Approp: Operating Budget; Cap; Supp; Am [HB-268]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
An Act making appropriations for the operating and loan program expenses of state government and for certain programs; capitalizing funds; repealing appropriations; amending appropriations; making supplemental appropriations and reappropriations; and providing for an effective date.
HB-268: Approp: Operating Budget; Cap; Supp; Am
Sponsored by: Rep.
Cc Report: Ccs Hb 268 Received 5/14 9:21 A.m. on 05/15/2024
Approp: Cap; Reapprop [HB-269]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
An Act making appropriations, including capital appropriations and other appropriations; making reappropriations; making appropriations to capitalize funds; and providing for an effective date.
HB-269: Approp: Cap; Reapprop
Sponsored by: Rep.
Read The First Time - Referrals on 01/16/2024
Approp: Cap; Reapprop; Supp [SB-187]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
An Act making appropriations, including capital appropriations, supplemental appropriations, and other appropriations; making reappropriations; making appropriations to capitalize funds; amending appropriations; and providing for an effective date.
SB-187: Approp: Cap; Reapprop; Supp
Sponsored by: Sen.
Referred To Finance on 04/15/2024
Approp: Operating Budget; Cap; Supp; Am [SB-186]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
An Act making appropriations for the operating and loan program expenses of state government and for certain programs; capitalizing funds; amending appropriations; making capital appropriations; making supplemental appropriations; making reappropriations; making appropriations under art. IX, sec. 17(c), Constitution of the State of Alaska, from the constitutional budget reserve fund; and providing for an effective date.
SB-186: Approp: Operating Budget; Cap; Supp; Am
Sponsored by: Sen.
Read The First Time - Referrals on 01/16/2024
Criminal Law - Crimes of Malicious or Fraudulent Burning - Prohibitions and Penalties [HB-321]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a person from committing a certain crime of malicious or fraudulent burning that causes the death of or serious physical injury to a firefighter; and establishing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 10 years.
HB-321: Criminal Law - Crimes of Malicious or Fraudulent Burning - Prohibitions and Penalties
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank M Conaway
Referred Judicial Proceedings on 03/18/2024
Fire and Emergency Medical Services Grant Fund; increases vehicle registration fees. [SB-648]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Taxes ]
[Grants ]
Fire and Emergency Medical Services Grant Fund; funding for fire and emergency medical services. Increases the vehicle registration fee used to provide support for emergency medical services from $4.25 to $6.25 for each pickup or panel truck and each motor vehicle. The bill also creates the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Grant Fund to provide funding (i) to increase the number of firefighters and emergency medical services personnel to help communities meet industry minimum standards and attain 24-hour staffing to provide adequate assistance
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SB-648: Fire and Emergency Medical Services Grant Fund; increases vehicle registration fees.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer D. Carroll Foy
Continued To 2025 In Finance And Appropriations (15-y 0-n) on 01/31/2024
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Public Safety Volunteers [SB-323]
[Taxes ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Finance ]
[Property Tax ]
[Community Development ]
Increasing, from $7,000 to $10,000, the amount of a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for an individual who is a qualifying public safety volunteer for a taxable year beginning after December 31, 2024; requiring each police agency to maintain certain records of the activities of each member of a police auxiliary or reserve, provide each member with a certain report on the preceding calendar year, and provide a certain report and certification that an individual qualified for the subtraction modification; etc.
SB-323: Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Public Safety Volunteers
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael A. Jackson
Hearing 1/24 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/13/2024
Local government ordinances related to fire departments; billing on behalf of volunteer fire depts. [HB-852]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
Local government ordinances related to fire departments; billing on behalf of volunteer fire departments. Provides that the governing body of any county, city, or town in which a fire department or fire company is established may make such ordinances in relation to the powers and duties of such fire departments or fire companies as it deems proper, including billing on behalf of volunteer fire departments for the support of a licensed emergency medical services agency. Local government ordinances related to fire departments; billing on behalf of
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HB-852: Local government ordinances related to fire departments; billing on behalf of volunteer fire depts.
Sponsored by: Rep. Wren M. Williams
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0823) on 04/17/2024
Consumer fireworks; authorizes use, penalities. [HB-484]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Taxes ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Statewide Fire Prevention Code; State Fire Marshal; consumer fireworks; penalties. Authorizes the use of consumer fireworks in the Commonwealth and distinguishes by definition consumer fireworks from display fireworks and permissible fireworks. The bill defines "consumer fireworks" as small fireworks devices (i) containing restricted amounts of pyrotechnic composition designed primarily to produce visible or audible effects by combustion and (ii) complying with certain federal regulations regarding composition and labeling. The bill also provides
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Firefighter Workers Comp Requirements [HB-218]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
An Act relating to coverage for disability from diseases for certain firefighters; and providing for an effective date.
HB-218: Firefighter Workers Comp Requirements
Sponsored by: Rep. Dan Saddler
L&c Rpt Cs(l&c) 1dp 6nr on 03/27/2024
Workers' Compensation - Occupational Disease Presumptions - First Responders [HB-190]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Mental Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Law Enforcement ]
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.
HB-190: Workers' Compensation - Occupational Disease Presumptions - First Responders
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Referred To Interim Study By Economic Matters on 03/04/2024
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Police Auxiliary and Reserve Volunteers [SB-108]
[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; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2023.
SB-108: Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Police Auxiliary and Reserve Volunteers
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 16 on 04/09/2024
Public Safety - Volunteer Company Assistance Fund - Alterations [SB-255]
[Public Safety ]
[Military ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Transferring certain duties relating to the Volunteer Company Assistance Fund from the Military Department to the Maryland Department of Emergency Management.
SB-255: Public Safety - Volunteer Company Assistance Fund - Alterations
Sponsored by: Sen. Education, Energy, and the Environment
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 77 on 04/09/2024
Pfas: Use For Firefighting, Disposal [HB-166]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
[Public Safety ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
An Act relating to firefighting substances; and providing for an effective date.
HB-166: Pfas: Use For Firefighting, Disposal
Sponsored by: Rep. Will B. Stapp
L&c Rpt Recd Await Transmittal Nxt on 05/08/2023
Architect/engineer Registration Board [SB-126]
[Construction ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
An Act relating to the State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors; relating to architects, engineers, land surveyors, and landscape architects; and providing for an effective date.
SB-126: Architect/engineer Registration Board
Sponsored by: Sen. Labor & Commerce
Effective Date(s) Of Law 6/28/23 on 10/16/2023
Regulation Of Fireworks [SB-117]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
An Act relating to fireworks; repealing restrictions on the sale of fireworks; directing the Department of Public Safety to adopt fireworks regulations; and providing for an effective date.
SB-117: Regulation Of Fireworks
Sponsored by: Sen.
Read The First Time - Referrals on 03/29/2023
Regulation Of Fireworks [HB-146]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
An Act relating to fireworks; directing the Department of Public Safety to adopt fireworks regulations; and providing for an effective date.
HB-146: Regulation Of Fireworks
Sponsored by: Rep.
Manifest Error(s) on 06/05/2024