| MD | HB1258 | Veto | Requiring the registers of wills for each county and Baltimore City to, in coordination, establish a centralized website for use by all registers to publish certain notice; altering certain requirements for publication of notice relating to the appoi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-23 Vetoed by the Governor (Policy) |
| MD | HB300 | Pass | Transferring, from the county administrative judge of the circuit court for the county to the clerk of the circuit court for the county, the authority to designate a deputy clerk to perform a marriage ceremony. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 927 |
| MD | HB496 | Pass | Requiring certain facts to be considered when determining whether a lack of consent exists for the purposes of determining certain sexual crimes; altering the elements of second-degree rape to remove the requirement of use of force or threat of force... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 761 |
| MD | HB582 | Pass | Establishing the Pava LaPere Innovation Acceleration Grant Program in the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to provide grants to technology-based start-up companies founded by students from institutions located in the Baltimore-Columbia-Tow... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 710 |
| MD | HB531 | Pass | Repealing the requirement for the Maryland Parole Commission to assess a fee against an individual on parole and supervised by the Division of Parole and Probation under certain circumstances; and repealing authorization for the Division of Parole a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 928 |
| MD | HB728 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange to establish and implement the Qualified Resident Enrollment Program to facilitate the enrollment of qualified residents in qualified plans; providing that the operation and administration of the Program... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 842 |
| MD | HB801 | Pass | Providing that certain provisions of the Maryland Rules relating to discovery in civil matters apply in a certain administrative proceeding; requiring a court that receives a certain report to promptly notify counsel of record for the committed perso... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 759 |
| MD | HB947 | Pass | Prohibiting firearm industry members from knowingly creating, maintaining, or contributing to a public nuisance through the sale, manufacture, distribution, importation, or marketing of a firearm-related product under certain circumstances; requiring... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 714 |
| MD | HB1171 | Pass | Prohibiting the sale of natural membrane condoms, rather than all nonlatex condoms, through a vending machine or other automatic device; excluding the violation of a certain provision of the Act from certain penalties; and authorizing registered nurs... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 933 |
| MD | HB1358 | Pass | Requiring the Department of Natural Resources and Baltimore City to convene focus group meetings on the establishment of the Gwynns Falls State Park with community members and stakeholders that reside or operate in the vicinity of the proposed State ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 965 |
| MD | HB1037 | Pass | Establishing the Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services to identify reentry services in the State, develop a plan to establish a new division within the Department of Public Safety and Correctiona... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 937 |
| MD | HB209 | Pass | Establishing the Prison Education Delivery Reform Commission to develop recommendations relating to education and its impact on the criminal justice system; and requiring the Commission to submit an interim report of its findings and recommendations ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 945 |
| MD | HB345 | Pass | Requiring certain petitions to review the listing or unlisting of endangered or threatened species to contain certain information regarding the distribution, life needs, habitat requirements, and status of the species; requiring the Secretary of Natu... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 620 |
| MD | HB332 | Pass | Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration, in consultation with Baltimore City and other interested jurisdictions, to prepare a report on motor vehicles owned by Maryland residents that are improperly titled or registered in another state; requiring... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 648 |
| MD | HB432 | Pass | Replacing references to mental retardation with references to an intellectual disability in certain provisions of law. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 444 |
| MD | HB780 | Pass | Providing that competitive sealed proposals is the preferred procurement method for a contract for security services with an expected value that is greater than $1,000,000. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 612 |
| MD | HB895 | Pass | 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 |
| MD | HB1206 | Pass | Establishing the Maryland-Ireland Trade Commission in the Department of Commerce to study and make recommendations regarding bilateral trade relations and investment opportunities between Maryland and Ireland; and requiring the Commission by December... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 409 |
| MD | HB1451 | Pass | Establishing the Arts Incubator Workgroup to study how arts and cultural institutions can support local artists; requiring the Workgroup to submit to the Governor and the General Assembly by January 1, 2025, a preliminary report on its findings, incl... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 613 |
| MD | HB664 | Pass | Authorizing a certain protected individual or the Office of Information Privacy in the Administrative Office of the Courts to request that a governmental entity or person not publish personal information of the individual on the Internet, social medi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 414 |
| MD | HB508 | Pass | Altering the definition of "abuse" to include labor trafficking of a child by any individual for purposes of provisions of law governing children in need of assistance cases and child abuse and neglect reporting; expanding provisions of law relating ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 349 |
| MD | HB534 | Pass | Extending the termination date for the Live Near Your School program and a related homebuyer program from September 30, 2024, to September 30, 2030. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 264 |
| MD | HB577 | Pass | Establishing the Study on the Establishment of a Homeless Shelter Licensing Program in the Department of Housing and Community Development; requiring the Study to review current habitability and admissions standards of homeless shelters in the State;... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 151 |
| MD | HB506 | Pass | Providing that a certain required sexual harassment prevention training for employees of Morgan State University and St. Mary's College of Maryland may consist of webinar, computer-based, or online training if the training includes a certain evaluati... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 278 |
| MD | HB538 | Pass | Establishing the Historic Property Revitalization Director as a position in the Department of Housing and Community Development; prohibiting a local legislative body from prohibiting the placement of certain manufactured homes or modular dwellings in... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 122 |
