Solicitation
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Consumer Protection - Solicitation Following a Disaster - Prohibition [HB-1348]
Prohibiting a contractor or person acting on behalf of a contractor from soliciting or attempting to solicit a disaster victim within 48 hours after a disaster; and establishing that a violation of the Act is an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marlon Amprey
First Reading Economic Matters on 02/07/2025
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Public Schools - High School Sports Officiating Services - Procurement Requirements [HB-1483]
Establishing requirements for local school systems that issue invitations for bids for high school sports officiating services for boys' and girls' high school sports; authorizing the Department of Education to develop guidelines to assist a local school system in the implementation of the provisions of the Act, including additional criteria for determining which high school sports qualify as similar boys' and girls' high school sports.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
Hearing Canceled (ways And Means) on 03/05/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Schools - High School Sports Officiating Services - Procurement Requirements [SB-923]
Establishing requirements for local school systems that issue invitations for bids for high school sports officiating services for boys' and girls' high school sports; authorizing the Department of Education to develop guidelines to assist a local school system in the implementation of the provisions of the Act, including additional criteria for determining which high school sports qualify as similar boys' and girls' high school sports.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. (ways And Means) on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Medicaid Management Information System - Surveillance and Utilization Review Subsystem - Publication of Procurement Schedule [SB-840]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to publish on its website a schedule for the issuance of a solicitation for the procurement of a Surveillance and Utilization Review Subsystem of the Medicaid Management Information System; and requiring the Department to publish on its website notice of certain time frames at least 60 days before the issuance of the procurement.
Sponsored by: Sen. Johnny Mautz
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Howard Community College - Board of Trustees, Meetings, and Contracts - Alterations Ho. Co. 1-25 [SB-813]
Adding two members to the Board of Community College Trustees for Howard County; requiring each meeting of the Board to allow for public comment; requiring the Board to make a video or audio recording of its meetings which are to be made available on the Board's website; requiring Board members to undergo certain training specific to Board governance; and requiring the Board to submit a report to the General Assembly by January 1, 2026, and every 6 months thereafter until a contract is finalized, on the status of the faculty union contract.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Campaign Finance - Political Organizations - Disclosures on Solicitations (Stop Scam PACs Act) [HB-906]
Requiring certain political organizations to include certain disclaimers and disclosures on certain solicitations; authorizing the State Administrator of Elections to investigate a potential violation of the Act; and authorizing the State Board after the issuance of a public report of its findings to prohibit a person who violated the Act from making further solicitations for a certain period or impose a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000.
Sponsored by: Rep. Julie Palakovich Carr
Third Reading Passed (133-6) on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Procurement - Employee Stock Ownership Plan Preference - Pilot [HB-819]
Authorizing the Maryland Stadium Authority, Morgan State University, St. Mary's College of Maryland, and Baltimore City Community College to establish a certain preference program for certain procurements; authorizing a certain price preference for bids and proposals by an entity that utilizes an employee stock ownership plan; requiring contractors to provide certain information to a unit regarding the use of an employee stock ownership plan; and applying the Act to procurement contracts solicited on or before June 30, 2030.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Procurement - Employee Stock Ownership Plan Preference - Pilot [SB-653]
Establishing a price preference program for certain procurements by the Maryland Stadium Authority, the University System of Maryland, Morgan State University, St. Mary's College of Maryland, and Baltimore City Community College; establishing a certain price preference for bids and proposals by an entity that utilizes an employee stock ownership plan; and requiring contractors to provide certain information to a unit regarding the use of an employee stock ownership plan.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray
Hearing Canceled on 02/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Campaign Finance - Political Organizations - Disclosures on Solicitations (Stop Scam PACs Act) [SB-633]
Requiring certain political organizations to include certain disclaimers and disclosures on certain solicitations; authorizing the State Administrator of Elections to investigate a potential violation of the Act; and authorizing the State Board after the issuance of a public report of its finding to prohibit a person who violated the Act from making further solicitations for a certain period or impose a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Hearing 3/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/18/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Public Lands - Acquisition, Staffing, Operations, and Funding [HB-717]
