New 2025 Maryland laws now in effect

New 2025 Maryland laws now in effect

The new year brought new laws to the state of Maryland. Beginning on January 1, 2025, many new laws went into effect. Here’s a glance at some of the most notable new Maryland laws.

Happy New Year, New Jersey! These new state laws will take effect in 2025.

It’s a new year, New Jersey. And that means we’re getting some new laws.Beginning this year, state-regulated health insurance companies will have to decide more quickly — within 24 hours and 72 hours — whether they will cover a test or treatment recommended by a patient’s doctor.

Increased speeding fines among new laws taking effect in 2025

The new year's new laws will affect everything from driving to health care coverage in Maryland.

New abortion and health coverage laws taking effect in 2025

A multitude of laws requiring coverage of abortion services, pregnancy care, and paid sick leave passed in five Democratic-run state legislatures in 2024 and are slated to take effect Wednesday. Healthcare was a major issue in the 2024 election and likely will feature in the legislative agenda at the federal level under President-elect Donald Trump‘s second administration. At the state level, Democratic legislatures across the country enacted bi…

Baltimore Fishbowl | Higher work-zone speeding fines in effect

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New laws in 2025: Higher fines for speeding in work zones, leaf blower ordinance & more

The new year’s new laws will affect everything from driving to health care coverage in Maryland. Fines for speeding in highway construction work zones are going up Wednesday to as much as $1,000. A tiered speeding ticket law is a tragic lifesaving legacy in honor of six highway construction workers killed on the Beltway by a speeding driver in March 2023. The Maryland Road Worker Protection Act took effect in June; however, the increased fines s…