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Bill Tracking
2025
| Bill | Crossfile | Bill Title | Sponsor | Synopsis | MGA Committees | MDCC Policy Committee & Position | Leg. Comm. Position | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Taxation - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 1/28 at 1:00 p.m. (1/8) | |
| HB 37 | Declaration of Rights - Right to Organize | Del. Joe Vogel (17-D) | Establishing every person employed in the State of Maryland has the fundamental right to organize and collectively bargain concerning compensation, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment; prohibiting the State from, directly or indirectly, denying, burdening, or abridging the right unless justified by a compelling State interest achieved by the least restrictive means; and providing that the Constitutional amendment proposed by the Act be submitted to the qualified voters of the State or adoption or rejection. | Appropriations | Labor & Employment - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 1/28 at 1:30 p.m. (1/24) | |
| HB 49 | SB 256 | Environment - Building Energy Performance Standards - 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 | Energy & Environment - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. (1/27) |
| 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 |
Energy & Environment - Oppose Transportation - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations) (2/4) |
| 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 | Business Regulations - Oppose Cyber & Tech - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the House - Second Reading Passed with Amendments (2/21) |
| HB 113 | SB 584 | Civil Actions - Noneconomic Damages - Personal Injury and Wrongful Death | Del. Natalie Ziegler (9A-D) | Repealing certain limitations on noneconomic damages in civil actions for personal injury or wrongful death; and applying the Act prospectively. | Judiciary | Civil Liability - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/19 at 11:00 a.m. (2/17) |
| HB 128 | SB 149 | 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 |
Energy & Environment - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 1/23 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters) (1/8) |
| 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 | Workers' Comp & UI - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/6) |
| 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 | Cyber & Tech - Oppose |
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 |
Energy & Environment - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation) and Hearing canceled (Economic Matters) (2/3) | |
| HB 218 | SB 195 | Family Law - Child Support | Chair, Judiciary Committee | Altering provisions relating to the commencement of a proceeding to hold a person in contempt of court for the person's default in payment of periodic child or spousal support under the terms of a court order and provisions relating to the commencement of a contempt proceeding for failure to make a payment of child or spousal support under a court order; authorizing the Child Support Administration to take action to secure an assignment to the State of any rights to support on behalf of a child receiving foster care maintenance payments; etc. | Judiciary | Labor & Employment - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m. (2/17) |
| HB 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 | Labor & Employment - Oppose |
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 | Labor & Employment - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the House - Withdrawn by Sponsor (2/10) |
| HB 321 | SB 303 | Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Definition of Purchaser and Alteration of Application of Law | Del. Nicholaus Kipke (31-R) | Altering the definition of "purchaser" for the purpose of certain provisions of State insurance law governing pharmacy benefits managers to exclude certain nonprofit health maintenance organizations; requiring the Maryland Insurance Administration to convene a workgroup to review and make recommendations by January 1, 2026, on provisions of State law regarding pharmacy benefits managers, specialty pharmacies, and antisteering including any legislation necessary to carry out the recommendations; etc. | Finance Health and Government Operations |
Health Care & Biopharma - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the Senate - First Reading Finance (2/14) |
| 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 | Cyber & Tech - Oppose |
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 | Energy & Environment - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. (1/21) | |
| HB 342 | State Transfer Tax - Rates and Distribution of Revenue | Del. Sheila Ruth (44B-D) | Altering the State transfer tax rate and the distribution of State transfer tax revenue; and applying the Act to instruments of writing recorded on or after July 1, 2025. | Ways and Means | Taxation - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m. (1/18) | |
| HB 400 | SB 55 | State Finance - Prohibited Appropriations - Magnetic Levitation Transportation System | Del. Nicole Williams (22-D) | Prohibiting the State and certain units and instrumentalities of the State from using any appropriation for a magnetic levitation transportation system in the State; and providing that the prohibition does not apply to certain expenditures for salaries. | Appropriations Environment and Transportation |
Transportation - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/14 at 1:30 p.m. (Environment and Transportation) (1/29) |
| HB 414 | Health and Taxation - Digital Social Media Services and the Mental Health Care Fund for Children and Youth | Del. Ashanti Martinez (22-D) | Establishing the Mental Health Care Fund for Children and Youth to support improved access to mental health care services to children and youth in the State; imposing a tax on certain annual revenues derived from certain digital social media services in the State; providing for the calculation and collection of the tax; requiring the Comptroller to distribute revenue from the tax in a certain manner; etc. | Ways and Means | Cyber & Tech - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m. (1/16) | |
