| SB280 | Pass | Repealing the requirement that a notary public use a certain protest form.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 95 |
| SB300 | Pass | Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources, with prior approval of the Maryland Historical Trust and after an internal departmental review, to authorize within the Belt Woods Wildland archeological inventories, studies, and research that involve...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 112 |
| SB212 | Pass | Altering the membership and terms of members of the Behavioral Health Advisory Council; altering the membership of the Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access; requiring the Commission, in coordination with the Council, to make reco...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 42 |
| SB478 | Pass | Authorizing employers to grant a preference in hiring and promotion to spouses of eligible service members; and requiring the appointing authorities in the Executive Branch of State government to apply a credit of 10 points on any selection test for ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 6 |
| SB297 | Pass | Reducing from 12 to 10 the number of years that an engineer member of the State Board for Professional Engineers must have practiced engineering.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 107 |
| SB216 | Pass | Increasing, from $10,000 to $25,000, the cap on penalties for an employer's failure to secure required workers' compensation insurance or comply with an order of the State Workers' Compensation Commission regarding an employer's failure to secure req...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 78 |
| SB228 | Pass | Repealing a certain provision of law providing that a qualified health plan is not required under certain circumstances to provide essential benefits that duplicate the minimum benefits of qualified dental plans; and repealing the authority of the Ma...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 116 |
| SB266 | Pass | Providing that an individual serving as the State Superintendent of Schools shall immediately vest in the State Retirement and Pension System.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 54 |
| SB254 | Pass | Requiring motor vehicle insurance companies to participate in the Administration's online verification program for vehicle insurance policies for law enforcement and administrative purposes; and requiring motor vehicle insurance companies to provide ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 74 |
| SB477 | Pass | Increasing, from 15 to 30, the maximum number of days of disaster service leave for employees in the Executive Branch of State government; and increasing, from 15 to 30, the maximum number of days of paid leave the Secretary of Budget and Management ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 8 |
| SB229 | Pass | Altering the maximum civil penalty to which an unauthorized insurer or person that violates certain provisions of State insurance law is subject for each violation; and altering the maximum civil penalty that the Maryland Insurance Commissioner may i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 120 |
| SB183 | Pass | Providing that certain provisions requiring prompt payments for State procurement contracts apply to payments owed by a contractor to a supplier.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 30 |
| SB309 | Pass | Repealing the Office of Smart Growth; repealing the position of Special Secretary of Smart Growth; renaming the Smart Growth Subcabinet to be the Sustainable Growth Subcabinet; and altering the membership and duties of the Subcabinet.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 92 |
| SB476 | Pass | Providing that certain firefighters, fire fighting instructors, rescue squad members, advanced life support unit members, and members of the Office of the State Fire Marshal who have thyroid, colon, or ovarian cancer are presumed, under certain circu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 14 |
| SB425 | Pass | Clarifying that secondary schools participating in the Maryland Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program may serve breakfast in any broadly accessible part of the school; and authorizing elementary schools participating in the Program, su...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 62 |
| SB243 | Pass | Continuing the Behavior Analyst Advisory Committee within the State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists in accordance with the provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act (sunset law) by extending to July 1, 2026, the termination pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 50 |
| SB209 | Pass | Altering certain requirements relating to industry representation on the Maryland Economic Development Commission and the purpose of the Commission; repealing a requirement that the Office of International Trade make a certain report to the Commissio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 71 |
| SB305 | Pass | Establishing the Maryland Geological Survey Fund to finance certain direct and indirect costs, including long-term budgeting and planning for survey projects, procurements, and equipment purchases; establishing the Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 86 |
| SB222 | Pass | Clarifying that a quorum of the State Board of Environmental Health Specialists consists of a majority of appointed members; altering the circumstances under which an applicant for licensure is qualified to take the examination by adding completion o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 49 |
| SB295 | Pass | Repealing a requirement that the Department of Planning prepare and periodically revise inventory lists of the natural resources of the State and certain public works and facilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 93 |
| SB268 | Pass | Altering the enforcement and after-the-fact application approval procedures required as minimum elements of a local jurisdiction's Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area Program to apply to all critical area violations; repealing the 30-d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 80 |
| SB707 | Pass | Adding the Space Force to certain provisions of law related to the armed forces; authorizing military spouses and residents of the State who are members of the National Guard of another state or a reserve component of the armed forces to terminate ce...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 26 |
| SB221 | Pass | Authorizing certain health occupations boards to adopt regulations establishing reciprocity for individuals licensed or certified in another state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 33 |
| SB283 | Pass | Authorizing an applicant for the homeowners' property tax credit to attest to gross income on an application in lieu of providing an income tax return to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation under certain circumstances; and applying the A...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 79 |
| SB284 | Pass | Authorizing the sale, barter, or exchange of a legally acquired mounted specimen of a game bird, excluding a migratory game bird, or game mammal from a decedent's estate and the specimen is part of the personal property being liquidated or distribute...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 82 |
