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Bill Tracking
2025
BillCrossfileBill TitleSponsorSynopsisMGA CommitteesMDCC Policy Committee & PositionLeg. Comm. PositionStatus
HB 60 SB 99 Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Military Retirement Income (Keep Our Heroes Home Act) Del. Mike Rogers (32-D)
Increasing, from $20,000 to $40,000 over a 2-year period, the amount of a certain subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for certain military retirement income received by individuals, regardless of age, during a taxable year for certain military service. Ways and Means Taxation - Support
Support
In the House - Hearing 1/23 at 1:00 p.m. (1/9)
HB 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 Transportation - Support
Support
In the House - Hearing 1/30 at 1:30 p.m. (1/15)
HB 227 SB 561 Corporations and Associations - Electric Cooperatives - Nonescheat Capital Credits Del. Christopher Adams (37B-R)
Providing that certain unclaimed money held by an electric cooperative and due to a past member is not considered abandoned property; and authorizing an electric cooperative to use this money only to assist members of the cooperative or make donations to nonprofit, charitable organizations. Economic Matters

Judicial Proceedings
Business Regulations - Support
Support
In the Senate - First Reading Judicial Proceedings (2/14)
HB 499 SB 432 Criminal Records - Expungement and Maryland Judiciary Case Search (Expungement Reform Act of 2025) Del. Adrienne Jones (10-D)
Altering certain provisions of law relating to waiting periods for the filing of certain petitions for expungement to authorize the filing of a petition a certain amount of time after the completion of the sentence; adding to the list of misdemeanor convictions that a person may expunge under certain circumstances; prohibiting the Maryland Judiciary Case Search from in any way referring to the existence of a charge of possession of cannabis if the conviction was later pardoned by the Governor; etc. Judiciary Education & Workforce - Support
Support
In the House - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (2/10)
HB 501 SB 431 Registered Apprenticeship Investments for a Stronger Economy (RAISE) Act Del. Adrienne Jones (10-D)
Authorizing the State Board of Plumbing to waive the license examination requirement for a journey plumber license; authorizing the Secretary of Labor to waive the examination for certain licenses; altering the duties of the Maryland Apprenticeship and Training Council; repealing the Youth Apprenticeship Advisory Committee; establishing the Maryland Office of Registered Apprenticeship Development to market and advance the registered apprenticeship system throughout the State; etc. Economic Matters Education & Workforce - Support
Support
In the House - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (2/4)
HB 503 SB 430 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 Education & Workforce - Support
Support
In the House - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (2/7)
HB 545 SB 398 Criminal Procedure - Automated Expungement Del. David Moon (20-D)
Repealing a certain provision of law requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to expunge certain cases involving charges of possession of cannabis on or before a certain date; and establishing procedures for the automated expungement of certain cases by the Department and the Judiciary. Judiciary Education & Workforce - Support
Support
In the House - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (2/10)
HB 546 SB 605 Digital Advertising Gross Revenues Tax - Assessments - Appeals and Corrections Del. Jessica Feldmark (12A-D)
Establishing a certain appeal process for persons who are subject to the digital advertising gross revenues tax and receive a notice of assessment from the Comptroller; authorizing the Comptroller or the Comptroller's designee to issue an order to correct an erroneous assessment of the digital advertising gross revenues tax, subject to certain conditions; and applying the Act to assessments of the digital advertising gross revenues tax made after December 31, 2025. Ways and Means Taxation - Support
Support
In the House - Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m. (1/22)
HB 778 SB 630 Circuit Court Judges - Selection and Retention Elections Chair, Judiciary Committee
Proposing amendments to the Maryland Constitution relating to the selection and tenure of circuit court judges; altering the method of filling vacancies in the office of a judge of a circuit court; providing for retention elections following an appointment to fill a vacancy in the office of a judge of a circuit court; providing for a transitional period during which the terms of certain amendments are to become effective; and submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the State for their adoption or rejection. Judiciary

