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; requiring that a certain referral procedure required to be established and implemented by certain carriers require the carrier to provide certain assistance to a member in identifying and arranging coverage for a specialist or nonphysician specialist for treatment of mental health or substance use disorder services; etc. | Health and Government Operations | Health Care & Biopharma - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations (2/24) |
| 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. | Ways and Means | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m. (1/8) | ||
| HB 34 | SB 528 | Sales and Use Tax - Tax-Free Day - Veterans' Day | Del. Nick Allen (8-D) | Establishing November 11 as a tax-free day each year during which an exemption from the sales and use tax is provided for sales to certain veterans; requiring an individual, in order to qualify for the exemption, to provide the vendor evidence of eligibility for the exemption; and providing that evidence of eligibility may consist of a valid driver's license or government-issued identification card that includes a notation indicating that the individual is a veteran. | Ways and Means | In the House - Hearing 1/23 at 1:00 p.m. (1/9) | ||
| 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 | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 1/28 at 1:30 p.m. (1/24) | ||
| HB 49 | SB 256 | Environment - Building Energy Performance Standards - Compliance and Reporting | Chair, Environment and Transportation 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. | Environment and Transportation | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. (1/27) | |
| 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 | 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 | 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. | Environment and Transportation | Support |
In the House - Hearing 1/30 at 1:30 p.m. (1/15) | |
| 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 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. | Appropriations Environment and Transportation |
Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations) (2/4) | |
| HB 102 | SB 225 | Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Application Year and Participation of Self-Employed Individuals | Chair, Economic Matters 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. | Economic Matters | Labor & Employment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m. (1/8) |
| 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 certain manner; requiring automatic renewal offers to be displayed in a certain manner and contain certain information; establishing that compliance with certain regulations 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 | Oppose |
In the House - Second Reading Passed with Amendments (2/21) | |
| 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. | Judiciary | Education & Workforce - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m. (2/17) |
| 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 | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/19 at 11:00 a.m. (2/17) | |
| HB 128 | SB 149 | Responding to Emergency Needs From Extreme Weather (RENEW) Act of 2025 | Del. David Fraser-Hidalgo (15-D) | Establishing the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Payment Program in the Department of the Environment to secure payments from certain businesses that extract fossil fuels or refine petroleum products in order to provide a source of revenue for State efforts to adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change and to address the health impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations; establishing the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Fund to support efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change; etc. | Economic Matters Environment and Transportation |
Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 1/23 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters) (1/8) | |
| 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 - Additional Assessment on Awards and Settlements - Amount | Chair, Economic Matters Committee | Altering, from 1% to up to 2%, 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. | Economic Matters | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/6) | |
| 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 - First Reading Finance (2/17) | |
| HB 208 | Consumer Protection - False Advertising - Digital Goods | Del. Andrew Pruski (33A-D) | Prohibiting a person from advertising or offering for sale a digital good using certain terminology unless 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 person who violates the Act is guilty of a misdemeanor and is subject to a fine not to exceed $1,000. | Economic Matters | Oppose |
In the House - Second Reading Passed with Amendments (2/20) | ||
| 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 |
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 | 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 |
Support |
In the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings (2/14) | |
| 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 | Oppose |
In the House - Second Reading Passed (2/20) | |
| 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 | 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 Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment (2/17) |
| HB 296 | Personal Property Tax - Exemption for Low Assessments - Alteration | Del. Lorig Charkoudian (20-D) | Altering an exemption from the personal property tax for business personal property that has a total original cost below $20,000 by repealing a provision of law that prohibits 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 exemption; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2025. | Ways and Means | Taxation - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m. (1/18) | |
| 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 |
Oppose |
In the Senate - First Reading Finance (2/14) | |
| 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) | 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. | Economic Matters | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m. (1/16) | |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | Taxation - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - First Reading Appropriations (1/15) |
| 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 Ways and Means |
Support with Amendment |
