Zoning And Planning
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Housing and Community Development - Division of Just Communities - Establishment [SB-890]
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Establishing the Division of Just Communities in the Department of Housing and Community Development; transferring the authority to designate an area as a Just Community from the Governor to the Department; altering the criteria for designating an area as a Just Community; and transferring the administration of the Community Health and Safety Works Grant Program to the Division.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Caroline County - Alcoholic Beverages - Special Event Venue License and Multiple Event Licenses [SB-910]
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Establishing the special event venue beer, wine, and liquor license in Caroline County; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Caroline County to issue the license to the owner of a venue with a certain zoning classification; authorizing holders of certain multiple event licenses in Caroline County to store alcoholic beverages on the licensed premises for use at subsequent events under certain circumstances; requiring a license holder to keep certain records of all alcoholic beverages purchased and sold on the premises; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 830 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Land Use and Real Property - Accessory Dwelling Units - Requirements and Prohibitions [SB-891]
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Establishing the policy of the State to promote and encourage the creation of accessory dwelling units on land with a single-family detached dwelling unit as the primary dwelling unit in order to meet the housing needs of the citizens of the State; requiring, on or before October 1, 2026, the legislative body of certain counties or municipal corporations to adopt a local law authorizing the development of accessory dwelling units on land with a single-family detached dwelling unit as the primary dwelling unit; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 196 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Data Centers - Fast Track Pass for Co-Location and Sales and Use Tax [SB-903]
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[Energy ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Economic Development ]
[Data Privacy ]
Establishing an expedited certificate of public convenience and necessity review process for certain co-located energy generation projects that have received a fast track pass; establishing a Data Center Fast Track Advisory Committee in the Public Service Commission to facilitate the application for and review and awarding of fast track passes; altering the requirements for qualified data center personal property to be eligible to be exempt from the sales and use tax; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester
Hearing Canceled (education, Energy, And The Environment) on 03/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Howard County - Ambient Air Quality Control - Permit Applications, Permit Holders, and Property Tax Credit Ho. Co. 6-25 [SB-966]
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Requiring the Department of the Environment to provide for an informational meeting on an application for an air quality control permit for activities located in Howard County; requiring Howard County to hold a public meeting before verifying that certain zoning and land use requirements are satisfied; requiring certain permit holders in Howard County to provide annual emission reports to certain community associations; authorizing the governing body of Howard County to grant a certain property tax credit; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Hearing Canceled (education, Energy, And The Environment) on 02/19/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Aviation Oversight - BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport Master Plan [SB-973]
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[Infrastructure ]
[Air Quality ]
Requiring the Maryland Aviation Commission to adopt, rather than approve for adoption by the Executive Director of the Maryland Aviation Administration, regulations for the operation of the State-owned airports; altering requirements for meetings and a quorum of the Commission; altering certain powers and duties of the Administration and the Commission; requiring certain contracts to be approved by the Commission; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/03/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Prince George's County - District Council Zoning Laws - Override by Municipal Corporation [SB-832]
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Authorizing a municipal corporation in Prince George's County that is in the regional district to override, by a majority vote of the governing body of the municipal corporation, a certain zoning law made by the district council if the zoning law affects land within the jurisdiction of the municipal corporation.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nick Charles
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Energy Resource Adequacy and Planning Act [SB-909]
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Establishing the Strategic Energy Planning Office; requiring the Office to develop a Comprehensive Wholesale Energy Markets and Bulk Power System Risk Report and examine certain scenarios to support the development of the Risk Report; requiring the Risk Report to assess wholesale energy market financial resource adequacy and reliability risks and to identify any necessary cost-effective solutions that ensure electric system reliability while meeting the State's energy policy goals; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/16/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Howard County - Department of Planning and Zoning - Parking Space Requirements for New Construction Ho. Co. 13-25 [SB-970]
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Requiring the Howard County Department of Planning and Zoning to consider whether pedestrian infrastructure could offset the need for the construction of parking spaces for new construction when determining the minimum number of mandatory parking spaces.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Hearing Canceled on 02/19/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Electricity and Gas - Emissions Reductions, Rate Regulation, Cost Recovery, Infrastructure, Planning, Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard, and Energy Assistance Programs (Next Generation Energy Act) [SB-937]