| MD | HB693 | Pass | 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 |
| MD | HB585 | 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 21 |
| MD | HB836 | Engross 50% | Requiring the Department of Transportation, in consultation with the Department of the Environment, to establish a process for performing major highway capacity expansion project impact assessments; requiring the Department and a metropolitan plannin... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08 Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator King) Adopted |
| MD | HB344 | Engross 50% | Establishing certain standards and requirements for implementing the Vision Zero program under the Maryland Department of Transportation; requiring the Department to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 31 each year on the stat... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-05 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB667 | Engross 50% | Establishing that certain crimes relating to animals do not include certain activities; establishing that each animal harmed in a violation of a prohibition against animal cruelty is a separate offense and shall be deemed an individual victim for pur... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-05 To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | HB696 | Engross 50% | Requiring the State Department of Education, on or before December 1, 2024, to report to the General Assembly on the cost to provide free breakfast and lunch to all students in public schools in the State. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-05 To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | HB734 | Engross 50% | Repealing the authority of a municipality to prohibit vagrancy. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-05 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB1277 | Engross 50% | Prohibiting a use of force report from including information that is prohibited from disclosure by State or federal law; requiring an employer of a security guard providing security guard services on the premises of a health care facility to report e... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-05 To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | HB566 | Engross 50% | Establishing the Commission on State and Local Government Real Property Bearing Confederate Names to develop and implement a framework to identify real property owned by the State or a political subdivision that bears a Confederate name; and requirin... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22 To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB485 | Engross 50% | Repealing the prohibition on an individual from knowingly transferring or attempting to transfer the human immunodeficiency virus to another individual. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB37 | Engross 50% | Establishing the Commission on Services for Formerly Incarcerated Women overseen by the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services to create a comprehensive plan for services for formerly incarcerated women; requiring the Commi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB943 | Engross 50% | Clarifying that expungement does not prohibit disclosure of records that contain information that is also contained in an expunged record, is formatted to facilitate research, and contains de-identified data; and providing that certain provisions of ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB1267 | Engross 50% | Authorizing researchers affiliated with institutions of higher education who are conducting academic or policy research to review a court record related to a petition for an extreme risk protective order. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB359 | Engross 50% | Authorizing a petitioner to request a stay of certain civil actions or proceedings on the filing of a petition for guardianship of the property of an alleged disabled person; requiring, to effectuate service of process for certain civil actions again... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB511 | Engross 50% | Authorizing a person operating a bicycle that is approaching a stop sign at an intersection on a highway with two or fewer lanes for moving traffic to cautiously make a turn or proceed through the intersection without stopping if the person reduces t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB549 | Engross 50% | Increasing from 1 year to 3 years the statute of limitations for the prosecution or suit for enforcement of local consumer protection codes. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB731 | Intro 25% | Altering the required contents of a certain plan that a gas company may file with the Public Service Commission for proposed eligible infrastructure replacement projects to include certain descriptions, demonstrations, analyses, and notifications; an... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12 Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters |
| MD | HB673 | Engross 50% | Prohibiting the creation of a lien on owner-occupied residential property by contract or as a result of a breach of contract for the payment of medical debt. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-08 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HJ1 | Intro 25% | Urging the Administration of President Joseph R. Biden to publish the federal Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and for the U.S. Congress to affirm, by joint resolution, the Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amend... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-06 To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | HJ9 | Intro 25% | Declaring the State of Maryland's support of and consent to admitting Washington, D.C. to the Union as a state of the United States of America. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-06 To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | HB407 | Intro 25% | Requiring the Department of Human Services to provide food supplement benefits to students who are residents of the State, are enrolled in an institution of higher education for at least 15 credit hours per year, whose family contribution is expected... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26 To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | HB736 | Intro 25% | Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to cover nonprescription naloxone hydrochloride and any other drug or product that is approved by the federal... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26 Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB357 | Intro 25% | Prohibiting a certain farm owner or operator from knowingly confining egg-laying hens in an enclosure in a certain manner, subject to certain exceptions, on and after January 1, 2026; prohibiting a business owner or operator or a farm owner or operat... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14 To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB1096 | Intro 25% | Authorizing a community-based organization, with the approval of the Maryland Department of Health, to establish an Overdose and Infectious Disease Prevention Services Program to provide a location for the consumption of preobtained drugs, provide st... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14 To House Health and Government Operations Committee |
| MD | HB474 | Intro 25% | Prohibiting a court from revoking a defendant's pretrial release or finding that a defendant has violated probation, and the Maryland Parole Commission from finding that a parolee has violated parole, based solely on the use of cannabis or a positive... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13 To House Judiciary Committee |