| MD | SB17 | Pass | Authorizing a certain holder of a Class C beer, wine, and liquor license in Anne Arundel County to convert the license to a Class C (veterans' organization) license; reducing from $400 to $300 the annual license fee for a Class C (veterans' organizat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-20
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 783 |
| MD | SB820 | Pass | Increasing from $1,000 to $5,000 the maximum amount of a criminal fine or municipal infraction that may be imposed by a municipality to enforce certain ordinances and resolutions enacted by the municipality.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 570 |
| MD | SB50 | Pass | Altering references to the Annapolis and Anne Arundel County Conference and Visitors Bureau to be Visit Annapolis and Anne Arundel County, Inc.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 535 |
| MD | SB73 | Pass | Renaming the Chesapeake Conservation Corps Program to be the Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr. Chesapeake Conservation and Climate Corps Program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 533 |
| MD | SB41 | Pass | Adding the Comptroller, or the Comptroller's designee, as a member to the Maryland Small Business Retirement Savings Board.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-06
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 292 |
| MD | SB471 | Pass | Altering the requirements of the 3-hour Roadway Safety Driving Education Program established by the Motor Vehicle Administration for certain applicants for driver's licenses; and requiring the Administration to adopt regulations establishing criteria...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-06
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 298 |
| MD | SB603 | Pass | Authorizing the Governor to include in the annual budget bill, beginning in fiscal year 2027, an appropriation of $350,000 to the University of Maryland, College Park Campus TerpsEXCEED (EXperiencing College through Education and Employment Discovery...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-06
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 348 |
| MD | SB911 | Pass | Increasing the amount of a certain property tax exemption for dwelling houses owned by blind individuals or their surviving spouses from $15,000 to $40,000; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2025.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-06
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 285 |
| MD | SB278 | Pass | Establishing rules of interpretation related to the uniformed services; altering the rule of interpretation for "veteran"; and altering the application of certain provisions of law governing personnel and taxation to apply to all uniformed services, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-06
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 258 |
| MD | SB525 | Pass | Authorizing Prince George's County to establish a pilot program allowing a member of the public to submit video evidence of an alleged violation of the Illegal Dumping and Litter Control Law to a certain enforcement unit; requiring the program to all...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-22
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 181 |
| MD | SB814 | Pass | Requiring county governments to make a certain report by July 1 each year to the Department of Planning on the amount, use, and location of the use of county development impact fees, surcharges, and excise taxes; and requiring county governments to m...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-22
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 187 |
| MD | SB502 | Pass | Authorizing the governing body of a county or municipal corporation or the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City to provide a certain property tax credit to certain judicial officers, surviving spouses, or cohabitants; requiring the county or muni...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-22
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 130 |
| MD | SB131 | Pass | Authorizing the governing body of Anne Arundel County or of a municipal corporation in Anne Arundel County to grant, by law, a property tax credit against the personal property tax imposed on personal property of a supermarket that completes certain ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-22
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 176 |
| MD | SB178 | Pass | Altering the name of Arundel Habitat for Humanity, Inc., to be Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake, Incorporated, for purposes of a certain property tax credit against the county or municipal corporation tax imposed on the entity; authorizing the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-22
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 179 |
| MD | SB307 | Pass | Increasing the scholarship award for a student member of the Anne Arundel County Board of Education who completes a full term on the county board from $8,000 to $15,000.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 8 |
| MD | SB683 | Engross
Sine Die | Renaming the Federal Government Shutdown Employee Assistance Loan Fund to be the Federal Government Employee Assistance Loan Fund; authorizing funds appropriated to the Catastrophic Event Account to be expended to assist in funding costs in connectio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-07
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | SB1040 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing the Expedited Hiring Program in the Department of Budget and Management for the purpose of hiring eligible applicants for vacant positions in the State Personnel Management System, subject to certain requirements; authorizing an appointi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-07
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | SB679 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to review the cost reports and other data submitted by each nursing home that participates in the Maryland Medical Assistance Program; and requiring the Department to report the findings resulting from the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-05
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | SB595 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the Comptroller to distribute, for certain fiscal years, from the State Lottery Fund $250,000 of supplemental local impact aid to Anne Arundel County, Howard County, and the City of Laurel from the proceeds of the Racetrax lottery game to b...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-04
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | SB635 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing the Maryland Connectivity Coalition to foster collaboration among State and federal agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and other stakeholders for the purpose of protecting endangered wildlife from habitat fragmentation; requiring t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-01
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | SB472 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county to establish, by law, certain subclasses of real property located within 1 mile of a rail station and to set a special property tax rate for each subclass of t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-26
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | SB342 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting the imposition or application of a method for electing the governing body of a county or municipal corporation that impairs the ability of members of a protected class to elect candidates of the members' choice or influence the outcome of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-26
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | SB414 | Engross
Sine Die | Allowing a parent of a stillborn child a refundable credit of $1,000 against the State income tax for each birth for which a certain certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth or a certificate of fetal death has been issued; and applying the Act to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-15
