancel the automatic renewal in a cost-effective, timely, and easy-to-use manner; requiring automatic renewal offers to be displayed in a certain manner and contain certain information; establishing that compliance with certain regulations or a certain license shall be considered to be compliance with the Act; establishing that a violation of the Act is an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Dawn Gile
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 204 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Armed Forces - Support of Military Families and Addition of Space Force [HB-1026]
[Defense ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[National Security ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Adding the Space Force to certain provisions of law related to the armed forces; authorizing military spouses and residents of the State who are members of the National Guard of another state or a reserve component of the armed forces to terminate certain contracts at any time after the date the service member receives certain military orders to relocate; altering the definition of a "military-connected student" for purposes of the Purple Star Schools Program; and authorizing the Governor to make certain posthumous awards.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 27 on 04/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Armed Forces – Support of Military Families and Addition of Space Force [SB-707]
[Defense ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[National Security ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Adding the Space Force to certain provisions of law related to the armed forces; authorizing military spouses and residents of the State who are members of the National Guard of another state or a reserve component of the armed forces to terminate certain contracts at any time after the date the service member receives certain military orders to relocate; adding the Space Force and members of the National Guard of any other state to the definition of a "military-connected student" for purposes of the Purple Stars Schools Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 26 on 04/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Continuing Care Retirement Communities - Transparency, Grievances, and Unit Reoccupancy [HB-68]
[Healthcare ]
[Housing ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Retirement ]
Requiring a provider to post the provider's most recent disclosure statement on the provider's website; increasing from yearly to quarterly the number of times a provider is required to hold a meeting open to all the provider's subscribers; requiring at the last quarterly meeting of the year an officer of the provider to give an aggregated, deidentified summary of internal grievances; requiring a provider to submit a written report to a subscriber or a beneficiary if the subscriber's unit has not been reoccupied within 9 months; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 258 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Continuing Care Retirement Communities - Transparency, Grievances, and Unit Reoccupancy [SB-76]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Housing ]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring a provider to post the provider's most recent disclosure statement on the provider's website; altering the number of times providers are required to hold a meeting open to all of the provider's subscribers each year; requiring an authorized officer of a provider to provide a summary of certain grievance information at certain meetings; requiring the Department of Aging to collect certain information about internal grievances; requiring a provider to submit certain reports to a subscriber under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 257 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Environment – Collection and Reporting of Drinking Water and Wastewater Data and Information – Requirements [SB-513]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring a water utility operating in the State to provide certain data and information to the Department of the Environment and comply with certain reporting requirements; requiring the Department to develop a certain protocol and form to provide and report certain drinking water and wastewater data and information; requiring the Department to create, operate, and maintain a statewide Open Water Data Reporting Platform that includes certain data and information for each water utility operating in the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Hearing 2/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Corporations and Associations - Revisions [HB-209]
[Real Estate ]
[Finance ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Altering certain provisions governing the issuance of stock, convertible securities, and scrip; clarifying the authority of corporations to hold annual meetings by remote communication; clarifying the application of certain provisions of law to the conversion of a corporation; requiring a real estate investment trust that voluntarily dissolves to file a notice of termination with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Courtney Watson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 560 on 05/08/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Corporations and Associations - Revisions [SB-58]
[Real Estate ]
[Finance ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Altering certain provisions governing the issuance of stock, convertible securities, and scrip; clarifying the authority of corporations to hold annual meetings by remote communication; clarifying the application of certain provisions of law to the conversion of a corporation; requiring a real estate investment trust that voluntarily dissolves to file a notice of termination with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher
Referred Economic Matters on 02/23/2023
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Electricity and Gas - Limited-Income Mechanisms and Assistance [HB-606]
[Energy ]
[Public Health ]
[Poverty ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Authorizing certain gas and electric utilities to adopt a limited-income mechanism to benefit certain eligible limited-income customers, subject to the approval of the Public Service Commission; expanding the electric universal service program to customers who are at least 67 years old with annual incomes at or below 200% of the federal poverty level; establishing a Workgroup on Low-Income Utility Assistance to examine the forms of federal, State, local, and private assistance available to low-income residential energy customers; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dereck Davis
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 638 on 05/30/2021