Veterans Affairs - Responses to Arrested Veterans and Veterans in Crisis [SB-887]
[Veterans ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Mental Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Requiring the Department of Veterans Affairs to coordinate with law enforcement agencies to establish a process by which the Department and the First Responders Action Group shall receive certain information about a veteran who was arrested; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill a $2,000,000 appropriation to the Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commissions; and requiring the Commissions, in consultation with the Department, to assess and develop first response practices to veterans in crisis.
SB-887: Veterans Affairs - Responses to Arrested Veterans and Veterans in Crisis
Sponsored by: Sen. William Folden
Hearing Canceled on 02/13/2024
Miriam Kelty Aging and Senior Social Connection Hub and Spoke Pilot Program [SB-875]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Community Development ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
Establishing the Miriam Kelty Aging and Senior Social Connection Hub and Spoke Pilot Program in the Maryland Department of Aging; establishing the purpose and the goals of the Pilot Program are to support the "village" concept of local, volunteer-led organizations that aim to provide certain services to community members who choose to age in place and to expand those services to more residents in the geographic region; and requiring the Montgomery County Village Consortium to establish a certain plan and submit certain reports.
SB-875: Miriam Kelty Aging and Senior Social Connection Hub and Spoke Pilot Program
Sponsored by: Sen. Ariana M. Kelly
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 340 on 04/25/2024
Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Pilot Program – Permanent Establishment [SB-882]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Education ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Human Services ]
Establishing the Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Pilot Program as a permanent program; and extending the appropriation that the Governor is required to make in the annual budget bill to the Program to fiscal year 2026.
SB-882: Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Pilot Program – Permanent Establishment
Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy King
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 184 on 04/25/2024
School Construction - Public Charter School Facility Fund - Establishment [SB-892]
[Education ]
[Construction ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Establishing the Public Charter School Facility Fund to provide funding on an annual basis to public charter schools in the State for eligible expenses associated with school facilities; exempting the Fund from a requirement that interest earnings on State money accrue to the General Fund of the State; requiring the Interagency Commission on School Construction to administer the Fund; and requiring the Fund to be used only to acquire, plan, develop, finance, construct, lease, improve, repair, and maintain public charter school facilities.
SB-892: School Construction - Public Charter School Facility Fund - Establishment
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/20/2024
Transportation - MobilityLink Paratransit Service Improvements - Study [SB-891]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Disabilities ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Science ]
Requiring the Maryland Transportation Institute at the University of Maryland to conduct a study to identify methods to improve the Maryland Transit Administration's ADA MobilityLink paratransit service; authorizing the Governor in fiscal year 2026 to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of at least $150,000 for the study; and requiring the Institute to submit a report on its findings and recommendations to the Governor, the General Assembly, and certain officials on or before July 1, 2025.
SB-891: Transportation - MobilityLink Paratransit Service Improvements - Study
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory V. McCray
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 647 on 05/09/2024
AN ACT relating to consumer data privacy and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-15]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Creates new sections of KRS Chapter 367 to establish consumer rights relating to personal data; defines terms; exempts certain persons or entities from the statutory provisions of this Act; establishes certain consumer rights relating to personal data, including the rights to confirm whether data is being processed, to correct any inaccuracies in the consumer’s personal data, to delete personal data provided by the consumer, to obtain a copy of the consumer’s personal data that was previously provided, and to opt out of targeted advertising, the
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HB-15: AN ACT relating to consumer data privacy and making an appropriation therefor.
Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel B. Elliott
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 72) on 04/04/2024
Energy Efficiency and Conservation Plans [HB-864]
[Energy ]
[Housing ]
[Climate Change ]
[Public Health ]
[Environmental ]
[Budget and Spending ]
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 programs and services and superseding certain existing energy efficiency and conservation goals; requiring the Public Service Commission to establish a working group to study and make recommendations on extending certain program assistance to certain moderate-income households; etc.
HB-864: Energy Efficiency and Conservation Plans
Sponsored by: Rep. Lily Qi
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 539 on 05/09/2024
Public Safety - Safe Neighborhoods Pilot Program [HB-912]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services to establish a Safe Neighborhoods Pilot Program to provide doorbell cameras or security systems with doorbell cameras to residents of high-crime areas; requiring the Office to report to the General Assembly by December 31, 2026, regarding the usefulness and viability of the Program based on a cost-benefit analysis; and requiring the Governor to include $5,000,000 in the annual budget bill in fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter for the Program.
