Relating To Emergency Charter Air Services. [SB-1640]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Funding ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Public Safety ]
Requires the Air Carrier Commission to enter into a contract with a qualified charter air service provider to secure emergency air transportation services in cases of emergency when no other air service is available. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
SB-1640: Relating To Emergency Charter Air Services.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lynn Decoite
Reported From Tca (stand. Com. Rep. No. 618) With Recommendation Of Passage On Second Reading, As Amended (sd 1) And Referral To Wam. on 02/14/2025
County Boards of Education - Student Cellular Phone Use Policy - Establishment (Maryland Phone-Free Schools Act) [HB-630]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring each county board of education to develop and implement, not later than the 2026-2027 school year, a policy limiting the use of a cellular phone by a student during the school day; and prohibiting the policy from restricting a student's use of a cellular phone for any purpose documented in the student's individualized education program, to monitor or address a student's documented health issue, during an emergency event, or when directed by an educator or administrator for educational purposes.
HB-630: County Boards of Education - Student Cellular Phone Use Policy - Establishment (Maryland Phone-Free Schools Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin E Holmes
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2025
Public Schools - Lifesaver Schools Program - Establishment [HB-612]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing the Lifesaver Schools Program to recognize public schools that provide health and safety training to students and school personnel; establishing requirements and prohibitions for Lifesaver Schools; authorizing a public school to partner with the county board of education to meet the criteria to qualify as a Lifesaver School; and requiring a Lifesaver School to reapply to the Department for approval to maintain the Lifesaver School designation.
HB-612: Public Schools - Lifesaver Schools Program - Establishment
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason C. Buckel
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2025
Hospitals - Emergency Pregnancy-Related Medical Conditions - Procedures [SB-447]
[Healthcare ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring a hospital to conduct screening on a patient presenting at an emergency department of the hospital to determine whether the patient has an emergency pregnancy-related medical condition; establishing requirements and prohibitions related to the treatment and transfer of a patient who has an emergency pregnancy-related medical condition; requiring a hospital to allow the termination of a pregnancy in certain circumstances; prohibiting a hospital from taking adverse action against a provider under certain circumstances; etc.
SB-447: Hospitals - Emergency Pregnancy-Related Medical Conditions - Procedures
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence K. Lam
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/24/2025
Education and Health - Emergency Use Epinephrine - Alterations [HB-536]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering the defined term "auto-injectable epinephrine" to be "emergency use epinephrine" and to include certain drug delivery devices and products; and altering the name of the Emergency Use Auto-Injectable Epinephrine Program to be the Emergency Use Epinephrine Program.
HB-536: Education and Health - Emergency Use Epinephrine - Alterations
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/10/2025
Excellence in Maryland Public Schools Act [SB-429]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Economic Development ]
Altering the definitions of "target per pupil foundation amount", "collaborative time per pupil amount", "compensatory education per pupil amount", "English learner per pupil amount", "special education per pupil amount", "growth in the target per pupil foundation amount", and "change in the per pupil amount"; directing county boards of education to provide certain funding to local workforce development boards to support the Career Counseling Program for Middle and High School Students; etc.
SB-429: Excellence in Maryland Public Schools Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl C. Kagan
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/02/2025
Relating To Commercial Harbors. [SB-1478]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Requires masters or persons in charge of vessels to follow an order by a harbor master to evacuate a commercial harbor in emergencies. Establishes higher penalties for noncompliance. Authorizes fines collected for violations of this requirement as moneys to be paid into the Special Harbor Fund. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
SB-1478: Relating To Commercial Harbors.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald D. Kouchi
Pass First Reading on 03/06/2025
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Education and Health - Emergency Use Epinephrine - Alterations [SB-459]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering the defined term "auto-injectable epinephrine" to be "emergency use epinephrine" and to include certain drug delivery devices and products; and altering the name of the Emergency Use Auto-Injectable Epinephrine Program to be the Emergency Use Epinephrine Program.
SB-459: Education and Health - Emergency Use Epinephrine - Alterations
Sponsored by: Sen. Dawn D. Gile
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 710 on 05/20/2025
Economic Development - Delivering Economic Competitiveness and Advancing Development Efforts (DECADE) Act [HB-498]
[Economic Development ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Taxes ]
Requiring the Department of Commerce to evaluate the potential employment and economic growth of the State's industry sectors and establish a certain list of industry sectors and activities to be considered for additional support; repealing the Maryland Economic Development Commission and Commerce Subcabinet; altering the designation, administration, and purposes of and eligibility for certain economic development programs; altering eligibility for and the calculation of certain economic development incentives; etc.
