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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Economic Development - West North Avenue Development Authority - Alterations [SB-1005]
Altering the administration and membership of the West North Avenue Development Authority; specifying the powers and duties of the Authority, subject to certain limitations; exempting the Authority from certain provisions of law; requiring the Authority to take certain actions regarding the finances of the Authority; exempting the Authority from certain taxation or assessments under certain circumstances; establishing the West North Avenue Development Authority Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Antonio Hayes
Favorable With Amendments Report By Ways And Means on 04/08/2024
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State Procurement - Apprenticeship Preference Program [HB-984]
Establishing an apprenticeship preference program in State procurement; establishing a certain price preference for bids and proposals that will utilize registered apprentices in the performance of certain contracts; requiring contractors and certain subcontractors to provide certain information to a unit regarding the use of registered apprentices as a condition of receiving a contract; and providing for the liability of contractors and subcontractors for a certain amount under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Hutchinson
Hearing Canceled (health And Government Operations) on 02/21/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Electricity - Tariffs, Distributed Energy Resources, and Electric Distribution System Support Services (Distributed Renewable Integration and Vehicle Electrification (DRIVE) Act) [SB-959]
Requiring an investor-owned electric company to file certain time-of-use tariffs with the Public Service Commission by July 1, 2025; requiring an investor-owned electric company to attempt to achieve a reasonable enrollment target for the tariffs by January 1, 2028; authorizing the Commission to require the automatic enrollment of certain customers in a time-of-use tariff on an opt-out basis; requiring the Commission to adopt certain regulations by May 1, 2025, regarding the interconnection of certain systems; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 475 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Finance and Procurement - Retention Proceeds [HB-994]
Requiring that undisputed retention proceeds retained by a unit or a certain contractor under a State procurement contract be paid within 90 days after the date of substantial completion.
Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Adams
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to school district property and declaring an emergency. [HB-464]
Repeal and reenact KRS 162.060 to establish that local boards of education submit all plans for new public school buildings or additions or alterations of old buildings to the chief state school officer; prohibit the Kentucky Department of Education from requiring prior approval of the district's plans; prohibit a project for new school buildings from spending more than 10 percent of the project on the acquisition and improvement of land; provide a waiver process; amend KRS 156.160 to require the administrative regulation promulgated by the Kentucky
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Sponsored by: Rep. Killian Timoney
Recommitted To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/21/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Education - Virtual Tutoring Services - Background Checks and Fingerprinting [SB-883]
Requiring a county board of education, a nonpublic school, or a contracting agency that has contracted with a virtual tutoring service to require the virtual tutoring service to conduct a criminal history records check for any individual at the virtual tutoring service who engages with a minor; and authorizing certain criminal history records checks conducted by a virtual tutoring service to satisfy certain fingerprinting and background requirements.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
House Conference Committee Appointed (delegates Ebersole, Patterson And Fair) on 04/08/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Baltimore Convention and Tourism Redevelopment and Operating Authority Task Force [SB-896]
Establishing the Baltimore Convention and Tourism Redevelopment and Operating Authority Task Force to study and make recommendations concerning the membership, purpose, and function of an entity or strategy to govern the renovation, revitalization, financing, and ongoing maintenance and management of the Baltimore Convention site and certain surrounding areas; and requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Mayor of Baltimore City, the Governor, and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2024.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill Carter
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 635 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Procurement - Leases and Construction Contracts - Performance Suspension Pending Audit [HB-852]
Requiring a unit of the Executive Branch of State government to suspend performance on a construction contract or a contract to lease real property if the contract is the subject of an investigation by the Office of Legislative Audits for an act or allegation of fraud, waste, or abuse in the obligation, expenditure, receipt, or use of State resources; and establishing that a suspension ends 60 days after the completion of the investigation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tiffany Alston
First Reading Health And Government Operations on 02/02/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Procurement - Small Business Reserve Program - Goals and Outreach Program [HB-962]
Increasing a participation goal from a minimum of 15% to 20% for certain small businesses for certain procurement contracts; requiring the certification agency, in consultation with Governor's Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs to develop an outreach program to increase the participation of small businesses that are owned by economically disadvantaged individuals; requiring, by each December 1, the certification agency to submit a report on the outreach program and the dollar amount of certain awards; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 583 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Garrett County - Procurement - Bids and Contracts [HB-907]
Increasing the minimum dollar amount of contracts for which the County Commissioners, or any employee of Garrett County, are required to advertise for bids from $25,000 to $50,000; exempting certain contracts for professional services from a requirement to advertise for bids; and authorizing contracts for professional services required to be licensed by the State to be solicited by written bids.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jim Hinebaugh
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 693 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Condominiums and Homeowners Associations - Reserve Studies - Exemptions [HB-968]
Exempting condominiums in which the council of unit owners votes to fund repairs to the common elements through a special assessment by an affirmative vote of 80% of certain unit owners and certain homeowners associations from provisions of law pertaining to reserve studies.
