Master Bill Tracking
2025

Bill	Crossfile	Bill Title	Sponsor	Synopsis	MGA Committees	MDCC Policy Committee & Position	Leg. Comm. Position	Status
HB 11	SB 902	Health Insurance - Access to Nonparticipating Providers - Referrals, Additional Assistance, and Coverage	Del. Sheree Sample-Hughes (37A-D)	Repealing the June 30, 2025, termination date for certain provisions of law related to referrals to and reimbursement of specialists and nonphysician specialists who are not part of a carrier's provider panel; prohibiting certain carriers from imposing utilization review requirements other than would be required if the covered benefit was provided by a provider on the carrier's provider panel under certain circumstances; etc.	Finance Health and Government Operations	Health Care & Biopharma - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Returned Passed (4/1)
HB 20	SB 198	Transportation - Consolidated Transportation Program - Prioritization (Transportation Investment Priorities Act of 2025)	Chair, Appropriations Committee	Altering the required elements of the Consolidated Transportation Program and Maryland Transportation Plan; requiring a certain advisory committee to advise the Department of Transportation on the Maryland Transportation Plan; requiring the Department to develop a certain project-based scoring system and solicit requests from certain entities for major surface transportation projects; requiring the Department to evaluate and score certain major surface transportation projects; etc.	Appropriations Environment and Transportation	Transportation - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations) (1/31)
HB 23		Property Taxes - Authority of Counties to Establish a Subclass and Set a Special Rate for Commercial and Industrial Property	Del. Kris Fair (3-D)	Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county to establish, by law, a subclass of real property consisting of certain commercial and industrial property and to set a special property tax rate for certain commercial and industrial property for the purpose of financing certain transportation improvements or the approved budget of the county board of education; applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2025; etc.	Budget and Taxation Ways and Means	Taxation - Oppose	Oppose	In the Senate - Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m. (3/24)
HB 35	SB 91	Economic Development - Income Tax Benefit Transfer Program - Establishment	Del. David Fraser-Hidalgo (15-D)	Establishing the Income Tax Benefit Transfer Program within the Department of Commerce to allow eligible technology companies in the State with unused amounts of net operating loss subtraction modifications or income tax credits to transfer those tax benefits for use by other business taxpayers in the State to assist in funding expenses incurred by the eligible technology companies in connection with operations in the State; requiring the Department, in consultation with the Comptroller, to administer the Program; etc.	Ways and Means	Cyber & Tech - Monitor Taxation - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Hearing canceled (2/5)
HB 37		Declaration of Rights - Right to Organize	Del. Joe Vogel (17-D)	Establishing every person employed in the State of Maryland has the fundamental right to organize and collectively bargain concerning compensation, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment; prohibiting the State from, directly or indirectly, denying, burdening, or abridging the right unless justified by a compelling State interest achieved by the least restrictive means; and providing that the Constitutional amendment proposed by the Act be submitted to the qualified voters of the State or adoption or rejection.	Appropriations	Labor & Employment - Oppose	Oppose	In the House - Hearing 1/28 at 1:30 p.m. (1/24)
HB 49	SB 256	Environment - Building Energy Performance Standards - Alterations and Analysis	Chair, Environment and Transportation Committee	Altering the requirements for certain regulations adopted by the Department of the Environment relating to building energy performance standards to include certain exclusions, considerations, and a certain annual reporting fee to cover certain costs; requiring the Department to certify a certain building energy performance standards program adopted by a county under certain circumstances; requiring the Department to conduct an analysis of the potential costs and benefits of certain building energy performance standards policy options; etc.	Environment and Transportation Education, Energy, and the Environment	Energy & Environment - Oppose	Oppose	In the House - Passed Enrolled (4/7)
HB 60	SB 99	Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Military Retirement Income (Keep Our Heroes Home Act)	Del. Mike Rogers (32-D)	Increasing, from $20,000 to $40,000 over a 2-year period, the amount of a certain subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for certain military retirement income received by individuals, regardless of age, during a taxable year for certain military service.	Ways and Means	Taxation - Support	Support	In the House - Hearing 1/23 at 1:00 p.m. (1/9)
HB 69		Environment - Plastic Products - Postconsumer Recycled Content Program	Del. Jen Terrasa (13-D)	Prohibiting certain producers of certain plastic products from selling, offering for sale, or distributing the products to any person in the State unless certain conditions are met; requiring certain producers of certain plastic products to, individually or as part of a representative organization, register yearly, beginning March 1, 2026, and pay a registration fee annually beginning May 15, 2026, to the Department of the Environment; establishing minimum postconsumer recycled content percentage requirements for certain products; etc.	Economic Matters Environment and Transportation	Energy & Environment - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Hearing 2/14 at 1:30 p.m. (Environment and Transportation) (1/29)
HB 80	SB 190	Land Use - Transit-Oriented Development - Alterations	Chair, Environment and Transportation Committee	Altering the authority of local legislative bodies to regulate land use planning on certain land that is located within 0.25 miles of a rail transit station that receives at least hourly service on average from 8:00 A.M. until 6:00 P.M. Monday through Friday; exempting certain transit-oriented development from certain provisions of State procurement law; and adding the use of project labor agreements as a scoring preference for projects financed by the Transit-Oriented Development Capital Grant and Revolving Loan Fund.	Budget and Taxation Environment and Transportation	Transportation - Support	Support	In the Senate - Hearing canceled (3/26)
HB 84	SB 395	Transportation - Major Highway Capacity Expansion Projects and Impact Assessments (Transportation and Climate Alignment Act of 2025)	Del. Mark Edelson (46-D)	Requiring the Department of Transportation, as part of the planning and implementation of certain major highway expansion projects, to perform an impact assessment of the project and develop and implement a corresponding multimodal transportation program; requiring the Department, beginning with a certain Consolidated Transportation Program, to evaluate certain major capital projects for their impact on greenhouse gas emissions and vehicle miles traveled; etc.	Appropriations Budget and Taxation Environment and Transportation	Energy & Environment - Oppose Transportation - Oppose	Oppose	In the Senate - Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m. (3/24)
HB 102	SB 225	Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Revisions	Chair, Economic Matters Committee	Defining "anchor date" to establish certain reference points for the calculation of a certain covered employee's average weekly wage and eligibility for increases in weekly benefits under the Family Medical Leave and Insurance Program; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to adopt regulations establishing an optional self-employed enrollment program governing the participation of self-employed individuals in the Program; repealing certain requirements related to contributions made by certain participating individuals; etc.	Economic Matters Finance	Labor & Employment - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Returned Passed (4/7)
HB 107	SB 49	Consumer Protection - Automatic Renewals	Del. Andrew Pruski (33A-D)	Requiring a person who makes an automatic renewal offer to consumers to allow a consumer to cancel the automatic renewal in a cost-effective, timely, and easy-to-use manner; requiring automatic renewal offers to be displayed in a certain manner and contain certain information; establishing that compliance with certain regulations or a certain license shall be considered to be compliance with the Act; establishing that a violation of the Act is an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice; etc.	Economic Matters Finance	Business Regulations - Oppose Cyber & Tech - Oppose	Oppose	In the House - Passed Enrolled (4/3)
HB 110	SB 106	Child Support - Suspension of Driver's Licenses	Del. Karen Simpson (3-D)	Altering provisions of law relating to the authority of the Child Support Enforcement Administration to notify the Motor Vehicle Administration of an individual's child support arrearages for the purpose of suspending the individual's driver's license or privilege to drive under certain circumstances.	Judicial Proceedings Judiciary	Education & Workforce - Monitor	Monitor	In the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings (3/17)
HB 113	SB 584	Civil Actions - Noneconomic Damages - Personal Injury and Wrongful Death	Del. Natalie Ziegler (9A-D)	Repealing certain limitations on noneconomic damages in civil actions for personal injury or wrongful death; and applying the Act prospectively.	Judiciary	Civil Liability - Oppose	Oppose	In the House - Hearing 2/19 at 11:00 a.m. (2/17)
HB 128	SB 149	Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation - Total Assessed Cost of Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Study and Reports	Del. David Fraser-Hidalgo (15-D)	Requiring the Comptroller, in coordination with the Department of the Environment and the Department of Commerce, to conduct a study to assess the total cost of greenhouse gas emissions in the State and report certain findings to certain committees by December 1, 2026, on the total assessed cost of greenhouse gas emissions in the State based on the findings of the study; authorizing the Comptroller to hire a consultant to conduct the study; and requiring the report to include certain information and calculations.	Economic Matters Environment and Transportation Finance Education, Energy, and the Environment	Energy & Environment - Oppose	Oppose	In the House - Passed Enrolled (4/7)
HB 145	SB 105	Green and Renewable Energy for Nonprofit Organizations Loan Program and Fund	Del. Adrian Boafo (23-D)	Establishing the Green and Renewable Energy for Nonprofit Organizations Loan Program in the Maryland Energy Administration to provide financial assistance in the form of no-interest loans to nonprofit organizations for the planning, purchase, and installation of qualifying energy systems; establishing the Green and Renewable Energy for Nonprofit Organizations Loan Fund; altering the uses of the Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund; authorizing the Governor to include $5,000,000 in the fiscal year 2027 budget for the Fund; etc.	Appropriations Economic Matters	Energy & Environment - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Hearing 1/23 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters) (1/8)
HB 167		Vehicle Excise Tax - Rate Increase	Del. Kris Fair (3-D)	Increasing the vehicle excise tax rate from 6% to 6.75%.	Ways and Means	Transportation - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m. (1/8)
HB 168	SB 488	Manufacturing Business Personal Property Tax - Exemption	Del. Lily Qi (15-D)	Exempting all personal property in the possession of a person engaged in a manufacturing business that is a small- or medium-sized enterprise from the personal property tax.	Ways and Means	Taxation - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (2/4)
HB 193	SB 219	Uninsured Employers' Fund - Assessments and Special Monitor	Chair, Economic Matters Committee	Altering the circumstances under which the Uninsured Employers' Fund must collect or suspend a certain assessment; altering, from 1% to up to 1.5%, the additional percentage the Uninsured Employers' Fund Board may direct the Workers' Compensation Commission to assess on awards and settlements if the Board determines that the reserves of the Fund are inadequate to meet anticipated losses; and requiring the Workers' Compensation Commission to designate a special monitor to assess the financial condition of the Uninsured Employers' Fund.	Economic Matters Finance	Workers' Comp & UI - Oppose	Oppose	In the House - Passed Enrolled (4/3)
HB 194		Consumer Protection - Retail Sales - Payment or Reimbursement of Shipping Costs	Del. Frank Conaway (40-D)	Establishing that a consumer may request a merchant pay or refund the full amount of shipping costs incurred to return an item that is damaged, faulty, or sent in error; requiring a merchant that received a payment or refund request to provide the consumer a prepaid shipping label after receiving the request or refund the full incurred shipping costs to the consumer within 30 days after receiving the item returned from the consumer; and making a violation of the Act an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice subject to civil penalties; etc.	Economic Matters Finance	Cyber & Tech - Monitor	Monitor	In the Senate - Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m. (3/13)
HB 208		Consumer Protection - False Advertising - Digital Goods	Del. Andrew Pruski (33A-D)	Prohibiting a person that is a seller from advertising or offering for sale a digital good using certain terminology unless, before executing the sale, a certain affirmative acknowledgment is received from the purchaser or a certain clear and conspicuous statement is provided by the seller; and establishing that a violation of the Act is an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice subject to certain enforcement and penalty provisions.	Economic Matters Finance	Cyber & Tech - Oppose	Oppose	In the House - Passed Enrolled (4/3)
HB 212		Maryland Building Performance Standards - Fossil Fuel Use and Electric-Ready Standards	Del. Gabriel Acevero (39-D)	Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to adopt, on or before January 1, 2026, and as part of the Maryland Building Performance Standards, a requirement that new buildings meet all energy demands of the building without the use of fossil fuels and an electric-ready standard for certain buildings.	Economic Matters Environment and Transportation	Energy & Environment - Oppose	Oppose	In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation) and Hearing canceled (Economic Matters) (2/3)
HB 213		Public Utilities - Natural Gas Energy Generation - Authorization and Limitation	Del. Nino Mangione (42A-R)	Authorizing the construction, permitting, and operation of energy generating systems that produce energy from natural gas until the State meets 100% of its energy needs from renewable energy resources, including nuclear energy; establishing certain requirements for energy generating systems that produce energy from natural gas; requiring the Department of the Environment to approve or deny an application for the construction of a new energy generating system that produces energy from natural gas; etc.	Economic Matters	Energy & Environment - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Withdrawn by Sponsor (2/10)
HB 218	SB 195	Family Law - Child Support	Chair, Judiciary Committee	Altering provisions relating to the commencement of a proceeding to hold a person in contempt of court for the person's default in payment of periodic child or spousal support under the terms of a court order and provisions relating to the commencement of a contempt proceeding for failure to make a payment of child or spousal support under a court order; authorizing the Child Support Administration to take action to secure an assignment to the State of any rights to support on behalf of a child receiving foster care maintenance payments; etc.	Judiciary	Labor & Employment - Oppose	Oppose	In the House - Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m. (2/17)
HB 227	SB 561	Corporations and Associations - Electric Cooperatives - Nonescheat Capital Credits	Del. Christopher Adams (37B-R)	Providing that certain unclaimed money held by an electric cooperative and due to a past member is not considered abandoned property; and authorizing an electric cooperative to use this money only to assist members of the cooperative or make donations to nonprofit, charitable organizations.	Economic Matters Judicial Proceedings	Business Regulations - Support	Support	In the House - Returned Passed (4/2)
HB 233	SB 576	Labor and Employment - Mandatory Meetings on Religious or Political Matters - Employee Attendance and Participation (Maryland Worker Freedom Act)	Del. Joe Vogel (17-D)	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 opinion of the employer regarding religious matters or political matters.	Economic Matters Finance	Labor & Employment - Oppose	Oppose	In the Senate - First Reading Finance (2/26)
HB 264	SB 218	Business Occupational and Professional Licenses - Suspension and Revocation for Workplace Fraud	Chair, Economic Matters Committee	Requiring, under certain circumstances, the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to notify a licensing authority when a licensee is found in violation of certain workplace fraud provisions; requiring licensing authorities to suspend or revoke the licenses of licensees who are reported by the Commissioner; and establishing certain appeal and license reinstatement procedures.	Economic Matters	Labor & Employment - Oppose	Oppose	In the House - Withdrawn by Sponsor (2/10)
HB 270	SB 116	Data Center Impact Analysis and Report	Del. Brian Crosby (29B-D)	Requiring the Department of the Environment, the Maryland Energy Administration, and the University of Maryland School of Business, in coordination with the Department of Legislative Services, to conduct an analysis of the likely environmental, energy, and economic impacts of data center development in the State; and requiring the Department of Legislative Services to coordinate preparation of the final report to be submitted to the Governor and the General Assembly by September 1, 2026.	Economic Matters Education, Energy, and the Environment	Cyber & Tech - Monitor Energy & Environment - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Returned Passed (4/5)
HB 296		Personal Property Tax - Exemptions for Low Assessments - Alteration	Del. Lorig Charkoudian (20-D)	Altering exemptions from the personal property tax for business personal property that has a total original cost below $20,000 by repealing provisions of law that prohibit the State Department of Assessments and Taxation from collecting information or requiring the submission of a personal property tax return from certain businesses that qualify for the exemptions; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2025.	Budget and Taxation Ways and Means	Taxation - Monitor	Monitor	In the Senate - Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m. (3/24)
HB 321	SB 303	Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Definition of Purchaser and Alteration of Application of Law	Del. Nicholaus Kipke (31-R)	Altering the definition of "purchaser" for the purpose of certain provisions of State insurance law governing pharmacy benefits managers to exclude certain nonprofit health maintenance organizations; requiring the Maryland Insurance Administration to convene a workgroup to review and make recommendations by January 1, 2026, on provisions of State law regarding pharmacy benefits managers, specialty pharmacies, and antisteering including any legislation necessary to carry out the recommendations; etc.	Finance Health and Government Operations	Health Care & Biopharma - Oppose	Oppose	In the Senate - Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m. (3/19)
HB 330	SB 472	Property Tax - Improvements to Property Adjacent to Rail Stations - Subclass, Special Rate, and Penalty	Del. Vaughn Stewart (19-D)	Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county to establish, by law, a subclass of real property consisting of improvements to real property located within 1 mile of a rail station and to set a special property tax rate for the property; authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to set, by law, a tax penalty against the total tax liability on the property for which a special tax rate has been set; etc.	Environment and Transportation Ways and Means	Transportation - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means) (1/18)
HB 332	SB 659	Consumer Protection - Electronic Funds Transfers - Regulations (Elder Fraud Prevention Act of 2025)	Del. Vaughn Stewart (19-D)	Providing that consumer wire transfers involving electronic fund transfers made ancillary to bank-to-bank transfers via a wire service are subject to certain provisions of the federal Electronic Funds Transfer Act of 1978.	Economic Matters Finance	Cyber & Tech - Oppose	Oppose	In the Senate - First Reading Finance (3/17)
HB 340		Climate Change - Attorney General Actions, Climate Change Restitution Fund, and Climate Change Restitution Fund Advisory Council	Del. Sheila Ruth (44B-D)	Authorizing the Attorney General to investigate, commence, and prosecute or defend any suit or action that holds certain entities accountable for tortious or otherwise unlawful conduct that has contributed to climate change; establishing the Climate Change Restitution Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; establishing the Climate Change Restitution Fund Advisory Council to provide information to the Governor, the Attorney General, and the General Assembly on climate change and the distribution of the Fund; etc.	Health and Government Operations	Energy & Environment - Oppose	Oppose	In the House - Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. (1/21)
