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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Election Law - Synthetic Media - Disclosure and Regulation [SB-978]
[Elections ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Media and Advertising ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring certain persons that publish, distribute, or disseminate or cause to be published, distributed, or disseminated synthetic media to publish on their website the original content that was manipulated to generate the synthetic media; and requiring certain persons that publish, distribute, or disseminate or cause to be published, distributed, or disseminated synthetic media to include a certain disclosure in a certain manner.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester
Referred Ways And Means on 03/19/2024
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Howard County - Class D Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Delivery [SB-971]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
Applying certain provisions of law relating to the delivery of alcoholic beverages in Howard County to a holder or employee of a holder of a Class D license.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/26/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Cigarettes, Other Tobacco Products, and Electronic Smoking Devices - Revisions (Tobacco Retail Modernization Act of 2024) [SB-1056]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Prohibiting licensees that sell cigarettes, other tobacco products, or electronic smoking devices at retail from displaying cigarettes, other tobacco products, or electronic smoking devices for sale unless located behind a counter; requiring certain licensed retailers to verify an individual's date of birth before selling cigarettes, other tobacco products, or electronic smoking devices in a certain manner; altering the application fee for a county license to sell cigarettes or tobacco products at retail; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Kramer
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 462 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Corporations and Associations - Transparency - Beneficial Ownership [SB-954]
[Data Privacy ]
[Small Business ]
Requiring certain business entities to file with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation a report including certain information regarding beneficial owners of the entities; and prohibiting the inspection of the reports in certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Sydnor
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Commercial Law – Consumer Wire Transfers – Liability (Elder Fraud Prevention Act of 2024) [SB-930]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Finance ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Crime ]
Exempting consumer wire transaction from certain provisions of the Maryland Uniform Commercial Code; limiting liability for damages resulting from consumer wire transfers; defining sufficient notice; requiring investigations; requiring decisions and materials be provided to a consumer; subjecting financial institutions to treble damages; subjecting financial institutions to liability for violation of the Act; prohibiting waiver of consumer rights under the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Vessel Transfers - Excise Tax and Title Fee Exemption and Transfer-on-Death Beneficiary Designation [HB-1011]
[Taxes ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibiting the imposition of an excise tax or certificate of title fee for the transfer of certain vessels to a trust or from a trust to certain beneficiaries under certain circumstances; requiring that an application for a certificate of title for a vessel contain certain information; authorizing an individual who is the sole owner of a certain vessel to apply to the Department of Natural Resources to designate a beneficiary to take ownership of the vessel on the death of the owner; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Arentz
Hearing 2/29 At 1:00 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 02/07/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Alcoholic Beverages - Breweries, Wineries, and Distilleries - Direct Delivery [SB-1041]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Small Business ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Establishing direct-to-consumer alcoholic beverages delivery permits authorizing the direct delivery of beer, wine, or liquor to a consumer in the State; establishing the requirements an individual must meet to qualify for a direct-to-consumer alcoholic beverages delivery permit; establishing a maximum amount that a recipient of an alcoholic beverages delivery may receive annually; and repealing a maximum amount that a consumer may purchase when visiting certain alcoholic beverage manufacturers.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Folden
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 918 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Disability Parking Placards - Photo Identification [SB-907]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Disabilities ]
Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration, on request, to issue a disability parking placard with an embedded color photograph of the placard holder; and requiring a parking placard with an embedded color photograph of the placard holder to include a privacy sleeve that allows a person to freely display or hide the color photograph.
Sponsored by: Sen. Malcolm Augustine
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Real Property - Residential Contracts of Sale - Buyer Privacy Rights [HB-1000]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Housing ]
[Data Privacy ]
Prohibiting a contract of sale for single-family residential real property from containing the name of an individual buyer prior to acceptance of the contract of sale by the seller; and applying the Act prospectively.
Sponsored by: Rep. Malcolm Ruff
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services - Establishment [SB-1036]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing the Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services; and requiring the Task Force to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2025.