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | SB706 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to conduct certain prevalence studies concerning problem and pathological mobile gambling, with an initial study to be completed on or before July 1, 2030; requiring the Secretary of Health, on or before No...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-13
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | SB576 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting employers from taking certain adverse actions against an employee or applicant for employment because the employee or applicant declines to attend or participate in employer-sponsored meetings during which the employer communicates the op...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-10
Motion Recommit to Committee (Senator Beidle) Adopted |
| MD | SB330 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering, for purposes of a certain property tax credit for a certain dwelling, the definition of "fallen law enforcement officer or rescue worker" to include disabled law enforcement officers or rescue workers who have died regardless of the cause o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-03
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | SB818 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring each county board of education to collect data on energy usage and report the data collected to the Interagency Commission on School Construction; requiring the Commission to adopt regulations specifying the data to be collected and the mea...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-19
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB470 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the definition of "fantasy competition" for purposes of provisions of law governing fantasy competitions to include certain competitions; requiring the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to establish a certain voluntary exclusion pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-11
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | SB565 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring any person involved in a motor vehicle accident that results in the death of, or a life threatening injury to, another person to submit to breath and blood testing for impaired driving.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-06
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB678 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the Office of the Attorney General to enforce and certain persons to bring a certain civil action regarding a certain provision of law authorizing a nursing home that contracts with or uses an electronic health network or electronic medic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-06
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB716 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the renewable energy portfolio standard; including nuclear energy generated by certain nuclear energy reactors as a Tier 1 renewable source; establishing a certified nuclear renewable energy credit for use in meeting certain renewable energy...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-05
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB772 | Intro
Sine Die | Expanding the eligibility for the Edward T. and Mary A. Conroy Memorial Scholarship Program to include a son, daughter, or stepchild or surviving spouse of a member of the armed forces who is or was eligible for the Chapter 35 Dependent Education Ass...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-05
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB859 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering a certain limit on the unified credit used for determining the estate tax for decedents dying on or after a certain date; altering a certain limitation on the amount of the estate tax for decedents dying on or after a certain date; altering ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-05
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | SB881 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Baltimore region, capital region, and Southern Maryland region transportation authorities to develop and implement certain transportation plans; establishing the Baltimore region, capital region, and Southern Maryland region transpor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-05
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | SB904 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Privacy Protection and Enforcement Unit within the Division of Consumer Protection in the Office of the Attorney General; establishing a data broker registry; requiring certain data brokers to register each year with the Comptroller;...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-05
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | SB654 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission to retain and consult with an independent third-party auditor to conduct an audit of a certain raw water pipeline project; and requiring the auditor to consult with the Office of Legislative Audit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB882 | Intro
Sine Die | Imposing a coal transportation fee on a person that transports coal in the State; providing that the rate of the coal transportation fee is $13 per short ton transported in the State; providing that the fee does not apply to the transportation of coa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-04
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB346 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program to increase the reuse and recycling of beverage containers and reduce the litter, pollution, and costs associated with beverage containers; prohibiting a produ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-03
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB659 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Commissioner of Financial Regulation to adopt consumer protection regulations for domestic electronic funds transfers that apply to financial institutions in the State and are consistent with the federal Electronic Fund Transfer Act; et...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-01
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB490 | Intro
Sine Die | Eliminating citizenship requirements for boards and commissions; and requiring that members of boards, committees, commissions, task forces, and workgroups reflect the full diversity of the State to the extent practicable.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-30
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB551 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting an insurer, with respect to private passenger motor vehicle insurance, from increasing a premium, adding a surcharge, or removing, altering, or refusing to consider a discount based on accidents or losses caused by a collision with a free...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB59 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the definition of "resident" under the Maryland income tax law to provide that an individual who maintains a place of abode in the State for more than 3 months, rather than 6 months, of the taxable year is a resident for income tax purposes ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-15
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | SB325 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the definition of "eligible apprentice" for purposes of a certain credit against the State income tax for the employment of certain eligible apprentices by repealing a certain wage requirement; extending the termination of the credit until J...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-15
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | SB143 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to prepare, install, and maintain certain appraisal aids that consist of a database of statewide and local geographic images; requiring the Department of General Services to procure for the S...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-08
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | SB70 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering, subject to certain limitations, the maximum tax rate that a county may impose on an individual's Maryland taxable income; limiting the number of brackets that a county that imposes the county income tax on a bracket basis may set; and requi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-08
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
