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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Department of State Police - Professional Occupations - Application Process [SB-287]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Insurance ]
Authorizing the Secretary of State Police to determine the manner and format for applications for certification as a private detective, security guard, security systems technician, and railroad police officer and for a license to provide security guard services; altering the application requirements related to security guard agency, private detective agency, and security systems agency licenses and commercial general liability insurance; requiring an applicant for a special police commission to submit two sets of fingerprints; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 738 on 05/16/2024
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Department of Agriculture - Licensing, Registration, Fees and Penalties, and Regulation [SB-278]
[Agriculture ]
[Animals ]
[Food ]
Altering and establishing renewal and reinstatement processes for horse establishment licenses; establishing certain duties and administrative penalties with respect to beekeeping activities; altering the administrative penalty structure for certain violations related to nutrient management plans; and altering the renewal process and fee structure for the registration of weights and measures.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Hearing 1/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/11/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Housing Innovation Pilot Program and Housing Innovation Fund - Establishment (Housing Innovation Pilot Program Act of 2024) [HB-7]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Establishing the Housing Innovation Fund to provide loans for local housing authorities and county governments to develop mixed-income, cross-subsidized housing; establishing the Housing Innovation Pilot Program in the Department of Housing and Community Development to assist public housing authorities and county governments in increasing housing production and to reward counties pursuing solutions to the problem of housing scarcity; authorizing the Governor to include an appropriation of $5,000,000 to the Fund in certain fiscal years; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 212 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Department of State Police - Professional Occupations - Application Process [HB-172]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Insurance ]
Authorizing the Secretary of State Police to determine the manner and format for applications for certification as a private detective, security guard, security systems technician, and railroad police officer and for a license to provide security guard services; altering the application requirements related to security guard agency, private detective agency, and security systems agency licenses and commercial general liability insurance; requiring an applicant for a special police commission to submit two sets of fingerprints; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 737 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Property Tax - Tax Sales - Revisions [HB-243]
[Property Tax ]
[Real Estate ]
[Taxes ]
Requiring that certain owner-occupied property be withheld from tax sale; authorizing a county or a municipal corporation to withhold from tax sale certain property designated for redevelopment purposes; altering certain provisions of law concerning abandoned property that is sold for less than the lien amount; altering certain requirements concerning the rate of redemption for owner-occupied properties sold at tax sale; and applying the Act prospectively; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Favorable With Amendments Report By Budget And Taxation on 04/08/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Natural Resources - State Boat Act - Alterations [SB-304]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Environmental ]
[Recreation ]
[Water ]
Altering and repealing certain definitions for purposes of the State Boat Act; repealing certain advertising and public hearing requirements for proposed regulations implementing provisions of the State Boat Act; altering the fees for manufacturer and dealer licenses, certificates of number, Maryland use stickers, and the issuance of certificates of title, transfers of title, or duplicate or corrected certificates of title; requiring that certain vessels equipped with a sail be numbered for identification; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Hearing 1/31 At 2:00 P.m. on 01/11/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Cannabis Reform - Alterations [HB-253]
[Cannabis ]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
Making alterations and clarifications related to the duties of the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission, the Office of Social Equity, the Advisory Board on Medical and Adult-Use Cannabis, and the Maryland Cannabis Administration; altering the membership of the Commission; requiring the Advisory Board to elect a chair and removing the Director of the Administration as chair; authorizing processors to provide cannabis to cannabis licensees; providing that certain violations may be charged by a citation; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 241 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Landlord and Tenant - Notice of Utility Bills in Residential Leases - Gas and Electric Services [SB-171]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Energy ]
Adding gas and electric utility services to the types of services for which landlords of buildings that contain six or more units are required to provide a written notice to a tenant, at the initiation of a lease and each term thereafter, providing the total utility costs billed to the landlord in the immediately preceding year for utility services, disaggregated by utility type; and applying certain requirements relating to payment of utility services to landlords of buildings that contain five or fewer residential dwelling units.
