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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Public Health - Abortion [HB-1233] [Healthcare ] [Reproductive Rights / Abortion ] [Public Health ]
Requiring that an abortion be performed by a physician, rather than a qualified provider; repealing certain provisions of law related to State interference with an abortion, regulations related to abortion, and liability or criminal punishment for qualified providers who perform an abortion; prohibiting a physician from knowingly performing, inducing, or attempting to perform or induce an abortion under certain circumstances and subject to certain exceptions; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Seth Howard Hearing Canceled on 03/15/2024

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Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Ground Leases – Application for Redemption – Procedures [HB-1225] [Real Estate ]
Altering certain requirements for a leasehold tenant to redeem a certain ground lease.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2024

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Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Public Schools - Mathematics Credit - College Preparatory Computer Science or Computer Programming Course [HB-1189] [Education ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Science ]
Authorizing a student who is enrolled at a public high school to satisfy part of a graduation requirement to earn credits in mathematics by completing a credit in an advanced placement computer science or computer programming course or an equally rigorous college preparatory computer science or programming course if enrolled in the course concurrently with or after completing Algebra II; and requiring a county board of education to make a certain certification that certain selected courses may count toward graduation.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein Hearing 4/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2024

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Maryland 2024 Regular Session

State Government - Permits, Licenses, and Certificates - Reimbursement [HB-1260] [Law Enforcement ] [Consumer Protection ] [Public Safety ]
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: Rep. Christopher Adams Hearing 3/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2024

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Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Vehicle Laws – Interstate Highways – Interstate Speed Monitoring Systems [HB-1186] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Infrastructure ]
Requiring the State Highway Administration to install and use at least one interstate speed monitoring system on each interstate highway; establishing procedures for implementing and using an interstate speed monitoring system; requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission, in consultation with the State Highway Administration to develop a training program on the oversight and administration of an interstate speed monitoring program, including a curriculum of best practices in the State; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ric Metzgar Hearing 2/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2024

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Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Business Regulation - Electronic Smoking Devices Manufacturers - Certifications [HB-1197] [Alcoholic Beverages ] [Cannabis ] [Consumer Protection ] [Public Health ]
Requiring a tobacco product manufacturer and a certain electronic smoking devices manufacturer to pay a certification fee of $1,000; 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; requiring the Attorney General to develop and make available to the public a certain directory; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Rogers Hearing Canceled on 02/26/2024

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Maryland 2024 Regular Session

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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Bernice Mireku-North Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2024

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Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Occupational and Professional Licensing - Military Training and Military Spouses [HB-1201] [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: Rep. Jason Buckel Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. (economic Matters) on 02/09/2024

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Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Estates and Trusts - Estate Administration - Publication of Notice [HB-1258] [Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the registers of wills for each county and Baltimore City to, in coordination, establish a centralized website for use by all registers to publish certain notice; altering certain requirements for publication of notice relating to the appointment of a personal representative, a request for judicial probate, and estates administered by a foreign personal representative; and repealing the requirement that a foreign personal representative record a certain certification with the register.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Elizabeth Embry Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/23/2024

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Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Advanced Practice Registered Nurses - Certification Requirement and Exceptions [HB-1105] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ]
Requiring an individual, subject to certain exceptions, to be certified as an advanced practice registered nurse before practicing advanced practice registered nursing in the State.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Veronica Turner Approved By The Governor - Chapter 890 on 05/16/2024

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Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Environment - Playground Surfacing Materials - Prohibitions [HB-1147] [Environmental ] [Public Health ] [Consumer Protection ] [Children and Youth ]
Prohibiting, on or after October 1, 2024, a person from installing, supplying, selling, soliciting, or offering for sale playground surfacing materials that contain a certain concentration of lead or a component product, material, or substance to which PFAS chemicals were previously intentionally added for certain purposes; prohibiting a county, municipality, or unit of local government from adopting any ordinance, rule, or regulation related to playground surfacing materials that is less stringent than of the Act; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein Approved By The Governor - Chapter 488 on 05/09/2024

