Fire Protection
Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Consumer and Display Fireworks – Regulation and Tax [HB-1443]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Taxes ]
[Public Safety ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
Authorizing the sale and possession of certain consumer fireworks, subject to certain requirements and restrictions; altering certain provisions to establish that certain provisions authorizing the State Fire Marshal to issue a certain permit relating to fireworks apply only to certain display fireworks; establishing a certain sales and use tax rate for certain fireworks; and requiring the revenue from a certain tax to be distributed to certain funds.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Bailey Hornberger
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/12/2024
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Solar Energy and Energy Storage - Development and State Procurement [HB-1328]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Climate Change ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
Authorizing a county to enact a local law creating a conservation and restoration fund for a certain purpose; establishing the Utility-Scale Solar Design and Siting Commission in the Power Plant Research Program to provide recommendations related to solar energy development and land conservation and preservation; requiring the owner or operator of a certain solar energy generating station to plant and maintain a certain cover crop on certain land and submit a certain vegetation management plan to a certain entity; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brian M. Crosby
First Reading Economic Matters And Appropriations on 02/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Public Safety Officer - Performance of Duties - Death Benefit [HB-1389]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
[Veterans ]
Altering circumstances under which certain individuals are presumed to have died as a direct and proximate result of an injury sustained in the performance of duties for purposes of eligibility for death benefits.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary A. Lehman
Hearing 3/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/26/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Courts - Immunity From Liability - Maryland Safe Haven Program [HB-1323]
[Children and Youth ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering, clarifying, and expanding certain provisions of law relating to the immunity from liability of a parent who leaves an unharmed newborn with a responsible adult within 60 days of the birth under certain circumstances; requiring the Secretary of Human Services to develop, implement, and maintain a public information program to inform the public about the Maryland Safe Haven Program; and requiring the Secretary of Human Services to submit a report to the General Assembly about the Maryland Safe Haven Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. William J. Wivell
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Battery Storage and Solar Arrays Safety Training Grant Program and Fund [HB-1221]
[Energy ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Construction ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Science ]
[Education ]
Establishing the Battery Storage and Solar Arrays Safety Training Grant Program in the Maryland Energy Administration to provide grants to the Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute to train local fire departments on certain safety aspects associated with lithium-ion battery storage systems installed with solar arrays; requiring the Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute to consult with certain entities in determining how to meet the purpose of the Program with the grants awarded under the Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin E Holmes
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 02/15/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Income Tax Subtraction Modification – Death Benefits – Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighters [HB-1064]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Public Safety ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Allowing a subtraction under the Maryland income tax for the payment of a death benefit under a collective bargaining agreement to a spouse or beneficiary of a law enforcement officer or fire fighter whose death arises out of the course of employment; and applying the Act retroactively to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2021.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheree Sample-Hughes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 416 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Housing and Community Development - Study on the Establishment of a Homeless Shelter Licensing Program [SB-1107]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
Establishing the Study on the Establishment of a Homeless Shelter Licensing Program in the Department of Housing and Community Development; requiring the Study to review current habitability and admissions standards of homeless shelters in the State; and requiring the Study, by July 1, 2025, to report to the Assistant Secretary of the Homeless Solutions Division of the Department and certain committees of the General Assembly on its recommendations for a plan to establish a program to license homeless shelters in the State.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 152 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Intrastate Emergency Management Assistance Compact - City of Frederick [HB-1110]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Public Safety ]
[Community Development ]
Authorizing the City of Frederick to participate in the Maryland Intrastate Emergency Management Assistance Compact.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Kerr
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 921 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Center for School Safety - Secure Schools Emergency Response Grant Program - Established [HB-1167]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing the Secure Schools Emergency Response Grant Program to be administered by the Maryland Center for School Safety to provide funds to improve emergency notification systems and communications between public elementary and secondary school personnel, a public safety answering point, and a public safety agency during emergency events; requiring the Center to ensure that the Program is operating and available to each county board by September 1, 2026; and authorizing the Governor to include an appropriation in the annual budget bill.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason C. Buckel
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 293 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Workers' Compensation - Occupational Disease Presumptions - Hypertension [HB-1145]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