HB 342		State Transfer Tax - Rates and Distribution of Revenue	Del. Sheila Ruth (44B-D)	Altering the State transfer tax rate and the distribution of State transfer tax revenue; and applying the Act to instruments of writing recorded on or after July 1, 2025.	Ways and Means	Taxation - Oppose	Oppose	In the House - Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m. (1/18)
HB 350	SB 319	Budget Bill (Fiscal Year 2026)	Del. Adrienne Jones (10-D)	Making the proposed appropriations contained in the State Budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, in accordance with Article III, Section 52 of the Maryland Constitution; etc.	Appropriations Budget and Taxation	Taxation - Monitor	Monitor	In the Senate - Passed Enrolled (4/7)
HB 352	SB 321	Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2025	Del. Adrienne Jones (10-D)	Establishing or altering certain administrative penalties; altering or repealing certain required appropriations; authorizing the use of certain funds for certain purposes; establishing certain funds; authorizing, requiring, or altering the distribution of certain revenue; altering the rates and rate brackets under the State income tax on certain income of individuals; requiring certain groups of corporations to file a combined income tax return reflecting the aggregate income tax liability of all members of the group; etc.	Appropriations Budget and Taxation Ways and Means	Taxation - Support with Amendment	Support with Amendment	In the Senate - Passed Enrolled (4/7)
HB 389	SB 516	Property Tax - Day Care Centers, Child Care Homes, and Child Care Centers	Del. Julie Carr (17-D)	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 law, a property tax credit against the real property tax owed on the portion of real property used for certain large family child care homes; increasing the maximum amount of a property tax credit that may be granted for certain child care homes and centers and day care centers; etc.	Budget and Taxation Ways and Means	Taxation - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Returned Passed (4/2)
HB 393	SB 31	Commercial Law - Attachment of Wages - Exemptions (Exempt Income Protection Act)	Del. Pam Queen (14-D)	Altering the amount of wages of a judgment debtor that are exempt from attachment to 150% of the federal poverty level; and requiring an employer served with an attachment to notify the judgment debtor in writing of the amount of wages exempt from attachment, the method used to calculate the amount of attachable wages, and the procedure by which the judgment debtor may contest the attachment.	Economic Matters	Labor & Employment - Support with Amendment	Support with Amendment	In the House - Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m. (1/16)
HB 398	SB 316	Abundant Affordable Clean Energy - Procurement and Development (AACE Act)	Del. Lorig Charkoudian (20-D)	Requiring each electric company in the State to submit to the Public Service Commission by certain dates plans for the construction or procurement of distribution-connected energy storage devices and to construct or procure the devices in accordance with the plan; providing for the creation of zero-emission credits by beneficial nuclear facilities; requiring the Commission to pursue certain coordinated approaches to offshore wind energy transmission development; etc.	Economic Matters	Energy & Environment - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m. (1/16)
HB 400	SB 55	State Finance - Prohibited Appropriations - Magnetic Levitation Transportation System	Del. Nicole Williams (22-D)	Prohibiting the State and certain units and instrumentalities of the State from using any appropriation for a magnetic levitation transportation system in the State; and providing that the prohibition does not apply to certain expenditures for salaries.	Appropriations Environment and Transportation	Transportation - Oppose	Oppose	In the House - Hearing 2/14 at 1:30 p.m. (Environment and Transportation) (1/29)
HB 414		Health and Taxation - Digital Social Media Services and the Mental Health Care Fund for Children and Youth	Del. Ashanti Martinez (22-D)	Establishing the Mental Health Care Fund for Children and Youth to support improved access to mental health care services to children and youth in the State; imposing a tax on certain annual revenues derived from certain digital social media services in the State; providing for the calculation and collection of the tax; requiring the Comptroller to distribute revenue from the tax in a certain manner; etc.	Ways and Means	Cyber & Tech - Oppose	Oppose	In the House - Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m. (1/16)
HB 418	SB 437	Health Maintenance Organizations - Payments to Nonparticipating Providers - Reimbursement Rate	Del. Nicholaus Kipke (31-R)	Altering the reimbursement rate at which health maintenance organizations are required to pay certain nonparticipating health care providers for services.	Health and Government Operations	Health Care & Biopharma - Oppose	Oppose	In the House - Withdrawn by Sponsor (3/13)
HB 424	SB 357	Prescription Drug Affordability Board - Authority and Stakeholder Council Membership (Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for All Marylanders Now Act)	Del. Bonnie Cullison (19-D)	Altering the membership of the Prescription Drug Affordability Stakeholder Council; requiring the Prescription Drug Affordability Board, under certain circumstances, to establish a process for setting upper payment limits for purchases and payor reimbursements of prescription drug products that the Board determines have led or will lead to affordability challenges; authorizing the Board to reconsider an upper payment limit for a drug that becomes a current shortage; and altering requirements related to the setting of upper payment limits.	Finance Health and Government Operations	Health Care & Biopharma - Oppose	Oppose	In the House - Passed Enrolled (4/7)
HB 431	SB 413	Consumer Protection - Consumer Contracts - Limitation Periods	Del. Vaughn Stewart (19-D)	Prohibiting a consumer contract from setting a shorter time to bring an action under or on the consumer contract than required by the law of the State; excluding certain entities from the application of this Act; and applying the Act prospectively.	Economic Matters Finance	Cyber & Tech - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Passed Enrolled (4/7)
HB 451		State and Private Construction Contracts - Prompt Payment Requirements	Del. Mary Lehman (21-D)	Requiring a private construction contract to include a provision requiring the owner to pay the contractor within a certain period of time or, if the owner withholds all or part of an amount invoiced, to send a certain notification to the contractor; requiring a contract between a contractor and a subcontractor on a private or State construction contract to include a provision requiring the contractor to pay the subcontractor within a certain period of time; etc.	Economic Matters Health and Government Operations	Business Regulations - Monitor Labor & Employment - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Hearing 1/29 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters) (1/16)
HB 482		Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Predetermination Review Process	Del. Andrea Harrison (24-D)	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 certificate based on a certain conviction under certain circumstances; establishing a predetermination review process for occupational licenses and certificates in certain departments of State government; authorizing a department to charge a criminal history review fee of up to $100; etc.	Economic Matters Finance Education, Energy, and the Environment	Education & Workforce - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Passed Enrolled (4/7)
HB 498	SB 427	Economic Development - Delivering Economic Competitiveness and Advancing Development Efforts (DECADE) Act	Del. Adrienne Jones (10-D)	Requiring the Department of Commerce to evaluate the potential employment and economic growth of the State's industry sectors and establish a certain list of industry sectors and activities to be considered for additional support; repealing the Maryland Economic Development Commission and Commerce Subcabinet; altering the designation, administration, and purposes of and eligibility for certain economic development programs; altering eligibility for and the calculation of certain economic development incentives; etc.	Appropriations Ways and Means	Education & Workforce - Monitor Taxation - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means) (2/7)
HB 499	SB 432	Criminal Records - Expungement and Maryland Judiciary Case Search (Expungement Reform Act of 2025)	Del. Adrienne Jones (10-D)	Altering certain provisions of law relating to waiting periods for the filing of certain petitions for expungement to authorize the filing of a petition a certain amount of time after the completion of the sentence; adding to the list of misdemeanor convictions that a person may expunge under certain circumstances; prohibiting the Maryland Judiciary Case Search from in any way referring to the existence of a charge of possession of cannabis if the conviction was later pardoned by the Governor; etc.	Judiciary	Education & Workforce - Support	Support	In the House - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (2/10)
HB 500	SB 426	Procurement Reform Act of 2025	Del. Adrienne Jones (10-D)	Authorizing the Secretary of General Services to delegate certain powers and duties to the Chief Procurement Officer; altering the authority of the Department of General Services to engage in or control procurement of certain equipment and services; requiring the Department of Information Technology to establish a technical procurement team; altering the authority of the Department of Transportation and the Maryland Transportation Authority to engage in procurement for certain supplies and services; etc.	Budget and Taxation Health and Government Operations	Business Regulations - Support with Amendment	Support with Amendment	In the House - Passed Enrolled (4/7)
HB 501	SB 431	Registered Apprenticeship Investments for a Stronger Economy (RAISE) Act	Del. Adrienne Jones (10-D)	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 and Training Council; repealing the Youth Apprenticeship Advisory Committee; establishing the Maryland Office of Registered Apprenticeship Development to market and advance the registered apprenticeship system throughout the State; etc.	Economic Matters	Education & Workforce - Support	Support	In the House - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (2/4)
HB 503	SB 430	Housing Development Act	Del. Adrienne Jones (10-D)	Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to periodically establish housing production targets for the State and certain local jurisdictions; requiring the Department to publish housing production targets on its website and notify certain local jurisdictions; requiring the Department to publish an annual report assessing the progress of the State and certain local jurisdictions with meeting specified housing targets; establishing the Housing Opportunities Made Equitable Commission; etc.	Environment and Transportation Education, Energy, and the Environment	Education & Workforce - Support	Support	In the Senate - Rereferred to Education, Energy, and the Environment (4/3)
HB 505	SB 434	Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Renaming and Alterations	Del. Adrienne Jones (10-D)	Renaming the "renewable energy portfolio standard" to be the "clean energy portfolio standard"; altering the minimum required percentage of energy that must be derived from clean energy sources in certain years under the clean energy portfolio standard; and applying the Act retroactively; etc.	Economic Matters Education, Energy, and the Environment	Energy & Environment - Monitor	Monitor	In the Senate - Rereferred to Education, Energy, and the Environment (4/7)
HB 506	SB 428	Chesapeake Bay Legacy Act	Del. Adrienne Jones (10-D)	Establishing the Maryland Leaders in Environmentally Engaged Farming (LEEF) Program; establishing the Maryland Leaders in Environmentally Engaged Farming (LEEF) Program Fund to support actions associated with the Program's purpose; altering the definition of "healthy soils" for purposes of the Maryland Healthy Soils Program; exempting certain holders of certain fishing licenses from the requirement to obtain a food establishment license from the Maryland Department of Health; establishing the Water Quality Monitoring Program; etc.	Environment and Transportation Education, Energy, and the Environment	Energy & Environment - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Passed Enrolled (4/3)
HB 545	SB 398	Criminal Procedure - Automated Expungement	Del. David Moon (20-D)	Repealing a certain provision of law requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to expunge certain cases involving charges of possession of cannabis on or before a certain date; and establishing procedures for the automated expungement of certain cases by the Department and the Judiciary.	Judiciary	Education & Workforce - Support	Support	In the House - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (2/10)
HB 546	SB 605	Digital Advertising Gross Revenues Tax - Assessments - Appeals and Corrections	Del. Jessica Feldmark (12A-D)	Establishing a certain appeal process for persons who are subject to the digital advertising gross revenues tax and receive a notice of assessment from the Comptroller; authorizing the Comptroller or the Comptroller's designee to issue an order to correct an erroneous assessment of the digital advertising gross revenues tax, subject to certain conditions; and applying the Act to assessments of the digital advertising gross revenues tax made after December 31, 2025.	Budget and Taxation Ways and Means	Taxation - Support	Support	In the House - Returned Passed (4/2)
HB 554	SB 752	Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act of 2025	Del. Lorig Charkoudian (20-D)	Repealing and establishing the methodology used to calculate the weekly benefit amount; altering the taxable wage base used to determine employer contributions to the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund, the dependent allowance, and the amount of earned wages subtracted from a weekly benefit amount; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to determine and make available online the State annual average wage applicable to the rate of contribution; etc.	Economic Matters	Workers' Comp & UI - Oppose	Oppose	In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/6)
HB 577	SB 664	Business Regulation - Enforcement for Miscellaneous State Business Licenses - Study	Del. Adrienne Jones (10-D)	Requiring the Comptroller to consult with certain stakeholders to study and make recommendations on the enforcement process for miscellaneous State business licenses; and requiring the Comptroller to report the findings and recommendations of the study to the General Assembly by December 1, 2025.	Economic Matters Finance	Business Regulations - Support with Amendment Labor & Employment - Support with Amendment	Support with Amendment	In the House - Returned Passed (4/1)
HB 582		Labor and Employment - Exemptions From Overtime Pay - Administrative, Executive, or Professional Capacity	Del. Joe Vogel (17-D)	Altering the exemption from overtime pay for individuals who are employed to work in an administrative, executive, or professional capacity.	Economic Matters	Labor & Employment - Oppose	Oppose	In the House - Special Order until 03/13 (Delegate Crosby) Adopted (2/25)
HB 589		Artificial Intelligence - Causing Injury or Death - Civil and Criminal Liability	Del. Robin Grammer (6-R)	Establishing that a person who intentionally, knowingly, or negligently designs or creates artificial intelligence software able to cause physical injury or death is strictly liable for damages and subject to a civil penalty if the software is used to cause personal injury or death; and prohibiting a person from intentionally, knowingly, or negligently designing or creating artificial intelligence software able to cause injury or death.	Judiciary	Cyber & Tech - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. (1/27)
HB 591		Statute of Limitations - Prosecution or Enforcement of Local Consumer Protection Codes	Del. Elizabeth Embry (43A-D)	Increasing from 1 year to 3 years the statute of limitations for the prosecution or suit for enforcement of local consumer protection codes for which equitable relief, a fine, or a penalty is provided.	Judicial Proceedings Judiciary	Business Regulations - Oppose Labor & Employment - Oppose	Oppose	In the Senate - Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m. (3/19)
HB 594		Civil Actions - Motor Vehicle Accidents Involving Vulnerable Individuals - Comparative Negligence	Del. Elizabeth Embry (43A-D)	Prohibiting recovery by a certain plaintiff from being barred in a certain civil action due to the plaintiff's negligence, except under certain circumstances; requiring any damages awarded under the Act to be diminished in proportion to the amount of negligence attributed to the plaintiff; and applying the Act prospectively.	Judiciary	Civil Liability - Oppose	Oppose	In the House - Hearing 2/19 at 11:00 a.m. (2/17)
HB 595		Public Service Commission - Renewable Energy Generation - Targets (Maryland Energy Independence Act)	Del. David Fraser-Hidalgo (15-D)	Requiring the Public Service Commission to establish certain targets for electricity production from renewable energy resources located in the State; and setting a target of 50% of all electricity sold in the State coming from electricity produced from renewable energy resources located in the State by 2030, 70% by 2035, and 80% by 2040.	Economic Matters	Energy & Environment - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Withdrawn by Sponsor (2/19)
HB 626		Real Estate Development and Highway Rights-of-Way - Installation of Broadband Micro Conduits and Microducts	Del. Kym Taylor (23-D)	Requiring the installation of micro conduits in any utility easement and building power or telecommunication rooms during the new construction or major improvement of certain commercial and residential premises; requiring that buried fiber optic cable installed in a highway right-of-way include conduit containing at least seven microducts; requiring the Department of Transportation or a unit of local government to ensure a broadband service provider has access to the conduit on a neutral and nondiscriminatory basis; etc.	Environment and Transportation	Cyber & Tech - Oppose	Oppose	In the House - Withdrawn by Sponsor (2/17)
HB 632		Labor and Employment - Workplace Fraud - Application (Maryland Workplace Fraud Act of 2025)	Del. Matthew Schindler (2B-D)	Applying to all private sector employers, rather than only employers in the construction and landscape services industries, provisions of law that prohibit an employer from failing to properly classify an individual who performs work for remuneration paid by the employer.	Economic Matters	Labor & Employment - Oppose	Oppose	In the House - Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m. (1/23)
HB 641		State Property Tax - Transportation Funding (Transportation Funding Act of 2025)	Del. Sheila Ruth (44B-D)	Requiring the Governor, after consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, to submit each year to the Board of Public Works and the General Assembly a proposal for a State property tax to support transportation projects and programs; requiring, on or before February 15 each year, the Board of Public Works to approve, reject, or modify the proposed State property tax; imposing a State property tax at the rates and on the classes and subclasses of property that the Board of Public Works approves; etc.	Appropriations Ways and Means	Taxation - Monitor Transportation - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means) (1/28)
HB 646	SB 811	Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services - Extension of Report Deadline and Task Force	Del. Kym Taylor (23-D)	Extending the deadline for the reporting requirement for the Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services to be October 31, 2026; and extending the termination date for the Task Force to be June 30, 2027.	Judicial Proceedings Judiciary	Education & Workforce - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Returned Passed (4/7)
HB 681	SB 15	Child Support - Driver's License Suspension for Arrearages and Court Orders	Del. Karen Toles (25-D)	Altering the circumstances under which the Child Support Administration may notify the Motor Vehicle Administration of an individual's child support arrearages for the purpose of suspending the individual's driver's license or privilege to drive; and requiring the court, after establishing a child support order, to send a copy of the guideline calculation and the order to the Child Support Administration.	Judicial Proceedings Judiciary	Education & Workforce - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Returned Passed (4/7)
HB 693	SB 754	Commercial Financing - Small Business Truth in Lending Act	Del. David Fraser-Hidalgo (15-D)	Regulating commercial financing transactions, including by establishing requirements related to certain disclosures, calculations of annual percentage rates, terms of repayments, and other related items, and the extension of specific offers.	Economic Matters	Business Regulations - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Special Order until 04/07 (Delegate Crosby) Adopted (3/17)
HB 695		Repair the Transportation Trust Fund Act	Del. Matthew Morgan (29A-R)	Repealing a requirement that certain motor fuel tax rates be adjusted in future years based on growth in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers; prohibiting the State or a local jurisdiction from imposing or levying a vehicle-miles-traveled tax or certain other similar fees, tolls, or taxes; requiring that the Maryland Transit Administration achieve a certain farebox recovery requirement for certain transit services; etc.	Environment and Transportation Ways and Means	Transportation - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means) (1/28)
