Common Ownership Communities and Zoning Authorities - Operation of Family Child Care Homes - Limitations [HB-831]
Prohibiting a provision in certain documents of a cooperative housing corporation from prohibiting or restricting the establishment or operation of certain family child care homes; prohibiting a provision in certain documents of a cooperative housing corporation from limiting the number of children for which certain family child care homes provide family child care below a certain number; repealing the authority of condominium and homeowners associations to prohibit the establishment or operation of certain family child care homes; etc.
HB-831: Common Ownership Communities and Zoning Authorities - Operation of Family Child Care Homes - Limitations
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2024
Carroll County - Public Facilities Bond [HB-796]
Authorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of Carroll County to borrow not more than $29,800,000 in order to finance the construction, improvement, or development of certain public facilities in Carroll County, and to effect such borrowing by the issuance and sale at public or private sale of its general obligation bonds; etc.
HB-796: Carroll County - Public Facilities Bond
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 684 on 05/09/2024
Carroll County - Contracts and Purchasing [HB-839]
Increasing from $25,000 to $50,000 the cost of a public work or improvement or the purchase price of supplies or equipment for which the County Commissioners of Carroll County may enter into a contract; and requiring that when the cost of a public work or improvement or the purchase price of supplies or equipment in Carroll County exceeds $50,000 under certain conditions, the Procurement Officer for the County Commissioner shall advertise for bids for at least 1 week in a media accessible to the general public.
HB-839: Carroll County - Contracts and Purchasing
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 685 on 05/09/2024
Maryland Self-Service Storage Act - Sale of Personal Property in Satisfaction of Liens - Means of Advertising [HB-824]
Authorizing an operator or a manager of a self-service storage facility to advertise via e-mail, website, or newspaper of general circulation the sale of the personal property in a self-service storage unit to satisfy a certain lien, without the occupant's prior written authorization in the storage agreement; and altering a certain statement that must be contained in a self-service storage facility rental agreement.
HB-824: Maryland Self-Service Storage Act - Sale of Personal Property in Satisfaction of Liens - Means of Advertising
Sponsored by: Rep. Andre Johnson
Rereferred To Finance on 04/05/2024
Maryland Technology Development Corporation - Authority [HB-776]
Authorizing the Maryland Technology Development Corporation, subject to a written agreement, to provide certain outside entities administrative services or support and to receive compensation for providing the services or support.
HB-776: Maryland Technology Development Corporation - Authority
Sponsored by: Rep. Jessica Feldmark
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 627 on 05/09/2024
Alcoholic Beverages – Retail Delivery – Local Delivery Service Permit [HB-808]
Establishing a local delivery service permit that authorizes the holder to deliver alcoholic beverages from a retail license holder that is authorized to deliver alcoholic beverages to purchasers in a certain jurisdiction under certain circumstances; authorizing retail license holders to deliver alcoholic beverages to purchasers in a certain jurisdiction through a third-party contractor, an independent contractor, or an agent that holds a certain delivery service permit under certain circumstances; etc.
HB-808: Alcoholic Beverages – Retail Delivery – Local Delivery Service Permit
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 774 on 05/16/2024
State and Private Construction Contracts and State Procurement Contracts – Prompt Payment and Interest Requirements [SB-715]
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.
SB-715: State and Private Construction Contracts and State Procurement Contracts – Prompt Payment and Interest Requirements
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/04/2024
Education - Maryland Office of the Inspector General for Education - Powers and Notifications [HB-746]
Providing that the Maryland Office of the Inspector General for Education is a state educational authority under a certain federal law; providing that the Office is the State unit authorized to audit or evaluate certain education programs; prohibiting the Inspector General for Education from serving more than two full terms; requiring the Governor, the Attorney General, and the State Treasurer to provide the Inspector General with a certain notice and opportunity for a hearing before removing the Inspector General; etc.
HB-746: Education - Maryland Office of the Inspector General for Education - Powers and Notifications
Sponsored by: Rep. April Fleming Miller
First Reading Ways And Means on 01/31/2024
AN ACT relating to nonrecourse consumer legal funding. [SB-148]
Establish Subtitle 13 of KRS Chapter 286 and create sections thereof to define terms; provide exemptions to the new subtitle on nonrecourse consumer legal funding; prohibit engaging in the business of nonrecourse consumer legal funding transactions without a license; establish licensing requirements; provide that nonrecourse consumer legal funding transactions are not loans and exempt them from statute relating to interest; establish requirements for nonrecourse consumer legal funding transaction contracts; prohibit certain actions by nonrecourse
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SB-148: AN ACT relating to nonrecourse consumer legal funding.
