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MDHB840Intro
25%
Requiring certain public senior higher education institutions to adopt a plan regarding pregnant and parenting students to include referral to on-campus or off-campus services to assist regarding the availability of or eligibility for certain governm...
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2025-03-05
To House Appropriations Committee
MDHB1289Intro
25%
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish by regulation standards relating to the discharge of patients from drug and alcohol treatment programs and certain referral services offered to patients by certain drug and alcohol treatment pr...
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2025-03-05
To House Health and Government Operations Committee
MDHB1242Intro
25%
Requiring the State Department of Education, in collaboration with the Maryland Department of Health, to convene a workgroup to study and make recommendations on vision support treatments and services for students; requiring the workgroup to report i...
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2025-03-05
To House Ways and Means Committee
MDSB275Intro
25%
Establishing rules of interpretation related to the uniformed services; altering the rule of interpretation for "veteran"; requiring the Secretary of Veterans and Military Families to develop certain policies related to life transitions of veterans, ...
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2025-03-04
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
MDSB445Intro
25%
Requiring the Family Investment Administration in the Department of Human Services to be the central coordinating and directing agency of the federal Commodity Supplemental Food Program using certain funds and resources; and repealing the requirement...
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2025-03-04
Second Reading Passed
MDSB511Intro
25%
Requiring certain public senior higher education institutions to adopt a plan regarding pregnant and parenting students to include referral to on-campus or off-campus services to assist regarding the availability of or eligibility for certain governm...
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2025-03-04
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
MDHB1445Intro
25%
Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to develop and publish a fact sheet about the legal issues and resources related to the ownership of residential real property following the death of a homeowner; and requiring a licensed ...
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2025-03-04
To House Judiciary Committee
MDHB1306Intro
25%
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish certain specialized clinics for the management and treatment of sickle cell disease and establish a scholarship program for medical residents who specialize in benign or classical hematology wi...
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2025-03-03
[Hearing: Mar 10 @ 11:00 am]
To House Health and Government Operations Committee
MDHB104Engross
50%
Altering the purpose and use of the Maryland Farms and Families Fund to match purchases made with FMNP, SNAP, and WIC benefits at certain farmers markets and farm stands, support nonprofit farmers markets by providing logistical and marketing support...
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2025-02-21
To Senate Finance Committee
MDHB1402Intro
25%
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health and the Department of Human Services to enter into certain data-sharing agreements with certain agencies to conduct certain reviews related to eligibility for and use of certain public benefits; requiring t...
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2025-02-21
To House Appropriations Committee
MDSB226Engross
50%
Altering the purpose and use of the Maryland Farms and Families Fund to match purchases made with FMNP, SNAP, and WIC benefits at certain farmers markets and farm stands, support nonprofit farmers markets by providing logistical and marketing support...
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2025-02-14
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDHB538Engross
50%
Requiring the Family Investment Administration in the Department of Human Services to be the central coordinating and directing agency of the federal Commodity Supplemental Food Program using certain funds and resources; and repealing the requirement...
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2025-02-14
To Senate Finance Committee
MDSB89Engross
50%
Authorizing the Department of the Environment to establish a certain process in collaboration with one or more boards under the Department's direction and control that requires a board to include a notation indicating veteran status on a professional...
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2025-02-14
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDHB881Intro
25%
Requiring that all child support received in a month pass through to a family seeking assistance under the Family Investment Program and prohibiting the consideration of child support in computing the amount of assistance received; and prohibiting a ...
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2025-02-13
To House Appropriations Committee
MDHB1478Intro
25%
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish and maintain an online directory of each home health care provider; and requiring that the directory allow an individual to search the directory and identify a home health care provider based o...
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2025-02-12
[Hearing: Mar 11 @ 1:00 pm]
To House Health and Government Operations Committee
MDHB254Intro
25%
Prohibiting a public library, a recipient of a certain award from the Department of Housing and Community Development, the Department, a public housing agency, a county, or a municipality from requiring an individual experiencing homelessness to prov...
