Business Occupations and Professions - Professional Engineers - Examination [HB-1526]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Construction ]
[Science ]
Requiring an applicant for a license to practice engineering to pass an examination in the fundamentals of engineering given by the State Board for Professional Engineers before passing the required examination in the principles and practice of engineering.
HB-1526: Business Occupations and Professions - Professional Engineers - Examination
Sponsored by: Rep. Scott Phillips
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/24/2025
Business Occupations and Professions - Professional Engineers - Examination [SB-529]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Construction ]
[Science ]
Requiring an applicant for a license to practice engineering to pass an examination in the fundamentals of engineering given by the State Board for Professional Engineers before passing the required examination in the principles and practice of engineering.
SB-529: Business Occupations and Professions - Professional Engineers - Examination
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 338 on 05/06/2025
HB-696: State Boards, Committees, Commissions, Task Forces, and Workgroups - Elimination of Citizenship Requirements and Establishment of Diversity Requirements
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2025
You have voted HB-696: State Boards, Committees, Commissions, Task Forces, and Workgroups - Elimination of Citizenship Requirements and Establishment of Diversity Requirements.
SB-490: State Boards, Committees, Commissions, Task Forces, and Workgroups - Elimination of Citizenship Requirements and Establishment of Diversity Requirements
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/30/2025
You have voted SB-490: State Boards, Committees, Commissions, Task Forces, and Workgroups - Elimination of Citizenship Requirements and Establishment of Diversity Requirements.
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 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 Lam
Rereferred To Ways And Means And Appropriations on 04/07/2025
Cooperative Housing Corporations, Condominiums, and Homeowners Associations - Funding of Reserve Accounts and Preparation of Funding Plans [HB-292]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring that certain funds for certain reserve accounts be deposited on or before the last day of each fiscal year; requiring the governing body of a cooperative housing corporation, a residential condominium, or a homeowners association to prepare a certain funding plan subject to certain requirements; authorizing a reasonable deviation from certain reserve funding requirements following a certain financial hardship determination; requiring that certain updated reserve studies be prepared by a certain person; etc.
HB-292: Cooperative Housing Corporations, Condominiums, and Homeowners Associations - Funding of Reserve Accounts and Preparation of Funding Plans
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 519 on 05/13/2025
You have voted HB-292: Cooperative Housing Corporations, Condominiums, and Homeowners Associations - Funding of Reserve Accounts and Preparation of Funding Plans.
Cooperative Housing Corporations, Condominiums, and Homeowners Associations – Funding of Reserve Accounts and Preparation of Funding Plans [SB-63]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring that certain funds for certain reserve accounts be deposited on or before the last day of each fiscal year; requiring that certain updated reserve studies be prepared by a certain person; requiring the governing body of a cooperative housing corporation, a residential condominium, or a homeowners association to prepare a certain funding plan subject to certain requirements; authorizing a reasonable deviation from certain reserve funding requirements following a certain financial hardship determination; etc.
SB-63: Cooperative Housing Corporations, Condominiums, and Homeowners Associations – Funding of Reserve Accounts and Preparation of Funding Plans
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 518 on 05/13/2025
You have voted SB-63: Cooperative Housing Corporations, Condominiums, and Homeowners Associations – Funding of Reserve Accounts and Preparation of Funding Plans.
Task Force on Washington County Regional Water and Wastewater Governance [HB-1378]
[Water ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Community Development ]
Establishing the Task Force on Washington County Regional Water and Wastewater Governance to study the water supply, wastewater treatment, and approaches to water and wastewater governance in Washington County; requiring the Governor to include an appropriation of $750,000 in the fiscal year 2026 budget bill for the completion of the report; and requiring the Task Force to submit its findings and recommendations by July 1, 2026.
HB-1378: Task Force on Washington County Regional Water and Wastewater Governance
Sponsored by: Rep. William Wivell
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 02/09/2024
Vehicle Laws – Interstate Highways – Interstate Speed Monitoring Systems [HB-1186]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Infrastructure ]
Requiring the State Highway Administration to install and use at least one interstate speed monitoring system on each interstate highway; establishing procedures for implementing and using an interstate speed monitoring system; requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission, in consultation with the State Highway Administration to develop a training program on the oversight and administration of an interstate speed monitoring program, including a curriculum of best practices in the State; etc.