| HB 418 | SB 437 | Health Maintenance Organizations - Payments to Nonparticipating Providers - Reimbursement Rate | Del. Nicholaus Kipke (31-R) | Altering the reimbursement rate at which health maintenance organizations are required to pay certain nonparticipating health care providers for services. | Health and Government Operations | Health Care & Biopharma - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the House - 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 | Health Care & Biopharma - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the House - Third Reading Passed (94-38) (2/21) |
| HB 554 | SB 752 | Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act of 2025 | Del. Lorig Charkoudian (20-D) | Repealing and establishing the methodology used to calculate the weekly benefit amount; altering the taxable wage base used to determine employer contributions to the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund, the dependent allowance, and the amount of earned wages subtracted from a weekly benefit amount; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to determine and make available online the State annual average wage applicable to the rate of contribution; etc. | Economic Matters | Workers' Comp & UI - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/6) |
| HB 582 | Labor and Employment - Exemptions From Overtime Pay - Administrative, Executive, or Professional Capacity | Del. Joe Vogel (17-D) | Altering the exemption from overtime pay for individuals who are employed to work in an administrative, executive, or professional capacity. | Economic Matters | Labor & Employment - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the House - Special Order until 02/25 (Delegate Qi) Adopted (2/21) | |
| 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 | Business Regulations - Oppose Labor & Employment - Oppose |
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 | Civil Liability - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/19 at 11:00 a.m. (2/17) | |
| HB 626 | Real Estate Development and Highway Rights-of-Way - Installation of Broadband Micro Conduits and Microducts | Del. Kym Taylor (23-D) | Requiring the installation of micro conduits in any utility easement and building power or telecommunication rooms during the new construction or major improvement of certain commercial and residential premises; requiring that buried fiber optic cable installed in a highway right-of-way include conduit containing at least seven microducts; requiring the Department of Transportation or a unit of local government to ensure a broadband service provider has access to the conduit on a neutral and nondiscriminatory basis; etc. | Environment and Transportation | Cyber & Tech - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the House - Withdrawn by Sponsor (2/17) | |
| HB 632 | Labor and Employment - Workplace Fraud - Application (Maryland Workplace Fraud Act of 2025) | Del. Matthew Schindler (2B-D) | Applying to all private sector employers, rather than only employers in the construction and landscape services industries, provisions of law that prohibit an employer from failing to properly classify an individual who performs work for remuneration paid by the employer. | Economic Matters | Labor & Employment - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m. (1/23) | |
| HB 823 | Generative Artificial Intelligence - Training Data Transparency | Del. Chao Wu (9A-D) | Requiring a developer of a generative artificial intelligence system, on or before January 1, 2026, and before the developer releases or substantially modifies a certain generative artificial intelligence system, to publish on the developer's website documentation detailing the data used to train the generative artificial intelligence system. | Economic Matters | Cyber & Tech - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (1/29) | |
| HB 824 | Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Covered Individuals - Alternatively Qualified Individuals | Del. Vaughn Stewart (19-D) | Altering the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program to provide benefits, beginning July 1, 2027, to alternatively qualified individuals who care for or bond with a child under certain circumstances; altering the date that the Secretary of Labor is required to begin conducting certain cost analyses of the Program; and requiring that an employer allow an alternatively qualified individual who is receiving benefits under the Program to take certain unpaid leave from employment. | Economic Matters | Labor & Employment - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the House - Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters (2/19) | |
| HB 846 | Transportation Access and Revenue Act | Del. Robbyn Lewis (46-D) | Altering the definitions of "taxable price" and "taxable service" for the purposes of certain provisions of law governing the sales and use tax to impose the tax on certain transportation-related services; requiring the Comptroller to distribute revenue attributable to the sales and use tax on certain transportation-related services to the Transportation Trust Fund; and providing that revenue the Comptroller distributes may not be credited to the Gasoline and Motor Vehicle Revenue Account in the Transportation Trust Fund. | Environment and Transportation Ways and Means |
Transportation - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means) (2/4) | |
| HB 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 |
Business Regulations Labor & Employment - Support with Amendment |
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 | Transportation - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m. (2/3) |
| HB 973 | SB 804 | Maryland Building Performance Standards - Fossil Fuel Use, Energy Conservation, and Electric- and Solar-Ready Standards (Better Buildings Act of 2025) | Del. Adrian Boafo (23-D) | Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to adopt, by October 1, 2025, and as part of the Maryland Building Performance Standards, energy conservation requirements, an electric- and solar-ready standard for certain buildings, and a requirement that new buildings and significant improvements meet all laundry, water, and space heating demands of the building without the use of fossil fuels. | Environment and Transportation | Energy & Environment - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/3) |