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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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 625 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Generating Stations - Generation and Siting (Renewable Energy Certainty Act) [SB-931]
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[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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 623 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Prince George's County - Stop Sign Monitoring Systems - School Bus Stops [SB-808]
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[Children and Youth ]
Clarifying that a political subdivision may recover the cost of implementing and administering a stop sign monitoring system from the fines collected by the political subdivision as a result of violations enforced by the stop sign monitoring system; authorizing the use of stop sign monitoring systems within 100 feet of school bus stops in Prince George's County, if authorized by local law or, in the case of school bus stops located on State highways, the State Highway Administration; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Malcolm Augustine
Rereferred To Environment And Transportation on 04/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Baltimore County - Alcoholic Beverages - Class B-OB-CRD (Office Building - Commercial Revitalization District) Beer, Wine, and Liquor License [HB-987]
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Establishing a Class B-OB-CRD (office building - commercial revitalization district) beer, wine, and liquor license in Baltimore County; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore County to issue the license to an establishment that previously had or has a certain zoning classification and is at least a certain distance from a place of worship under certain circumstances and subject to certain limitations; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Szeliga
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 797 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Economic Development - Tax Increment Financing - Noncontiguous Areas [HB-942]
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Authorizing the designation of certain noncontiguous areas as development districts; and requiring the governing body of a political subdivision to limit redevelopment of noncontiguous parcels within a development district for affordable housing that is deed restricted to households whose household income does not exceed 80% of area median income.
Sponsored by: Rep. Matthew Schindler
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/24/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Department of Transportation - Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Expansion - Plans and Programs [HB-897]
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[Technology and Innovation ]
[Infrastructure ]
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[Air Quality ]
[Climate Change ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Transportation, in consultation with the Maryland Energy Administration, to make certain estimations and determinations regarding electric vehicles and electric vehicle charging infrastructure; requiring the Department, in consultation with the Maryland Energy Administration, to develop plans and implement programs to increase the electric vehicle charging infrastructure in the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Moon
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Washington County - Sales and Use Tax Exemption - Target Redevelopment Area [SB-698]
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Providing an exemption from the sales and use tax for certain construction material or warehousing equipment that is purchased for use in the Mount Aetna Technology Park in Washington County.
Sponsored by: Sen. Paul Corderman
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/15/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Property Tax - Special Use Assessment of Country Clubs and Golf Courses - Repeal [HB-874]
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Repealing a special use assessment for property tax purposes for certain country clubs and golf courses and related provisions of law; repealing a certain subclass of real property for land of a country club or golf course; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Transmission Lines - Advanced Transmission Technologies [HB-829]
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[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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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Commission on Indian Affairs - Indian Heritage and Culture Grant Program and Fund [HB-794]
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[Native American Affairs ]
Establishing the Indian Heritage and Culture Grant Program and Fund to preserve Indian tribal history and culture; establishing the Indian Heritage and Culture Grant Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund and requiring interest earnings of the Fund to be credited to the Fund; authorizing the Governor to include in the annual operating budget an appropriation of $500,000 to the Fund; and requiring the Trust and the Commission to report annually on the financial status and activities of the Program and the Fund for the prior fiscal year.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Common Ownership Communities and Zoning Authorities - Operation of Family Child Care Homes - Limitations [HB-785]
[Housing ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Community Development ]
Prohibiting a provision in certain documents of certain cooperative housing corporations from prohibiting or restricting the establishment or operation of certain family child care homes; prohibiting a provision in certain documents of certain cooperative housing corporations from limiting the number of children for which certain family child care homes provide family child care below the number authorized by the State Department of Education; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 375 on 05/06/2025