State Information Technology - Prohibited Applications and Websites [HB-617]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting certain employees, agents, or entities on any information technology owned or leased by a unit of State government from downloading or using any application, including TikTok or WeChat, or access any website developed by ByteDance Ltd. or Tencent Holdings Ltd.; requiring by December 31, 2024, the Department of Budget and Management, in collaboration with the Department of Information Technology, to prepare certain guidance for units of State government regarding access to certain applications and websites; etc.
HB-617: State Information Technology - Prohibited Applications and Websites
Sponsored by: Rep. Rachel Munoz
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/26/2024
Governor's Office for Children - Engaging Neighborhoods, Organizations, Unions, Governments, and Households (ENOUGH) Grant Program (ENOUGH Act of 2024) [HB-694]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Human Services ]
Establishing the Governor's Office for Children and the Special Secretary of the Governor's Office for Children as the head of the Office; requiring the Special Secretary to establish the ENOUGH grant program, subject to certain requirements; requiring the Office to assign certain staff for a certain purpose; establishing certain reporting and evaluation requirements; establishing the ENOUGH Grant Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; requiring the Governor to appropriate $15,000,000 to the fund for fiscal year 2026; etc.
HB-694: Governor's Office for Children - Engaging Neighborhoods, Organizations, Unions, Governments, and Households (ENOUGH) Grant Program (ENOUGH Act of 2024)
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing Canceled (appropriations) on 02/27/2024
You have voted HB-694: Governor's Office for Children - Engaging Neighborhoods, Organizations, Unions, Governments, and Households (ENOUGH) Grant Program (ENOUGH Act of 2024).
Public Institutions of Higher Education - Pregnant and Parenting Students - Policy [HB-657]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring each public institution of higher education to adopt a policy related to pregnant and parenting students that is consistent with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; and requiring each public institution of higher education to post the policy on the institution's website.
HB-657: Public Institutions of Higher Education - Pregnant and Parenting Students - Policy
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Hearing 2/27 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/07/2024
Consumer Protection – Online Products and Services – Data of Children (Maryland Kids Code) [SB-571]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring a covered entity that offers an online product reasonably likely to be accessed by children to complete a certain data protection impact assessment on or before April 1, 2026, under certain circumstances; requiring certain privacy protections for certain online products; prohibiting certain data collection and sharing practices; authorizing certain monitoring practices to allow a child's parent or guardian to monitor the child's online activity or location without providing an obvious signal to the child; etc.
SB-571: Consumer Protection – Online Products and Services – Data of Children (Maryland Kids Code)
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris West
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 460 on 05/09/2024
Income Tax - Opportunity for Filers to Register to Make Anatomical Gift [SB-577]
[Taxes ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Comptroller to implement procedures to offer an individual filing a Maryland resident individual income tax return electronically the opportunity to register to make an anatomical gift in accordance with the Maryland Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act through a hyperlink to a certain anatomical gift donor registry; etc.
SB-577: Income Tax - Opportunity for Filers to Register to Make Anatomical Gift
Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy King
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 189 on 04/25/2024
Court Personnel - Protection of Personal Information (Judge Andrew F. Wilkinson Judicial Security Act) [HB-664]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing a certain protected individual or the Office of Information Privacy in the Administrative Office of the Courts to request that a governmental entity or person not publish personal information of the individual on the Internet, social media, or social networks or remove the information from any existing publication; specifying certain procedures for the protection of personal information of a protected individual; authorizing certain relief for a violation of the Act; etc.
HB-664: Court Personnel - Protection of Personal Information (Judge Andrew F. Wilkinson Judicial Security Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 414 on 05/09/2024
Property Tax - Improvements on Agricultural Land - Assessment [HB-640]
[Property Tax ]
[Agriculture ]
[Real Estate ]
Clarifying a property owner's right to receive information on the calculation of an assessment; requiring owners of certain buildings to provide certain information to the supervisor of assessments within 90 days after construction of the buildings is completed; creating a subclass of real property consisting of improvements on agricultural land; requiring improvements on agricultural land to be assessed in a certain manner; etc.
HB-640: Property Tax - Improvements on Agricultural Land - Assessment
Sponsored by: Rep. Courtney Watson
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/26/2024
State Retirement and Pension System - Board of Trustees - Responsibilities and Duties [HB-625]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
Clarifying the topics that may be included in certain training required for each trustee on the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System; providing that the Board of Trustees may satisfy a requirement to provide each member and retiree in the several systems with a personal statement that includes certain information about the several systems and the member's or retiree's benefits by providing each member and retiree the information through an online portal.
HB-625: State Retirement and Pension System - Board of Trustees - Responsibilities and Duties
Sponsored by: Rep. Catherine Forbes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 665 on 05/09/2024
Court Personnel - Protection of Personal Information (Judge Andrew F. Wilkinson Judicial Security Act) [SB-575]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing a certain protected individual or the Office of Information Privacy in the Administrative Office of the Courts to request that a governmental entity or person not publish personal information of the protected individual on the Internet, social media, or social networks or remove the information from any existing publication; specifying certain procedures for the protection of personal information of a protected individual; authorizing certain relief for a violation of the Act; etc.
