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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Business Occupational and Professional Licenses - Suspension and Revocation for Workplace Fraud [SB-218]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Construction ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring, under certain circumstances, the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to notify a licensing authority when a licensee is found in violation of certain workplace fraud provisions; requiring licensing authorities to suspend or revoke the licenses of licensees who are reported by the Commissioner; and establishing certain appeal and license reinstatement procedures.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 01/27/2025
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Education - High School Diploma - Veterans of Armed Conflicts [SB-137]
[Education ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
Authorizing certain individuals honorably discharged from military service to obtain a high school diploma if the individual withdrew from a full-time public or private high school to enlist in the armed forces of the United States during an armed conflict authorized by the President of the United States or Congress.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Simonaire
Hearing Canceled on 01/23/2025
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Apprenticeships in Licensed Occupations Act of 2024 [SB-1185]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring professional and occupational regulatory boards to issue licenses, certifications, and registrations to individuals who complete an apprenticeship program that is established under certain provisions of the Act, pass a certain examination, and pay a certain fee; authorizing the Maryland Department of Labor to develop a standard apprenticeship program for a licensed occupation or profession; and establishing a workgroup to establish group-sponsored apprenticeships in certain professions.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/21/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Department of Commerce - Employer Tax Credit Programs - Alterations and Establishment [HB-1508]
[Taxes ]
[Economic Development ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Altering the termination date of the Job Creation Tax Credit Program from 2027 to 2025; providing for the termination date for the One Maryland Economic Development Tax Credit Program on January 1, 2025; establishing the Maryland Jobs Development Tax Credit Program in the Department of Commerce to allow certain qualified business entities to receive credits against the State income tax for creating a certain number of qualified positions or for carrying out a high impact economic development project in the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Hearing Canceled on 03/12/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Insurance - Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund - Assessments [HB-1483]
[Insurance ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Requiring, before the Board of Directors of the Industry Automobile Insurance Association authorizes the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund to withdraw certain amounts, that the Maryland Insurance Commissioner approve a certain certification of a certain assessment to be made on certain private passenger auto and commercial insurance carriers due to a certain loss of the Fund; and requiring the Commissioner to make a certain decision regarding certain assessment allocation percentages within 30 days.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/06/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Hunting - Lead and Lead-Based Ammunition - Phase-Out [HB-1473]
[Animals ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to establish a certain process to phase out on or before December 31, 2026, the use of lead or lead-based ammunition for hunting; and requiring the Department to establish a process to certify ammunition as nonlead ammunition.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vaughn Stewart
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/14/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Community Colleges - Maryland Community College Promise Scholarship - Requirements [SB-1141]
[Education ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Establishing that applicants for a Maryland Community College Promise Scholarship are not subject to certain requirements of the scholarship application process if the applicant enrolls in a noncredit vocational certificate program, enrolls in a sequence of noncredit courses leading to licensure or certification, or participates in a registered apprenticeship program.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Rereferred To Appropriations on 04/05/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Primary and Secondary Education - Career Ladder Qualifications - Teachers With Relevant Degrees [HB-1433]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Altering the career ladder for teachers to allow teachers with a certain higher degree to participate as an equivalent to teachers with National Board Certification; requiring the State Department of Education to study the efficacy of National Board Certified teachers; and repealing, beginning on a certain date under certain circumstances, the teacher salary increases associated with becoming a National Board Certified teacher or holding a certain higher degree.