In the House - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations) and Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means) (2/13) | |
| 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. | Ways and Means | Taxation - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m. (1/18) |
| 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 | 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 |
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 | 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 | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m. (1/21) | |
| HB 424 | SB 357 | Prescription Drug Affordability Board - Authority for Upper Payment Limits (Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for All Marylanders Now Act) | Del. Bonnie Cullison (19-D) | 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 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. | Health and Government Operations | Oppose |
In the House - Third Reading Passed (94-38) (2/21) | |
| HB 431 | SB 413 | Civil Actions - Consumer Contracts - Limitations Periods | Del. Vaughn Stewart (19-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; and providing that a violation of the Act is a violation of the Consumer Protection Act. | Economic Matters | Cyber & Tech - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m. (1/16) |
| HB 439 | SB 405 | Vehicle Laws - Fully Autonomous Vehicles - Human Safety Operators and Reporting Requirements | Del. Vaughn Stewart (19-D) | Requiring a human safety operator to be present in certain fully autonomous vehicles operating on highways in the State; requiring a manufacturer of a fully autonomous vehicle to submit to the Motor Vehicle Administration an incident report on any vehicle collision, certain citations for traffic violations, any disengagement event, or any assault or harassment of a passenger or human safety operator that occurs in the State and involves a fully autonomous vehicle under certain circumstances; etc. | Environment and Transportation | Cyber & Tech - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m. (1/20) |
| 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) | 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 not more than $100; and authorizing the fee to be waived if the individual's income is at or below 300% of the federal poverty level. | Economic Matters | Education & Workforce - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Second Reading Passed with Amendments (2/20) | |
| 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 |
TBD |
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 | 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; 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. | Health and Government Operations | Support with Amendment |
In the House - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (1/22) | |
| 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 | Support |
In the House - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (2/4) | |
| HB 503 | SB 430 | Land Use - Regional Housing Infrastructure Gap (Housing for Jobs Act) | Del. Adrienne Jones (10-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. | Environment and Transportation | Support |
In the House - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (2/7) | |
| HB 505 | SB 434 | Empowering New Energy Resources and Green Initiatives Toward a Zero-Emission (ENERGIZE) Maryland Act | 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; 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. | Economic Matters | Energy & Environment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. (2/7) |
| 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 | Energy & Environment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m. (2/10) |
| 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 | 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. | Ways and Means | Support |
In the House - Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m. (1/22) | |
| 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 | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/6) | |
| HB 577 | SB 664 | Business Regulation - Miscellaneous State Business Licenses - Enforcement and Penalties | Del. Adrienne Jones (10-D) | Authorizing the Comptroller to issue citations to enforce certain provisions of law concerning business licenses; requiring each application for a certain business license to designate an individual to serve as the license representative for the purpose of being subject to certain penalties; and establishing that the penalties for violating certain provisions of law apply to certain persons. | Economic Matters | Support with Amendment |
In the House - Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. (2/3) | |
| 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 | Oppose |
In the House - Special Order until 02/25 (Delegate Qi) Adopted (2/21) | ||
| 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. | Judiciary | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. (1/27) | ||
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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. | Judiciary | Education & Workforce - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Favorable Report by Judiciary (2/24) |
| 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. | Judiciary | Education & Workforce - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m. (2/17) |
| 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 - Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. (1/29) |
| 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 Governor and General Assembly on the amount and use of county development impact fees, surcharges, and excise taxes. | Environment and Transportation | Labor & Employment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. (1/29) |
| 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 |
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 | Support |
In the House - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (1/29) | ||
| HB 813 | SB 438 | Pharmacy Benefits Administration - Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Pharmacy Benefits Managers | Del. Steve Johnson (34A-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. | Health and Government Operations | Health Care & Biopharma - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (2/3) |
| 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 | 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 | 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 3/06 at 1:00 p.m. (2/4) |
| 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 |
Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means) (2/4) | ||
| HB 850 | SB 3 | Procurement - Public Work Contracts - Data Dashboard (Maryland Public Works and Apprenticeship Transparency Act) | Del. Nicole Williams (22-D) | Requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to develop and maintain a data dashboard that includes certain information relating to contractors, subcontractors, employees, and apprentices working under public work contracts; requiring each contractor who is contracted under a public work contract to provide certain information to the Commissioner; requiring the Commissioner to update the data dashboard on a certain basis and post the data dashboard on the Maryland Department of Labor website; etc. | Health and Government Operations | Business Regulations |
In the House - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (2/3) | |
| HB 853 | Criminal Procedure - Petition to Reduce Sentence (Maryland Second Look Act) | Del. Cheryl Pasteur (11A-D) | Authorizing an individual to file a petition with the court to reduce the sentence if the individual has served at least 20 years of the term of confinement and at least 5 years have passed since the court decided any previous petition filed by the individual under the Act; authorizing a court, after a hearing, to reduce a sentence if the court finds that the individual is not a danger to the public; and providing a rebuttable presumption that a petitioner is not a danger to the public under certain circumstances. | Judiciary | Education & Workforce - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 2/18 at 11:00 a.m. (2/17) | |
| 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 | Support |
In the House - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | |
| 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 through a memorandum of understanding a community health worker workforce program; requiring a partnership that establishes a community health worker workforce program to provide health insurance to certain individuals under certain circumstances; etc. | Health and Government Operations | Health Care & Biopharma - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/4) | |
| 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 - TBD Energy & Environment - TBD |
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 | 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 |
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 |
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, and enforcement authority for the Office of the Attorney General's Office of Consumer Protection; and requiring the Workgroup to make its recommendations to certain committees of the General Assembly by July 1, 2026. | Economic Matters | Support |
In the House - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (2/4) | ||
| HB 957 | State Procurement - Worker Residency Requirements | Del. C. Wilson (28-D) | Requiring certain contractors to ensure that a certain percentage of workers on certain projects are State residents and a certain percentage of work hours on the projects are performed by State residents; requiring the Department of Labor to enforce certain residency requirements; providing that a contractor that fails to meet certain requirements is liable for 0.125% of the total direct and indirect labor costs of the contract for each percentage point by which the contractor fails to meet the requirement; etc. | Economic Matters Health and Government Operations |
Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (Health and Government Operations) (2/3) | ||
| 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 | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m. (2/3) | |
| HB 969 | SB 774 | Property Tax - Valuation of Operating Property of Rural Broadband Service Providers | Del. Andre Johnson (34A-D) | Requiring the State Department of Assessments and Taxation, subject to certain limitations, to use a certain method when determining the value of the operating property of a provider of rural broadband service; authorizing the Department to use a certain replacement cost approach only if the value determined is less than the value determined using a certain income approach; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2025. | Ways and Means | Cyber & Tech - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (2/4) |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | Business Regulations Labor & Employment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (2/4) |
| HB 1035 | SB 937 | Public Utilities - Electricity Generation Planning - Procurement, Permitting, and Co-Location (Next Generation Energy Act) | Del. Adrienne Jones (10-D) | 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; prohibiting an electricity supplier or other owner of a certain generating station from entering into a certain contract with a commercial or industrial customer under certain circumstances; etc. | Economic Matters | Energy & Environment - Letter of Information |
In the House - Hearing 2/28 at 1:30 p.m. (2/10) | |
| 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 certain requirements for the construction of a certain solar energy generating station or energy storage device; requiring the Commission to conduct a certain study to establish a process by which the Commission may establish partnerships between electric companies and electricity suppliers for electricity generation projects; etc. | Economic Matters | Energy & Environment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 2/28 at 1:30 p.m. (2/10) |
| HB 1037 | SB 909 | Energy Resource Adequacy and Planning Act | Del. Brian Crosby (29B-D) | Establishing the Integrated Resource Planning Office in the Public Service Commission; requiring the Office to develop a Comprehensive Energy Forecast and conduct a certain study to support the development of the Forecast; requiring the Office, in consultation with the Commission and the Maryland Energy Administration, to complete certain energy modeling; and requiring the Commission, in consultation with the Office, to adopt regulations requiring each electric company to develop a certain integrated resource plan. | Economic Matters | Energy & Environment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 2/28 at 1:30 p.m. (2/10) |
| 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 |
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 | 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 | 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 3/06 at 1:00 p.m. (2/6) | |
| 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 |
Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation) (2/7) | |
| 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 |
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 | 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 | 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 |
In the House - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/10) | ||
| 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 | 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 |
Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary) (2/10) | ||
| 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 1166 | SB 835 | State Finance and Procurement - Retention Proceeds | Del. Christopher Adams (37B-R) | Requiring that undisputed retention proceeds retained by a unit or a certain contractor under a State procurement contract be paid within 90 days after the date of substantial completion. | Health and Government Operations | Business Regulations |
In the House - Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m. (2/6) | |
| 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 | Workers' Comp & UI - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/6) | |
| 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. | Health and Government Operations | Health Care & Biopharma - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) |
| 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 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations) (2/21) |
| 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 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. | Health and Government Operations | Health Care & Biopharma - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | |
| HB 1256 | SB 949 | Vehicle Laws - Fully Autonomous Vehicles | Del. Natalie Ziegler (9A-D) | Establishing certain standards and requirements for the operation of fully autonomous vehicles on highways in the State; requiring, before operating a fully autonomous vehicle on a highway in the State, a person to submit a law enforcement interaction plan to the Motor Vehicle Administration; and establishing that a State agency or local political subdivision may not prohibit the operation of fully autonomous vehicles on highways under their jurisdiction. | Environment and Transportation | Transportation |
In the House - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (2/7) | |
| 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 |
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 |
Letter of Information |
In the House - Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters) (2/7) | ||
| 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 |
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 | Support |
In the House - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (2/7) | |
| 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, revolving credit, and closed end 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 | Labor & Employment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (2/7) | |
| 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 3/07 at 1:00 p.m. (Health and Government Operations) (2/10) |
| HB 1314 | Health Care - Prior Authorizations - Prohibiting Fees and Use of Artificial Intelligence | Del. April Miller (4-R) | Prohibiting certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from using artificial intelligence to automatically deny prior authorizations; and prohibiting health care providers from charging a fee to obtain a prior authorization from a carrier or managed care organization. | Health and Government Operations | Health Care & Biopharma - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12) | |
| 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 |
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 | Support |
In the House - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (2/7) | |
| 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 | 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 - TBD |
In the House - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation) (2/14) | |
| HB 1391 | SB 906 | Education - Artificial Intelligence - Guidelines, Professional Development, and Task Force | Del. Caylin Young (45-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 certain guidance and strategies 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; etc. | Ways and Means | Cyber & Tech - Monitor |
Monitor | In the House - Hearing 3/03 at 11:00 a.m. (2/10) |
| 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 |
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 |
In the House - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (2/7) | ||
| 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 | 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 | Support |
In the House - Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m. (2/7) | |
| 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 3/06 at 1:00 p.m. (2/10) |
| 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 |
Support |
In the House - Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (Health and Government Operations) (2/12) | |
| 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 3/06 at 1:00 p.m. (2/7) | |
| 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 |
Support |
In the House - Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation) (2/7) | |
| 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 - First Reading Economic Matters (2/7) | |
| 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 |
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 | Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (2/7) | |
| 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 |
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 | Transportation |
In the House - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (2/7) | |
| 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 |
In the House - Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation) (2/7) | |
| HB 1516 | SB 1026 | Financial Institutions - Consumer Credit - Application of Licensing Requirements (Maryland Secondary Market Stability Act of 2025) | Del. Pam Queen (14-D) | Providing that certain provisions of law governing the licensing of providers of certain financial services in the State do not apply to a certain person that acquires or is assigned a certain mortgage, mortgage loan, or installment loan under certain circumstances; establishing the Maryland Licensing Workgroup to study and make recommendations on licensing requirements for persons that provide financial services in the State; and requiring the Workgroup to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 31, 2025. | Rules and Executive Nominations | Business Regulations |