Sponsored by: Rep. William Wivell
Hearing Canceled on 02/07/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Procurement - Preferences - Veteran-Owned Small Business Enterprise Program [HB-861]
Establishing 3% as the overall percentage goal of the total dollar value of procurement contracts by a unit of State government to be made directly or indirectly with veteran-owned small business enterprises; and repealing a requirement that the Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs adopt regulations to establish a certain overall percentage goal.
Sponsored by: Rep. Edith Patterson
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/19/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Washington County - Procurement - Vehicles [HB-928]
Authorizing the County Commissioners of Washington County to enter into a certain contract for the purchase of one or more vehicles without advertising for bids if the amount involved in the contract does not exceed $100,000.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 701 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Information Technology - Artificial Intelligence - Policies and Procedures (Artificial Intelligence Governance Act of 2024) [SB-818]
Requiring each unit of State government to conduct certain inventories and a certain assessment on or before certain dates; prohibiting the Department of Information Technology from making certain information publicly available under certain circumstances; requiring the Department, in consultation with a certain subcabinet, to adopt certain policies and procedures concerning the development, procurement, deployment, use, and assessment of systems that employ artificial intelligence by units of State government; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 496 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Baltimore Convention and Tourism Redevelopment and Operating Organization Task Force [HB-897]
Establishing the Baltimore Convention and Tourism Redevelopment and Operating Organization Task Force to study and make recommendations concerning the membership, purpose, and function of an organization to govern the renovation, revitalization, financing, and ongoing maintenance and management of the Baltimore Convention site and certain surrounding areas; and requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Mayor of Baltimore City, the Governor, and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2024.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Motion Special Order Until Later Today (senator Hayes) Adopted on 04/05/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Off-Highway Vehicles - Clarifications and Revisions [HB-972]
Clarifying and harmonizing certain provisions of law governing off-highway recreational vehicles and other similar off-highway motor vehicles; repealing the exception for certain off-highway recreational vehicles to the requirement to obtain a motor vehicle certificate of title; requiring a motor vehicle dealer that sells off-highway recreational vehicles to provide certain electronic motor vehicle titling services; authorizing a local jurisdiction to enforce the Maryland Vehicle Law for violations within its jurisdiction; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Regina Boyce
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/20/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to state contracts. [HB-448]
Amend KRS 45A.110 to require the bidder or offeror to attest to not receiving two or more civil penalties under KRS Chapter 337, 338, 339, or 341 in order to be eligible to receive the written determination of responsibility.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrielle Camuel
To State Government (h) on 03/01/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Internet-Connected Devices and Internet Service Providers - Default Filtering of Obscene Content (Maryland Online Child Protection Act) [SB-780]
Prohibiting a person from selling an Internet-connected device that is intended for minors unless the device is sold with a certain filter, certain privacy settings, and other features; making a violation of the prohibition an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice that is subject to the enforcement and penalties under the Maryland Consumer Protection Act; requiring that preference be given to certain grant applications that include the use of broadband providers that implement the use of certain filters; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Hearing 3/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Public Utilities - Solar Energy Systems and Programs, Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund, and Prevailing Wage (Brighter Tomorrow Act) [SB-783]
Requiring that certain home improvement contracts for the installation of a solar energy generating system on the roof of a building include the installation of a certain wildlife barrier under certain circumstances; requiring a county or municipality to implement certain software for features supporting the tracking and approval of residential building permits for residential solar energy and energy storage systems and main electric panel urgrades and derates on or before August 1, 2025, except under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 595 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Primary and Secondary Education - School Safety and Student Well-Being - Examination of Policies and Funding [SB-756]
Requiring the Maryland Center for School Safety, the State Department of Education, and the Interagency Commission on School Construction by July 1, 2025, and every 2 years thereafter, to review and promulgate guidelines on the state of physical security in schools; altering the amount and uses of annual funding relating to school safety; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $20,000,000 to the Safe Schools Fund to provide grants to local school systems to enhance school safety; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Energy, And The Environment) on 02/08/2024