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris West
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 936 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Human Remains - Alkaline Hydrolysis and Natural Organic Reduction (Green Death Care Options Act) [SB-1028]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Establishing a regulatory system for reduction operators and reduction facilities; establishing requirements and prohibitions related to the performance of alkaline hydrolysis and natural organic reduction and the disposition of hydrolyzed or soil remains by certain facilities; requiring the Director of the Office of Cemetery Oversight and the Director of the State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors to adopt regulations governing the performance of natural organic reduction; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 599 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Department of Labor – Unemployment Insurance – Study on Actively Seeking Work Requirements [HB-998]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor, on or before December 1, 2024, to conduct a study on the actively seeking work requirement of the unemployment insurance system in the State and other states to evaluate the effects of ghosting on actively seeking work requirements and report on the study to the General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Fisher
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 285 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Election Law - Registered Voter List and Petitions (Ballot Petition Modernization Act) [SB-1029]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Requiring the State Board of Elections to adopt regulations for the secure storage and use of voter data from the list of registered voters and specifying procedures and requirements relating to electronic signatures; establishing and altering certain provisions governing the petition process, including provisions regarding the collection and invalidation of signatures, use of electronic signatures, and attestations by petition circulators; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill Carter
Hearing Canceled on 02/13/2024
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Arizona Fifty-sixth Legislature - Second Regular Session (2024)
Primary; identification; canvass; recounts; ballots. [SB-1733]
[Elections ]
Primary; identification; canvass; recounts; ballots.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sonny Borrelli
Senate Committee Of The Whole Action: Do Pass Amended on 02/08/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Benefits Exploitation [HB-892]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a person from knowingly recruiting, harboring, transporting, or obtaining an individual for the purpose of appropriating the government benefits of an individual for the benefit of the person or another through deception, coercion, exploitation, isolation, or any other means; prohibiting a person from aiding, abetting, or conspiring with one or more persons to violate a certain provision of the Act; establishing that a violation of the Act is a felony; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/20/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Business Regulation - Detached Catalytic Converters - Record-Keeping Requirements [HB-871]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Small Business ]
Requiring records of junk dealers, scrap metal processors, and automotive dismantlers and recyclers to include certain information about the vehicle from which a detached catalytic converter, or part of a detached catalytic converter, was obtained from a person.
Sponsored by: Sen. Carl Jackson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 484 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Consumer Protection - Retail Sales of Gift Cards (Gift Card Scams Prevention Act of 2024) [HB-896]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Finance ]
[Small Business ]
[Public Safety ]
[Data Privacy ]
Prohibiting a merchant from selling a certain open- or closed-loop gift card to a consumer unless the merchant meets certain requirements; requiring a merchant to provide to the employees of the merchant training on identification of gift card fraud; requiring the Division of Consumer Protection to create a certain notice and issue certain guidelines regarding gift card fraud; requiring a certain third-party gift card reseller to record and maintain a copy of certain information for at least 3 years: etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vaughn Stewart
Senate Conference Committee Appointed (senators Kramer, Hayes And Mautz) on 04/08/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Alcoholic Beverages - Sale or Delivery for Off-Premises Consumption [SB-833]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
Altering the scope of a certain provision prohibiting the retail delivery to a purchaser of alcoholic beverages under certain circumstances; providing that certain authorization for the holders of certain licenses to sell alcoholic beverages for off-premises consumption in a certain manner applies only in a jurisdiction where the local licensing board had adopted certain regulations; authorizing the holders of certain licenses to sell certain alcoholic beverages in sealed containers for off-premises consumption or delivery; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/05/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Department of Labor - Unemployment Insurance - Study on Actively Seeking Work Requirements [SB-846]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor, on or before December 1, 2024, to conduct a study on the actively seeking work requirement of the unemployment insurance system in the State and other states to evaluate the effects of ghosting on actively seeking work requirements and report on the study to the General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 284 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Internet-Connected Devices and Internet Service Providers - Default Filtering of Obscene Content (Maryland Online Child Protection Act) [SB-780]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a person from selling an Internet-connected device that is intended for minors unless the device is sold with a certain filter, certain privacy settings, and other features; making a violation of the prohibition an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice that is subject to the enforcement and penalties under the Maryland Consumer Protection Act; requiring that preference be given to certain grant applications that include the use of broadband providers that implement the use of certain filters; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Hearing 3/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2024