Transportation Trust Fund - Revenue and Distribution (Maryland Mobility Act of 2025) [SB-1043]
Imposing a 1% transportation trust fund surcharge on certain sales or uses in the State; providing that a certain annual budget request for certain modal units may not exceed a certain amount; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill certain appropriations for certain modal units of the Department of Transportation and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority; altering the definition of "transportation facilities project" to include projects included in the Consolidated Transportation Program; etc.
SB-1043: Transportation Trust Fund - Revenue and Distribution (Maryland Mobility Act of 2025)
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
First Reading Senate Rules on 03/03/2025
Energy Resource Adequacy and Planning Act [HB-1037]
Establishing the Integrated Resource Planning Office in the Public Service Commission; requiring the Office to develop a Comprehensive Energy Forecast and conduct a certain study to support the development of the Forecast; requiring the Office, in consultation with the Commission and the Maryland Energy Administration, to complete certain energy modeling; and requiring the Commission, in consultation with the Office, to adopt regulations requiring each electric company to develop a certain integrated resource plan.
HB-1037: Energy Resource Adequacy and Planning Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Brian Crosby
Hearing 2/28 At 1:30 P.m. on 02/10/2025
Public Utilities - Electricity Generation Planning - Procurement, Permitting, and Co-Location (Next Generation Energy Act) [HB-1035]
Requiring the Maryland Energy Administration, in coordination with the Public Service Commission and the Department of Natural Resources, to pursue certain agreements with neighboring states and federal agencies related to the development of new nuclear energy generation stations; prohibiting an electricity supplier or other owner of a certain generating station from entering into a certain contract with a commercial or industrial customer under certain circumstances; etc.
HB-1035: Public Utilities - Electricity Generation Planning - Procurement, Permitting, and Co-Location (Next Generation Energy Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson
Hearing 2/28 At 1:30 P.m. on 02/10/2025
Public Service Commission - Transmission Line Siting - Limitations [SB-853]
Prohibiting the Public Service Commission from authorizing, and a person from undertaking, the construction of an overhead transmission line outside of an existing transmission line right-of-way unless the applicant adequately demonstrates to the Commission that existing transmission line rights-of-way are not sufficient for the proposed overhead transmission line.
SB-853: Public Service Commission - Transmission Line Siting - Limitations
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2025
Energy Resource Adequacy and Planning Act [SB-909]
Establishing the Integrated Resource Planning Office in the Public Service Commission; requiring the Office to develop a Comprehensive Energy Forecast and conduct a certain study to support the development of the Forecast; requiring the Office, in consultation with the Commission and the Maryland Energy Administration, to complete certain energy modeling; and requiring the Commission, in consultation with the Office, to adopt regulations requiring each electric company to develop a certain integrated resource plan.
SB-909: Energy Resource Adequacy and Planning Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester
Hearing 2/28 At 1:30 P.m. on 02/10/2025
Public Utilities - Electricity Generation Planning - Procurement, Permitting, and Co-Location (Next Generation Energy Act) [SB-937]
Requiring the Maryland Energy Administration, in coordination with the Public Service Commission and the Department of Natural Resources, to pursue certain agreements with neighboring states and federal agencies related to the development of new nuclear energy generation stations; prohibiting an electricity supplier or other owner of a certain generating station from entering into a certain contract with a commercial or industrial customer under certain circumstances; etc.
SB-937: Public Utilities - Electricity Generation Planning - Procurement, Permitting, and Co-Location (Next Generation Energy Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Hearing 2/28 At 1:30 P.m. on 02/10/2025
Public Utilities - Transmission Lines - Advanced Transmission Technologies [HB-829]
Altering the definition of "qualified generator lead line" for purposes of provisions of law regarding certificates of public convenience and necessity; requiring an applicant for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the construction of an overhead transmission line to include certain information in its application; requiring the Public Service Commission to consider certain evidence before taking final action on a certain application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity; etc.
HB-829: Public Utilities - Transmission Lines - Advanced Transmission Technologies
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/18/2025
Public Utilities - Alternatives to Construction of New Transmission Lines [HB-657]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to examine alternatives to the construction of a new transmission line if the use of an alternative will best maintain historical, environmental, or agricultural preservation areas, or will avoid any overlap with certain lots, parcels, or tracts of land.
HB-657: Public Utilities - Alternatives to Construction of New Transmission Lines
Sponsored by: Rep. Barrie Ciliberti
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
Public Utilities - Alternatives to Construction of New Transmission Lines [SB-483]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to examine alternatives to the construction of a new transmission line if the use of an alternative will best maintain historical, environmental, or agricultural preservation areas, or will avoid any overlap with certain lots, parcels, or tracts of land.
SB-483: Public Utilities - Alternatives to Construction of New Transmission Lines
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Carozza
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2025
Real Estate Development and Highway Rights-of-Way - Installation of Broadband Micro Conduits and Microducts [HB-626]
Requiring the installation of micro conduits in any utility easement and building power or telecommunication rooms during the new construction or major improvement of certain commercial and residential premises; requiring that buried fiber optic cable installed in a highway right-of-way include conduit containing at least seven microducts; requiring the Department of Transportation or a unit of local government to ensure a broadband service provider has access to the conduit on a neutral and nondiscriminatory basis; etc.