Ways and Means
Civil Liability - Support
Support
In the House - Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary) (1/30)
HB 785 Common Ownership Communities and Zoning Authorities - Operation of Family Child Care Homes - Limitations Del. Jessica Feldmark (12A-D)
Prohibiting a provision in certain documents of certain cooperative housing corporations from prohibiting or restricting the establishment or operation of certain family child care homes; prohibiting a provision in certain documents of certain cooperative housing corporations from limiting the number of children for which certain family child care homes provide family child care below the number authorized by the State Department of Education; etc. Environment and Transportation Education & Workforce - Support
Support
In the House - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (1/29)
HB 862 SB 452 Child Care Affordability Commission - Establishment Del. Jared Solomon (18-D)
Establishing the Child Care Affordability Commission to study and make recommendations regarding obstacles and barriers to child care affordability in the State; requiring the Commission to consider certain economic measures to support working families; and requiring the Commission to submit an interim report by January 1, 2026, and a final report of its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by December 1, 2026. Ways and Means Education & Workforce - Support
Support
In the House - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (2/12)
HB 903 Courts - Global Warming and Climate Change - Prohibited Actions (Ratepayer Protection Act of 2025) Del. Jason Buckel (1B-R)
Prohibiting the State or a local government, or an agency of the State or a local government, from filing an action for monetary damages or alleged economic damages against a business for the adverse effects of global warming or climate change in the State. Judiciary Energy & Environment - Support
Support
In the House - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (2/10)
HB 926 SB 681 Health Care Malpractice Claims - Health Care Provider - Definition Del. Nicole Williams (22-D)
Altering the definition of "health care provider" to include employees, agents, or contractors of a hospital who are licensed, certified, registered, or otherwise authorized to render health care services in Maryland in provisions relating to health care malpractice claims. Health and Government Operations

Judiciary
Health Care & Biopharma - Support
Support
In the House - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (Health and Government Operations) (2/4)
HB 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 Cyber & Tech - Support
Support
In the House - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (2/4)
HB 1038 SB 496 Department of Commerce - Complaint Portal and Annual Report Del. Joe Vogel (17-D)
Requiring the Department of Commerce to create and maintain a complaint portal for reporting when a governmental unit takes longer than 60 days to process an application for a license, form, certificate, certification, permit, or registration for a business or nonprofit organization; and requiring the Department, by September 15, 2025, and each September 15 thereafter, to submit an annual report to certain committees of the General Assembly on the complaints filed through the portal. Economic Matters

Health and Government Operations
Business Regulations - Support
Labor & Employment - Support
Support
In the House - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (Economic Matters) (2/6)
HB 1047 SB 325 Income Tax - Credit for Employers of Eligible Apprentices - Alterations Del. Chao Wu (9A-D)
Altering the definition of "eligible apprentice" for purposes of a certain credit against the State income tax for the employment of certain eligible apprentices by repealing a certain wage requirement; extending the termination of the credit until June 30, 2031; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024. Ways and Means Education & Workforce - Support
Support
In the House - Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5)
HB 1101 SB 836 Corporate Income Tax - Rate Reduction (Economic Competitiveness Act of 2025) Del. Wayne Hartman (38C-R)
Decreasing, over 5 taxable years, the State corporate income tax rate from 8.25% to 6.25%. Ways and Means Taxation - Support
Support
In the House - Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5)
HB 1288 SB 658 Labor and Employment - Noncompete and Conflict of Interest Provisions Del. April Rose (5-R)
Altering the noncompete and conflict of interest provisions in employment contracts or similar documents that are null and void as being against public policy. Economic Matters Labor & Employment - Support
Support
In the House - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (2/7)
HB 1340 SB 785 Labor and Employment - Unpaid Parental Leave - Definition of Employer Del. April Rose (5-R)
Altering the definition of "employer" to exclude employers who are covered by the federal Family and Medical Leave Act for the current year from being required to provide to employees a certain unpaid parental leave benefit in the State. Economic Matters Labor & Employment - Support
Support
In the House - Hearing 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 Cyber & Tech - Support
Support
In the House - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (2/7)
HB 1415 Environment - Building Energy Performance Standards and Energy Use Intensity Targets - Exemptions Del. William Wivell (2A-R)
Exempting a certain covered building from compliance with certain building energy performance standards and energy use intensity targets until a certain occurrence. Environment and Transportation Energy & Environment - Support
Support
In the House - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/7)
HB 1417 SB 480 Department of General Services - Clean Energy Procurement Program - Establishment Del. Christopher Adams (37B-R)
Requiring the Department of General Services, in consultation with the Maryland Green Purchasing Committee, the University System of Maryland, and the Maryland Clean Energy Center, to establish a Clean Energy Procurement Program in the Department on or before January 1, 2026; requiring the Department, in consultation with certain entities, to issue a certain solicitation for a biogas contract; authorizing the Department to enter into a contract to procure biogas; etc. Economic Matters Energy & Environment - Support
Support
In the House - Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m. (2/7)
HB 1439 SB 760 Better Small Business Employee Benefit Act of 2025 Del. Lily Qi (15-D)
Exempting from certain requirements relating to offering health benefit plans to small employers in the State health benefit plans issued through a professional employer organization, coemployer, or other organization located in the State. Economic Matters