HB 698	SB 814	Local Government - Development Impact Fees, Surcharges, and Excise Taxes - Reporting	Del. Nick Allen (8-D)	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 make certain reports to the Department of Planning identifying certain local laws.	Budget and Taxation Environment and Transportation	Labor & Employment - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Passed Enrolled (4/7)
HB 701		Gasoline-Powered Leaf Blowers - Purchase, Use, and Sale - Prohibitions (Clean Air Quiet Communities Act)	Del. Linda Foley (15-D)	Prohibiting the State from purchasing gasoline-powered leaf blowers beginning July 1, 2025; establishing a certain process to phase out on or before a certain date the use by the State of gasoline-powered leaf blowers; requiring a person that sells or offers for sale a gasoline-powered leaf blower in the State to provide certain notice to the purchaser or potential purchaser; prohibiting the sale of gasoline-powered leaf blowers beginning on January 1, 2027; etc.	Economic Matters Health and Government Operations	Energy & Environment - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters) (1/29)
HB 778	SB 630	Circuit Court Judges - Selection and Retention Elections	Chair, Judiciary Committee	Proposing amendments to the Maryland Constitution relating to the selection and tenure of circuit court judges; altering the method of filling vacancies in the office of a judge of a circuit court; providing for retention elections following an appointment to fill a vacancy in the office of a judge of a circuit court; providing for a transitional period during which the terms of certain amendments are to become effective; and submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the State for their adoption or rejection.	Judiciary Ways and Means	Civil Liability - Support	Support	In the House - Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary) (1/30)
HB 785		Common Ownership Communities and Zoning Authorities - Operation of Family Child Care Homes - Limitations	Del. Jessica Feldmark (12A-D)	Prohibiting a provision in certain documents of certain cooperative housing corporations from prohibiting or restricting the establishment or operation of certain family child care homes; prohibiting a provision in certain documents of certain cooperative housing corporations from limiting the number of children for which certain family child care homes provide family child care below the number authorized by the State Department of Education; etc.	Environment and Transportation Judicial Proceedings	Education & Workforce - Support	Support	In the House - Returned Passed (4/4)
HB 813	SB 438	Maryland Insurance Administration and Maryland Department of Health - Workgroup to Study Pharmacy Benefits Managers	Del. Steve Johnson (34A-D)	Requiring the Maryland Insurance Administration and the Maryland Department of Health, in consultation with the Prescription Drug Affordability Board, to convene a workgroup to study and review reimbursement for pharmacists; and requiring the workgroup to submit an interim report by December 31, 2025, and a final report on their findings and recommendations to certain committees of the General Assembly by December 31, 2026.	Finance Health and Government Operations	Health Care & Biopharma - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Passed Enrolled (4/7)
HB 823		Generative Artificial Intelligence - Training Data Transparency	Del. Chao Wu (9A-D)	Requiring a developer of a generative artificial intelligence system, on or before January 1, 2026, and before the developer releases or substantially modifies a certain generative artificial intelligence system, to publish on the developer's website documentation detailing the data used to train the generative artificial intelligence system.	Economic Matters	Cyber & Tech - Oppose	Oppose	In the House - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (1/29)
HB 824		Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Covered Individuals - Alternatively Qualified Individuals	Del. Vaughn Stewart (19-D)	Altering the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program to provide benefits, beginning July 1, 2027, to alternatively qualified individuals who care for or bond with a child under certain circumstances; altering the date that the Secretary of Labor is required to begin conducting certain cost analyses of the Program; and requiring that an employer allow an alternatively qualified individual who is receiving benefits under the Program to take certain unpaid leave from employment.	Economic Matters	Labor & Employment - Oppose	Oppose	In the House - Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters (2/19)
HB 827	SB 983	Solar Energy - Distributed Generation Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity, Ground-Mounted Solar, and Small Solar Siting Workgroup	Del. Luke Clippinger (46-D)	Establishing a distributed generation certificate of public convenience and necessity to authorize the construction and operation of a certain distributed solar energy generating system; requiring the Power Plant Research Program, by July 1, 2026, to develop and submit to the Public Service Commission proposed siting and design requirements and licensing conditions; prohibiting a county from enacting certain zoning laws or adopting certain regulations regarding certain ground-mounted solar systems and facilities; etc.	Economic Matters	Energy & Environment - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. (3/6)
HB 846		Transportation Access and Revenue Act	Del. Robbyn Lewis (46-D)	Altering the definitions of "taxable price" and "taxable service" for the purposes of certain provisions of law governing the sales and use tax to impose the tax on certain transportation-related services; requiring the Comptroller to distribute revenue attributable to the sales and use tax on certain transportation-related services to the Transportation Trust Fund; and providing that revenue the Comptroller distributes may not be credited to the Gasoline and Motor Vehicle Revenue Account in the Transportation Trust Fund.	Environment and Transportation Ways and Means	Transportation - Oppose	Oppose	In the House - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means) (2/4)
HB 850	SB 3	Workgroup on the Creation of a Data Dashboard for Public Work Contracts and Apprentices - Establishment	Del. Nicole Williams (22-D)	Establishing the Workgroup on the Creation of a Data Dashboard for Public Work Contracts and Apprentices to study the most efficient and cost-effective method to create a publicly available data dashboard that disaggregates information regarding public work contracts with the State and apprentices working under the public work contracts; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by January 7, 2027.	Finance Health and Government Operations	Business Regulations - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Passed Enrolled (4/2)
HB 853		Postconviction Review - Procedure to Reduce Duration of Sentence (Maryland Second Look Act)	Del. Cheryl Pasteur (11A-D)	Authorizing a certain individual to file a motion to reduce the duration of a certain sentence if the individual was convicted between the ages of at least 18 and under 25, was not sentenced to life, is not a sex offender, has served at least 20 years of the term of confinement, and was not convicted of murder involving a victim who was a first responder who was killed in the line of duty; applying procedures for a proceeding under the Act; etc.	Judicial Proceedings Judiciary	Education & Workforce - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Passed Enrolled (4/3)
HB 862	SB 452	Child Care Affordability Commission - Establishment	Del. Jared Solomon (18-D)	Establishing the Child Care Affordability Commission to study and make recommendations regarding obstacles and barriers to child care affordability in the State; requiring the Commission to consider certain economic measures to support working families; and requiring the Commission to submit an interim report by January 1, 2026, and a final report of its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by December 1, 2026.	Ways and Means	Education & Workforce - Support	Support	In the House - Referred to interim study by Ways and Means (4/7)
HB 871		Health Services Cost Review Commission - Community Benefits - Community Health Worker Workforce Program	Del. Heather Bagnall (33C-D)	Altering the definition of "community benefit" to include a community health worker workforce program which is intended to provide services to patients of a nonprofit hospital and to improve health outcomes; authorizing a nonprofit hospital and a community-based organization to establish a community health worker workforce program; providing that a partnership that establishes a community health worker workforce program may be executed through a memorandum of understanding; establishing requirements for the memorandum of understanding; etc.	Finance Health and Government Operations	Health Care & Biopharma - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Passed Enrolled (4/7)
HB 898		Transportation - Vehicle Excise Tax - Rental Vehicles	Del. Stephanie Smith (45-D)	Repealing an exemption for certain rental vehicles from the vehicle excise tax; and imposing a vehicle excise tax on 3.5% of the fair market value of a rental vehicle.	Ways and Means	Transportation - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (2/4)
HB 900		Electricity - Data Centers - Rate Schedule and Requirements	Del. C. Wilson (28-D)	Requiring each electric company in the State to submit to the Public Service Commission for approval a specific rate schedule for certain data center customers with certain required provisions, including minimum durations, financial responsibilities, and fees.	Economic Matters	Cyber & Tech - Monitor Energy & Environment - TBD	Monitor	In the House - Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m. (2/4)
HB 903		Courts - Global Warming and Climate Change - Prohibited Actions (Ratepayer Protection Act of 2025)	Del. Jason Buckel (1B-R)	Prohibiting the State or a local government, or an agency of the State or a local government, from filing an action for monetary damages or alleged economic damages against a business for the adverse effects of global warming or climate change in the State.	Judiciary	Energy & Environment - Support	Support	In the House - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (2/10)
HB 919		State Tax Credits, Exemptions, and Deductions - Alterations and Repeal	Del. Julie Carr (17-D)	Altering the termination dates of the Job Creation Tax Credit, Opportunity Zone Enhancement Program, research and development tax credit, biotechnology investment incentive tax credit, security clearance administrative expense tax credit, and cybersecurity technology and service tax credit; providing for the termination of the One Maryland Economic Development Tax Credit Program on a certain date; altering eligibility for a certain tax credit for certain qualified vehicles; etc.	Ways and Means	Taxation - Oppose	Oppose	In the House - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (2/13)
HB 926	SB 681	Health Care Malpractice Claims - Health Care Provider - Definition	Del. Nicole Williams (22-D)	Altering the definition of "health care provider" to include employees, agents, or contractors of a hospital who are licensed, certified, registered, or otherwise authorized to render health care services in Maryland in provisions relating to health care malpractice claims.	Health and Government Operations Judiciary	Health Care & Biopharma - Support	Support	In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (Health and Government Operations) (2/4)
HB 955		Forged Digital Likenesses - Distribution - Prohibition	Del. C. Wilson (28-D)	Providing that the distribution of a certain forged digital likeness to another constitutes a statement or communication for the purpose of an action for defamation; prohibiting a person from knowingly distributing a certain forged digital likeness under certain circumstances; and providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a term of imprisonment of up to 3 years or a fine of up to $1,000 or both.	Judiciary	Cyber & Tech - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Withdrawn by Sponsor (2/17)
HB 956		Consumer Protection - Workgroup on Artificial Intelligence Implementation	Del. C. Wilson (28-D)	Establishing the Workgroup on Artificial Intelligence Implementation; requiring the Workgroup to monitor and make recommendations related to the regulation of artificial intelligence, consumer protection, current private sector use of artificial intelligence, enforcement authority for the Office of the Attorney General's Office of Consumer Protection, and impact in the determination of government benefits; and requiring the Workgroup to make its recommendations to certain committees of the General Assembly by July 1, 2026.	Economic Matters Finance	Cyber & Tech - Support	Support	In the House - Passed Enrolled (4/7)
HB 957		State Procurement - Worker Residency Requirements	Del. C. Wilson (28-D)	Requiring certain contractors to ensure that at least 35% of apprenticeship hours on certain projects are performed by State residents; requiring the Department of Labor to enforce certain residency requirements; providing that a contractor that fails to meet certain requirements is liable for an amount twice the number of apprentice hours at the apprentice rate by which the contractor failed to meet the applicable requirement; etc.	Economic Matters Health and Government Operations Rules	Business Regulations - Monitor Labor & Employment - Support with Amendment	Support with Amendment	In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules (4/7)
HB 958	SB 855	Railroads - Safety Requirements (Maryland Railway Safety Act of 2025)	Del. Dana Stein (11B-D)	Establishing requirements and prohibitions related to the operation of railroads in the State, including provisions related to the size of the crew, blocking of railroad and highway grade crossings, the length of trains operating on a main or branch line, wayside detectors, and investigations by railroad labor union representatives; and requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to establish and maintain a reporting system regarding the transportation of hazardous materials and waste by rail in the State.	Environment and Transportation	Transportation - Oppose	Oppose	In the House - Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m. (2/3)
HB 969	SB 774	Property Tax - Payment in Lieu of Taxes Agreements - Broadband Service Providers	Del. Andre Johnson (34A-D)	Authorizing the governing body of a county to enter into a payment in lieu of taxes agreement with a provider of broadband service located in the county for property located in the county and owned by the provider; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2025.	Budget and Taxation Ways and Means	Cyber & Tech - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Returned Passed (4/2)
HB 973	SB 804	Maryland Building Performance Standards - Fossil Fuel Use, Energy Conservation, and Electric- and Solar-Ready Standards (Better Buildings Act of 2025)	Del. Adrian Boafo (23-D)	Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to adopt, by October 1, 2025, and as part of the Maryland Building Performance Standards, energy conservation requirements, an electric- and solar-ready standard for certain buildings, and a requirement that new buildings and significant improvements meet all laundry, water, and space heating demands of the building without the use of fossil fuels.	Environment and Transportation	Energy & Environment - Oppose	Oppose	In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/3)
HB 1008	SB 557	Vehicle-Miles-Traveled Tax and Associated Mandated Devices - Prohibition (Transportation Freedom Act of 2025)	Del. Jason Buckel (1B-R)	Prohibiting the State or a local jurisdiction from imposing or levying a vehicle-miles-traveled tax or certain other similar fees, tolls, or taxes; prohibiting the State or a local jurisdiction from requiring the installation of a device in or on a privately owned vehicle to facilitate the reporting of vehicle miles traveled; etc.	Environment and Transportation Ways and Means	Transportation - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means) (2/4)
HB 1014	SB 859	Fair Share for Maryland Act of 2025	Del. Julie Carr (17-D)	Altering a certain limit on the unified credit used for determining the estate tax for decedents dying on or after January 1, 2026; altering a certain limitation on the amount of the estate tax for decedents dying on or after a certain date; altering the definition of "qualified child" for purposes of a certain credit against the State income tax for certain dependent children; imposing a certain business transportation fee on certain taxable income of corporations and pass-through entities for certain taxable years; etc.	Ways and Means	Taxation - Oppose	Oppose	In the House - Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m. (2/4)
HB 1017	SB 688	Public Works Contracts - Apprenticeship Requirements (Maryland Workforce Apprenticeship Utilization Act)	Del. Melissa Wells (40-D)	Altering certain apprenticeship requirements relating to public works contracts to require certain contractors and subcontractors to employ a certain number of qualified apprentices or journeyworkers necessary to meet a certain applicable percentage for the project; altering which projects are subject to certain apprenticeship requirements; repealing certain provisions of law that authorized contractors and subcontractors to make certain payments to a certain apprenticeship program in lieu of employing certain apprentices; etc.	Economic Matters	Labor & Employment - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (2/4)
HB 1035	SB 937	Electricity and Gas - Emissions Reductions, Rate Regulation, Cost Recovery, Infrastructure, Planning, Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard, and Energy Assistance Programs (Next Generation Energy Act)	Del. Adrienne Jones (10-D)	Authorizing the Department of Housing and Community Development to issue loans, in addition to grants, for certain purposes relating to reducing direct greenhouse gas emissions from certain multifamily residential buildings; requiring the Maryland Energy Administration, in coordination with the Public Service Commission and the Department of Natural Resources, to pursue certain agreements with neighboring states and federal agencies related to the development of new nuclear energy generation stations; etc.	Economic Matters Education, Energy, and the Environment	Energy & Environment - Letter of Information	Letter of Information	In the House - Returned Passed (4/7)
HB 1036	SB 931	Public Utilities - Generating Stations - Generation and Siting (Renewable Energy Certainty Act)	Del. C. Wilson (28-D)	Altering the factors the Public Service Commission must consider before taking final action on a certificate of public convenience and necessity; establishing a distributed generation certificate of public convenience and necessity to authorize the construction and operation of a certain distributed solar energy generating system; requiring the Power Plant Research Program, by July 1, 2026, to develop and submit to the Commission proposed siting and design requirements and licensing conditions; etc.	Economic Matters Education, Energy, and the Environment	Energy & Environment - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Returned Passed (4/7)
HB 1037	SB 909	Energy Resource Adequacy and Planning Act	Del. Brian Crosby (29B-D)	Establishing the Strategic Energy Planning Office; requiring the Office to develop a Comprehensive Wholesale Energy Markets and Bulk Power System Risk Report and examine certain scenarios to support the development of the Risk Report; requiring the Risk Report to assess wholesale energy market financial resource adequacy and reliability risks and to identify any necessary cost-effective solutions that ensure electric system reliability while meeting the State's energy policy goals; etc.	Economic Matters Education, Energy, and the Environment	Energy & Environment - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Returned Passed (4/7)
HB 1038	SB 496	Department of Commerce - Complaint Portal and Annual Report	Del. Joe Vogel (17-D)	Requiring the Department of Commerce to create and maintain a complaint portal for reporting when a governmental unit takes longer than 60 days to process an application for a license, form, certificate, certification, permit, or registration for a business or nonprofit organization; and requiring the Department, by September 15, 2025, and each September 15 thereafter, to submit an annual report to certain committees of the General Assembly on the complaints filed through the portal.	Economic Matters Health and Government Operations	Business Regulations - Support Labor & Employment - Support	Support	In the House - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters) (2/6)
HB 1047	SB 325	Income Tax - Credit for Employers of Eligible Apprentices - Alterations	Del. Chao Wu (9A-D)	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 June 30, 2031; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024.	Ways and Means	Education & Workforce - Support	Support	In the House - Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5)
HB 1058		Emission Standards, Ambient Air Quality Standards, and Solid Waste Management - Local Authority	Del. Jen Terrasa (13-D)	Altering provisions of law relating to the authority of a political subdivision to adopt ordinances, rules, or regulations that set emission standards or ambient air quality standards under certain conditions; specifying that the requirement for the Department of the Environment to approve a county water and sewerage plan does not limit certain authority of the county; requiring the Department to publish certain information on its website by October 1, 2025; etc.	Environment and Transportation	Energy & Environment - Letter of Information	Letter of Information	In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5)