Sponsored by: Rep. April Fleming Miller
Hearing Canceled on 02/13/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Department of Health - Body Altering Aesthetics Advisory Committee [HB-1327]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Establishing the Body Altering Aesthetics Advisory Committee within the Maryland Department of Health to study whether the current health occupations licensing and certification system adequately regulates the body altering aesthetics industry in the State; and requiring the Advisory Committee to submit interim findings by December 1, 2024, and a final report with any recommended regulatory or legislative changes by December 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Dorchester County - Definition of Public School Employee - Alteration [HB-1409]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
Altering the definition of "public school employee" to include supervisory noncertificated employees in Dorchester County for purposes of collective bargaining.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 381 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Early Childhood Education - Prekindergarten Providers - Resident and Conditional Teaching Certificates [HB-1385]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the State Department of Education to establish a resident early childhood teaching certificate and a conditional early childhood teaching certificate for teachers who meet certain criteria in eligible publicly funded prekindergarten programs.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jessica Feldmark
Hearing Canceled on 02/13/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Education - Blueprint for Maryland's Future - Alterations [HB-1426]
[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; requiring the State Board to approve certain specifications for teachers and administrators relating to time spent in the classroom and time spent on other teacher activities; altering certain requirements relating to student-to-classroom personnel ratios and funding timelines for the Prekindergarten Expansion Grant Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 164 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Early Childhood Education - Publicly Funded Prekindergarten Programs - Alterations [HB-1441]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Altering staff qualifications in eligible prekindergarten programs; authorizing a county board to apply for funding to lease space for prekindergarten programs; establishing an early childhood educator career ladder; requiring the Department of Education to establish prekindergarten provider hubs; requiring the Department to distribute a list of eligible private prekindergarten providers; requiring the Governor to appropriate in fiscal year 2026 an amount that is at least equal to the amount appropriated in fiscal year 2024; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Ebersole
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 165 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Workers' Compensation - Rehabilitation Practitioners - Licensed Social Workers [HB-1285]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Mental Health ]
[Healthcare ]
Authorizing 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: Rep. Susan McComas
Third Reading Passed (137-0) on 03/18/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Board of Social Work Examiners - Practice Social Work - Definition and Scope of Authority [HB-1289]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
Altering the definition of "practice social work" to clarify the types of assessments that may be performed by a licensee, add biopsychosocial treatment as a treatment option, and clarify the scope of practice for individuals licensed as certified social worker-clinical; and authorizing the Board of Social Work Examiners to adopt regulations regarding requirements for engagement in additional acts of social work otherwise authorized by law but not specifically by the Board.
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan McComas
First Reading Health And Government Operations on 02/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Cybersecurity - Office of People's Counsel, Public Service Companies, Public Service Commission, and Maryland Cybersecurity Council [HB-1420]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Energy ]
[Telecommunications ]
Authorizing the Office of People's Counsel to retain or hire experts in the field of cybersecurity; requiring certain public service companies to engage with a third party to conduct an assessment that analyzes certain critical software; requiring certain regulations adopted by the Public Service Commission to include cyber resilience; and defining "critical infrastructure" for certain provisions relating to the Maryland Cybersecurity Council.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing 3/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/22/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Renewable Energy - Net Energy Metering Aggregation, Solar Renewable Energy Credits, and Taxes on Solar Energy Generating Systems (Brighter Tomorrow Act) [HB-1435]
[Energy ]
[Taxes ]
Altering the maximum generating capacity authorized for certain net metered generating facilities; authorizing an eligible customer-generator participating in certain meter aggregation to receive excess generation from more than one generating system; requiring the Public Service Commission to establish a Small Solar Energy Generating System Incentive Program; providing that solar energy generating systems that receive a certain certification by the Commission are eligible to receive additional solar renewable energy credits; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
First Reading Economic Matters on 02/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Department of Education - School Psychologist Recruitment Program [HB-1401]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing the School Psychologist Recruitment Program within the State Department of Education to provide professional development programs and aid for a certification fee to school psychologists and individuals seeking to become school psychologists and to reimburse school psychologists for professional conference expenses.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Hearing Canceled on 02/13/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity - Energy Storage Devices [HB-1367]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring a person to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the Public Service Commission before beginning construction of an energy storage device with a minimum energy storage capacity of 1 megawatt; and applying the Act prospectively.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kriselda Valderrama
First Reading Economic Matters on 02/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System - Membership - 9-1-1 Specialists [HB-1313]
[Pensions ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Retirement ]
Authorizing certain individuals who are employed as 9-1-1 specialists and certified by the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to become members of the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System as employees of a participating governmental unit.
Sponsored by: Rep. Carl Anderton
Hearing 3/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/26/2024