Human Relations - Housing Discrimination - Service Dogs [HB-608]
[Housing ]
[Disabilities ]
[Animals ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Human Rights ]
Prohibiting a person from discriminating in the sale or rental of, or otherwise making unavailable or denying, a dwelling to an individual with a disability who has, obtains, or retains a certain service dog.
HB-608: Human Relations - Housing Discrimination - Service Dogs
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar P Barve
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 211 on 04/24/2023
Human Relations - Housing Discrimination - Service Dogs [SB-535]
[Housing ]
[Disabilities ]
[Animals ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Human Rights ]
Prohibiting a person from discriminating in the sale or rental of, or otherwise making unavailable or denying, a dwelling to an individual with a disability who has, obtains, or retains a certain service dog; and defining "service dog" as a dog that is individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability.
SB-535: Human Relations - Housing Discrimination - Service Dogs
Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Smith
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 212 on 04/24/2023
Utility Account Holders - Victims of Abuse - Protections [HB-630]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Authorizing an account holder who is the victim of abuse to terminate, and requiring a utility to allow for the termination of, the account holder's future liability under a utility contract if the account holder provides the utility with certain written notice requesting termination of the account holder's future liability under the contract; requiring a utility to allow an account holder who terminates a utility contract under the Act to open a new utility account notwithstanding a certain account balance or arrearage; etc.
HB-630: Utility Account Holders - Victims of Abuse - Protections
Sponsored by: Rep. Pamela Queen
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 566 on 05/08/2023
Water Pollution Control - Discharges From Construction Sites - Limits on Liability [HB-635]
[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.
HB-635: Water Pollution Control - Discharges From Construction Sites - Limits on Liability
Sponsored by: Rep. William J. Wivell
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 04/10/2023
Criminal Procedure - Location Information - Exigent Circumstances (Kelsey Smith Act for Maryland) [HB-533]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Criminal Justice ]
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 A. 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]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
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 C. 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]
[Animals ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Recreation ]
[Sports ]
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 C. Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 543 on 05/08/2023
Criminal and Civil Trespass - Professional Land Surveyors - Exception [SB-288]
[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.
SB-288: Criminal and Civil Trespass - Professional Land Surveyors - Exception
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff D. Waldstreicher
Hearing 4/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/29/2023
Courts - Prohibited Liability Agreements - Recreational Facilities [SB-291]
[Recreation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
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]
[Finance ]
[Community Development ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Economic Development ]
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