HB 1079		Public Service Commission - Study on the Electric Transmission and Distribution System	Del. David Fraser-Hidalgo (15-D)	Requiring the Public Service Commission to conduct a study on the electric transmission system and the electric distribution system in the State; and establishing that the purpose of the study is to provide a comprehensive assessment of the potential application of grid-enhancing technologies and advanced conductors in a manner that ensures system reliability and safeguards the cybersecurity and physical security of the electric transmission system and electric distribution system in Maryland.	Economic Matters	Energy & Environment - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (3/3)
HB 1088	SB 882	Coal Transportation Fee and Fossil Fuel Mitigation Fund (Coal Dust Cleanup and Asthma Remediation Act)	Del. Dana Stein (11B-D)	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 the fee does not apply to the transportation of coal that is solely for use on a farm and the carrier does not otherwise use or sell the coal; establishing the Fossil Fuel Mitigation Fund to support activities that reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the State; etc.	Economic Matters Environment and Transportation	Energy & Environment - Oppose Transportation - Oppose	Oppose	In the House - Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation) (3/2)
HB 1089	SB 904	Data Brokers - Registry and Gross Income Tax (Building Information Guardrails Data Act of 2025)	Del. Jared Solomon (18-D)	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; imposing a tax on the gross income of certain data brokers for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2026; requiring the revenue from the data broker tax be used by Maryland Public Television to provide digital literacy support to students in kindergarten through 12th grade; etc.	Economic Matters Ways and Means	Cyber & Tech - Oppose	Oppose	In the House - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters) (2/6)
HB 1092		Recycling - Prohibition on the Chemical Conversion of Plastic	Del. Jen Terrasa (13-D)	Altering the definition of recycling to exclude certain chemical conversion processes, pyrolysis, hydropyrolysis, methanolysis, gasification, enzymatic breakdown, or similar processes as determined by the Department of the Environment; and prohibiting a person from building in the State a facility that converts plastic to fuel or feedstock through a chemical conversion process.	Environment and Transportation	Energy & Environment - Oppose	Oppose	In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5)
HB 1096	SB 938	Fraud Prevention and Worker Protections - Prohibitions, Penalties, and Enforcement	Del. Adrienne Jones (10-D)	Prohibiting a person from knowingly making or using, or causing to be made or used, a false record or statement resulting in underpayments of unemployment insurance contributions or payment of unemployment insurance benefits of more than a certain amount; altering the enforcement mechanisms of the Maryland Wage and Hour Law, the Maryland Wage Payment and Collection Law, workplace fraud laws, living wage laws, and prevailing wage laws; etc.	Economic Matters	Labor & Employment - Oppose	Oppose	In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/10)
HB 1099		Civil Actions - Punitive Damage Awards - Surcharge	Del. Luke Clippinger (46-D)	Providing that punitive damages may be awarded in a civil action only if the plaintiff proves by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant acted with gross negligence; requiring the State Court Administrator to assess a certain surcharge on a defendant against whom a judgement for punitive damages is entered; requiring the Administrator to deposit money collected from the surcharge into the Blueprint for Maryland's Future Fund; etc.	Judiciary	Civil Liability - Oppose	Oppose	In the House - Hearing 3/05 at 3:00 p.m. (3/4)
HB 1101	SB 836	Corporate Income Tax - Rate Reduction (Economic Competitiveness Act of 2025)	Del. Wayne Hartman (38C-R)	Decreasing, over 5 taxable years, the State corporate income tax rate from 8.25% to 6.25%.	Ways and Means	Taxation - Support	Support	In the House - Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5)
HB 1112		PFAS Chemicals - Civil Actions and Prohibition on Consumer Product Sales	Del. Kevin Hornberger (35B-R)	Altering the time limits for bringing an action for wrongful death or personal injury concerning exposure of a person to PFAS chemicals; and prohibiting a person, on or after July 1, 2026, from manufacturing, selling, or distributing in the State a consumer product that contains PFAS chemicals.	Health and Government Operations Judiciary	Energy & Environment - Oppose Workers' Comp & UI - Oppose	Oppose	In the House - Hearing 3/05 at 3:00 p.m. (Judiciary) (3/4)
HB 1149	SB 675	Public Service Commission - Full Costs and Benefits Analysis of Sources of Electricity Generation	Del. Christopher Adams (37B-R)	Requiring the Public Service Commission to conduct an analysis of the full costs and benefits of sources of electricity generation in the State; requiring the Commission to include recommended policy changes to support the development of energy sources with the lowest costs and greatest benefits to the ratepayers of the State; and requiring the Commission to reports its findings and recommendations to certain committees of the General Assembly by December 1, 2026.	Economic Matters	Energy & Environment - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. (2/7)
HB 1210		Workers' Compensation - Evaluation of Permanent Impairments - Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical	Del. Susan McComas (34B-R)	Authorizing a licensed certified social worker-clinical to provide evaluation services for workers' compensation claims related to permanent impairments involving a behavioral or mental disorder; and requiring a licensed certified social worker-clinical to comply with certain requirements to perform the evaluation services.	Economic Matters Finance	Workers' Comp & UI - Monitor	Monitor	In the Senate - Hearing 3/20 at 1:30 p.m. (3/18)
HB 1217	SB 950	Natural Gas Generating Facilities - Authorization	Del. Jason Buckel (1B-R)	Authorizing the construction, permitting, and operation of natural gas generating facilities in the State until the State meets 50% of its energy needs from renewable energy resources; and requiring the Maryland Energy Administration to work with the owners and operators of natural gas generating facilities in the State to decrease the production of energy from natural gas after the State meets 50% of its energy needs from renewable energy resources.	Economic Matters	Energy & Environment - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. (2/7)
HB 1218	SB 953	Construction and Expansion of Transmission Lines and Task Force to Develop a Realistic Electricity Plan for Maryland	Del. Jason Buckel (1B-R)	Establishing the Task Force to Develop a Realistic Electricity Plan for Maryland to study and make recommendations on the State's current and future electricity needs under various scenarios: prohibiting the Public Service Commission from approving the construction or expansion of transmission lines in the State from July 1, 2025, through May 1, 2026; and requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 31, 2025.	Economic Matters	Energy & Environment - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. (2/7)
HB 1219		Maryland Co-Location Energy Innovation and Reliability Act	Del. April Miller (4-R)	Requiring the Public Service Commission to adopt regulations related to the construction of a generating station that is co-located with a data center but is not interconnected with the electric transmission system or electric distribution system.	Economic Matters	Energy & Environment - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. (2/7)
HB 1225	SB 908	Public Utilities - Electric Distribution System Plans - Establishment (Affordable Grid Act)	Del. Lily Qi (15-D)	Requiring the Public Service Commission to adopt regulations or issue orders on or before December 31, 2025, that require electric companies to, every 3 years, develop an electric system distribution plan to be approved by the Commission and provide the Commission with annual progress reports; requiring the Commission to adopt regulations or issue orders adopting certain metrics to monitor and assess electric distribution system plans; requiring an electric company to provide certain public comment opportunities; etc.	Economic Matters	Energy & Environment - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. (2/7)
HB 1243	SB 975	Health Insurance - Coverage for Specialty Drugs	Del. Steve Johnson (34A-D)	Prohibiting certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from excluding coverage for certain specialty drugs that are administered or dispensed by a provider that is an in-network provider of covered medical oncology services and complies with State regulations for the administering and dispensing of specialty drugs, if the specialty drugs meet certain qualifications; and requiring the reimbursement rate for certain specialty drugs to meet certain criteria.	Finance Health and Government Operations	Health Care & Biopharma - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Returned Passed (4/2)
HB 1245	SB 852	Blueprint for Maryland's Future - Alterations	Del. Greg Wims (39-D)	Repealing the Career Counseling Program for Middle and High School Students and the associated funding; requiring county boards of education to report on per-school funding for certain programs associated with the Blueprint for Maryland's Future in a certain manner; providing a waiver from the minimum funding per school requirement for schools with 350 or fewer total students; altering the definition of "Tier I child" for purposes of publicly funded prekindergarten to include certain children; etc.	Appropriations Ways and Means	Taxation - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Hearing 3/05 at 1:30 p.m. (Appropriations) (3/5)
HB 1246		Health Benefit Plans - Calculation of Cost-Sharing Contribution - Requirements	Del. Steve Johnson (34A-D)	Requiring certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to include certain discounts, financial assistance payments, product vouchers, and other out-of-pocket expenses made by or on behalf of an insured or enrollee when calculating cost-sharing contributions for certain prescription drugs; requiring certain persons that provide financial assistance payments, discounts, product vouchers, or other out-of-pocket expenses to notify an insured or enrollee of certain information; etc.	Finance Health and Government Operations	Health Care & Biopharma - Monitor	Monitor	In the Senate - Third Reading Passed with Amendments (47-0) (4/7)
HB 1261		Employment Discrimination - Intent	Del. Adrian Boafo (23-D)	Prohibiting certain acts that have a discriminatory effect, regardless of the actor's intent, in employment by any person; and providing that a person who unintentionally violates a certain provision of law has not committed an unlawful employment practice if the violation was justified by a legitimate business necessity and there was no other less discriminatory means of accomplishing that business necessity.	Economic Matters	Labor & Employment - Oppose	Oppose	In the House - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (2/7)
HB 1273		Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund and Customer-Sited Solar Program - Alterations	Chair, Economic Matters Committee	Authorizing the use of the Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund for grants and loans for building electrification and transportation electrification; altering the allowed uses of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative auction revenue and certain compliance fee revenue; altering certain reporting requirements for the Fund; and altering the definition of "low to moderate income" for purposes of the Customer-Sited Solar Program.	Economic Matters Environment and Transportation Education, Energy, and the Environment	Energy & Environment - Letter of Information	Letter of Information	In the Senate - Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m. (3/20)
HB 1274		Consumer Protection - Third-Party Litigation Financing	Del. Andre Johnson (34A-D)	Prohibiting certain litigation financiers from engaging in certain conduct with respect to litigation financing transactions and certain litigation financing contracts; requiring that the litigation financing contracts contain certain disclosures and be executed in a certain manner; requiring a certain disclosure of a litigation financing contract in certain civil actions; and imposing a fiduciary duty on litigation financiers in certain class actions.	Economic Matters	Civil Liability - Support	Support	In the House - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (2/7)
HB 1288	SB 658	Labor and Employment - Noncompete and Conflict of Interest Provisions	Del. April Rose (5-R)	Altering the noncompete and conflict of interest provisions in employment contracts or similar documents that are null and void as being against public policy.	Economic Matters	Labor & Employment - Support	Support	In the House - Hearing canceled (2/26)
HB 1294		Commercial Law - Credit Regulation - Earned Wage Access and Credit Modernization	Del. C. Wilson (28-D)	Subjecting certain earned wage access products to the Maryland Consumer Loan Law and other provisions that regulate entities that provide consumer credit; restricting the acceptance of tips by certain lenders under certain circumstances; providing for the licensing or registration of certain entities offering earned wage access products with certain exemptions; regulating earned wage access service agreements; limiting the costs and fees associated with obtaining an earned wage access product; etc.	Economic Matters Finance	Labor & Employment - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Returned Passed (4/7)
HB 1309	SB 907	Cybersecurity - Standards, Compliance, and Audits - Alterations	Del. Chao Wu (9A-D)	Repealing the requirement that county boards of education prioritize the purchase of digital devices with certain funds; requiring each local school system to comply with, and certify compliance with, the State minimum cybersecurity standards and to conduct a cybersecurity maturity assessment every 2 years; requiring the Office of Security Management within the Department of Information Technology to annually update the State minimum cybersecurity standards; etc.	Health and Government Operations Ways and Means	Cyber & Tech - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Hearing 3/10 at 11:30 a.m. (Health and Government Operations) (3/8)
HB 1314		Health Care - Prior Authorizations - Prohibiting Fees	Del. April Miller (4-R)	Prohibiting in-network health care providers from charging a fee to obtain a prior authorization from a carrier or managed care organization.	Finance Health and Government Operations	Health Care & Biopharma - Monitor	Monitor	In the Senate - Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m. (3/20)
HB 1329	SB 643	Public Utilities - Energy Generation and Transmission	Del. Teresa Reilly (35A-R)	Stating the authority to construct, permit, and operate in the State an energy generating system that produces energy from natural gas; authorizing investor-owned electric companies and electricity suppliers in the State to construct, acquire, or lease and operate their own generating facilities and construct, acquire, or lease, and operate, certain transmission facilities; stating the General Assembly's support for the development of additional nuclear energy in the State; etc.	Economic Matters	Energy & Environment - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m. (2/7)
HB 1331		Consumer Protection - Artificial Intelligence	Del. Lily Qi (15-D)	Regulating the manner in which a developer or deployer of artificial intelligence must protect consumers from certain risks; requiring a developer that offers to sell a certain artificial intelligence system to provide certain information and make certain disclosures; requiring a deployer to implement a certain risk management policy and take certain precautions to protect consumers from certain risks; requiring a deployer to complete an impact assessment and make certain disclosures; etc.	Economic Matters	Cyber & Tech - Oppose	Oppose	In the House - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (2/7)
HB 1340	SB 785	Labor and Employment - Unpaid Parental Leave - Definition of Employer	Del. April Rose (5-R)	Altering the definition of "employer" to exclude employers who are covered by the federal Family and Medical Leave Act for the current year from being required to provide to employees a certain unpaid parental leave benefit in the State.	Economic Matters	Labor & Employment - Support	Support	In the House - Hearing canceled (2/26)
HB 1365		Commercial Law - Online Data Privacy - Limits on Data Collection	Del. Andrea Harrison (24-D)	Altering requirements for a controller to limit the collection of personal data to what is adequate, relevant, and reasonably necessary in relation to the purposes for which the data is processed.	Economic Matters	Cyber & Tech - Support	Support	In the House - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (2/7)
HB 1370	SB 881	Transportation - Regional Transportation Authorities	Del. Ryan Spiegel (17-D)	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 transportation funds as special, nonlapsing funds; imposing certain transportation authority sales tax surcharges, hotel surcharges, and transfer tax surcharges; etc.	Appropriations Environment and Transportation	Transportation - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation) (2/14)
HB 1391	SB 906	Education - Artificial Intelligence - Guidelines and Professional Development	Del. Caylin Young (45-D)	Requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with relevant stakeholders, to develop and periodically update certain guidance on artificial intelligence; requiring the Department to promote training and workforce development in artificial intelligence; requiring the Career and Technical Education Committee and the CTE Skills Standards Advisory Committee to use the Department's guidance and, if necessary, consult with the Department before incorporating the use of artificial intelligence into certain CTE actions; etc.	Ways and Means Education, Energy, and the Environment	Cyber & Tech - Monitor	Monitor	In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment (3/17)
HB 1400	SB 823	No Tax on Tips Act	Del. Adrian Boafo (23-D)	Establishing consumer protections related to service fees charged by food service facilities; specifying the State minimum wage rate; prohibiting, beginning July 1, 2028, employers of tipped employees from including a tip credit amount as part of the employees' wages; allowing a subtraction under the State income tax for certain qualified tips received by certain individuals; and allowing a person a credit against the State income tax for certain amounts paid to an employee based on the payment of certain wages and tips.	Economic Matters Ways and Means	Labor & Employment - Oppose	Oppose	In the House - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters) (2/7)
HB 1413		Labor and Employment - Employer Communications During Nonworking Hours - Right to Disconnect	Del. Dylan Behler (30A-D)	Requiring employers to establish a policy that provides employees a certain right to ignore communications from the employer during nonworking hours and establishes nonworking hours by written agreement; and prohibiting, except under certain circumstances, an employer from requiring that an employee communicate with the employer during nonworking hours.	Economic Matters	Labor & Employment - Oppose	Oppose	In the House - Hearing canceled (2/25)
HB 1414	SB 479	Building Energy Performance Standards - Public Safety, Emergency, and Public Utility Buildings - Exclusion (Safe Solutions Now Act of 2025)	Del. Wayne Hartman (38C-R)	Altering the definition of "covered building" for purposes of certain building energy performance standards to exclude certain public safety, emergency, and public utility buildings.	Environment and Transportation	Energy & Environment - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/7)
HB 1415		Environment - Building Energy Performance Standards and Energy Use Intensity Targets - Exemptions	Del. William Wivell (2A-R)	Exempting a certain covered building from compliance with certain building energy performance standards and energy use intensity targets until a certain occurrence.	Environment and Transportation	Energy & Environment - Support	Support	In the House - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/7)
HB 1417	SB 480	Department of General Services - Clean Energy Procurement Program - Establishment	Del. Christopher Adams (37B-R)	Requiring the Department of General Services, in consultation with the Maryland Green Purchasing Committee, the University System of Maryland, and the Maryland Clean Energy Center, to establish a Clean Energy Procurement Program in the Department on or before January 1, 2026; requiring the Department, in consultation with certain entities, to issue a certain solicitation for a biogas contract; authorizing the Department to enter into a contract to procure biogas; etc.	Economic Matters	Energy & Environment - Support	Support	In the House - Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. (3/6)
