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Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Education – Public School Employers and Employees – Subcontracting for Services [HB-1175] [Education ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Prohibiting a public school employer from entering into a certain subcontracting agreement unless certain circumstances occur; specifying the requirements for a public school employer to enter into a certain subcontracting agreement; providing for the contents of certain subcontracting agreements; requiring that a certain public school employee who is displaced as a result of a subcontracting agreement retain certain status and rights; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jessica Feldmark Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. (ways And Means) on 02/09/2024

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Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Maryland Agricultural BMP Best in Show Program - Established [HB-1042] [Agriculture ] [Environmental ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Public Health ] [Water ]
Establishing the Maryland Agricultural BMP Best in Show Program to provide and prioritize the use of certain funding relating to agricultural best management practices and to increase the cost-effectiveness and environmental, social, and health impacts of State-funded best management practices in a certain manner; requiring the Department of Agriculture to administer and manage certain competitive grants under the Program in a certain manner; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Pamela Guzzone Hearing 2/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2024

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Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Agriculture - Food Processing Residuals Utilization Permit - Establishment [HB-991] [Agriculture ] [Food ] [Waste Management / Recycling ] [Environmental ] [Water ]
Establishing a food processing residuals utilization permit; prohibiting a person from utilizing food processing residuals in the State unless the person obtains a permit; requiring the Department of Agriculture to provide a certain notice and information to certain persons in a county where food processing residuals will be stored; establishing the Food Processing Residuals Administration Fund; authorizing a representative of the Department to enter and inspect any site where food processing residuals are utilized; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. April Rose Approved By The Governor - Chapter 531 on 05/09/2024

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Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Public Middle and High Schools - Cardiac Emergency Response Plans for Athletic Facilities (The Bailey Bullock Act) [SB-1024] [Education ] [Public Health ] [Public Safety ] [Healthcare ] [Children and Youth ]
Requiring that each public middle and high school alter the venue-specific emergency action plan for athletic facilities to incorporate a cardiac emergency response plan; and requiring each public middle and high school to review and update the cardiac emergency response plan each year.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks Rereferred To Ways And Means on 04/05/2024

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Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Constitutional Officers – Public Disclosure of Personal Information [SB-899] [Data Privacy ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ] [Ethics ]
Requiring certain custodians to deny inspection of the part of a public record that contains personal information of a constitutional officer except under certain circumstances; authorizing a certain constitutional officer or certain immediate family member of a constitutional officer to request that certain disclosed personal information be removed and that a certain person refrain from future disclosures; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2024

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Maryland 2024 Regular Session

State Correctional Facilities - Incarcerated Individuals - Costs of Telephone Communications [SB-948] [Telecommunications ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
Providing that a State correctional facility is responsible for the payment of costs charged by a telephone service provider under certain circumstances; providing that a State correctional facility and a telephone service provider may not charge an incarcerated individual or a third party under certain circumstances; and providing that an incarcerated individual's access to or use of telephone equipment and telephone services may not supplant time that the incarcerated individual is entitled to in-person visitation.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2024

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Maryland 2024 Regular Session

State Procurement - Procurement Forecast and Outreach [SB-1014] [Small Business ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Economic Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
Requiring the Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs to consult with each primary procurement unit to identify potential contracting opportunities for and increase outreach efforts to small businesses; requiring each unit, on or before June 30 each year, to submit to the Office a procurement forecast for all procurement contracts over $100,000; requiring each unit, on or before August 15 each year, to submit its reconciliation of the prior fiscal year's procurement forecast in accordance with certain requirements; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Nick Charles Approved By The Governor - Chapter 584 on 05/09/2024

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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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Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Maryland Agricultural BMP Priority Environmental Stewardship Program - Established [SB-932] [Agriculture ] [Environmental ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Public Health ] [Water ]
Establishing the Maryland Agricultural BMP Priority Environmental Stewardship Program to provide and prioritize the use of certain funding relating to agricultural best management practices and to increase the cost-effectiveness and environmental, social, and health impacts of State-funded best management practices in a certain manner; requiring a grant applicant to demonstrate that any agricultural operation on which best management practices are to be established are in compliance with certain nutrient management plans; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/01/2024

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Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Environment - Environmental Justice Districts - Designation and Requirements [SB-1086] [Environmental ] [Air Quality ] [Water ] [Community Development ] [Public Health ]
Authorizing a resident of a local jurisdiction or an overburdened and underserved community in the State to submit an application to the Department of the Environment to request the designation of a certain area as an environmental justice district in a certain manner; requiring the Department to publish the application process and criteria used for evaluating an application on or before December 1, 2024; requiring the Department to hold a certain hearing on a certain permit application under certain circumstances; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2024

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Maryland 2024 Regular Session

County Boards of Education - Budgets - Notice (Transparency in Education Spending Act) [SB-1026] [Education ] [Budget and Spending ] [Taxes ]
Requiring the State Board of Education to adopt a process for the uniform and timely reporting of certain county board of education budget information to a county governing body; requiring a county board to post certain budget information on the county board's public-facing website in an easily identifiable location; requiring a certain audit to be sent to the county council or the county commissioners; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks Approved By The Governor - Chapter 218 on 04/25/2024