Sponsored by: Sen. Phillip Wheeler
To Banking & Insurance (s) on 02/01/2024
Energy Generation Projects - Labor and Minority Business Enterprise Requirements [SB-696]
Requiring the developer of a covered project, on the approval of a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the construction of a certain generating station or qualified generator lead line or approval for the construction of a certain generating station, to meet certain labor standards and reporting requirements; establishing certain labor standards and certain certification, reporting, and record-keeping requirements related to the construction of a covered project; etc.
SB-696: Energy Generation Projects - Labor and Minority Business Enterprise Requirements
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/04/2024
Carroll County - Public Facilities Bond [SB-693]
Authorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of Carroll County to borrow not more than $29,800,000 in order to finance the construction, improvement, or development of certain public facilities in Carroll County, and to effect such borrowing by the issuance and sale at public or private sale of its general obligation bonds; etc.
SB-693: Carroll County - Public Facilities Bond
Sponsored by: Sen.
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/23/2024
Maryland Condominium Act - Amendments to the Declaration [SB-665]
Reducing the percentage of unit owners listed on the current roster of a condominium needed to consent to an amendment of a condominium's declaration if none of the units of the condominium are owned by a developer of the condominium from 80% to 66 2/3%.
SB-665: Maryland Condominium Act - Amendments to the Declaration
Sponsored by: Sen. Nick Charles
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 343 on 04/25/2024
Real Property - Land Installment Contracts - Requirements and Vendor Duties and Limitations [SB-664]
Requiring the vendor to provide a purchaser under a land installment contract with the results of a title search for the property at or before the time the purchaser signs the contract; requiring the inclusion of certain notice, terms, and recitals in a land installment contract formed in the State; altering, from 40% to 20%, the percentage of the original cash price of a land installment contract that the purchaser must pay before the purchaser may demand a grant of the deed to the property to the purchaser; etc.
SB-664: Real Property - Land Installment Contracts - Requirements and Vendor Duties and Limitations
Sponsored by: Sen. Nick Charles
Hearing Canceled on 02/12/2024
Foreclosure Proceedings - Residential Mortgagors and Grantors - Access to Counsel [SB-671]
Requiring that individuals have access to legal representation in certain foreclosure proceedings; establishing the Access to Counsel in Foreclosure Proceedings Program to organize and direct services and resources to provide covered individuals with access to certain legal representation; establishing a Special Fund to provide funding to fully implement access to legal representation in foreclosure proceedings; requiring the Maryland Legal Services Corporation to provide access to legal representation under the Program; etc.
SB-671: Foreclosure Proceedings - Residential Mortgagors and Grantors - Access to Counsel
Sponsored by: Sen. Nick Charles
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2024
State Procurement - Maryland State Board of Contract Appeals - Attorney's Fees [SB-667]
Authorizing the Maryland State Board of Contract Appeals to award an interested party reasonable costs of filing and pursuing a protest, including attorney's fees, if an appeal is sustained and there is a violation of law or regulation; and authorizing the Maryland State Board of Contract Appeals to award a contractor under any State contract the reasonable costs of filing and pursuing a claim, including attorney's fees, if the unit acts in bad faith, without justification, or in violation of law.
SB-667: State Procurement - Maryland State Board of Contract Appeals - Attorney's Fees
Sponsored by: Sen. Nick Charles
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 821 on 05/16/2024
State Procurement - Small Business Reserve Program - Goals and Outreach Program [SB-673]
Increasing the participation goal for certain small businesses for certain procurement contracts from 15% to 20%; requiring the certification agency, in consultation with the 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 participants in the Small Business Reserve Program and to issue a certain annual report to certain units; and altering the content of certain unit reports.
SB-673: State Procurement - Small Business Reserve Program - Goals and Outreach Program
Sponsored by: Sen. Nick Charles
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 582 on 05/09/2024
Disclosure of Tax Information - Tax Compliance Activity and Binding Data Use Agreements [SB-679]
Altering the definition of "tax information" for purposes of provisions of law governing the confidentiality and disclosure of tax information; authorizing, subject to certain limitations, the disclosure of tax information to certain tax compliance organizations and governmental entities to assist the Comptroller in certain tax compliance activity; requiring the Comptroller, when disclosing tax information, to require the person or entity to whom the information is to be disclosed to enter into a certain agreement; etc.
SB-679: Disclosure of Tax Information - Tax Compliance Activity and Binding Data Use Agreements
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/04/2024