In the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations (2/17) | |
| SB 3 | HB 850 | Procurement - Public Work Contracts - Data Dashboard (Maryland Public Works and Apprenticeship Transparency Act) | Sen. Arthur Ellis (28-D) | Requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to develop and maintain a data dashboard that includes certain information relating to contractors, subcontractors, employees, and apprentices working under public work contracts; requiring each contractor who is contracted under a public work contract to provide certain information to the Commissioner; requiring the Commissioner to update the data dashboard at least once a month and post the data dashboard on the Maryland Department of Labor website; etc. | Finance | In the Senate - Hearing 2/05 at 2:00 p.m. (1/20) | ||
| 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 - Hearing 1/22 at 10:00 a.m. (1/9) |
| 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 | 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 | 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 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. | Finance | Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 1/23 at 3:45 p.m. (1/14) | |
| 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 |
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 | 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 | 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 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. | Budget and Taxation | Energy & Environment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 1/15 at 10:30 a.m. (1/8) |
| 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, 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. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | Cyber & Tech - Monitor Energy & Environment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m. (1/27) |
| SB 149 | HB 128 | Responding to Emergency Needs From Extreme Weather (RENEW) Act of 2025 | Sen. Katie Hester (9-D) | Establishing the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Payment Program in the Department of the Environment to secure payments from certain businesses that extract fossil fuels or refine petroleum products in order to provide a source of revenue for State efforts to adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change and to address the health impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations; establishing the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Fund to support efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change; etc. | Finance Education, Energy, and the Environment |
Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment) (1/27) | |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | Oppose |
In the Senate - Withdrawn by Sponsor (1/27) | |
| SB 219 | HB 193 | Uninsured Employers' Fund - Additional Assessment on Awards and Settlements - Amount | Chair, Finance Committee | Altering, from 1% to up to 2%, 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. | Finance | Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5) | |
| 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 | Altering the process by which an award is payable from the Uninsured Employers' 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; altering requirements related to notice of claims, payment of awards, and reimbursement of awards; and requiring the Fund to pay certain additional awards under certain circumstances. | Finance | Workers' Comp & UI - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5) | |
| SB 250 | Department of the Environment - Fees, Penalties, Funding, and Regulation | Chair, Education, Energy the Environment Committee | 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; authorizing the Department to establish by regulation a fee for the Responsible Personnel Training Program Certification; 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. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | Energy & Environment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. (1/23) | |
| 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 | 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 | 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; and limiting covered reimbursements to a cost index or indexes. | Finance | Support |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5) | ||
| 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 | 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 | 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 | Support |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/05 at 2:00 p.m. (1/20) | ||
| SB 357 | HB 424 | Prescription Drug Affordability Board - Authority for Upper Payment Limits (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; altering requirements related to the setting of upper payment limits by the Board; etc. | Finance | Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m. (1/22) | |
| 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 | 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 | Support |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/05 at 2:00 p.m. (1/24) | |
| SB 405 | HB 439 | Vehicle Laws - Fully Autonomous Vehicles - Human Safety Operators and Reporting Requirements | Sen. Johnny Salling (6-R) | Requiring a human safety operator to be present in certain fully autonomous vehicles operating on highways in the State; requiring a manufacturer of a fully autonomous vehicle to submit to the Motor Vehicle Administration an incident report on any vehicle collision, certain citations for traffic violations, any disengagement event, or any assault or harassment of a passenger or human safety operator that occurs in the State and involves a fully autonomous vehicle under certain circumstances; etc. | Judicial Proceedings | In the Senate - Withdrawn by Sponsor (2/10) | ||
| 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 | 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) | 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. | Budget and Taxation Finance |
Education & Workforce - Monitor Taxation - Monitor |
TBD |
In the Senate - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation) (2/7) |
| 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; 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. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | Energy & Environment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. (1/23) |