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Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Hospitals - Clinical Staffing Committees and Plans - Establishment (Safe Staffing Act of 2024) [SB-1020] [Healthcare ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Public Health ]
Requiring each hospital licensed in the State to establish and maintain a clinical staffing committee and to implement a clinical staffing plan; requiring the Health Services Cost Review Commission to conduct investigations regarding alleged violations of certain provisions of this Act; and authorizing the Health Services Cost Review Commission to take certain actions if the Commission determines a violation has occurred.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo Washington Hearing 3/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2024

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Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Wildlife – Protections and Highway Crossings [SB-902] [Animals ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Environmental ] [Infrastructure ] [Public Safety ]
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources, in collaboration with the State Highway Administration, to identify and prioritize certain species whose habitat or movement corridors intersect with State highways and develop tools, technology, and techniques to identify certain State highway infrastructure locations; requiring the Department of Natural Resources to develop a methodology and a cost estimate for performing a statewide deer population survey on or before November 1, 2024; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young Hearing Canceled on 04/02/2024

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Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Maryland Department of Health - Public Education Campaign on Prostate, Lung, and Breast Cancer Prevention [SB-938] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Funding ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop, on or before December 1, 2026, a public education campaign on prostate, lung, and breast cancer prevention that targets communities disproportionately impacted by prostate, lung, and breast cancer; requiring the Department to implement the public education campaign on or before January 1, 2027; requiring the Governor, for fiscal years 2026 through 2030, to include an appropriation to the Department for the public education campaign from the Cigarette Restitution Fund; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo Washington Approved By The Governor - Chapter 812 on 05/16/2024

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Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Local Government - Building Permits for Residential Solar Energy and Residential Energy Storage Systems - Required Platform and Inspections [SB-1054] [Energy ] [Housing ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Construction ] [Environmental ] [Consumer Protection ] [Public Safety ]
Requiring a county or municipality to implement a certain web-based platform for features supporting the tracking and approval of residential building permits for certain residential solar energy projects, residential energy storage projects, and main electric panel alterations by August 1, 2025, except under certain circumstances; requiring a county or municipality to adopt certain procedures for required inspections for a certain building permit under certain circumstances; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Kramer Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2024

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Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Public Health - Opioid Restitution Advisory Council and Fund - Revisions [HB-980] [Public Health ] [Overdose Prevention ] [Healthcare ]
Requiring the Secretary of Health to present decisions for the allocations of money from the Opioid Restitution Fund to the Opioid Restitution Fund Advisory Council; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to post on the Department's website certain information regarding allocations of money from the Fund; and requiring the Department to report to certain committees of the General Assembly by December 1, 2024, on the best process for making the expenditures of all opioid settlement agreements accessible to the public.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser Approved By The Governor - Chapter 852 on 05/16/2024

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Maryland 2024 Regular Session

State Government - Equal Access to Public Services for Individuals With Limited English Proficiency - Modifications [HB-987] [Human Services ] [Public Health ] [Law Enforcement ] [Race and Civil Rights ] [Disabilities ]
Altering provisions of law relating to equal access to public services for individuals with limited English proficiency by establishing certain requirements for certain State departments, agencies, or programs, including establishing certain positions, establishing a certain language access plan, and developing certain guides and offering certain services; and requiring the Office of the Attorney General to provide oversight, monitoring, investigation, and enforcement of certain language access provisions.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Chang Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2024

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Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Maternal Health – Assessments, Referrals, and Reporting (Maryland Maternal Health Act of 2024) [SB-1059] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Children and Youth ]
Establishing requirements on certain health departments and health care providers and facilities regarding maternal health, including requirements regarding prenatal risk assessment forms and postpartum infant and maternal referral forms; requiring the Secretary of Health, in collaboration with the Maryland Health Care Commission, to develop a Maryland Report Card for Birthing Facility Maternity Care; requiring hospitals and freestanding birthing centers to participate in the Severe Maternal Morbidity Surveillance Program; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Arthur Ellis Approved By The Governor - Chapter 798 on 05/16/2024

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Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Watershed, Stream, and Floodplain Restoration - Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Restoration and Stream and Floodplain Restoration Funding (Whole Watershed Act) [SB-969] [Environmental ] [Water ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Budget and Spending ]
Requiring, in each fiscal year from 2026 through 2030, up to $100,000 from the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund to be used to fund certain operations grants at a rate of $20,000 per project sponsor each fiscal year; establishing the Whole Watershed Restoration Partnership to accelerate restoration of the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays and their watersheds; authorizing the use of the Waterway Improvement Fund for projects that involve the beneficial use of dredged material and for certain water quality monitoring; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone Approved By The Governor - Chapter 559 on 05/09/2024

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Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Education - Public School Employers and Employees - Subcontracting for Services [SB-1043] [Education ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Prohibiting a public school employer from entering into a certain subcontracting agreement unless certain circumstances occur; specifying the requirements for a public school employer to enter into a certain subcontracting agreement; providing for the contents of certain subcontracting agreements; requiring a certain public school employee who is displaced as a result of a subcontracting agreement to retain certain status and rights; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Dawn Gile Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2024

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