SB-575: Court Personnel - Protection of Personal Information (Judge Andrew F. Wilkinson Judicial Security Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 415 on 05/09/2024
Primary and Secondary Education - Education Savings Account Program - Established (Maryland Universal School Choice Act) [HB-675]
[Education ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing the Education Savings Account program in the State administered by the State Department of Education to provide grants to the account of the parent of an eligible student in order to provide for the eligible student's education; requiring the parent of an eligible student to participate in a certain agreement with the Department; and allowing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for deposits into an education savings account.
HB-675: Primary and Secondary Education - Education Savings Account Program - Established (Maryland Universal School Choice Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2024
AN ACT relating to discriminatory practices by state agencies. [SB-130]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Human Rights ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Disabilities ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 344 to make it unlawful for a state agency to discriminate against a person based on his or her access to electronic means to obtain benefits or gain access to public buildings; provide that the Act may be cited as the Digital Identification Act.
SB-130: AN ACT relating to discriminatory practices by state agencies.
Sponsored by: Sen. George Wise
Received In House on 03/11/2024
Public Notice For Disposal/lease [HB-287]
[Real Estate ]
An Act relating to public notice for certain state actions and public hearings; and providing for an effective date.
HB-287: Public Notice For Disposal/lease
Sponsored by: Rep. George Rauscher
Read The First Time - Referrals on 01/24/2024
Office Of Information Technology [SB-201]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
An Act establishing the office of information technology; relating to information technology projects undertaken by state agencies; and providing for an effective date.
SB-201: Office Of Information Technology
Sponsored by: Rep. James Kaufman
Sta Rpt Recd W/cs Await Transmittal Nxt on 04/08/2024
Maryland Online Data Privacy Act of 2024 [HB-567]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Establishing generally the manner in which a controller or a processor may process a consumer's personal data; authorizing a consumer to exercise certain rights in regards to the consumer's personal data; requiring a controller of personal data to establish a method for a consumer to exercise certain rights in regards to the consumer's personal data; making a violation of the Act an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice that is subject to enforcement and penalties under the Maryland Consumer Protection Act; etc.
HB-567: Maryland Online Data Privacy Act of 2024
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 454 on 05/09/2024
St. Mary's County - Board of Education - Civil Rights Data Collection and Reporting [HB-519]
[Education ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the St. Mary's County Board of Education to collect and update the data required for the federal Civil Rights Data Collection survey each year, collect certain other incident data from each public school and each school bus in the county, and submit a certain report to the St. Mary's County Delegation on or before February 26 each year, beginning in 2025; and requiring the county board to submit a certain report to the St. Mary's County Commissioners and to post certain information on the county board's website.
HB-519: St. Mary's County - Board of Education - Civil Rights Data Collection and Reporting
Sponsored by: Rep. Matt Morgan
Hearing Canceled on 02/06/2024
Election Law - Postelection Procedures [SB-494]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Altering the records and documents that a board of canvassers is required to investigate under certain circumstances; altering the responsibilities of the State Administrator, the State Board of Elections, and the Board of State Canvassers regarding the certification of election results; authorizing the members of the Board of State Canvassers to appoint certain designees to serve on the Board of State Canvassers; and altering the responsibilities of the Governor regarding election results.
SB-494: Election Law - Postelection Procedures
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/16/2024
State Retirement and Pension System - Board of Trustees - Responsibilities and Duties [SB-489]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
Clarifying the topics that may be included in certain training required for each trustee on the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System; and providing that the Board of Trustees may satisfy a requirement to provide each member and retiree in the several systems with a personal statement that includes certain information about the several systems and the member's or retiree's benefits by providing each member and retiree the information through an online portal.
SB-489: State Retirement and Pension System - Board of Trustees - Responsibilities and Duties
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 664 on 05/09/2024
Campaign Finance – Political Organizations – Prohibitions and Disclosures [HB-494]
[Elections ]
[Ethics ]
[Funding ]
Prohibiting certain political organizations from fraudulently claiming to be acting on behalf of a candidate or political party; prohibiting certain political organizations from making expenditures or disbursements to an entity owned or controlled by certain individuals; prohibiting certain political organizations from employing certain individuals or allowing certain individuals to volunteer on behalf of the political organization; requiring certain political organizations to make certain disclosures; etc.
HB-494: Campaign Finance – Political Organizations – Prohibitions and Disclosures
Sponsored by: Rep. Julie Palakovich Carr
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2024
Primary and Secondary Education - Comprehensive Health Education Framework - Established [HB-558]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the State Department of Education, in collaboration with the Maryland Department of Health, to develop a comprehensive health education framework; requiring each county board of education to create an age-appropriate curriculum that is consistent with the comprehensive health education framework; requiring each county board to establish policies, guidelines, and procedures for a parent or guardian to opt out of a certain topic for the parent's or guardian's student, subject to certain requirements; etc.
HB-558: Primary and Secondary Education - Comprehensive Health Education Framework - Established
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2024