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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB257

Introduced
1/8/24  
Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/24  
Establishing a Food Forests and Foraging Program on areas owned or managed by the Department of Natural Resources; defining "foraging" as harvesting plant materials, including seeds, nuts, mushrooms, roots, tubers, and berries for noncommercial personal consumption; requiring individuals who forage in a food forest to obtain a permit; requiring the Department to charge a permit application fee and establish a fee waiver process for individuals who demonstrate financial need; establishing the Food Forests and Foraging Fund; etc.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB194

Introduced
1/8/24  
Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/24  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
2/17/25  
Engrossed
2/26/25  
Refer
2/27/25  
Report Pass
3/28/25  
Enrolled
3/31/25  
Chaptered
4/8/25  
Increasing the noncompetitive threshold for State leases of real property from less than 2,500 square feet to up to 5,000 square feet; altering the time frame during which the State is required to advertise the need for rental of building space from at least 30 days to 20 days before proposals for lease are due; requiring the advertisement to be in certain newspapers providing notice to at least the people of the affected locality; and requiring the notice to be posted on the Department's website and eMaryland Marketplace.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB103

Introduced
1/8/24  
Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/24  
Making permanent distributions by the Comptroller from funds gained from abandoned property in the State to the Access to Counsel in Evictions Special Fund; terminating the Access to Counsel in Evictions Task Force on January 31, 2026; and making permanent an annual $14,000,000 appropriation by the Governor from the Access to Counsel in Evictions Special Fund to the Maryland Legal Services Corporation.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB188

Introduced
1/8/24  
Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/24  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
2/17/25  
Engrossed
2/20/25  
Prohibiting an entity owned, operated, or controlled by the government of certain countries subject to an embargo under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations from participating in any procurement with the State, a local government in the State, a public instrumentality in the State, or any governmental unit in the State; requiring the Board of Public Works to make certain determinations and maintain and publish a certain list of scrutinized entities; preempting any local ordinance, rule, or regulation that conflicts with the Act; etc.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB166

Introduced
1/8/24  
Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/24  
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 House Bill HB162

Introduced
1/8/24  
Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/24  
Defining the term "breeding stable" as it relates to licensure, inspection, and regulation by the Maryland Horse Industry Board; and altering the definition of "horse establishment" to include a breeding stable.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB271

Introduced
1/8/24  
Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/24  
Requiring certain expedited proceedings in a wrongful detainer action if the property that is the subject of the action is, at the time of the complaint, advertised or listed for sale or lease by the complainant and requiring that notice of a hearing or appeal be served in person or, under certain circumstances, posted conspicuously on the property; etc.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB72

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
3/28/25  
Enrolled
4/1/25  
Chaptered
5/20/25  
Prohibiting a health occupations board from requiring additional evidence of English proficiency as a condition for licensure, certification, or registration if an applicant holds a valid, unrestricted license, certification, or registration from another state that requires evidence of English proficiency; requiring each health occupations board that requires evidence of English proficiency to post a statement on their website that an applicant may not be required to provide additional evidence of proficiency; etc.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB246

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
4/5/25  
Enrolled
4/7/25  
Chaptered
5/20/25  
Expanding the purposes of the Maryland Veterans Trust to include providing monetary and other assistance to members of the Maryland National Guard and their families; and authorizing the Maryland Veterans Trust to expend money from the Maryland Veterans Trust Fund to provide loans and grants to members of the Maryland National Guard and their families.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB142

Introduced
1/8/24  
Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/24  
Establishing the Veterans and Military Families Ombudsman within the Department of Veterans and Military Families; establishing the purpose of the Ombudsman is to serve as a resource to provide information and support to veterans and military families regarding their rights and access to services; requiring the Ombudsman to be a veteran; requiring the Ombudsman to arrange for a toll-free telephone number to assist any individual seeking information or advice about available services; and requiring the Ombudsman to submit an annual report.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB171

Introduced
1/8/24  
Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/24  
Establishing alternative expiration and renewal periods for a handgun permit issued to a retired law enforcement officer who retired in good standing from service with a law enforcement agency of the State or a county or municipal corporation of the State; and providing that a handgun permit issued to a law enforcement officer who retired in good standing expires on the last day of the holder's birth month following five years after the date the permit is issued and may be renewed for successive periods of five years under certain circumstances.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB94

Introduced
1/8/24  
Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/24  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
2/17/25  
Engrossed
2/20/25  
Refer
2/21/25  
Report Pass
3/31/25  
Report Pass
3/28/25  
Enrolled
3/31/25  
Chaptered
5/20/25  
Requiring, beginning January 1, 2026, the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to provide coverage for self-measured blood pressure monitoring for certain eligible Program recipients; and requiring reimbursement of health care provider and other staff time used for patient training, transmission of blood pressure data, interpretation of blood pressure readings and reporting, remote patient monitoring, and the delivery of co-interventions, including educational materials or classes.
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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  
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 House Bill HB141

Introduced
1/8/24  
Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/24  
Establishing the State Task Force on Loneliness and Isolation to evaluate the causes of and other factors contributing to the sense of loneliness and isolation experienced by individuals in the State; requiring to the Task Force to make recommendations regarding the creation of municipal-based social connection committees to address the isolation experienced by certain individuals and to report the findings to the Governor and certain committees of the General Assembly by June 30, 2026.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB216

Introduced
1/8/24  
Introduced
1/8/25  
Refer
1/8/24  
Refer
1/8/25  
Report Pass
4/4/25  
Engrossed
4/4/25  
Expanding the purpose of the Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Nurses and Nursing Support Staff; altering certain education requirements for licensure in registered nursing and licensure by endorsement in registered nursing; extending the termination dates of certain preceptorship program tax credits and altering certain criteria necessary to claim the tax credits; altering the effective date of certain provisions of law relating to certified nursing assistants; etc.