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| Position | Bill | Status | Summary | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | SB271 | Introduced | Providing that an employee of the office of a sheriff of a county or Baltimore City is immune from liability under the Maryland Tort Claims Act in the same manner as a sheriff or deputy sheriff. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-10 Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings |
| #2 | HB687 | Introduced | Altering a prohibition against using the number of arrests made, investigations conducted, citations issued, or warrants served or executed by a law enforcement officer as a criterion for the evaluation, compensation, discipline, promotion, demotion,... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-24 |
| #3 | SB54 | Engrossed | Repealing the time limitation within which the Motor Vehicle Administration is required to make available specially designed vintage reproduction registration plates; and requiring the Administration to charge a fee of $100 for the initial issuance a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-22 |
| #4 | SB444 | Introduced | Requiring a person or an entity operating a gun buyback program to destroy a firearm, including all components and parts attached to the firearm, that is traded in at a certain gun buyback program; authorizing a certain person or entity to contract w... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28 |
| #5 | HB853 | Introduced | Authorizing an individual to file a petition with the court to reduce the sentence if the individual has served at least 20 years of the term of confinement and at least 5 years have passed since the court decided any previous petition filed by the i... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31 |
| #6 | SB631 | Introduced | Establishing the Commission on Abandoned and Neglected Maryland Cemeteries within the Office of Cemetery Oversight to establish standard definitions for neglected and abandoned cemeteries, support the development of a statewide inventory of cemeterie... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-01 |
| #7 | SB520 | Introduced | Authorizing the State Highway Administration to use speed monitoring systems in areas determined to be of high risk to vulnerable road users and priority corridors in the Administration's Pedestrian Safety Action Plan; and defining "vulnerable road u... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28 |
| #8 | SB518 | Introduced | Requiring certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide individuals over at least 45 years of age with coverage for certain preventive screenings for ovarian cancer, including MRI and CT scans; and ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27 |
| #9 | SB389 | Introduced | Establishing a presumption that the sentencing of a minor convicted as an adult should be transferred to the juvenile court, under certain circumstances, and authorizing the court to do so; and requiring the juvenile court to make a juvenile determin... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-24 |
| #10 | HB1475 | Introduced | Requiring the Office of Child Care Advisory Council within the State Department of Education to conduct an analysis of the mixed delivery, publicly funded prekindergarten system established under the Blueprint for Maryland's Future; and requiring the... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-07 |
| #11 | HB230 | Introduced | 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] | 2025-01-15 |
| #12 | SB391 | Introduced | Requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to annually review a certain report published by the Independent Investigations Division of the Office of the Attorney General; and requiring the Commission to make any recommendations t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28 |
| #13 | SB380 | Introduced | Defining the term "breeding stable" as it relates to licensure, inspection, and regulation by the Maryland Horse Industry Board; and altering the definition of "horse establishment" to include a breeding stable. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-03 Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| #14 | SB418 | Introduced | Repealing certain limitations on the prospective employees or volunteers of Carroll County for whom the Department of Human Resources of Carroll County may request a criminal history records check. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-24 |
| #15 | SB639 | Introduced | Providing that, in Garrett County, a certain requirement to advertise for bids does not apply to a certain contract for goods or services procured on an as-needed basis over time or for certain vehicles. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-30 |
| #16 | HB901 | Introduced | Increasing from 9.5% to 12.2%, beginning in fiscal year 2028, the percentage used to calculate a capital grant based on highway user revenues that is required to be appropriated to Baltimore City. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-30 |
| #17 | HB946 | Introduced | Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to adopt regulations establishing uniform standards for breathalyzer technology in the State; and requiring all breathalyzers used in the State on or after October 1, 2026, to comply with the uniform standar... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-06 |
| #18 | HB934 | Introduced | Altering the powers of the Center for Firearm Violence Prevention and Intervention to include the creation of certain resources, tools, and educational materials related to firearms; and authorizing the Center to consult with State and local agencies... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31 |
| #19 | HB1472 | Introduced | Requiring a certain Ten Commandments Monument to be placed on the grounds of the Maryland State House; requiring the Commission on Artistic Property to oversee the care and maintenance of the monument; and establishing the Commission on the Ten Comma... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-07 |
| #20 | SB803 | Introduced | Altering the amount of time that a hotel has to pay the hotel rental tax in Talbot County before incurring a penalty. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-05 |
| #21 | HB14 | Introduced | Requiring the prosecuting attorney of thefts of property or services with a value less than $1,500 to notify the victim or the victim's representative about each court proceeding, the right of the victim to submit a victim impact statement, any postt... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-10 |
| #22 | HB881 | Introduced | Requiring that all child support received in a month pass through to a family seeking assistance under the Family Investment Program and prohibiting the consideration of child support in computing the amount of assistance received; and prohibiting a ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-30 |
| #23 | SB881 | Introduced | 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 |
| #24 | HB1402 | Introduced | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health and the Department of Human Services to enter into certain data-sharing agreements with certain agencies to conduct certain reviews related to eligibility for and use of certain public benefits; requiring t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-07 |
| #25 | SB122 | Introduced | Including law enforcement officers within the scope of certain prohibitions against committing certain crimes against certain persons, damaging certain property of certain persons, burning certain objects, and damaging certain buildings with which ce... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-09 |
