Legislative Research: MD SB479 | 2025 | Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill 479 (Prior Session Legislation)

Other Sessions

Session	Title/Description	Last Action
2026 Regular Session (Introduced)	Exempting a covered building that received a use and occupancy permit before June 1, 2022, from compliance with certain building energy performance standards and energy use intensity targets until it becomes necessary to replace lighting systems, hea... [SB479 2026 Detail][SB479 2026 Text][SB479 2026 Comments]	2026-02-10 Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
2025 Regular Session (Introduced - Dead)	Altering the definition of "covered building" for purposes of certain building energy performance standards to exclude certain public safety, emergency, and public utility buildings. [SB479 2025 Detail][SB479 2025 Text][SB479 2025 Comments]	2025-02-04 Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
2024 Regular Session (Engrossed - Dead)	Altering the distribution of revenue from civil fines collected through the use of work zone speed control systems to include certain distributions for highway and work zone safety purposes; clarifying that a work zone speed control system may be man... [SB479 2024 Detail][SB479 2024 Text][SB479 2024 Comments]	2024-04-04 Referred Rules and Executive Nominations
2023 Regular Session (Introduced - Dead)	Renaming the Governor's Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs to be the Maryland Department of Small, Minority, and Women Business Enterprises; establishing the Department as a principal department of the Executive Branch of State gov... [SB479 2023 Detail][SB479 2023 Text][SB479 2023 Comments]	2023-02-13 Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.
2022 Regular Session (Engrossed - Dead)	Establishing the State Board of On-Site Wastewater Professionals in the Department of the Environment to regulate individuals who provide on-site wastewater services in the State and to establish minimum standards for certain on-site wastewater syste... [SB479 2022 Detail][SB479 2022 Text][SB479 2022 Comments]	2022-04-09 Referred Rules and Executive Nominations
2021 Regular Session (Introduced - Dead)	Altering a certain prohibition to prohibit a person from storing or leaving a firearm in a location where a minor could gain access to the firearm; altering a certain exception to the prohibition; establishing certain exceptions to the prohibition; p... [SB479 2021 Detail][SB479 2021 Text][SB479 2021 Comments]	2021-01-27 Hearing 2/11 at 11:00 a.m.
2020 Regular Session (Introduced - Dead)	Requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission, in consultation with the Anne Arundel County Police Academy, to develop and maintain a uniform statewide training and certification curriculum that includes role-playing exercises to en... [SB479 2020 Detail][SB479 2020 Text][SB479 2020 Comments]	2020-01-29 Hearing 2/13 at 12:00 p.m.
2019 Regular Session (Introduced - Dead)	Requiring the Baltimore Police Department to require responding law enforcement officers to complete certain accident reports for vehicle accidents; requiring an accident report to contain information about the cause of the accident, the conditions a... [SB479 2019 Detail][SB479 2019 Text][SB479 2019 Comments]	2019-03-11 Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
2018 Regular Session (Introduced - Dead)	Requiring a county board of education to award certain elective credit to a high school student who successfully completes a certain college course or a course recognized for credit by an institution of postsecondary education in the State through a ... [SB479 2018 Detail][SB479 2018 Text][SB479 2018 Comments]	2018-03-06 Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
2017 Regular Session (Passed)	Establishing a marketplace license in a specified alcoholic beverages district in Baltimore City; authorizing the Baltimore City Board of License Commissioners to issue the license; authorizing a license holder to obtain a refillable container permit... [SB479 2017 Detail][SB479 2017 Text][SB479 2017 Comments]	2017-05-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 602
2016 Regular Session (Introduced - Dead)	Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $125,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Trustees of the London Town Foundation, Inc. for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, ... [SB479 2016 Detail][SB479 2016 Text][SB479 2016 Comments]	2016-03-14 Hearing 3/14 at 10:30 a.m.
2015 Regular Session (Introduced - Dead)	Altering the maximum amount of noneconomic damages that may be recovered in health care malpractice and other civil actions for a catastrophic injury under specified circumstances; etc. [SB479 2015 Detail][SB479 2015 Text][SB479 2015 Comments]	2015-02-25 Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
2014 Regular Session (Passed)	Requiring, to the extent practicable, that the Board for the Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Company reflect the geographic and demographic, including race and gender, diversity of the State, and that at least one member shall have significant experi... [SB479 2014 Detail][SB479 2014 Text][SB479 2014 Comments]	2014-04-14 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 172
2013 Regular Session (Engrossed - Dead)	Authorizing a person to file a petition for expungement of criminal records if the person was found not criminally responsible under any State or local law that prohibits specified acts; specifying that a petition for expungement based on a finding o... [SB479 2013 Detail][SB479 2013 Text][SB479 2013 Comments]	2013-04-06 Hearing 4/06 at 1:00 p.m.
2012 Regular Session (Passed)	Repealing a requirement that specified patients be seen by specified physicians who supervise specified physician assistants under specified circumstances; and requiring specified delegation agreements to contain a specified statement. [SB479 2012 Detail][SB479 2012 Text][SB479 2012 Comments]	2012-05-02 Approved by the Governor
2011 Regular Session (Passed)	Prohibiting specified entities from being considered a responsible bidder or offeror for specified contracts to provide Maryland Area Regional Commuter (MARC) service unless the entities comply with specified requirements; requiring that, in conjunct... [SB479 2011 Detail][SB479 2011 Text][SB479 2011 Comments]	2011-05-19 Approved by the Governor
2010 Regular Session (Engrossed - Dead)	Requiring the membership of the Maryland Green Building Council to include specified members under specified circumstances; and altering the definition of "high performance building" to include a building that achieves a rating of at least two Green ... [SB479 2010 Detail][SB479 2010 Text][SB479 2010 Comments]	2010-03-31 Hearing 4/7 at 1:00 p.m. (Health and Government Operations)

References Online

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[Senator Jack Bailey MD]	Google Web	Google News	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
[Senator J.B. Jennings MD]	Google Web	Google News	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
[Senator Mary Carozza MD]	Google Web	Google News	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
[Senator William Folden MD]	Google Web	Google News	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
[Senator Stephen Hershey MD]	Google Web	Google News	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
[Senator Justin Ready MD]	Google Web	Google News	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

Legislative Citation

APA

MD SB479 | 2025 | Regular Session. (2025, February 04). LegiScan. Retrieved July 06, 2026, from https://legiscan.com/MD/bill/SB479/2025

MLA

"MD SB479 | 2025 | Regular Session." LegiScan. LegiScan LLC, 04 Feb. 2025. Web. 06 Jul. 2026. <https://legiscan.com/MD/bill/SB479/2025>.

Chicago

"MD SB479 | 2025 | Regular Session." February 04, 2025 LegiScan. Accessed July 06, 2026. https://legiscan.com/MD/bill/SB479/2025.

Turabian

LegiScan. MD SB479 | 2025 | Regular Session. 04 February 2025. https://legiscan.com/MD/bill/SB479/2025 (accessed July 06, 2026).

Subjects

Air Pollution
Emergencies
Energy and Climate
Energy Matters
Environment
Environment, Department of the
Environmental Matters
Public Buildings and Facilities
Rules and Regulations
Safety
Standards and Best Practices
Utilities

Same As/Similar To

Bill	Relationship	Date	Title	Last Action
HB1414	Crossfiled	2025-02-07	Building Energy Performance Standards - Public Safety, Emergency, and Public Utility Buildings - Exclusion (Safe Solutions Now Act of 2025)	Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.