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2025-02-10
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDHB1198Intro
25%
Altering the required location and timeline for a certain prerelease facility for female incarcerated individuals; requiring the Commissioner of the Division of Correction to make certain services available to certain female incarcerated individuals;...
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2025-02-10
To House Judiciary Committee
MDHB1325Intro
25%
Establishing the Substitute Child Care Provider Pool Pilot Program in the State Department of Education; providing that the purpose of the Program is to facilitate the continuous operation of child care facilities in the State by ensuring that qualif...
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2025-02-10
To House Ways and Means Committee
MDHB1473Intro
25%
Altering provisions of law relating to equal access to public services for individuals with limited English proficiency to include individuals with disabilities; establishing certain requirements for equal access to public services for certain State ...
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2025-02-10
[Hearing: Mar 11 @ 1:00 pm]
To House Health and Government Operations Committee
MDHB1090Intro
25%
Requiring the Department of Human Services to provide food supplement benefits to students enrolled in an institution of higher education in the State who meet certain work study requirements; and requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to...
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2025-02-08
To House Appropriations Committee
MDSB595Intro
25%
Requiring the Comptroller, beginning in fiscal year 2026, to distribute from the State Lottery Fund $500,000 of supplemental local impact aid to Anne Arundel County, Howard County, and the City of Laurel from the proceeds of the Racetrax lottery game...
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2025-02-07
[Hearing: Mar 6 @ 1:00 pm]
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee
MDSB611Intro
25%
Requiring the State Department of Education, in collaboration with the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange, to promote access to health insurance for child care professionals; and authorizing a child care provider that receives a certain amount of fundi...
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2025-02-07
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee
MDHB1067Intro
25%
Prohibiting certain retailers that are authorized or required by a local law to charge a fee to a customer for a plastic or paper carryout bag from charging the fee if the customer's form of payment uses federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Prog...
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2025-02-07
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDHB1121Intro
25%
Establishing the Youth Transitioning From Foster Placement to Successful Adulthood Pilot Program in the Child Care Scholarship Program to assist foster youth in applying for and accessing subsidies in the Program; establishing that the duration of th...
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2025-02-07
To House Ways and Means Committee
MDHB1302Intro
25%
Requiring a recipient of funding from the Department of Housing and Community Development for any project to construct, acquire, or rehabilitate residential property for use as housing to offer housing counseling services to certain prospective resid...
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2025-02-07
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDHB1412Intro
25%
Prohibiting a county or municipal corporation from requiring a retail establishment to impose a fee, tax, or charge for a carryout bag, except under certain circumstances; requiring that certain customers be exempted from any fee, tax, or charge for ...
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2025-02-07
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDSB687Intro
25%
Establishing the Youth Transitioning From Foster Placement to Successful Adulthood Pilot Program in the Child Care Scholarship Program to assist foster youth in applying for and accessing subsidies in the Program; establishing that the duration of th...
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2025-02-05
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB868Intro
25%
Establishing the Substitute Child Care Provider Pool Pilot Program in the State Department of Education; providing the purpose of the Program is to facilitate the continuous operation of child care facilities in the State by ensuring that qualified s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss]
2025-02-05
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB677Intro
25%
Providing that a certain landlord may not refuse to rent to a prospective tenant who pays rent with the assistance of an income-based housing subsidy under certain circumstances; providing that a certain landlord may collect financial information fro...
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2025-02-04
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB175Intro
25%
Requiring, subject to a certain provision of law, the Department of Human Services to reimburse a beneficiary for any benefits lost due to the fraudulent use of the beneficiary's Electronic Benefits Transfer card and restore the benefits without furt...
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2025-02-03
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDSB232Intro
25%
Requiring, subject to a certain provision of law, the Department of Human Services to reimburse a beneficiary for any benefits lost due to the fraudulent use of the beneficiary's Electronic Benefits Transfer card and restore the benefits without furt...
