Ai, Deepfakes, Cybersecurity, Data Xfers [SB-177]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Elections ]
[Telecommunications ]
An Act relating to artificial intelligence; requiring disclosure of deepfakes in campaign communications; relating to cybersecurity; and relating to data privacy.
SB-177: Ai, Deepfakes, Cybersecurity, Data Xfers
Sponsored by: Rep. Shelley Hughes
Sta Rpt Cs 2dp 1nr 1am New Title on 04/24/2024
Block Pornography To Minors; Social Media [HB-254]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
An Act relating to minors and the Internet; and relating to use of social media by minors.
HB-254: Block Pornography To Minors; Social Media
Sponsored by: Rep. George Rauscher
Referred To Judiciary on 05/06/2024
Renewable Energy - Customer-Sited Solar Program [HB-258]
[Energy ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[Environmental ]
Establishing the Customer-Sited Solar Program within the Maryland Energy Administration for the purpose of increasing deployment of customer-sited solar energy generating system and providing grants to eligible customer-generators for certain solar energy generating systems; authorizing a third party to apply for a grant on behalf of an eligible customer-generator under certain circumstances; and providing for the funding of Program grants from certain compliance fee and allowance proceeds in the Strategic Energy Investment Fund.
HB-258: Renewable Energy - Customer-Sited Solar Program
Sponsored by: Rep. Lily Qi
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/01/2024
Maryland Paint Stewardship [SB-325]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Manufacturing ]
Requiring producers of architectural paint or a representative organization to submit a plan for the establishment of a Paint Stewardship Program to the Department of the Environment by July 1, 2025, and in accordance with certain requirements; requiring the Department to review and approve certain plans, including a certain assessment; prohibiting the sale of certain architectural paint beginning January 1, 2026 unless an approved Paint Stewardship Program has been implemented by certain producers; etc.
SB-325: Maryland Paint Stewardship
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 588 on 05/09/2024
County Boards of Education - Bid Advertisement Threshold and Electronic Posting of Hearing Notices and Bid Advertisements [HB-291]
[Education ]
[Construction ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Requiring county boards of education to post on the websites of certain local school systems hearing notices related to preliminary approval of a school site and advertisements for bids for school buildings, improvements, supplies, or equipment that exceed $100,000; increasing, from $25,000 to $100,000, the threshold amount of costs of school buildings, improvements, supplies, or equipment that trigger the requirement for county boards to advertise for bids; etc.
HB-291: County Boards of Education - Bid Advertisement Threshold and Electronic Posting of Hearing Notices and Bid Advertisements
Sponsored by: Rep. Julie Palakovich Carr
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 274 on 04/25/2024
Comprehensive plan; locality may consider adopting a healthy communities strategy. [SB-595]
[Environmental ]
[Public Health ]
[Community Development ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Healthcare ]
[Air Quality ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Human Services ]
Comprehensive plan; healthy communities strategy. Authorizes a locality, beginning July 1, 2024, to adopt a healthy communities strategy as part of its next and any subsequent reviews of the comprehensive plan. The bill provides that the locality's strategy may include identifying (i) major sources of pollution or hazardous waste sites within the locality, (ii) policies to mitigate the unique or compounded health risks to residents that may be caused by such pollution sources or hazardous waste sites, (iii) objectives and policies to promote civic
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SB-595: Comprehensive plan; locality may consider adopting a healthy communities strategy.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lamont Bagby
Senate Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/17/2024
Elected officials; Internet publication of personal information, definition of public official. [HB-1315]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Elected officials; Internet publication of personal information; definition of public official. Adds to the definition of "public official" any elected official for the purposes of prohibiting the Commonwealth from publishing on the Internet the personal information of any public official if a court has ordered that such official's personal information is prohibited from publication and the official has made a demand in writing to the Commonwealth, accompanied by the order of the court, that the Commonwealth not publish such information. The bill
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HB-1315: Elected officials; Internet publication of personal information, definition of public official.
Sponsored by: Rep. Wendell Walker
Left In Privileges And Elections on 02/13/2024
Food inspections; pickles and acidified vegetables, gross sales. [HB-759]
[Food ]
[Small Business ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Agriculture ]
Food inspections; private homes; pickles and acidified vegetables; gross sales. Increases from $3,000 to $9,000 the gross sales annual revenue cap for sales of pickles and other acidified vegetables that have an equilibrium pH value of 4.6 or lower and are processed and prepared in a private home without an inspection as otherwise required to operate a food establishment. The bill expands the exemption for private homes where the resident processes and prepares certain food products to allow for such person to sell the food at a temporary event
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HB-759: Food inspections; pickles and acidified vegetables, gross sales.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Leftwich
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0131) on 03/25/2024
Elections administration; duties of Dept. of Elections, required election and voter participation. [HB-989]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
Elections administration; duties of the Department of Elections; required election and voter participation information on the Internet. Requires the Department of Elections to provide information for voters on its website, including (i) the role of and contact information for the State Board of Elections, the Department of Elections, local electoral boards, and general registrars and (ii) information about absentee voting, polling hours, Virginia's voter identification requirements and acceptable forms of identification, the casting of ballots,
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HB-989: Elections administration; duties of Dept. of Elections, required election and voter participation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Tran
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0406) on 04/04/2024
Public secondary schools; Internet safety education required, report. [HB-706]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Public secondary schools; public institutions of higher education; Internet safety education required; report. Requires the Board of Education to develop and approve objectives for Internet safety education at the middle and high school grade levels to be required of all students in grades six through 12, and to provide for the infusion of such objectives in the relevant Standards of Learning and in career and technical education. The bill also requires the Board, in consultation with the Internet Safety Advisory Council or another appropriate entity,
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HB-706: Public secondary schools; Internet safety education required, report.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Webert
Left In Education on 02/13/2024
Alcoholic beverage control; advertisements. [SB-182]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Alcoholic beverage control; advertisements. Directs the Board of Directors of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority to promulgate regulations that prescribe the terms and conditions under which manufacturers, brokers, importers, and wholesalers may advertise and promote alcoholic beverages via the Internet, social media, direct-to-consumer electronic communication, or other electronic means.