Altering provisions of law regarding the acquisition of real property by the Department of Natural Resources; establishing a Land and Property Management Program in the Department to process certain real property transactions; authorizing the Department and the Natural Resources Police to establish affiliated foundations for certain purposes; altering the contents of the Forest or Park Reserve Fund; authorizing the Governor to transfer certain Program Open Space funds to the Department under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Referred Education, Energy, And The Environment on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Alcoholic Beverages Industry - Study [SB-542]
Requiring the Governor's Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs to contract with a third party to conduct a study of the structure and composition of the distribution and retail sector of the alcoholic beverages industry in the State and to make recommendations on identifying and eliminating barriers to minority participation in that industry; and requiring the Office to submit its report and recommendations on or before December 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Procurement Reform Act of 2025 [HB-500]
Authorizing the Secretary of General Services to delegate certain powers and duties to the Chief Procurement Officer; altering the authority of the Department of General Services to engage in or control procurement of certain equipment and services; altering the authority of the Department of Transportation and the Maryland Transportation Authority to engage in procurement for certain supplies and services for transportation-related activities; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Procurement Reform Act of 2025 [SB-426]
Authorizing the Secretary of General Services to delegate certain powers and duties to the Chief Procurement Officer; altering the authority of the Department of General Services to engage in or control procurement of certain equipment and services; altering the authority of the Department of Transportation and the Maryland Transportation Authority to engage in procurement for certain supplies and services for transportation related activities; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Hearing Canceled on 01/30/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
St. Mary's County - Vehicle Laws - Prohibition on Roadway Solicitations [HB-460]
Prohibiting a person in St. Mary's County from standing in a roadway, median divider, or intersection to solicit money or donations from the occupant of a vehicle.
Sponsored by: Rep. Matt Morgan
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/27/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Abundant Affordable Clean Energy - Procurement and Development (AACE Act) [HB-398]
Requiring each electric company in the State to submit to the Public Service Commission by certain dates plans for the construction or procurement of distribution-connected energy storage devices and to construct or procure the devices in accordance with the plan; providing for the creation of zero-emission credits by beneficial nuclear facilities; requiring the Commission to pursue certain coordinated approaches to offshore wind energy transmission development; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
First Reading Economic Matters on 01/16/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Abundant Affordable Clean Energy - Procurement and Development (AACE Act) [SB-316]
Requiring each electric company in the State to submit to the Public Service Commission by certain dates plans for the construction or procurement of distribution-connected energy storage devices and to construct or procure the devices in accordance with the plan; providing for the creation of zero-emission credits by beneficial nuclear facilities; requiring the Commission to pursue certain coordinated approaches to offshore wind energy transmission development; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/27/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Wicomico County - Vehicle Laws - Prohibition on Roadway Solicitations [HB-320]
Prohibiting a person in Wicomico County from standing in a roadway, median divider, or intersection to solicit money or donations from the occupant of a vehicle.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheree Sample-Hughes
Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Wicomico County - Vehicle Laws - Prohibition on Roadway Solicitations [SB-101]
Prohibiting a person in Wicomico County from standing in a roadway, median divider, or intersection to solicit money or donations of any kind from the occupant of a vehicle.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Carozza
Hearing 3/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/17/2025
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Electricity - Offshore Wind Projects - Alterations [HB-1296]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to open a revised Round 2 proceeding on June 1, 2024, to evaluate certain offshore wind projects; prohibiting the Commission from approving an application for an offshore wind project unless the application includes commitments for in-State expenditures and investments; requiring the Commission to develop a certain plan to include a schedule of offshore wind energy procurements and proposed amounts of offshore wind energy for procurement through 2031; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 431 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Department of General Services - Renewable Natural Gas Pilot Program - Establishment [HB-1379]
Requiring the Department of General Services, in consultation with the University System of Maryland and the Department of the Environment, to establish a Renewable Natural Gas Pilot Program in the Department on or before January 1, 2025; requiring the Department, in consultation with the University System of Maryland and the Department of the Environment, to issue a certain solicitation for a renewable natural gas contract; authorizing the Department to enter into a contract to procure renewable natural gas; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Arentz
First Reading Economic Matters on 02/09/2024