Business Regulation - Travel Services - Surety Requirement (Don't You Worry (Wurie) Act) [SB-922]
Requiring certain providers of travel services to file with the Department of Labor evidence of financial security; requiring the Consumer Protection Division of the Attorney General's Office and the Department to provide reasonable notice of the requirements of the Act to consumers and sellers of travel; etc.
SB-922: Business Regulation - Travel Services - Surety Requirement (Don't You Worry (Wurie) Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Dawn Gile
Hearing Canceled on 02/13/2025
Insurance - Enforcement, Impaired Entities, Homeowner's Insurance Policies, and Unfair Claim Settlement Practices - Revisions [SB-893]
Establishing and altering requirements governing the regulation of insurance in the State, including requirements related to reviews and examinations undertaken by the Maryland Insurance Commissioner, premium discounts, the temporary suspension of writing new homeowner's insurance policies, and claims handling; providing that certain insurers may be subject to additional market conduct examinations under certain circumstances; etc.
Business Regulation - Maryland Franchise Registration and Disclosure Law - Alterations (Franchise Reform Act) [HB-992]
Altering the period of time within which the Securities Commissioner in the Office of the Attorney General may exercise a power under certain provisions of law governing the sale of franchises; requiring the Securities Commissioner to require that a certain franchise registration exemption be indexed to inflation or deflation based on a certain index; altering the period of time within which an action for liability under a certain provision of law pertaining to franchise offers for sale must be brought; etc.
HB-992: Business Regulation - Maryland Franchise Registration and Disclosure Law - Alterations (Franchise Reform Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Marc Korman
Favorable With Amendments Report By Economic Matters on 03/15/2025
Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Programs - Insurance and Liability [SB-771]
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; providing that the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund is not required to provide coverage to a shared vehicle drive for the use of a shared vehicle that is not a replacement vehicle; etc.
SB-771: Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Programs - Insurance and Liability
Sponsored by: Sen. Dawn Gile
Referred Economic Matters on 03/15/2025
Courts - Artificial Intelligence Evidence Clinic Pilot Program - Establishment [HB-966]
Establishing an Artificial Intelligence Evidence Clinic Pilot Program within the Administrative Office of the Courts to provide expertise in artificial intelligence to the circuit courts and the District Court in the form of expert testimony on the authenticity of electronic evidence that a court determines may have been created or altered using artificial intelligence; and authorizing the Governor, for fiscal years 2027 and 2028, to include an appropriation of $250,000 in the annual budget bill for the Program.
HB-966: Courts - Artificial Intelligence Evidence Clinic Pilot Program - Establishment
Sponsored by: Rep. Jon Cardin
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2025
Baltimore County - Speed Monitoring Systems - Interstate 695 and Interstate 83 [HB-978]
Authorizing the State Highway Administration to place and use not more than four speed monitoring systems on Interstate 695 and three systems on Interstate 83 in Baltimore County, subject to notice requirements; requiring that fines collected in Baltimore County as a result of violations enforced by speed monitoring systems on Interstate 695 and Interstate 83 be used to assist in covering the cost of roadway and safety improvements on Interstate 695 and Interstate 83 in Baltimore County; etc.
HB-978: Baltimore County - Speed Monitoring Systems - Interstate 695 and Interstate 83
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 01/31/2025
School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact [HB-959]
Entering into the School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact for the purpose of authorizing licensed school psychologists who hold multistate licenses to provide school psychological services in member states; establishing requirements for multistate licensure; establishing the School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact Commission; providing for the withdrawal from the Compact; and providing the Act is contingent on the enactment of substantially similar legislation in seven other states.
HB-959: School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact
Sponsored by: Rep. Bernice Mireku-North
Hearing Canceled on 02/07/2025
Real Property - Landlord and Tenant - Family Child Care Homes [HB-911]
Authorizing a landlord to impose an increased security deposit if a tenant operates or plans to operate a family child care home on the leased premises; prohibiting a landlord of certain residential rental property from prohibiting or unreasonably limiting the operation of a family child care home on the property; providing that landlords of certain residential rental property are immune from civil liability for the acts or omissions of a tenant relating to the operation of a family child care home; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
HB-911: Real Property - Landlord and Tenant - Family Child Care Homes
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2025
Disclosure Of Wage Information [SB-78]
An Act relating to disclosure of information regarding employee compensation by employers, employees, and applicants for employment.
SB-78: Disclosure Of Wage Information
Sponsored by: Sen. Forrest Dunbar
Read The First Time - Referrals on 01/29/2025