| HB 1014 | SB 859 | Fair Share for Maryland Act of 2025 | Del. Julie Carr (17-D) | Altering a certain limit on the unified credit used for determining the estate tax for decedents dying on or after January 1, 2026; altering a certain limitation on the amount of the estate tax for decedents dying on or after a certain date; altering the definition of "qualified child" for purposes of a certain credit against the State income tax for certain dependent children; imposing a certain business transportation fee on certain taxable income of corporations and pass-through entities for certain taxable years; etc. | Ways and Means | Taxation - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m. (2/4) |
| HB 1088 | SB 882 | Coal Transportation Fee and Fossil Fuel Mitigation Fund (Coal Dust Cleanup and Asthma Remediation Act) | Del. Dana Stein (11B-D) | Imposing a coal transportation fee on a person that transports coal in the State; providing that the rate of the coal transportation fee is $13 per short ton transported in the State; providing the fee does not apply to the transportation of coal that is solely for use on a farm and the carrier does not otherwise use or sell the coal; establishing the Fossil Fuel Mitigation Fund to support activities that reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the State; etc. | Economic Matters Environment and Transportation |
Energy & Environment - Oppose Transportation - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 3/06 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 |
Cyber & Tech - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters) (2/6) |
| HB 1092 | Recycling - Prohibition on the Chemical Conversion of Plastic | Del. Jen Terrasa (13-D) | Altering the definition of recycling to exclude certain chemical conversion processes, pyrolysis, hydropyrolysis, methanolysis, gasification, enzymatic breakdown, or similar processes as determined by the Department of the Environment; and prohibiting a person from building in the State a facility that converts plastic to fuel or feedstock through a chemical conversion process. | Environment and Transportation | Energy & Environment - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5) | |
| HB 1096 | SB 938 | Fraud Prevention and Worker Protections - Prohibitions, Penalties, and Enforcement | Del. Adrienne Jones (10-D) | Prohibiting a person from knowingly making or using, or causing to be made or used, a false record or statement resulting in underpayments of unemployment insurance contributions or payment of unemployment insurance benefits of more than a certain amount; altering the enforcement mechanisms of the Maryland Wage and Hour Law, the Maryland Wage Payment and Collection Law, workplace fraud laws, living wage laws, and prevailing wage laws; etc. | Economic Matters | Labor & Employment - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/10) |
| HB 1112 | PFAS Chemicals - Civil Actions and Prohibition on Consumer Product Sales | Del. Kevin Hornberger (35B-R) | Altering the time limits for bringing an action for wrongful death or personal injury concerning exposure of a person to PFAS chemicals; and prohibiting a person, on or after July 1, 2026, from manufacturing, selling, or distributing in the State a consumer product that contains PFAS chemicals. | Health and Government Operations Judiciary |
Energy & Environment - Oppose Workers' Comp & UI - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary) (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 |
Labor & Employment - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters) (2/7) |
| HB 1458 | SB 809 | Declaration of Rights - Right to Minimum Wage for Tipped Workers | Del. Adrian Boafo (23-D) | Establishing that every person, as a central component of an individual's right to liberty and equality, has the fundamental right to be paid at a wage rate that is at least equal to the State minimum wage rate set by law without regard to tips that the individual receives; and prohibiting the State from, directly or indirectly, denying, burdening, or abridging the right unless justified by a compelling State interest achieved by the least restrictive means. | Economic Matters | Labor & Employment - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the House - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (2/7) |
| 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 | Business Regulations - Oppose Cyber & Tech - Oppose |
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 |
Transportation - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 1/29 at 10:30 a.m. (Budget and Taxation) (1/14) |
| SB 58 | Labor and Employment - Parental School Engagement Leave Act | Sen. Joanne Benson (24-D) | Requiring certain employers to provide certain employees with at least 12 hours of parental school engagement leave each school year to attend meetings and conferences relating to the schooling of the employee's child; and requiring the State Superintendent of Schools and the Commissioner of Labor to provide notice of certain provisions of the Act and develop and make available a document that may be used to validate an employee's use of parental school engagement leave. | Finance | Labor & Employment - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 1/29 at 1:00 p.m. (1/14) | |
| SB 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 |
Energy & Environment - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment) (1/27) |
| SB 195 | HB 218 | Family Law - Child Support | Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee | Altering provisions relating to the commencement of a proceeding to hold a person in contempt of court for the person's default in payment of periodic child or spousal support under the terms of a court order and provisions relating to the commencement of a contempt proceeding for failure to make a payment of child or spousal support under a court order; authorizing the Child Support Administration to take action to secure an assignment to the State of any rights to support on behalf of a child receiving foster care maintenance payments; etc. | Judicial Proceedings | Labor & Employment - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 1/14 at 1:00 p.m. (1/6) |