Health and Government Operations
Health Care & Biopharma - Support
Support
In the House - Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (Health and Government Operations) (2/12)
HB 1451 SB 779 Climate Solutions Affordability Act of 2025 Del. Brian Chisholm (31-R)
Specifying that certain requirements under the Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022 are to be carried out to the extent economically practicable, including requirements concerning achieving certain direct greenhouse gas emissions reductions from certain buildings, measuring and reporting direct emissions data to the Department of the Environment, achieving certain greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals, and achieving zero-emission vehicle goals relating to the State vehicle fleet and local school buses; etc. Economic Matters

Environment and Transportation
Energy & Environment - Support
Support
In the House - Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation) (2/7)
SB 99 HB 60 Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Military Retirement Income (Keep Our Heroes Home Act) Sen. Johnny Salling (6-R)
Increasing, from $20,000 to $40,000 over a 2-year period, the amount of a certain subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for certain military retirement income received by individuals, regardless of age, during a taxable year for certain military service. Budget and Taxation Taxation - Support
Support
In the Senate - Hearing 1/15 at 10:30 a.m. (1/8)
SB 190 HB 80 Land Use - Transit-Oriented Development - Alterations Chair, Budget and Taxation Committee
Authorizing the Maryland Department of Transportation to establish transit-oriented development (TOD) corridor funds financed by revenue from county special taxing districts to benefit transit-oriented development; altering the authority of local legislative bodies to regulate land use planning on certain land that is located within 0.5 miles of, or under certain circumstances, adjacent to, certain transit stations; exempting certain special taxes for the benefit of transit-oriented development from any county tax limitation or bond cap; etc. Budget and Taxation Transportation - Support
Support
In the Senate - Hearing 1/29 at 10:30 a.m. (1/15)
SB 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 Health Care & Biopharma - Support
Workers' Comp & UI - Support
Support
In the Senate - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5)
SB 355 Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Delay of Implementation Sen. Stephen Hershey (36-R)
Altering, from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 2027, and from July 1, 2026, to July 1, 2028, the dates on which the payment of contributions and the submission of claims for benefits, respectively, are to begin under the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program. Finance Labor & Employment - Support
Support
In the Senate - Hearing 2/05 at 2:00 p.m. (1/20)
SB 398 HB 545 Criminal Procedure - Automated Expungement Sen. Mike McKay (1-R)
Repealing a certain provision of law requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to expunge certain cases involving charges of possession of cannabis on or before a certain date; and establishing procedures for the automated expungement of certain cases by the Department and the Judiciary. Judicial Proceedings Education & Workforce - Support
Support
In the Senate - Hearing 2/05 at 2:00 p.m. (1/24)
SB 430 HB 503 Land Use - Regional Housing Infrastructure Gap (Housing for Jobs Act) Sen. Bill Ferguson (46-D)
Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development and the Department of Planning to calculate certain regional housing infrastructure gaps; providing for the apportionment of regional housing infrastructure gaps to counties and incorporated municipalities; authorizing local jurisdictions to reduce local housing infrastructure gaps in a certain manner; establishing that certain local jurisdictions have an affirmative obligation to expeditiously approve housing development project applications; etc. Education, Energy, and the Environment Education & Workforce - Support
Support
In the Senate - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (2/6)
SB 431 HB 501 Registered Apprenticeship Investments for a Stronger Economy (RAISE) Act Sen. Bill Ferguson (46-D)
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 Education & Workforce - Support
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 Education & Workforce - Support
Support
In the Senate - Hearing 2/05 at 2:00 p.m. (1/24)
SB 452 HB 862 Child Care Affordability Commission - Establishment Sen. Nancy King (39-D)
Establishing the Child Care Affordability Commission to study and make recommendations regarding child care affordability in the State; and requiring the Commission to submit an interim report by January 1, 2026, and a final report of its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by December 1, 2026. Education, Energy, and the Environment Education & Workforce - Support
Support
In the Senate - Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. (2/10)
SB 480 HB 1417 Department of General Services - Clean Energy Procurement Program - Establishment Sen. Jason Gallion (35-R)
Requiring the Department of General Services, in consultation with the Maryland Green Purchasing Committee, the University System of Maryland, and the Maryland Clean Energy Center, to establish a Clean Energy Procurement Program in the Department on or before January 1, 2026; requiring the Department, in consultation with certain entities, to issue a certain solicitation for a biogas contract; authorizing the Department to enter into a contract to procure biogas; etc. Budget and Taxation

