Maryland Delegate Melissa Wells [D]

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MDHB496PassRequiring 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...
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2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 761
MDHB1051PassEstablishing requirements on local health departments and certain health care providers and facilities regarding maternal health, including requirements regarding prenatal risk assessment forms and postpartum infant and maternal referral forms; requi...
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2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 799
MDHB287PassExcluding the cash value of any qualified retirement savings plans or individual retirement accounts from the definition of "assets" for purposes of certain property tax relief provided to certain renters; and applying the Act to all taxable years be...
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2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 898
MDHB432PassReplacing references to mental retardation with references to an intellectual disability in certain provisions of law.
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 444
MDHB385PassRequiring that a notice containing certain information provided to an employee at the time of hiring be written; requiring that the statement regarding earnings required to be provided to employees by employers be written on the physical pay stub or ...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 306
MDHB598PassProhibiting discrimination based on military status with regard to housing and employment.
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 322
MDHB765PassAuthorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to grant, by law, a tax credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on real property that is used for cer...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 149
MDHB903PassRequiring certain information to be provided to the parents of a child with a disability under certain circumstances; establishing the Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Program; establishing the Access to Attorneys...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 171
MDHB522PassRequiring, by December 31, 2024, the State Department of Education and the Maryland Department of Health jointly to adopt certain State guidelines for school health services regarding student access to telehealth appointments during the school day on...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 195
MDHB472PassEstablishing the School Mapping Data Program in the Maryland Center for School Safety; providing that the purpose of the Program is to provide funds to local school systems to produce school mapping data for each public school and public charter scho...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 167
MDHB1219PassRequiring that each public middle school and high school alter the venue-specific emergency action plan for athletic facilities to incorporate a cardiac emergency response plan; requiring each nonpublic middle school and high school that receives Sta...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 163
MDHB1386PassRequiring the State Department of Education to develop guidelines for an antibias training program for school employees; requiring each county board of education to offer training based on the guidelines; requiring each county board, every other yea...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 128
MDHB1167PassEstablishing the Secure Schools Emergency Response Grant Program to be administered by the Maryland Center for School Safety to provide funds to improve emergency notification systems and communications between public elementary and secondary school ...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 293
MDHB1441PassAltering staff qualifications in eligible prekindergarten programs; authorizing a county board to apply for funding to lease space for prekindergarten programs; establishing an early childhood educator career ladder; requiring the Department of Educ...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 165
MDHB1276Intro

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Altering certain apprenticeship requirements relating to public works contracts to require certain contractors and subcontractors to employ a certain number of qualified apprentices or journeymen necessary to meet a certain applicable percentage for ...
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2024-04-08
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDHB696Engross

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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.
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2024-04-05
To Senate Rules Committee
MDHB837Engross

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Requiring each public high school to inform students of certain employment and skills training opportunities in the same manner in which the school informs students of postsecondary educational options; requiring each public high school to inform stu...
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2024-04-05
To Senate Rules Committee
MDHB892Engross

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Prohibiting a person from knowingly recruiting, harboring, transporting, or obtaining an individual for the purpose of appropriating the government benefits of an individual for the benefit of the person or another through deception, coercion, exploi...
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2024-03-20
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB970Engross

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Prohibiting a landlord from increasing a tenant's rent during a certain lease term if the landlord violates a requirement that the landlord provide notification of an increase in rent; and prohibiting a landlord from taking certain retaliatory action...
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2024-03-20
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB1254Engross

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Requiring certain individuals to submit to a criminal history records check before the individual is authorized to have a position involving direct contact with children in a licensed child care center, registered family child care home, or registere...
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2024-03-19
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDHB331Engross

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Altering the definition of "expenditure" to include reasonable expenses for caregiving services that a candidate incurs as a direct result of campaign activity and that are necessary to promote the candidacy of the candidate; and defining "caregiving...
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2024-03-19
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDHB558Engross

