Landlord and Tenant - Termination of Residential Lease - Limitation of Liability for Rent [SB-162]
[Housing ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Limiting a tenant's liability for rent under a residential lease to not more than 2 months' rent after the date on which the tenant vacates a leased premises if a physician or psychologist completes a form specifying that the tenant has a mental disorder that causes the continued habitation of the leased premises to be unfeasible or unsustainable and requires the tenant to move to a home, facility, or institution to obtain a higher level of care than can be provided at the leased premises and the tenant vacates the leased premises.
SB-162: Landlord and Tenant - Termination of Residential Lease - Limitation of Liability for Rent
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 289 on 04/25/2024
Failure to Pay Rent Proceedings - Shielding of Court Records [HB-181]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring the District Court to shield all court records within 60 days after the final resolution of a failure to pay rent proceeding under certain circumstances; authorizing the District Court to shield all court records relating to a failure to pay rent proceeding, on motion by a tenant, under certain circumstances; requiring the Maryland Judiciary to publish a form titled "Petition to Shield a Failure to Pay Rent Action Record" by October 1, 2024; etc.
HB-181: Failure to Pay Rent Proceedings - Shielding of Court Records
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Rereferred To Judicial Proceedings on 04/05/2024
Land Use - Expedited Development Review Processes for Affordable Housing - Requirements [HB-3]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Real Estate ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring local jurisdictions to establish and implement an expedited development review process for certain proposed affordable housing developments; applying the process to a charitable organization seeking to develop affordable housing on its own land and a public housing authority proposing to develop affordable housing on land owned by a charity or a government entity; and establishing a good-faith waiver for local jurisdictions that cannot implement an expedited development review process.
HB-3: Land Use - Expedited Development Review Processes for Affordable Housing - Requirements
Sponsored by: Rep. Vaughn Stewart
Hearing Canceled on 01/22/2024
Cosmetology Licensure Compact [SB-27]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
Entering into the Cosmetology Licensure Compact; establishing criteria for participating states; authorizing an individual practicing cosmetology to practice in a party state under certain circumstances; establishing the Cosmetology Licensure Compact Commission and its duties and powers; and providing for the amendment of and withdrawal from the Compact.
SB-27: Cosmetology Licensure Compact
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 329 on 04/25/2024
Real Property - Residential Foreclosures - Procedures [HB-247]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Repealing the use of a preliminary loss mitigation affidavit in an order to docket or complaint to foreclose a mortgage or deed of trust on residential property; altering certain requirements for the filing of an action to foreclose a mortgage or deed of trust on residential property and altering certain requirements for an order to docket or a complaint to foreclose a mortgage or deed of trust; establishing that a copy of a notice of intent to foreclose is not a public record and is not subject to the Public Information Act; etc.
HB-247: Real Property - Residential Foreclosures - Procedures
Sponsored by: Rep.
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/07/2024
Food Waste and Solid Waste Reduction - Grants, Fund, and Surcharge [HB-163]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Food ]
[Environmental ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
Establishing the On-Farm Organic Diversion and Composting Grant Program to award grants to eligible entities to assist with the costs of developing and implementing on-farm composting and compost use, food waste prevention, and food rescue projects; requiring the Department of the Environment to use funds from the Reduce, Recycle, Remanufacture Fund to support the Grant Program to Reduce and Compost School Waste; authorizing the Department to establish a statewide solid waste disposal surcharge; etc.
HB-163: Food Waste and Solid Waste Reduction - Grants, Fund, and Surcharge
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/04/2024
SCR-125: Requesting That The Department Of Taxation Create A Simplified N-11 Form For Use By Individuals Without Taxable Income That Is Subject To State Income Tax.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joy San Buenaventura
Referred To Wam. on 03/15/2023
You have voted SCR-125: Requesting That The Department Of Taxation Create A Simplified N-11 Form For Use By Individuals Without Taxable Income That Is Subject To State Income Tax..
HCR-30: Requesting That The Department Of Taxation Create A Simplified N-11 Form For Use By Individuals Without Taxable Income That Is Subject To State Income Tax.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregg Takayama
Referred To Wam. on 04/11/2023
You have voted HCR-30: Requesting That The Department Of Taxation Create A Simplified N-11 Form For Use By Individuals Without Taxable Income That Is Subject To State Income Tax..
HR-31: Requesting That The Department Of Taxation Create A Simplified N-11 Form For Use By Individuals Without Taxable Income That Is Subject To State Income Tax.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregg Takayama
Reported From Fin (stand. Com. Rep. No. 1981), Recommending Adoption. on 04/05/2023
You have voted HR-31: Requesting That The Department Of Taxation Create A Simplified N-11 Form For Use By Individuals Without Taxable Income That Is Subject To State Income Tax..
