Maryland 2025 Regular Session All Bills (Page 224)

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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB732

Introduced
1/31/25  
Requiring certain sewage sludge utilization permits issued or renewed by the Department of the Environment to limit the concentration of certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances to 1 microgram per kilogram, the level established in certain health-based standards, or the level established by the Department under the Act; establishing requirements for the demonstration of compliance with the limits established under the Act; and authorizing the Department to establish certain additional limits by regulation.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB937

Introduced
1/31/25  
Increasing the sales and use tax rate for sales of firearms, firearm accessories, and ammunition from 6% to 12%.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB768

Introduced
1/31/25  
Refer
1/31/25  
Report Pass
3/14/25  
Engrossed
3/17/25  
Refer
3/17/25  
Report Pass
4/4/25  
Enrolled
4/7/25  
Chaptered
5/20/25  
Clarifying the membership in the Correctional Officers' Retirement System for certain employees of certain Maryland Department of Health facilities; and clarifying that certain participating employees who are appointed, promoted, or transferred are members of the Correctional Officers' Retirement System as a condition of employment.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB711

Introduced
1/31/25  
Refer
1/31/25  
Report Pass
3/13/25  
Engrossed
3/14/25  
Establishing the Off-Highway Recreational Vehicle Recreation Oversight Board to advise the Secretary of Natural Resources on the operation, acquisition, regulation, and general oversight of off-highway recreational vehicle trails and recreation in the State.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HJ6

Introduced
1/31/25  
Stating that the General Assembly joins certain other state legislative bodies, counties, and municipalities in passing a Back from the Brink resolution on reducing the possibility of the use of nuclear weapons; urging members of the State's Congressional Delegation to cosponsor a certain federal resolution related to the use of nuclear weapons; and urging the U.S. President and the U.S. Senate to endorse the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB709

Introduced
1/31/25  
Prohibiting a person from intentionally harassing, intimidating, or threatening another person while hiding or concealing their face; providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment of up to 90 days or a fine of up to $500 or both for a first offense, and for subsequent offenses, imprisonment of up to 180 days and a fine not to exceed $1,000 or both; and establishing certain affirmative defenses for a violation of the Act.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB718

Introduced
1/31/25  
Refer
1/31/25  
Report Pass
3/13/25  
Engrossed
3/14/25  
Refer
3/15/25  
Report Pass
4/3/25  
Enrolled
4/7/25  
Chaptered
5/6/25  
Legalizing the 2025 Edition of the Somerset County Code of Public Local Laws and any supplement to the extent to which that code or supplement contains laws enacted by the General Assembly.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB708

Introduced
1/31/25  
Refer
1/31/25  
Report Pass
3/10/25  
Engrossed
3/12/25  
Refer
3/13/25  
Requiring, rather than authorizing, certain sports wagering licensees and sports wagering operators that advertise in the State to contract with certain independent evaluators to evaluate and rate the sports wagering licensee's sports wagering content, sports wagering experts, sports wagering influencers, and content partners; and providing that Section 1 of the Act is contingent on the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission issuing licenses pursuant to certain provisions of law to at least three independent evaluators.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB722

Introduced
1/31/25  
Refer
1/31/25  
Report Pass
3/3/25  
Engrossed
3/6/25  
Refer
3/7/25  
Report Pass
3/31/25  
Enrolled
4/1/25  
Chaptered
5/6/25  
Defining the term "ecological restoration" as an activity undertaken with the goal of recovering, re-establishing, or enhancing a degraded, damaged, or destroyed ecosystem through improvements to physical, chemical, or biological characteristics or processes, returning natural or historical functions or services, or protecting or improving resiliency.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB968

Introduced
1/31/25  
Refer
1/31/25  
Report Pass
3/3/25  
Engrossed
3/6/25  
Refer
3/7/25  
Report Pass
3/24/25  
Enrolled
4/1/25  
Chaptered
5/6/25  
Altering, with respect to business licensing requirements in the State, the definition of "storage warehouse" to exclude a self-service storage facility.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB988

Introduced
1/31/25  
Refer
1/31/25  
Report Pass
3/15/25  
Engrossed
3/17/25  
Refer
3/17/25  
Report Pass
4/4/25  
Enrolled
4/7/25  
Chaptered
5/13/25  
Authorizing the placement and use by the Maryland Transportation Authority of speed monitoring systems on Maryland Route 200 (Intercounty Connector) in Montgomery County; requiring the District Court to remit to the Authority any civil penalties collected by the District Court resulting from a citation issued using a speed monitoring system operated by the Authority; and requiring the State Highway Administration to provide the Authority with access to certain systems and contacts.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB737

Introduced
1/31/25  
Prohibiting certain persons from exercising a right of condemnation to acquire property for the purpose of constructing a power line or a generating station that produces electricity from wind energy or solar energy; and prohibiting the State or any of its instrumentalities or political subdivisions from acquiring by condemnation property that is encumbered by certain conservation easements or will be used for the construction of a power line or a certain generating station.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB982

Introduced
1/31/25  
Classifying the theft of a firearm as a felony; establishing a penalty for a first conviction for theft of a firearm of imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or a fine not exceeding $1,000 or both; and establishing a penalty for subsequent convictions of imprisonment not exceeding 10 years or a fine not exceeding $2,500 or both.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB983

Introduced
1/31/25  
Refer
1/31/25  
Report Pass
3/15/25  
Engrossed
3/17/25  
Refer
3/17/25  
Report Pass
4/3/25  
Enrolled
4/5/25  
Chaptered
5/6/25  
Establishing the Language Assistance Program; requiring a local board of elections to participate in the Program if the State Board determines that there is a significant need for language assistance to voters in the county in a language other than English; requiring the State Board to designate, not later than February 1 of the year of the election, certain languages other than English in which a local board that is required to participate in the Program must provide assistance to voters; etc.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB908

Introduced
1/31/25  
Establishing a pilot program to authorize the use of distracted driving monitoring systems in Montgomery County and Prince George's County to enforce certain prohibitions regarding the use of certain devices while operating a vehicle; and requiring that a county that authorizes a program of distracted driving monitoring systems under the Act to report on the effectiveness of the systems on or before December 1, 2027.