Responding to Emergency Needs From Extreme Weather (RENEW) Act of 2024 [HB-1438]
[Climate Change ]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Establishing the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Payment Program in the Department of the Environment to secure payments from certain businesses that extract fossil fuels or refine petroleum products in order to provide a source of revenue for State efforts to adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change and to address the health impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations; establishing the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Fund to support efforts to mitigate climate change; etc.
HB-1438: Responding to Emergency Needs From Extreme Weather (RENEW) Act of 2024
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
First Reading Economic Matters And Environment And Transportation on 02/09/2024
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.
HB-1191: Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact
Sponsored by: Rep. Bernice Mireku-North
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2024
School Construction - Public Charter School Facility Fund - Establishment [HB-1061]
[Education ]
[Construction ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Establishing the Public Charter School Facility Fund to provide funding on an annual basis to public charter schools in the State for eligible expenses associated with school facilities; exempting the Fund from a requirement that interest earnings on State money accrue to the General Fund of the State; requiring the Interagency Commission on School Construction to administer the Fund; and requiring the Fund to be used only to acquire, plan, develop, finance, construct, lease, improve, repair, and maintain public charter school facilities.
HB-1061: School Construction - Public Charter School Facility Fund - Establishment
Sponsored by: Rep. Caylin Young
Hearing Canceled on 03/05/2024
Responding to Emergency Needs From Extreme Weather (RENEW) Act of 2024 [SB-958]
[Climate Change ]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Public Health ]
[Taxes ]
Establishing the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Payment Program in the Department of the Environment to secure payments from certain businesses that extract fossil fuels or refine petroleum products in order to provide a source of revenue for State efforts to adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change and to address the health impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations; establishing the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Fund to support efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change; etc.
SB-958: Responding to Emergency Needs From Extreme Weather (RENEW) Act of 2024
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Energy, And The Environment) on 02/07/2024
School Construction - Public Charter School Facility Fund - Establishment [SB-892]
[Education ]
[Construction ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Establishing the Public Charter School Facility Fund to provide funding on an annual basis to public charter schools in the State for eligible expenses associated with school facilities; exempting the Fund from a requirement that interest earnings on State money accrue to the General Fund of the State; requiring the Interagency Commission on School Construction to administer the Fund; and requiring the Fund to be used only to acquire, plan, develop, finance, construct, lease, improve, repair, and maintain public charter school facilities.
SB-892: School Construction - Public Charter School Facility Fund - Establishment
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/20/2024
Higher Education - Financial Well-Being Pilot Program - Establishment [HB-811]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Establishing the Financial Well-Being Pilot Program at the University of Maryland, College Park Campus and Morgan State University to provide comprehensive financial guidance and coaching to help students who may benefit from financial coaching services; requiring by August 1, 2024, each participating institution to hire one full-time financial well-being coach; requiring each financial well-being coach to create a document with best practices and guidance for other institutions to use to create a financial well-being program; etc.
HB-811: Higher Education - Financial Well-Being Pilot Program - Establishment
Sponsored by: Rep. Jeff Ghrist
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 342 on 04/25/2024
Economic Development - Maryland Financial Empowerment Center Network Pilot Program - Establishment [HB-815]
[Economic Development ]
[Finance ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Community Development ]
[Poverty ]
[Human Services ]
Establishing the Maryland Financial Empowerment Center Network Pilot Program in the Department of Commerce; providing that the purpose of Program is to establish a statewide network of financial empowerment centers in different regions of the State; requiring each center to provide one-on-one financial counseling and coaching services free of charge; and requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 an appropriation to the Department sufficient to cover the costs of the Pilot Program.
HB-815: Economic Development - Maryland Financial Empowerment Center Network Pilot Program - Establishment
Sponsored by: Rep. Julie Palakovich Carr
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. (appropriations) on 02/26/2024
Institutions of Postsecondary Education - Institutional Debt - Report [HB-708]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
[Funding ]
Requiring institutions of postsecondary education to submit a report on institutional debt to the Maryland Higher Education Commission by October 1 each year, beginning in 2025; authorizing the Commission to assess a civil penalty, up to $10,000 per violation, against an institution for failure to submit a report or knowingly including inaccurate information in a report; and establishing certain notice, appeal, and hearing procedures that the Commission must follow before assessing a civil penalty.
HB-708: Institutions of Postsecondary Education - Institutional Debt - Report
Sponsored by: Rep. Lesley Lopez
Hearing 2/20 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/01/2024
Commercial Financing - Small Business Truth in Lending Act [SB-509]
[Finance ]
[Small Business ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Economic Development ]
Regulating commercial financing transactions, including by establishing requirements related to disclosures, calculations of annual percentage rates, terms of repayments, and other related items, and the extension of specific offers.
SB-509: Commercial Financing - Small Business Truth in Lending Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Kramer
Referred Economic Matters on 03/01/2024
Commercial Financing - Small Business Truth in Lending Act [HB-574]
[Finance ]
[Small Business ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Economic Development ]
Regulating commercial financing transactions, including by establishing requirements related to disclosures, calculations of annual percentage rates, terms of repayments, and other related items, and the extension of specific offers.
HB-574: Commercial Financing - Small Business Truth in Lending Act
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
Hearing 1/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2024
Child Support - Suspension of Driver's Licenses [HB-311]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering provisions of law relating to the authority of the Child Support Enforcement Administration to notify the Motor Vehicle Administration of an individual's child support arrearages for the purpose of suspending the individual's driver's license or privilege to drive under certain circumstances.