HB-498: Economic Development - Delivering Economic Competitiveness and Advancing Development Efforts (DECADE) Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Hearing Canceled (ways And Means) on 02/07/2025
Economic Development - Delivering Economic Competitiveness and Advancing Development Efforts (DECADE) Act [SB-427]
[Economic Development ]
[Small Business ]
[Film Production ]
[Taxes ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Altering the designation, administration, and purposes of and eligibility for certain economic development programs; redesignating the Maryland Economic Development Assistance Authority to be the Maryland Economic Competitiveness Fund; repealing the Maryland Small Business Development Financing Authority and certain related Funds; making the film production activity tax credit transferable; authorizing a qualified film production entity to amend its application for the tax credit under certain circumstances; etc.
SB-427: Economic Development - Delivering Economic Competitiveness and Advancing Development Efforts (DECADE) Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence K. Lam
Rereferred To Ways And Means And Appropriations on 04/07/2025
County Boards of Education - Substance Abuse Treatment - Student Information Disclosure Policy [HB-543]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
Requiring each county board of education to establish a certain policy requiring certain public schools to disclose a student's directory information or personally identifiable information to a detoxification center or hospital for substance abuse treatment under certain circumstances.
HB-543: County Boards of Education - Substance Abuse Treatment - Student Information Disclosure Policy
Sponsored by: Rep. Deni Taveras
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2025
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Excellence in Maryland Public Schools Act [HB-504]
[Education ]
[Taxes ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Authorizing local governing bodies to exceed certain tax and revenue limitations for a certain purpose; altering the source of funds for the Blueprint for Maryland's Future Fund to include the interest earnings of the Academic Excellence Fund; authorizing the Department to establish a national teacher recruitment campaign; establishing the Academic Excellence Program in the Department to address critical academic needs in public schools; requiring local school systems to develop certain countywide community school implementation plans; etc.
HB-504: Excellence in Maryland Public Schools Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Bailey Hornberger
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 237 on 05/06/2025
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Relating To Commercial Harbors. [HB-1159]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishes a Commercial Harbors Emergency Evacuation Working Group. Requires a report to the Legislature. (CD1)
HB-1159: Relating To Commercial Harbors.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nadine K. Nakamura
Act 211, 06/25/2025 (gov. Msg. No. 1313). on 06/25/2025
Petitions for Emergency Evaluation (Arnaud and Magruder Memorial Act) [HB-468]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Healthcare ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Specifying that a petition for emergency evaluation is effective for 5 days after being endorsed by a certain court; authorizing a court, on a certain motion and for good cause shown, to extend a petition for up to 5 days at a time, not to exceed a total of 30 days; requiring the court to include the date the petition expires on the petition; and authorizing peace officers to use reasonable and necessary force when executing a petition.
HB-468: Petitions for Emergency Evaluation (Arnaud and Magruder Memorial Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Hearing 3/19 At 1:00 P.m. (finance) on 03/13/2025
Relating To Emergency Management. [HB-596]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Public Safety ]
Clarifies the types of events that constitute disasters and emergencies for the purposes of emergency management. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
HB-596: Relating To Emergency Management.
Sponsored by: Rep. Amy A. Perruso
Received Notice Of Appointment Of House Conferees (hse. Com. No. 732). on 04/15/2025
County Boards of Education - Student Cellular Phone Use Policy - Establishment (Maryland Phone-Free Schools Act) [SB-368]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring each county board of education to develop and implement, not later than the 2026-2027 school year, a policy limiting the use of a cellular phone by a student during the school day; and prohibiting the policy from restricting a student's use of a cellular phone for any purpose documented in the student's individualized education program to monitor or address a student's documented health issue during an emergency event or when directed by an educator or administrator for educational purposes.
SB-368: County Boards of Education - Student Cellular Phone Use Policy - Establishment (Maryland Phone-Free Schools Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Lorenzo Watson
Hearing 1/29 At 2:30 P.m. on 01/23/2025
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Preserve Telehealth Access Act of 2025 [SB-372]
[Healthcare ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Repealing the limitation on the period during which the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations are required to provide reimbursement for certain health care services provided through telehealth on a certain basis and at a certain rate; altering the circumstances under which health care practitioners are authorized to prescribe certain controlled dangerous substances for the treatment of pain through telehealth; etc.
SB-372: Preserve Telehealth Access Act of 2025
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence K. Lam
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 481 on 05/13/2025