Certifications
Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners - Veterinary Technicians and Veterinary Assistants [HB-1097]
[Animals ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Authorizing a veterinary assistant to perform certain tasks under the immediate or direct supervision of a veterinary practitioner or a veterinary technician under the direct supervision of a veterinary practitioner; and authorizing a veterinary technician to perform certain procedures, including certain emergency procedures and euthanasia, if the veterinary practitioner determines the veterinary technician is qualified to perform the procedures.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 487 on 05/09/2024
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Public Utilities - Distributed Generation Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity [HB-1046]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Public Safety ]
[Environmental ]
Establishing a distributed generation certificate of public convenience and necessity to authorize the construction and operation of a certain distributed solar energy generating system; requiring the Power Plant Research Program to develop and submit to the Public Service Commission proposed siting and design requirements and licensing conditions; prohibiting a person from being required to obtain a distributed generation certificate of public convenience and necessity until a certain condition is met; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Luke Clippinger
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2024
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Agriculture - Food Processing Residuals Utilization Permit - Establishment [HB-991]
[Agriculture ]
[Food ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
Establishing a food processing residuals utilization permit; prohibiting a person from utilizing food processing residuals in the State unless the person obtains a permit; requiring the Department of Agriculture to provide a certain notice and information to certain persons in a county where food processing residuals will be stored; establishing the Food Processing Residuals Administration Fund; authorizing a representative of the Department to enter and inspect any site where food processing residuals are utilized; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. April Rose
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 531 on 05/09/2024
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Correctional Services - Maryland Correctional Enterprises - Formerly Incarcerated Individuals [SB-1017]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring Maryland Correctional Enterprises to develop a plan for program participants to obtain employment after release on parole or supervised mandatory release; requiring the Division of Parole and Probation to report on individuals who participated in Maryland Correctional Enterprises programming; establishing certain procedures for appointing formerly incarcerated individuals to certain State positions; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo Washington
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/13/2024
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Higher Education - Maryland Police Officers and Probation Agents Scholarship Program - Alterations [SB-1101]
[Education ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Altering the definition of an eligible institution for the Maryland Police Officers and Probation Agents Scholarship Program to include a community college in the State.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 252 on 04/25/2024
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Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission - Connection Pipe Emergency Replacement Loan Program - Expansion PG/MC 101-24 [HB-1024]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Water ]
Expanding the Connection Pipe Emergency Replacement Loan Program to include certain sewer pipes and diagnostic actions; altering the maximum amount of a loan that may be made under the Program from $5,000 to $10,000; altering the total amount of loans that the Program may provide or have outstanding from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000; and increasing to $200,000 the amount of funding through fiscal year 2034 which the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission must include for the Program in the Commission's budget.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 679 on 05/09/2024
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State Government – Permits, Licenses, and Certificates – Reimbursement [SB-926]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requiring the Attorney General to give notice to State agencies and the public when a court orders that the State may not require a person to possess a specified permit, license, or certificate; and requiring State agencies to reimburse issuance and renewal costs for such permits, licenses, and certificates.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Hershey
Hearing Canceled on 02/13/2024
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Emergency Services - Automated External Defibrillator and Naloxone Co-Location Initiative - Requirements for Public Buildings [SB-1099]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the State Emergency Medical Services Board, in collaboration with the Maryland Department of Health, to develop and implement an initiative under the Public Access Automated External Defibrillator Program to require that naloxone be co-located with each automated external defibrillator placed in a public building; establishing a certain immunity from liability for individuals who administer naloxone made available under the initiative in response to a known or suspected drug overdose; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 764 on 05/16/2024
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Public Utilities – Distributed Generation Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity [SB-1025]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Construction ]
[Environmental ]
Establishing a distributed generation certificate of public convenience and necessity to authorize the construction and operation of a certain distributed solar energy generating system; requiring the Power Plant Research Program to develop and submit to the Public Service Commission proposed siting and design requirements and licensing conditions; prohibiting a person from being required to obtain a distributed generation certificate of public convenience and necessity until a certain condition is met; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2024
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Vessel Transfers - Excise Tax and Title Fee Exemption and Transfer-on-Death Beneficiary Designation [HB-1011]
[Taxes ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibiting the imposition of an excise tax or certificate of title fee for the transfer of certain vessels to a trust or from a trust to certain beneficiaries under certain circumstances; requiring that an application for a certificate of title for a vessel contain certain information; authorizing an individual who is the sole owner of a certain vessel to apply to the Department of Natural Resources to designate a beneficiary to take ownership of the vessel on the death of the owner; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Arentz