| #26 | HB1 | Introduced | Requiring the Maryland Department of Transportation to develop or identify and implement a training program for transportation sector employees on the identification and reporting of suspected human trafficking victims; requiring transportation secto... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-20 |
| #27 | SB359 | Introduced | Altering the fiscal years from 2023 through 2025, to fiscal year 2027 and each fiscal year thereafter, during which the Governor is required to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $3,700,000 to the Therapeutic Child Care Grant Progr... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-06 Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| #28 | SB360 | Introduced | Authorizing a person to bring and maintain a civil action for defamation against another who distributes a computer-generated visual representation that is indistinguishable from an actual visual representation of the person and is of a sexual or int... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-22 |
| #29 | SB180 | Engrossed | Establishing alternative expiration and renewal periods for a handgun permit issued to a retired law enforcement officer who retired in good standing from service with a law enforcement agency of the State or a county or municipal corporation of the ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31 |
| #30 | SB431 | Introduced | Authorizing the State Board of Plumbing to waive the license examination requirement for a journey plumber license; authorizing the Secretary of Labor to waive the examination for certain licenses; altering the duties of the Maryland Apprenticeship a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-03 |
| #31 | SB992 | Introduced | Establishing a process for and certain exceptions to the transfer of assets that are collateral for securing a mortgage, pledge, or security interest without the approval of the stockholders; and repealing provisions of law specifying what shall be i... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-01 |
| #32 | SB998 | Introduced | Natural Gas - Strategic Infrastructure Development and Enhancement (Ratepayer Protection Act) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-01 |
| #33 | SB374 | Introduced | Requiring certain health insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage without the requirement for copayment, coinsurance, or deductible to professional firefighters for cancer screening in accorda... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-20 |
| #34 | SB764 | Introduced | Designating chromite, which reflects the nature of Maryland's rich mining history and vast mineral resources, as the State mineral. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-05 |
| #35 | SB296 | Introduced | 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. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-21 |
| #36 | HB492 | Introduced | Authorizing the Director of Human Resources of Frederick County to request from the Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services a State and national criminal history records chec... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-20 |
| #37 | HB277 | Introduced | Requiring a water bottle filling station or a combined water bottle filling station and drinking fountain to be installed in certain new construction or as part of certain renovations beginning October 1, 2025; and requiring the Maryland Department o... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-15 |
| #38 | HB1129 | Introduced | Altering terminology in the Maryland Constitution that refers to constitutional officers to be gender-neutral. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-06 |
| #39 | SB509 | Introduced | Prohibiting a person from possessing a regulated firearm, rifle, or shotgun if the person is currently a respondent subject to a court order to comply with certain assisted outpatient treatment; and requiring a court to promptly report certain inform... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-06 |
| #40 | SB443 | Introduced | Reclassifying the prohibition against transporting a regulated firearm into the State for the purpose of unlawfully selling or trafficking the firearm as a felony; and establishing a penalty on conviction of imprisonment of up to 10 years or a fine o... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-28 |
| #41 | HB455 | Introduced | Requiring the Department of Veterans and Military Families to designate a location for an American braille tactile flag to be placed on the grounds of one or more State veterans' cemeteries. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-21 |
| #42 | HB639 | Introduced | Requiring the owner or operator of a sports venue and the governing body of an institution of higher education that operates a sports venue to allow an individual attending a sporting event at the sports venue to bring and use a reusable beverage con... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-03 |
| #43 | SB759 | Introduced | Altering a certain subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for retirement income attributable to an individual's employment as a public safety employee to include certain retirement income attributable to an individual's employment as ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-03 |
| #44 | HB443 | Introduced | Altering the statement that must be included on a baby food product label if the baby food product has been tested for toxic heavy metals for the purpose of changing the term included on the label from "toxic heavy metal" to "toxic element". [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-03 |
| #45 | HB788 | Introduced | Allowing the chair of the Commission on Judicial Disabilities to appoint a former member to temporarily fill a certain vacancy on the Commission; and allowing the Governor, upon certain request of the chair, to appoint a temporary substitute member o... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-07 |
| #46 | SB409 | Introduced | Expanding the acceptable names authorized for an economic development authority established by a county or municipal corporation; expanding the powers of an authority, subject to limitations in the articles of incorporation of the authority; authoriz... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-30 |
| #47 | HB957 | Introduced | Requiring certain contractors to ensure that a certain percentage of workers on certain projects are State residents and a certain percentage of work hours on the projects are performed by State residents; requiring the Department of Labor to enforce... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-03 |
| #48 | SB541 | Introduced | Authorizing the Director of the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency to issue certain fraternal organizations a license for not more than five instant ticket lottery machines; altering the distribution of proceeds from instant ticket lottery machi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-07 |
| #49 | SB516 | Introduced | Exempting personal property used in connection with certain large family child care homes from valuation and taxation; authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or a municipal corporation to grant, by ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-27 |
| #50 | SB335 | Introduced | Requiring, during the migratory Canada goose (Atlantic population) hunting season, the bag limit for all Canada geese in the State, including geese found in the Atlantic Flyway Resident Population Hunt Zone and the Atlantic Population Hunt Zone, to c... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-17 |
