Criminal Procedure - Location Information - Exigent Circumstances (Kelsey Smith Act for Maryland) [HB-533]
Requiring certain service providers, on request of a law enforcement agency or a public safety answering point, to provide the location information for an electronic device in certain circumstances for a period of time up to 48 hours; prohibiting a person from being held civilly liable for making certain required disclosures; and requiring the Department of State Police to collect and disseminate certain information under certain circumstances.
HB-533: Criminal Procedure - Location Information - Exigent Circumstances (Kelsey Smith Act for Maryland)
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicole Williams
First Reading Judiciary And Economic Matters on 02/01/2023
Criminal Law - False Statements - Emergency or Commission of Crime (Antiswatting Act of 2023) [SB-340]
Prohibiting a person from making or causing to be made a false statement, report, or complaint to a governmental emergency report recipient with reckless disregard of causing bodily harm to an individual as a direct result of a response to the statement, report, or complaint; and providing that a person who violates the Act, in addition to any penalties imposed, is civilly liable to an individual harmed by the violation.
SB-340: Criminal Law - False Statements - Emergency or Commission of Crime (Antiswatting Act of 2023)
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 699 on 05/16/2023
Hunting, Wildlife Conservation, and Outdoor Recreation - Funding, Promotion, Management, Licenses, Permits, and Stamps [SB-327]
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.
SB-327: Hunting, Wildlife Conservation, and Outdoor Recreation - Funding, Promotion, Management, Licenses, Permits, and Stamps
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 543 on 05/08/2023
Criminal and Civil Trespass - Professional Land Surveyors - Exception [SB-288]
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.
SB-288: Criminal and Civil Trespass - Professional Land Surveyors - Exception
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher
Hearing 4/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/29/2023
Courts - Prohibited Liability Agreements - Recreational Facilities [SB-291]
Establishing that a provision in a contract or agreement relating to the use of a recreational facility that purports to release the recreational facility from, limit, or indemnify or hold harmless the recreational facility against, liability for bodily injury is void and unenforceable when the bodily injury is caused by or results from the negligence or other wrongful act of the recreational facility or its agents or employees.
Financial Institutions - Maryland Community Reinvestment Act [HB-392]
Requiring the Commissioner of Financial Regulation to examine and prepare a written evaluation of the record of certain regulated financial institutions in meeting the financial needs of local communities where the institution is chartered; requiring the Commissioner to give a certain regulated financial institution a certain rating based on a certain examination and to prepare a written evaluation; requiring a certain regulated financial institution to prepare a certain improvement plan under certain circumstances; etc.
HB-392: Financial Institutions - Maryland Community Reinvestment Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Melissa Wells
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/28/2023
Courts – Prohibited Indemnity and Defense Liability Agreements [HB-256]
Prohibiting a provision in a contract with a design professional for professional services that requires the design professional to indemnify or hold harmless certain parties unless the design professional is at fault for causing the loss, damage, or expense indemnified; and prohibiting a provision in a contract with a design professional for professional services that requires the design professional to defend certain parties against liability or certain claims.
HB-256: Courts – Prohibited Indemnity and Defense Liability Agreements
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary
Hearing 2/01 At 2:30 P.m. on 01/26/2023
Public and Nonpublic Schools - Bronchodilator Availability and Use - Policies [HB-266]
Requiring each county board of education and authorizing nonpublic schools in the State, before the 2024-2025 school year, to establish a policy to authorize a school nurse or other school personnel designated by the school nurse to administer in emergency situations a bronchodilator to a student who is experiencing asthma, reactive airway disease, or asthma-related symptoms; requiring the Maryland Departments of Health and Education to update State school health service guidelines for the management of students with asthma; etc.
HB-266: Public and Nonpublic Schools - Bronchodilator Availability and Use - Policies
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Hearing 3/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/16/2023
Relating To Insurance. [SB-1224]
Amends the required coverage for shared cars that are made available through a peer-to-peer car-sharing program. On 6/30/2025, repeals the allowable exclusions, recordkeeping requirements, right of recovery, insurable interest, and required disclosures and notices under the peer-to-peer car-sharing insurance law.
SB-1224: Relating To Insurance.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gil Keith-agaran
The Committee On Tca Deferred The Measure. on 02/14/2023
Relating To Activity Desks. [SB-1130]
Makes a principal of an activity desk, and all persons with an ownership interest in the activity desk, jointly and severally liable for any financial deficiency when the activity desk's client trust account is insufficient to pay consumers or activity providers. Clarifies that an activity desk, along with its principal and all persons with an ownership interest in the activity desk, shall be held liable for statutory violations and subsequent damages. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
SB-1130: Relating To Activity Desks.
Sponsored by: Sen. Angus McKelvey
Pass First Reading on 03/09/2023