Fire Protection
Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Somerset County – Fire, Rescue, and Emergency Medical Services [HB-975]
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[Healthcare ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing the County Commissioners of Somerset County to enact local laws and adopt other measures to manage, direct, and regulate fire, rescue, and emergency medical services in the County; authorizing the County Commissioners to authorize or create an entity or a body to administer the County's affairs in the County relating to fire, rescue, and emergency medical services; and requiring the County Commissioners to establish an Emergency Services Advisory Council to make certain recommendations under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Charles James Otto
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 984 on 05/16/2024
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State Personnel - Line-of-Duty Death and Funeral Benefits [SB-850]
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[Inflation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Increasing to $25,000 the maximum amount of funeral expenses that may be provided for a line-of-duty death of certain public safety officers and indexing the benefit to inflation; repealing an offset against certain funeral expenses for the line-of-duty death of certain public safety officers; increasing the maximum amount of line-of-duty death benefits for State employees and indexing the benefit to inflation; providing a funeral expense benefit for a line-of-duty death for State employees and indexing the benefit to inflation; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Paul Corderman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 479 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Somerset County - Fire Companies - Appropriations [HB-976]
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[Community Development ]
Requiring the County Commissioners of Somerset County to appropriate to certain organized volunteer fire companies in the county certain amounts for fiscal years 2025 through 2030; and requiring that the appropriations required for fiscal year 2030 remain in effect for subsequent fiscal years unless altered by a future enactment.
Sponsored by: Rep. Charles James Otto
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 986 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Somerset County - Fire, Rescue, and Emergency Medical Services [SB-807]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing the County Commissioners of Somerset County to enact local laws and adopt other measures to manage, direct, and regulate fire, rescue, and emergency medical services in the County; authorizing the County Commissioners to authorize or create an entity or a body to administer the County's affairs in the County relating to fire, rescue, and emergency medical services; and requiring the County Commissioners to establish an Emergency Services Advisory Council to make certain recommendations under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Elizabeth Carozza
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 985 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Lighting - Privately Owned Vehicles [SB-838]
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[Public Safety ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing certain members of a volunteer fire company to equip their privately owned vehicles with red and green or red and white lights or signal devices.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Folden
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 522 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Cecil County and Harford County - Outdoor Seating at Restaurants, Breweries, and Bars [HB-944]
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[Small Business ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Tourism ]
[Economic Development ]
Prohibiting Cecil County or Harford County from imposing or enforcing certain local laws that restrict outdoor seating at a restaurant, brewery, or bar during the hours the restaurant, brewery, or bar is operating; and specifying that outdoor seating at a restaurant, brewery, or bar in Cecil County and Harford County is subject to certain laws.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael J. Griffith
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/14/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Workers' Compensation - Occupational Disease Presumptions - Hypertension [SB-844]
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[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: Sen. Katherine Ann Klausmeier
First Reading Finance on 02/02/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Somerset County - Fire Companies - Appropriations [SB-829]
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[Public Safety ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring the County Commissioners of Somerset County to appropriate to certain organized volunteer fire companies in the county certain amounts for fiscal years 2025 through 2030; and requiring that the appropriations required for fiscal year 2030 remain in effect for subsequent fiscal years unless altered by a future enactment.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Elizabeth Carozza
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 987 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Battery Storage and Solar Arrays Safety Training Grant Program and Fund [SB-788]
[Energy ]
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[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Construction ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Science ]
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: Sen. Mike McKay
First Reading Budget And Taxation on 02/01/2024
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Alaska 33rd Legislature
Approp: Supplemental; Reapprop; Amending [SB-216]
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[Grants ]
An Act making supplemental appropriations, reappropriations, and other appropriations; amending appropriations; capitalizing funds; and providing for an effective date.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Read The First Time - Referrals on 01/31/2024
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Alaska 33rd Legislature
Approp: Supplemental; Reapprop; Amending [HB-299]
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[Grants ]
An Act making supplemental appropriations, reappropriations, and other appropriations; amending appropriations; capitalizing funds; and providing for an effective date.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Read The First Time - Referrals on 01/31/2024
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Alaska 33rd Legislature
Employee Retirement Benefits/sbs [HB-302]
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[Retirement ]
[Pensions ]
[Law Enforcement ]
An Act relating to supplemental employee benefits; relating to retirement benefits of peace officers and firefighters hired after June 30, 2006; and providing for an effective date.
Sponsored by: Rep. Benjamin E. Carpenter
Sta Rpt Cs(sta) New Title 5dp 1nr 1am on 05/11/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Lighting - Privately Owned Vehicles [HB-782]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing certain members of a volunteer fire company to equip their privately owned vehicles with red and green or red and white lights or signal devices.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 521 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Fire Protection and Prevention - Residential Rental Property - Requirements (Melanie Nicholle Diaz Fire Safety Act) [HB-823]
[Housing ]
[Taxes ]
[Construction ]
[Property Tax ]
[Public Safety ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
Establishing certain requirements relating to the installation of certain fire safety equipment in residential rental high-rise buildings and certain other property; authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to grant, by law, a certain property tax credit; establishing the Workgroup to Develop Fire Safety Best Practices for Pre-1974 High-Rise Apartment Buildings; requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations by December 31, 2024; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 744 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Carroll County - Public Facilities Bond [HB-796]
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[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of Carroll County to borrow not more than $29,800,000 in order to finance the construction, improvement, or development of certain public facilities in Carroll 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 684 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Carroll County - Public Facilities Bond [SB-693]
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[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of Carroll County to borrow not more than $29,800,000 in order to finance the construction, improvement, or development of certain public facilities in Carroll County, and to effect such borrowing by the issuance and sale at public or private sale of its general obligation bonds; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Carroll County Senators
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/23/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Fire Protection and Prevention – Residential Rental Property – Requirements (Melanie Nicholle Diaz Fire Safety Act) [SB-689]
[Housing ]
[Taxes ]
[Construction ]
[Property Tax ]
[Public Safety ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
Establishing certain requirements relating to the installation of certain fire safety equipment in residential rental high-rise buildings and certain other property; authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to grant, by law, a certain property tax credit; establishing the Workgroup to Develop Fire Safety Best Practices for Pre-1974 High-Rise Apartment Buildings; requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations by December 31, 2024; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Smith
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/02/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Higher Education - Charles W. Riley Firefighter and Ambulance and Rescue Squad Member Scholarship - Alterations [SB-691]
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[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the Charles W. Riley Firefighter and Ambulance and Rescue Squad Member Scholarship to make the scholarship applicable to all courses at institutions of higher education in the State; and altering the maximum award available, when a scholarship should be credited, and to whom initial awards should be provided under the scholarship.
Sponsored by: Sen. Malcolm L. Augustine
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 224 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Public Safety Employee Retirement Income [HB-714]
[Taxes ]
[Retirement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Increasing, from $15,000 to $20,000, the amount allowed as a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for retirement income attributable to an individual's employment as a public safety employee; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2023.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barrie S. Ciliberti
First Reading Ways And Means on 01/26/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Police Auxiliary and Reserve Volunteers [HB-646]
[Taxes ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
Increasing, from $5,000 to $7,000, a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for an individual who is a qualifying police auxiliary or reserve volunteer.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle K. Wilkins
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 15 on 04/09/2024