Auditors And Audits
Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Environment - Plastic Products - Postconsumer Recycled Content Program [HB-342]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibiting certain producers of certain plastic products from selling, offering for sale, or distributing the products to any person in the State unless certain conditions are met; requiring certain producers of certain plastic products to, individually or as part of a representative organization, register and pay a certain annual registration fee to the Department of the Environment; establishing certain minimum postconsumer recycled content percentage requirements for certain products; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 02/01/2023
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Environment - Statewide Recycling Needs Assessment and Producer Responsibility for Packaging Materials [HB-284]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
Altering the definition of "organics recycling" to include the processing of certain compostable packaging materials; establishing a producer responsibility advisory council to provide advice and make recommendations regarding establishing a producer responsibility program for packaging materials and to report to the Governor and certain committees of the General Assembly by December 1, 2025; requiring the Office of Recycling in the Department of the Environment to procure a statewide recycling needs assessment; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
Rereferred To Education, Energy, And The Environment on 04/07/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Paint Stewardship [SB-260]
[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 on or before July 1, 2024, and in accordance with certain requirements; requiring the Department to review and approve certain plans, including a certain assessment, submitted in accordance with the Paint Stewardship Program; prohibiting the sale of certain architectural paint under certain circumstances beginning January 1, 2025; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks
Rereferred To Environment And Transportation And Economic Matters on 04/07/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Public School Systems - Performance Audits - Office of the Inspector General for Education [HB-272]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring, in the absence of a certain agreement, the State Department of Education, at the request of the Office of the Inspector General for Education, to contract for a performance audit of a county public school system to address issues raised in findings identified by the Office of the Inspector General for Education through an investigation or investigative audit.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary
First Reading Ways And Means on 01/25/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Paint Stewardship [HB-255]
[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 on or before July 1, 2024, and in accordance with certain requirements; requiring the Department to review and approve certain plans, including a certain assessment, submitted in accordance with the Paint Stewardship Program; prohibiting the sale of certain architectural paint under certain circumstances beginning January 1, 2025; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Favorable With Amendments Report By Education, Energy, And The Environment on 04/10/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Facial Recognition Technology - Requirements, Procedures, and Prohibitions [HB-223]
[Crime ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Establishing requirements, procedures, and prohibitions relating to the use of facial recognition technology by a law enforcement agency under certain circumstances; requiring, by October 1 each year, a law enforcement agency that uses or contracts for the use of facial recognition technology to complete an audit to determine compliance with the Act and applicable local laws, regulations, and policies; requiring the Department of State Police to adopt and publish a model statewide policy on the use of facial recognition technology; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Third Reading Passed (47-0) on 04/04/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Environment - Statewide Recycling Needs Assessment and Producer Responsibility for Packaging Materials [SB-222]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Altering the definition of "organics recycling" to include the processing of certain compostable packaging materials in a certain manner; requiring the Department of the Environment to approve a single producer responsibility organization to represent the interests of producers by October 1, 2023; establishing a producer responsibility advisory council to provide advice and make recommendations regarding establishing and implementing a producer responsibility program in the State for packaging materials; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 465 on 05/08/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Facial Recognition Technology - Requirements, Procedures, and Prohibitions [SB-192]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing requirements, procedures, and prohibitions relating to the use of facial recognition technology by a law enforcement agency under certain circumstances; requiring The Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to develop and administer a training program regarding the use of facial recognition technology in the course of criminal investigations by June 30, 2025; requiring a law enforcement agency using or contracting to use facial recognition technology to prepare and publish a certain annual report by February 1; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Sydnor
Favorable With Amendments Report By Judiciary on 04/10/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Study on Statewide 2-1-1 and 3-1-1 Systems [HB-138]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Requiring the Department of Legislative Services to conduct a study on the implementation of a statewide 3-1-1 system to provide individuals with nonemergency government services, resources, and information, both as a standalone system and as part of a merged system with the statewide 2-1-1 system; and requiring the Department to report its findings and recommendations to certain committees of the General Assembly by December 1, 2023.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Referred Rules on 04/10/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Property Tax - Municipal Corporation Business Personal Property Tax Rate and Local Government Reporting Requirements - Alterations [SB-116]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Finance ]
