| MD | HB176 | Pass | Requiring the Correctional Training Commission to adopt regulations for the training, issuance, and use of body-worn cameras by January 1, 2026; establishing the Public Employees' Safety and Health Unit in the Division of Labor and Industry to admini...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-20
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 609 |
| MD | SB26 | Pass | Requiring the Correctional Training Commission to adopt regulations for the training, issuance, and use of body-worn cameras by January 1, 2026; establishing the Public Employees' Safety and Health Unit in the Division of Labor and Industry to admini...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-20
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 608 |
| MD | SB200 | Pass | Renaming the Board of Trustees of the Maryland Teachers and State Employees Supplemental Retirement Plans to be the Board of Trustees of the Maryland State Employees Supplemental Retirement Plans; and providing that the Board of Trustees of the Maryl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-20
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 616 |
| MD | SB296 | Pass | Authorizing the Public Access Ombudsman to delegate to a staff member of the Office of Public Access Ombudsman any of the powers and duties granted to the Ombudsman that are appropriate to the staff member's training and expertise.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-20
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 665 |
| MD | HB331 | Pass | Authorizing the Public Access Ombudsman to delegate to a staff member of the Office of the Public Access Ombudsman any of the powers and duties granted to the Ombudsman that are appropriate to the staff member's training and expertise.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-20
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 664 |
| MD | SB374 | Pass | Requiring counties that offer self-insured employee health benefit plans to provide to firefighters employed by the county coverage for preventive cancer screenings in accordance with certain guidelines; authorizing a county to satisfy the requiremen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-20
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 656 |
| MD | SB373 | Pass | Altering the collective bargaining process between the State and uniformed fire employees of the BWI Airport Fire and Rescue Department by requiring the parties to reach a collective bargaining agreement on or before September 30 of the year in which...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-20
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 653 |
| MD | HB459 | Pass | Requiring counties that offer self-insured employee health benefit plans to provide to firefighters employed by the county coverage for preventive cancer screenings in accordance with certain guidelines; authorizing a county to satisfy the requiremen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-20
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 655 |
| MD | SB457 | Pass | Requiring the State Retirement and Pension System to convene a workgroup to study transfers of member service between State and local retirement and pension systems; and requiring the Agency to submit a report of the workgroup's findings and recommen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-20
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 768 |
| MD | HB599 | Pass | Altering the collective bargaining process between the State and uniformed fire employees of the BWI Airport Fire and Rescue Department by requiring the parties to reach a collective bargaining agreement on or before September 30 of the year in which...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-20
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 654 |
| MD | HB584 | Pass | Requiring the State Retirement and Pension System to convene a workgroup to study transfers of member service between State and local retirement and pension systems; and requiring the Agency to submit a report of the Workgroup's findings and recommen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-20
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 769 |
| MD | SB547 | Pass | Establishing the Commission to Study Health Insurance Pooling to study the pooling of public employee health insurance purchasing between the State, counties, municipal corporations, and county boards of education in the State to maximize value and e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-20
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 741 |
| MD | SB612 | Pass | Establishing that an individual who, after earning service credit sufficient for a vested allowance in the State Police Retirement System, the Correctional Officers' Retirement System, or the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System, separates from s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-20
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 771 |
| MD | HB859 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange to promote access to health insurance for child care professionals; and requiring the Exchange to conduct a survey, in consultation with the State Department of Education and relevant nonprofit organizat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-20
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 679 |
| MD | SB693 | Pass | Clarifying that the maximum average final compensation that certain retirees of the State Retirement and Pension System is to be based on the minimum annual salary on the standard State pay scale as of January 1 of the preceding calendar year in orde...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-20
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 775 |
| MD | SB692 | Pass | Altering certain due dates of certain reports from the State Retirement and Pension System; and clarifying the eligibility requirements of State Police Retirement System members to participate in the Deferred Retirement Option Program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-20
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 766 |
| MD | HB886 | Pass | Establishing that an individual who, after earning service credit sufficient for a vested allowance in the State Police Retirement System, the Correctional Officers' Retirement System, or the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System, separates from s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-20
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 770 |
| MD | HB1028 | Pass | Clarifying that the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System shall pay certain incentive compensation to the Chief Investment Officer for the State Retirement and Pension System if the Chief Investment Officer retires from the In...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-20
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 773 |
| MD | SB810 | Pass | Clarifying that the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System shall pay certain incentive compensation to the Chief Investment Officer for the State Retirement and Pension System if the Chief Investment Officer retires from the In...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-20
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 772 |
| MD | HB1034 | Pass | Altering certain due dates of certain reports from the State Retirement and Pension System; and clarifying the eligibility requirements of State Police Retirement System members to participate in the Deferred Retirement Option Program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-20
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 767 |
| MD | HB1033 | Pass | Clarifying that the maximum average final compensation that certain retirees of the State Retirement and Pension System is to be based on the minimum annual salary on the standard State pay scale as of January 1 of the preceding calendar year in orde...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-20
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 774 |
| MD | SB862 | Pass | Requiring the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System to certify certain employer contribution rates each fiscal year; requiring the employer contribution rates to include recognition of certain administrative and operational ex...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-20
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 765 |
| MD | HB1072 | Pass | Requiring the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System to certify certain employer contribution rates each fiscal year; requiring the employer contribution rates to include recognition of certain administrative and operational ex...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-20
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 764 |
