Unlike some years when Maryland lawmakers juggle multiple generation-defining policies at once, the 2025 session in Annapolis was relatively light on policy debates that captured the public’s attention.
A $3.3 billion budget deficit and its ripple effects took up most of the oxygen in the 90-day lawmaking sprint that ended in April. But hundreds of other policies were debated in the State House — with special interests collectively spending $58 million to make changes along the way.
From the energy companies lobbying for changes that impact ratepayers to the Baltimore Orioles getting permission to hold regular raffles at games, here are some of the ways lobbyists looked to wield their influence in 2025, according to The Baltimore Sun’s analysis of thousands of new lobbying disclosures, public records and interviews.
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