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Requiring the State Department of Education, in collaboration with the Maryland Department of Health, to develop a comprehensive health education framework; requiring each county board of education to create an age-appropriate curriculum that is cons...
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2024-03-19
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDHB1237Engross

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Establishing the Task Force to Study the Maryland Online Special Education System; requiring the Task Force to consider the effectiveness, functionality and usability of the Maryland Online Individualized Education Program and the Maryland Online Ind...
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2024-03-19
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDHB1490Intro

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Establishing the Business Diversity Incubator Program and Fund in the Department of Commerce to provide grants to certain business entities to establish diverse and effective business incubators in the State; authorizing the Governor in each of fisca...
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2024-03-13
To House Ways and Means Committee
MDHB718Intro

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Requiring the State to provide a benefit of at least $40 under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to a household that includes an individual who is at least 65 years old and has a gross annual household income that does not exceed $50,000.
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2024-03-11
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDHJ1Intro

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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...
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2024-03-06
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDHB1135Intro

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Requiring certain regulated financial institutions to develop a community benefit plan in connection with certain applications to the Commissioner of Financial Regulation relating to financial services; requiring the Commissioner to exercise certain ...
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2024-03-04
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDHB357Intro

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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...
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2024-02-14
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDHB523Intro

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Authorizing a court to grant a petition for expungement of records relating to a certain conviction at any time on a showing of good cause.
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2024-02-13
To House Judiciary Committee
MDHB1429Intro

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Providing that the creative expression of a criminal defendant or juvenile respondent is not admissible against the defendant or respondent unless the court makes certain findings; and defining "creative expression" as the expression or application o...
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2024-02-13
To House Judiciary Committee
MDHB467Intro

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Establishing consumer protections related to service fees charged by restaurants; specifying a certain tip credit amount that is in effect for certain time periods; and prohibiting employers of tipped employees, beginning January 1, 2027, from includ...
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2024-02-12
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDHB1274Intro

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Requiring that a complaint to repossess a residential premises for the failure to pay rent include evidence that the landlord provided the tenant with notice of the landlord's intent to file a claim.
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2024-02-09
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDHB1438Intro

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Establishing the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Payment Program in the Department of the Environment to secure payments from certain businesses that extract fossil fuels or refine petroleum products in order to provide a source of revenue f...
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2024-02-09
To House Economic Matters Committee
MDHB890Intro

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Requiring the State Department of Education to disaggregate certain discipline-related data in an electronic spreadsheet format for the Department's website, make the data available to the public, and report certain discipline-related information eac...
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2024-02-07
To House Ways and Means Committee
MDHB1007Intro

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Altering a certain limit on the unified credit used for determining the estate tax for decedents dying on or after a certain date; altering a certain limitation on the amount of the estate tax for decedents dying on or after a certain date; requiring...
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2024-02-06
To House Ways and Means Committee
MDHB754Intro

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Altering the calculation of the vehicle excise tax by repealing an allowance against the total purchase price of a vehicle for the value of a trade-in vehicle.
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2024-02-05
To House Ways and Means Committee
MDHB789Intro

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Altering, beginning July 1, 2026, the minimum salary for certain public school employees to be $60,000; and establishing, subject to certain conditions, certain salary increases for certain public school employees.
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2024-01-31
To House Ways and Means Committee
MDHB724Intro

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Authorizing an individual who is serving a term of confinement to petition a court to reduce the sentence if the individual has served at least 20 years of the individuals term of confinement and at least 3 years have passed since the court decided a...
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2024-01-30
To House Judiciary Committee
MDHB301Intro

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Prohibiting an incarcerated individual who is serving a sentence for first degree rape or first degree sexual offense as first degree sexual offense existed prior to October 1, 2017, from being entitled to diminution of the incarcerated individual's ...
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2024-01-23
To House Judiciary Committee
MDHB334Intro

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Requiring the Governor, beginning in fiscal year 2026, to include in the annual budget bill a certain appropriation for the MPowering Joint Steering Council to use exclusively on the University of Maryland Institute for Health Computing; and requirin...
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2024-01-23
To House Appropriations Committee
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