| MD | HB9 | Pass | Altering certain definitions related to the Food Resiliency Council; defining what constitutes "healthy food priority areas" as predominantly lower-income areas that have limited access to retail outlets that sell, affordable, healthy foods; defining...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 496 |
| MD | SB154 | Pass | Extending through fiscal year 2028 distributions by the Comptroller from funds gained from abandoned property in the State to the Access to Counsel in Evictions Special Fund; altering the staff and duties of the Access to Counsel in Evictions Task Fo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 457 |
| MD | SB164 | Pass | Replacing obsolete references to the Maryland State Firemen's Association with references to the Maryland State Firefighters Association; and replacing related terminology.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 513 |
| MD | HB491 | Pass | Authorizing the St. Mary's County Metropolitan Commission to discontinue all or part of water or sewer service provided to an improved private property determined to be unsafe, unfit, or unsuitable for human occupancy due to an accident, artificial d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 599 |
| MD | SB425 | Pass | Altering the factors that the Department of the Environment is required to consider in establishing a certain fee; requiring the Department to use certain excess fees collected from certain generators of coal combustion by-products for certain purpos...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 529 |
| MD | HB580 | Pass | Replacing obsolete references to the Maryland State Firemen's Association with references to the Maryland State Firefighters Association; and replacing related terminology.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 514 |
| MD | HB658 | Pass | Authorizing the Secretary of Higher Education and the State Superintendent of Schools to select a designee to serve on the Juvenile Services Education Board; altering the terms of membership for the Board; and altering certain requirements for meetin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 456 |
| MD | SB533 | Pass | Altering the deadlines for the completion of the process of review and investigation by a certain investigating unit through disposition by an administrative charging committee under certain circumstances; and requiring a law enforcement agency to fi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 493 |
| MD | HB731 | Pass | 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] | 2025-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 549 |
| MD | HB720 | Pass | Repealing provisions of law relating to the Somers Cove Marina Commission, the Somers Cove Marina Improvement Fund, and the operation of Somers Cove Marina; requiring the Secretary to develop a master plan for the operation and improvement of service...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 444 |
| MD | HB717 | Pass | Altering provisions of law regarding the acquisition of real property by the Department of Natural Resources; establishing a Land and Property Management Program in the Department to process certain transactions; authorizing the Department and the N...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 443 |
| MD | HB783 | Pass | Requiring applicants for renewal of certain licenses and certain certificates issued by certain health occupation boards to attest that the applicant completed an implicit bias and structural racism training program, rather than an implicit bias trai...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 478 |
| MD | SB696 | Pass | Specifying that the scope of the Maryland Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Registry and Referral System includes both private and State inpatient and outpatient mental health and substance use services; requiring the Maryland Department of He...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 480 |
| MD | HB964 | Pass | Establishing the Task Force on the Displacement of Residents of Emory Grove to study how urban renewal caused the displacement of residents from the Emory Grove community and make recommendations on potential remedies to those who were displaced by u...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 588 |
| MD | HB962 | Pass | Specifying that the scope of the Maryland Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Registry and Referral System includes private and State inpatient and outpatient mental health and substance use services; requiring the Maryland Department of Health ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 479 |
| MD | SB813 | Pass | Adding two members to the Board of Community College Trustees for Howard County; requiring each meeting of the Board to allow for public comment; requiring the Board to make a video or audio recording of its meetings which are to be made available on...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 585 |
| MD | SB871 | Pass | Requiring the Department of the Environment to coordinate, in coordination with the Department of Information Technology and the Maryland Department of Emergency Management, cybersecurity efforts within community water systems and community sewerage ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 495 |
| MD | SB901 | Pass | Requiring certain producers of covered materials, individually or as part of a producer responsibility organization, to submit a certain covered materials producer responsibility plan to the Department of the Environment for review and approval on or...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 431 |
| MD | HB1125 | Pass | Requiring the Workgroup on Home Detention Monitoring to study and make recommendations to the General Assembly regarding certain policies, practices, and responses when a person violates a condition of home detention monitoring; and requiring the Dep...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 455 |
| MD | HB1065 | Pass | Altering the membership of the board of appeals in Prince George's County to be at least three members; and altering the number of members of the board required to concur in any resolution to a simple majority.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 592 |
| MD | HB1082 | Pass | Establishing the State-Based Health Insurance Subsidies Program to provide subsidies to individuals in the State to mitigate the impact of a reduction in certain federal advance premium tax credits for calendar years 2026 through 2028; and requiring ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 468 |
| MD | HB1195 | Pass | Requiring one of the three commissioners from Montgomery County on the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission to be the Director of the Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection or a designee; requiring the Commission to submit a long...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 593 |
| 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 | HB1470 | Pass | Providing that, in Prince George's County, to enforce a certain violation involving the clearing or cutting of trees in the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area, the Prince George's County Department of Permitting, Inspections, and Enfo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 595 |
| MD | HB3 | Pass | Clarifying the definition of "physical therapist assistant" as used in the Maryland Physical Therapy Act to mean an individual licensed by the State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners; increasing the membership of the State Board of Physical Therapy...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-06
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 352 |
| MD | SB47 | Pass | Clarifying the definition of "physical therapist assistant" as used in the Maryland Physical Therapy Act to mean an individual licensed by the State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners; increasing the membership of the State Board of Physical Therapy...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-06
