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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Election Law - Influence on a Voter's Voting Decision By Use of Fraud - Prohibition [SB-361]
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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 Transportation Authority - Video Toll Facilities - Study on Image Capture of License Plates [SB-339]
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[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring the Maryland Transportation Authority to conduct a study on the feasibility of capturing the image of only the rear license plate of a vehicle at video toll facilities in the State; and requiring the Authority to report its findings on or before December 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Watson
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Child Pornography - Prohibitions and Penalties [HB-364]
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[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
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Prohibiting a person from possessing more than 100 images of certain child pornography or possessing or viewing images of certain child pornography depicting a minor or an individual indistinguishable from an actual and identifiable child under the age of 13 years; providing that a violation of the Act is a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 10 years; and providing that a sentence under the Act may be separate from and consecutive to or concurrent with a sentence imposed for certain other crimes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gabriel Acevero
Hearing 2/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Elections - Local Boards of Elections - Open Meeting Requirements (Local Boards of Elections Transparency Act) [HB-412]
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Requiring each local board of elections to make available on its website each open meeting agenda, a summary of any finalized documents, certain written testimony, and other materials on which the board will be voting; requiring each local board to provide live video streaming of each open meeting and to maintain a complete and unedited archived video recording of each open meeting for 5 years; requiring the State Board of Elections to adopt regulations to ensure that the streaming requirements are met in a certain manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marc Korman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 303 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Elections - Local Boards of Elections - Open Meeting Requirements (Local Boards of Elections Transparency Act) [SB-337]
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[Technology and Innovation ]
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[Cybersecurity ]
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Requiring each local board of elections to make available on its website each open meeting agenda, a summary of any finalized documents, certain written testimony, and other materials on which the board will be voting; requiring each local board to provide live video streaming of each open meeting and to maintain a complete and unedited archived video recording of each open meeting for 5 years; requiring the State Board of Elections to adopt regulations to ensure that the streaming requirements are met in a certain manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 304 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Petition to Reduce Sentence (Maryland Second Look Act) [SB-291]
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Authorizing an individual who is serving a term of confinement to petition a court to reduce the sentence or sentences under certain circumstances; and establishing procedures for a proceeding under the Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Sydnor
Hearing 1/30 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/16/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Security Guards and Security Guard Employers - Registration, Certification, and Regulation [SB-299]
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[Crime ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
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Providing that a cannabis agent who is employed to provide security services for a cannabis licensee or cannabis registrant as a security guard or by a security guard agency is not required to obtain a State or national criminal history records check if the cannabis agent is authorized to provide security guard services; altering the definition of "security guard employer" for purposes of certain provisions of law to exclude video lottery facilities, sports wagering facility licenses, and health care facilities; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 703 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Davis Martinez Public Employee Safety and Health Act [HB-176]
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[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Correctional Training Commission to adopt regulations for the training, issuance, and use of body-worn cameras by January 1, 2026; establishing the Public Employees' Safety and Health Unit in the Division of Labor and Industry to administer and enforce certain duties regarding the oversight of workplace safety and health of employees of certain public bodies; establishing and applying certain civil and criminal penalties to public bodies and persons in government; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Solomon
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 609 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Internet Gaming - Authorization and Implementation [HB-17]
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[Consumer Protection ]
Authorizing the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to issue certain licenses to certain qualified applicants to conduct or participate in certain Internet gaming operations in the State; requiring the Commission to regulate Internet gaming and the conduct of Internet gaming in the State; requiring an Internet gaming licensee to require individuals to provide proof of the registration in order to participate in Internet gaming; submitting the Act to a referendum; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary
Hearing 2/10 At 11:00 A.m. on 01/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Incarcerated Seniors - Motion to Reduce the Duration of a Sentence [SB-141]
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[Criminal Justice ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing an individual who is at least 60 years old and has been imprisoned for at least 20 years to file a motion to reduce the duration of the individual's sentence; requiring the court to conduct a hearing on a motion to reduce the duration of a sentence, unless the court has held a hearing on a similar motion in the preceding 5 years; and requiring a court to consider enumerated factors in determining whether to grant a motion to reduce the duration of a sentence and to issue its decision in writing or on the record in open court.
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris West
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 01/27/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance - Authorized Interception of Oral Communications - Cellular Telephones and Security Cameras [SB-61]
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Establishing that it is lawful for a person to use a cellular telephone or another device to intercept an oral communication in public if the speaker should reasonably anticipate that the oral communication would be overheard or intercepted; and establishing that it is lawful for a person to use a security camera or another device installed on or about certain real property to intercept an oral communication on the property.
