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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Social Media Platforms - Vloggers and Video Content Featuring Minors [SB-1162]
Requiring a vlogger who creates video content that is posted on a social media platform and features a certain minor child to compensate the child under certain circumstances; establishing requirements on social media platforms relating to deleting video content featuring minor children; applying certain requirements related to the labor of minors to children compensated by vloggers; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/11/2024
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Clean Water Commerce Account - Contracts for the Purchase of Environmental Outcomes [SB-1144]
Requiring the Department of the Environment, in entering into a certain contract under the Clean Water Commerce Account for the purchase of a certain environmental outcome, to allow certain nonuniform payment schedules for certain purposes; and authorizing the Department, in order to ensure certain outcomes, to require a minimum final payment and, for a contract award greater than $500,000, additional financial protections, including a letter of credit, insurance instrument, or performance bond.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 501 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Economic Development - Business Diversity Incubator Program and Fund - Established [HB-1490]
Establishing the Business Diversity Incubator Program and Fund in the Department of Commerce to provide grants to certain business entities to establish diverse and effective business incubators in the State; authorizing the Governor in each of fiscal years 2026 through 2031, to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $5,000,000 to the Business Diversity Incubator Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Melissa Wells
Hearing Canceled on 03/13/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Howard County - Payment in Lieu of Taxes Agreements - Moderate Income Housing Ho. Co. 8-24 [SB-1147]
Authorizing certain owners of real property and the governing body of Howard County to enter into payment in lieu of taxes agreements for maintaining a certain number of moderate income housing units at the property; requiring the County Executive of Howard County to publish on the county's website the methodology used to calculate the negotiated payment amount under a payment in lieu of taxes agreement authorized under the Act and to reevaluate the methodology at least once every 5 years; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/10/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to cold cases. [HB-551]
Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to allow law enforcement agencies to contract with retired peace officers to assist with homicide cold cases.
Sponsored by: Rep. John Blanton
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 63) on 04/04/2024
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Alaska 33rd Legislature
Ins. Data Security; Info. Security Prgrms [HB-324]
An Act relating to insurance data security; amending Rule 26, Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure, and Rules 402 and 501, Alaska Rules of Evidence; and providing for an effective date.
Sponsored by: Rep. Will Stapp
L&c Rpt Cs(l&c) 2dp 5nr on 04/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Soil Conservation Districts - Small Ponds - Plan Review Fees [HB-1465]
Authorizing a soil conservation district to recommend a fee system to cover the cost of reviewing plans for small ponds; establishing that any fees collected under the Act shall be supplemental to county and State funds; requiring a soil conservation district, in developing a fee system for small pond plans, to determine for the succeeding year the reasonable cost of reviewing the plans; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Greg Wims
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 524 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Public Works Contracts - Apprenticeship Requirements (Maryland Workforce Apprenticeship Utilization Act) [SB-1138]
Altering certain apprenticeship requirements relating to public works contracts to require certain contractors and subcontractors to employ a certain number of qualified apprentices or journeymen necessary to meet a certain applicable percentage for the project; altering the dollar value for certain projects for the purpose of applying certain apprenticeship requirements to the project; repealing certain provisions of law that allowed contractors and subcontractors to make certain payments in lieu of employing certain apprentices; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Calvert County - Procurement - Competitive Bidding [HB-1462]
Increasing the minimum dollar amount of contracts from $30,000 to $50,000 for which the Calvert County Commissioners are required to undergo a formal bidding process.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/15/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to personal service contracts. [HB-512]
Amends KRS 45A.690, relating to the Government Contract Review Committee, to exclude agreements between the Kentucky Horse Park and judges, officials, and entertainers contracted for events promoted by the Kentucky Horse Park from the definition of “personal service contract.”