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 353 |
| MD | SB222 | Pass | Altering the membership of the Cannabis Public Health Advisory Council to include the Administrator of the Motor Vehicle Administration or the Administrator's designee and the Executive Director of the Office of Social Equity in the Maryland Cannabis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-06
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 365 |
| MD | HB46 | Pass | Altering the membership of the Cannabis Public Health Advisory Council to include the Administrator of the Motor Vehicle Administration, or the Administrator's designee, and the Executive Director of the Office of Social Equity in the Maryland Cannab...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-06
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 364 |
| MD | HB19 | Pass | Expanding the purpose of the Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Nurses and Nursing Support Staff; requiring the Department to prioritize funding for nurses or nursing support staff who practice in an area with a shortage of nurses or nurs...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-06
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 416 |
| MD | SB89 | Pass | Authorizing the Department of the Environment to establish a certain process in collaboration with one or more boards under the Department's direction and control that requires a board to include a notation indicating veteran status on a professional...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-06
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 249 |
| MD | HB100 | Pass | Altering the definition of "public entity" to include a Resilience Authority for purposes of insurance pooling.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-06
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 351 |
| MD | SB148 | Pass | Authorizing the State Board of Public Accountancy to place a licensee on emeritus status under certain circumstances; requiring the Board to review an application for emeritus status within 60 days of receipt of the application; and requiring the Boa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-06
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 405 |
| 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 | HB161 | Pass | Requiring each county board of education to adopt curriculum guides and courses of study aligned with content standards established by the State Department of Education; establishing a process for correcting discrepancies identified by the State Supe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-06
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 245 |
| MD | SB147 | Pass | Providing that the Governor appoint members of the State Board of Stationary Engineers with the advice and consent of the Senate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-06
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 361 |
| MD | SB109 | Pass | Requiring each school board to certify to the State Ethics Commission, on or before October 1 each year, that the school board is in compliance with certain requirements of the Maryland Public Ethics Law.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-06
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 299 |
| MD | SB67 | Pass | Authorizing health occupations boards to include a notation indicating veteran status on a license, certificate, registration, or public profile.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-06
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 248 |
| MD | SB102 | Pass | Altering the definition of "public entity" to include a Resilience Authority for purposes of insurance pooling.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-06
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 350 |
| MD | SB309 | Pass | Requiring the Communications, Outreach, and Advocacy Program in the Department of Veterans and Military Families to expand certain services to include service members and their families; and requiring the Secretary of Veterans and Military Families t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-06
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 269 |
| MD | HB412 | Pass | Requiring each local board of elections to make available on its website each open meeting agenda, a summary of any finalized documents, certain written testimony, and other materials on which the board will be voting; requiring each local board to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-06
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 303 |
| MD | SB337 | Pass | Requiring each local board of elections to make available on its website each open meeting agenda, a summary of any finalized documents, certain written testimony, and other materials on which the board will be voting; requiring each local board to p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-06
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 304 |
| MD | HB452 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Green Building Council, on or before October 1, 2026, to update or develop guidance for the purchase of outdoor lighting fixtures in consideration of certain recommendations; prohibiting State funds from being used to install o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-06
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 389 |
| MD | HB427 | Pass | Authorizing the State Board of Public Accountancy to place a licensee on emeritus status under certain circumstances; and requiring the Board to reinstate the license of an individual who is on emeritus status under certain circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-06
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 404 |
| MD | SB352 | Pass | Altering from four to three the number of members elected from each councilmanic district of Baltimore County to the Baltimore County Republican Party Central Committee; and altering the number of members elected from each legislative district of Bal...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-06
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 414 |
| MD | SB354 | Pass | 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 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-06
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 412 |
| MD | SB371 | Pass | Requiring the State Board of Pharmacy to send renewal notices to licensees, permit holders, and registrants by electronic means, rather than by first-class mail, unless the licensee, permit holder, or registrant requests to receive the renewal notice...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-06
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 306 |
| MD | HB504 | Pass | Authorizing local governing bodies to exceed certain tax and revenue limitations for a certain purpose; altering the source of funds for the Blueprint for Maryland's Future Fund to include the interest earnings of the Academic Excellence Fund; author...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-06
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 237 |
| MD | HB509 | Pass | 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 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-06
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 411 |
| MD | HB562 | Pass | Altering from four to three the number of members elected from each councilmanic district of Baltimore County to the Baltimore County Republican Party Central Committee; and altering the number of members elected from each legislative district of Bal...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-06
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 413 |
| MD | HB565 | Pass | Requiring the State Board of Pharmacy to send renewal notices to licensees, permit holders, and registrants by electronic means, rather than by first-class mail, unless the licensee, permit holder, or registrant requests to receive the renewal notice...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-06
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 307 |