Sponsored by: Sen. Malcolm Augustine
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 226 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Alcoholic Beverages - License Applications - Residency Requirements [HB-124]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
Altering the information that an applicant is required to provide in an application for an alcoholic beverages license; and authorizing a permanent legal resident of the United States to hold an alcoholic beverages license.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Ruth
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/14/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Agriculture - Confinement of Egg-Laying Hens in Commercial Egg Production - Prohibitions [SB-193]
[Agriculture ]
[Animals ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Food ]
Prohibiting a certain farm owner or operator from knowingly confining egg-laying hens in an enclosure in a certain manner, subject to certain exceptions, on and after January 1, 2026; prohibiting a business owner or operator or a farm owner or operator from selling shell eggs or egg products under certain circumstances on and after January 1, 2026; and specifying that a certain certification verifying that the shell eggs and egg products are produced in a certain manner must be obtained before selling shell eggs and egg products.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Hearing 1/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/11/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Natural Resources - State Boat Act - Alterations [HB-239]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Environmental ]
[Recreation ]
[Water ]
Altering and repealing certain definitions for purposes of the State Boat Act; repealing certain advertising and public hearing requirements for proposed regulations implementing provisions of the State Boat Act; altering the fees for manufacturer and dealer licenses, certificates of number, Maryland use stickers, and the issuance of certificates of title, transfers of title, or duplicate or corrected certificates of title; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Referred Education, Energy, And The Environment on 03/08/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Higher Education - Disciplinary Records - Use in Admissions and Disciplinary Proceedings [SB-61]
[Education ]
Prohibiting an institution of higher education from using an admissions application that contains questions about an applicant's disciplinary record, subject to certain exceptions; and authorizing an institution of higher education to make inquiries into and consider information about a student's disciplinary record for discipline related to academic dishonesty.
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo Washington
Hearing Canceled on 01/17/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Public and Nonpublic Schools - Bronchodilators - Use, Availability, Training, and Policies [SB-180]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with certain groups, to develop training for certain school personnel to identify symptoms of anaphylaxis, asthma, and respiratory distress in students; requiring the Maryland Department of Health, in consultation with county boards, and authorizing nonpublic schools to establish a policy to obtain, administer, and train school personnel to administer in emergency situations bronchodilators to a student who is determined to be, or is perceived to be, experiencing certain symptoms; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 279 on 04/25/2024
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Natural Resources - Removal of Trees or Shrubs - Notice and Objection [HB-219]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Energy ]
[Water ]
[Property Tax ]
Authorizing a utility or local government to remove a tree or shrub on certain private property under certain circumstances, including requiring the utility or local government to provide certain notice to the owner of the property on which the tree or shrub is located; establishing a process for a private property owner who receives certain notice to file an objection with the Department of Natural Resources in accordance with certain requirements; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michele Guyton
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/12/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Community Schools - Alterations [SB-161]
[Education ]
[Community Development ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering certain requirements for community schools and community school coordinators; requiring the Director of Community Schools to create a common needs assessment tool and an evaluation form; requiring a community school coordinator to complete an evaluation and a needs assessment in a certain manner; authorizing the State Department of Education to provide comments to community school coordinators on implementation plans; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo Washington
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 230 on 04/25/2024
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Department of the Environment - Fees, Penalties, Funding, and Regulation [HB-245]
[Environmental ]
[Funding ]
[Water ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Public Health ]
Authorizing the Department of the Environment to charge a fee for processing and issuing on-site sewage disposal permits and individual well construction permits under certain circumstances; authorizing the Department to establish by regulation a fee for the Responsible Personnel Training Program Certification; requiring a holder of a license to transfer oil into the State to pay a certain fee when oil owned by the licensee is first transferred into the State; establishing the Private Dam Repair Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/21/2024
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Criminal Law - Death Penalty [HB-87]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Providing that a person who is convicted of first-degree murder may be sentenced to death under certain circumstances; and establishing certain procedures relating to custody, warrant of execution, incompetency, method of execution, witnesses, certificate, disposition of body, notice, trial, sentencing, review, and appeal in relation to imposition of the death penalty.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nino Mangione
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/30/2024
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Wage Payment and Collection - Pay Stubs and Pay Statements - Required Information [SB-38]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring that a notice of the pay rate, regular paydays, and leave benefits provided to an employee at the time of hiring be written; requiring that the statement regarding earnings required to be provided to employees by employers be written on the physical pay stub or online pay statement and include certain information; requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to create and make available to an employer at no charge a pay stub template that may be used by an employer to meet the requirements of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo Washington
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 305 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Northern Snakehead - Common Name [HB-19]
[Animals ]
[Environmental ]
Establishing the common name of the northern snakehead as the "Chesapeake Channa".
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 572 on 05/09/2024
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Landlord and Tenant - Notice of Utility Bills in Residential Leases - Gas and Electric Services [HB-139]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Energy ]
Adding gas and electric utility services to the types of services for which landlords of buildings that contain six or more residential units are required to provide a written notice to a tenant, before the initiation of a lease and each term thereafter, notifying the tenant of the total utility costs billed to the landlord in the immediately preceding year, disaggregated by utility type; and applying certain requirements relating to payment of utility services to landlords of buildings that contain five or fewer residential dwelling units.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 225 on 04/25/2024