Office of the Correctional Ombudsman - Establishment and Funding [HB-297]
[Crime ]
[Funding ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing the Office of the Correctional Ombudsman; authorizing the Justice Reinvestment Oversight Board to make a recommendation for the distribution of money from the Performance Incentive Grant Fund to the Office; requiring the Office to conduct investigations, reviews, and assessments of administrative acts taken by the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, by the Department of Juvenile Services, or in relation to individuals confined by either department; providing for the confidentiality of certain communications; etc.
HB-297: Office of the Correctional Ombudsman - Establishment and Funding
Sponsored by: Rep. Charlotte Agnes Crutchfield
Rereferred To Judicial Proceedings on 04/05/2024
Property Tax Credit - Permanent Supportive Housing - Established [HB-226]
[Housing ]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
[Community Development ]
[Real Estate ]
Establishing a property tax credit against the State, county, and municipal corporation real property tax on certain properties that provide permanent supportive housing; providing for the calculation of the tax credit; providing for the recapture of the tax credit under certain circumstances; requiring a certain reimbursement by the State to a county or municipal corporation for a certain percentage of the tax credit; applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2025; etc.
HB-226: Property Tax Credit - Permanent Supportive Housing - Established
Sponsored by: Rep. Ways and Means
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/12/2024
Natural Resources - Wildland Areas - Belt Woods Wildland [SB-300]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Environmental ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Science ]
Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources, with prior approval of the Maryland Historical Trust and after an internal departmental review, to authorize within the Belt Woods Wildland archeological inventories, studies, and research that involve surface examination or limited subsurface sampling, salvage and excavation of archeological sites, and stabilization and restoration of historic structures existing as of December 1, 1985; etc.
SB-300: Natural Resources - Wildland Areas - Belt Woods Wildland
Sponsored by: Sen. Education, Energy, and the Environment
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 112 on 04/09/2024
Education - Public High School Athletic and Physical Education Facilities - Study [SB-21]
[Education ]
[Construction ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Interagency Commission on School Construction to conduct a comprehensive study analyzing the current condition of public high school athletic and physical education facilities in the State and to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2024; and requiring the Prince George's County Board of Education and the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, by December 1, 2024, to meet to discuss potential partnerships to upgrade public high school athletic and physical education facilities in the county.
SB-21: Education - Public High School Athletic and Physical Education Facilities - Study
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo T. Washington
Hearing Canceled on 03/27/2024
Property Tax Credit - Permanent Supportive Housing - Established [SB-269]
[Housing ]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
Establishing a property tax credit against the State, county, and municipal corporation real property tax on certain properties that provide permanent supportive housing; providing for the calculation of the tax credit; providing for the recapture of the tax credit under certain circumstances; requiring a certain reimbursement by the State to a county or municipal corporation for a certain percentage of the tax credit; applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2025; etc.
SB-269: Property Tax Credit - Permanent Supportive Housing - Established
Sponsored by: Sen. Budget and Taxation
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/05/2024
Department of General Services - State Buildings and Facilities - Energy Conservation and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions [HB-130]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Public Safety ]
[Construction ]
Altering the State's goals for reducing energy consumption in State buildings; requiring the Maryland Green Building Council to update the High Performance Green Building Program to ensure that the Program aligns with certain greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals; requiring the Department of General Services to identify State-owned facilities that are potential candidates for energy performance contracts; etc.
HB-130: Department of General Services - State Buildings and Facilities - Energy Conservation and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions
Sponsored by: Rep. Environment and Transportation
Referred Rules on 04/03/2024
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.
SB-193: Agriculture - Confinement of Egg-Laying Hens in Commercial Egg Production - Prohibitions
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Hearing 1/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/11/2024
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.
HB-245: Department of the Environment - Fees, Penalties, Funding, and Regulation
Sponsored by: Rep. Environment and Transportation
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/21/2024
Courts - Prohibited Indemnity and Defense Liability Agreements [SB-31]
[Construction ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a provision in a contract or agreement relating to architectural, engineering, inspecting, or surveying services that requires the promisor to defend a promisee against claims brought by a third party.