Education, Energy, and the Environment
Energy & Environment - Support
Support
In the Senate - Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment) (2/4)
SB 496 HB 1038 Department of Commerce - Complaint Portal and Annual Report Sen. Arthur Ellis (28-D)
Requiring the Department of Commerce to create and maintain a complaint portal for reporting when a governmental unit takes longer than 60 days to process an application for a license, form, certificate, certification, permit, or registration for a business or nonprofit organization; and requiring the Department, by September 15, 2025, and each September 15 thereafter, to submit an annual report to certain committees of the General Assembly on the complaints filed through the portal. Finance Business Regulations - Support
Labor & Employment - Support
Support
In the Senate - Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m. (1/30)
SB 561 HB 227 Corporations and Associations - Electric Cooperatives - Nonescheat Capital Credits Sen. Stephen Hershey (36-R)
Providing that certain unclaimed money held by an electric cooperative and due to a past member is not considered abandoned property; and authorizing an electric cooperative to use this money only to assist members of the cooperative or make donations to nonprofit, charitable organizations. Economic Matters

Judicial Proceedings
Business Regulations - Support
Support
In the House - First Reading Economic Matters (2/14)
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 Taxation - Support
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 Civil Liability - Support
Support
In the Senate - Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. (2/3)
SB 642 Courts - Prohibited Liability Agreements - Indoor Trampoline Parks Sen. Jason Gallion (35-R)
Altering a provision of law that makes unenforceable a provision of a contract or agreement limiting liability for injury caused by negligence or other wrongful acts to apply the unenforceability only to contracts or agreements relating to the use of an indoor trampoline park rather than the use of a recreational facility. Judicial Proceedings Civil Liability - Support
Support
In the Senate - Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. (2/3)
SB 658 HB 1288 Labor and Employment - Noncompete and Conflict of Interest Provisions Sen. Justin Ready (5-R)
Altering the noncompete and conflict of interest provisions in employment contracts or similar documents that are null and void as being against public policy. Finance Labor & Employment - Support
Support
In the Senate - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. (2/3)
SB 681 HB 926 Health Care Malpractice Claims - Health Care Provider - Definition Sen. Nick Charles (25-D)
Altering the definition of "health care provider" to include an employee, agent, or contractor of a hospital who is licensed, certified, registered, or otherwise authorized to render health care services in Maryland in provisions relating to health care malpractice claims. Judicial Proceedings Health Care & Biopharma - Support
Support
In the Senate - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. (2/4)
SB 760 HB 1439 Better Small Business Employee Benefit Act Of 2025 Sen. Brian Feldman (15-D)
Exempting from certain requirements relating to offering health benefit plans to small employers in the State health benefit plans issued through a professional employer organization, coemployer, or other organization located in the State. Finance Health Care & Biopharma - Support
Support
In the Senate - Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. (2/6)
SB 779 HB 1451 Climate Solutions Now Act Affordability Act of 2025 Sen. Jason Gallion (35-R)
Specifying that certain requirements under the Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022 are to be carried out to the extent economically practicable, including requirements concerning achieving certain direct greenhouse gas emissions reductions from certain buildings, measuring and reporting direct emissions data to the Department of the Environment, achieving certain greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals, and achieving zero-emission vehicle goals relating to the State vehicle fleet and local school buses; etc. Finance

Education, Energy, and the Environment
Energy & Environment - Support
Support
In the Senate - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment) (2/4)
SB 785 HB 1340 Labor and Employment - Unpaid Parental Leave - Definition of Employer Sen. Justin Ready (5-R)
Altering the definition of "employer" to exclude employers who are covered by the federal Family and Medical Leave Act for the current year from being required to provide to employees a certain unpaid parental leave benefit in the State. Finance Labor & Employment - Support
Support
In the Senate - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. (2/3)
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 Workers' Comp & UI - Support
Support
In the Senate - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5)
SB 836 HB 1101 Corporate Income Tax - Rate Reduction (Economic Competitiveness Act of 2025) Sen. Johnny Mautz (37-R)
Decreasing, over 5 taxable years, the State corporate income tax rate from 8.25% to 6.25%. Budget and Taxation Taxation - Support
Support
In the Senate - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5)
SB 985 Consumer Protection - Third-Party Litigation Financing Sen. Alonzo Washington (22-D)
Prohibiting certain litigation financiers from engaging in certain conduct with respect to litigation financing transactions and certain litigation financing contracts; requiring that the litigation financing contracts contain certain disclosures and be executed in a certain manner; requiring a certain disclosure of a litigation financing contract in certain civil actions; and imposing a fiduciary duty on litigation financiers in certain class actions. Finance Civil Liability - Support
Support
In the Senate - Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m. (2/6)