Task Force on Washington County Regional Water and Wastewater Governance [SB-1078]
[Water ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Community Development ]
Establishing the Task Force on Washington County Regional Water and Wastewater Governance to study the water supply, wastewater treatment, and approaches to water and wastewater governance in Washington County; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill for fiscal year 2026 an appropriation of $750,000 for the completion of a certain report; and requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to certain entities on or before July 1, 2026.
SB-1078: Task Force on Washington County Regional Water and Wastewater Governance
Sponsored by: Sen.
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/07/2024
Economic Development - Maryland Aerospace and Technology Commission [HB-685]
[Economic Development ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Aerospace ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Manufacturing ]
Establishing the Maryland Aerospace and Technology Commission in the Department of Commerce to promote innovation in the fields of space exploration and commercial aerospace opportunities, including the integration of space, aeronautics, and aviation industries into the economy of the State; requiring the Commission to develop a strategic plan; requiring the Commission to designate aerospace and technology zones in the State; requiring the Commission to submit a certain report by October 1 each year; etc.
HB-685: Economic Development - Maryland Aerospace and Technology Commission
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Chang
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 622 on 05/09/2024
Montgomery County - Highways - Maximum Speed Limits MC 10-24 [HB-612]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Repealing the requirement that a local authority in Montgomery County perform an engineering and traffic investigation before decreasing the maximum speed limit on a highway; and authorizing a local authority in Montgomery County to implement new speed monitoring systems on a portion of highway for which the speed limit has been decreased only after a certain period of time after the decrease in the speed limit is implemented.
HB-612: Montgomery County - Highways - Maximum Speed Limits MC 10-24
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Third Reading Passed (133-0) on 03/18/2024
Maryland Community Investment Corporation - Establishment (Housing and Community Development Financing Act of 2024) [HB-599]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
[Finance ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
Establishing the Maryland Community Investment Corporation as an independent unit to make investments and financial assistance available in certain low-income communities in the State; expanding the eligible uses of the Strategic Demolition and Smart Growth Impact Fund to include grants and loans for credit enhancement for certain projects; requiring that members of the investment committee to be geographically representative of the locations of low-income communities in the State; etc.
HB-599: Maryland Community Investment Corporation - Establishment (Housing and Community Development Financing Act of 2024)
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 123 on 04/25/2024
Economic Development - Maryland Aerospace and Technology Commission [SB-516]
[Economic Development ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Aerospace ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Trade ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Science ]
Establishing the Maryland Aerospace and Technology Commission in the Department of Commerce to promote innovation in the fields of space exploration and commercial aerospace opportunities, including the integration of space, aeronautics, and aviation industries into the economy of the State; requiring the Commission to develop and annually update a certain strategic plan; and requiring the Commission, by October 1 each year, to submit a certain report to the Governor, the Maryland Economic Development Commission, and the General Assembly.
SB-516: Economic Development - Maryland Aerospace and Technology Commission
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo Washington
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 623 on 05/09/2024
Public Safety - Fire Dampers, Smoke Dampers, Combination Fire Smoke Dampers, and Smoke Control Systems [HB-502]
[Public Safety ]
[Construction ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing requirements for the installation, inspection, and testing of fire dampers, smoke dampers, combination fire smoke dampers, and smoke control systems; requiring the State Fire Prevention Commission to adopt certain regulations relating to the technical specifications for the installation of and the timing and technical specifications for the inspection and testing of fire dampers, smoke dampers, combination fire smoke dampers, and smoke control systems; etc.
HB-502: Public Safety - Fire Dampers, Smoke Dampers, Combination Fire Smoke Dampers, and Smoke Control Systems
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/25/2024
Maryland Community Investment Corporation - Establishment (Housing and Community Development Financing Act of 2024) [SB-483]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
[Housing ]
[Taxes ]
[Finance ]
[Grants ]
Establishing the Maryland Community Investment Corporation as an independent unit to make investments in certain low-income communities; requiring the Corporation to apply for an allocation of federal new markets tax credits; expanding the eligible uses of the Strategic Demolition and Smart Growth Impact Fund to include grants and loans for debt payments and for credit enhancement for certain projects; etc.
SB-483: Maryland Community Investment Corporation - Establishment (Housing and Community Development Financing Act of 2024)
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Energy, And The Environment) on 02/02/2024