SB-31: Courts - Prohibited Indemnity and Defense Liability Agreements
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris West
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/05/2024
Correctional Services - Investigation of Suspected Homicide - Reporting [SB-36]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Department of State Police, on or before December 31 each year, to post on its website and submit to the Governor and the General Assembly a report detailing, for the preceeding calendar year, the number of investigations completed by the Department of deaths of incarcerated individuals suspected to be homicides that occur while the incarcerated individuals are in the custody of the Division of Correction and the number of cases referred to the Department for prosecution following an investigation.
SB-36: Correctional Services - Investigation of Suspected Homicide - Reporting
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne C. Benson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 955 on 05/16/2024
Environment - Plastic Products - Postconsumer Recycled Content Program [HB-168]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibiting certain producers of certain plastic products from selling, offering for sale, or distributing the products to any person in the State unless certain conditions are met; requiring certain producers of certain plastic products to, individually or as part of a representative organization, register and pay a certain annual registration fee to the Department of the Environment; establishing certain minimum postconsumer recycled content percentage requirements for certain products; etc.
HB-168: Environment - Plastic Products - Postconsumer Recycled Content Program
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 2/07 At 2:30 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 01/18/2024
Courts - Prohibited Indemnity and Defense Liability Agreements [HB-158]
[Construction ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a provision in a contract or agreement relating to architectural, engineering, inspecting, or surveying services that requires the promisor to defend a promisee against claims brought by a third party.
HB-158: Courts - Prohibited Indemnity and Defense Liability Agreements
Sponsored by: Rep. Jon S Cardin
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/04/2024
Office of the Correctional Ombudsman - Establishment and Funding [SB-134]
[Crime ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing the Office of the Correctional Ombudsman; authorizing the Justice Reinvestment Oversight Board to make a recommendation for the distribution of money from the Performance Incentive Grant Fund to the Office for fiscal year 2025 only; requiring the Office to conduct investigations, reviews, and assessments of administrative acts taken by the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, by the Department of Juvenile Services, or in relation to individuals confined by either department; etc.
SB-134: Office of the Correctional Ombudsman - Establishment and Funding
Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Smith
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 836 on 05/16/2024
Department of General Services - State Buildings and Facilities - Energy Conservation and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions [SB-258]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Public Safety ]
[Construction ]
[Air Quality ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Altering the State's goals for reducing energy consumption in State buildings; requiring the Maryland Green Building Council to update the High Performance Green Building Program to ensure that the Program aligns with certain greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals; requiring the Department of General Services to identify State-owned facilities that are potential candidates for energy performance contracts; etc.
SB-258: Department of General Services - State Buildings and Facilities - Energy Conservation and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions
Sponsored by: Sen. Education, Energy, and the Environment
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 423 on 05/09/2024
AN ACT relating to cosmetology. [HB-127]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Small Business ]
Amend KRS 317A.010 to allow fixed or mobile beauty salons, esthetic salons, nail salons, and limited beauty salons; amend KRS 317A.020 and 317A.145 to consider any type of mobile salon a "facility" and a "premises"; amend KRS 317A.060 to require the cosmetology board to set the standards for mobile and fixed salons and establish inspection schedules; direct any administrative regulations to balance licensee and public interests; amend KRS 317A.050 and 317A.155 to conform.
HB-127: AN ACT relating to cosmetology.
Sponsored by: Rep. George A. Brown
Introduced In House on 01/03/2024
AN ACT relating to beauty services. [SB-14]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Amends KRS 317A.020 to specify emergency order and hearing procedures and to allow the Board of Cosmetology to pursue injunctive remedy and refer violations of the chapter to prosecutorial agencies; and amends KRS 317A.030 to add a licensed nail technician to the board, to replace one citizen-at-large board position with a licensed esthetician, and to allow cosmetologists and nail technicians to use callus graters for callus removal.
SB-14: AN ACT relating to beauty services.
Sponsored by: Sen. George Maxwell Wise
Signed By Governor (acts Ch.25) on 03/29/2024