Auditors And Audits
Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Real Property - Regulation of Common Ownership Community Managers [HB-273]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Community Development ]
Creating the State Board of Common Ownership Community Managers in the Maryland Department of Labor to oversee the licensing of community managers who provide management services for common ownership communities; providing that certain provisions of the Act do not prohibit certain persons from providing certain services under certain circumstances; requiring an individual to be issued a license by the Board before providing management services for a common ownership community under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Hearing 2/06 At 1:30 P.m. on 01/18/2024
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Maryland Paint Stewardship [SB-325]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Manufacturing ]
Requiring producers of architectural paint or a representative organization to submit a plan for the establishment of a Paint Stewardship Program to the Department of the Environment by July 1, 2025, and in accordance with certain requirements; requiring the Department to review and approve certain plans, including a certain assessment; prohibiting the sale of certain architectural paint beginning January 1, 2026 unless an approved Paint Stewardship Program has been implemented by certain producers; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 588 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Environmental Service - Governance and Requirements [SB-293]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Water ]
Altering the quorum threshold for the Board of Directors of the Maryland Environmental Service; authorizing the Secretary of the Board to delegate certain responsibilities to an employee of the Service; altering the obligations of the Service after receiving a request for services and after entering into a contract; altering the deadlines for certain audits and reports; and repealing a certain audit requirement.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Hearing 1/31 At 2:00 P.m. on 01/11/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Election Law - Postelection Tabulation Audits - Risk-Limiting Audits [HB-40]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Requiring the State Board of Elections, in collaboration with the local boards of elections, to conduct a risk-limiting audit after each statewide election; authorizing the State Board, in collaboration with the local boards, to conduct a risk-limiting audit after a special general election; authorizing, rather than requiring, the State Board, in collaboration with the local boards, to conduct an automated software audit after a statewide election; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Referred Education, Energy, And The Environment on 02/23/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Environmental Service – Governance and Requirements [HB-78]
[Environmental ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Water ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing the Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Maryland Environmental Service to delegate certain responsibilities to an employee of the Service; altering the obligations of the Service after receiving a request for services and after entering into a contract; requiring that an audit be made of the financial books, records, and accounts of the Service by November 15 each year; and requiring the Service to report to the Governor and the General Assembly on its activities by November 15 each year.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 425 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Local Government – Annual Audit Reporting Requirements – Alterations [HB-165]
[Finance ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Taxes ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Requiring 20% of certain State aid for highway user revenues and disparity grants to be discontinued if a county, municipality, or special taxing district does not submit a certain audit report within 2 calendar years after the deadline for the report, subject to a certain condition; and applying the Act beginning with the fiscal year 2024 audits that are required to be submitted under certain provisions of law.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jazz Lewis
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 498 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Department of General Services - State Buildings and Facilities - Energy Conservation and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions [HB-130]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Public Safety ]
[Construction ]
Altering the State's goals for reducing energy consumption in State buildings; requiring the Maryland Green Building Council to update the High Performance Green Building Program to ensure that the Program aligns with certain greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals; requiring the Department of General Services to identify State-owned facilities that are potential candidates for energy performance contracts; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Referred Rules on 04/03/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Public Health - Healthy Maryland Program - Establishment [HB-184]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
Establishing the Healthy Maryland Program as a public corporation and a unit of State government to provide comprehensive universal single-payer health care services for residents of the State by January 1, 2026; establishing requirements and prohibitions related to Healthy Maryland, including provisions regarding eligibility, participation by and payments to health care providers, benefits, payroll premiums, funding, and collective negotiations with health care providers; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gabriel Acevero
Hearing 3/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Government - Office of Legislative Audits - Performance Audits [SB-150]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the frequency of certain performance audits of the Board of Liquor License Commissioners for Baltimore City to once every 6 years instead of 4 years, and the Board of License Commissioners for Prince George's County to at least once every 6 years instead of 3 years that are required to be conducted by the Office of Legislative Audits.