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Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Watershed, Stream, and Floodplain Restoration - Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Restoration and Stream and Floodplain Restoration Funding (Whole Watershed Act) [HB-1165] [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; authorizing the use of the Waterway Improvement Fund for projects that involve the beneficial use of dredged material and for certain water quality monitoring; prohibiting the Department of the Environment from reducing certain monitoring requirements for certain projects; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein Approved By The Governor - Chapter 558 on 05/09/2024

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Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Tobacco Product Manufacturers - Escrow Act - Alterations [HB-1173] [Consumer Protection ] [Public Health ]
Requiring, beginning in a certain year, a certain tobacco product manufacturer to pay a certain equity fee instead of depositing certain funds in a certain escrow account; authorizing a certain tobacco product manufacturer to contest the amount of the equity fee paid under certain circumstances; requiring a certain tobacco product manufacturer to make a certain certification to the Attorney General each year; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Lily Qi Hearing Canceled on 02/27/2024

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Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Maryland Health Care Commission – Health Care Facilities – Cybersecurity for Hospitals [HB-1123] [Cybersecurity ] [Healthcare ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Public Health ] [Data Privacy ]
Requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission to adopt minimum cybersecurity standards for hospitals and take certain other actions related to the cybersecurity of hospitals, including supporting hospitals that do not meet the minimum cybersecurity standards; requiring hospitals to comply with the cybersecurity standards adopted by the Commission; and requiring the Secretary of Health to consider cybersecurity standards for hospitals when issuing a license to a hospital.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Kerr Hearing Canceled on 02/20/2024

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Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Certified Nursing Assistants - Licensing Requirements and Administrative Updates [HB-1125] [Healthcare ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Senior Citizens ] [Public Health ]
Exempting an individual who practices as a certain nursing assistant for less than 4 months under federal regulations from the State's certification requirement; altering the designation of, and licensure requirements for, certified nursing assistants and geriatric nursing assistants; requiring an applicant for certification as a certified nursing assistant to complete a nursing assistant competency evaluation; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser Approved By The Governor - Chapter 818 on 05/16/2024

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Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Public Service Commission - Energy Storage Devices - Acquisition and Deployment [HB-1112] [Energy ] [Telecommunications ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Construction ]
Establishing that a person that applies for a certificate of public convenience and necessity in response to a certain order is eligible for an expedited review process of the application; requiring the Public Service Commission to give priority to the review of and final action on certain applications for a certificate of public convenience and necessity; subjecting certain contracts entered into under the Act to a certain project labor agreement; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/21/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Grow Your Own Educators Grant Program - Established [HB-1157] [Education ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Establishing the Grow Your Own Educators Grant Program to provide grants to local school systems for employees who pledge to fulfill a certain service obligation as a full-time teacher in the State; requiring the State Department of Education to administer the Program and to take certain actions to develop and implement the Program; establishing the eligibility for certain teacher candidates in the Program and requiring teacher candidates to be paid a certain rate and offered certain benefits under the Program; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle Wilkins Approved By The Governor - Chapter 228 on 04/25/2024

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Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program - Employee Certification and Awareness Materials [HB-1172] [Student Loans ] [Education ] [Finance ] [Consumer Protection ]
Establishing requirements related to the certification of employment by public service employers under the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, including requirements regarding determinations of whether employees are full-time and the frequency with which the certifications are to be provided; and requiring the Student Loan Ombudsman in the Office of the Commissioner of Financial Regulation to develop and disseminate information to increase awareness of and participation in the Program.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Lesley Lopez Hearing Canceled on 03/05/2024

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Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Maryland Green Schools - Website Update and Maintenance [HB-1102] [Environmental ] [Education ] [Funding ] [Public Health ]
Requiring the Maryland Association of Environmental and Outdoor Education to use a certain appropriation to update, by January 1, 2026, and maintain a certain website dedicated to green schools and becoming certified as a green school; and requiring county boards of education to prominently display a link to the website on the county board's website and circulate certain information to teachers and staff.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sarah Wolek First Reading Ways And Means on 02/07/2024

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Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Business Regulation - Electronic Smoking Devices Manufacturers - Certifications [HB-1033] [Alcoholic Beverages ] [Cannabis ] [Consumer Protection ] [Small Business ] [Public Health ]
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: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/12/2024

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