| 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 | HB548 | Pass | Establishing the Task Force on Responsible Use of Natural Psychedelic Substances to study existing laws, scientific data, and practices related to the use of natural psychedelic substances; requiring the Task Force to make recommendations regarding a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 792 |
| MD | HB933 | Pass | Establishing a 9-8-8 fee to be paid by each subscriber to switched local exchange access service, commercial mobile radio service, or other 9-8-8-accessible service; establishing a prepaid wireless 9-8-8 fee to be paid on certain retail transactions;...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 780 |
| MD | HB1063 | Pass | Altering the definition of "underlying crime" that is applicable to certain prohibitions against participation in criminal organizations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 934 |
| MD | HB238 | Pass | Prohibiting vaping in certain indoor areas and places of employment and certain mass transportation; requiring that certain signs be posted in each public indoor area and each public entrance to an indoor area where smoking or vaping is prohibited; r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 754 |
| MD | HB211 | Pass | Prohibiting a person from serving or acting as a contractor, a subcontractor, or a broker between a contractor and subcontractor during the 5-year period immediately following the date the person was convicted of an offense constituting criminal malf...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 638 |
| MD | HB120 | Pass | Altering a certain loan program to authorize the Maryland Agricultural and Resource-Based Industry Development Corporation to provide loans of up to $10,000 for each seasonal full-time job; expanding eligibility for the Maryland Watermen's Microloan ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 574 |
| MD | HB1 | Pass | Requiring producers of architectural paint or a representative organization to submit a plan for the establishment of a Paint Stewardship Program to the Department of the Environment by July 1, 2025, and in accordance with certain requirements; requi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 587 |
| MD | HB306 | Pass | Establishing the Workgroup on Independent Innovation in Prince George's County to promote innovation and technology in the county; and requiring the Workgroup by January 15, 2026, to report on recommendations regarding strategies to support investmen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 677 |
| MD | HB397 | Pass | Requiring gas companies serving at least 75,000 customers in their distribution territories and authorizing gas companies serving fewer than 75,000 customers to develop a plan for a pilot thermal energy network system or systems on or before October ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 564 |
| MD | HB567 | Pass | 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 |
| MD | HB605 | Pass | Requiring recreational vehicle dealers to hold a dealer agreement with a recreational vehicle manufacturer to sell the manufacturer's recreational vehicles in the State; establishing licensing requirements for a recreational vehicle manufacturer, dis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 525 |
| MD | HB685 | Pass | 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 622 |
| MD | HB613 | Pass | 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 |
| MD | HB710 | Pass | Establishing the Household Goods Movers Registration Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund in the Maryland Department of Labor; requiring the Secretary of Labor to annually calculate certain costs; authorizing the Department to set by regulation certain...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 565 |
| MD | HB738 | Pass | Increasing from $50,000 to $500,000 the amount of general liability insurance that an applicant for a home improvement contractor license or a licensed home improvement contractor must maintain.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 530 |
| MD | HB749 | Pass | Altering certain definitions as they relate to certain Maryland business entities; authorizing a corporation to adopt certain emergency bylaws; authorizing a corporation to take certain actions during an emergency; limiting the liability of certain p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 608 |
| MD | HB741 | Pass | 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 wit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 616 |
| MD | HB753 | Pass | Requiring an application for investment by the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to include an option for an applicant to provide certain demographic information of the applicant and the geographic area of the applicant's primary place of b...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 633 |
| MD | HB787 | Pass | Establishing the Allegany Regional Recreational Economic Development Authority in Allegany County to support the development and construction of regional recreation facilities to benefit residents and the economic development of Allegany County, incl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 528 |
| MD | HB864 | Pass | Requiring each electric company, each gas company, and the Department of Housing and Community Development to develop a plan for achieving certain energy efficiency, conservation, and greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets through certain program...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 539 |
| MD | HB914 | Pass | Altering procedures for the claiming and awarding of grants under the Winery and Vineyard Economic Development Grant Program to allow an individual or corporation who paid or incurred qualified capital expenses during the immediately preceding calend...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 505 |
| MD | HB882 | Pass | Establishing that certain provisions governing signage at retail service stations supersede inconsistent local law; altering a signage requirement for retail service stations relating to the price of regular gasoline so that the signage prominently d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 451 |
| MD | HB871 | Pass | Requiring records of junk dealers, scrap metal processors, and automotive dismantlers and recyclers to include certain information about the vehicle from which a detached catalytic converter, or part of a detached catalytic converter, was obtained fr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 484 |
| MD | HB1012 | Pass | Altering the requirements that certain officers and employees of the State be covered by certain surety bonds to allow the officers and employees to be covered by certain insurance policies; transferring certain duties and responsibilities of the Mar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 437 |
| MD | HB1116 | Pass | Altering an exception for licensed restaurants to the requirement that a person who does business as a trader or an exhibitor have a trader's license to apply only to restaurants that generate 10% or less of their annual sales from nonfood items.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 641 |
| 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 | HB1203 | Pass | Establishing the Strategic Infrastructure Revolving Loan Program in the Maryland Economic Development Corporation to make loans for targeted investments in real estate and infrastructure projects located in sustainable communities, priority funding a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 449 |
| MD | HB991 | Pass | Establishing a food processing residuals utilization permit; prohibiting a person from utilizing food processing residuals in the State unless the person obtains a permit; requiring the Department of Agriculture to provide a certain notice and inform...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 531 |
| MD | HB1256 | Pass | 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 |
| MD | HB253 | Pass | Making alterations and clarifications related to the duties of the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission, the Office of Social Equity, the Advisory Board on Medical and Adult-Use Cannabis, and the Maryland Cannabis Administration; altering the me...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 241 |
| MD | HB272 | Pass | Prohibiting a person from applying for or holding a cannabis license or registration under certain circumstances if an ownership interest in the license or registration is for the limited purpose of satisfying certain requirements of registration or ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 242 |
| MD | HB599 | Pass | Establishing the Maryland Community Investment Corporation as an independent unit to make investments and financial assistance available in certain low-income communities in the State; expanding the eligible uses of the Strategic Demolition and Smart...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 123 |
| MD | HB510 | Pass | Expanding the eligible recipients of funding provided by the Department of Housing and Community Development under the Business Facade Improvement Program to include community development organizations that serve at least one sustainable community an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 158 |
| 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 | HB598 | Pass | Prohibiting discrimination based on military status with regard to housing and employment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 322 |
| MD | HB1397 | Pass | Altering certain provisions of law prohibiting discrimination based on certain protected characteristics to include prohibitions on discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, race, religious beliefs, marital status, and disability; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 377 |
| MD | HB1281 | Pass | 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 |
| MD | HB26 | Pass | Altering the type of financial assistance that may be provided by eligible fund managers who receive grants from the Small, Minority, and Women-Owned Businesses Account in the Department of Commerce to allow grants of up to $10,000 in conjunction wit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 68 |
| MD | HB112 | Pass | Requiring a person to file a registration statement with the State Board of Elections within a certain time period after the award of a contract that causes the person to be doing public business; requiring persons doing public business to update inf...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 22 |
| MD | HB1487 | Pass | Reestablishing the Maryland Entertainment Council to be the Maryland Entertainment Industry Council within the Department of Commerce to assess the State's existing assets, study certain existing State programs, agencies, and offices, and make recomm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 70 |
| MD | HB1526 | Pass | Establishing the Fallen Transportation Workers Scholarship Program and the Fallen Transportation Workers Scholarship Fund; authorizing the Secretary of Labor to exempt an individual from the requirement to be actively seeking work for unemployment in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 2 |
