Uniform Act: Guardianship/conservatorship [SB-250]
[Children and Youth ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
An Act relating to guardianships, conservatorships, and other protective arrangements; relating to the public guardian; relating to the crime of violating a protective order; amending Rules 6, 6.1, 12(e), and 37.7(a), Alaska Rules of Administration; repealing Rule 9(b)(2)(G)(ii), Alaska Rules of Administration; amending the Alaska Rules of Probate Procedure; and amending Rule 77(c), Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure.
SB-250: Uniform Act: Guardianship/conservatorship
Sponsored by: Sen. Jesse Kiehl
Read The First Time - Referrals on 02/21/2024
Dui Diversion Program [HB-379]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
An Act establishing the driving while under the influence diversion program for eligible persons charged with driving while under the influence; relating to judgment for restitution; relating to suspended imposition of sentence; relating to records kept by the Department of Administration; relating to operating a vehicle, aircraft, or watercraft while under the influence of an alcoholic beverage, inhalant, or controlled substance; amending Rule 9, Alaska Rules of Administration, and Rule 39, Alaska Rules of Criminal Procedure; and providing for
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HB-379: Dui Diversion Program
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Prax
Read The First Time - Referrals on 02/20/2024
Tax Assistance for Low-Income Marylanders - Funding [SB-1142]
[Taxes ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Poverty ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring the Comptroller, for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter, to distribute $500,000 from the remaining net abandoned property funds after certain distributions to the Tax Clinics for Low-Income Marylanders Fund; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget, for fiscal year 2026 and each year thereafter, an appropriation of $800,000 for the CASH Campaign of Maryland to award grants for providing certain tax assistance through certain on-demand and mobile tax clinics; etc.
SB-1142: Tax Assistance for Low-Income Marylanders - Funding
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy J Guzzone
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 804 on 05/16/2024
Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission - Montgomery County - People's Counsel for Land Use Planning PG/MC 112-24 [HB-1364]
[Community Development ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the County Executive of Montgomery County to appoint a People's Counsel for Land Use Planning to represent the public interest of county residents in land use proceedings, to ensure fairness to certain populations, and to ensure that a complete public record is established for certain proceedings; establishing the qualifications and responsibilities of the People's Counsel; prohibiting the People's Counsel from representing a private individual or group in certain proceedings; etc.
HB-1364: Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission - Montgomery County - People's Counsel for Land Use Planning PG/MC 112-24
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 3/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/20/2024
You have voted HB-1364: Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission - Montgomery County - People's Counsel for Land Use Planning PG/MC 112-24.
Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact [HB-1191]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Repealing certain provisions of law relating to the Interstate Agreement on Qualifications of Educational Personnel; providing that certain provisions of law regarding the issuance of an initial teaching certificate do not apply to certain teachers under certain circumstances; entering into the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact for the purpose of authorizing regulated teachers who hold multistate licenses to teach in each member state; establishing requirements for multistate licensure; etc.
HB-1191: Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact
Sponsored by: Rep. Bernice Mireku-North
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2024
Standing - Environmental and Natural Resources Protection Proceedings (Clean Water Justice Act of 2024) [HB-1101]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Providing certain persons standing in environmental and natural resources protection proceedings; authorizing persons that meet standing requirements to bring certain civil actions under certain circumstances; requiring a plaintiff, under certain circumstances, to give certain notice and provide certain documentation to the Department of the Environment and the Attorney General and to file a certain affidavit; authorizing a court to grant certain relief, award certain costs, and impose certain civil penalties; etc.
HB-1101: Standing - Environmental and Natural Resources Protection Proceedings (Clean Water Justice Act of 2024)
Sponsored by: Rep. David Vincent Fraser-hidalgo
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 535 on 05/09/2024
Armed Forces - Support of Military Families and Addition of Space Force [HB-1026]
[Defense ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[National Security ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Adding the Space Force to certain provisions of law related to the armed forces; authorizing military spouses and residents of the State who are members of the National Guard of another state or a reserve component of the armed forces to terminate certain contracts at any time after the date the service member receives certain military orders to relocate; altering the definition of a "military-connected student" for purposes of the Purple Star Schools Program; and authorizing the Governor to make certain posthumous awards.
HB-1026: Armed Forces - Support of Military Families and Addition of Space Force
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 27 on 04/09/2024
State Government - Public Welfare Actions - Determinations and Settlements [HB-922]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring the factfinder in a public welfare action to make a certain determination and assign responsibility and liability in a certain manner; authorizing the State to continue to pursue certain actions if it does not obtain complete relief from certain responsible persons; establishing that certain provisions of law requiring uniform contribution among joint tort-feasors do not apply to public welfare claims; and establishing the impact of a certain settlement on the liability of certain responsible persons.
HB-922: State Government - Public Welfare Actions - Determinations and Settlements
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing Canceled on 02/21/2024
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
Education - Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Program and Fund - Established [SB-797]
[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.
SB-797: Education - Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Program and Fund - Established
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian J. Feldman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 170 on 04/25/2024
Regulated Firearms - Maryland Voluntary Do Not Sell Firearm Process [SB-752]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to create and maintain a Maryland Voluntary Do Not Sell Firearm Registry in which a person may voluntarily enroll for the purpose of being prohibited from obtaining a regulated firearm by December 31, 2024; prohibiting a dealer or other person from selling, renting, loaning, or transferring a regulated firearm to a purchaser, lessee, borrower, or transferee who the dealer or other person knows or has reason to believe is registered on the registry; etc.
SB-752: Regulated Firearms - Maryland Voluntary Do Not Sell Firearm Process
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff D. Waldstreicher
First Reading Judicial Proceedings on 02/01/2024
AN ACT relating to guardians ad litem. [HB-436]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Amends KRS 26A.140 to state that the guardians ad litem shall receive a fee fixed by the court and paid by the Finance and Administration Cabinet; creates a new section of KRS Chapter 403.715 to 403.785 to require appointment of a guardian ad litem for any unrepresented minor who is an alleged victim of domestic violence and abuse, or who is named as a respondent or petitioner in a petition for an emergency protective order or domestic violence order, and to provide that a violation of an interpersonal protective order or a domestic violence order
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HB-436: AN ACT relating to guardians ad litem.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Poore Moser
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 135) on 04/09/2024
Criminal Law – Money Laundering [HB-797]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Prohibiting a person, with the intent to promote a certain crime or with the intent to conceal or disguise the nature, location, source, ownership, or control of proceeds of a certain crime, from taking certain actions with respect to the proceeds derived from a certain crime; establishing certain penalties if the person violates the law prohibiting a person from taking certain actions with respect to the proceeds derived from a certain drug crime in certain circumstances; etc.
HB-797: Criminal Law – Money Laundering
Sponsored by: Rep. Jeff Ghrist
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2024
Regulated Firearms - Maryland Voluntary Do Not Sell Firearm Process [HB-794]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Mental Health ]
[Crime ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to create and maintain a Maryland Voluntary Do Not Sell Firearm Registry in which a person may voluntarily enroll for the purpose of being prohibited from obtaining a regulated firearm by December 31, 2024; prohibiting a dealer or other person from selling, renting, loaning, or transferring a regulated firearm to a purchaser, lessee, borrower, or transferee who the dealer or other person knows or has reason to believe is registered on the registry; etc.
HB-794: Regulated Firearms - Maryland Voluntary Do Not Sell Firearm Process
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric D. Ebersole
Hearing Canceled on 02/21/2024