| SB 218 | HB 264 | Business Occupational and Professional Licenses - Suspension and Revocation for Workplace Fraud | Chair, Finance Committee | Requiring, under certain circumstances, the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to notify a licensing authority when a licensee is found in violation of certain workplace fraud provisions; requiring licensing authorities to suspend or revoke the licenses of licensees who are reported by the Commissioner; and establishing certain appeal and license reinstatement procedures. | Finance | Labor & Employment - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the Senate - Withdrawn by Sponsor (1/27) |
| SB 219 | HB 193 | Uninsured Employers' Fund - 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 | Workers' Comp & UI - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5) |
| SB 256 | HB 49 | Environment - Building Energy Performance Standards - Compliance and Reporting | Chair, Education, Energy the Environment Committee | Altering an annual compliance fee paid by certain owners of covered buildings under certain circumstances to include the energy use attributable to the building's failure to meet certain energy targets; requiring certain regulations to include a certain annual reporting fee to cover certain costs; and requiring the Department of the Environment to deposit alternative compliance fees into the Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | Energy & Environment - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m. (1/27) |
| SB 303 | HB 321 | Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Definition of Purchaser and Alteration of Application of Law | Sen. Clarence Lam (12-D) | Altering the definition of "purchaser" for the purpose of certain provisions of State insurance law governing pharmacy benefits managers to exclude certain nonprofit health maintenance organizations; and repealing certain provisions that restrict applicability of certain provisions of law to pharmacy benefits managers that provide pharmacy benefits management services on behalf of a carrier. | Finance | Health Care & Biopharma - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/05 at 2:00 p.m. (1/20) |
| SB 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 | Health Care & Biopharma - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m. (1/22) |
| SB 395 | HB 84 | Transportation - Major Highway Capacity Expansion Projects and Impact Assessments (Transportation and Climate Alignment Act of 2025) | Sen. Shelly Hettleman (11-D) | Requiring the Department of Transportation, as part of the planning and implementation of certain major highway expansion projects to develop and implement a corresponding multimodal transportation program; requiring the Department beginning with a certain Consolidated Transportation Program to evaluate certain major capital projects for their impact on greenhouse gas emissions and vehicle miles traveled; requiring the Secretary of Transportation to perform certain capacity expansion impact assessments; etc. | Budget and Taxation | Energy & Environment - Oppose Transportation - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 1/29 at 10:30 a.m. (1/20) |
| SB 437 | HB 418 | Health Maintenance Organizations - Payments to Nonparticipating Providers - Reimbursement Rate | Sen. Clarence Lam (12-D) | Altering the reimbursement rate at which health maintenance organizations are required to pay certain nonparticipating health care providers for services. | Finance | Health Care & Biopharma - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. (1/27) |
| SB 494 | Procurement Contracts and Public-Private Partnerships - Project Labor Agreements, Community Benefit Agreements, and Use of Registered Apprentices | Sen. Arthur Ellis (28-D) | Establishing requirements related to project labor agreements, community benefit agreements, and the use of registered apprentices under procurement contracts and public-private partnerships. | Budget and Taxation | Labor & Employment - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the Senate - Withdrawn by Sponsor (2/5) | |
| SB 576 | HB 233 | Labor and Employment - Mandatory Meetings on Religious or Political Matters - Employee Attendance and Participation (Maryland Worker Freedom Act) | Sen. Clarence Lam (12-D) | Prohibiting employers from taking certain adverse actions against an employee or applicant for employment because the employee or applicant declines to attend or participate in employer-sponsored meetings during which the employer communicates the opinion of the employer regarding religious matters or political matters. | Finance | Labor & Employment - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the Senate - 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 | Civil Liability - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. (1/30) |
| SB 659 | HB 332 | Consumer Protection - Electronic Funds Transfers - Regulations (Elder Fraud Prevention Act of 2025) | Sen. Justin Ready (5-R) | Requiring the Commissioner of Financial Regulation to adopt consumer protection regulations for domestic electronic funds transfers that apply to financial institutions in the State and are consistent with the federal Electronic Fund Transfer Act; etc. | Finance | Cyber & Tech - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m. (2/1) |
| SB 752 | HB 554 | Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act of 2025 | Sen. Benjamin Kramer (19-D) | Repealing and establishing the methodology used to calculate the weekly benefit amount; altering the taxable wage base used to determine employer contributions to the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund, the dependent allowance, and the amount of earned wages subtracted from a weekly benefit amount; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to determine and make available online the State annual average wage applicable to the rate of contribution; etc. | Finance | Workers' Comp & UI - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. (2/3) |