| SB1007 | Pass | Authorizing the Governor to appoint individuals to the State Board of Elections and the Accountability and Implementation Board during the recess of the Senate under certain circumstances; requiring the Governor to submit a certain nomination to the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 40 |
| SB108 | Pass | Increasing, from $5,000 to $7,000, a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for an individual who is a qualifying police auxiliary or reserve volunteer; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2023.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 16 |
| SB217 | Pass | Conforming provisions of State health insurance law with existing federal requirements, including by updating effective dates for federal regulations, clarifying federal consumer protection regulations resulting from changes to the federal No Surpris...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 118 |
| SB224 | Pass | Requiring a person in charge of a cemetery to write on a burial-transit permit, the date of final disposition, the name and physical address of the cemetery, the burial, inurnment or scattering section and the lot and space number, or if the body or ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 106 |
| SB299 | Pass | Altering the duties of the Coast Smart Council to include the development of eligibility criteria, standards, and procedures for categorical exemptions from the application of the Coast Smart requirements for proposed capital projects that have been ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 111 |
| SB292 | Pass | Altering the title of the Assistant Secretary of State to be "Deputy Secretary of State".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 96 |
| SB122 | Pass | Altering the requirement that each county board of education provide certain students with the telephone number of the Maryland Youth Crisis Hotline by instead requiring that each county board of education provide certain students with the telephone ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 60 |
| SB310 | Pass | Repealing a requirement that the Department of Planning serve as a repository and clearinghouse for information concerning federal and State grants, loans, and other financial and technical assistance; repealing a requirement that the Department adop...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 94 |
| SB366 | Pass | Repealing a certain exemption from certain reemployed retiree earnings offsets for certain retirees of the Employees' and Teachers' Retirement and Pension Systems; repealing certain requirements that certain participating employers pay certain offset...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 67 |
| SB281 | Pass | Authorizing certain persons to alter certain submerged aquatic vegetation in a certain manner and in accordance with certain requirements; authorizing a public utility company or telecommunications carrier to alter certain submerged aquatic vegetatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 84 |
| SB374 | Pass | Prohibiting the State Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Board from requiring an applicant to provide proof that the applicant is lawfully present in the United States or have a Social Security number or Individual Taxpayer Identification Number as a c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 44 |
| SB628 | Pass | Altering the purposes of the Catastrophic Event Account and the Federal Government Shutdown Employee Assistance Loan Fund to provide financial assistance to noncivilian federal employees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 18 |
| SB143 | Pass | Clarifying a certain exemption from a certain reemployment offset for retirees of the Teachers' Retirement System and Teachers' Pension System who are reemployed by a local school system under certain conditions; and providing for the retroactive app...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 65 |
| SB260 | Pass | Altering a certain condition regarding the payment of certain restitution, fines, and fees that a certain supervised individual must satisfy to accrue certain earned compliance credit while under the supervision of the Division of Parole and Probatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 98 |
| SB444 | Pass | Authorizing the Governing Board of the Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center to authorize the Center to send student information to the United States Census Bureau.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 64 |
| SB255 | Pass | Transferring certain duties relating to the Volunteer Company Assistance Fund from the Military Department to the Maryland Department of Emergency Management.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 77 |
| SB156 | Pass | Renaming the Port of Baltimore to be the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 5 |
| SB298 | Pass | Authorizing the State Board of Electricians to impose a civil penalty of up to $5,000 instead of or in addition to reprimanding a licensee or suspending or revoking a license for certain violations; requiring the Board to consider certain factors to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 108 |
| SB480 | Pass | Prohibiting a person from knowingly and willfully making a threat to harm an election official or an immediate family member of an election official because of the election official's role in administering the election process; and establishing that ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 20 |
| SB214 | Pass | Altering the membership of the Maryland Military Installation Council to include the Maryland Secretary of Labor or a designee, the State Superintendent of Schools or a designee, and the President of the Military Alliance Council of Charles County; a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 72 |
| SB219 | Pass | Extending to December 31, 2030, the termination date of the Senior Prescription Drug Assistance Program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 48 |
| SB949 | Engross
Sine Die | Providing that a party in a criminal trial involving an allegation of sexually assaultive behavior may not introduce information that physical evidence of sexually assaultive behavior was obtained using certain materials; providing that selling, offe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| SB878 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to conduct certain prevalence studies concerning problem and pathological mobile gambling, with an initial study to be completed on or before July 1, 2029; requiring the Secretary of Health, on or before No...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08
Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Guzzone) Adopted |
| SB1097 | Engross
Sine Die | Exempting an employee of the Department of Natural Resources in the course of performing official duties from certain prohibitions against knowingly wearing, carrying, or transporting a firearm in certain locations; requiring a person or entity opera...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08
Motion Special Order until Later This Session (Delegate Clippinger) Adopted |
| SB445 | Engross
Sine Die | Defining the term "Health and Human Services Referral System" for the purposes of certain provisions of law governing the System to mean a certain coordinated system for health and human service resources that is accessible to State residents, rather...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
