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| Position | Bill | Status | Summary | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | HB1256 | Passed | Requiring a certain electric company to file certain time-of-use tariffs with the Public Service Commission by July 1, 2025; requiring a certain electric company to attempt to achieve a certain enrollment target for certain tariffs by January 1, 2028... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 476 |
| #2 | HB690 | Passed | Altering the membership of the Adult Protective Services Review Board in Charles County to authorize the appointment of a physician's assistant or nurse practitioner in the field of psychiatry to serve on the board instead of a psychiatrist. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 674 |
| #3 | HB1388 | Passed | Applying to certain veterinary and health care professionals certain provisions of law stating that certain noncompete and conflict of interest provisions in certain employment contracts are null and void as being against the public policy of the Sta... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 378 |
| #4 | SB485 | Passed | Modifying provisions of law governing application, administration, and enforcement of the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program, including provisions related to the payment of contributions, the calculation of the average weekly wage, the submis... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 266 |
| #5 | SB442 | Passed | Altering certain penalties and points assessments for certain motor vehicle violations related to participation in a race or speed contest; prohibiting a person from engaging in exhibition driving on any highway or private property that is used for d... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 570 |
| #6 | SB706 | Passed | Requiring the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System to suspend the retirement benefit of a retiree of the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System who is elected as a sheriff within 1 year after retirement; providing for the r... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 671 |
| #7 | HB364 | Passed | Authorizing the use of stop sign monitoring systems in school zones in Prince George's County, if authorized by local law; providing that the owner or driver of a motor vehicle recorded failing to obey a stop sign is subject to a citation and a certa... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 678 |
| #8 | HB973 | Passed | Adding positive community feedback that was not solicited by the police officer who is the subject of the feedback to the list of records that are not considered personnel records; requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to de... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 548 |
| #9 | HB1281 | Passed | Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipality to designate, by law, an area within that political subdivision as a tourism zone under certain circumstances; providing that the designation o... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 239 |
| #10 | HB918 | Passed | Removing the State Treasurer from the Board of Trustees for the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation and repealing related authority and duties; removing the State Treasurer or the State Treasurer's designee from the Maryland Commission... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 435 |
| #11 | SB516 | Passed | Establishing the Maryland Aerospace and Technology Commission in the Department of Commerce to promote innovation in the fields of space exploration and commercial aerospace opportunities, including the integration of space, aeronautics, and aviation... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 623 |
| #12 | SB666 | Passed | Altering certain maximum amounts of monetary relief the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights is authorized to award if the Commission finds that a respondent has engaged in a discriminatory act under provisions of law regarding public accommodations a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 344 |
| #13 | SB344 | Passed | Establishing exceptions to certain criminal prohibitions against trespass on property and the civil tort of trespass for professional land surveyors, and agents and employees of professional land surveyors, who enter the property of another to practi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 606 |
| #14 | HB1074 | Passed | Altering certain reporting requirements on health insurance carriers relating to compliance with the federal Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act; altering requirements for certain analyses of nonquantitative treatment limitations required o... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 234 |
| #15 | SB92 | Passed | Requiring all motion picture houses to offer closed movie captioning for each screening of a certain motion picture; and requiring, if a motion picture is produced and available to motion picture houses with open movie captioning, a place of public a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 360 |
| #16 | SB1103 | Passed | Altering the required contents of the written notice regarding outpatient facility fees; requiring the Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission, in consultation with certain entities, to study and make recommendations regarding hospital outpat... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 142 |
| #17 | HB435 | Passed | Authorizing a court, if an obligor becomes incarcerated, to determine that a material change of circumstances warranting a modification of child support has occurred, provided that the party's ability to pay child support is sufficiently reduced due ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 427 |
| #18 | SB289 | Passed | Increasing from 5% to 15% the percentage of the administrative expenses of the Office of the Director of the State Department of Assessments and Taxation that the Department may pay from a certain fund. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 385 |
| #19 | SB117 | Passed | Repealing a certain requirement related to the inclusion of a core condition in the system for newborn screening; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to implement testing for a core condition listed in the Recommended Uniform Screening Panel ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 178 |
| #20 | SB375 | Passed | Prohibiting certain provisions from being included in State contracts; specifying that certain provisions are void if included in a State contract; specifying the applicable law and interpretation of State contracts; exempting a State contract relati... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 433 |
| #21 | HB504 | Passed | Authorizing the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $1,000,000 each year to the Department of Planning to be used as a grant to the Maryland Humanities Council for the Marilyn Hatza Memorial Strengthening Humanities Inve... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 507 |
| #22 | SB665 | Passed | Reducing the percentage of unit owners listed on the current roster of a condominium needed to consent to an amendment of a condominium's declaration if none of the units of the condominium are owned by a developer of the condominium from 80% to 66 2... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 343 |
| #23 | SB793 | Passed | Clarifying that a county is responsible for a certain tort claim against a sheriff or deputy sheriff under the Maryland Tort Claims Act; clarifying that, for certain tort claims against a sheriff or deputy sheriff, the State is the proper defendant; ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 610 |
| #24 | SB804 | Passed | Requiring the Maryland Stadium Authority to conduct a certain feasibility study for developing, establishing, and operating a sports tourism facility at Reisterstown Regional Park in northwest Baltimore County; requiring the Authority to consult with... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 615 |
| #25 | HB895 | Passed | Clarifying that a county assumes the responsibilities of a certain tort claim against a sheriff or deputy sheriff under the Maryland Tort Claims Act; clarifying that, for certain tort claims against a sheriff or deputy sheriff, the State is the prope... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 611 |
