SB-2044: Relating to the regulation of certain political communications, a prohibition on electioneering by school district and open-enrollment charter school officials and employees, and the authorization of action by the commissioner of education against a school district that initiates certain actions or proceedings; authorizing an administrative penalty; creating a criminal offense.
Sponsored by: Sen. Paul D. Bettencourt
Reported Favorably As Substituted on 05/05/2025
You have voted SB-2044: Relating to the regulation of certain political communications, a prohibition on electioneering by school district and open-enrollment charter school officials and employees, and the authorization of action by the commissioner of education against a school district that initiates certain actions or proceedings; authorizing an administrative penalty; creating a criminal offense..
You have voted HB-3780: Relating to the application of nepotism prohibitions to a person appointed or employed by a school district as a teacher or other employee..
You have voted HB-3711: Relating to assistance in the investigation of certain open meetings offenses by the open records division of the attorney general's office..
Creating Non-Profit Transparency and Accountability Act [SB-685]
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[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
[Ethics ]
The purpose of this bill is to create the Non-Profit Transparency and Accountability Act, which will require that all nonprofit organizations that receive any part of their total operating funds from public sources, whether state or federal, shall be subject to Freedom of Information Act requests and bear the responsibility to respond to these requests under the same requirements as a public body.
SB-685: Creating Non-Profit Transparency and Accountability Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Christopher Rose
Filed For Introduction on 03/04/2025
HB-3661: Relating to the regulation of certain political communications, a prohibition on electioneering by school district and open-enrollment charter school officials and employees, and actions and other proceedings by a public school challenging the operations of the public school system; authorizing an administrative penalty; creating a criminal offense.
Sponsored by: Rep. Valoree Swanson
Read First Time on 03/25/2025
You have voted HB-3661: Relating to the regulation of certain political communications, a prohibition on electioneering by school district and open-enrollment charter school officials and employees, and actions and other proceedings by a public school challenging the operations of the public school system; authorizing an administrative penalty; creating a criminal offense..
Board of Public Works - Central Collection Unit - Delinquent Federal Funds [HB-1546]
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[Finance ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Taxes ]
Reserving jurisdiction with respect to certain federal land in the State under certain conditions; requiring the Central Collection Unit to be responsible for the collection of certain delinquent federal funds; authorizing the Central Collection Unit to place liens on certain federal property in the State under certain circumstances; and authorizing the Board of Public Works to determine the federal government to be delinquent in federal funds owed to the State under certain circumstances.
HB-1546: Board of Public Works - Central Collection Unit - Delinquent Federal Funds
Sponsored by: Rep. Luke Clippinger
Rereferred To Appropriations on 03/10/2025
Board of Public Works - Comptroller - Delinquent Federal Funds [HB-1545]
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[Taxes ]
Authorizing the Comptroller, in consultation with the Board of Public Works, to withhold up to a certain amount of State payments to the federal government under certain conditions; and authorizing the Board of Public Works to determine the federal government to be delinquent in federal funds owed to the State in the event of federal noncompliance with court decisions upholding congressionally approved spending.
HB-1545: Board of Public Works - Comptroller - Delinquent Federal Funds
Sponsored by: Rep. Luke Clippinger
Rereferred To Appropriations on 03/10/2025
SB-1845: Relating to the registration as a lobbyist of persons who engage in certain lobbying activities on behalf of a foreign adversary and to prohibitions on the receipt of compensation related to those lobbying activities; providing a civil penalty.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Hughes
Not Again Placed On Intent Calendar on 04/29/2025
You have voted SB-1845: Relating to the registration as a lobbyist of persons who engage in certain lobbying activities on behalf of a foreign adversary and to prohibitions on the receipt of compensation related to those lobbying activities; providing a civil penalty..
Maryland Public Ethics Law - Regulated Lobbyists - Reporting Requirements [HB-1542]
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Altering the dates by which a regulated lobbyist must file a certain report to the State Ethics Commission; and altering the contents of the report so as to include a list of each matter on which the regulated lobbyist performed lobbying activity, a description of the lobbyist's position on each matter, and each bill number or a description of each legislative action on which the lobbyist performed lobbying activity.
HB-1542: Maryland Public Ethics Law - Regulated Lobbyists - Reporting Requirements
Sponsored by: Rep. Jennifer Terrasa
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/25/2025