Department of Aging - Senior Call-Check and Social Connections Program [SB-223]
Renaming the Senior Call-Check Service and Notification Program to be the Senior Call-Check and Social Connections Program; providing the purpose of the Program is to provide regular, direct communication from the Department of Aging or the Department's designee to an eligible participant to promote wellness and purposeful social engagement; authorizing the integration of services between the Program and Telecommunications Access of Maryland to promote awareness of the availability of accessible telecommunications equipment; etc.
SB-223: Department of Aging - Senior Call-Check and Social Connections Program
Sponsored by: Sen.
Hearing 3/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/15/2025
Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact [HB-118]
Repealing certain provisions of law relating to the Interstate Agreement on Qualifications of Educational Personnel; providing that certain provisions of law regarding the issuance of an initial teaching certificate do not apply to certain teachers; entering into the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact for the purpose of authorizing regulated teachers who hold multistate licenses to teach in each member state; establishing requirements for multistate licensure; providing a certain contingency requirement; etc.
HB-118: Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact
Sponsored by: Rep. Kris Fair
Hearing 1/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/15/2025
Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation - Total Assessed Cost of Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Study and Reports [SB-149]
Establishing the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Payment Program in the Department of the Environment to secure payments from certain businesses that extract fossil fuels or refine petroleum products in order to provide a source of revenue for State efforts to adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change and to address the health impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations; establishing the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Fund to support efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change; etc.
SB-149: Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation - Total Assessed Cost of Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Study and Reports
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester
Floor Amendment {363026/1 (senator Hester) Adopted on 03/14/2025
Responding to Emergency Needs From Extreme Weather (RENEW) Act of 2025 [HB-128]
Establishing the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Payment Program in the Department of the Environment to secure payments from certain businesses that extract fossil fuels or refine petroleum products in order to provide a source of revenue for State efforts to adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change and to address the health impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations; establishing the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Fund to support efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change; etc.
HB-128: Responding to Emergency Needs From Extreme Weather (RENEW) Act of 2025
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
First Reading Economic Matters And Environment And Transportation on 01/08/2025
Pesticide and Pest Control - Revisions to Pesticide Applicator's Law and Repeal of Obsolete Provisions [SB-249]
Establishing requirements for the commercial application of general use pesticides, the commercial application of restricted use pesticides, and the private application of restricted use pesticides; requiring a certified private applicator to ensure that certain individuals working under the certified applicator's supervision meet certain requirements; specifying the responsibility and liability of certified applicators for the application of certain pesticides; etc.
SB-249: Pesticide and Pest Control - Revisions to Pesticide Applicator's Law and Repeal of Obsolete Provisions
Sponsored by: Sen.
Referred Environment And Transportation on 03/13/2025
Motor Home and Recreational Vehicle Shows in Worcester County - Permit for Out-of-State Dealers [HB-163]
Establishing the reciprocal out-of-state motor home and recreational trailer vehicle show permit, to be issued by the Motor Vehicle Administration, authorizing the holder to display motor homes and recreational vehicles at vehicle shows in Worcester County; and requiring a permit holder, after the permit is approved, to file a bond with the Administration.
HB-163: Motor Home and Recreational Vehicle Shows in Worcester County - Permit for Out-of-State Dealers
Sponsored by: Rep. Wayne Hartman
Favorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/15/2025
Department of Aging - Senior Call-Check and Social Connections Program [HB-158]
Renaming the Senior Call-Check Service and Notification Program to be the Senior Call-Check and Social Connections Program; providing the purpose of the program is to provide regular, direct communication from the Department of Aging or the Department's designee to an eligible participant to promote wellness and purposeful social engagement; authorizing the integration of services between the Program and Telecommunications Access of Maryland to promote awareness of the availability of accessible telecommunications equipment; etc.
HB-158: Department of Aging - Senior Call-Check and Social Connections Program
Housing and Community Development - Homeless Shelter Certification Program - Establishment [HB-93]
Establishing a homeless shelter certification program in the Department of Housing and Community Development; requiring the Department to develop certain operational and building standards for homeless shelters and minimum standards for the protection of the rights of shelter residents; and requiring the operator of a homeless shelter to participate in a certain Homeless Management Information System.
HB-93: Housing and Community Development - Homeless Shelter Certification Program - Establishment
Sponsored by: Rep.
Hearing 2/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/15/2025
Housing and Community Development - Homeless Shelter Certification Program - Establishment [SB-234]
Establishing a homeless shelter certification program in the Department of Housing and Community Development; requiring the Department to develop certain operational and building standards for homeless shelters and minimum standards for the protection of the rights of shelter residents; and requiring the operator of a homeless shelter to participate in a certain Homeless Management Information System.
SB-234: Housing and Community Development - Homeless Shelter Certification Program - Establishment
Health Care Providers - Assisted Reproductive Treatment - Informed Consent and Fraud [HB-95]
Prohibiting a health care provider from using the health care provider's reproductive material when providing assistive reproductive treatment without the consent of the recipient of the treatment; prohibiting a health care provider from using a donor's reproductive material to provide assisted reproductive treatment without the donor's informed consent or in a manner that is inconsistent with the donor's consent; etc.
HB-95: Health Care Providers - Assisted Reproductive Treatment - Informed Consent and Fraud
Sponsored by: Rep. Nick Allen
Hearing Canceled on 03/05/2025
Consumer Protection - Right to Repair - Powered Wheelchairs [HB-31]
Requiring, in order to make repairs to powered wheelchairs, that a certain manufacturer make available certain documentation, parts, embedded software, firmware, and tools to a certain independent repair provider or owner of a powered wheelchair; providing that a violation of the Act constitutes an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice subject to certain enforcement and penalty provisions; and applying the prospectively.
HB-31: Consumer Protection - Right to Repair - Powered Wheelchairs
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Hornberger
Favorable With Amendments Report By Economic Matters on 03/15/2025