Department of Agriculture - Spay/Neuter Fund [SB-937]
[Agriculture ]
[Animals ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Inflation ]
Altering the contents and authorized uses of the Spay/Neuter Fund; requiring the Department of Agriculture to establish a process through which a person may make a voluntary donation to the Fund; requiring the Department to give priority to certain competitive grant proposals that meet certain criteria; and requiring that a certain fee on commercial feed prepared and distributed for consumption by dogs or cats and registered in the State in a certain manner be adjusted annually for inflation in a certain manner beginning October 1, 2023.
SB-937: Department of Agriculture - Spay/Neuter Fund
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Hearing 3/30 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/21/2023
Water Pollution Control - Discharges From Construction Sites - Limits on Liability [SB-936]
[Water ]
[Construction ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Limiting the liability of a certain person for certain discharges from a construction site; and providing that the civil or administrative penalty for discharge from a construction site may not exceed $5,000 for each violation or $25,000 total.
SB-936: Water Pollution Control - Discharges From Construction Sites - Limits on Liability
Sponsored by: Sen. William Folden
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/17/2023
Criminal and Civil Trespass - Professional Land Surveyors - Exception [HB-1230]
[Crime ]
[Real Estate ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing exceptions to certain criminal prohibitions against trespass on property and the civil tort of trespass for professional land surveyors, and agents and employees of professional land surveyors, who enter the property of another to practice land surveying.
HB-1230: Criminal and Civil Trespass - Professional Land Surveyors - Exception
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/13/2023
Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Programs - Insurance and Liability [HB-1187]
[Insurance ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Repealing certain provisions of law authorizing a peer-to-peer car sharing program's motor vehicle liability insurance policy on a replacement vehicle to be secondary coverage for a shared vehicle driver; altering certain motor vehicle liability insurance requirements applicable to peer-to-peer car sharing programs; authorizing a peer-to-peer car sharing program to transfer monetary liability and charge a shared vehicle owner for certain tolls, fees, charges, or fines imposed under certain circumstances; etc.
HB-1187: Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Programs - Insurance and Liability
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/14/2023
Hunting, Wildlife Conservation, and Outdoor Recreation - Funding, Promotion, Management, Licenses, Permits, and Stamps [HB-983]
[Animals ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Recreation ]
[Sports ]
[Funding ]
Altering the purpose of the Heritage Conservation Fund to include acquiring interests in land that can be used by the general public for hunting; establishing the Wildlife Conservation, Education, and Outreach Program to provide outreach and foster an interest in outdoor recreation and stewardship, hunting, and wildlife conservation; establishing a stamp for hunting sika deer; authorizing a nonresident attending a college or university in the State to purchase a resident hunting license; etc.
HB-983: Hunting, Wildlife Conservation, and Outdoor Recreation - Funding, Promotion, Management, Licenses, Permits, and Stamps
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 544 on 05/08/2023
Wireless Facilities - Permitting and Siting [HB-1213]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Construction ]
Establishing procedures and requirements for the permitting, installation, and regulation of certain wireless facilities in the State; prohibiting a certain local law from generally prohibiting the installation of certain wireless facilities or poles or discriminating among certain providers and services; requiring a wireless provider to promptly repair certain damages, return certain rights-of-way to certain conditions under certain circumstances, and notify an authority of certain decisions; etc.
HB-1213: Wireless Facilities - Permitting and Siting
Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/08/2023
Economic Development - Maryland Stadium Authority - Baltimore City Infrastructure Projects [HB-1128]
[Economic Development ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Construction ]
[Community Development ]
Authorizing the Maryland Stadium Authority to issue certain bonds to finance site acquisition, design, and construction of any portion of a certain infrastructure project in Baltimore City, subject to certain limitations; establishing the Baltimore City Infrastructure Projects Financing Fund; etc.
HB-1128: Economic Development - Maryland Stadium Authority - Baltimore City Infrastructure Projects
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Hearing Canceled on 03/16/2023
Security Guard Agencies, Security Guard Employers, and Security Guards – Standards and Certifications [HB-1055]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Requiring an individual who provides security guard services to the individual's employer to be certified as a security guard, subject to a certain exception; regulating certain security guard employers; altering the certification and renewal standards for security guards; requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to identify or establish certain training programs for the certification and renewal of certification of security guards; requiring security guards to complete certain security training programs; etc.
HB-1055: Security Guard Agencies, Security Guard Employers, and Security Guards – Standards and Certifications
Sponsored by: Rep. Marlon Amprey
Rereferred To Judicial Proceedings on 04/10/2023
Environment – Office of Recycling – Mattress Stewardship Program – Establishment [HB-930]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
Prohibiting, on and after January 1, 2028, a person from disposing of a mattress in a landfill, subject to certain exceptions; prohibiting, on and after January 1, 2028, a person from disposing of a mattress in an incinerator; requiring certain producers of mattresses sold at retail in the State or a certain representative organization to submit a plan for the establishment of a Mattress Stewardship Program in the Department of the Environment for approval on or before July 1, 2024; establishing a Mattress Stewardship Advisory Board; etc.
HB-930: Environment – Office of Recycling – Mattress Stewardship Program – Establishment
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 3/09 At 1:00 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 02/13/2023