HB 1425	SB 905	Criminal Law - Identity Fraud - Artificial Intelligence and Deepfake Representations	Del. C. Wilson (28-D)	Prohibiting a person from utilizing certain personal identifying information or engaging in certain conduct in order to cause certain harm; prohibiting a person from using certain artificial intelligence or certain deepfake representations for certain purposes; and providing that a person who is the victim of certain conduct may bring a civil action against a certain person.	Judiciary	Cyber & Tech - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (2/27)
HB 1438		Labor and Employment - Exemptions From Overtime Pay - Administrative, Executive, or Professional Capacity	Del. Dylan Behler (30A-D)	Altering the exemption from overtime pay for individuals who are employed to work in an administrative, executive, or professional capacity; increasing, except under certain circumstances, the exempted compensation rate in effect for certain periods of time based on the annual growth, if any, in the Consumer Price Index; requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry, beginning March 1, 2026, and each subsequent year, to determine and announce the new exempted compensation rate; etc.	Economic Matters	Labor & Employment - Oppose		In the House - Hearing canceled (2/20)
HB 1439	SB 760	Better Small Business Employee Benefit Act of 2025	Del. Lily Qi (15-D)	Exempting from certain requirements relating to offering health benefit plans to small employers in the State health benefit plans issued through a professional employer organization, coemployer, or other organization located in the State.	Economic Matters Health and Government Operations	Health Care & Biopharma - Support	Support	In the House - Hearing 3/11 at 2:45 p.m. (Health and Government Operations) (3/11)
HB 1446		Income Tax - Credit for Businesses Relocating From Another State (Come to Maryland Act)	Del. Marlon Amprey (40-D)	Allowing, for certain taxable years, a credit against the State income tax for a certain qualified business entity that relocates its headquarters and base of operations from another state to Maryland under certain circumstances; requiring the Department of Commerce to administer the tax credit; allowing a qualified business entity to carry over any excess credit to the next taxable year; and establishing the Business Relocation Council to advertise the tax credit allowed under the Act.	Ways and Means	Taxation - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (3/5)
HB 1451	SB 779	Climate Solutions Affordability Act of 2025	Del. Brian Chisholm (31-R)	Specifying that certain requirements under the Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022 are to be carried out to the extent economically practicable, including requirements concerning achieving certain direct greenhouse gas emissions reductions from certain buildings, measuring and reporting direct emissions data to the Department of the Environment, achieving certain greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals, and achieving zero-emission vehicle goals relating to the State vehicle fleet and local school buses; etc.	Economic Matters Environment and Transportation	Energy & Environment - Support	Support	In the House - Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation) (3/2)
HB 1455		Workers' Compensation - Average Weekly Wage - Multiple Employers	Del. Steven Arentz (36-R)	Requiring that the average weekly wages from employments of a covered employee who, at the time of an accidental personal injury, was concurrently employed by more than one employer be combined for purposes of computing the average weekly wages under certain circumstances; requiring that the Subsequent Injury Fund or the Uninsured Employers' Fund reimburse an employer for certain compensation paid by the employer; and requiring the average weekly wage for certain covered employees to be recalculated under the Act.	Economic Matters	Workers' Comp & UI - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (3/5)
HB 1457		Alternative Fuel, Fuel-Efficient, and Electric Vehicles - Highway Use Fees	Del. Jared Solomon (18-D)	Repealing the annual surcharge required to register a zero-emission vehicle or plug-in electric drive vehicle; requiring the owners of certain alternative fuel vehicles, fuel-efficient vehicles, and plug-in electric drive vehicles to pay an annual highway use fee for each vehicle registered; establishing a voluntary annual Mileage-Based User Fee Program within the Department of Transportation; allowing the owners of certain vehicles to participate in the Program in lieu of paying the annual highway use fee; etc.	Appropriations Environment and Transportation	Transportation - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation) (2/14)
HB 1458	SB 809	Declaration of Rights - Right to Minimum Wage for Tipped Workers	Del. Adrian Boafo (23-D)	Establishing that every person, as a central component of an individual's right to liberty and equality, has the fundamental right to be paid at a wage rate that is at least equal to the State minimum wage rate set by law without regard to tips that the individual receives; and prohibiting the State from, directly or indirectly, denying, burdening, or abridging the right unless justified by a compelling State interest achieved by the least restrictive means.	Economic Matters	Labor & Employment - Oppose	Oppose	In the House - Hearing canceled (2/24)
HB 1463		Transportation - Maryland Transit Administration - Funding (Transit Safety and Investment Act of 2025)	Del. Mark Edelson (46-D)	Requiring the Governor to include, for each of fiscal years 2030 through 2039, an appropriation of $550,000,000 in the State budget from the Transportation Trust Fund to the Maryland Transit Administration for certain operating and capital needs of the Administration.	Appropriations	Transportation - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (2/17)
HB 1464	SB 863	Motor Vehicles - Rental Fleet Vehicles - Registration	Del. Vaughn Stewart (19-D)	Establishing an alternative registration process for rental fleet vehicles; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to issue distinctive registration plates for rental vehicles registered under the alternative process; and requiring, in addition to an annual registration fee, the owner of a registered rental vehicle to pay a one-time initial registration fee not to exceed $8.50 when the new registration plates are issued.	Environment and Transportation Judicial Proceedings	Transportation - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Returned Passed (4/4)
HB 1484	SB 978	Environmental Permits - Requirements for Public Participation and Impact and Burden Analyses (Cumulative Harms to Environmental Restoration For Improving Shared Health - CHERISH Our Communities Act)	Del. Jazz Lewis (24-D)	Applying certain public participation requirements to permits for projects that have been identified by the Department of the Environment as having an increased potential for adverse community environmental and public health impacts; requiring a person applying for certain environmental permits for certain projects with an increased potential to cause adverse community environmental and public health impacts to include in the permit application an environmental impact analysis; etc.	Economic Matters Environment and Transportation	Energy & Environment - Letter of Information	Letter of Information	In the House - Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation) (3/2)
HB 1508	SB 1037	Baltimore City - Sales Tax - Authorization	Del. Melissa Wells (40-D)	Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City to impose, by law, a tax on retail sales of tangible personal property and taxable services in the City of Baltimore, subject to certain limitations.	Ways and Means	Taxation - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (3/5)
HB 1548		Employment - Harassment and Intimidation - Reporting	Del. Frank Conaway (40-D)	Establishing requirements related to the reporting of incidents of employee harassment and intimidation, including provisions regarding the reporting of incidents by employers to the Commissioner of Labor and Industry, the creation of a reporting form, and the establishment of an electronic tip program; establishing that certain information shared in the reporting of incidents of employee harassment or intimidation is confidential; etc.	Rules and Executive Nominations	Labor & Employment - Oppose	Oppose	In the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations (2/25)
HB 1554	SB 1045	Sales and Use Tax - Taxable Business Services - Alterations	Del. David Moon (20-D)	Altering the definitions of "taxable price" and "taxable service" for the purposes of certain provisions of law governing the sales and use tax to impose the tax on certain labors and services if both the provider of the service and the buyer are business entities; and specifying the rate of the sales and use tax for certain labor and services.	Ways and Means	Taxation - Oppose	Oppose	In the House - Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m. (3/6)
HB 1556		Environment - Advanced Clean Cars II Program and Advanced Clean Trucks Program - Implementation, Application, and Enforcement	Del. Dana Stein (11B-D)	Prohibiting the Department of the Environment from implementing the Advanced Clean Trucks Program until a certain needs assessment and deployment plan is published, subject to certain conditions; authorizing the Department to apply certain enforcement or penalty provisions to a motor vehicle manufacturer for failing to meet any requirements under the Advanced Clean Cars II Program for model years 2027 and 2028 only under certain circumstances; etc.	Environment and Transportation	Energy & Environment - Support Transportation - Support	Support	In the House - Second Reading Passed with Amendments (4/4)
SB 3	HB 850	Workgroup on the Creation of a Data Dashboard for Public Work Contracts and Apprentices - Establishment	Sen. Arthur Ellis (28-D)	Establishing the Workgroup on the Creation of a Data Dashboard for Public Work Contracts and Apprentices to study the most efficient and cost-effective methods to create a publicly available data dashboard that disaggregates information regarding public work contracts with the State and apprentices working under public work contracts; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by January 7, 2027.	Finance Health and Government Operations			In the Senate - Returned Passed (4/7)
SB 15	HB 681	Child Support - Driver's License Suspension for Arrearages and Court Orders	Sen. Ron Watson (23-D)	Altering the circumstances under which the Child Support Administration may notify the Motor Vehicle Administration of an individual's child support arrearages for the purpose of suspending the individual's driver's license or privilege to drive to exclude obligors whose income is not greater than 250% of the federal poverty guidelines under certain circumstances; and requiring the court, after establishing a child support order, to send a copy of the guideline calculation and the order to the Child Support Administration.	Judicial Proceedings	Education & Workforce - Monitor	Monitor	In the Senate - Third Reading Passed (46-0) (4/7)
SB 31	HB 393	Commercial Law - Attachment of Wages - Exemptions (Exempt Income Protection Act)	Sen. Arthur Ellis (28-D)	Altering the amount of wages of a judgment debtor that are exempt from attachment to 150% of the federal poverty level; and requiring an employer served with an attachment to notify the judgment debtor in writing of the amount of wages exempt from attachment, the method used to calculate the amount of attachable wages, and the procedure by which the judgment debtor may contest the attachment.	Finance	Labor & Employment - Support with Amendment	Support with Amendment	In the Senate - Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m. (1/14)
SB 33		Office of the Comptroller and Department of Legislative Services - Maryland Business Taxes - Study	Sen. Karen Young (3-D)	Requiring the Office of the Comptroller and the Department of Legislative Services to study and make recommendations regarding the State's business tax structure and the imposition of combined reporting; and requiring the Office of the Comptroller and the Department of Legislative Services to report their findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 15, 2026.	Budget and Taxation	Taxation - Support with Amendment	Support with Amendment	In the Senate - Withdrawn by Sponsor (1/27)
SB 39		Criminal Procedure - Petition to Modify or Reduce Sentence (Maryland Second Look Act)	Sen. Joanne Benson (24-D)	Authorizing an individual serving a term of confinement to petition a court to modify or reduce the sentence under certain circumstances; providing that a certain petitioner is entitled to assistance of counsel and, if indigent, representation by the Office of the Public Defender; and authorizing a certain person to apply to the Appellate Court of Maryland for leave to appeal a certain order in a certain manner and within a certain period of time after the court passes a certain order in accordance with the provisions of the Act.	Judicial Proceedings	Education & Workforce - Monitor	Monitor	In the Senate - Withdrawn by Sponsor (1/27)
SB 49	HB 107	Consumer Protection - Automatic Renewals	Sen. Dawn Gile (33-D)	Requiring a person who makes an automatic renewal offer to consumers to allow a consumer to cancel the automatic renewal in a certain manner; requiring automatic renewal offers to be displayed in a certain manner and contain certain information; establishing that compliance with certain regulations or a certain license shall be considered to be compliance with the Act; establishing that a violation of the Act is an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice; etc.	Economic Matters Finance	Business Regulations - Oppose Cyber & Tech - Oppose	Oppose	In the Senate - Passed Enrolled (4/7)
SB 55	HB 400	State Finance - Prohibited Appropriations - Magnetic Levitation Transportation System	Sen. Alonzo Washington (22-D)	Prohibiting the State and certain units and instrumentalities of the State from using any appropriation for a magnetic levitation transportation system in the State; and providing that the prohibition does not apply to certain expenditures for salaries.	Budget and Taxation Education, Energy, and the Environment	Transportation - Oppose	Oppose	In the Senate - Hearing 1/29 at 10:30 a.m. (Budget and Taxation) (1/14)
SB 58		Labor and Employment - Parental School Engagement Leave Act	Sen. Joanne Benson (24-D)	Requiring certain employers to provide certain employees with at least 12 hours of parental school engagement leave each school year to attend meetings and conferences relating to the schooling of the employee's child; and requiring the State Superintendent of Schools and the Commissioner of Labor to provide notice of certain provisions of the Act and develop and make available a document that may be used to validate an employee's use of parental school engagement leave.	Finance	Labor & Employment - Oppose	Oppose	In the Senate - Hearing 1/29 at 1:00 p.m. (1/14)
SB 91	HB 35	Economic Development - Income Tax Benefit Transfer Program - Establishment	Sen. Brian Feldman (15-D)	Establishing the Income Tax Benefit Transfer Program within the Department of Commerce to allow eligible technology companies in the State with unused amounts of net operating loss subtraction modifications or income tax credits to transfer those tax benefits for use by other business taxpayers in the State to assist in funding expenses incurred by the eligible technology companies in connection with operations in the State; requiring the Department, in consultation with the Comptroller, to administer the Program; etc.	Budget and Taxation	Cyber & Tech - Monitor Taxation - Monitor	Monitor	In the Senate - Hearing 1/15 at 10:30 a.m. (1/8)
SB 99	HB 60	Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Military Retirement Income (Keep Our Heroes Home Act)	Sen. Johnny Salling (6-R)	Increasing, from $20,000 to $40,000 over a 2-year period, the amount of a certain subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for certain military retirement income received by individuals, regardless of age, during a taxable year for certain military service.	Budget and Taxation	Taxation - Support	Support	In the Senate - Hearing 1/15 at 10:30 a.m. (1/8)
SB 105	HB 145	Green and Renewable Energy for Nonprofit Organizations Loan Program and Fund	Sen. Cheryl Kagan (17-D)	Establishing the Green and Renewable Energy for Nonprofit Organizations Loan Program in the Maryland Clean Energy Center to provide financial assistance in the form of no-interest loans to nonprofit organizations for the planning, purchase, and installation of qualifying energy systems, and actions that improve energy efficiency; establishing the Green and Renewable Energy for Nonprofit Organizations Loan Fund; authorizing the Governor to include $5,000,000 in the fiscal year 2027 budget for the Fund; etc.	Appropriations Budget and Taxation Economic Matters	Energy & Environment - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - First Reading Economic Matters and Appropriations (3/15)
SB 106	HB 110	Child Support - Suspension of Driver's Licenses	Sen. C. Muse (26-D)	Altering provisions of law relating to the authority of the Child Support Enforcement Administration to notify the Motor Vehicle Administration of an individual's child support arrearages for the purpose of suspending the individual's driver's license or privilege to drive under certain circumstances.	Judicial Proceedings	Education & Workforce - Monitor	Monitor	In the Senate - Hearing 1/22 at 10:00 a.m. (1/9)
SB 116	HB 270	Data Center Impact Analysis and Report	Sen. Karen Young (3-D)	Requiring the Department of the Environment and the University of Maryland School of Business, in coordination with the Department of Legislative Services, to conduct an analysis of the likely environmental and economic impacts of data center development in the State; and requiring the Department of Legislative Services to coordinate preparation of the final report to be submitted to the Governor and the General Assembly by September 1, 2026.	Economic Matters Education, Energy, and the Environment	Cyber & Tech - Monitor Energy & Environment - Monitor	Monitor	In the Senate - Passed Enrolled (4/7)
SB 149	HB 128	Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation - Total Assessed Cost of Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Study and Reports	Sen. Katie Hester (9-D)	Requiring the Comptroller, in coordination with the Department of the Environment and the Department of Commerce, to conduct a study to assess the total cost of greenhouse gas emissions in the State and report certain findings to certain committees on or before December 1, 2026, on the total assessed cost of greenhouse gas emissions in the State based on the findings of a certain study; authorizing the Comptroller to hire a consultant to conduct the study; and requiring the report to include certain information and calculations.	Economic Matters Environment and Transportation Finance Education, Energy, and the Environment	Energy & Environment - Oppose	Oppose	In the Senate - Returned Passed (4/7)
SB 190	HB 80	Land Use - Transit-Oriented Development - Alterations	Chair, Budget and Taxation Committee	Authorizing the Maryland Department of Transportation to establish transit-oriented development (TOD) corridor funds financed by revenue from county special taxing districts to benefit transit-oriented development; altering the authority of local legislative bodies to regulate land use planning on certain land that is located within 0.5 miles of, or under certain circumstances, adjacent to, certain transit stations; exempting certain special taxes for the benefit of transit-oriented development from any county tax limitation or bond cap; etc.	Budget and Taxation	Transportation - Support	Support	In the Senate - Hearing 1/29 at 10:30 a.m. (1/15)
SB 195	HB 218	Family Law - Child Support	Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee	Altering provisions relating to the commencement of a proceeding to hold a person in contempt of court for the person's default in payment of periodic child or spousal support under the terms of a court order and provisions relating to the commencement of a contempt proceeding for failure to make a payment of child or spousal support under a court order; authorizing the Child Support Administration to take action to secure an assignment to the State of any rights to support on behalf of a child receiving foster care maintenance payments; etc.	Judicial Proceedings	Labor & Employment - Oppose	Oppose	In the Senate - Hearing 1/14 at 1:00 p.m. (1/6)
SB 198	HB 20	Transportation - Consolidated Transportation Program - Prioritization (Transportation Investment Priorities Act of 2025)	Chair, Budget and Taxation Committee	Altering the required elements of the Consolidated Transportation Program and Maryland Transportation Plan; requiring a certain advisory committee to advise the Department of Transportation on the Maryland Transportation Plan; requiring the Department to develop a certain project-based scoring system and solicit requests from certain entities for major surface transportation projects; requiring the Department to evaluate and score certain major surface transportation projects; etc.	Budget and Taxation	Transportation - Monitor	Monitor	In the Senate - Hearing 1/29 at 10:30 a.m. (1/15)
SB 218	HB 264	Business Occupational and Professional Licenses - Suspension and Revocation for Workplace Fraud	Chair, Finance Committee	Requiring, under certain circumstances, the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to notify a licensing authority when a licensee is found in violation of certain workplace fraud provisions; requiring licensing authorities to suspend or revoke the licenses of licensees who are reported by the Commissioner; and establishing certain appeal and license reinstatement procedures.	Finance	Labor & Employment - Oppose	Oppose	In the Senate - Withdrawn by Sponsor (1/27)
