Common Ownership Communities - Reserve Studies - Annual Revisions [HB-1133]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
Authorizing the governing body of a cooperative housing corporation, condominium, or homeowners association to revise a required reserve study at the end of each calendar year to reflect any changes made to the common elements that year.
HB-1133: Common Ownership Communities - Reserve Studies - Annual Revisions
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/03/2025
Fraud Prevention and Worker Protections - Prohibitions, Penalties, and Enforcement [HB-1096]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a person from knowingly making or using, or causing to be made or used, a false record or statement resulting in underpayments of unemployment insurance contributions or payment of unemployment insurance benefits of more than a certain amount; altering the enforcement mechanisms of the Maryland Wage and Hour Law, the Maryland Wage Payment and Collection Law, workplace fraud laws, living wage laws, and prevailing wage laws; etc.
HB-1096: Fraud Prevention and Worker Protections - Prohibitions, Penalties, and Enforcement
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing Canceled on 02/10/2025
Public Utilities - Generating Stations - Generation and Siting (Renewable Energy Certainty Act) [HB-1036]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
Altering the factors the Public Service Commission must consider before taking final action on a certificate of public convenience and necessity; 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 Commission proposed siting and design requirements and licensing conditions; etc.
HB-1036: Public Utilities - Generating Stations - Generation and Siting (Renewable Energy Certainty Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 624 on 05/20/2025
Maryland Voting Rights Act of 2025 - Voter Suppression and Vote Dilution [HB-1043]
[Voting Rights ]
[Elections ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Altering public notice requirements of the State Board of Elections, local boards of elections, and certain municipal corporations with respect to changes in administrative policy affecting voting rights; prohibiting local governments from taking any action related to the election process that results in a disparity between members of a protected class and other members of the electorate or that would deny or impair the right of a protected class member to vote; etc.
HB-1043: Maryland Voting Rights Act of 2025 - Voter Suppression and Vote Dilution
Sponsored by: Rep. Robbyn Lewis
Hearing Canceled on 02/07/2025
Homeowners Associations - Reserve Funding Requirements - Exemption [HB-1041]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Real Estate ]
Providing an exemption to reserve funding requirements for homeowners associations that experience exigent financial circumstances, subject to certain requirements; establishing that a violation of the Act is an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice; and authorizing a certain lot owner to file an action against the governing body of a homeowners association.
Electricity and Gas - Emissions Reductions, Rate Regulation, Cost Recovery, Infrastructure, Planning, Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard, and Energy Assistance Programs (Next Generation Energy Act) [HB-1035]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Climate Change ]
[Housing ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Health ]
Authorizing the Department of Housing and Community Development to issue loans, in addition to grants, for certain purposes relating to reducing direct greenhouse gas emissions from certain multifamily residential buildings; requiring the Maryland Energy Administration, in coordination with the Public Service Commission and the Department of Natural Resources, to pursue certain agreements with neighboring states and federal agencies related to the development of new nuclear energy generation stations; etc.
HB-1035: Electricity and Gas - Emissions Reductions, Rate Regulation, Cost Recovery, Infrastructure, Planning, Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard, and Energy Assistance Programs (Next Generation Energy Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 626 on 05/20/2025
You have voted HB-1035: Electricity and Gas - Emissions Reductions, Rate Regulation, Cost Recovery, Infrastructure, Planning, Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard, and Energy Assistance Programs (Next Generation Energy Act).
Montgomery County - Common Ownership Communities - Disputes, Payments, and Elections MC 11-25 [HB-1117]
[Community Development ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Establishing certain requirements for elections to governing bodies and organizing activities of cooperative housing corporations, condominiums, and homeowners associations in Montgomery County; establishing procedures and requirements during a dispute between a member or an owner and a cooperative housing corporation, condominium, or homeowners association in Montgomery County; etc.
HB-1117: Montgomery County - Common Ownership Communities - Disputes, Payments, and Elections MC 11-25
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2025
Corporations and Associations - Limited Equity Housing Cooperatives - Establishment [HB-1052]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
Authorizing a Maryland nonstock corporation to convert to a limited equity housing cooperative subject to certain requirements; requiring a limited equity housing cooperative for certain households to receive notice and vacate a portion of a certain residential rental facility; requiring a limited equity housing cooperative to reimburse certain households for moving expenses; etc.
