Zoning And Planning
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Local Comprehensive Planning and State Economic Growth, Resource Protection, and Planning Policy - Planning Principles [SB-266]
[Environmental ]
[Economic Development ]
[Community Development ]
Providing certain planning principles that are collectively intended to create sustainable communities and to protect the environment utilizing active public participation; altering the State Economic Growth, Resource Protection, and Planning Policy to consist of planning principles for advancing sustainable growth in the State; and requiring the publisher of the Annotated Code of Maryland, along with the Department of Legislative Services, to correct cross-references and terminology in the Code that are rendered incorrect by the Act.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 64 on 04/08/2025
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Restrictions on Use - Solar Collector Systems - Alteration [HB-4]
[Energy ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Environmental ]
[Construction ]
Prohibiting a restriction on land use that increases the cost of installing a solar collector system by at least 5% over a certain cost or that reduces the efficiency of the system by at least 10% under a certain energy generation level; authorizing a community association to impose certain restrictions on the installation of solar collector systems in common areas or common elements; authorizing a community association to install a solar collector system in common areas or common elements under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephanie Smith
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 517 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Transportation - Consolidated Transportation Program - Prioritization (Transportation Investment Priorities Act of 2025) [SB-198]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Altering the required elements of the Consolidated Transportation Program and Maryland Transportation Plan; requiring a certain advisory committee to advise the Department of Transportation on the Maryland Transportation Plan; requiring the Department to develop a certain project-based scoring system and solicit requests from certain entities for major surface transportation projects; requiring the Department to evaluate and score certain major surface transportation projects; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Hearing 1/29 At 10:30 A.m. on 01/15/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Transportation – Consolidated Transportation Program – Prioritization (Transportation Investment Priorities Act of 2025) [HB-20]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Altering the required elements of the Consolidated Transportation Program and Maryland Transportation Plan; requiring a certain advisory committee to advise the Department of Transportation on the Maryland Transportation Plan; requiring the Department to develop a certain project-based scoring system and solicit requests from certain entities for major surface transportation projects; requiring the Department to evaluate and score certain major surface transportation projects; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. (appropriations) on 01/31/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Economic Development - West North Avenue Development Authority - Alterations [SB-4]
[Economic Development ]
[Community Development ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Altering the administration and membership of the West North Avenue Development Authority; specifying the powers and duties of the Authority; requiring the Authority to take certain actions regarding the finances of the Authority; exempting the Authority from certain taxation or assessments under certain circumstances; establishing the West North Avenue Development Authority Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; and altering the termination date of the Authority from September 30, 2026 to September 30, 2029.
Sponsored by: Sen. Antonio Hayes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 216 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Speed Monitoring Systems - Penalties [SB-118]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the penalties for a civil citation issued as a result of a recorded image produced by a speed monitoring system; requiring the State Highway Administration to convene a workgroup to study best practices regarding speed monitoring systems in school zones; and requiring the Administration to submit the findings and any recommendations of the study to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher
Third Reading Passed (37-10) on 04/02/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Land Use - Transit-Oriented Development - Alterations [HB-80]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Housing ]
[Construction ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Community Development ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Real Estate ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
Altering the authority of local legislative bodies to regulate land use planning on certain land that is located within 0.25 miles of a rail transit station that receives at least hourly service on average from 8:00 A.M. until 6:00 P.M. Monday through Friday; exempting certain transit-oriented development from certain provisions of State procurement law; and adding the use of project labor agreements as a scoring preference for projects financed by the Transit-Oriented Development Capital Grant and Revolving Loan Fund.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Hearing Canceled on 03/26/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Economic Development - West North Avenue Development Authority - Alterations [HB-258]
[Economic Development ]
[Community Development ]
[Taxes ]
[Funding ]
Altering the administration and membership of the West North Avenue Development Authority; specifying the powers and duties of the Authority, subject to certain limitations; requiring the Authority to take certain actions regarding the finances of the Authority; exempting the Authority from certain taxation or assessments under certain circumstances; establishing the West North Avenue Development Authority Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; altering the termination date of the Authority; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Melissa Wells
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 215 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Department of Planning - Modernization [SB-236]
[Elections ]
[Environmental ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Requiring the State Administrator of Elections to immediately send electronically the description and map related to a new or changed precinct boundary to the Secretary of Planning; altering a requirement that the Department of the Environment submit certain proposals to the Department of Planning under certain circumstances; altering certain requirements related to the Department of Planning preparing certain population projections; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 62 on 04/08/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Speed Monitoring Systems - Penalties [HB-182]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Education ]
