The new law would impose a tax of between 2.5% and 10% on the sale of every online ad, with the revenue going to fund Maryland’s public schools.

Bowser said the bill to break up the sprawling agency was ill-conceived and too expensive, but lawmakers quickly disagreed.

One bill would break up the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs into two separate agencies, and the other would create a new ombudsman’s office within the city’s public child welfare agency.