Internet Safety Advisory Council; extends sunset date. [HB-547]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Education ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
Internet Safety Advisory Council; school boards; Internet safety education program. Extends from July 1, 2024, to July 1, 2025, the sunset date for the Internet Safety Advisory Council. The bill requires each school board, after considering the model policy, instructional practices, curricula, and other teacher resources that are developed, recommended, or designed by the Internet Safety Advisory Council, to adopt policies (i) requiring all elementary and secondary schools in the local school division to provide an Internet safety education program
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HB-547: Internet Safety Advisory Council; extends sunset date.
Alcoholic beverage control; advertisements. [HB-522]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Alcoholic beverage control; advertisements. Directs the Board of Directors of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority to promulgate regulations that prescribe the terms and conditions under which manufacturers, brokers, importers, and wholesalers may advertise and promote alcoholic beverages via the Internet, social media, direct-to-consumer electronic communication, or other electronic means.
Museums: Notice To Acquire Property [HB-231]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Property Tax ]
An Act relating to notice requirements allowing museums to acquire title to undocumented property.
HB-231: Museums: Notice To Acquire Property
Sponsored by: Rep. George Rauscher
Cosponsor(s): Himschoot on 02/12/2024
County Boards of Education - Bid Advertisement Threshold and Electronic Posting of Hearing Notices and Bid Advertisements [SB-170]
[Education ]
[Construction ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Requiring county boards of education to post certain hearing notices and bid advertisements on the websites of certain local school systems; increasing the threshold amount of costs of school buildings, improvements, supplies, and equipment that require county boards to advertise for bids from $25,000 to $100,000; and updating the reference to the State's centralized procurement platform on which county boards may advertise for bids for school buildings, improvements, supplies, or equipment.
SB-170: County Boards of Education - Bid Advertisement Threshold and Electronic Posting of Hearing Notices and Bid Advertisements
Sponsored by: Sen. Jason Gallion
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 275 on 04/25/2024
Environment - Impact of Environmental Permits and State Agency Actions [SB-96]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Climate Change ]
[Public Health ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to conduct a climate and environmental equity evaluation regarding the impact of issuing an approval for certain environmental permits; requiring the Department to provide opportunities for residents of the State to opt in to text, phone, e-mail, or regular mail notifications regarding any facility with a pending or final permit approval in or adjacent to the resident's census tract; altering certain reporting requirements for certain State agencies; etc.
SB-96: Environment - Impact of Environmental Permits and State Agency Actions
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2024
Interstate Social Work Licensure Compact [HB-34]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Services ]
Entering into the Social Work Licensure Compact for the purpose of authorizing regulated social workers who hold interstate compact licenses to practice social work in member states; establishing requirements for multistate licensure; establishing the Social Work Licensure Compact Commission; and providing for withdrawal from the Compact.
HB-34: Interstate Social Work Licensure Compact
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Referred Finance on 02/26/2024
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Provider Agencies and Personal Care Aides - Reimbursement and Wages [SB-208]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to increase the hourly reimbursement rate for certain personal assistance services under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to a minimum of $25 per hour; requiring provider agencies to pay the greater of $16 per hour or 64% of the hourly reimbursement rate to personal care aides and to provide a written notice regarding the wage to personal care aides; requiring provider agencies to submit annual cost reports to the Department; etc.
SB-208: Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Provider Agencies and Personal Care Aides - Reimbursement and Wages
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/05/2024
Vehicle Laws - Motor Vehicle Insurance Companies - Requirements [HB-229]
[Insurance ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring motor vehicle insurance companies to participate in the Motor Vehicle Administration's online verification program for vehicle insurance policies for law enforcement and administrative purposes; and requiring motor vehicle insurance companies to provide certain customer information details.
HB-229: Vehicle Laws - Motor Vehicle Insurance Companies - Requirements
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 73 on 04/09/2024
Community Schools - Alterations [HB-200]
[Education ]
[Community Development ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Altering certain requirements for community schools and community school coordinators; requiring the Director of Community Schools to create a common needs assessment tool and an evaluation form; requiring a community school coordinator to complete a needs assessment and an evaluation in a certain manner; requiring the State Department of Education to provide feedback on the needs assessment before granting approval; and requiring the coordinator to review and modify the plan implementation periodically.
HB-200: Community Schools - Alterations
Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle Wilkins
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 229 on 04/25/2024