Maryland 2025 Regular Session All Bills (Page 137)

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB353

Introduced
1/16/25  
Establishing the Food Deserts Workgroup to study and make recommendations regarding solutions to eliminate food deserts in the State; and requiring the Workgroup to report its key findings and recommended solutions to eliminate food deserts by November 1, 2025, to the Governor and certain committees of the General Assembly.
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Maryland House Bill HB435

Introduced
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 Senate Bill SB415

Introduced
1/20/25  
Prohibiting the Carroll County Office of Permits and Inspections from issuing or renewing a commercial license or permit in the county if the applicant has unpaid personal property taxes except under certain circumstances; and authorizing the Carroll County Office of Permits and Inspections to issue or renew a commercial license or permit if the applicant submits certain evidence that the applicant has paid any previously unpaid personal property taxes.
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Maryland House Bill HB496

Introduced
1/20/25  
Reducing from 100 to 90 the number of training hours that certain health care practitioners are required to perform in a nursing program preceptor rotation in order to qualify for certain credits against the State income tax for certain health care practitioners serving as preceptors in areas with health care workforce shortages; and requiring the Department of Health by January 31 each year, to report to the Comptroller on the tax credit certificates issued and to the General Assembly on the utilization of the credit.
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Maryland House Bill HB462

Introduced
1/20/25  
Prohibits a person from intentionally causing physical injury to another if the person knows or has reason to know that the other is an official, an umpire, a referee, or a judge officiating at a sporting event; authorizes a police officer to arrest a person without a warrant if the police officer has probable cause to believe that the person has committed a certain assault; and establishing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a misdemeanor of assault in the second degree and is subject to certain penalties.
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Maryland Senate Bill SB419

Introduced
1/21/25  
Increasing, from $7,000 to $10,000, the amount of a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for an individual who is a qualifying public safety volunteer for a taxable year beginning after December 31, 2024.
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Maryland Senate Bill SB413

Introduced
1/20/25  
Refer
1/20/25  
Report Pass
2/17/25  
Engrossed
2/20/25  
Establishing that any provision of a consumer contract that sets a shorter period of time to bring an action under or on the consumer contract than is required under the law of the State at the time the contract is issued or delivered is void as against public policy; excluding certain entities from the application of the Act; providing that a violation of the Act is a violation of the Consumer Protection Act; and applying the Act prospectively.
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Maryland Senate Bill SB409

Introduced
1/20/25  
Refer
1/20/25  
Report Pass
3/12/25  
Engrossed
3/12/25  
Expanding the acceptable names authorized for an economic development authority established by a county or municipal corporation; expanding the powers of an authority, subject to limitations in the articles of incorporation of the authority and resolutions of the legislative body of a county or municipal corporation; providing that certain actions require prior approval of the legislative body of a county or municipal corporation under certain circumstances; expanding the authorized uses of tax increment proceeds; etc.
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Maryland House Bill HB463

Introduced
1/20/25  
Refer
1/20/25  
Report Pass
2/17/25  
Engrossed
2/20/25  
Refer
2/21/25  
Report Pass
3/27/25  
Enrolled
4/2/25  
Chaptered
5/6/25  
Altering the requirements of the 3-hour Roadway Safety Driving Education Program established by the Motor Vehicle Administration for certain applicants for driver's licenses; and requiring the Administration to adopt regulations establishing criteria for certifying a private entity to offer the 3-hour Roadway Safety Education Program.
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Maryland House Bill HB495

Introduced
1/20/25  
Requiring certain schools that have an antidiscrimination policy to ensure that the policy includes certain information and is available to certain individuals in a certain manner; requiring a school to provide a certain training regarding antidiscrimination policies to students and employees in a certain manner; and requiring, if sufficient resources are not available to provide training, a school to coordinate with a community organization with certain expertise to provide the training to students and employees at no cost.
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Maryland House Bill HB434

Introduced
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 House Bill HB478

Introduced
1/20/25  
Refer
1/20/25  
Report Pass
3/12/25  
Engrossed
3/13/25  
Refer
3/14/25  
Report Pass
4/7/25  
Enrolled
4/7/25  
Chaptered
5/6/25  
Authorizing a Hagerstown Community College police officer to exercise powers granted to a peace and police officer under certain circumstances.
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Maryland House Bill HB477

Introduced
1/20/25  
Refer
1/20/25  
Report Pass
3/10/25  
Engrossed
3/11/25  
Refer
3/12/25  
Report Pass
4/5/25  
Enrolled
4/7/25  
Chaptered
5/6/25  
Requiring the State Department of Education to conduct a thorough analysis of the State's regulatory framework for child care facilities with particular emphasis on regulations that limit a person's ability to register a child care facility, receive a license to operate a child care center, or operate a child care facility in a profitable manner while providing quality care; and requiring an interim and final report be submitted to the Governor and the General Assembly by January 1, 2026, and September 1, 2026, respectively.
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Maryland House Bill HB457

Introduced
1/20/25  
Requiring the State Department of Education to develop and offer a continuing professional development course on student well-being and flourishing to school personnel and administrators on or before July 1, 2026.
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Maryland House Bill HB461

Introduced
1/20/25  
Providing an exemption from the sales and use tax for the sale of cut flowers.