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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Climate Change. [SB-457]
[Climate Change ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
Requires all state, county, and private bus operators to upgrade to zero emission buses by 2045.
Sponsored by: Sen. Angus McKelvey
Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023
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Relating To Important Housing Lands. [SB-139]
[Housing ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Construction ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
Requires the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to conduct a study identifying certain state-owned lands located within a one-half mile radius of any rail mass transit station, including lands owned by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and excluding lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, that are most suitable for constructing at least one hundred thousand housing units. Appropriates funds to the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to conduct the study, or contract services to conduct the study. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
Sponsored by: Sen. Henry Aquino Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Study on the Feasibility of Relocating the Prince George's County Public School System Headquarters PG 501-24 [HB-376]
[Education ]
[Construction ]
[Funding ]
Requiring the Prince George's County Board of Education to hire an independent consultant to study and make recommendations on the feasibility of relocating the Prince George's County public school system headquarters and to report its recommendations by June 1, 2026; and requiring the County board to cover the cost of the study.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 372 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Commission on Civil Rights - Monetary Relief [HB-368]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering certain maximum amounts of monetary relief the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights is authorized to award if the Commission finds that a respondent has engaged in a discriminatory act under provisions of law regarding public accommodations and persons licensed or regulated by the Maryland Department of Labor; and requiring, by July 1, 2025, and by each July 1 for the next 4 years, the Commission to submit a report to the Governor and the General Assembly on the impact of the Act on persons against whom complaints were filed.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Referred Judicial Proceedings on 02/26/2024
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Important Housing Lands. [SB-2021]
[Housing ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Construction ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
Requires the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to conduct a study identifying certain state-owned lands located within a one-half mile radius of any rail mass transit station, including lands owned by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and excluding lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, that are most suitable for constructing at least one hundred thousand housing units. Appropriates funds to the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to conduct the study, or contract services to conduct the study.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stanley Chang
The Committee On Wtl Deferred The Measure. on 02/01/2024
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Housing Density. [HB-416]
[Housing ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Real Estate ]
[Construction ]
Prohibits each county from adopting ordinances that restrict housing density on state lands that are within 0.5 miles of an elevated mass transit station.
Sponsored by: Rep. Chris Todd
Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole. [SB-278]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Community Development ]
[Housing ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Requires certain public buildings near mass transit projects and on Hawaiian home lands to display portraits of Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
Sponsored by: Sen. Henry Aquino Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Crimes and Corrections - Penalties and Procedures (Violent Firearms Offender Act of 2024) [HB-316]
[Crime ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing that a violation of a condition of probation, parole, or mandatory supervision that involves the use or possession of a firearm is not a technical violation for certain purposes; requiring the Commissioner of Correction to provide a certain inmate with a certain reentry kit and assistance in obtaining Medicaid benefits under certain circumstances; altering the elements of certain prohibitions against using a certain firearm in the commission of a certain crime; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Transportation - Vision Zero - Implementation [SB-345]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing certain standards and requirements for implementing the Vision Zero program under the Maryland Department of Transportation.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 603 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Public Health - Clean Indoor Air Act - Revisions [HB-238]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Prohibiting vaping in certain indoor areas and places of employment and certain mass transportation; requiring that certain signs be posted in each public indoor area and each public entrance to an indoor area where smoking or vaping is prohibited; requiring the convening of a workgroup to study the issuance of alcoholic beverages licenses to tobacconists; and prohibiting the issuance of a local alcoholic beverages license to a tobacconist from July 1, 2024, to July 1, 2026, both inclusive.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 754 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Crimes and Corrections - Penalties and Procedures (Violent Firearms Offender Act of 2024) [SB-28]
