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State (Maine)
Maine 132nd Legislature

An Act to Create a History Education and Learning Mobile Unit Within the Maine State Archives [SB-674] [Education ] [Arts and Culture ] [Libraries ]
An Act to Create a History Education and Learning Mobile Unit Within the Maine State Archives

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Joseph Baldacci Reports Read. on 05/14/2025

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State (Utah)
Utah 2025 General Session

Cultural and Community Engagement Amendments [SB-161] [Arts and Culture ] [Community Development ]
Cultural and Community Engagement Amendments

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Scott Sandall Governor Signed In Lieutenant Governor's Office For Filing on 03/19/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

State Government - Maryland Reparations Commission - Establishment (Harriet Tubman Community Investment Act) [SB-469] [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.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Energy, And The Environment) on 01/30/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Real Property – Recordation and Land Records – Requirements [HB-347] [Real Estate ]
Altering certain provisions relating to the filing, maintenance, and transmittal of land records; and defining "land record" as any document recorded by a clerk of the circuit court relating to property.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes Approved By The Governor - Chapter 65 on 04/08/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland Department of Planning – Modernization [HB-272] [Elections ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Community Development ]
Requiring the State Administrator of Elections to electronically submit certain precinct boundary information to the Secretary of Planning; altering certain requirements related to the Department of Planning preparing population projections for the Washington and Baltimore metropolitan areas to authorize the use of population figures developed by the Baltimore Metropolitan Council, the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments and their member jurisdictions; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Approved By The Governor - Chapter 61 on 04/08/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Commission to Study African American Civil War Sailors in Maryland [SB-13] [Race and Civil Rights ] [Veterans ] [Military ] [Arts and Culture ] [Funding ]
Establishing the Commission to Study African American Civil War Sailors in Maryland; requiring the Commission to study the history of the African American sailors who fought for the Union Navy; requiring the Commission to make certain recommendations regarding the funding, design, construction, and location of an appropriate memorial dedicated to African American Civil War sailors; and requiring the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2025.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/24/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Commission to Study African American Civil War Sailors in Maryland [HB-77] [Race and Civil Rights ] [Veterans ] [Military ] [Arts and Culture ] [Funding ]
Establishing the Commission to Study African American Civil War Sailors in Maryland; requiring the Commission to study the history of the African American sailors who fought for the Union Navy; requiring the Commission to make certain recommendations regarding the funding, design, construction, and location of an appropriate memorial dedicated to African American Civil War sailors; and requiring the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2025.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Cheryl Pasteur Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/24/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Real Property - Recordation and Land Records - Requirements [SB-150] [Real Estate ]
Altering certain provisions relating to the filing, maintenance, and transmittal of land records; and defining "land record" as any document recorded by a clerk of the circuit court relating to property.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Watson Approved By The Governor - Chapter 66 on 04/08/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland Department of Planning - Modernization [SB-236] [Elections ] [Environmental ] [Technology and Innovation ]
Requiring the State Administrator of Elections to immediately send electronically the description and map related to a new or changed precinct boundary to the Secretary of Planning; altering a requirement that the Department of the Environment submit certain proposals to the Department of Planning under certain circumstances; altering certain requirements related to the Department of Planning preparing certain population projections; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Approved By The Governor - Chapter 62 on 04/08/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Montgomery County - Clerk of the Circuit Court - Plat Recordation PG/MC 110-24 [HB-1003] [Technology and Innovation ] [Real Estate ] [Community Development ]
Authorizing a plat in Montgomery County to be drawn, recorded, and maintained in electronic form in a manner approved by the State Archivist.

  

Sponsored by: No sponsors Approved By The Governor - Chapter 696 on 05/09/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Diana Fennell First Reading Health And Government Operations on 02/02/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Commission to Study African American Civil War Soldiers in Maryland [SB-448] [Race and Civil Rights ] [Military ] [Veterans ] [Arts and Culture ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Community Development ]
Establishing the Commission to Study African American Civil War Soldiers in Maryland to study the history of the African American soldiers who fought for the Union Army in Maryland and to make findings and recommendations regarding the funding, design, construction, and location of an appropriate memorial dedicated to the African American Civil War soldiers; and requiring the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2024.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman Approved By The Governor - Chapter 434 on 05/09/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2023 Regular Session

State Government - Maryland Reparations Commission - Establishment [HB-875] [Race and Civil Rights ] [Budget and Spending ] [Human Rights ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Economic Development ] [Community 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 are necessary to carry out the Act; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/13/2023

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2023 Regular Session

State Government - Maryland Reparations Commission - Establishment (Harriet Tubman Community Investment Act) [HB-409] [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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gabriel Acevero Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/13/2023

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2023 Regular Session

Real Property - Recordation and Land Records - Requirements [SB-163] [Real Estate ] [Property Tax ]
Limiting the requirement that an instrument effecting a change in ownership of real property be endorsed by the assessment office for a county to only those transfers subject to an agricultural land transfer tax; altering certain provisions relating to the filing, maintenance, and transmittal of land records; establishing that a deed of trust or mortgage presented for recordation is not required to be accompanied by an intake sheet or information that would otherwise be provided in an intake sheet unless required by a clerk; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Watson Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/14/2023

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State (Maine)
Maine 131st Legislature

An Act to Include a Representative of Newspaper and Other Press Interests on the Archives Advisory Board and to Require the Member Representing a Historical Society to Have Expertise in Archival Records [SB-133] [Arts and Culture ] [Libraries ] [Media and Advertising ]
An Act to Include a Representative of Newspaper and Other Press Interests on the Archives Advisory Board and to Require the Member Representing a Historical Society to Have Expertise in Archival Records

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Anne Carney Passed To Be Enacted, In Concurrence. on 04/06/2023

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2022 Regular Session

State Government - Maryland Reparations Commission - Establishment (Harriet Tubman Community Investment Act) [HB-594] [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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jay Walker Hearing 3/01 At 1:30 P.m. on 02/03/2022

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2022 Regular Session

State Department of Assessments and Taxation – Property Appraisal Aids and Record Retention (Microfilm to Digital Act of 2022) [SB-201] [Technology and Innovation ] [Taxes ] [Real Estate ] [Property Tax ]
Altering the requirement that the State Department of Assessments and Taxation prepare, install, and maintain certain property appraisal aids; and authorizing the Department to retain property records in an electronic medium and transfer property records to the State Archives for retention.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Approved By The Governor - Chapter 133 on 04/12/2022

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2021 Regular Session

Historic St. Mary's City Fort to 400 Commission [HB-1364] [Arts and Culture ] [Community Development ]
Establishing the Historic St. Mary's City Fort to 400 Commission to plan and conduct observances in 2034 commemorating the 400th anniversary of Maryland's founding; requiring the membership of the Commission to reflect the diversity of the State to the extent practicable; requiring the Commission to meet at least twice a year; requiring the Commission to provide an update to the Governor and the General Assembly by November 1, 2022, and each year thereafter on the plan of action for the commemoration; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Brian Crosby Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 687 on 05/30/2021

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2021 Regular Session

Historic St. Mary's City Fort to 400 Commission [SB-946] [Arts and Culture ] [Community Development ] [Tourism ]
Establishing the Historic St. Mary's City Fort to 400 Commission to plan and conduct observances commemorating the 400th year of Maryland's founding in 2034; requiring the membership of the Commission to reflect the diversity of the State to the extent practical; requiring the Commission to meet at least twice a year; requiring the Commission to provide an update to the Governor and the General Assembly by November 1, 2022, and each year thereafter on the plan of action for the commemoration; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Carozza Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 688 on 05/30/2021

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