MD
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB443
Introduced
1/22/25
Refer
1/22/25
Report Pass
2/17/25
Engrossed
2/20/25
Refer
2/21/25
Report Pass
4/1/25
Enrolled
4/3/25
Chaptered
5/13/25
Passed
5/13/25
Requiring that the prosecution for an offense of trafficking a regulated firearm be instituted within 3 years after the offense was committed; reclassifying the prohibition against transporting a regulated firearm into the State for the purpose of unlawfully selling or trafficking the firearm to be a felony; and establishing a penalty on conviction of imprisonment of up to 10 years or a fine of up to $25,000 or both.
MD
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB444
Introduced
1/22/25
Refer
1/22/25
Report Pass
2/17/25
Engrossed
2/28/25
Refer
3/3/25
Report Pass
4/2/25
Requiring a federal firearms licensee or law enforcement agency operating a gun buyback program to destroy each firearm and all its components and parts, that is traded in as part of a gun buyback program; authorizing a certain person or entity to contract with a law enforcement agency or a business to destroy certain firearms; requiring a law enforcement agency operating a gun buyback program to make certain efforts to determine whether a firearm is a crime firearm or has been reported lost or stolen before destroying the weapon; etc.
MD
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB445
Introduced
1/22/25
Refer
1/22/25
Report Pass
3/3/25
Engrossed
3/6/25
Refer
3/7/25
Report Pass
4/4/25
Enrolled
4/7/25
Chaptered
5/6/25
Passed
5/6/25
Requiring the Family Investment Administration in the Department of Human Services to be the central coordinating and directing agency of the federal Commodity Supplemental Food Program using certain funds and resources; and repealing the requirement that the Secretary of Aging administer the Program.
MD
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB446
Introduced
1/22/25
Refer
1/22/25
Increasing, from $10,000 to $25,000, the maximum amount of the council of unit owners' property insurance deductible for which a unit owner is responsible if the cause of damage to or destruction of any portion of the condominium originates from the unit owner's unit.
MD
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB447
Introduced
1/22/25
Refer
1/22/25
Report Pass
3/12/25
Engrossed
3/14/25
Refer
3/17/25
Requiring a hospital to conduct screening on a patient presenting at an emergency department of the hospital to determine whether the patient has an emergency pregnancy-related medical condition; establishing requirements and prohibitions related to the treatment and transfer of a patient who has an emergency pregnancy-related medical condition; requiring a hospital to allow the termination of a pregnancy in certain circumstances; prohibiting a hospital from taking adverse action against a provider under certain circumstances; etc.
MD
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB448
Introduced
1/22/25
Refer
1/22/25
Establishing the Self-Directed Mental Health Services Pilot Program in the Maryland Department of Health to facilitate access to clinically appropriate, person-centered, culturally responsive, and trauma-informed self-directed services in the most integrated setting appropriate for certain recipients of services under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program; requiring the Governor in fiscal years 2027 through 2029 to include $300,000 in the annual budget bill for the Pilot Program; and requiring a certain report.
MD
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB449
Introduced
1/22/25
Refer
1/22/25
Report Pass
3/13/25
Engrossed
3/17/25
Refer
3/17/25
Prohibiting the Department of Natural Resources from prohibiting certain licensed bow hunters from openly carrying a handgun under certain circumstances in Frederick County and Washington County during deer hunting season.
MD
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB45
Introduced
1/8/24
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/24
Refer
1/8/25
Altering various provisions governing the compensation that vehicle manufacturers must pay to vehicle dealers in relation to service obligations of the dealers; prohibiting manufacturers from selling vehicle parts directly to retail customers; prohibiting manufacturers from requiring or coercing dealers to engage with third-party manufacturers in the course of the dealers' service obligations; and authorizing a dealer for which the franchise has ceased to exist to begin and complete certain warranty and recall repairs.
MD
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB450
Introduced
1/22/25
Refer
1/22/25
Authorizing certain fire, rescue, and ambulance organizations conducting certain gaming events in Frederick County to accept credit from a person as payment to play a gaming device at the gaming event.
MD
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB451
Introduced
1/22/25
Refer
1/22/25
Report Pass
2/24/25
Engrossed
2/27/25
Refer
2/28/25
Report Pass
4/3/25
Enrolled
4/7/25
Chaptered
5/6/25
Passed
5/6/25
Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to allow an individual to take all components of the General Educational Development Test in either English or Spanish; and requiring the Department to study the feasibility and cost of offering the examination in additional languages and to report its findings and recommendations to certain committees of the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2026.
MD
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB452
Introduced
1/22/25
Refer
1/22/25
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.
MD
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB453
Introduced
1/22/25
Refer
1/22/25
Report Pass
3/10/25
Engrossed
3/12/25
Refer
3/13/25
Report Pass
3/28/25
Enrolled
3/31/25
Chaptered
5/20/25
Passed
5/20/25
Clarifying a prohibition on including in State contracts provisions pertaining to limitations of liability for damage to real or tangible personal property; and clarifying a prohibition on including in State contracts provisions limiting the recovery of costs related to the use of replacement contractors under certain circumstances.
MD
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB454
Introduced
1/22/25
Refer
1/22/25
Prohibiting the Department of Juvenile Services from hiring or retaining an individual convicted of certain crimes.
MD
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB455
Introduced
1/22/25
Refer
1/22/25
Report Pass
2/17/25
Engrossed
2/20/25
Refer
2/21/25
Report Pass
4/7/25
Enrolled
4/7/25
Vetoed
5/16/25
Authorizing a certain security guard agency to apply for the appointment of special police officers in order to protect property owned or leased by the security guard agency's clients.
MD
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB456
Introduced
1/22/25
Refer
1/22/25
Report Pass
3/14/25
Engrossed
3/17/25
Refer
3/17/25
Report Pass
4/2/25
Enrolled
4/3/25
Chaptered
5/6/25
Passed
5/6/25
Altering the eligibility criteria for Higher Education Loan Assistance Grants under the Maryland Dent-Care Program to include part-time employment.