[Crime ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing that a violation of a condition of probation, parole, or mandatory supervision that involves the use or possession of a firearm is not a technical violation for certain purposes; requiring the Commissioner of Correction to provide a certain inmate with a certain reentry kit and assistance in obtaining Medicaid benefits under certain circumstances; altering the elements of certain prohibitions against using a certain firearm in the commission of a certain crime; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Hearing 1/25 At 2:00 P.m. on 01/15/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Transportation - WMATA Operating Assistance - Alteration (Maryland Metro Funding Act of 2024) [HB-198]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Repealing, for certain fiscal years, the requirement that the Secretary of Transportation withhold 35% of the State's share of annual operating grants for the Washington Suburban Transit District if the State's operating assistance provided in the approved Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority budget increases by more than 3% over the total operating assistance provided in the prior fiscal year.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marc Korman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 534 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Bus Lane Obstruction - Monitoring Systems Expansion (Better Bus Service Act of 2024) [HB-107]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a person from parking or standing certain vehicles in a dedicated bus lane; making statewide the authority of a local jurisdiction to use, in accordance with certain standards and procedures, a bus lane monitoring system to enforce the prohibition against driving, standing, or parking a motor vehicle in a designated bus lane; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Referred Judicial Proceedings on 03/08/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Department of Transportation - Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Awareness, Training, and Response [SB-153]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Human Services ]
[Crime ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Transportation to develop and implement a certain training program for certain transportation-sector employees, taxicab drivers, and transportation network operators on the identification and reporting of suspected child exploitation and human trafficking; requiring certain transportation-sector employers to establish procedures for reporting suspected child exploitation and human trafficking to certain entities; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson
Hearing 1/31 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/15/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Transportation - Major Change in Bus Service - Publication on Website [SB-70]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Altering the information that the Maryland Transit Administration is required to publish on its website before holding a public hearing on a major service change; requiring the information to be posted on the Administration's website with a visible link identifying the proposed service change on the primary page for the routes, lines, or any corresponding paratransit service area; and requiring the Administration to distribute a certain report on proposed major service changes to certain officials.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 650 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Transportation - WMATA Operating Assistance - Alteration (Maryland Metro Funding Act of 2024) [SB-126]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Repealing, for certain fiscal years, the requirement that the Secretary of Transportation withhold 35% of the State's share of annual operating grants for the Washington Suburban Transit District if the State's operating assistance provided in the approved Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority budget increases by more than 3% over the total operating assistance provided in the prior fiscal year; and requiring the Secretary to withhold 35% of the State's share of grants for the District under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 533 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Finance - Prohibited Appropriations - Magnetic Levitation Transportation System [HB-170]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Finance ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Prohibiting the State and certain units and instrumentalities of the State from using any appropriation for a magnetic levitation transportation system in the State; and providing that the prohibition does not apply to certain expenditures for salaries.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicole Williams
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 02/01/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Crimes and Corrections - Penalties and Procedures (Violent Firearms Offender Act of 2024) [SB-179]
[Crime ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing that a violation of a condition of probation, parole, or mandatory supervision that involves the use or possession of a firearm is not a technical violation for certain purposes; requiring the Commissioner of Correction to provide a certain inmate with a certain reentry kit and assistance in obtaining Medicaid benefits under certain circumstances; altering the elements of certain prohibitions against using a certain firearm in the commission of a certain crime; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Hearing 1/25 At 2:00 P.m. on 01/15/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Public Health - Clean Indoor Air Act - Revisions [SB-244]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Prohibiting vaping in certain indoor areas and places of employment and certain mass transportation; requiring that certain signs be posted and maintained in a certain manner in certain indoor areas and certain public entrances; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to convene a workgroup to study the issuance of alcoholic beverages licenses to tobacconists and report its findings on or before July 1, 2025; and prohibiting a local alcoholic beverage license from being issued to a tobacconist from July 1, 2024, to July 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 755 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Baltimore City - Motor Vehicle Off-Street Parking Requirements Near Mass Transit Stations [HB-38]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Housing ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Community Development ]
Prohibiting the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City from adopting or enforcing a local law that requires the creation of new motor vehicle off-street parking for a development that includes residential use and that is located within a 0.25-mile radius of a present or planned MARC, Baltimore MTA Light Rail, Red Line, or Metro station.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Edelson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 651 on 05/09/2024