Support
Bill Tracking
2025
| Bill | Crossfile | Bill Title | Sponsor | Synopsis | MGA Committees | MDCC Policy Committee & Position | Leg. Comm. Position | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Altering the authority of local legislative bodies to regulate land use planning on certain land that is located within 0.25 miles of a rail transit station that receives at least hourly service on average from 8:00 A.M. until 6:00 P.M. Monday through Friday; exempting certain transit-oriented development from certain provisions of State procurement law; and adding the use of project labor agreements as a scoring preference for projects financed by the Transit-Oriented Development Capital Grant and Revolving Loan Fund. | Budget and Taxation Environment and Transportation |
Transportation - Support |
Support |
In the Senate - Hearing canceled (3/26) |
| HB 227 | SB 561 | Corporations and Associations - Electric Cooperatives - Nonescheat Capital Credits | Del. Christopher Adams (37B-R) | Providing that certain unclaimed money held by an electric cooperative and due to a past member is not considered abandoned property; and authorizing an electric cooperative to use this money only to assist members of the cooperative or make donations to nonprofit, charitable organizations. | Economic Matters Judicial Proceedings |
Business Regulations - Support |
Support |
In the House - Returned Passed (4/2) |
| HB 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 | Housing Development Act | Del. Adrienne Jones (10-D) | Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to periodically establish housing production targets for the State and certain local jurisdictions; requiring the Department to publish housing production targets on its website and notify certain local jurisdictions; requiring the Department to publish an annual report assessing the progress of the State and certain local jurisdictions with meeting specified housing targets; establishing the Housing Opportunities Made Equitable Commission; etc. | Environment and Transportation Education, Energy, and the Environment |
Education & Workforce - Support |
Support |
In the Senate - Rereferred to Education, Energy, and the Environment (4/3) |
| HB 545 | SB 398 | Criminal Procedure - Automated Expungement | Del. David Moon (20-D) | Repealing a certain provision of law requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to expunge certain cases involving charges of possession of cannabis on or before a certain date; and establishing procedures for the automated expungement of certain cases by the Department and the Judiciary. | Judiciary | Education & Workforce - Support |
Support |
In the House - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (2/10) |
| HB 546 | SB 605 | Digital Advertising Gross Revenues Tax - Assessments - Appeals and Corrections | Del. Jessica Feldmark (12A-D) | Establishing a certain appeal process for persons who are subject to the digital advertising gross revenues tax and receive a notice of assessment from the Comptroller; authorizing the Comptroller or the Comptroller's designee to issue an order to correct an erroneous assessment of the digital advertising gross revenues tax, subject to certain conditions; and applying the Act to assessments of the digital advertising gross revenues tax made after December 31, 2025. | Budget and Taxation Ways and Means |
Taxation - Support |
Support |
In the House - Returned Passed (4/2) |
| HB 778 | SB 630 | Circuit Court Judges - Selection and Retention Elections | Chair, Judiciary Committee | Proposing amendments to the Maryland Constitution relating to the selection and tenure of circuit court judges; altering the method of filling vacancies in the office of a judge of a circuit court; providing for retention elections following an appointment to fill a vacancy in the office of a judge of a circuit court; providing for a transitional period during which the terms of certain amendments are to become effective; and submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the State for their adoption or rejection. | Judiciary Ways and Means |
Civil Liability - Support |
Support |
In the House - Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary) (1/30) |
| HB 785 | Common Ownership Communities and Zoning Authorities - Operation of Family Child Care Homes - Limitations | Del. Jessica Feldmark (12A-D) | Prohibiting a provision in certain documents of certain cooperative housing corporations from prohibiting or restricting the establishment or operation of certain family child care homes; prohibiting a provision in certain documents of certain cooperative housing corporations from limiting the number of children for which certain family child care homes provide family child care below the number authorized by the State Department of Education; etc. | Environment and Transportation Judicial Proceedings |
Education & Workforce - Support |
Support |
In the House - Returned Passed (4/4) | |
| HB 862 | SB 452 | Child Care Affordability Commission - Establishment | Del. Jared Solomon (18-D) | Establishing the Child Care Affordability Commission to study and make recommendations regarding obstacles and barriers to child care affordability in the State; requiring the Commission to consider certain economic measures to support working families; and requiring the Commission to submit an interim report by January 1, 2026, and a final report of its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by December 1, 2026. | Ways and Means | Education & Workforce - Support |
Support |
In the House - Referred to interim study by Ways and Means (4/7) |
| HB 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, enforcement authority for the Office of the Attorney General's Office of Consumer Protection, and impact in the determination of government benefits; and requiring the Workgroup to make its recommendations to certain committees of the General Assembly by July 1, 2026. | Economic Matters Finance |
Cyber & Tech - Support |
Support |
In the House - Passed Enrolled (4/7) | |
