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| Position | Bill | Status | Summary | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | SB266 | Passed | 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 |
| #2 | SB1070 | Introduced | Altering the Canal Place Preservation and Development Authority to be the Passages of the Western Potomac Heritage Area Authority; altering and repealing certain duties and powers of the Authority; establishing the Canal Place Preservation and Develo... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-04 Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| #3 | SB318 | Introduced | Authorizing a State's Attorney to file a motion for a reduction of sentence at any time during the period of active incarceration recommending a lesser sentence if it is in the interest of justice; authorizing an individual to file a response within ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-15 |
| #4 | SB668 | Passed | Requiring the Department of Human Services to establish and maintain a decentralized supply of new luggage to be used to transport the personal belongings of a child in foster care; requiring the Department to provide new luggage to a child who is en... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 345 |
| #5 | HB829 | Engrossed | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health, subject to the limitations of its budget, to provide a virtual mental health awareness and skills building training program for service sector employees; and requiring the Maryland Department of Health, su... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 |
| #6 | SB853 | Passed | Altering the stadium beer and wine license in Washington County to be a multi-use sports and events facility beer, wine, and liquor license; authorizing the license holder to sell beer, wine, and liquor for on-premises consumption in the multi-use sp... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 1025 |
| #7 | HB959 | Passed | Altering the continuing education requirement for certified dialysis technicians to complete 3 hours of continuing education approved by the Board. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 843 |
| #8 | 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 |
| #9 | HB526 | Introduced | Requiring the Sports Wagering Application Review Commission, subject to certain limitations, to accept and consider applications for sports wagering facility licenses and mobile sports wagering licenses submitted before January 1, 2026; and altering... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24 |
| #10 | HB705 | Engrossed | Requiring a person conducting a meeting of a cooperative housing corporation, condominium, or homeowners association by telephone conference, video conference, or similar electronic means to provide a participant a reasonable opportunity to participa... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13 |
| #11 | SB417 | Passed | Requiring the State Board of Elections to evaluate the performance of the State Administrator of Elections; requiring the State Administrator to provide a performance evaluation of the election director of each local board of elections to the local b... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 579 |
| #12 | SB477 | Passed | 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 |
| #13 | SB781 | Passed | Renaming the Regional Additive Manufacturing Partnership of Maryland to be the Regional Advanced Manufacturing Partnership of Maryland; altering the purposes and duties of the Partnership and composition of the Executive Board of the Partnership; and... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 470 |
| #14 | SB997 | Introduced | Altering the date, to January 1, 2028, by which the Secretary of Health is required to establish a process by which death certificates can be filed electronically and requiring that the process allow all vital records to be filed electronically; and ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09 |
| #15 | SB154 | Introduced | Requiring a unit to structure procurement procedures to meet federal procurement standards and to try to achieve or exceed a certain overall percentage goal of the unit's total dollar value of procurement contracts to be made with historically underu... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-09 |
| #16 | SB34 | Engrossed | Providing that a person who has been convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment exceeding 1 year and is currently serving the sentence imposed for the conviction, including a term of parole or probation, or has been convicted of a crime involvin... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19 |
| #17 | HB173 | Engrossed | Prohibiting a person from disposing of yard waste collected on the grounds of a State building or a State highway in a single-use plastic container; requiring a person to collect yard waste on the grounds of a State building or a State highway in a c... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21 |
| #18 | HB507 | Passed | Authorizing the governing bodies of Allegany County and Garrett County and municipal corporations located in Allegany County and Garrett County to grant, by law, a property tax credit on certain newly constructed dwellings; prohibiting the tax credit... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 974 |
| #19 | HB613 | Passed | Altering certain authorizations to recreationally catch clams in the State; establishing a recreational oyster license; requiring an applicant for a recreational oyster license to be at least 16 years of age; requiring the Department of Natural Resou... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 518 |
| #20 | SB949 | Engrossed | 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 |
| #21 | HB1263 | Engrossed | Establishing certain requirements for assisted living referrers, including requirements related to the maintenance of general liability insurance, criminal history records checks, and the provision of certain agreements and descriptions of services; ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08 |
| #22 | SB390 | Introduced | Altering the definition of "actual income" to include taxes paid by a parent's employer or, if the income is nontaxable, the amount of taxes that would be paid if the income were taxable for purposes of child support calculations. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-18 |
| #23 | SB473 | Passed | Establishing the Pava LaPere Innovation Acceleration Grant Program in the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to provide grants to technology-based startup companies that are founded by students of postsecondary institutions located in and ha... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 711 |
| #24 | SB718 | Passed | Establishing the Maryland Pathway to Nursing Pilot Program in the Maryland Higher Education Commission to support students in licensed practical nursing education programs who intend to practice nursing as a career in the State; requiring the Secreta... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 866 |
| #25 | HB1441 | Passed | Altering 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 165 |