| SB 804 | HB 973 | Maryland Building Performance Standards - Fossil Fuel Use, Energy Conservation, and Electric- and Solar-Ready Standards (Better Buildings Act of 2025) | Sen. Benjamin Brooks (10-D) | Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to adopt, by October 1, 2025, and as part of the Maryland Building Performance Standards, energy conservation requirements, an electric- and solar-ready standard for certain buildings, and a requirement that new buildings and significant improvements meet all laundry, water, and space heating demands of the building without the use of fossil fuels. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | Energy & Environment - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (2/4) |
| SB 807 | Environment - Local Building Energy Performance Standards - Authorization | Sen. Benjamin Kramer (19-D) | Authorizing counties to adopt local building energy performance standards that are at least as stringent as certain standards adopted by the Department of the Environment if the standards are approved by the Department; authorizing a county to enforce local building energy performance standards; and exempting a covered building that is subject to certain local building energy performance standards from complying with certain statewide standards. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | Energy & Environment - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (2/13) | |
| SB 809 | HB 1458 | Declaration of Rights - Right to Minimum Wage for Tipped Workers | Sen. Cory McCray (45-D) | Establishing that every person, as a central component of an individual's right to liberty and equality, has the fundamental right to be paid at a wage rate that is at least equal to the State minimum wage rate set by law without regard to tips that the individual receives; and prohibiting the State from, directly or indirectly, denying, burdening, or abridging the right unless justified by a compelling State interest achieved by the least restrictive means. | Finance | Labor & Employment - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (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 |
Labor & Employment - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance) (2/6) |
| SB 855 | HB 958 | Railroads - Safety Requirements (Maryland Railway Safety Act of 2025) | Sen. Arthur Ellis (28-D) | Establishing requirements and prohibitions related to the operation of railroads in the State, including provisions related to the size of the crew, blocking of railroad and highway grade crossings, the length of trains operating on a main or branch line, wayside detectors, and investigations by railroad labor union representatives; and requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to establish and maintain a reporting system regarding the transportation of hazardous materials and waste by rail in the State. | Finance | Transportation - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/6) |
| SB 859 | HB 1014 | Fair Share for Maryland Act of 2025 | Sen. Shelly Hettleman (11-D) | Altering a certain limit on the unified credit used for determining the estate tax for decedents dying on or after a certain date; altering a certain limitation on the amount of the estate tax for decedents dying on or after a certain date; altering the definition of "qualified child" for purposes of a certain credit against the State income tax for certain dependent children; imposing a certain business transportation fee on certain taxable income of corporations and pass-through entities for certain taxable years; etc. | Budget and Taxation | Taxation - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5) |
| SB 882 | HB 1088 | Coal Transportation Fee and Fossil Fuel Mitigation Fund (Coal Dust Cleanup and Asthma Remediation Act) | Sen. Jim Rosapepe (21-D) | Imposing a coal transportation fee on a person that transports coal in the State; providing that the rate of the coal transportation fee is $13 per short ton transported in the State; providing that the fee does not apply to the transportation of coal that is solely for use on a farm and the carrier does not otherwise use or sell the coal; establishing the Fossil Fuel Mitigation Fund to support activities that reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the State; etc. | Education, Energy, and the Environment | Energy & Environment - Oppose Transportation - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (2/4) |
| SB 901 | Environment - Packaging 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 | Energy & Environment - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (2/4) | |
| SB 904 | HB 1089 | Data Brokers - Registry and Gross Income Tax (Building Information Guardrails Data Act of 2025) | Sen. Katie Hester (9-D) | Establishing the Privacy Protection and Enforcement Unit within the Division of Consumer Protection in the Office of the Attorney General; establishing a data broker registry; requiring certain data brokers to register each year with the Comptroller; and imposing a tax on the gross income of certain data brokers for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2026. | Budget and Taxation Finance |
Cyber & Tech - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (Budget and Taxation) (2/5) |
| SB 938 | HB 1096 | Fraud Prevention and Worker Protections - Prohibitions, Penalties, and Enforcement | Sen. Bill Ferguson (46-D) | Prohibiting a person from knowingly making or using, or causing to be made or used, a false record or statement resulting in underpayments of unemployment insurance contributions or payment of unemployment insurance benefits of more than a certain amount; altering the enforcement mechanisms of the Maryland Wage and Hour Law, the Maryland Wage Payment and Collection Law, workplace fraud laws, living wage laws, and prevailing wage laws; etc. | Finance | Labor & Employment - Oppose |
Oppose |
In the Senate - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/6) |