| HB 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 1274 | Consumer Protection - Third-Party Litigation Financing | Del. Andre Johnson (34A-D) | Prohibiting certain litigation financiers from engaging in certain conduct with respect to litigation financing transactions and certain litigation financing contracts; requiring that the litigation financing contracts contain certain disclosures and be executed in a certain manner; requiring a certain disclosure of a litigation financing contract in certain civil actions; and imposing a fiduciary duty on litigation financiers in certain class actions. | Economic Matters | Civil Liability - Support |
Support |
In the House - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (2/7) | |
| HB 1288 | SB 658 | Labor and Employment - Noncompete and Conflict of Interest Provisions | Del. April Rose (5-R) | Altering the noncompete and conflict of interest provisions in employment contracts or similar documents that are null and void as being against public policy. | Economic Matters | Labor & Employment - Support |
Support |
In the House - Hearing canceled (2/26) |
| HB 1340 | SB 785 | Labor and Employment - Unpaid Parental Leave - Definition of Employer | Del. April Rose (5-R) | Altering the definition of "employer" to exclude employers who are covered by the federal Family and Medical Leave Act for the current year from being required to provide to employees a certain unpaid parental leave benefit in the State. | Economic Matters | Labor & Employment - Support |
Support |
In the House - Hearing canceled (2/26) |
| HB 1365 | Commercial Law - Online Data Privacy - Limits on Data Collection | Del. Andrea Harrison (24-D) | Altering requirements for a controller to limit the collection of personal data to what is adequate, relevant, and reasonably necessary in relation to the purposes for which the data is processed. | Economic Matters | Cyber & Tech - Support |
Support |
In the House - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (2/7) | |
| HB 1415 | Environment - Building Energy Performance Standards and Energy Use Intensity Targets - Exemptions | Del. William Wivell (2A-R) | Exempting a certain covered building from compliance with certain building energy performance standards and energy use intensity targets until a certain occurrence. | Environment and Transportation | Energy & Environment - Support |
Support |
In the House - Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. (2/7) | |
| HB 1417 | SB 480 | Department of General Services - Clean Energy Procurement Program - Establishment | Del. Christopher Adams (37B-R) | Requiring the Department of General Services, in consultation with the Maryland Green Purchasing Committee, the University System of Maryland, and the Maryland Clean Energy Center, to establish a Clean Energy Procurement Program in the Department on or before January 1, 2026; requiring the Department, in consultation with certain entities, to issue a certain solicitation for a biogas contract; authorizing the Department to enter into a contract to procure biogas; etc. | Economic Matters | Energy & Environment - Support |
Support |
In the House - Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m. (3/6) |
| HB 1439 | SB 760 | Better Small Business Employee Benefit Act of 2025 | Del. Lily Qi (15-D) | Exempting from certain requirements relating to offering health benefit plans to small employers in the State health benefit plans issued through a professional employer organization, coemployer, or other organization located in the State. | Economic Matters Health and Government Operations |
Health Care & Biopharma - Support |
Support |
In the House - Hearing 3/11 at 2:45 p.m. (Health and Government Operations) (3/11) |
| HB 1451 | SB 779 | Climate Solutions Affordability Act of 2025 | Del. Brian Chisholm (31-R) | Specifying that certain requirements under the Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022 are to be carried out to the extent economically practicable, including requirements concerning achieving certain direct greenhouse gas emissions reductions from certain buildings, measuring and reporting direct emissions data to the Department of the Environment, achieving certain greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals, and achieving zero-emission vehicle goals relating to the State vehicle fleet and local school buses; etc. | Economic Matters Environment and Transportation |
Energy & Environment - Support |
Support |
In the House - Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation) (3/2) |
| HB 1556 | Environment - Advanced Clean Cars II Program and Advanced Clean Trucks Program - Implementation, Application, and Enforcement | Del. Dana Stein (11B-D) | Prohibiting the Department of the Environment from implementing the Advanced Clean Trucks Program until a certain needs assessment and deployment plan is published, subject to certain conditions; authorizing the Department to apply certain enforcement or penalty provisions to a motor vehicle manufacturer for failing to meet any requirements under the Advanced Clean Cars II Program for model years 2027 and 2028 only under certain circumstances; etc. | Environment and Transportation | Energy & Environment - Support Transportation - Support |
Support |
In the House - Second Reading Passed with Amendments (4/4) | |
| SB 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 under certain circumstances; limiting covered reimbursements to a cost index or indexes; and requiring the Maryland Prescription Drug Affordability Board to conduct a study on prescription drug affordability challenges related to workers' compensation claims and report its findings and recommendations to certain committees of the General Assembly by March 1, 2026. | Economic Matters Finance |
Health Care & Biopharma - Support Workers' Comp & UI - Support |
Support |
In the House - Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m. (3/19) | |
