Maryland 2025 Regular Session All Bills (Page 172)
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB957
Introduced
2/3/25
Refer
2/3/25
Altering the definition of "corporation" for the purpose of provisions relating to the provision of mortuary sciences and the operation of a funeral establishment to include a not-for-profit organization that is exempt from taxation under a certain provision of federal law; and authorizing the State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors to issue and renew a license to practice funeral direction to a certain not-for-profit organization.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB958
Introduced
2/3/25
Refer
2/3/25
Authorizing the Department of Agriculture to authorize the use of extraordinary measures to reduce the deer population causing the catastrophic damage if the Department determines that deer have caused catastrophic damage to a field; and defining "catastrophic damage" as the loss of 50% or more of crops from a single field.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB959
Introduced
2/3/25
Refer
2/3/25
Requiring certain land created under a tidal wetlands license to be described by metes and bounds; and requiring the Department of the Environment to update, to a certain standard, the landward boundaries of certain wetlands following the completion of improvements consisting of certain shoreline stabilization measures.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB96
Introduced
1/8/24
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/24
Refer
1/8/25
Report Pass
3/28/25
Engrossed
4/2/25
Refer
4/2/25
Refer
4/4/25
Report Pass
4/7/25
Enrolled
4/7/25
Chaptered
5/13/25
Passed
5/13/25
Requiring at least one water bottle filling station or a combined water bottle filling station and drinking fountain to be installed in certain new construction or as part of certain renovations beginning October 1, 2025, subject to certain exceptions; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of the Act; and applying the Act prospectively.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB960
Introduced
2/3/25
Refer
2/3/25
Establishing that regulations of the Department of Natural Resources governing the catching of blue catfish shall establish a pilot program authorizing the use of electrofishing, shall authorize the use of finfish trotlines of up to 2,400 feet in length, may not set a limit on the number of hooks used, and shall authorize the use of hooks that are not corrodible; and requiring the Department of Agriculture to report on or before September 1, 2025, outlining needs and best practices for collecting, processing, and marketing blue catfish.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB961
Introduced
2/3/25
Refer
2/3/25
Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain health insurers, nonprofit health services plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for single-gene and multigene pharmacogenomic testing in certain circumstances; and limiting the prior authorization requirements that certain health insurers, nonprofit health services plans, and health maintenance organizations may implement for pharmacogenomic testing.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB962
Introduced
2/3/25
Refer
2/3/25
Report Pass
3/17/25
Engrossed
3/17/25
Refer
3/17/25
Report Pass
3/28/25
Enrolled
3/31/25
Chaptered
5/20/25
Passed
5/20/25
Exempting a municipality with annual revenues below $100,000 from a certain audit requirement; clarifying that a certain audit exemption does not affect certain financial reporting requirements; and authorizing the Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee to request or require certain municipalities to conduct a review or audit of their financial records if the financial report indicates a financial or accounting irregularity or concern.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB963
Introduced
2/3/25
Refer
2/3/25
Report Pass
3/10/25
Engrossed
3/12/25
Refer
3/13/25
Report Pass
4/2/25
Enrolled
4/3/25
Chaptered
5/6/25
Passed
5/6/25
Establishing the Abandoned and Neglected Cemeteries Fund to provide for the care, preservation, maintenance, and restoration of abandoned and neglected cemeteries in the State; authorizing the Governor to include in the budget bill an appropriation of $250,000 to the Fund; and requiring an annual report by September 30 to the General Assembly on the donations to the Fund, promotional efforts undertaken with money from the Fund, and a detailed accounting of the use of the Fund.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB964
Introduced
2/3/25
Refer
2/3/25
Report Pass
3/11/25
Engrossed
3/12/25
Refer
3/13/25
Report Pass
3/28/25
Enrolled
3/31/25
Chaptered
5/6/25
Passed
5/6/25
Authorizing the Department of the Environment, at the request of the Dorchester County government and the local health department or county agency in Dorchester County that has received a well or on-site sewage disposal system delegation of authority by the Department, to establish a privatization program for the performance of activities associated with the well or on-site sewage disposal system delegation of authority in Dorchester County.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB965
Introduced
2/3/25
Refer
2/3/25
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to collect and compile annual data on the costs of birth, postpartum care, pregnancy care, and abortion; requiring the Department to post on its website and submit to the General Assembly a reproductive health care data report each December 1, beginning in 2025; and requiring the report to include the aggregated cost data for certain categories of care, comparative data by region within the State, analysis of trends in the cost of care, and recommendations for improving cost efficiency.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB966
Introduced
2/3/25
Refer
2/3/25
Requiring the Department of the Environment to provide for an informational meeting on an application for an air quality control permit for activities located in Howard County; requiring Howard County to hold a public meeting before verifying that certain zoning and land use requirements are satisfied; requiring certain permit holders in Howard County to provide annual emission reports to certain community associations; authorizing the governing body of Howard County to grant a certain property tax credit; etc.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB967
Introduced
2/3/25
Refer
2/3/25
Authorizing the use of noise abatement monitoring systems in Howard County to enforce certain motor vehicle noise requirements; and requiring that Howard County report by March 1, 2026, to the Governor and the General Assembly on the time period noise abatement monitoring systems were in use, the number of warnings and citations issued, the costs associated with implementation, the revenue collected, and the effectiveness of noise abatement monitoring systems in reducing the noise produced by motor vehicles in the county.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB968
Introduced
2/3/25
Refer
2/3/25
Report Pass
3/14/25
Engrossed
3/17/25
Refer
3/17/25
Report Pass
4/5/25
Enrolled
4/7/25
Chaptered
5/13/25
Passed
5/13/25
Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to use mechanical or motorized equipment to retain, maintain, remove, or replace existing trails and remove, replace, or dispose of nonnative species within the Patuxent River Wildland to ensure clear and safe access to the wildland.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB969
Introduced
2/3/25
Refer
2/3/25
Prohibiting the Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services from taking certain adverse employment actions against an employee or prospective employee solely because of the employee's or prospective employee's authorized use of medical cannabis; and authorizing the Department to prohibit an employee from working while impaired by cannabis or using cannabis within the 12 hours immediately precedeing the employee's shift.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB97
Introduced
1/8/24
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/24
Refer
1/8/25
Establishing the Youth Enhancement Program within the State Department of Education to provide grants to certain nonprofit organizations to provide services to individuals residing in or attending public schools in Baltimore City or Baltimore County which focus on mentoring and academic and social instruction including continuous engagement into adulthood; requiring the Department to submit an annual report to the General Assembly by December 1, 2028, providing data on the services provided and students' progress though the education system.