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris West
Hearing 1/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/09/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Safety - Safe Neighborhoods - Pilot Program [HB-283]
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[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Requiring the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services to establish a Safe Neighborhoods Pilot Program to provide doorbell cameras or security systems with doorbell cameras to residents of high-crime areas; requiring the Office to report to the General Assembly by December 31, 2027, regarding the usefulness and viability of the Program based on a cost-benefit analysis; and requiring the Governor to include $5,000,000 in the annual budget bill in fiscal year 2027 and each fiscal year thereafter for the Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Caylin Young
Hearing 1/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Davis Martinez Public Employee Safety and Health Act [SB-26]
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[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Health ]
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Requiring the Correctional Training Commission to adopt regulations for the training, issuance, and use of body-worn cameras by January 1, 2026; establishing the Public Employees' Safety and Health Unit in the Division of Labor and Industry to administer and enforce certain duties regarding the oversight of workplace safety and health of employees of certain public bodies; establishing and applying certain civil and criminal penalties to public bodies and persons in government; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Kramer
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 608 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Consumer Protection – False Advertising – Digital Goods [HB-208]
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[Technology and Innovation ]
[Media and Advertising ]
Prohibiting a person that is a seller from advertising or offering for sale a digital good using certain terminology unless, before executing the sale, a certain affirmative acknowledgment is received from the purchaser or a certain clear and conspicuous statement is provided by the seller; and establishing that a violation of the Act is an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice subject to certain enforcement and penalty provisions.
Sponsored by: Rep. Andrew Pruski
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 206 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Social Media Platforms - Vloggers and Video Content Featuring Minors [SB-1162]
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[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Human Rights ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring a vlogger who creates video content that is posted on a social media platform and features a certain minor child to compensate the child under certain circumstances; establishing requirements on social media platforms relating to deleting video content featuring minor children; applying certain requirements related to the labor of minors to children compensated by vloggers; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/11/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Internet Gaming - Authorization and Implementation [HB-1319]
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[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Authorizing the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to issue certain licenses to certain qualified applicants to conduct or participate in certain Internet gaming operations in the State; authorizing the Governor, on recommendation of the Commission, to enter into certain multijurisdictional Internet gaming agreements; providing that certain payments to certain former video lottery employees may not be subtracted from the calculation of a certain benefit; submitting the Act to a referendum; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary
Hearing 3/26 At 12:00 P.m. on 03/21/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Courts - Immunity From Liability - Maryland Safe Haven Program [HB-1323]
[Children and Youth ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering, clarifying, and expanding certain provisions of law relating to the immunity from liability of a parent who leaves an unharmed newborn with a responsible adult within 60 days of the birth under certain circumstances; requiring the Secretary of Human Services to develop, implement, and maintain a public information program to inform the public about the Maryland Safe Haven Program; and requiring the Secretary of Human Services to submit a report to the General Assembly about the Maryland Safe Haven Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. William Wivell
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws – Interstate Highways – Interstate Speed Monitoring Systems [HB-1186]
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[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Infrastructure ]
Requiring the State Highway Administration to install and use at least one interstate speed monitoring system on each interstate highway; establishing procedures for implementing and using an interstate speed monitoring system; requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission, in consultation with the State Highway Administration to develop a training program on the oversight and administration of an interstate speed monitoring program, including a curriculum of best practices in the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ric Metzgar
Hearing 2/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Local Government – Building Permits for Residential Solar Energy and Residential Energy Storage Systems – Required Platform and Inspections [HB-1265]
[Energy ]
[Housing ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Construction ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring a county or municipality to implement the web-based platform SolarAPP+ for features supporting the tracking and approval of residential building permits for certain residential solar energy projects, residential energy storage projects, and main electric panel alterations by a certain date except under certain circumstances; requiring a county or municipality to adopt certain procedures for required inspections for a certain building permit under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Local Boards of Elections - Maintenance and Public Disclosure of Election Records [HB-1222]
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[Voting Rights ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring each local board of elections to maintain certain records, including all election data, absentee ballot requests, and voter registration lists, for at least 10 years and organized by election year; requiring an election director or a representative of a local board to make certain records available for public inspection immediately and to post certain records on the local board's website on request; and authorizing a person to enforce a certain request by filing a petition for a writ of mandamus.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2024