The Maryland House of Delegates Legislative District 45

2025 Legislation

HB0219 Baltimore City - Out-of-State Vehicles - Improper Registration

Authorizing Baltimore City to tow, remove, or impound a vehicle owned by a new resident of the State who fails to register the vehicle with the Motor Vehicle Administration and display valid registration plates issued by the Administration within 60 days.

HB0021 Criminal Procedure- District Court Commissioners and False Statements

This bill prohibits a District Court commissioner from issuing an arrest warrant to an individual other than a police officer or a State's Attorney. The bill also increases the incarceration penalty for making a false statement to a public official under § 9-503 of the Criminal Law Article from imprisonment for up to six months to imprisonment for up to three years; the bill retains the $500 maximum fine for that offense.

HB0472 (SB0304) Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - 45th Alcoholic Beverages District - Licenses

Authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore City to issue a Class C beer, wine, and liquor license in a certain area of the 45th alcoholic beverages district in Baltimore City under certain circumstances; and altering a geographic boundary in the 45th district within which the holder of a Class A or Class B-D-7 beer, wine, and liquor license must operate in accordance with specified hours.

HB0180 Public Safety - Gun Violence Victim Relocation Program - Establishment

Establishing the Gun Violence Victim Relocation Program within the Victim Services Unit of the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention and Policy to provide certain victims of gun violence certain services and assistance related to relocating for the safety of the victim or the victim's family; establishing the Gun Violence Victim Relocation Program Fund; requiring the Victim Services Unit to establish a certain oversight commission; requiring the Unit to submit a yearly status report on the Program by December 1, beginning in 2027.

HB0271 Real Property - Expedited Wrongful Detainer

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.

HB0721 Family Law - Grandparent Visitation

Altering the circumstances under which an equity court is

authorized to grant visitation rights to a grandparent of a child to include that the petition for visitation rights was filed after an action for divorce, annulment, custody, or paternity was filed by a parent of the child; and requiring an equity court to grant certain visitation rights if the child resided with the grandparent for at least 12 months, or the child’s parent, who is the child of the grandparent, is deceased, and the court finds it in the best interest

of the child.

HB1144 State Public Transit Service and Stations - Exclusion for Assault and Bodily Injury

Providing that a person alleged to have committed an assault or

other intentional act causing bodily injury may not board a State

public transit service or enter a State public transit service station

for a certain period of time and under certain circumstances; and

establishing that a person who violates the Act is subject to

prosecution for trespassing etc.