Sponsored by: Rep. Ruth Palumbo
Signed By Governor (acts Ch.39) on 04/04/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Howard County - Payment in Lieu of Taxes Agreements - Moderate Income Housing Ho. Co. 8-24 [HB-1357]
Authorizing certain owners of real property and the governing body of Howard County to enter into payment in lieu of taxes agreements for maintaining a certain number of moderate income housing units at the property; requiring the County Executive of Howard County to publish on the county's website the methodology used to calculate the negotiated payment amount under a payment in lieu of taxes agreement authorized under the Act and to reevaluate the methodology at least once every 5 years; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 967 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State and Private Construction Contracts and State Procurement Contracts - Prompt Payment and Interest Requirements [HB-1365]
Requiring a private construction contract to include a provision requiring the owner to pay the contractor within 45 days after the receipt of a proper invoice following completion of the work or, if the owner withholds all or part of an amount invoiced, to send a certain notification to the contractor; requiring a contract between a contractor and a subcontractor on a private or State construction contract to include a provision requiring the contractor to pay the subcontractor within 7 days after receipt of payment; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kriselda Valderrama
Hearing Canceled (economic Matters) on 02/27/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Solar Energy and Energy Storage - Development and State Procurement [HB-1328]
Authorizing a county to enact a local law creating a conservation and restoration fund for a certain purpose; establishing the Utility-Scale Solar Design and Siting Commission in the Power Plant Research Program to provide recommendations related to solar energy development and land conservation and preservation; requiring the owner or operator of a certain solar energy generating station to plant and maintain a certain cover crop on certain land and submit a certain vegetation management plan to a certain entity; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brian Crosby
First Reading Economic Matters And Appropriations on 02/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Electricity - Offshore Wind Projects - Alterations [HB-1296]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to open a revised Round 2 proceeding on June 1, 2024, to evaluate certain offshore wind projects; prohibiting the Commission from approving an application for an offshore wind project unless the application includes commitments for in-State expenditures and investments; requiring the Commission to develop a certain plan to include a schedule of offshore wind energy procurements and proposed amounts of offshore wind energy for procurement through 2031; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 431 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Civil Rights - Discrimination Based on Protected Characteristics and Reproductive Freedom [HB-1397]
Altering certain provisions of law prohibiting discrimination based on certain protected characteristics to include prohibitions on discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, race, religious beliefs, marital status, and disability; and withdrawing and repealing Chapter 244 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 2023.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jon Cardin
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 377 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Baltimore City Coordinated Youth Violence Review and Response Team [HB-1310]
Establishing the Baltimore City Coordinated Youth Violence Review and Response Team to examine and prevent violence against youth through intensive case management; requiring that the review team be provided with access to certain information and records; establishing certain closed meeting, confidentiality, and disclosure requirements for certain information and records; authorizing police records concerning a child to be divulged to the review and response team; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Dalya Attar
Referred Judicial Proceedings on 03/18/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Correctional Facilities - Correctional Nursery Program - Establishment [HB-1411]
Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to establish the Correctional Nursery Program to allow eligible incarcerated individuals and children born to them while in custody to reside together in a correctional facility.
Sponsored by: Rep. Seth Howard
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Department of General Services - Renewable Natural Gas Pilot Program - Establishment [HB-1379]
Requiring the Department of General Services, in consultation with the University System of Maryland and the Department of the Environment, to establish a Renewable Natural Gas Pilot Program in the Department on or before January 1, 2025; requiring the Department, in consultation with the University System of Maryland and the Department of the Environment, to issue a certain solicitation for a renewable natural gas contract; authorizing the Department to enter into a contract to procure renewable natural gas; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Arentz
First Reading Economic Matters on 02/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
School Leadership Training Program - Alterations [HB-1287]
Altering the school leadership training program developed by the State Department of Education and the Accountability and Implementation Board to require that the State Superintendent, county superintendents, and the chair and vice chair of the State Board, a county board, and the Accountability and Implementation Board complete the training; combining two leadership trainings into a single training; and providing for the content of the school leadership training.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle Wilkins
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 127 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Residential Property – Assignment of Contracts of Sale – Disclosure Requirements and Rescission [HB-1408]
Authorizing a seller and buyer of certain residential property to rescind a contract of sale without penalty at any time before closing if a certain seller does not provide a certain notice; establishing that a buyer is entitled to a refund of any deposit paid for the purchase of residential real property under certain circumstances; requiring that a contract of sale comply with the requirements of the Act; and applying the Act prospectively.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/20/2024