Maryland 2025 Regular Session All Bills
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB16
Introduced
1/8/24
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/24
Refer
1/8/25
Establishing the maximum funding amount of $300,000 or 80% of the total project cost for certain grants made by the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority; decreasing the percentage of Program Open Space funds transferred to the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority Financing Fund that may be used for certain operating expenses from 10% to 7%; and increasing the maximum amount of certain Program Open Space funds that may be transferred to the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority Financing Fund from $3,000,000 to $12,000,000.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB160
Introduced
1/8/24
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/24
Refer
1/8/25
Report Pass
2/3/25
Engrossed
2/6/25
Refer
2/7/25
Report Pass
3/31/25
Enrolled
4/3/25
Chaptered
5/13/25
Passed
5/13/25
Authorizing a seller, buyer, or assignee of certain residential property to rescind a contract of sale without penalty at any time before closing if a certain seller does not provide a certain notice; establishing that an assignee is entitled to a refund of any deposit paid for the purchase of residential real property under certain circumstances; requiring that a contract of sale comply with the requirements of the Act; and applying the Act prospectively.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB161
Introduced
1/8/24
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/24
Refer
1/8/25
Requiring, for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2032, the Governor to include in the annual budget bill certain appropriations to the State Department of Education for the Coalition for Public Safety Training in Schools, Inc., in Prince George's County for certain purposes related to driver education and career and technical education; and requiring the Department to hire an independent contractor to conduct an annual evaluation of the impact of the funding provided by the Act on increasing the number of career-ready students.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB162
Introduced
1/8/24
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/24
Refer
1/8/25
Report Pass
2/10/25
Engrossed
2/13/25
Refer
2/14/25
Report Pass
3/31/25
Enrolled
4/1/25
Chaptered
5/6/25
Passed
5/6/25
Repealing the Department of Agriculture's authority over the identification, inspection, and sale of cantaloupes.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB163
Introduced
1/8/24
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/24
Refer
1/8/25
Report Pass
1/27/25
Engrossed
1/30/25
Refer
1/31/25
Report Pass
3/31/25
Report Pass
3/28/25
Enrolled
3/31/25
Chaptered
5/20/25
Passed
5/20/25
Replacing references to mental hygiene with references to mental health in certain provisions of law governing public health; establishing that, by July 1, 2027, the Department of Health shall conduct a thorough review of Department regulations and adopt regulations to ensure consistency with the Act; and requiring the Department to update all public-facing electronic materials to be consistent with the Act as soon as practicable.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB164
Introduced
1/8/24
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/24
Refer
1/8/25
Report Pass
2/19/25
Engrossed
2/26/25
Refer
2/27/25
Report Pass
3/28/25
Enrolled
4/4/25
Chaptered
5/13/25
Passed
5/13/25
Replacing obsolete references to the Maryland State Firemen's Association with references to the Maryland State Firefighters Association; and replacing related terminology.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB165
Introduced
1/8/24
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/24
Refer
1/8/25
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim January 13 as Korean American Day; and requiring the proclamation to urge educational and cultural organizations to observe Korean American Day properly with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB166
Introduced
1/8/24
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/24
Refer
1/8/25
Providing collective bargaining rights to certain graduate assistants and postdoctoral associates at a system institution, Morgan State University, or St. Mary's College of Maryland; and establishing separate collective bargaining units for the graduate assistants and postdoctoral associates.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB167
Introduced
1/8/24
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/24
Refer
1/8/25
Altering the conditions under which a lawsuit is considered a strategic lawsuit against public participation (SLAPP suit); altering the conditions under which a defendant in a SLAPP suit is not civilly liable for certain communications; establishing certain standards and requirements relating to a motion to dismiss an alleged SLAPP suit; and applying the Act prospectively.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB168
Introduced
1/8/24
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/24
Refer
1/8/25
Report Pass
3/11/25
Engrossed
3/12/25
Refer
3/14/25
Report Pass
4/5/25
Enrolled
4/7/25
Vetoed
5/16/25
Prohibiting the Department of the Environment from processing or making any recommendation on a certain application submitted for the purpose of constructing a confined aquatic disposal cell from June 1, 2025, through May 31, 2029; and prohibiting the Board of Public Works from approving a certain application submitted for the purpose of constructing a confined aquatic disposal cell from June 1, 2025, through May 31, 2029.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB169
Introduced
1/8/24
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/24
Refer
1/8/25
Designating the Freedom Flag, designed and created by Richard Nicholas Melito of Richmond, Virginia, to memorialize the victims of the events of September 11, 2001, as the State symbol of remembrance for the attacks of September 11.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB17
Introduced
1/8/24
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/24
Refer
1/8/25
Report Pass
3/3/25
Engrossed
3/6/25
Refer
3/7/25
Report Pass
3/31/25
Enrolled
4/2/25
Chaptered
5/20/25
Passed
5/20/25
Authorizing a certain holder of a Class C beer, wine, and liquor license in Anne Arundel County to convert the license to a Class C (veterans' organization) license; reducing from $400 to $300 the annual license fee for a Class C (veterans' organization) license; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Anne Arundel County to provide application and administrative fee discounts to certain licensees and applicants; and authorizing a Class C (veterans' organization) licensee to operate on Sunday without a Sunday license.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB170
Introduced
1/8/24
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/24
Refer
1/8/25
Prohibiting a person from knowingly recruiting, harboring, transporting, or obtaining an individual for the purpose of appropriating the government benefits of an individual for the benefit of the person or another through deception, coercion, exploitation, isolation, or any other means; prohibiting a person from aiding, abetting, or conspiring with one or more persons to violate a certain provision of the Act; establishing that a violation of the Act is a felony; etc.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB171
Introduced
1/8/24
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/24
Refer
1/8/25
Establishing requirements for the filling of a vacancy in the office of Senator or Delegate in the General Assembly by a central committee of a political party under the Maryland Constitution relating to applications, public notice, public meetings, and voting; and requiring a member of the central committee who has applied to fill the vacancy to recuse themselves from voting on the individual to fill the vacancy.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB172
Introduced
1/8/24
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/24
Refer
1/8/25
Report Pass
2/24/25
Engrossed
2/27/25
Refer
2/28/25
Report Pass
3/31/25
Report Pass
3/28/25
Enrolled
3/31/25
Chaptered
5/6/25
Passed
5/6/25
Altering the membership of the Board of Trustees of the Maryland Veterans Trust to include the Secretary of Disabilities or the Secretary's designee.