SB 219	HB 193	Uninsured Employers' Fund - Assessments and Special Monitor	Chair, Finance Committee	Altering the circumstances under which the Uninsured Employers' Fund must collect or suspend a certain assessment; altering, from 1% to up to 1.5%, the additional percentage the Uninsured Employers' Fund Board may direct the Workers' Compensation Commission to assess on awards and settlements if the Board determines that the reserves of the Fund are inadequate to meet anticipated losses; and requiring the Workers' Compensation Commission to designate a certain special monitor for certain purposes.	Economic Matters Finance	Workers' Comp & UI - Oppose	Oppose	In the Senate - Returned Passed (4/7)
SB 225	HB 102	Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Application Year and Participation of Self-Employed Individuals	Chair, Finance Committee	Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to adopt regulations establishing an optional self-employed enrollment program governing the participation of self-employed individuals in the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program; repealing certain requirements related to the payment of contributions to the Program by participating self-employed individuals; excluding participating self-employed individuals from certain provisions of law governing the payment of benefits under the Program; etc.	Finance	Labor & Employment - Monitor	Monitor	In the Senate - Hearing 1/29 at 1:00 p.m. (1/14)
SB 227		Workers' Compensation - Payment From Uninsured Employers' Fund - Revisions	Chair, Finance Committee	Authorizing the Worker's Compensation Commission to offset or credit against an award certain benefits paid by the Uninsured Employer's Fund; requiring the Workers' Compensation Commission to make the Fund a party to a claim filed against an uninsured employer; authorizing a covered employee or the dependents of a covered employee to apply to the Director of the Fund for payment from the Fund; requiring the Fund to pay certain additional awards under certain circumstances; etc.	Economic Matters Finance	Workers' Comp & UI - Monitor	Monitor	In the Senate - Returned Passed (4/7)
SB 250		Department of the Environment - Fees, Penalties, Funding, and Regulation	Chair, Education, Energy the Environment Committee	Altering the authorized uses of the Maryland Clean Air Fund to include certain activities relating to mitigating and reducing air pollution in the State; authorizing the Department of the Environment to charge a fee for processing and issuing on-site sewage disposal permits and individual well construction permits under certain circumstances; requiring a holder of a license to transfer oil into the State to pay a certain fee when oil owned by the licensee is first transferred into the State; establishing the Private Dam Repair Fund; etc.	Environment and Transportation Education, Energy, and the Environment	Energy & Environment - Monitor	Monitor	In the Senate - Returned Passed (4/7)
SB 256	HB 49	Environment - Building Energy Performance Standards - Compliance and Reporting	Chair, Education, Energy the Environment Committee	Altering an annual compliance fee paid by certain owners of covered buildings under certain circumstances to include the energy use attributable to the building's failure to meet certain energy targets; requiring certain regulations to include a certain annual reporting fee to cover certain costs; and requiring the Department of the Environment to deposit alternative compliance fees into the Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund.	Education, Energy, and the Environment	Energy & Environment - Oppose	Oppose	In the Senate - Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m. (1/27)
SB 291		Criminal Procedure - Petition to Reduce Sentence (Maryland Second Look Act)	Sen. Charles Sydnor (44-D)	Authorizing an individual who is serving a term of confinement to petition a court to reduce the sentence or sentences under certain circumstances; and establishing procedures for a proceeding under the Act.	Judicial Proceedings	Education & Workforce - Monitor	Monitor	In the Senate - Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m. (1/16)
SB 303	HB 321	Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Definition of Purchaser and Alteration of Application of Law	Sen. Clarence Lam (12-D)	Altering the definition of "purchaser" for the purpose of certain provisions of State insurance law governing pharmacy benefits managers to exclude certain nonprofit health maintenance organizations; and repealing certain provisions that restrict applicability of certain provisions of law to pharmacy benefits managers that provide pharmacy benefits management services on behalf of a carrier.	Finance	Health Care & Biopharma - Oppose	Oppose	In the Senate - Hearing 2/05 at 2:00 p.m. (1/20)
SB 306		Workers' Compensation - Prescription Drug and Pharmaceutical Services - Reimbursements	Sen. Pamela Beidle (32-D)	Requiring the State Workers' Compensation Commission to regulate fees and other charges for the reimbursements of prescription drugs and pharmaceutical services under certain circumstances; limiting covered reimbursements to a cost index or indexes; and requiring the Maryland Prescription Drug Affordability Board to conduct a study on prescription drug affordability challenges related to workers' compensation claims and report its findings and recommendations to certain committees of the General Assembly by March 1, 2026.	Economic Matters Finance	Health Care & Biopharma - Support Workers' Comp & UI - Support	Support	In the House - Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m. (3/19)
SB 316	HB 398	Abundant Affordable Clean Energy - Procurement and Development (AACE Act)	Sen. Benjamin Brooks (10-D)	Requiring each electric company in the State to submit to the Public Service Commission by certain dates plans for the construction or procurement of distribution-connected energy storage devices and to construct or procure the devices in accordance with the plan; providing for the creation of zero-emission credits by beneficial nuclear facilities; requiring the Commission to pursue certain coordinated approaches to offshore wind energy transmission development; etc.	Education, Energy, and the Environment	Energy & Environment - Monitor	Monitor	In the Senate - Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m. (1/27)
SB 319	HB 350	Budget Bill (Fiscal Year 2026)	Sen. Bill Ferguson (46-D)	Making the proposed appropriations contained in the State Budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, in accordance with Article III, Section 52 of the Maryland Constitution; etc.	Budget and Taxation	Taxation - Monitor	Monitor	In the Senate - First Reading Budget and Taxation (1/15)
SB 321	HB 352	Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2025	Sen. Bill Ferguson (46-D)	Establishing or altering certain administrative penalties; altering or repealing certain required appropriations; authorizing the use of certain funds for certain purposes; establishing certain funds; authorizing, requiring, or altering the distribution of certain revenue; altering the rates and rate brackets under the State income tax on certain income of individuals; requiring certain groups of corporations to file a combined income tax return reflecting the aggregate income tax liability of all members of the group; etc.	Budget and Taxation	Taxation - Support with Amendment	Support with Amendment	In the Senate - Hearing 2/28 at 12:00 p.m. (2/14)
SB 325	HB 1047	Income Tax - Credit for Employers of Eligible Apprentices - Alterations	Sen. Mary Carozza (38-R)	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 June 30, 2031; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024.	Budget and Taxation	Education & Workforce - Support	Monitor	In the Senate - Hearing 1/22 at 10:30 a.m. (1/15)
SB 332		Task Force to Study the Premature Retirement of Electricity Generation Facilities	Sen. Justin Ready (5-R)	Establishing the Task Force to Study the Premature Retirement of Electricity Generation Facilities; requiring the Task Force to make recommendations to address challenges and enhance decision making regarding the premature retirement of electricity generation facilities, and that include energy reliability solutions that address the imminent reliability gap and balance the need between economic considerations and cleaner energy goals; and requiring the Task Force to report on or before January 1, 2026.	Education, Energy, and the Environment	Energy & Environment - Monitor	Monitor	In the Senate - Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m. (1/27)
SB 355		Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Delay of Implementation	Sen. Stephen Hershey (36-R)	Altering, from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 2027, and from July 1, 2026, to July 1, 2028, the dates on which the payment of contributions and the submission of claims for benefits, respectively, are to begin under the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program.	Finance	Labor & Employment - Support	Support	In the Senate - Hearing 2/05 at 2:00 p.m. (1/20)
SB 357	HB 424	Prescription Drug Affordability Board - Authority and Stakeholder Council Membership (Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for All Marylanders Now Act)	Sen. Dawn Gile (33-D)	Requiring the Prescription Drug Affordability Board, under certain circumstances, to establish a process for setting upper payment limits for all purchases and payor reimbursements of prescription drug products in the State that the Board determines have led or will lead to affordability challenges; authorizing the Board to reconsider an upper payment limit for a drug that becomes a current shortage; requiring the Board to confer with the Maryland Medical Assistance Program before establishing a certain upper payment limit; etc.	Finance Health and Government Operations	Health Care & Biopharma - Oppose	Oppose	In the Senate - Passed Enrolled (4/7)
SB 362		Forged Digital Likenesses - Distribution - Prohibition	Sen. Katie Hester (9-D)	Providing that the distribution of a certain forged digital likeness to another constitutes a statement or communication for the purpose of an action for defamation; prohibiting a person from knowingly distributing a certain forged digital likeness under certain circumstances; and providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a term of imprisonment of up to 3 years or a fine of up to $1,000 or both.	Judicial Proceedings	Cyber & Tech - Monitor	Monitor	In the Senate - Hearing 1/29 at 11:00 a.m. (1/22)
SB 395	HB 84	Transportation - Major Highway Capacity Expansion Projects and Impact Assessments (Transportation and Climate Alignment Act of 2025)	Sen. Shelly Hettleman (11-D)	Requiring the Department of Transportation, as part of the planning and implementation of certain major highway expansion projects to develop and implement a corresponding multimodal transportation program; requiring the Department beginning with a certain Consolidated Transportation Program to evaluate certain major capital projects for their impact on greenhouse gas emissions and vehicle miles traveled; requiring the Secretary of Transportation to perform certain capacity expansion impact assessments; etc.	Budget and Taxation	Energy & Environment - Oppose Transportation - Oppose	Oppose	In the Senate - Hearing 1/29 at 10:30 a.m. (1/20)
SB 398	HB 545	Criminal Procedure - Automated Expungement	Sen. Mike McKay (1-R)	Repealing a certain provision of law requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to expunge certain cases involving charges of possession of cannabis on or before a certain date; and establishing procedures for the automated expungement of certain cases by the Department and the Judiciary.	Judicial Proceedings	Education & Workforce - Support	Support	In the Senate - Hearing 2/05 at 2:00 p.m. (1/24)
SB 413	HB 431	Consumer Protection - Consumer Contracts - Limitations Periods	Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher (18-D)	Establishing that any provision of a consumer contract that sets a shorter period of time to bring an action under or on the consumer contract than is required under the law of the State at the time the contract is issued or delivered is void as against public policy; excluding certain entities from the application of the Act; providing that a violation of the Act is a violation of the Consumer Protection Act; and applying the Act prospectively.	Economic Matters Finance			In the House - First Reading Economic Matters (2/21)
SB 426	HB 500	Procurement Reform Act of 2025	Sen. Bill Ferguson (46-D)	Authorizing the Secretary of General Services to delegate certain powers and duties to the Chief Procurement Officer; altering the authority of the Department of General Services to engage in or control procurement of certain equipment and services; altering the authority of the Department of Transportation and the Maryland Transportation Authority to engage in procurement for certain supplies and services for transportation related activities; etc.	Budget and Taxation	Business Regulations - Support with Amendment	Support with Amendment	In the Senate - Hearing 2/05 at 3:00 p.m. (1/30)
SB 427	HB 498	Economic Development - Delivering Economic Competitiveness and Advancing Development Efforts (DECADE) Act	Sen. Bill Ferguson (46-D)	Altering the designation, administration, and purposes of and eligibility for certain economic development programs; redesignating the Maryland Economic Development Assistance Authority to be the Maryland Economic Competitiveness Fund; repealing the Maryland Small Business Development Financing Authority and certain related Funds; making the film production activity tax credit transferable; authorizing a qualified film production entity to amend its application for the tax credit under certain circumstances; etc.	Appropriations Budget and Taxation Finance Ways and Means	Education & Workforce - Monitor Taxation - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Rereferred to Ways and Means and Appropriations (4/7)
SB 428	HB 506	Chesapeake Bay Legacy Act	Sen. Bill Ferguson (46-D)	Establishing the Maryland Leaders in Environmentally Engaged Farming (LEEF) Program; establishing the Maryland Leaders in Environmentally Engaged Farming (LEEF) Program Fund to support actions associated with fulfilling the Program's purpose; defining "fixed natural buffer" as a strip of maintained, native vegetation alongside a body of water; exempting certain holders of certain fishing licenses from the requirement to obtain a certain food establishment license; establishing the Water Quality Monitoring Program; etc.	Rules and Executive Nominations Education, Energy, and the Environment	Energy & Environment - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations (4/2)
SB 430	HB 503	Land Use - Regional Housing Infrastructure Gap (Housing for Jobs Act)	Sen. Bill Ferguson (46-D)	Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development and the Department of Planning to calculate certain regional housing infrastructure gaps; providing for the apportionment of regional housing infrastructure gaps to counties and incorporated municipalities; authorizing local jurisdictions to reduce local housing infrastructure gaps in a certain manner; establishing that certain local jurisdictions have an affirmative obligation to expeditiously approve housing development project applications; etc.	Education, Energy, and the Environment	Education & Workforce - Support	Support	In the Senate - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (2/6)
SB 431	HB 501	Registered Apprenticeship Investments for a Stronger Economy (RAISE) Act	Sen. Bill Ferguson (46-D)	Altering the duties of the Maryland Apprenticeship and Training Council; repealing the Youth Apprenticeship Advisory Committee; establishing the Maryland Office of Registered Apprenticeship Development to scale registered apprenticeships across industries and occupations to meet the needs of the State's economy; establishing the Maryland Pay Per Apprentice Program within the Maryland Department of Labor; establishing the Maryland Pay Per Apprentice Program Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; etc.	Economic Matters Finance	Education & Workforce - Support	Support	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 2 (4/8)
SB 432	HB 499	Criminal Records - Expungement and Maryland Judiciary Case Search (Expungement Reform Act of 2025)	Sen. Bill Ferguson (46-D)	Altering certain provisions of law relating to waiting periods for the filing of certain petitions for expungement to authorize the filing of a petition a certain amount of time after the completion of the sentence; adding to the list of misdemeanor convictions that a person may expunge under certain circumstances; prohibiting the Maryland Judiciary Case Search from in any way referring to the existence of a charge of possession of cannabis if the conviction was later pardoned by the Governor; etc.	Judicial Proceedings Judiciary	Education & Workforce - Support	Support	In the Senate - Returned Passed (4/3)
SB 434	HB 505	Empowering New Energy Resources and Green Initiatives Toward a Zero-Emission (ENERGIZE) Maryland Act	Sen. Bill Ferguson (46-D)	Renaming the "renewable energy portfolio standard" to be the "clean energy portfolio standard"; altering the minimum required percentage of energy that must be derived from clean energy sources in certain years under the clean energy portfolio standard; altering the contents of and approval criteria for an application for an offshore wind project; establishing a process for the Public Service Commission to review and approve an application for a proposed nuclear energy generation project; etc.	Education, Energy, and the Environment	Energy & Environment - Monitor	Monitor	In the Senate - Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5)
SB 437	HB 418	Health Maintenance Organizations - Payments to Nonparticipating Providers - Reimbursement Rate	Sen. Clarence Lam (12-D)	Altering the reimbursement rate at which health maintenance organizations are required to pay certain nonparticipating health care providers for services.	Finance	Health Care & Biopharma - Oppose	Oppose	In the Senate - Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. (1/27)
SB 438	HB 813	Pharmacy Benefits Administration - Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Pharmacy Benefits Managers	Sen. Clarence Lam (12-D)	Altering the reimbursement levels for drug products that the Maryland Medical Assistance Program is required to establish and that pharmacy benefits managers that contract with a pharmacy on behalf of a managed care organization are required to reimburse the pharmacy; and altering the definition of "purchaser" for purposes of certain provisions of law regulating pharmacy benefits managers to include certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations.	Finance	Health Care & Biopharma - Monitor	Monitor	In the Senate - Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. (1/27)
SB 452	HB 862	Child Care Affordability Commission - Establishment	Sen. Nancy King (39-D)	Establishing the Child Care Affordability Commission to study and make recommendations regarding child care affordability in the State; and requiring the Commission to submit an interim report by January 1, 2026, and a final report of its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by December 1, 2026.	Education, Energy, and the Environment	Education & Workforce - Support	Support	In the Senate - Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. (2/10)
SB 472	HB 330	Property Tax - Property Adjacent to Rail Stations - Subclasses and Special Rates	Sen. Jim Rosapepe (21-D)	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 the property.	Budget and Taxation Environment and Transportation Ways and Means	Transportation - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Hearing 3/26 at 2:15 p.m. (Ways and Means) (3/26)
SB 479	HB 1414	Building Energy Performance Standards - Public Safety, Emergency, and Public Utility Buildings - Exclusion	Sen. Jason Gallion (35-R)	Altering the definition of "covered building" for purposes of certain building energy performance standards to exclude certain public safety, emergency, and public utility buildings.	Education, Energy, and the Environment	Energy & Environment - Monitor	Monitor	In the Senate - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (2/4)
SB 480	HB 1417	Department of General Services - Clean Energy Procurement Program - Establishment	Sen. Jason Gallion (35-R)	Requiring the Department of General Services, in consultation with the Maryland Green Purchasing Committee, the University System of Maryland, and the Maryland Clean Energy Center, to establish a Clean Energy Procurement Program in the Department on or before January 1, 2026; requiring the Department, in consultation with certain entities, to issue a certain solicitation for a biogas contract; authorizing the Department to enter into a contract to procure biogas; etc.	Budget and Taxation Education, Energy, and the Environment	Energy & Environment - Support	Support	In the Senate - Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment) (2/4)
SB 488	HB 168	Manufacturing Business Personal Property Tax - Optional Exemption	Sen. J.B. Jennings (7-R)	Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to exempt all personal property, including manufacturing inventory, in the possession of a person engaged in a manufacturing business that employs 50 or fewer employees from the personal property tax; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2025.	Budget and Taxation Ways and Means	Taxation - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Hearing 3/26 at 2:15 p.m. (3/26)
SB 494		Procurement Contracts and Public-Private Partnerships - Project Labor Agreements, Community Benefit Agreements, and Use of Registered Apprentices	Sen. Arthur Ellis (28-D)	Establishing requirements related to project labor agreements, community benefit agreements, and the use of registered apprentices under procurement contracts and public-private partnerships.	Budget and Taxation	Labor & Employment - Oppose	Oppose	In the Senate - Withdrawn by Sponsor (2/5)
