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Votes at a glance: Prince George’s County Council actions on May 27, 2025
Summary
A compact roundup of measures the council enacted or adopted during the May 27 legislative day, including tax-credit changes, public-safety and personnel matters, infrastructure and contract approvals.
Prince George's County Council handled a multi-item agenda on May 27, 2025. Below are enacted measures and final outcomes recorded during the legislative day.
Key enacted ordinances and resolutions (final recorded outcomes):
- CB 8-2025 (public-safety real property tax credit, add Maryland-National Capital Park Police): enacted, 9-0. - CB 17-2025 (tenant relocation payments when rental housing is unfit for habitation): enacted, 6-0-2 (two abstentions recorded). - CB 44-2025 (noncommercial trailer parking restrictions / public hearing eligible for final enactment listed as CB44): enacted, 9-0. - CB 20-2025 (fire safety code amendments and civil penalties): enacted, 7-0. - CB 21-2025 (classification plan amendments — county personnel classes): enacted, 7-0. - CB 25-2025 (collective bargaining agreement: Correctional Officer Association, civilian unit): enacted, 7-0. - CB 28-2025 (collective bargaining agreement: International Association of Firefighters, civilian unit): enacted, 8-0. - CR 37-2025 (2018 water and sewer plan December 2024 amendments — category changes and redesignations): adopted, 8-0. - CR 42-2025 (salary schedule amendment for Correctional Officers Association civilian unit): adopted, 8-0. - CR 44-2025 (contract approvals, substitute Draft 2 adopted with removal of several contracts; final adoption): adopted, 7-0. - CR 45-2025 (salary schedule amendment for IAFF Local 1619 civilian unit): adopted, 7-0. - CR 52-2025 (Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission recreation fund transfers): adopted, 7-0. - CR 57-2025 (Prince George’s County 5-Year Transit Vision Plan): adopted, 7-0.
Several other bills and resolutions were introduced or referred to committees, including multiple stop-sign/stop-sign-monitoring resolutions (CR 58–CR 70 series), numerous code updates (CB 38, CB 39, CB 41, CB 45, among others), and supplemental appropriations (CB 54-2025). Many of those items were introduced and referred to the appropriate committee for further review.
Where there was public testimony or extended discussion, the clerk’s minutes and committee reports noted the substance: public-safety personnel and park police testified in favor of CB-8; property owners, management firms and housing advocates testified at length on CB-17, raising concerns about insurer availability, tenant-caused damage, and impacts on income-restricted affordable housing.
Council procedure notes: several items were amended in committee (for example, the GOP committee’s substitute draft for contract approvals removed several vendors before the council adopted the package). The council also designated legislative day #13 and recessed at midday before reconvening as the Committee of the Whole for several resolutions.
This roundup lists final outcomes recorded on the legislative day; staff will post enacted texts, committee reports, and final roll-call records in the official minutes and on the county website.