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2025-02-03
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDSB632Intro
25%
Altering the required location and timeline for a certain prerelease facility for female incarcerated individuals; requiring the Commissioner of the Division of Correction to make certain services available to certain female incarcerated individuals;...
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2025-02-03
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB859Intro
25%
Requiring the State Department of Education, in collaboration with the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange, to promote access to health insurance for child care professionals; and authorizing a child care provider that receives a certain amount of fundi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss]
2025-02-03
To House Health and Government Operations Committee
MDSB703Intro
25%
Requiring that all child support received in a month pass through to a family seeking assistance under the Family Investment Program and prohibiting the consideration of child support in computing the amount of assistance received; and prohibiting a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss]
2025-02-03
To Senate Finance Committee
MDHB896Intro
25%
Providing that a certain landlord may not refuse to rent to a prospective tenant who pays rent with the assistance of an income-based housing subsidy under certain circumstances; providing that a certain landlord may collect financial information fro...
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2025-01-31
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDSB491Intro
25%
Defining "honorable discharge" with respect to any State program of benefits, rights, or privileges applicable to a veteran to include certain discharges based on an incident or incidents relating to a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder or t...
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2025-01-30
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDHB699Intro
25%
Defining "honorable discharge" with respect to any State program of benefits, rights, or privileges applicable to a veteran to include certain discharges based on an incident or incidents relating to a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder or t...
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2025-01-29
To House Health and Government Operations Committee
MDHB716Intro
25%
Including the Department of Housing and Community Development in the definition of "public housing agency" for the purposes of the Statewide Rental Assistance Voucher Program; authorizing the Department to project-base up to 100% of its authorized vo...
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2025-01-29
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDSB114Intro
25%
Authorizing units in the Maryland Department of Labor to establish a certain process to include a notation of veteran status on an occupational license and assist in determining eligibility for State and federal benefits.
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2025-01-27
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB367Intro
25%
Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program, beginning July 1, 2026, to provide supportive housing and health services to certain Program recipients; establishing requirements for professionals seeking certification as a certified supportive ho...
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2025-01-22
To Senate Finance Committee
MDHB448Intro
25%
Establishing rules of interpretation related to the uniformed services; altering the rule of interpretation for "veteran"; requiring the Secretary of Veterans and Military Families to develop certain policies related to life transitions of veterans, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss]
2025-01-21
To House Health and Government Operations Committee
MDHB393Intro
25%
Altering the amount of wages of a judgment debtor that are exempt from attachment to 150% of the federal poverty level; and requiring an employer served with an attachment to notify the judgment debtor in writing of the amount of wages exempt from at...
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2025-01-16
To House Economic Matters Committee
MDHB93Intro
25%
Establishing a homeless shelter certification program in the Department of Housing and Community Development; requiring the Department to develop certain operational and building standards for homeless shelters and minimum standards for the protectio...
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2025-01-15
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDSB234Intro
25%
Establishing a homeless shelter certification program in the Department of Housing and Community Development; requiring the Department to develop certain operational and building standards for homeless shelters and minimum standards for the protectio...
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2025-01-15
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB31Intro
25%
Altering the amount of wages of a judgment debtor that are exempt from attachment to 150% of the federal poverty level; and requiring an employer served with an attachment to notify the judgment debtor in writing of the amount of wages exempt from at...
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2025-01-14
To Senate Finance Committee
MDHB337Intro
25%
Requiring the Comptroller, beginning in fiscal year 2026, to distribute from the State Lottery Fund $500,000 of supplemental local impact aid to Anne Arundel County, Howard County, and the City of Laurel from the proceeds of the Racetrax lottery game...
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2025-01-13
To House Ways and Means Committee
MDHB187Intro
25%
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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2025-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee
MDSB170Intro
25%
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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2025-01-09
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
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