Maryland 2025 Regular Session All Bills
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland House Bill HB433
Introduced
1/16/25
Refer
1/16/25
Altering the penalties that may be imposed for reckless driving and aggressive driving to include a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 30 days or both, and for a subsequent offense occurring within 3 years after a prior conviction, a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 90 days or both.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland House Bill HB434
Introduced
1/16/25
Refer
1/16/25
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 House Bill HB435
Introduced
1/16/25
Refer
1/16/25
Providing that a person who has been convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment exceeding 1 year and is currently serving the sentence imposed for the conviction, including a term of parole or probation, or has been convicted of a crime involving or relating to perjury, witness intimidation, jury intimidation, or fraud or a related crime is not qualified for jury service.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland House Bill HB436
Introduced
1/16/25
Refer
1/16/25
Report Pass
3/3/25
Engrossed
3/6/25
Refer
3/7/25
Report Pass
3/27/25
Enrolled
4/2/25
Chaptered
5/13/25
Passed
5/13/25
Repealing the 2-year time limitation on medical exemptions for enhanced tinted windows for vehicle owners with certain permanent medical conditions.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland House Bill HB437
Introduced
1/16/25
Refer
1/16/25
Report Pass
3/3/25
Engrossed
3/6/25
Refer
3/7/25
Report Pass
3/27/25
Enrolled
4/2/25
Chaptered
4/22/25
Passed
4/22/25
Altering the definition of "private place" as it relates to the prohibition on conducting visual surveillance with prurient intent of an individual without the consent of the individual to include a residence; and altering the prohibition against conducting visual surveillance with prurient intent.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland House Bill HB438
Introduced
1/16/25
Refer
1/16/25
Report Pass
3/10/25
Engrossed
3/11/25
Refer
3/12/25
Report Pass
3/27/25
Enrolled
4/2/25
Chaptered
4/22/25
Passed
4/22/25
Increasing from $10,000 to $25,000 the maximum amount of compensatory damages that may be awarded to an owner of a pet from a person who tortiously causes an injury to or death of the pet while acting individually or through an animal under the person's ownership, direction, or control.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland House Bill HB439
Introduced
1/16/25
Refer
1/16/25
Requiring a human safety operator to be present in certain fully autonomous vehicles operating on highways in the State; requiring a manufacturer of a fully autonomous vehicle to submit to the Motor Vehicle Administration an incident report on any vehicle collision, certain citations for traffic violations, any disengagement event, or any assault or harassment of a passenger or human safety operator that occurs in the State and involves a fully autonomous vehicle under certain circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland House Bill HB44
Introduced
1/8/24
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/24
Refer
1/8/25
Requiring circuit court judges to be elected on a nonpartisan basis; prohibiting a candidate for circuit court judge from being nominated by a political party or by petition; and requiring candidates to be nominated at the primary election in each year that one or more circuit court judges are to be elected.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland House Bill HB440
Introduced
1/16/25
Refer
1/16/25
Requiring the State Highway Administration to erect a memorial sign on a certain portion of Maryland Route 210 in Prince George's County remembering individuals who have died in motor vehicle accidents on Maryland Route 210.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland House Bill HB441
Introduced
1/16/25
Refer
1/16/25
Establishing a presumption that the sentencing of a minor convicted as an adult should be transferred to the juvenile court, under certain circumstances, and authorizing the court to do so; and requiring the juvenile court to make a juvenile determination under certain circumstances.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland House Bill HB442
Introduced
1/16/25
Refer
1/16/25
Report Pass
3/3/25
Engrossed
3/6/25
Refer
3/7/25
Report Pass
3/26/25
Enrolled
4/2/25
Chaptered
4/22/25
Passed
4/22/25
Expanding the evidentiary rule on the admissibility of out of court statements made by child victims or witnesses to make admissible an out of court statement made by a child to a forensic interviewer.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland House Bill HB443
Introduced
1/16/25
Refer
1/16/25
Report Pass
2/17/25
Engrossed
2/20/25
Refer
2/21/25
Report Pass
3/27/25
Enrolled
4/2/25
Chaptered
5/20/25
Passed
5/20/25
Altering the statement that must be included on a baby food product label if the baby food product has been tested for toxic heavy metals for the purpose of changing the term included on the label from "toxic heavy metal" to "toxic element".
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland House Bill HB444
Introduced
1/16/25
Refer
1/16/25
Prohibiting a person from taking certain actions with the intent to deny access to an authorized user or interrupt or impair the functioning of critical infrastructure or a public safety answering point; prohibiting a person from taking certain actions that deny access to an authorized user or interrupt or impair the functioning of critical infrastructure or a public safety answering point; and authorizing certain penalties for certain violations.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland House Bill HB445
Introduced
1/16/25
Refer
1/16/25
Report Pass
3/3/25
Engrossed
3/6/25
Refer
3/7/25
Report Pass
3/26/25
Enrolled
4/2/25
Chaptered
4/22/25
Passed
4/22/25
Prohibiting a person from taking certain actions with the intent to interrupt or impair the functioning of a public safety answering point; and providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not to exceed 5 years or a fine of up to $25,000 or both.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland House Bill HB446
Introduced
1/16/25
Refer
1/16/25
Report Pass
3/3/25
Engrossed
3/6/25
Refer
3/7/25
Report Pass
3/31/25
Enrolled
4/4/25
Chaptered
4/22/25
Passed
4/22/25
Establishing the Invasive Blue Catfish Pilot Program in the Department of Natural Resources to curb the spread of the invasive blue catfish in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries; requiring the Department to expand the use of practices determined to be effective under the Program; and requiring the Department to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2025, on its findings and recommendations based on the Pilot Program.