| SB 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) | Altering the duties of the Maryland Apprenticeship and Training Council; repealing the Youth Apprenticeship Advisory Committee; establishing the Maryland Office of Registered Apprenticeship Development to scale registered apprenticeships across industries and occupations to meet the needs of the State's economy; establishing the Maryland Pay Per Apprentice Program within the Maryland Department of Labor; establishing the Maryland Pay Per Apprentice Program Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; etc. | Economic Matters Finance |
Education & Workforce - Support |
Support |
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 2 (4/8) |
| SB 432 | HB 499 | Criminal Records - Expungement and Maryland Judiciary Case Search (Expungement Reform Act of 2025) | Sen. Bill Ferguson (46-D) | Altering certain provisions of law relating to waiting periods for the filing of certain petitions for expungement to authorize the filing of a petition a certain amount of time after the completion of the sentence; adding to the list of misdemeanor convictions that a person may expunge under certain circumstances; prohibiting the Maryland Judiciary Case Search from in any way referring to the existence of a charge of possession of cannabis if the conviction was later pardoned by the Governor; etc. | Judicial Proceedings Judiciary |
Education & Workforce - Support |
Support |
In the Senate - Returned Passed (4/3) |
| SB 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 Senate - Passed Enrolled (4/7) |
| SB 605 | HB 546 | Digital Advertising Gross Revenues Tax - Assessments - Appeals and Corrections | Sen. Craig Zucker (14-D) | Establishing a certain appeal process for persons who are subject to the digital advertising gross revenues tax and receive a notice of assessment from the Comptroller; authorizing the Comptroller or the Comptroller's designee to issue an order to correct an erroneous assessment of the digital advertising gross revenues tax, subject to certain conditions; and applying the Act to assessments of the digital advertising gross revenues tax made after December 31, 2025. | Budget and Taxation Ways and Means |
Taxation - Support |
Support |
In the Senate - Returned Passed (4/3) |
| SB 630 | HB 778 | Circuit Court Judges - Selection and Retention Elections | Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee | Proposing amendments to the Maryland Constitution relating to the selection and tenure of circuit court judges; altering the method of filling vacancies in the office of a judge of a circuit court; providing for retention elections following an appointment to fill a vacancy in the office of a judge of a circuit court; providing for a transitional period during which the terms of certain amendments are to become effective; and submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of the State for their adoption or rejection. | Judicial Proceedings | Civil Liability - Support |
Support |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. (2/3) |
| SB 642 | Courts - Prohibited Liability Agreements - Indoor Trampoline Parks | Sen. Jason Gallion (35-R) | Altering a provision of law that makes unenforceable a provision of a contract or agreement limiting liability for injury caused by negligence or other wrongful acts to apply the unenforceability only to contracts or agreements relating to the use of an indoor trampoline park rather than the use of a recreational facility. | Judicial Proceedings | Civil Liability - Support |
Support |
In the Senate - Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. (2/3) | |
| SB 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. | Economic Matters Finance |
Labor & Employment - Support |
Support |
In the Senate - Returned Passed (4/7) |
| SB 830 | Workers' Compensation - Claims Application Form - Authorization for Release of Information | Sen. Antonio Hayes (40-D) | Altering the entities to which a claimant is required to authorize the release in a claim application filed with the Workers' Compensation Commission to include the Uninsured Employers' Fund and the Subsequent Injury Fund; altering the information which a claimant is required to authorize the release in a claim application to include additional claims filed by the claimant and information in the custody of the Commission; etc. | Economic Matters Finance |
Workers' Comp & UI - Support |
Support |
In the Senate - Returned Passed (4/3) | |
| SB 836 | HB 1101 | Corporate Income Tax - Rate Reduction (Economic Competitiveness Act of 2025) | Sen. Johnny Mautz (37-R) | Decreasing, over 5 taxable years, the State corporate income tax rate from 8.25% to 6.25%. | Budget and Taxation | Taxation - Support |
Support |
In the Senate - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (2/5) |
| SB 985 | Consumer Protection - Third-Party Litigation Financing | Sen. Alonzo Washington (22-D) | Prohibiting certain litigation financiers from engaging in certain conduct with respect to litigation financing transactions and certain litigation financing contracts; requiring that the litigation financing contracts contain certain disclosures and be executed in a certain manner; requiring a certain disclosure of a litigation financing contract in certain civil actions; and imposing a fiduciary duty on litigation financiers in certain class actions. | Finance | Civil Liability - Support |
Support |
In the Senate - Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m. (2/6) | |
| SB 1020 | Environment - Advanced Clean Cars II Program - Application and Enforcement | Sen. Stephen Hershey (36-R) | Prohibiting the Department of the Environment from adopting the California Advanced Clean Cars II regulations to be effective before motor vehicle model year 2031; and prohibiting the Department from applying certain provisions of law governing enforcement and penalties under the California Advanced Clean Cars II Program to a motor vehicle manufacturer for failing to meet the minimum electric vehicle or plug-in hybrid electric vehicle delivery requirements for an applicable motor vehicle model year. | Rules | Energy & Environment - Support Transportation - Support |
Support |
In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules (2/5) |