HB-626: Real Estate Development and Highway Rights-of-Way - Installation of Broadband Micro Conduits and Microducts
Sponsored by: Rep. Scott Phillips
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/17/2025
Bicycles, Play Vehicles, and Unicycles - Authorizations and Requirements (Jay's Law) [SB-392]
Authorizing a person to ride a bicycle, play vehicle, or unicycle on a sidewalk or sidewalk area unless prohibited by local ordinance; and requiring a person riding a bicycle, play vehicle, or unicycle on a sidewalk or sidewalk area or in or through a crosswalk to yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian or a person using an electric personal assistive mobility device.
SB-392: Bicycles, Play Vehicles, and Unicycles - Authorizations and Requirements (Jay's Law)
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 03/28/2025
Vehicle Laws - Bicycles, Play Vehicles, and Unicycles - Crosswalks [HB-422]
Authorizing a person operating a bicycle, play vehicle, or unicycle at an intersection who is facing a red signal to enter the intersection to cross the highway in the direction of a pedestrian control "walk" signal displayed for the portion of the highway on which the bicycle, play vehicle, or unicycle is traveling; and requiring, before entering an intersection, a person operating a bicycle, play vehicle, or unicycle to yield the right-of-way to any vehicle or pedestrian lawfully using the intersection.
HB-422: Vehicle Laws - Bicycles, Play Vehicles, and Unicycles - Crosswalks
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Favorable With Amendments Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/28/2025
Bicycles, Play Vehicles, and Unicycles - Authorizations and Requirements (Jay's Law) [HB-375]
Authorizing a person to ride a bicycle, play vehicle, or unicycle on a sidewalk or sidewalk area unless prohibited by local ordinance; and requiring a person riding a bicycle, play vehicle, or unicycle on a sidewalk or sidewalk area or in or through a crosswalk to yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian or a person using an electric personal assistive mobility device.
HB-375: Bicycles, Play Vehicles, and Unicycles - Authorizations and Requirements (Jay's Law)
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Favorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/26/2025
Vehicle Laws - Bicycles - Operation at Intersections [SB-826]
Authorizing a person operating a bicycle that is approaching a stop sign at an intersection on a highway with two or fewer lanes for moving traffic to cautiously make a turn or proceed through the intersection without stopping if the person reduces the speed of the bicycle to a reasonable rate and yields the right-of-way to certain vehicles under certain circumstances.
SB-826: Vehicle Laws - Bicycles - Operation at Intersections
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
First Reading Judicial Proceedings on 02/02/2024
Cannabis - Licensee Locations - Restrictions [HB-805]
Altering the distance restrictions from 2000 feet to one-half mile applicable to a licensed cannabis dispensary; prohibiting a political subdivision from establishing certain zoning requirements that are more restrictive than certain zoning requirements that existed on June 30, 2023; authorizing at least 10 individuals who are residents, commercial tenants who are not holders of or applicants for a license, or real estate owners, and are located within 1,000 of the licensed premises to file a protest against a license; etc.
Vehicle Laws - Bicycles - Operation at Intersections [HB-511]
Authorizing a person operating a bicycle that is approaching a stop sign at an intersection on a highway with two or fewer lanes for moving traffic to cautiously make a turn or proceed through the intersection without stopping if the person reduces the speed of the bicycle to a reasonable rate and yields the right-of-way to certain vehicles under certain circumstances.
HB-511: Vehicle Laws - Bicycles - Operation at Intersections
Sponsored by: Rep. Regina Boyce
Third Reading Passed (120-12) on 03/14/2024
Vehicle Laws - Bike Lanes and Shoulders - Yielding Right-of-Way (Sarah Debbink Langenkamp Memorial Act) [HB-337]
Prohibiting a person from committing a violation of a certain provision of law governing the right-of-way of a bicycle, a motor scooter, or an electronic personal assistive mobility device lawfully in a designated bike lane or shoulder that contributes to the serious physical injury or death of a person riding a bicycle, EPAMD, or motor scooter; and providing that a person convicted of a violation of the Act is subject to imprisonment of up to 2 months or a fine not to exceed $2,000 or both.
HB-337: Vehicle Laws - Bike Lanes and Shoulders - Yielding Right-of-Way (Sarah Debbink Langenkamp Memorial Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 464 on 05/09/2024
Vehicle Laws - Bike Lanes and Shoulders - Yielding Right-of-Way (Sarah Debbink Langenkamp Memorial Act) [SB-315]
Prohibiting a person from committing a violation of a certain provision of law governing the right-of-way of a bicycle, a motor scooter, or an electronic personal assistive mobility device lawfully in a designated bike lane or shoulder that contributes to the serious physical injury or death of a person riding a bicycle, EPAMD, or motor scooter; and providing that a person convicted of a violation of the Act is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 2 months or a fine not exceeding $2,000 or both.
SB-315: Vehicle Laws - Bike Lanes and Shoulders - Yielding Right-of-Way (Sarah Debbink Langenkamp Memorial Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Ariana Kelly
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 465 on 05/09/2024