SB 496	HB 1038	Department of Commerce - Complaint Portal and Annual Report	Sen. Arthur Ellis (28-D)	Requiring the Department of Commerce to create and maintain a complaint portal for reporting when a governmental unit takes longer than 60 days to process an application for a license, form, certificate, certification, permit, or registration for a business or nonprofit organization; and requiring the Department, by September 15, 2025, and each September 15 thereafter, to submit an annual report to certain committees of the General Assembly on the complaints filed through the portal.	Finance	Business Regulations - Support Labor & Employment - Support	Support	In the Senate - Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m. (1/30)
SB 516	HB 389	Property Tax - Day Care Centers, Child Care Homes, and Child Care Centers	Sen. Nancy King (39-D)	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 law, a property tax credit against the real property tax owed on the portion of real property used for certain large family child care homes; increasing the maximum amount of a property tax credit that may be granted for certain child care homes and centers and day care centers; etc.	Budget and Taxation Ways and Means	Taxation - Monitor	Monitor	In the Senate - Returned Passed (4/3)
SB 557	HB 1008	Vehicle-Miles-Traveled Tax and Associated Mandated Devices - Prohibition (Transportation Freedom Act of 2025)	Sen. Justin Ready (5-R)	Prohibiting the State or a local jurisdiction from imposing or levying a vehicle-miles-traveled tax or certain other similar fees, tolls, or taxes; prohibiting the State or a local jurisdiction from requiring the installation of a device in or on a privately owned vehicle to facilitate the reporting of vehicle miles traveled; etc.	Budget and Taxation	Transportation - Monitor	Monitor	In the Senate - Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m. (2/7)
SB 561	HB 227	Corporations and Associations - Electric Cooperatives - Nonescheat Capital Credits	Sen. Stephen Hershey (36-R)	Providing that certain unclaimed money held by an electric cooperative and due to a past member is not considered abandoned property; and authorizing an electric cooperative to use this money only to assist members of the cooperative or make donations to nonprofit, charitable organizations.	Economic Matters Judicial Proceedings	Business Regulations - Support	Support	In the Senate - Passed Enrolled (4/7)
SB 576	HB 233	Labor and Employment - Mandatory Meetings on Religious or Political Matters - Employee Attendance and Participation (Maryland Worker Freedom Act)	Sen. Clarence Lam (12-D)	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 opinion of the employer regarding religious matters or political matters.	Finance	Labor & Employment - Oppose	Oppose	In the Senate - Recommitted to Finance (Senator Beidle) (3/10)
SB 584	HB 113	Civil Actions - Noneconomic Damages - Personal Injury and Wrongful Death	Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher (18-D)	Repealing certain limitations on noneconomic damages in civil actions for personal injury or wrongful death; and applying the Act prospectively.	Judicial Proceedings	Civil Liability - Oppose	Oppose	In the Senate - Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. (1/30)
SB 605	HB 546	Digital Advertising Gross Revenues Tax - Assessments - Appeals and Corrections	Sen. Craig Zucker (14-D)	Establishing a certain appeal process for persons who are subject to the digital advertising gross revenues tax and receive a notice of assessment from the Comptroller; authorizing the Comptroller or the Comptroller's designee to issue an order to correct an erroneous assessment of the digital advertising gross revenues tax, subject to certain conditions; and applying the Act to assessments of the digital advertising gross revenues tax made after December 31, 2025.	Budget and Taxation Ways and Means	Taxation - Support	Support	In the Senate - Returned Passed (4/3)
SB 630	HB 778	Circuit Court Judges - Selection and Retention Elections	Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee	Proposing amendments to the Maryland Constitution relating to the selection and tenure of circuit court judges; altering the method of filling vacancies in the office of a judge of a circuit court; providing for retention elections following an appointment to fill a vacancy in the office of a judge of a circuit court; providing for a transitional period during which the terms of certain amendments are to become effective; and submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the State for their adoption or rejection.	Judicial Proceedings	Civil Liability - Support	Support	In the Senate - Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. (2/3)
SB 642		Courts - Prohibited Liability Agreements - Indoor Trampoline Parks	Sen. Jason Gallion (35-R)	Altering a provision of law that makes unenforceable a provision of a contract or agreement limiting liability for injury caused by negligence or other wrongful acts to apply the unenforceability only to contracts or agreements relating to the use of an indoor trampoline park rather than the use of a recreational facility.	Judicial Proceedings	Civil Liability - Support	Support	In the Senate - Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. (2/3)
SB 643	HB 1329	Public Utilities - Energy Generation	Sen. Jason Gallion (35-R)	Stating the authority to construct, permit, and operate in the State an energy generating system that produces energy from natural gas; stating the General Assembly's support for the development of additional nuclear energy in the State; and stating that the General Assembly encourages PJM Interconnection, LLC to provide an expedited interconnection process for new thermal generation resources in the State.	Education, Energy, and the Environment			In the Senate - Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5)
SB 658	HB 1288	Labor and Employment - Noncompete and Conflict of Interest Provisions	Sen. Justin Ready (5-R)	Altering the noncompete and conflict of interest provisions in employment contracts or similar documents that are null and void as being against public policy.	Finance	Labor & Employment - Support	Support	In the Senate - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. (2/3)
SB 659	HB 332	Consumer Protection - Electronic Funds Transfers - Regulations (Elder Fraud Prevention Act of 2025)	Sen. Justin Ready (5-R)	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; etc.	Finance	Cyber & Tech - Oppose	Oppose	In the Senate - Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m. (2/1)
SB 664	HB 577	Business Regulation - Enforcement for Miscellaneous State Business Licenses - Study	Sen. Bill Ferguson (46-D)	Requiring the Comptroller to consult with certain stakeholders to study and make recommendations on the enforcement process for miscellaneous State business licenses; and requiring the Comptroller to submit a report of the study's findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by December 1, 2025.	Economic Matters Finance	Business Regulations - Support with Amendment Labor & Employment - Support with Amendment	Support with Amendment	In the Senate - Returned Passed (4/2)
SB 675	HB 1149	Public Service Commission - Full Costs and Benefits Analysis of Sources of Electricity Generation	Sen. Mary Carozza (38-R)	Requiring the Public Service Commission to conduct an analysis of the full costs and benefits of sources of electricity generation in the State; requiring the Commission to include recommended policy changes to support the development of energy sources with the lowest costs and greatest benefits to the ratepayers of the State; and requiring the Commission to reports its findings and recommendations to certain committees of the General Assembly by December 1, 2026.	Education, Energy, and the Environment	Energy & Environment - Monitor	Monitor	In the Senate - Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5)
SB 681	HB 926	Health Care Malpractice Claims - Health Care Provider - Definition	Sen. Nick Charles (25-D)	Altering the definition of "health care provider" to include an employee, agent, or contractor of a hospital who is licensed, certified, registered, or otherwise authorized to render health care services in Maryland in provisions relating to health care malpractice claims.	Judicial Proceedings	Health Care & Biopharma - Support	Support	In the Senate - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (2/4)
SB 688	HB 1017	Public Works Contracts - Apprenticeship Requirements (Maryland Workforce Apprenticeship Utilization Act)	Sen. Joanne Benson (24-D)	Altering certain apprenticeship requirements relating to public works contracts to require certain contractors and subcontractors to employ a certain number of qualified apprentices or journeyworkers necessary to meet a certain applicable percentage for the project; altering which projects are subject to certain apprenticeship requirements; repealing certain provisions of law that authorized contractors and subcontractors to make certain payments to a certain apprenticeship program in lieu of employing certain apprentices; etc.	Budget and Taxation Finance	Labor & Employment - Monitor	Monitor	In the Senate - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance) (2/6)
SB 695		Labor and Employment - Uninsured Employers' Fund Board - Membership and Reserves	Sen. Pamela Beidle (32-D)	Altering the membership of the Uninsured Employers' Fund Board; and requiring, rather than authorizing, the Board to establish reserves to meet potential losses of the Uninsured Employers' Fund.	Economic Matters Finance	Workers' Comp & UI - Monitor	Monitor	In the Senate - Returned Passed (4/3)
SB 716		Public Utilities - Nuclear Energy - Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard and Procurement (Decarbonization Infrastructure Solutions Act of 2025)	Sen. Benjamin Brooks (10-D)	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 portfolio standard requirements; establishing a procurement process for the Public Service Commission to evaluate and approve an application for nuclear energy generation projects; etc.	Education, Energy, and the Environment	Energy & Environment - Monitor	Monitor	In the Senate - Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5)
SB 743		Civil Actions - Maryland Transit Administration - Limitation of Tort Liability	Sen. William Smith (20-D)	Limiting the liability of the Maryland Transit Administration as to a tort action to $400,000 to a single claimant for injuries arising from a single incident or occurrence.	Judicial Proceedings	Civil Liability - Monitor	Monitor	In the Senate - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (2/4)
SB 752	HB 554	Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act of 2025	Sen. Benjamin Kramer (19-D)	Repealing and establishing the methodology used to calculate the weekly benefit amount; altering the taxable wage base used to determine employer contributions to the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund, the dependent allowance, and the amount of earned wages subtracted from a weekly benefit amount; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to determine and make available online the State annual average wage applicable to the rate of contribution; etc.	Finance	Workers' Comp & UI - Oppose	Oppose	In the Senate - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. (2/3)
SB 754	HB 693	Commercial Financing - Small Business Truth in Lending Act	Sen. Benjamin Kramer (19-D)	Regulating commercial financing transactions, including by establishing requirements related to certain disclosures, calculations of annual percentage rates, terms of repayments, and other related items, and the extension of specific offers.	Economic Matters Finance	Business Regulations - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - First Reading Economic Matters (3/7)
SB 760	HB 1439	Better Small Business Employee Benefit Act Of 2025	Sen. Brian Feldman (15-D)	Exempting from certain requirements relating to offering health benefit plans to small employers in the State health benefit plans issued through a professional employer organization, coemployer, or other organization located in the State.	Finance	Health Care & Biopharma - Support	Support	In the Senate - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/6)
SB 773		Health Benefit Plans - Calculation of Cost-Sharing Contribution - Requirements	Sen. Stephen Hershey (36-R)	Requiring administrators, carriers, and pharmacy benefits managers to include certain cost sharing amounts paid by or on behalf of an enrollee or a beneficiary when calculating the enrollee's or beneficiary's contribution to a cost sharing requirement for certain health care services; providing that the calculation requirement does not apply to enrollees in certain high-deductible health plans; requiring third parties that pay certain financial assistance to provide certain notification to an enrollee; etc.	Finance Health and Government Operations	Health Care & Biopharma - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Passed Enrolled (4/7)
SB 774	HB 969	Property Tax - Payment in Lieu of Taxes Agreements - Broadband Service Providers	Sen. Stephen Hershey (36-R)	Authorizing the governing body of a county to enter into a payment in lieu of taxes agreement with a provider of broadband service located in the county for property located in the county and owned by the provider; requiring that an agreement for a negotiated payment in lieu of taxes specify the amount to be paid each year and exempt all or part of the providers real and personal property in the county from county property tax; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2025.	Budget and Taxation Ways and Means	Cyber & Tech - Monitor	Monitor	In the Senate - Returned Passed (4/4)
SB 778		Environment - Building Energy Performance Standards - Agricultural Buildings	Sen. Jason Gallion (35-R)	Prohibiting the Department of the Environment from requiring an owner, lessor, lessee, or operator of an agricultural building to apply to the Department for an exemption from certain building energy performance standards.	Education, Energy, and the Environment	Energy & Environment - Monitor	Monitor	In the Senate - Withdrawn by Sponsor (2/19)
SB 779	HB 1451	Climate Solutions Now Act Affordability Act of 2025	Sen. Jason Gallion (35-R)	Specifying that certain requirements under the Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022 are to be carried out to the extent economically practicable, including requirements concerning achieving certain direct greenhouse gas emissions reductions from certain buildings, measuring and reporting direct emissions data to the Department of the Environment, achieving certain greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals, and achieving zero-emission vehicle goals relating to the State vehicle fleet and local school buses; etc.	Finance Education, Energy, and the Environment	Energy & Environment - Support	Support	In the Senate - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment) (2/4)
SB 785	HB 1340	Labor and Employment - Unpaid Parental Leave - Definition of Employer	Sen. Justin Ready (5-R)	Altering the definition of "employer" to exclude employers who are covered by the federal Family and Medical Leave Act for the current year from being required to provide to employees a certain unpaid parental leave benefit in the State.	Economic Matters Finance	Labor & Employment - Support	Support	In the Senate - Returned Passed (4/7)
SB 804	HB 973	Maryland Building Performance Standards - Fossil Fuel Use, Energy Conservation, and Electric- and Solar-Ready Standards (Better Buildings Act of 2025)	Sen. Benjamin Brooks (10-D)	Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to adopt, by October 1, 2025, and as part of the Maryland Building Performance Standards, energy conservation requirements, an electric- and solar-ready standard for certain buildings, and a requirement that new buildings and significant improvements meet all laundry, water, and space heating demands of the building without the use of fossil fuels.	Education, Energy, and the Environment	Energy & Environment - Oppose	Oppose	In the Senate - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (2/4)
SB 807		Environment - Local Building Energy Performance Standards - Authorization	Sen. Benjamin Kramer (19-D)	Authorizing counties to adopt local building energy performance standards that are at least as stringent as certain standards adopted by the Department of the Environment if the standards are approved by the Department; authorizing a county to enforce local building energy performance standards; and exempting a covered building that is subject to certain local building energy performance standards from complying with certain statewide standards.	Education, Energy, and the Environment	Energy & Environment - Oppose	Oppose	In the Senate - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (2/13)
SB 809	HB 1458	Declaration of Rights - Right to Minimum Wage for Tipped Workers	Sen. Cory McCray (45-D)	Establishing that every person, as a central component of an individual's right to liberty and equality, has the fundamental right to be paid at a wage rate that is at least equal to the State minimum wage rate set by law without regard to tips that the individual receives; and prohibiting the State from, directly or indirectly, denying, burdening, or abridging the right unless justified by a compelling State interest achieved by the least restrictive means.	Finance	Labor & Employment - Oppose	Oppose	In the Senate - Withdrawn by Sponsor (3/3)
SB 811	HB 646	Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services - Extension of Report Deadline and Task Force	Sen. Mary-Dulany James (34-D)	Extending the deadline for the reporting requirement for the Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services to be October 31, 2026; and extending the termination date for the Task Force to be June 30, 2027.	Judicial Proceedings Judiciary	Education & Workforce - Monitor	Monitor	In the Senate - Passed Enrolled (4/5)
SB 814	HB 698	Local Government - Development Impact Fees, Surcharges, and Excise Taxes - Reporting	Sen. Ron Watson (23-D)	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 make certain reports to the Department of Planning identifying certain local laws.	Budget and Taxation Environment and Transportation	Labor & Employment - Monitor	Monitor	In the Senate - Returned Passed (4/5)
SB 815		Occupational Licensing and Certification - Criminal History - Prohibited Disclosures	Sen. Ron Watson (23-D)	Altering certain provisions of law regarding the prohibition on certain departments of State government denying an occupational license or certificate to an applicant solely on the basis of the criminal history of the applicant by prohibiting the State Board of Barbers and the State Board of Cosmetologists in the Maryland Department of Labor from requiring disclosure of certain actions on an application.	Economic Matters Finance Education, Energy, and the Environment	Education & Workforce - Monitor	Monitor	In the House - Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m. (3/19)
SB 823	HB 1400	No Tax on Tips Act	Sen. Cory McCray (45-D)	Establishing consumer protections related to service fees charged by food service facilities; specifying the State minimum wage rate; prohibiting, beginning July 1, 2028, employers of tipped employees from including a tip credit amount as part of the employees' wages; allowing a subtraction under the State income tax for certain qualified tips received by certain individuals; and allowing a person a credit against the State income tax for certain amounts paid to an employee based on the payment of certain wages and tips.	Budget and Taxation Finance	Labor & Employment - Oppose	Oppose	In the Senate - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance) (2/6)
SB 830		Workers' Compensation - Claims Application Form - Authorization for Release of Information	Sen. Antonio Hayes (40-D)	Altering the entities to which a claimant is required to authorize the release in a claim application filed with the Workers' Compensation Commission to include the Uninsured Employers' Fund and the Subsequent Injury Fund; altering the information which a claimant is required to authorize the release in a claim application to include additional claims filed by the claimant and information in the custody of the Commission; etc.	Economic Matters Finance	Workers' Comp & UI - Support	Support	In the Senate - Returned Passed (4/3)
SB 836	HB 1101	Corporate Income Tax - Rate Reduction (Economic Competitiveness Act of 2025)	Sen. Johnny Mautz (37-R)	Decreasing, over 5 taxable years, the State corporate income tax rate from 8.25% to 6.25%.	Budget and Taxation	Taxation - Support	Support	In the Senate - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5)
SB 846		Business Regulation - Cellular Phone Carriers - Authorized Users	Sen. Shelly Hettleman (11-D)	Requiring a cellular phone carrier to allow a customer of record who is responsible for payment of an account to have the option to designate other individuals as authorized users on the customer's account and to allow an authorized user to take certain actions in connection with the account.	Economic Matters Finance	Cyber & Tech - Monitor	Monitor	In the Senate - Returned Passed (4/3)
SB 852	HB 1245	Blueprint for Maryland's Future - Alterations	Sen. Karen Young (3-D)	Repealing the Career Counseling Program for Middle and High School Students and the associated funding; requiring county boards of education to report on per-school funding for certain programs associated with the Blueprint for Maryland's Future in a certain manner; providing a waiver from the minimum funding per school requirement for schools with 350 or fewer total students; altering the definition of "Tier I child" for purposes of publicly funded prekindergarten to include certain children; etc.	Budget and Taxation Education, Energy, and the Environment	Taxation - Monitor	Monitor	In the Senate - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment) (2/5)