| 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 | 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) | 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. | Finance | Support |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. (2/3) | |
| 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 | Support |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/05 at 2:00 p.m. (1/24) | |
| 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 | 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 | Support |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. (2/10) | |
| SB 472 | HB 330 | Property Tax - Improvements to Property Adjacent to Rail Stations - Subclass, Special Rate, and Penalty | 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, 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. | Budget and Taxation | Transportation - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. (2/11) |
| 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 |
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 - Exemption | Sen. J.B. Jennings (7-R) | Exempting all personal property, including manufacturing inventory, in the possession of a person engaged in a manufacturing business that is a small- or medium-sized enterprise from the personal property tax, including any special taxing district property tax. | Budget and Taxation | Taxation - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/7) |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | Taxation - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. (2/11) |
| SB 528 | HB 34 | Sales and Use Tax - Tax-Free Day - Veterans' Day | Sen. Benjamin Brooks (10-D) | Establishing November 11 as a tax-free day each year during which an exemption from the sales and use tax is provided for sales to certain veterans; requiring an individual, in order to qualify for the exemption, to provide the vendor evidence of eligibility for the exemption; and providing that evidence of eligibility may consist of a valid driver's license or government-issued identification card that includes a notation indicating that the individual is a veteran. | Budget and Taxation | Taxation - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/7) |
| 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 |
Support |
In the House - First Reading Economic Matters (2/14) | |
| 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 | Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. (2/3) | |
| 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 | 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 | Support |
In the Senate - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/7) | |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m. (2/1) | |
| SB 664 | HB 577 | Business Regulation - Miscellaneous State Business Licenses - Enforcement and Penalties | Sen. Bill Ferguson (46-D) | Authorizing the Comptroller to issue citations to enforce certain provisions of law concerning business licenses; requiring each application for a certain business license to designate an individual to serve as the license representative for the purpose of being subject to certain penalties; and establishing that the penalties for violating certain provisions of law apply to certain persons. | Finance | Support with Amendment |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m. (1/30) | |
| 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 | 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 |
Business Regulations 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. | Finance | Workers' Comp & UI - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5) | |
| 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 | 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. | Finance | Business Regulations - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m. (2/1) |
| 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 | 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; requiring administrators, carriers, and pharmacy benefits managers to include certain cost sharing amounts for certain high-deductible health plans after an enrollee or a beneficiary satisfies a certain requirement; etc. | Finance | Health Care & Biopharma - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/6) | |
| SB 774 | HB 969 | Property Tax - Valuation of Operating Property of Rural Broadband Service Providers | Sen. Stephen Hershey (36-R) | Requiring the State Department of Assessments and Taxation, subject to certain limitations, to use a certain method when determining the value of the operating property of a provider of rural broadband service; authorizing the Department to use a certain replacement cost approach only if the value determined is less than the value determined using a certain income approach; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2025. | Budget and Taxation | Cyber & Tech - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 2/26 at 2:00 p.m. (2/17) |
| 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 |
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. | Finance | Support |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. (2/3) | |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/6) | |
| 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 | Education & Workforce - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. (2/4) |
| 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 Governor and General Assembly on the amount and use of county development impact fees, surcharges, and excise taxes. | Budget and Taxation | Labor & Employment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5) |
| 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 Maryland Department of Labor from requiring disclosure of certain actions on an application. | Finance Education, Energy, and the Environment |
Education & Workforce - Support with Amendment |
TBD |
In the Senate - Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance) (2/6) | |
| 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 |
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. | Finance | Support |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5) | ||
| SB 835 | HB 1166 | State Finance and Procurement - Retention Proceeds | Sen. Johnny Mautz (37-R) | Requiring that undisputed retention proceeds retained by a unit or a certain contractor under a State procurement contract be paid within 90 days after the date of substantial completion. | Budget and Taxation | Business Regulations |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/26 at 3:00 p.m. (2/17) | |
