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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing [SB-702]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering a certain definition of restrictive housing; limiting the amount of time that an individual may be placed in restrictive housing from approximately 22 hours to 17 hours in a 24-hour period; requiring all restrictive housing units to create the least restrictive environment necessary for certain purposes; prohibiting the placement of a certain member of a vulnerable population in restrictive housing for any period of time; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Tidal Fish Licenses - Oyster Authorizations - Administrative Penalties [HB-893]
[Animals ]
[Water ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Environmental ]
[Crime ]
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to suspend for up to 5 years for a first violation, rather than revoke, a person's oyster authorization for knowingly committing certain violations; providing for the reinstatement for certain persons of an oyster authorization and an entitlement to engage or work in the oyster fishery; altering a certain offense related to the use of prohibited gear; and repealing the 90-day time period within which a certain administrative hearing must be held.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Arentz
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 552 on 05/13/2025
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Higher Education - Scholarships for Correctional Officers [SB-690]
[Education ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Altering the eligibility criteria for the Maryland Police Officers and Probation Agents Scholarship Program to include correctional officers.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2025
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Natural Resources - Pursuing Wounded Deer After Legal Hunting Hours and Using a Light - Authorization [HB-857]
[Animals ]
[Public Safety ]
[Recreation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing a person who is authorized by the Department of Natural Resources to hunt deer and who wounds a deer during legal hunting hours to pursue and kill the deer after legal hunting hours using the means authorized for the applicable hunting season or permit which may include use of a light or throw or cast the rays of a spotlight, a headlight, an artificial light, a battery, or any other device while pursuing the wounded deer.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Arentz
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 553 on 05/13/2025
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Electricity - Data Centers - Rate Schedule and Requirements [HB-900]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring each electric company in the State to submit to the Public Service Commission for approval a specific rate schedule for certain data center customers with certain required provisions, including minimum durations, financial responsibilities, and fees.
Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Frederick County - Alcoholic Beverages - Class C (Theater) Beer, Wine, and Liquor License [HB-866]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
Establishing a Class C (theater) beer, wine, and liquor license in Frederick County; authorizing the manager of the theater or any other official designated by the theater to sign the application for the license; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Frederick County to issue the license for use by certain theaters; authorizing the license holder to sell beer, wine, and liquor for on-premises consumption, subject to certain limitations; establishing an annual license fee of $150; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 822 on 05/20/2025
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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
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Real Property - Residential Foreclosures - Materially Delinquent Mortgages [SB-682]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Finance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Altering certain requirements for an order to docket or a complaint to foreclose a mortgage or deed of trust on residential property; requiring a secured party to provide certain loan-related correspondence in order to enforce a materially delinquent mortgage, subject to certain exceptions; and permitting a mortgagor to raise a defense of laches in an action to enforce a materially delinquent mortgage.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nick Charles
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Frederick County - Alcoholic Beverages - Class C (Theater) Beer, Wine, and Liquor License [SB-670]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
Establishing a Class C (theater) beer, wine, and liquor license in Frederick County; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Frederick County to issue the license for use by certain theaters; authorizing the license holder to sell beer, wine, and liquor for on-premises consumption, subject to certain limitations; establishing an annual license fee of $150; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 823 on 05/20/2025
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Tobacco Product Manufacturers - Escrow Act - Alterations [HB-870]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring, beginning in 2026 and each year thereafter, a certain tobacco product manufacturer to pay a certain equity fee instead of depositing certain funds in a certain escrow account; authorizing a certain tobacco product manufacturer to contest the amount of the equity fee paid under certain circumstances; requiring a certain tobacco product manufacturer to make a certain certification to the Attorney General each year; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Prison Education Delivery Reform Commission - Reporting and Sunset Extension [HB-877]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Education ]
Extending the time for submission of the interim report and final report of the Prison Education Delivery Reform Commission by 3 years; and extending the termination date for the Commission by 3 years.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marlon Amprey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 110 on 04/22/2025
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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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Public Safety - Police Accountability - Investigation Records Relating to Unfounded and Exonerated Complaints [HB-885]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Requiring that all investigation records relating to a complaint of misconduct by a police officer be removed from the police officer's personnel record 3 years after an administrative charging committee or a trial board issues a finding that the complaint is unfounded or exonerated.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025
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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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Baltimore County - Alcoholic Beverages - Sale or Delivery for Off-Premises Consumption [HB-770]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
Altering the scope of a certain provision prohibiting the retail delivery to a purchaser of alcoholic beverages in Baltimore County under certain circumstances; providing that certain authorization for the holders of certain licenses to sell alcoholic beverages for off-premises consumption in a certain manner applies only if the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore County has adopted certain regulations; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Szeliga
First Reading Economic Matters on 01/29/2025
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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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Election Law - Petitions and Ballot Questions - Contents, Plain Language Requirement, and Procedures [HB-816]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Altering the information that is required to be included on the signature page of a petition seeking to place a question on the ballot and with a question on the ballot; requiring that a certain summary included on the signature page of a petition seeking to place a question on the ballot and a certain statement about a question on the ballot be written in plain language; altering the deadline by which ballot questions must be prepared and certified; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Public Safety - Police Accountability - Investigation Records Relating to Unfounded and Exonerated Complaints [SB-625]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Requiring that all investigation records relating to a complaint of misconduct by a police officer be removed from the police officer's personnel record 3 years after an administrative charging committee or a trial board issues a finding that the complaint is unfounded or exonerated.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Folden
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2025
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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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Election Law - Petitions and Ballot Questions - Contents, Plain Language Requirement, and Procedures [SB-615]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Altering the information that is required to be included on the signature page of a petition seeking to place a question on the ballot and with a question on the ballot; requiring that a certain summary included on the signature page of a petition seeking to place a question on the ballot and a certain statement about a question on the ballot be written in plain language; requiring certain boards of elections to post the text of ballot measures for at least 90 days before the general election; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Hearing Canceled on 03/26/2025