Sen. Cheryl Kagan
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Commissioned Public Art - Artist Rights [SB-1006]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Prohibiting an entity from including in a contract for State public art a provision requiring artists to waive copyright protections or certain rights; defining "State public art" as public art commissioned for a project that receives State funding, regardless of whether the State funding directly paid for the public art; and prohibiting enforcement of a certain waiver in an existing contract.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Hearing 3/12 At 3:00 P.m. on 03/10/2025
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Chesapeake Conservation Corps Program - Renaming [SB-73]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
Renaming the Chesapeake Conservation Corps Program to be the Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr. Chesapeake Conservation and Climate Corps Program.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 533 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Adult Education - High School Diploma by Examination - Requirements and Study [SB-451]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to allow an individual to take all components of the General Educational Development Test in either English or Spanish; and requiring the Department to study the feasibility and cost of offering the examination in additional languages and to report its findings and recommendations to certain committees of the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 327 on 05/06/2025
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State Library Agency - Family Literacy Pilot Program - Establishment [SB-378]
[Libraries ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing the Family Literacy Pilot Program administered by the State Library Agency in consultation with the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services and the Correctional Education Council to foster and strengthen family relationships by enabling certain incarcerated individuals to read aloud to their children by preparing a recording of a children's book; and requiring the State Library Agency to submit a report to the General Assembly on the results of the Program on or before December 1, 2028.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 368 on 05/06/2025
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Electric Companies - Regional Transmission Organizations - Report (Utility Transparency and Accountability Act) [SB-37]
[Energy ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring an electric company, other than a municipal electric utility, by February 1 each year, to submit a report to the Public Service Commission regarding each recorded vote cast by the electric company and any of State affiliate of the electric company at a meeting of a regional transmission organization.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 438 on 05/13/2025
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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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 342 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland Inventory of Cemeteries and Burial Sites Workgroup - Establishment [SB-354]
[Community Development ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing the Maryland Inventory of Cemeteries and Burial Sites Workgroup for the purpose of studying issues related to the establishment and maintenance of a State cemetery inventory system; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor by December 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 412 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland Cybersecurity Council - Alterations [SB-294]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
Altering the selection of the membership and chair of the Maryland Cybersecurity Council; requiring, beginning October 1, 2025, and every 2 years thereafter, the Council to elect a chair and vice chair from among the members of the Council; and requiring the Council, working with certain entities, to assess and address cybersecurity threats and associated risks from artificial intelligence and quantum computing.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 628 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
General Provisions - Veterans Benefits - Honorable Discharge [SB-491]
[Veterans ]
Defining "honorable discharge" with respect to any State program of benefits, rights, or privileges applicable to a veteran to include certain discharges.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 271 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Libraries - Automated External Defibrillator Program (Raymono A. Russell Act) [SB-369]
[Public Health ]
[Libraries ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
Requiring certain libraries, beginning January 1, 2026, to place an automated external defibrillator in a certain area and maintain the functionality of the automated external defibrillator and comply with the Public Access Automated External Defibrillator Program; granting certain immunities to libraries and individuals for certain acts or omissions under certain circumstances; requiring the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems to submit a certain report by December 1, 2026; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 613 on 05/20/2025