| #26 | HB1003 | Passed | Authorizing a plat in Montgomery County to be drawn, recorded, and maintained in electronic form in a manner approved by the State Archivist. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 696 |
| #27 | HB999 | Passed | Establishing the Workgroup on Establishing a Science and Technology Best Practices and Innovation Network to identify and analyze options for establishing and maintaining an open access science, technology, and innovation network or hub of citizen sc... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 448 |
| #28 | HB1308 | Passed | Prohibiting a person from recording a deed or other instrument that the person knows contains false information; establishing a 3-year limitation on when a prosecution for a violation of the Act may be commenced; establishing a fine not to exceed $50... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 369 |
| #29 | HB1304 | Passed | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop a process for providing information about the availability of the State's earned income tax credits to individuals enrolled or participating in certain programs or services, or potential enrollee... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 376 |
| #30 | SB673 | Passed | Increasing the participation goal for certain small businesses for certain procurement contracts from 15% to 20%; requiring the certification agency, in consultation with the Governor's Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs, to develo... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 582 |
| #31 | SB959 | Passed | Requiring an investor-owned electric company to file certain time-of-use tariffs with the Public Service Commission by July 1, 2025; requiring an investor-owned electric company to attempt to achieve a reasonable enrollment target for the tariffs by ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 475 |
| #32 | SB956 | Passed | Requiring the Department of the Environment to identify significant industrial users that currently and intentionally use PFAS chemicals by October 1, 2024; requiring the Department to develop certain PFAS monitoring and testing criteria for signific... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 557 |
| #33 | HB567 | Passed | Establishing generally the manner in which a controller or a processor may process a consumer's personal data; authorizing a consumer to exercise certain rights in regards to the consumer's personal data; requiring a controller of personal data to es... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 454 |
| #34 | SB162 | Passed | Limiting a tenant's liability for rent under a residential lease to not more than 2 months' rent after the date on which the tenant vacates a leased premises if a physician or psychologist completes a form specifying that the tenant has a mental diso... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 289 |
| #35 | SB1068 | Passed | Stating the intent of the General Assembly that the Department of Information Technology evaluate the feasibility of creating a 3-1-1 portal utilizing artificial intelligence and that the Department prioritize the creation of the portal if feasible. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 450 |
| #36 | SB161 | Passed | Altering certain requirements for community schools and community school coordinators; requiring the Director of Community Schools to create a common needs assessment tool and an evaluation form; requiring a community school coordinator to complete a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 230 |
| #37 | HB700 | Passed | Requiring the State Board to develop and implement a marketing campaign to recruit individuals to serve as election judges; authorizing a local board to supplement the marketing campaign implemented by the State Board; requiring that a county employe... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 504 |
| #38 | HB693 | Passed | Establishing the Office of Tenant and Landlord Affairs in the Department of Housing and Community Development to provide certain educational resources and information to tenants; requiring the Office to develop and publish a Maryland Tenants' Bill of... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 124 |
| #39 | SB969 | Passed | Requiring, in each fiscal year from 2026 through 2030, up to $100,000 from the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund to be used to fund certain operations grants at a rate of $20,000 per project sponsor each fiscal year; establishing t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 559 |
| #40 | SB1056 | Passed | Prohibiting licensees that sell cigarettes, other tobacco products, or electronic smoking devices at retail from displaying cigarettes, other tobacco products, or electronic smoking devices for sale unless located behind a counter; requiring certain ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 462 |
| #41 | SB7 | Passed | Adding positive community feedback that was not solicited by the police officer who is the subject of the feedback to the list of records that are not considered personnel records for certain purposes; requiring the Maryland Police Training and Stand... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 549 |
| #42 | SJ1 | Enrolled | Urging the Administration of President Joseph R. Biden to publish, without delay, the federal Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and for the U.S. Congress to pass a joint resolution affirming the Equal Rights Amendm... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Signed by the President and the Speaker - Joint Resolution 1 |
| #43 | HB603 | Passed | Requiring a certain entity that offers an online product reasonably likely to be accessed by children to complete a certain data protection impact assessment by April 1, 2026, under certain circumstances; requiring certain privacy protections for cer... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 461 |
| #44 | HB761 | Passed | Prohibiting, beginning December 31, 2026, the location of a school bus stop on any highway with five or more undivided traffic lanes in Montgomery County unless a school crossing guard is posted or a certain traffic control device is placed at the sc... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 676 |
| #45 | SB541 | Passed | Regulating the manner in which a controller or a processor in possession of a consumer's personal data may process the consumer's personal data; authorizing a consumer to exercise certain rights in regards to the consumer's personal data; requiring a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 455 |
| #46 | SB150 | Passed | Altering the frequency of certain performance audits of the Board of Liquor License Commissioners for Baltimore City to once every 6 years instead of 4 years, and the Board of License Commissioners for Prince George's County to at least once every 6 ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 661 |
| #47 | HB139 | Passed | Adding gas and electric utility services to the types of services for which landlords of buildings that contain six or more residential units are required to provide a written notice to a tenant, before the initiation of a lease and each term thereaf... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 225 |
| #48 | SB245 | Passed | Adding the Maryland Community Health Resources Commission to the governmental activities and units subject to the Maryland Program Evaluation Act; and extending the termination date to June 30, 2035, for certain provisions of law related to the Commi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 386 |
| #49 | HB62 | Passed | Increasing, from 30 days to 60 days, the time period during which an investigation must be conducted and a written decision must be issued regarding a complaint filed by an applicant or employee alleging discrimination or harassment by an employer; a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 554 |
| #50 | SB205 | Passed | Requiring that certain appointing officials in making appointments to the Board of Regents of the University System of Maryland ensure that one member of the Board is a graduate of a historically Black college or university in the University System o... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 263 |