Department of State Police - Professional Occupations - Application Process [HB-1280]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing the Secretary of State Police to determine the manner and format for applications for certification as a private detective and security guard and for a license to provide security guard services; and requiring an applicant for a commission as a special police officer to submit two sets of legible fingerprints taken in a format approved by the Director of the Central Repository and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
HB-1280: Department of State Police - Professional Occupations - Application Process
Sponsored by: Rep. Kym Taylor
Referred Rules on 03/29/2023
Property Tax Credit for Disabled Veterans - Established [HB-1258]
[Property Tax ]
[Veterans ]
[Disabilities ]
[Taxes ]
Requiring the governing body of a county or of a municipal corporation to grant a tax credit against the property tax imposed on the dwelling house of certain disabled veterans; establishing a property tax credit in an amount equal to the service-connected disability rating of the disabled veteran; requiring certain disabled veterans to provide certain documents when applying for the credits under the Act; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after June 30, 2023.
HB-1258: Property Tax Credit for Disabled Veterans - Established
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Harris
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/16/2023
State Department of Education - School Psychologist Recruitment Program [HB-961]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing the School Psychologist Recruitment Program within the State Department of Education to provide professional development programs and aid for a certification fee to school psychologists and individuals seeking to become school psychologists and to reimburse school psychologists for professional conference expenses.
HB-961: State Department of Education - School Psychologist Recruitment Program
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
First Reading Ways And Means on 02/10/2023
Pharmacists - Therapy Management Contract - Form [HB-1156]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
Providing that a therapy management contract may be entered into in writing or orally; requiring, if a therapy management contract is entered into orally, the parties to the therapy management contract to reduce the contract to writing within 30 days after entering into the therapy management contract; and providing that a therapy management contract may be in electronic form.
HB-1156: Pharmacists - Therapy Management Contract - Form
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 399 on 05/03/2023
Maryland Real Property Transfer-on-Death (TOD) Act [HB-986]
[Real Estate ]
[Property Tax ]
Altering the Maryland Uniform Disclaimer of Property Interests Act to provide for the disclaimer of nonprobate transfers at death; providing for the creation, revocation, recordation, and effects of a transfer-on-death deed for real property; requiring the Administrative Office of the Courts to develop an informational sheet regarding transfer-on-death deeds; providing example forms for the creation and revocation of a transfer-on-death deed; etc.
HB-986: Maryland Real Property Transfer-on-Death (TOD) Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. (judiciary) on 02/13/2023
Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program – Employee Certification and Awareness Materials [HB-1048]
[Student Loans ]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Finance ]
Establishing requirements related to the certification of employment by public service employers under the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, including requirements regarding determinations of whether employees are full-time and the frequency with which the certifications are to be provided; and requiring the Student Loan Ombudsman in the Office of the Commissioner of Financial Regulation to develop and disseminate information to public service employers to increase awareness of and participation in the Program.
HB-1048: Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program – Employee Certification and Awareness Materials
Sponsored by: Rep. Lesley Lopez
First Reading Appropriations on 02/10/2023
End-of-Life Option Act (The Honorable Elijah E. Cummings and the Honorable Shane E. Pendergrass Act) [HB-933]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
Authorizing an individual to request aid in dying by making certain requests; establishing requirements and prohibitions governing aid in dying, including requirements related to requests for aid in dying, consulting physicians, mental health assessments, the disposal of drugs prescribed for aid in dying, health care facility policies, and the effect of aid in dying on insurance policies; authorizing a pharmacist to dispense medication for aid in dying only to certain individuals under certain circumstances; etc.
HB-933: End-of-Life Option Act (The Honorable Elijah E. Cummings and the Honorable Shane E. Pendergrass Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. (health And Government Operations) on 02/17/2023
Natural Resources - Hunting - Tundra Swans [HB-954]
[Animals ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Recreation ]
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to establish an annual tundra swan hunting season if authorized by federal law; requiring the Department to request that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service authorize an annual tundra swan hunting season in the State and provide the Department with a certain number of permits to take tundra swan annually; and requiring the Department to distribute tundra swan permits annually using a lottery-based system under certain circumstances.
School Health and Vision Services – Screenings and Eye Examinations [HB-1054]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering the duties of the State Department of Education's and the Maryland Department of Health's primary contact employees for school-based health centers to include the implementation and oversight of the Vision for Maryland Program; altering the requirements for vision screenings for students; requiring a county board of education to determine whether certain students should receive an eye examination and eyeglasses; establishing the Pediatric Vision Program and the Vision for Maryland Program to expand vision support services; etc.
HB-1054: School Health and Vision Services – Screenings and Eye Examinations
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
First Reading Ways And Means on 02/10/2023
Pregnant and Perinatal Drug Screening and Testing Workgroup [HB-956]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
Requiring the Secretary of Health to establish a Pregnant and Perinatal Drug Screening and Testing Workgroup to study and make recommendations relating to drug screening and testing of pregnant and perinatal patients and newborn infants; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings to the Senate Finance Committee and the House Health and Government Operations Committee by December 1, 2024.
HB-956: Pregnant and Perinatal Drug Screening and Testing Workgroup
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicole Williams
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/06/2023