Altering the penalties for a civil citation issued as a result of a recorded image produced by a speed monitoring system; requiring the State Highway Administration to convene a workgroup to study best practices regarding speed monitoring systems in school zones; and requiring the workgroup to submit its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 505 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Transportation – Major Highway Capacity Expansion Projects and Impact Assessments (Transportation and Climate Alignment Act of 2025) [HB-84]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Climate Change ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Air Quality ]
Requiring the Department of Transportation, as part of the planning and implementation of certain major highway expansion projects, to perform an impact assessment of the project and develop and implement a corresponding multimodal transportation program; requiring the Department, beginning with a certain Consolidated Transportation Program, to evaluate certain major capital projects for their impact on greenhouse gas emissions and vehicle miles traveled; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Edelson
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/24/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Economic Development - County or Municipal Corporation Economic Development Authority - Powers and Use of Proceeds [HB-97]
[Economic Development ]
[Community Development ]
[Finance ]
[Taxes ]
Expanding the acceptable names authorized for an economic development authority established by a county or municipal corporation; expanding the powers of an authority, subject to limitations in the articles of incorporation of the authority; authorizing an authority to issue certain bonds in accordance with certain requirements; expanding the authorized uses of tax increment proceeds; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lily Qi
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. (ways And Means) on 01/31/2025
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Real Estate Brokers - Commercial Transactions - Buyer's Rights [SB-1169]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Establishing certain requirements and prohibitions for commercial real estate transactions related to a buyer's right to make certain title, settlement, and escrow selections.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Hershey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 199 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Transportation – Regional Transportation Authorities [SB-1126]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Baltimore Region, Capital Region, and Southern Maryland Region transportation authorities to develop and implement certain congestion relief plans; establishing the Baltimore Region, Capital Region, and Southern Maryland Region congestion relief funds as special, nonlapsing funds; requiring the Department of Transportation, in consultation with the Comptroller, to study and report on the feasibility of creating local-option transportation revenues to fund the regional transportation authorities; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy King
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Land Use - Southern Maryland Code Counties - Subdivision Regulations - Property Dedication and Fee [HB-1321]
[Real Estate ]
[Recreation ]
[Community Development ]
Authorizing a Southern Maryland code county to provide in the county's subdivision regulations for a dedication of real property for recreation, or the payment of a fee in lieu of dedication, to be used by the county for the purchase, development, and improvement of real property for recreational facilities.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 675 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Solar Energy and Energy Storage - Development and State Procurement [HB-1328]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Climate Change ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
Authorizing a county to enact a local law creating a conservation and restoration fund for a certain purpose; establishing the Utility-Scale Solar Design and Siting Commission in the Power Plant Research Program to provide recommendations related to solar energy development and land conservation and preservation; requiring the owner or operator of a certain solar energy generating station to plant and maintain a certain cover crop on certain land and submit a certain vegetation management plan to a certain entity; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brian Crosby
First Reading Economic Matters And Appropriations on 02/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Facilities - Disabilities and Juveniles - Community Relations Plans [HB-1359]
[Disabilities ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Community Development ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring that certain regulations adopted by the Department of Juvenile Services governing juvenile care facilities and juvenile detention facilities include a requirement for the establishment, implementation, and review of certain community relations plans that include descriptions of certain processes and procedures; and requiring certain State residential centers and private group homes to establish, implement, and revise certain community relations plans.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/04/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Electricity - Offshore Wind Projects - Alterations [HB-1296]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Environmental ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to open a revised Round 2 proceeding on June 1, 2024, to evaluate certain offshore wind projects; prohibiting the Commission from approving an application for an offshore wind project unless the application includes commitments for in-State expenditures and investments; requiring the Commission to develop a certain plan to include a schedule of offshore wind energy procurements and proposed amounts of offshore wind energy for procurement through 2031; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 431 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
County Tier 1 Renewable Sources – Generating Systems, Capacity, and Generation – Prohibition, Studies, and Plans [HB-1407]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Science ]
[Climate Change ]
[Construction ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Prohibiting counties from establishing zoning laws or other regulations that restrict or prohibit the construction or operation of Tier 1 renewable source generating systems or facilities; requiring the Public Service Commission to study the electricity demand in each county and determine the amount of capacity of, and energy generation from, Tier 1 renewable sources needed in each county for the State to meet certain renewable energy portfolio standard requirements; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson
Favorable Report By Economic Matters on 02/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Economic Development - Tourism Zones - Designation and Benefits [HB-1281]
[Economic Development ]
[Tourism ]
[Taxes ]
[Arts and Culture ]
Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipality to designate, by law, an area within that political subdivision as a tourism zone under certain circumstances; providing that the designation of an area as a tourism zone may not preclude the area from also being designated as an arts and entertainment district; authorizing a county or municipality to exempt from the admissions and amusement tax gross receipts from certain admissions or amusement charges levied in a tourism zone; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 239 on 04/25/2024