Aviation Oversight - BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport Master Plan [SB-973]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Air Quality ]
Requiring the Maryland Aviation Commission to adopt, rather than approve for adoption by the Executive Director of the Maryland Aviation Administration, regulations for the operation of the State-owned airports; altering requirements for meetings and a quorum of the Commission; altering certain powers and duties of the Administration and the Commission; requiring certain contracts to be approved by the Commission; etc.
SB-973: Aviation Oversight - BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport Master Plan
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/03/2025
Offshore Wind Turbines and Accessory Installations - Aircraft Detection Lighting Systems [SB-753]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Aerospace ]
[Infrastructure ]
Requiring, beginning October 1, 2025, that any wind turbine and accessory installation associated with a qualified offshore wind project or an offshore wind transmission project be installed with an aircraft detection lighting system approved by the Federal Aviation Administration.
SB-753: Offshore Wind Turbines and Accessory Installations - Aircraft Detection Lighting Systems
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Kramer
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
Criminal Law - Weapon Crimes - Transporting Firearm in Checked Bag on Public Transportation [HB-916]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a person from transporting a firearm in a checked bag on
public transportation in the State unless the firearm is disabled from discharging by an external safety lock; and defining "external safety lock" as a device attached to a firearm with a key or combination lock and designed to prevent a firearm from being discharged unless the device has been deactivated.
HB-916: Criminal Law - Weapon Crimes - Transporting Firearm in Checked Bag on Public Transportation
Sponsored by: Rep. Marlon Amprey
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/10/2025
Consumer and Display Fireworks - Regulation and Tax [HB-1002]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Taxes ]
[Public Safety ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
Authorizing the sale and possession of certain consumer fireworks, subject to certain requirements and restrictions; altering certain provisions to establish that certain provisions authorizing the State Fire Marshal to issue a certain permit relating to fireworks apply only to certain display fireworks; authorizing a county to opt out of certain provisions regulating the sale and possession of consumer fireworks; establishing a certain sales and use tax for certain fireworks; etc.
HB-1002: Consumer and Display Fireworks - Regulation and Tax
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Hornberger
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2025
Transportation Access and Revenue Act [HB-846]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Infrastructure ]
Altering the definitions of "taxable price" and "taxable service" for the purposes of certain provisions of law governing the sales and use tax to impose the tax on certain transportation-related services; requiring the Comptroller to distribute revenue attributable to the sales and use tax on certain transportation-related services to the Transportation Trust Fund; and providing that revenue the Comptroller distributes may not be credited to the Gasoline and Motor Vehicle Revenue Account in the Transportation Trust Fund.
HB-846: Transportation Access and Revenue Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. (ways And Means) on 02/04/2025
HB-696: State Boards, Committees, Commissions, Task Forces, and Workgroups - Elimination of Citizenship Requirements and Establishment of Diversity Requirements
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2025
You have voted HB-696: State Boards, Committees, Commissions, Task Forces, and Workgroups - Elimination of Citizenship Requirements and Establishment of Diversity Requirements.
Public Safety - Persistent Aerial Surveillance [HB-682]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Drones ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Prohibiting persistent aerial surveillance by a unit, an agency, or a political subdivision of the State to gather evidence or other information in a criminal investigation, subject to certain exceptions; and defining "persistent aerial surveillance" as the use of aircraft to record video or a concurrent series of images or pictures that when viewed in aggregate depict a person's actions over time.
HB-682: Public Safety - Persistent Aerial Surveillance
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025
SB-490: State Boards, Committees, Commissions, Task Forces, and Workgroups - Elimination of Citizenship Requirements and Establishment of Diversity Requirements
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/30/2025
You have voted SB-490: State Boards, Committees, Commissions, Task Forces, and Workgroups - Elimination of Citizenship Requirements and Establishment of Diversity Requirements.
Relating To Transportation. [SB-649]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requires the Department of Transportation to inspect personal aircraft that enter the State and land at state airports for the purpose of preventing the unauthorized transportation of fireworks and article pyrotechnic into the State. Requires the Department to coordinate with an appropriate law enforcement agency or county fire department to dispose of prohibited fireworks and articles pyrotechnic.
SB-649: Relating To Transportation.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stanley Chang
Referred To Tca/psm, Jdc/wam. on 01/23/2025
Consumer and Display Fireworks – Regulation and Tax [HB-1443]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Taxes ]
[Public Safety ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
Authorizing the sale and possession of certain consumer fireworks, subject to certain requirements and restrictions; altering certain provisions to establish that certain provisions authorizing the State Fire Marshal to issue a certain permit relating to fireworks apply only to certain display fireworks; establishing a certain sales and use tax rate for certain fireworks; and requiring the revenue from a certain tax to be distributed to certain funds.
HB-1443: Consumer and Display Fireworks – Regulation and Tax
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Hornberger
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/12/2024
Public Safety Officer - Performance of Duties - Death Benefit [HB-1389]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
[Veterans ]
Altering circumstances under which certain individuals are presumed to have died as a direct and proximate result of an injury sustained in the performance of duties for purposes of eligibility for death benefits.
HB-1389: Public Safety Officer - Performance of Duties - Death Benefit
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Lehman
Hearing 3/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/26/2024
Maryland Aviation Administration - Martin State Airport - Study on Commercial Air Travel [HB-1249]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Air Quality ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring the Maryland Aviation Administration to conduct a study on increasing commercial air travel at the Martin State Airport; and requiring the Administration to report its finding and recommendations to certain committees of the General Assembly by January 1, 2025.
HB-1249: Maryland Aviation Administration - Martin State Airport - Study on Commercial Air Travel
Sponsored by: Rep. Barrie Ciliberti
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/16/2024
Economic Development - Maryland Aerospace and Technology Commission [HB-685]
[Economic Development ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Aerospace ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Manufacturing ]
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 industries into the economy of the State; requiring the Commission to develop a strategic plan; requiring the Commission to designate aerospace and technology zones in the State; requiring the Commission to submit a certain report by October 1 each year; etc.
HB-685: Economic Development - Maryland Aerospace and Technology Commission
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Chang
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 622 on 05/09/2024