SB 855	HB 958	Railroads - Safety Requirements (Maryland Railway Safety Act of 2025)	Sen. Arthur Ellis (28-D)	Establishing requirements and prohibitions related to the operation of railroads in the State, including provisions related to the size of the crew, blocking of railroad and highway grade crossings, the length of trains operating on a main or branch line, wayside detectors, and investigations by railroad labor union representatives; and requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to establish and maintain a reporting system regarding the transportation of hazardous materials and waste by rail in the State.	Finance	Transportation - Oppose	Oppose	In the Senate - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/6)
SB 859	HB 1014	Fair Share for Maryland Act of 2025	Sen. Shelly Hettleman (11-D)	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 the definition of "qualified child" for purposes of a certain credit against the State income tax for certain dependent children; imposing a certain business transportation fee on certain taxable income of corporations and pass-through entities for certain taxable years; etc.	Budget and Taxation	Taxation - Oppose	Oppose	In the Senate - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5)
SB 863	HB 1464	Motor Vehicles - Rental Fleet Vehicles - Registration	Sen. C. Muse (26-D)	Establishing an alternative registration process for rental fleet vehicles; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to issue distinctive registration plates for rental vehicles registered under the alternative process; and requiring, in addition to an annual registration fee, the owner of a registered rental vehicle to pay a one-time initial registration fee not to exceed $8.50 when the new registration plates are issued.	Judicial Proceedings	Transportation - Monitor	Monitor	In the Senate - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/4)
SB 881	HB 1370	Transportation - Regional Transportation Authorities	Sen. Jim Rosapepe (21-D)	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 transportation funds as special, nonlapsing funds; imposing certain transportation authority sales tax surcharges, hotel surcharges, and transfer tax surcharges; etc.	Budget and Taxation Finance	Transportation - Monitor	Monitor	In the Senate - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation) (2/5)
SB 882	HB 1088	Coal Transportation Fee and Fossil Fuel Mitigation Fund (Coal Dust Cleanup and Asthma Remediation Act)	Sen. Jim Rosapepe (21-D)	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 coal that is solely for use on a farm and the carrier does not otherwise use or sell the coal; establishing the Fossil Fuel Mitigation Fund to support activities that reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the State; etc.	Education, Energy, and the Environment	Energy & Environment - Oppose Transportation - Oppose	Oppose	In the Senate - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (2/4)
SB 901		Environment - Packaging and Paper Products - Producer Responsibility Plans	Sen. Malcolm Augustine (47-D)	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 before July 1, 2028, and every 5 years thereafter, in accordance with certain requirements, or to develop an alternative collection program; requiring a producer responsibility organization to pay certain costs to the Department; etc.	Economic Matters Environment and Transportation Education, Energy, and the Environment	Energy & Environment - Letter of Information	Letter of Information	In the Senate - Passed Enrolled (4/7)
SB 902	HB 11	Health Insurance - Access to Nonparticipating Providers - Referrals, Additional Assistance, and Coverage	Sen. Malcolm Augustine (47-D)	Repealing the June 30, 2025, termination date for certain provisions of law related to referrals to and reimbursement of specialists and nonphysician specialists who are not part of a carrier's provider panel; prohibiting certain carriers from imposing utilization review requirements other than would be required if the covered benefit was provided by a provider on the carrier's provider panel under certain circumstances; etc.	Finance Health and Government Operations	Health Care & Biopharma - Monitor	Monitor	In the Senate - Returned Passed (3/31)
SB 903		Data Centers - Fast Track Pass for Co-Location and Sales and Use Tax	Sen. Katie Hester (9-D)	Establishing an expedited certificate of public convenience and necessity review process for certain co-located energy generation projects that have received a fast track pass; establishing a Data Center Fast Track Advisory Committee in the Public Service Commission to facilitate the application for and review and awarding of fast track passes; altering the requirements for qualified data center personal property to be eligible to be exempt from the sales and use tax; etc.	Budget and Taxation Education, Energy, and the Environment	Energy & Environment - Monitor	Monitor	In the Senate - Hearing canceled (Education, Energy, and the Environment) (3/4)
SB 904	HB 1089	Data Brokers - Registry and Gross Income Tax (Building Information Guardrails Data Act of 2025)	Sen. Katie Hester (9-D)	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; and imposing a tax on the gross income of certain data brokers for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2026.	Budget and Taxation Finance	Cyber & Tech - Oppose	Oppose	In the Senate - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation) (2/5)
SB 905	HB 1425	Criminal Law - Identity Fraud - Artificial Intelligence and Deepfake Representations	Sen. Katie Hester (9-D)	Prohibiting a person from utilizing certain personal identifying information or engaging in certain conduct in order to cause certain harm; prohibiting a person from using certain artificial intelligence or certain deepfake representations for certain purposes; and providing that a person who is the victim of certain conduct may bring a civil action against a certain person.	Judicial Proceedings	Cyber & Tech - Monitor	Monitor	In the Senate - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/4)
SB 906	HB 1391	Education - Artificial Intelligence - Guidelines, Professional Development, and Task Force	Sen. Katie Hester (9-D)	Requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with the State Board of Education and the Task Force on Artificial Intelligence in K-12 Education, to develop or update guidance on artificial intelligence for county boards of education; requiring the Department, in consultation with the Department of Information Technology, to develop and update annually a list of approved artificial intelligence tools; requiring each county board to conduct an annual inventory of systems that employ artificial intelligence; etc.	Education, Energy, and the Environment	Cyber & Tech - Monitor	Monitor	In the Senate - Hearing 3/07 at 9:00 a.m. (3/4)
SB 907	HB 1309	Cybersecurity - Standards, Compliance, and Audits - Alterations	Sen. Katie Hester (9-D)	Repealing the requirement that county boards of education prioritize the purchase of digital devices with certain funds; requiring each local school system to comply with, and certify compliance with, the State minimum cybersecurity standards and to conduct a cybersecurity maturity assessment every 2 years; requiring the Office of Security Management within the Department of Information Technology to annually update the State minimum cybersecurity standards; etc.	Education, Energy, and the Environment	Cyber & Tech - Monitor	Monitor	In the Senate - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5)
SB 908	HB 1225	Public Utilities - Electric Distribution System Plans - Establishment (Affordable Grid Act)	Sen. Katie Hester (9-D)	Requiring the Public Service Commission to adopt regulations or issue orders on or before December 31, 2025, that require electric companies to, every 3 years, develop an electric system distribution plan to be approved by the Commission and provide the Commission with annual progress reports; requiring the Commission to adopt regulations or issue orders adopting certain metrics to monitor and assess electric distribution system plans; requiring an electric company to provide certain public comment opportunities; etc.	Education, Energy, and the Environment			In the Senate - Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5)
SB 909	HB 1037	Energy Resource Adequacy and Planning Act	Sen. Katie Hester (9-D)	Establishing the Strategic Energy Planning Office; requiring the Office to develop a Comprehensive Wholesale Energy Markets and Bulk Power System Risk Report and examine different wholesale energy market and bulk power system scenarios to support the development of the Risk Report; requiring the Office, by September 1, 2028, and every 3 years thereafter, to submit the Risk Report to the Governor and the General Assembly; requiring the Public Service Commission to hold a certain public proceeding to assess the Report; etc.	Economic Matters Education, Energy, and the Environment	Energy & Environment - Monitor	Monitor	In the Senate - Passed Enrolled (4/7)
SB 931	HB 1036	Public Utilities - Generating Stations - Generation and Siting (Renewable Energy Certainty Act)	Sen. Brian Feldman (15-D)	Altering the factors the Public Service Commission must consider before taking final action on a certificate of public convenience and necessity; establishing certain requirements for the construction of a certain solar energy generating station or front-of-the-meter energy storage device; requiring the Department of Natural Resources to update a certain tool and analyze State-owned land suitable for solar energy development; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to develop a special solar contractor license; etc.	Economic Matters Education, Energy, and the Environment	Energy & Environment - Monitor	Monitor	In the Senate - Passed Enrolled (4/7)
SB 935		Transportation - Regional Authorities - Established	Sen. Joanne Benson (24-D)	Authorizing certain counties to impose certain transportation authority sales tax surcharges, hotel surcharges, and transfer tax surcharges; 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 transportation funds as special, nonlapsing funds; requiring interest earnings of the funds to be credited to the funds; etc.	Budget and Taxation Finance	Transportation - Monitor	Monitor	In the Senate - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation) (2/5)
SB 936		Consumer Protection - High-Risk Artificial Intelligence - Developer and Deployer Requirements	Sen. Katie Hester (9-D)	Requiring a certain developer of, and a certain deployer who uses, a certain high-risk artificial intelligence system to use reasonable care to protect consumers from known and reasonably foreseeable risks of certain algorithmic discrimination in a certain high-risk artificial intelligence system; regulating the use of high-risk artificial intelligence systems by establishing certain requirements for disclosures, impact assessments, and other consumer protection provisions; authorizing the Attorney General to enforce the Act; etc.	Finance	Cyber & Tech - Oppose	Oppose	In the Senate - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (2/6)
SB 937	HB 1035	Electricity and Gas - Emissions Reductions, Rate Regulation, Cost Recovery, Infrastructure, Planning, Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard, and Energy Assistance Programs (Next Generation Energy Act)	Sen. Bill Ferguson (46-D)	Authorizing the Department of Housing and Community Development to issue loans, in addition to grants, for certain purposes relating to reducing direct greenhouse gas emissions from certain multifamily residential buildings; requiring the Maryland Energy Administration, in coordination with the Public Service Commission and the Department of Natural Resources, to pursue certain agreements with neighboring states and federal agencies related to the development of new nuclear energy generation stations; etc.	Economic Matters Education, Energy, and the Environment	Energy & Environment - Letter of Information	Letter of Information	In the Senate - Passed Enrolled (4/7)
SB 938	HB 1096	Fraud Prevention and Worker Protections - Prohibitions, Penalties, and Enforcement	Sen. Bill Ferguson (46-D)	Prohibiting a person from knowingly making or using, or causing to be made or used, a false record or statement resulting in underpayments of unemployment insurance contributions or payment of unemployment insurance benefits of more than a certain amount; altering the enforcement mechanisms of the Maryland Wage and Hour Law, the Maryland Wage Payment and Collection Law, workplace fraud laws, living wage laws, and prevailing wage laws; etc.	Finance	Labor & Employment - Oppose	Oppose	In the Senate - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/6)
SB 947		Maryland Co-Location Energy Innovation and Reliability Act	Sen. Justin Ready (5-R)	Requiring the Public Service Commission to adopt regulations related to the construction of a generating station that is co-located with a data center but is not interconnected with the electric transmission system or electric distribution system.	Education, Energy, and the Environment	Energy & Environment - Monitor	Monitor	In the Senate - Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5)
SB 950	HB 1217	Natural Gas Generating Facilities - Authorization	Sen. Chris West (42-R)	Authorizing the construction, permitting, and operation of natural gas generating facilities in the State until the State meets 50% its energy needs from renewable energy resources; and requiring the Maryland Energy Administration to work with the owners and operators of natural gas generating facilities in the State to decrease the production of energy from natural gas after the State meets 50% its energy needs from renewable energy resources.	Education, Energy, and the Environment	Energy & Environment - Monitor	Monitor	In the Senate - Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5)
SB 951		Investor-Owned Electric Companies - Generating and Transmission Facilities - Authorization	Sen. Chris West (42-R)	Authorizing investor-owned electric companies in the State to construct, acquire, or lease, and operate, their own generating facilities and construct, acquire, or lease, and operate, certain transmission facilities; and repealing the authority of the Public Service Commission to allow an investor-owned electric company to construct, acquire, or lease, and operate, its own generating facilities or construct, acquire, or lease, and operate, certain transmission facilities under certain circumstances.	Education, Energy, and the Environment	Energy & Environment - Monitor	Monitor	In the Senate - Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5)
SB 953	HB 1218	Construction and Expansion of Transmission Lines and Task Force to Develop a Realistic Electricity Plan for Maryland	Sen. Chris West (42-R)	Establishing the Task Force to Develop a Realistic Electricity Plan for Maryland to study and make recommendations on the State's current and future electricity needs under various scenarios; and prohibiting the Public Service Commission from approving the construction or expansion of transmission lines in the State from July 1, 2025, through May 1, 2026.	Education, Energy, and the Environment			In the Senate - Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5)
SB 975	HB 1243	Health Insurance - Coverage for Specialty Drugs	Sen. Clarence Lam (12-D)	Prohibiting certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from excluding coverage for certain specialty drugs that are administered or dispensed by a provider that is an in-network provider of covered oncology services, complies with State regulations for the administering and dispensing of specialty drugs, and meet certain qualifications; and requiring the reimbursement rate for certain specialty drugs to meet certain criteria.	Finance Health and Government Operations	Health Care & Biopharma - Monitor	Monitor	In the Senate - Returned Passed (4/7)
SB 978	HB 1484	Environmental Permits - Requirements for Public Participation and Impact and Burden Analyses (Cumulative Harms to Environmental Restoration for Improving Shared Health - CHERISH Our Communities Act)	Sen. Clarence Lam (12-D)	Applying certain public participation requirements to permits for projects that have been identified by the Department of the Environment as having an increased potential for adverse community environmental and public health impacts; requiring a person applying for certain environmental permits for certain projects with an increased potential to cause adverse community environmental and public health impacts to include in the permit application an environmental impact analysis; etc.	Education, Energy, and the Environment	Energy & Environment - Letter of Information	Letter of Information	In the Senate - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (2/4)
SB 983	HB 827	Solar Energy - Distributed Generation Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity, Ground-Mounted Solar, and Small Solar Siting Workgroup	Sen. Benjamin Brooks (10-D)	Establishing a distributed generation certificate of public convenience and necessity to authorize the construction and operation of a certain distributed solar energy generating system; requiring the Power Plant Research Program, by July 1, 2026, to develop and submit to the Public Service Commission proposed siting and design requirements and licensing conditions; prohibiting a county from enacting certain zoning laws or adopting certain regulations regarding certain ground-mounted solar systems and facilities; etc.	Education, Energy, and the Environment	Energy & Environment - Monitor	Monitor	In the Senate - Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5)
SB 985		Consumer Protection - Third-Party Litigation Financing	Sen. Alonzo Washington (22-D)	Prohibiting certain litigation financiers from engaging in certain conduct with respect to litigation financing transactions and certain litigation financing contracts; requiring that the litigation financing contracts contain certain disclosures and be executed in a certain manner; requiring a certain disclosure of a litigation financing contract in certain civil actions; and imposing a fiduciary duty on litigation financiers in certain class actions.	Finance	Civil Liability - Support	Support	In the Senate - Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m. (2/6)
SB 987		Artificial Intelligence - Health Software and Health Insurance Decision Making	Sen. Clarence Lam (12-D)	Requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission to maintain a registry of artificial intelligence health software that may be distributed or operated in the State; prohibiting a person from distributing or operating artificial intelligence health software unless the software is registered with the Commission; and prohibiting a health insurance carrier from using artificial intelligence to decide or directly influence a health care decision or a decision directly related to health care; etc.	Finance	Cyber & Tech - Monitor Health Care & Biopharma - Monitor	Monitor	In the Senate - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (2/6)
SB 1020		Environment - Advanced Clean Cars II Program - Application and Enforcement	Sen. Stephen Hershey (36-R)	Prohibiting the Department of the Environment from adopting the California Advanced Clean Cars II regulations to be effective before motor vehicle model year 2031; and prohibiting the Department from applying certain provisions of law governing enforcement and penalties under the California Advanced Clean Cars II Program to a motor vehicle manufacturer for failing to meet the minimum electric vehicle or plug-in hybrid electric vehicle delivery requirements for an applicable motor vehicle model year.	Rules	Energy & Environment - Support Transportation - Support	Support	In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules (2/5)
SB 1037	HB 1508	Baltimore City - Sales Tax - Authorization	Baltimore City	Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City to impose, by law, a tax on retail sales in the City of Baltimore, subject to certain limitations.	Rules	Taxation - Monitor	Monitor	In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules (2/10)
SB 1041		Property Tax - Charter Counties - Application of County Tax Limitation on Public Safety Budget	Sen. Benjamin Kramer (19-D)	Authorizing a county council of a charter county, notwithstanding certain provisions of law, to set by simple majority vote a property tax rate that is higher than the property tax rate authorized under a county's charter or collect more property tax revenues than the revenues authorized under the county's charter for the purpose of funding the approved public safety budget of the county; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2025.	Rules	Taxation - Oppose	Oppose	In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules (2/15)
SB 1043		Transportation Trust Fund - Revenue and Distribution (Maryland Mobility Act of 2025)	Sen. Joanne Benson (24-D)	Imposing a 1% transportation trust fund surcharge on certain sales or uses in the State; providing that a certain annual budget request for certain modal units may not exceed a certain amount; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill certain appropriations for certain modal units of the Department of Transportation and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority; altering the definition of "transportation facilities project" to include projects included in the Consolidated Transportation Program; etc.	Rules	Transportation - Monitor	Monitor	In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules (2/15)
SB 1045	HB 1554	Sales and Use Tax - Taxable Business Services - Alterations	Sen. Shelly Hettleman (11-D)	Altering the definitions of "taxable price" and "taxable service" for the purposes of certain provisions of law governing the sales and use tax to impose the tax on certain labors and services if both the provider of the service and the buyer are business entities; and specifying the rate of the sales and use tax for certain labor and services.	Budget and Taxation	Taxation - Oppose	Oppose	In the Senate - Hearing 3/12 at 3:00 p.m. (3/6)