HB-311: Child Support - Suspension of Driver's Licenses
Sponsored by: Rep. Karen Simpson
Favorable With Amendments {933723/1 Adopted on 04/08/2024
Property Tax - Transfer to Heir or Legatee - Payment Plans [HB-54]
[Property Tax ]
[Real Estate ]
[Taxes ]
Exempting a grant of land transferring residential real property from the estate of a decedent to an heir or a legatee of the decedent from certain requirements for the payment of taxes on real property if the heir or legatee of the decedent enters into a payment plan to pay all the taxes due and owed on the property; exempting a grant of land that is subject to a payment plan for property taxes from certain requirements for the payment of taxes if the grantee agrees to assume the grantor's obligations under the payment plan; etc.
HB-54: Property Tax - Transfer to Heir or Legatee - Payment Plans
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 771 on 05/16/2024
Property Taxes - Authority of Counties to Establish a Subclass and Set a Special Rate for Vacant and Abandoned Property [HB-2]
[Property Tax ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Taxes ]
[Community Development ]
Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county to establish, by law, a subclass of real property consisting of vacant lots or improved property cited as vacant and unfit for habitation or other authorized use on a certain violation notice and to set a special property tax rate for certain vacant and abandoned property; requiring the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county that enacts a special tax rate to submit a certain report by December 1 each year; etc.
HB-2: Property Taxes - Authority of Counties to Establish a Subclass and Set a Special Rate for Vacant and Abandoned Property
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 277 on 04/25/2024
Education - Financial Literacy Curriculum (Financial Literacy for All Act) [HB-138]
[Education ]
[Finance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the State Department of Education to update the Maryland State Curriculum for Personal Financial Literacy Education and corresponding financial literacy standards to include certain content; requiring the State Board of Education to develop online or virtual curriculum content in financial literacy, including a certain course; authorizing each county board of education to offer the financial literacy curriculum content in every public high school in the county for credit, beginning in the 2025-2026 school year; etc.
HB-138: Education - Financial Literacy Curriculum (Financial Literacy for All Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Marlon Amprey
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/12/2024
Property Taxes - Authority of Counties to Establish a Subclass and Set a Special Rate for Vacant and Abandoned Property [SB-138]
[Property Tax ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Taxes ]
[Community Development ]
Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county to establish, by law, a subclass of real property consisting of vacant lots or improved property cited as vacant and unfit for habitation or other authorized use on a housing or building violation notice and to set a special property tax rate for certain vacant lots or improved property cited as vacant and unfit for habitation or other authorized use; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2024.
SB-138: Property Taxes - Authority of Counties to Establish a Subclass and Set a Special Rate for Vacant and Abandoned Property
Sponsored by: Sen. Antonio Hayes
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/16/2024
Child Support - Suspension of Driver's Licenses [SB-174]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering provisions of law relating to the authority of the Child Support Enforcement Administration to notify the Motor Vehicle Administration of an individual's child support arrearages for the purpose of suspending the individual's driver's license or privilege to drive under certain circumstances.
SB-174: Child Support - Suspension of Driver's Licenses
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Third Reading Passed (104-30) on 04/08/2024
Higher Education - Maryland 529 Program - Reform [SB-959]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Abolishing and repealing the Maryland 529 Board; specifying that the State Treasurer is the successor to the Maryland 529 Board; transferring to the Office of the State Treasurer the responsibility for administering the Maryland 529 Program, including the Maryland Prepaid College Trust, the Maryland College Investment Plan, the Maryland Broker-Dealer College Investment Plan, and the Maryland ABLE Program; authorizing and requiring the State Treasurer to take certain actions in administering the Maryland 529 Program; etc.
SB-959: Higher Education - Maryland 529 Program - Reform
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 113 on 04/24/2023
Higher Education - Maryland 529 Program - Reform [HB-1290]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Abolishing and repealing the Maryland 529 Board; specifying that the State Treasurer is the successor to the Maryland 529 Board; transferring to the Office of the State Treasurer the responsibility for administering the Maryland 529 Program, including the Maryland Prepaid College Trust, the Maryland College Investment Plan, the Maryland Broker-Dealer College Investment Plan, and the Maryland ABLE Program; authorizing and requiring the State Treasurer to take certain actions in administering the Maryland 529 Program; etc.
HB-1290: Higher Education - Maryland 529 Program - Reform
Sponsored by: Rep. Catherine Forbes
Hearing 3/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/13/2023
Public Safety - Volunteer Company Assistance Fund - Alterations [HB-1252]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Altering the purpose and uses for a loan or grant from the Volunteer Company Assistance Fund to include emergency medical services and emergency medical equipment; altering certain reporting requirements for the Maryland State Firemen's Association; requiring the Maryland Department of Emergency Management to report information on the total of the grants and loans made from the Fund, which volunteer company received the grant or loan and its purpose, certain financial statements, and documentation on actual expenditures; etc.
HB-1252: Public Safety - Volunteer Company Assistance Fund - Alterations
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Hearing 3/29 At 1:00 P.m. (appropriations) on 03/26/2023
Environment - Water Utilities - Shutoff Protections (Water Access for All Protection Act) [HB-893]
[Water ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing a certain water utility to temporarily shut off service for reasons of health or safety or in a State or national emergency, notwithstanding certain provisions of law; prohibiting a water utility from shutting off service for certain reasons; prohibiting a water utility from shutting off service on receipt of certain information; and prohibiting the sale of property solely to enforce a lien imposed for unpaid water, sewer, or sanitary system charges, fees, or assessments except in certain circumstances.
HB-893: Environment - Water Utilities - Shutoff Protections (Water Access for All Protection Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Sara Love
Hearing Canceled on 02/27/2023