New Maryland laws going into effect on July 1 include easing the construction and development of data centers, reforming the state’s juvenile justice system, granting security for abortion clinics, preventing books from being banned for ideological or partisan reasons, creating a state 988 number for mental health crises, grants for nonprofits in areas of concentrated child poverty, banning the speculative sale of event tickets, banning the use of a vape while indoors, in transit, or the workplace, and banning the use of legacy or donor status for admission to public colleges.