Hearing 2/29 At 1:00 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 02/07/2024
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Workers’ Compensation – Rehabilitation Practitioners – Licensed Social Workers [SB-931]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Mental Health ]
[Healthcare ]
Authorizing certain licensed social workers to register as a rehabilitation practitioner; and authorizing a licensed certified social worker-clinical to provide evaluation services for workers' compensation claims related to permanent impairments involving a behavioral or mental disorder.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2024
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Baltimore County - Speed Monitoring Systems - Interstate 695 [SB-1067]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Crime ]
Authorizing the State Highway Administration to place and use 16 speed monitoring systems on Interstate 695 in Baltimore County, except that only 4 may be operated at any given time; requiring that fines collected in Baltimore County as a result of violations enforced by speed monitoring systems on Interstate 695 be used to assist in covering the cost of roadway and safety improvements on Interstate 695 in Baltimore County; requiring the Department of State Police to mail a warning notice instead of a citation for a certain violation; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks
Hearing Canceled on 04/02/2024
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Public Utilities - Electric Distribution System Planning - Regulations, Plans, and Fund [SB-1083]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to adopt certain regulations to oversee electric distribution system planning in the State on or before December 31, 2025; requiring electric companies in the State to submit to the Commission certain plans to upgrade certain parts of the electric distribution system in the State on or before January 1, 2026; and establishing the Electric Distribution System Make-Ready Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund administered by the Maryland Energy Administration.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2024
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Health - Laser Hair Removal - Requirements (Laser Hair Removal Act) [SB-995]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibiting an individual from performing or attempting to perform a laser hair removal procedure unless the indivdiual is a certain health professional; establishing certain requirements for the performance of laser hair removal procedures and laser hair removal practitioners; and requiring certain physician oversight of laser hair removal facilities and laser hair removal procedures performed by laser hair removal practitioners.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2024
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Occupational and Professional Licensing - Military Training and Military Spouses [SB-1072]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Small Business ]
Requiring an occupational licensing board to issue a license, certificate, permit, or registration to an applicant who is military trained or who is a military spouse if the applicant meets certain requirements; requiring an occupational licensing board to consider certain types of experience for a certain calculation; and authorizing an occupational licensing board to issue a temporary license, certificate, permit, or registration under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Hearing Canceled (education, Energy, And The Environment) on 02/13/2024
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Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment Workgroup [SB-951]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Environmental ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment Workgroup; and requiring the Workgroup to report its framework for reliability and reporting standards for electric vehicle charging stations and recommendations to the Senate Committee on Education, Energy, and the Environment and the House Economic Matters Committee on or before November 1, 2024.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 452 on 05/09/2024
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Watershed, Stream, and Floodplain Restoration - Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Restoration and Stream and Floodplain Restoration Funding (Whole Watershed Act) [SB-969]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requiring, in each fiscal year from 2026 through 2030, up to $100,000 from the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund to be used to fund certain operations grants at a rate of $20,000 per project sponsor each fiscal year; establishing the Whole Watershed Restoration Partnership to accelerate restoration of the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays and their watersheds; authorizing the use of the Waterway Improvement Fund for projects that involve the beneficial use of dredged material and for certain water quality monitoring; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 559 on 05/09/2024
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Business Regulation – Electronic Smoking Devices Manufacturers – Certifications [SB-987]
[Cannabis ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Small Business ]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
Requiring a tobacco product manufacturer and a certain electronic smoking devices manufacturer to pay a certain certification fee; authorizing the Executive Director of the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission and the Attorney General to take certain action relating to the licensure of certain electronic smoking devices manufacturers, wholesalers, importers, and retailers and vape shop vendors in certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2024
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Blueprint for Maryland's Future - Alterations [SB-984]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
Requiring the Secretary of Labor to prioritize activities, programs, and services that contribute to meeting a certain statewide goal when administering the business of the Maryland Department of Labor; requiring the State Board of Education, rather than the Accountability and Implementation Board, to approve certain specifications of teachers for spending time outside the classroom and approving when a career ladder has become effective; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2024
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Education – Blueprint for Maryland’s Future – Alterations [SB-1102]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Children and Youth ]
Authorizing the State Department of Education to award funding for a new Judy Center or Family Support Center for planning and development under a certain circumstance; altering the date by which the Accountability and Implementation Board has to conduct and submit an independent evaluation to December 1, 2026; requiring a nonclassroom teacher who pursues National Board Certification to receive certain funding from the State under certain circumstances; altering requirements for the Prekindergarten Expansion Grant Program; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 3/27 At 1:30 P.m. (ways And Means) And Hearing Canceled (appropriations) on 03/27/2024