Correctional Services - Maryland Parole Commission - Improvements in Transparency and Equity [HB-1147]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the annual report of the Maryland Parole Commission to contain certain information; altering a certain provision of law to require the Commission to provide certain documents to a certain incarcerated individual at a certain time, rather than allow the incarcerated individual to examine the documents on request; requiring the Commission to document, state on the record, provide to an incarcerated individual, and make available to the public certain information; etc.
HB-1147: Correctional Services - Maryland Parole Commission - Improvements in Transparency and Equity
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025
Family Law - Protective Orders - Surrender of Firearms [HB-1050]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering and establishing provisions relating to the surrender of firearms by a respondent under the domestic violence statutes; creating the Task Force to Study the Use of Firearms in Domestic Violence Situations; and requiring the Task Force to submit a report on its recommendations on or before November 15, 2025.
HB-1050: Family Law - Protective Orders - Surrender of Firearms
Sponsored by: Rep. Juanita Bartlett
Hearing Canceled on 02/17/2025
Consumer Protection - Agricultural Equipment Warranties [SB-990]
[Agriculture ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring, to make a claim under a warranty for certain agricultural equipment, a consumer to provide written notice to a certain parties to report a nonconformity, defect, or condition occurring in certain agricultural equipment; requiring certain parties to correct the nonconformity, defect, or condition in a certain manner; requiring certain parties to provide a consumer with the opportunity to replace agricultural equipment or receive a refund under certain circumstances; and applying the Act prospectively.
Baltimore County - Vehicle Laws - Private Roadways in Residential Communities [SB-915]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Community Development ]
Prohibiting, for a certain period of time, a person from driving a motor vehicle in violation of certain provisions of the Maryland Vehicle Law on private roadways in a residential community in Baltimore County; and authorizing, for a certain period of time, a police officer to enforce the Maryland Vehicle Law on private roadways in a certain residential community in Baltimore County.
SB-915: Baltimore County - Vehicle Laws - Private Roadways in Residential Communities
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 421 on 05/06/2025
Garrett County Alcoholic Beverages Act of 2025 [SB-826]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
Establishing certain deluxe complex restaurant and resort complex beer and wine and beer, wine, and liquor licenses in Garrett County; requiring the Board of License Commissioners for Garrett County to hold a hearing for the issuance of certain festival licenses and altering certain notice requirements for the hearing; requiring certain festival license applicants to apply to the Board in a certain manner; clarifying the entities to which the Board may issue certain multiple day and multiple event licenses; etc.
SB-826: Garrett County Alcoholic Beverages Act of 2025
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 791 on 05/20/2025
Public Schools - High School Sports Officials - Payment and Fees [SB-923]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Sports ]
Requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association, to develop and periodically update a list of similar high school sports that are categorized together; requiring a county board of education to ensure that certain high school sports officials for certain high school sports are provided equal pay; and requiring a county board to conduct invitations for bids for high school sports officiating services in a certain manner.
SB-923: Public Schools - High School Sports Officials - Payment and Fees
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 342 on 05/06/2025
Oyster Restoration - Use of Federal Funds - Prohibition [SB-837]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Funding ]
Prohibiting the Department of Natural Resources from using federal funds for oyster restoration projects in State waters from July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2030, both inclusive, subject to a certain exception.
SB-837: Oyster Restoration - Use of Federal Funds - Prohibition
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Hershey
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
Fraud Prevention and Worker Protections - Prohibitions, Penalties, and Enforcement [SB-938]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
Prohibiting a person from knowingly making or using, or causing to be made or used, a false record or statement resulting in underpayments of unemployment insurance contributions or payment of unemployment insurance benefits of more than a certain amount; altering the enforcement mechanisms of the Maryland Wage and Hour Law, the Maryland Wage Payment and Collection Law, workplace fraud laws, living wage laws, and prevailing wage laws; etc.
SB-938: Fraud Prevention and Worker Protections - Prohibitions, Penalties, and Enforcement
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2025
Maryland Self-Service Storage Act - Sale of Personal Property in Satisfaction of Lien - Notice Requirements [SB-844]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Real Estate ]
Requiring an operator of a certain self-service storage facility to notify an occupant in default at least 10 days before conducting a sale of the occupant's property stored in the self-storage facility of the time, place, and terms of the sale by hand delivery, verified mail, or electronic mail at the occupant's last known address; and requiring the operator of a self-storage facility to send a second notice if no response has been received 5 days prior to the sale.
SB-844: Maryland Self-Service Storage Act - Sale of Personal Property in Satisfaction of Lien - Notice Requirements
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 211 on 04/22/2025