Sponsored by: Jnt.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 661 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Paint Stewardship [HB-1]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Manufacturing ]
Requiring producers of architectural paint or a representative organization to submit a plan for the establishment of a Paint Stewardship Program to the Department of the Environment by July 1, 2025, and in accordance with certain requirements; requiring the Department to review and approve certain plans, including a certain assessment; prohibiting the sale of certain architectural paint beginning January 1, 2026 unless an approved Paint Stewardship Program has been implemented by certain producers; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 587 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Department of General Services - State Buildings and Facilities - Energy Conservation and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions [SB-258]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Public Safety ]
[Construction ]
[Air Quality ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Altering the State's goals for reducing energy consumption in State buildings; requiring the Maryland Green Building Council to update the High Performance Green Building Program to ensure that the Program aligns with certain greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals; requiring the Department of General Services to identify State-owned facilities that are potential candidates for energy performance contracts; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 423 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Economic Development - Success Assurance Model and Fund - Establishment [SB-969]
[Economic Development ]
[Small Business ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Establishing the Success Assurance Model in the Department of Commerce to provide comprehensive and targeted business services to small businesses through professional services entities; establishing the Success Assurance Fund to award grants to certain coordinating services providers, which shall be disbursed as payment to professional services entities selected to provide business services; requiring in fiscal year 2025, the Governor to include $4,000,000 for the Fund in the annual budget bill; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/28/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Higher Education - Maryland 529 Program - Reform [SB-959]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Abolishing and repealing the Maryland 529 Board; specifying that the State Treasurer is the successor to the Maryland 529 Board; transferring to the Office of the State Treasurer the responsibility for administering the Maryland 529 Program, including the Maryland Prepaid College Trust, the Maryland College Investment Plan, the Maryland Broker-Dealer College Investment Plan, and the Maryland ABLE Program; authorizing and requiring the State Treasurer to take certain actions in administering the Maryland 529 Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 113 on 04/24/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Higher Education - Maryland 529 Program - Reform [HB-1290]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Abolishing and repealing the Maryland 529 Board; specifying that the State Treasurer is the successor to the Maryland 529 Board; transferring to the Office of the State Treasurer the responsibility for administering the Maryland 529 Program, including the Maryland Prepaid College Trust, the Maryland College Investment Plan, the Maryland Broker-Dealer College Investment Plan, and the Maryland ABLE Program; authorizing and requiring the State Treasurer to take certain actions in administering the Maryland 529 Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Catherine Forbes
Hearing 3/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/13/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Public Safety - Volunteer Company Assistance Fund - Alterations [HB-1252]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Altering the purpose and uses for a loan or grant from the Volunteer Company Assistance Fund to include emergency medical services and emergency medical equipment; altering certain reporting requirements for the Maryland State Firemen's Association; requiring the Maryland Department of Emergency Management to report information on the total of the grants and loans made from the Fund, which volunteer company received the grant or loan and its purpose, certain financial statements, and documentation on actual expenditures; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Hearing 3/29 At 1:00 P.m. (appropriations) on 03/26/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Public Safety - Gun Violence Victim Relocation Program - Establishment [SB-921]
[Crime ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Establishing the Gun Violence Victim Relocation Program within the Victim Services Unit of the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services to provide certain victims of gun violence certain services and assistance related to relocating for the safety of the victim or the victim's family; establishing the Gun Violence Victim Relocation Program Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; requiring the Victim Services Unit to establish a certain oversight commission; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/16/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
State and Local Cybersecurity - Revisions [HB-1065]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Data Privacy ]
[National Security ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing the Director of Cybersecurity Preparedness in the Cyber Preparedness Unit of the Maryland Department of Emergency Management; establishing certain duties of the Director; specifying the amount of a certain annual appropriation made by the Governor to the Unit; establishing that the Deputy Secretary of Information Technology is the State Chief Information Officer; requiring a certain number of Position Identification Numbers to be created to assist the Deputy Secretary; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/13/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Public Safety - Gun Violence Victim Relocation Program - Establishment [HB-974]
[Crime ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Establishing the Gun Violence Victim Relocation Program within the Victim Services Unit of the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services to provide certain victims of gun violence certain services and assistance related to relocating for the safety of the victim or the victim's family; establishing the Gun Violence Victim Relocation Program Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; requiring the Victim Services Unit to establish a certain oversight commission; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Prince George's County - Board of Education and School System Revisions PG 502-23 [HB-1079]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering the duties and responsibilities of the Prince George's County Board of Education and certain officers of the county board; altering the voting authority of the student board member; requiring the county board to retain counsel and pay certain counsel fees and expenses incurred for defending a member in litigation involving a member's service in the member's official capacity on the county board under certain circumstances; altering certain procedures for the election of the student member of the county board; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 793 on 05/16/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program [HB-1089]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Environmental ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Food ]
Establishing the Maryland Redeemable Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program to increase the reuse and recycling of beverage containers and reduce the litter, pollution, and costs associated with beverage containers; establishing a framework for the redemption of redeemable beverage containers sold in the State; requiring that each redeemable beverage container sold in the State depict certain information beginning January 1, 2025; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jennifer Terrasa
Hearing 3/09 At 1:00 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 02/13/2023