| MD | HB1253 | Pass | Establishing the Department of Social and Economic Mobility; providing for the Secretary of Social and Economic Mobility; providing the purpose of the Department is to provide support for units of State government, individuals, and businesses for the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-20
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 605 |
| MD | HB1503 | Pass | Requiring the Secretary of Budget and Management and the governing body of a public institution of higher education to adopt regulations governing paid family and medical leave benefits for Executive Branch employees; establishing certain parameters ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-20
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 606 |
| MD | HB333 | Veto | Establishing the Healthcare Ecosystem Stakeholder Cybersecurity Workgroup to develop strategies to prevent cybersecurity disruptions to the healthcare ecosystem, ensure the continuous delivery of essential healthcare ecosystem services, and enhance r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-16
Vetoed by the Governor (Policy) |
| MD | HB482 | Veto | Providing that "department" does not include the Maryland Department of Health or the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services for purposes of certain provisions prohibiting a department from refusing to issue an occupational license or ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-16
Vetoed by the Governor (Policy) |
| MD | HB1126 | Pass | Establishing a Child Support Arrearage to Work Pilot Program within the Department of Labor to connect individuals who are unemployed and in arrears under a child support order with employment opportunities in the State; and requiring the Department ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 579 |
| MD | HB1473 | Pass | Requiring the Governor's Office of Immigrant Affairs and the Department of Disabilities to convene the Maryland Language Advisory Group, by January 1, 2026, to make findings and recommendations on oversight, monitoring, investigation, and enforcement...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 434 |
| MD | SB275 | Pass | Establishing rules of interpretation related to the uniformed services; altering the rule of interpretation for "veteran"; requiring the Secretary of Veterans and Military Families to develop certain policies related to life transitions of veterans, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-06
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 253 |
| MD | HB448 | Pass | Establishing rules of interpretation related to the uniformed services; altering the rule of interpretation for "veteran"; requiring the Secretary of Veterans and Military Families to develop certain policies related to life transitions of veterans, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-06
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 254 |
| MD | HB795 | Pass | Establishing requirements related to the certification of employment by public service employers under the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, including requirements regarding determinations of whether employees are full-time; and requir...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-06
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 324 |
| MD | HB643 | Pass | Expanding the eligibility for the Janet L. Hoffman Loan Assistance Repayment Program to include individuals who received a certain degree from an accredited veterinary school and provided veterinary services in the State for not less than 5 years or ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-06
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 388 |
| 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 | HB691 | 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 257 |
| MD | HB1424 | Pass | 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 connected to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-22
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 97 |
| MD | SB251 | Pass | Altering the format of training on the requirements of the Maryland Public Ethics Law provided by the State Ethics Commission to certain State employees and regulated lobbyists to be either through online training or live presentation; and altering t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 74 |
| MD | HB230 | Pass | Altering the format and content of training on the requirements of the Maryland Public Ethics Law provided by the State Ethics Commission to certain State employees and regulated lobbyists to be either through online training or live presentation on ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 73 |
| MD | HB502 | Pass | Establishing the Office of Disability Employment Advancement and Policy within the Department of Disabilities; establishing the Maryland as a Model Employer Initiative within the Office of Disability Employment Advancement and Policy to facilitate ef...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 1 |
| 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 | SB433 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing the Office of Disability Employment Advancement and Policy within the Department of Disabilities; establishing the Maryland as a Model Employer Initiative within the Office of Disability Employment Advancement and Policy to facilitate ef...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-04
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | SB611 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange to promote access to health insurance for child care professionals; and requiring the Exchange to conduct a survey, developed in consultation with the State Department of Education and relevant nonprofit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-04
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | HB338 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting a person from disposing of yard waste collected on the grounds of a State building or State highway in a single-use plastic container; requiring a person to collect yard waste on the grounds of a State building or State highway in a conta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-02
Second Reading Passed |
| MD | SB977 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting a certain person in possession of certain data, information, and records from sharing or otherwise making the data, information, and records available under certain circumstances; altering certain provisions of law to require a law enforc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-26
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB159 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering the collective bargaining process for certain State employees, including by requiring the selection of a neutral arbitrator to oversee all aspects of collective bargaining, establishing a process of arbitration in the event of impasse, and p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-25
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | SB270 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the State Board of Trustees of the Maryland Teachers and State Employees Supplemental Retirement Plans to implement an automatic enrollment arrangement for State employees who are hired on or after January 1, 2026; authorizing certain emplo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-19
To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | SB523 | Engross
Sine Die | Providing that certain State employees are entitled to up to 4 hours of paid cancer screening leave in any 12-month period after obtaining approval from their appointing authorities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-19
To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | HB807 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing the position and responsibilities of the State Chief Data Officer; establishing the Office of Enterprise Data in the Department of Information Technology and the responsibilities of the Office; requiring each unit of State government to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-17
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB107 | Engross
Sine Die | Providing that it is lawful for a person to intercept an oral communication if the person is working as a fair housing tester for a fair housing testing program operated by the federal government, the State, a local government, or a nonprofit civil r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB667 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing November 1 as Maryland Emancipation Day and as a State legal holiday and State employee holiday; and repealing the requirement that the Governor declare a certain day as Maryland Emancipation Day.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-13
To House Health and Government Operations Committee |