| 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 | Support |
In the Senate - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5) | |
| SB 846 | Business Regulation - Cellular Phone Carriers - Service Contract Requirement | Sen. Shelly Hettleman (11-D) | Requiring a cellular phone carrier to include an option in the service contract that allows more than one individual who is a customer of record to the service contract to alter, modify, or cancel the service contract without the agreement of the other customers of record if all of the customers of record agree in writing to the option on execution of the service contract. | Finance | Cyber & Tech - TBD |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (2/6) | ||
| 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 | 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 | 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 |
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 - TBD |
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 | Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (2/4) | |
| SB 901 | Environment - Packaging Materials - Producer Responsibility Plans | Sen. Malcolm Augustine (47-D) | Requiring certain producers of packaging materials, individually or as part of a producer responsibility organization, to submit a certain packaging materials producer responsibility plan to the Department of the Environment for review and approval on or before April 1, 2027, and every 5 years thereafter, in accordance with certain requirements. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (2/4) | ||
| 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; requiring that a certain referral procedure required to be established and implemented by certain carriers require the carrier to provide certain assistance to a member in identifying and arranging coverage for a specialist or nonphysician specialist for treatment of mental health or substance use disorder services; etc. | Finance | Health Care & Biopharma - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/6) |
| 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 3/06 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment) (2/5) | |
| 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 |
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 1:00 p.m. (2/5) |
| 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 Integrated Resource Planning Office in the Public Service Commission; requiring the Office to develop a Comprehensive Energy Forecast and conduct a certain study to support the development of the Forecast; requiring the Office, in consultation with the Commission and the Maryland Energy Administration, to complete certain energy modeling; and requiring the Commission, in consultation with the Office, to adopt regulations requiring each electric company to develop a certain integrated resource plan. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | Energy & Environment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 2/28 at 1:30 p.m. (2/10) |
| 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 energy storage device; requiring the Commission to conduct a certain study to establish a process by which the Commission may establish partnerships between electric companies and electricity suppliers for electricity generation projects; etc. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | Energy & Environment - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 2/28 at 1:30 p.m. (2/10) |
| 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 - TBD |
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 |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (2/6) | ||
| SB 937 | HB 1035 | Public Utilities - Electricity Generation Planning - Procurement, Permitting, and Co-Location (Next Generation Energy Act) | Sen. Bill Ferguson (46-D) | 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; prohibiting an electricity supplier or other owner of a certain generating station from entering into a certain contract with a commercial or industrial customer under certain circumstances; etc. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | Energy & Environment - Letter of Information |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/28 at 1:30 p.m. (2/10) | |
| 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 | 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 949 | HB 1256 | Vehicle Laws - Fully Autonomous Vehicles | Sen. Sara Love (16-D) | Establishing certain standards and requirements for the operation of fully autonomous vehicles on highways in the State; requiring, before operating a fully autonomous vehicle on a highway in the State, a person to submit a law enforcement interaction plan to the Motor Vehicle Administration; and establishing that a State agency or local political subdivision may not prohibit the operation of fully autonomous vehicles on highways under their jurisdiction. | Judicial Proceedings | Transportation |
In the Senate - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/4) | |
| 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 medical oncology services, complies with State regulations for the administering and dispensing of specialty drugs, and the specialty drug meets certain qualifications; and requiring the reimbursement rate for certain specialty drugs to meet certain criteria. | Finance | Health Care & Biopharma - Monitor |
Monitor | In the Senate - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/6) |
| 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 |
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 | 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 |
In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules (2/5) | ||
| SB 1026 | HB 1516 | Financial Institutions - Consumer Credit - Application of Licensing Requirements (Maryland Secondary Market Stability Act of 2025) | Sen. Pamela Beidle (32-D) | Providing that certain provisions of law governing the licensing of providers of certain financial services in the State do not apply to a certain person that acquires or is assigned a certain mortgage, mortgage loan, or installment loan under certain circumstances; establishing the Maryland Licensing Workgroup to study and make recommendations on licensing requirements for persons that provide financial services in the State; and requiring the Workgroup to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 31, 2025. | Rules | Business Regulations |
In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules (2/6) |