Establishing that certain firefighters, fire fighting instructors, rescue squad members, advanced life support unit members, and members of the Office of the State Fire Marshal demonstrate disablement for purposes of workers' compensation and are deemed to have hypertension for purposes of an occupational disease presumption for hypertension if certain requirements are met.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Rogers
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Workers' Compensation - Occupational Disease Presumptions - First Responders [SB-1069]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Mental Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Healthcare ]
Providing that a first responder who is diagnosed by a licensed psychologist or psychiatrist with post-traumatic stress disorder is presumed under certain circumstances to have an occupational disease that was suffered in the line of duty and is compensable under workers' compensation law; and specifying that the presumption does not limit any other right or claim an individual may have under workers' compensation law.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl C. Kagan
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Solar Energy and Energy Storage - Development and State Procurement [SB-1082]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Climate Change ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
Authorizing a county to enact a local law creating a conservation and restoration fund for a certain purpose; establishing the Utility-Scale Solar Design and Siting Commission in the Power Plant Research Program to provide recommendations related to solar energy development and land conservation and preservation; requiring the owner or operator of a certain solar energy generating station to plant and maintain a certain cover crop on certain land and submit a certain vegetation management plan to a certain entity; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Fry Hester
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Energy, And The Environment) on 02/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Center for School Safety - Secure Schools Emergency Response Grant Program - Established [SB-1090]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing the Secure Schools Emergency Response Grant Program to be administered by the Maryland Center for School Safety to provide funds to improve emergency notification systems and communications between public elementary and secondary school personnel, a public safety answering point, and a public safety agency during emergency events; requiring the Center to ensure that the Program is operating and available to each county board on or before September 1, 2026; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl C. Kagan
Third Reading Passed (47-0) on 04/08/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Courts - Immunity From Liability - Maryland Safe Haven Program [SB-912]
[Children and Youth ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering, clarifying, and expanding certain provisions of law relating to the immunity from liability of a parent who leaves an unharmed newborn with a responsible adult under certain circumstances; requiring the Secretary of Human Services to develop, implement, and maintain a public information program to inform the public about the Maryland Safe Haven Program; and requiring the Secretary of Human Services to annually submit a report to the General Assembly about the Maryland Safe Haven Program beginning December 31, 2025.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/11/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Washington County - Public Facilities Bonds [HB-1021]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of Washington County to borrow not more than $50,000,000 in order to finance the construction, improvement, or development of certain public facilities in Washington County and to effect such borrowing by the issuance and sale at public or private sale of its general obligation bonds; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 702 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Frederick County – Gaming – Acceptance of Credit as Payment [HB-1015]
[Gaming ]
Authorizing certain fire, rescue, and ambulance organizations conducting certain gaming events in Frederick County to accept credit from a person as payment to play a gaming device at the gaming event.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Income Tax Subtraction Modification – Death Benefits – Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighters [SB-897]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Pensions ]
Allowing a subtraction under the Maryland income tax for the payment of a death benefit under a collective bargaining agreement from a county or municipality in the State to the surviving spouse or other beneficiary of a law enforcement officer or fire fighter whose death arises out of or in the course of employment as a law enforcement officer or fire fighter; and applying the Act retroactively to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2021.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 417 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Courts - Immunity From Liability - Maryland Safe Haven Program [SB-873]
[Children and Youth ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering, clarifying, and expanding certain provisions of law relating to the immunity from liability of a parent who leaves an unharmed newborn with a responsible adult within 60 days of the birth under certain circumstances; requiring the Secretary of Human Services to develop, implement, and maintain a public information program to inform the public about the Maryland Safe Haven Program; and requiring the Secretary of Human Services to submit a report to the General Assembly about the Maryland Safe Haven Program.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 366 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Employment Standards - Firefighters - Payment of Overtime and Payroll Information [HB-900]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
Requiring governmental units that employ firefighters to compute overtime pay in a certain manner; requiring counties and municipalities to provide certain payroll information to each firefighter employed by the county or municipality; and authorizing a firefighter or the firefighter's exclusive representative to initiate a certain grievance if a county or municipality does not provide the payroll information as required.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Vincent Fraser-hidalgo
Hearing Canceled on 02/27/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Higher Education - Charles W. Riley Firefighter and Ambulance and Rescue Squad Member Scholarship - Alterations [HB-899]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the Charles W. Riley Firefighter and Ambulance and Rescue Squad Member Scholarship to make the scholarship applicable to all programs at institutions of higher education in the State; altering the maximum award available, when a scholarship should be credited, and to whom initial awards should be provided under the scholarship; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jazz Lewis
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 223 on 04/25/2024