HB-912: Public Safety - Safe Neighborhoods Pilot Program
Sponsored by: Rep. Caylin Allen Young
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2024
State Department of Education - Division of Rehabilitation Services - Funding [SB-859]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Education ]
[Human Services ]
Authorizing the Governor to include in the annual budget bill a certain appropriation to the Division of Rehabilitation Services in the State Department of Education to ensure the State match amount for the Division is met as required by certain federal acts.
SB-859: State Department of Education - Division of Rehabilitation Services - Funding
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy J Guzzone
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 169 on 04/25/2024
Courts - Maryland Judicial Public Text Messaging System - Report [HB-978]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Requiring the Administrative Office of the Courts, beginning December 1, 2024, and each December 1 thereafter, to provide a report to the General Assembly containing certain information on the Maryland Judicial Public Text Messaging System; and requiring the report to include a review of any future plans for development, expansion, and implementation of the System.
HB-978: Courts - Maryland Judicial Public Text Messaging System - Report
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank M Conaway
Referred Judicial Proceedings on 03/18/2024
Education - Local Share of Major Education Aid - Nonrecurring Costs Exclusion [SB-803]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Authorizing the exclusion of certain costs from the calculation of a county's highest local appropriation to its school operating budget if a county board of education and a county governing body agree annually to designate certain spending as nonrecurring costs; and requiring the State Department of Education to submit a certain report to certain county governing bodies under certain circumstances.
SB-803: Education - Local Share of Major Education Aid - Nonrecurring Costs Exclusion
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin T. Brooks
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2024
Agriculture – Nuisance Insects [SB-854]
[Agriculture ]
[Animals ]
Requiring, instead of authorizing, the Secretary of Agriculture to implement, under certain circumstances, a program to use Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis to control or eliminate nuisance insects in the State; and requiring, instead of authorizing, the Secretary to carry out a certain project to control or eliminate nuisance insects if the county or municipality in which the nuisance insects are located agrees to pay 50% of the costs associated with the project.
SB-854: Agriculture – Nuisance Insects
Sponsored by: Sen. Washington County Senators
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 681 on 05/09/2024
Enoch Pratt Free Library - Capital Project Funding [SB-848]
[Libraries ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Construction ]
[Community Development ]
Repealing the requirement that Baltimore City must provide a 25% match to receive State funds for certain operating expenses of the Enoch Pratt Free Library; requiring an appropriation of $10,000,000 to fund aging infrastructure construction and capital improvement expenses in excess of $1,000,000 for all branches of the Enoch Pratt Free Library in fiscal years 2025 and 2026; and requiring the Board of Trustees of the Enoch Pratt Free Library to demonstrate a 10% match for each dollar of State funds granted.
SB-848: Enoch Pratt Free Library - Capital Project Funding
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2024
Agriculture – Nuisance Insects [HB-929]
[Agriculture ]
[Animals ]
Requiring, instead of authorizing, the Secretary of Agriculture to implement, under certain circumstances, a program to use Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis to control or eliminate nuisance insects in the State; and requiring, instead of authorizing, the Secretary to carry out a certain project to control or eliminate nuisance insects if the county or municipality in which the nuisance insects are located agrees to pay 50% of the costs associated with the project.
HB-929: Agriculture – Nuisance Insects
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 680 on 05/09/2024
State Government – Maryland Reparations Commission – Establishment (Maryland Repair Act) [HB-851]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Rights ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Maryland Reparations Commission to develop and administer a program to provide compensatory benefits to the descendants of individuals enslaved in the State; providing that any individual whose ancestors were enslaved in the State is eligible to receive certain benefits; authorizing the Commission to seek the assistance of State agencies to develop and evaluate processes and applications; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill such sums as necessary to carry out the Act; etc.
HB-851: State Government – Maryland Reparations Commission – Establishment (Maryland Repair Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Diana M. Fennell
First Reading Health And Government Operations on 02/02/2024
Community Colleges - Capital Projects - State Share Adjustment [HB-904]
[Education ]
[Community Development ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Providing for a certain adjustment to the State share percentage for a community college or a regional community college capital project if the county's median household income is in the bottom quartile in the State and the State share percentage for a community college capital project is 50%.
HB-904: Community Colleges - Capital Projects - State Share Adjustment
Sponsored by: Rep. Jim Hinebaugh
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/14/2024
State Government - Commission on New Americans - Established [HB-961]
[Immigration ]
[Human Services ]
[Community Development ]
Establishing the Commission on New Americans to study and periodically report on the contributions of new Americans and the availability of government services for new Americans; and requiring the Commission to submit to the Governor and the General Assembly by October 1, 2026, and at least once every 5 years thereafter a quantitative report detailing the contributions of new Americans and the services available to new Americans throughout the State.
HB-961: State Government - Commission on New Americans - Established
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Hearing 3/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/22/2024