Maryland General Assembly 2025 Session

Summary: Prohibiting a local legislative body from prohibiting the placement of a certain manufactured home in certain residential zoning districts under certain circumstances; prohibiting a local jurisdiction from using an element of an adequate public facilities law to deny certain permits for certain State-funded affordable housing projects or other qualified projects or to restrict or limit the development of the projects in a certain manner; etc.

Sponsor: Speaker Jones

Tracking: In the House - Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.

Summary: Altering the jurisdiction of the juvenile court over a child of a certain age alleged to have committed a certain offense; altering certain procedures relating to juvenile intake, juvenile detention, and juvenile probation; repealing certain provisions relating to the State Advisory Board for Juvenile Services; altering certain provisions relating to the Juvenile Justice Monitoring Unit; altering certain provisions relating to the Commission on Juvenile Justice Reform and Emerging and Best Practices; etc.

Sponsor: Speaker Jones 

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Summary: Requiring each hospital licensed in the State to establish and maintain a clinical staffing committee and to implement a clinical staffing plan; requiring the Health Services Cost Review Commission to conduct investigations regarding alleged violations of certain provisions of this Act; and authorizing the Health Services Cost Review Commission to take certain actions if the Commission determines a violation has occurred.

Sponsor: Delegate White Holland

Tracking: TBD

Summary: Altering the requirement that an employer disclose certain wage information to an applicant for employment; requiring an employer to disclose certain wage information in certain postings and to certain employees at certain times; requiring an employer to set the wage range disclosed in good faith; prohibiting an employer from taking a certain retaliatory action; and requiring each employer to keep a record of compliance with certain provisions of the Act for at least 3 years.

Sponsor: Delegate White Holland

Tracking: In the House - Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.

Summary: Prohibiting, on or after October 1, 2024, a person from using, supplying, selling, soliciting, or offering for sale playground surfacing materials that contain certain concentrations of PAH, PFAS, or lead for the construction or renovation of the ground surface of a playground in the State; prohibiting a county, municipality, or unit of local government from adopting any ordinance, rule, or regulation related to certain playground surfacing materials that is less stringent than the requirement of the Act; etc.

Sponsor: Delegate Guyton

Tracking: In the House - Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.

Summary: Requiring all motion picture houses to offer closed captioning for each screening of a motion picture; and requiring a place of public accommodation that controls, operates, owns, or leases at least two motion picture houses in the State to provide open captioning for at least two screenings each week.

Sponsor: Delegate Bhandari

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Summary: Prohibiting, except as authorized by federal law, a person from charging a fee or receiving compensation for providing or referring a certain individual to another person for the provision of veterans benefits services or veterans benefits appeals services; establishing standards for the division of attorney's fees in connection with the provision of veterans benefits services or appeals services; requiring a person who charges fees for providing certain veterans benefits services to comply with certain ethical standards; etc.

Sponsor: Delegate Nick Allen (D8)

Tracking: In the House - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.

Summary: Leverages the established Community School Programs, enhanced under the Blueprint for Maryland's Future (our once-in-a-generation school reform law) to support students and families at risk of eviction by creating a rental assistance program to help students stay in their community schools and students’ families stay in their homes.

Sponsor: Senator Hettleman

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Summary: Establishing the Task Force to Study the Use and Possession of De Minimis Quantities of Controlled Dangerous Substances; and requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by October 1, 2025.

Sponsors: Del. Ruth & Sen. Carter

POC: Thomas Higdon (higdon.thomas@gmail.com) 

Tracking: In the House - Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.