| #26 | HB1076 | Passed | Establishing requirements for each county board of education regarding provision of the instructional materials that will be used in the upcoming school year for students with individualized education programs; requiring the county board to coordinat... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 749 |
| #27 | SB1092 | Passed | Increasing the motor vehicle registration emergency medical system surcharge to $40.00 per year for certain motor vehicles; altering certain provisions of law related to the Maryland Trauma Physician Services Fund, including provisions related to the... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 719 |
| #28 | HB2 | Passed | Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county to establish, by law, a subclass of real property consisting of vacant lots or improved property cited as vacant and unfit for habitation or other authorized u... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 277 |
| #29 | SB360 | Passed | Making the proposed appropriations contained in the State Budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, in accordance with Article III, Section 52 of the Maryland Constitution; etc. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 716 |
| #30 | SB211 | Introduced | Altering certain HIV and syphilis reporting and testing requirements for hospitals and health care providers for pregnant women and newborns, including by requiring that the pregnancy status of certain individuals be included in certain reports and t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-11 |
| #31 | HB1009 | Passed | Altering the number of years after completion of a project funded in part by a grant of the Federally Qualified Health Centers Grant Program after which the State may recover funding under certain circumstances. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 802 |
| #32 | HB1070 | Engrossed | Requiring the Maryland Transportation Authority to transfer $75,000,000 annually, beginning July 1, 2025, to the Transportation Trust Fund and to continue to make the transfer until the Authority has transferred total cumulative payments in the amoun... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04 |
| #33 | SB283 | Passed | 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 |
| #34 | SB695 | Introduced | Requiring the construction of new multifamily residential buildings with separate garages, carports, or driveways for each residential unit to include certain parking spaces for electric vehicle charging; requiring certain significant renovations of ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28 |
| #35 | HB1377 | Passed | Establishing in Frederick County a Class DBR brewery license and a Class DDS distillery permit; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Frederick County to issue to the holder of a certain brewery license a Class DBR license to sell certai... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 1041 |
| #36 | SB616 | Passed | Altering prohibitions on grants from the Maryland Historical Trust; authorizing the Governor, for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter, to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $5,000,000 to the Trust to be used to provide... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 493 |
| #37 | HB178 | Passed | Authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration to issue certain special disabled veteran registration plates to disabled veterans who are between 50% and 99%, inclusive, service-connected disabled as designated or classified by the U.S. Department of V... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 472 |
| #38 | SB348 | Engrossed | Providing that a person may not be denied the right to purchase, own, possess, or carry a firearm solely on the basis that the person is authorized to use medical cannabis. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-21 |
| #39 | HB486 | Passed | Requiring the seller of residential real property located within 1 mile of a National Priorities List (NPL) Superfund site to provide the buyer with an addendum to the contract for the sale of the property that contains the identification of the Supe... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 351 |
| #40 | HB558 | Engrossed | 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19 |
| #41 | SB65 | Engrossed | Prohibiting a person from possessing more than 100 images of certain child pornography or possessing images of certain child pornography depicting a minor or an individual indistinguishable from an actual minor younger than 13 years of age; providing... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28 |
| #42 | HB1055 | Engrossed | Requiring each State agency, county, and municipality to maintain certain records of its highway salt application and submit to the Department of the Environment by July 1 each year a report on its highway salt application for the previous fiscal yea... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08 Motion Laid Over (Senator Kagan) Adopted |
| #43 | SB46 | Passed | Establishing the unenforceability of contracts for the sale of condominium units that do not contain a statement by the vendor or the unit owner as to whether the vendor or owner has actual knowledge of the presence of asbestos in the condominium, in... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 291 |
| #44 | HB250 | Passed | Authorizing the Commissioner of Financial Regulation to examine a third-party service provider as to services and activities performed on behalf of an entity licensed or chartered by the Office of Financial Regulation; requiring the Commissioner to n... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 422 |
| #45 | HB539 | Passed | Requiring each public institution of higher education to adopt a policy to authorize a student to withdraw from the institution under extenuating circumstances and to refund the student for tuition and fees paid by the student for a certain semester ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 299 |
| #46 | HB878 | Engrossed | Requiring certain custodians to deny inspection of the part of a public record that contains personal information of a public official except under certain circumstances; authorizing a certain public official or certain immediate family member of a p... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 |
| #47 | HB1154 | Introduced | Establishing the Office of Domestic Terrorism Response within the Maryland Department of Emergency Management for the purpose of implementing measures to prepare for, prevent, and recover from domestic terrorism and hate crimes; requiring the Marylan... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-11 Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| #48 | HB1145 | Introduced | Establishing that certain firefighters, fire fighting instructors, rescue squad members, advanced life support unit members, and members of the Office of the State Fire Marshal demonstrate disablement for purposes of workers' compensation and are dee... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09 |
| #49 | HB1096 | Introduced | 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 |
| #50 | SB207 | Passed | Establishing the common name of the northern snakehead as the "Chesapeake Channa". [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 571 |
