Board of Public Works - Transparency Data Dashboard [HB-877]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Funding ]
[Taxes ]
Requiring the Comptroller to develop and maintain on the Board of Public Works' website a procurement transparency data dashboard; establishing a governance committee composed of the liaisons to the Board from the offices of the Governor, the Comptroller, and the State Treasurer to review the contents of the dashboard for accuracy and completeness; and requiring the Governor, beginning in fiscal year 2025, to include in the annual budget bill such sums as are necessary for one full-time position and data dashboard development software.
HB-877: Board of Public Works - Transparency Data Dashboard
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 580 on 05/09/2024
Education - Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Program and Fund - Established [HB-903]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disabilities ]
Requiring certain information to be provided to the parents of a child with a disability under certain circumstances; establishing the Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Program; establishing the Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Fund; requiring interest earnings of the Fund to be credited to the Fund; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $1,000,000 to the Fund beginning in fiscal year 2026; etc.
HB-903: Education - Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Program and Fund - Established
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason C. Buckel
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 171 on 04/25/2024
Somerset County - Fire Companies - Appropriations [HB-976]
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[Public Safety ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring the County Commissioners of Somerset County to appropriate to certain organized volunteer fire companies in the county certain amounts for fiscal years 2025 through 2030; and requiring that the appropriations required for fiscal year 2030 remain in effect for subsequent fiscal years unless altered by a future enactment.
HB-976: Somerset County - Fire Companies - Appropriations
Sponsored by: Rep. Charles James Otto
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 986 on 05/16/2024
Economic Development – Cyber Maryland Fund and Program – Alterations [SB-816]
[Economic Development ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requiring the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to administer the Cyber Maryland Fund; altering the uses of the Fund to include administrative expenses of the Program, including hiring staff, consultants, and other professionals as necessary to implement, maintain, and administer the Program and the Fund; requiring the Corporation to adopt standards for awarding grants; and requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $99,000 for the Fund to be used for talent pipeline management.
SB-816: Economic Development – Cyber Maryland Fund and Program – Alterations
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Fry Hester
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 509 on 05/09/2024
Education – Local Share of Major Education Aid – Nonrecurring Costs Exclusion [HB-909]
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[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.
HB-909: Education – Local Share of Major Education Aid – Nonrecurring Costs Exclusion
Sponsored by: Rep. Jim Hinebaugh
Hearing Canceled on 02/27/2024
Maryland Transit Administration - Locally Operated Transit Systems - Mandatory Funding [HB-950]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Requiring, beginning in fiscal year 2026, the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation from the Transportation Trust Fund of $80,533,314 for the Locally Operated Transit System Grant Program.
Information Technology - Artificial Intelligence - Policies and Procedures (Artificial Intelligence Governance Act of 2024) [SB-818]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Science ]
[Ethics ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring each unit of State government to conduct certain inventories and a certain assessment on or before certain dates; prohibiting the Department of Information Technology from making certain information publicly available under certain circumstances; requiring the Department, in consultation with a certain subcabinet, to adopt certain policies and procedures concerning the development, procurement, deployment, use, and assessment of systems that employ artificial intelligence by units of State government; etc.
SB-818: Information Technology - Artificial Intelligence - Policies and Procedures (Artificial Intelligence Governance Act of 2024)
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 496 on 05/09/2024
Somerset County - Fire Companies - Appropriations [SB-829]
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[Public Safety ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring the County Commissioners of Somerset County to appropriate to certain organized volunteer fire companies in the county certain amounts for fiscal years 2025 through 2030; and requiring that the appropriations required for fiscal year 2030 remain in effect for subsequent fiscal years unless altered by a future enactment.
SB-829: Somerset County - Fire Companies - Appropriations
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Elizabeth Carozza
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 987 on 05/16/2024
AB-3532: Provides gross income tax credit to active members of volunteer emergency service organizations for use of personal motor vehicle in performance of active duty.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brian E. Rumpf
Reported And Referred To Assembly Appropriations Committee on 06/03/2024
You have voted AB-3532: Provides gross income tax credit to active members of volunteer emergency service organizations for use of personal motor vehicle in performance of active duty..
You have voted AB-3540: Establishes criminal penalties for production or dissemination of deceptive audio or visual media, commonly known as "deepfakes.".