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.
SB-469: State Government - Maryland Reparations Commission - Establishment (Harriet Tubman Community Investment Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Energy, And The Environment) on 01/30/2025
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.
HB-347: Real Property – Recordation and Land Records – Requirements
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 65 on 04/08/2025
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.
HB-272: Maryland Department of Planning – Modernization
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 61 on 04/08/2025
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.
SB-13: Commission to Study African American Civil War Sailors in Maryland
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/24/2025
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.
HB-77: Commission to Study African American Civil War Sailors in Maryland
Sponsored by: Rep. Cheryl Pasteur
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/24/2025
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.
SB-150: Real Property - Recordation and Land Records - Requirements
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Watson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 66 on 04/08/2025
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.
SB-236: Maryland Department of Planning - Modernization
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 62 on 04/08/2025
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 Fennell
First Reading Health And Government Operations on 02/02/2024
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.
SB-448: Commission to Study African American Civil War Soldiers in Maryland
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 434 on 05/09/2024
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.
HB-875: State Government - Maryland Reparations Commission - Establishment
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/13/2023
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.
HB-409: State Government - Maryland Reparations Commission - Establishment (Harriet Tubman Community Investment Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Gabriel Acevero
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/13/2023
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.
SB-163: Real Property - Recordation and Land Records - Requirements
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Watson
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/14/2023
SB-133: 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
You have voted SB-133: 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.
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.
HB-594: State Government - Maryland Reparations Commission - Establishment (Harriet Tubman Community Investment Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Jay Walker
Hearing 3/01 At 1:30 P.m. on 02/03/2022
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.
HB-1364: Historic St. Mary's City Fort to 400 Commission
Sponsored by: Rep. Brian Crosby
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 687 on 05/30/2021
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.
SB-946: Historic St. Mary's City Fort to 400 Commission
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Carozza
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 688 on 05/30/2021