Requiring 20% of certain State aid to be discontinued if a county, municipality, or special taxing district does not submit a certain audit report within 1 calendar year of a certain deadline for the report, subject to a certain condition; altering the municipal corporation tax rate applicable to business personal property and certain operating real property to be not more than a certain amount; and requiring the City of Seat Pleasant to hire a certain entity to perform a certain audit and submit the report by January 1, 2024.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Hearing 3/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/21/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Corporate Income Tax Returns of Publicly Traded Corporations - Reporting Requirement [HB-39]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requiring the Comptroller to submit to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 31, 2023, and each December 31 thereafter a report that identifies for the immediately preceding taxable year the number of publicly traded corporations conducting a trade or business in another state that are required to file an income tax return under the Act and the number of publicly traded corporations identified as part of the report that paid no amount of State income tax.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
Hearing 3/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/23/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Study on Statewide 2-1-1 and 3-1-1 Systems [SB-30]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring the Department of Legislative Services to conduct a study on the implementation of a statewide 3-1-1 system to provide individuals with nonemergency government services, resources, and information, both as a standalone system and as part of a merged system with the statewide 2-1-1 system.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/08/2023
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Primary and Secondary Education - Education Savings Account Program - Established [HB-1156]
[Education ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing an Education Savings Account program in the State; requiring the State Department of Education to administer the program; and allowing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for deposits into an education savings account under the Education Savings Account program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Haven Shoemaker
Hearing 3/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/18/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Major State Contractors - Donations to Advocacy Organizations - Disclosure [HB-1343]
[Elections ]
[Ethics ]
[Funding ]
Requiring a major State contractor to file a certain statement with the State Board of Elections if the major State contractor made a certain disbursement during the reporting period to a certain advocacy organization that makes disbursements for public communications relating to a major State project in which the major State contractor has a financial interest; requiring that certain covered disbursements be attributed to a major State contractor; requiring a major State contractor to maintain certain records; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing Canceled (education, Health, And Environmental Affairs) And Hearing Canceled (budget And Taxation) on 04/05/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
State Government - Cybersecurity - Coordination and Governance [HB-1346]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[National Security ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing the Office of Security Management within the Department of Information Technology (DoIT); establishing the Maryland Cybersecurity Coordinating Council to study aspects of the State's cybersecurity vulnerabilities and procurement potential, including partnerships with other states; requiring the Secretary of Information Technology to develop and maintain a statewide cybersecurity strategy; requiring the Office to prepare a transition strategy towards cybersecurity centralization; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/27/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Environment - Office of Recycling - Mattress Stewardship Program - Establishment [HB-1226]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
Prohibiting, on and after January 1, 2027, a person from disposing of a mattress in a landfill; prohibiting a person from burning or incinerating a mattress as an alternative means of disposal, subject to certain exceptions; requiring certain producers of mattresses sold at retail in the State or a certain representative organization to submit a plan for the establishment of a Mattress Stewardship Program in the Department of the Environment for approval on or before July 1, 2023; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing Canceled (environment And Transportation) on 03/09/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Local Government Cybersecurity - Coordination and Operations (Local Cybersecurity Support Act of 2022) [HB-1202]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Data Privacy ]
[National Security ]
[Crime ]
Establishing the Cyber Preparedness Unit in the Maryland Department of Emergency Management; establishing certain responsibilities of the Unit; requiring local governments to report certain cybersecurity incidents in a certain manner and under certain circumstances; requiring the State Security Operations Center to notify appropriate agencies of a cybersecurity incident in a certain manner; establishing the Information Sharing and Analysis Center in the Department of Information Technology; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/27/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Public Funds - Prohibition on Expenditures for Abortion (Abortion Subsidy Prohibition Act) [HB-1139]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Prohibiting the use of certain funds or assets to directly or indirectly assist in an abortion or training to perform an abortion or related services, subject to certain exceptions; prohibiting certain individuals from paying a certain fee that would be used to fund an abortion; prohibiting certain entities from entering into certain abortion-related contracts, subject to certain exceptions; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/17/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Homeowners' Property Tax Credit - Easy Application and Automatic Renewal [HB-1138]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
[Housing ]
Requiring the Comptroller to include on the Maryland resident individual income tax return form a certain notification concerning the homeowners' property tax credit and a certain separate form that a taxpayer may use to apply for the homeowners' property tax credit; and requiring that certain qualifying homeowners receive the homeowners' property tax credit for subsequent taxable years without being required to file an application for the credit.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Restorative Justice Program [HB-997]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing the Restorative Justice Program within the Victim Services Unit of the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services; and establishing the position of Restorative Justice Legal Specialist, the Restorative Justice Program Revolving Fund, and the Maryland Restorative Justice Council.
Sponsored by: Rep. Debra Davis
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/07/2022