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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Higher Education – High Impact Economic Development Activities – Alterations [HB-1054]
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[Budget and Spending ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Altering the definition of "high impact economic development activity" to exclude cost savings related to the reduction in the number of University System of Maryland employees; requiring the Board of Regents of the University System of Maryland to report the amount of State or University funds used on each high impact economic development activity, the net benefit of each activity, and whether the activity is in the best interest of the State; and making a high impact economic development activity subject to State procurement law.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jennifer Terrasa
Hearing 3/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/21/2025
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Gettr Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Professional and Volunteer Firefighter Innovative Cancer Screening Technologies Program - Funding [SB-849]
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[Public Health ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Science ]
Altering the amount the Governor is authorized to include in the annual budget for the Professional and Volunteer Firefighter Innovative Cancer Screening Technologies Program from $500,000 to $1,000,000; and authorizing the Secretary of Health to use up to 20% of Program funds to support research centers in the collection, analysis, and processing of Program outcome data for the purposes of assessing, maximizing, and improving the effectiveness and clinical utility of the cancer screening funded by the Program.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 640 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Research Facilities and Testing Facilities That Use Animals - Adoption and Reporting Requirements [SB-537]
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[Science ]
[Agriculture ]
[Education ]
Applying certain provisions of law regarding the adoption of dogs and cats used for scientific research purposes to testing facilities; requiring certain research facilities and testing facilities to submit to the Department of Agriculture certain information regarding dogs and cats on or before January 31 each year; and requiring a school or an institution of higher education that uses animals for certain purposes to submit a report on the results of certain inspections to the General Assembly on or before December 31 each year.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Kramer
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Research Facilities and Testing Facilities That Use Animals - Regulation [SB-536]
[Animals ]
[Science ]
[Public Health ]
Establishing requirements for the use and treatment of dogs or cats by a research facility or testing facility; prohibiting a research facility and testing facility from using certain dogs and cats for research or testing purposes and performing devocalization procedures on dogs or cats; prohibiting a research facility and testing facility from using traditional animal test methods under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Kramer
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Research Facilities and Testing Facilities That Use Animals - Licensing and Regulations [SB-535]
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[Agriculture ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring each research facility and testing facility in the State that uses animals in research, education, or testing to be licensed by the Department of Agriculture; applying certain provisions of law regarding the adoption of dogs and cats used for scientific research purposes to testing facilities; establishing a State Inspector of Animal Welfare in the Department to inspect research facilities and testing facilities; requiring a research facility and a testing facility to notify the State Inspector of certain violations; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Kramer
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Higher Education - High Impact Economic Development Activities - Alterations [SB-439]
[Economic Development ]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Altering the definition of "high impact economic development activity" to exclude cost savings related to the reduction in the number of University System of Maryland or Morgan State University employees; requiring the Board of Regents of the University System of Maryland and the Board of Regents of Morgan State University to report certain information relating to high impact economic development activities; making a high impact economic development activity subject to State procurement law; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Hearing Canceled on 03/26/2025
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Department of Health - Public Education Campaign on Prostate, Lung, and Breast Cancer Prevention [HB-1293]
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Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop and implement a 3-year public education campaign on prostate, lung, and breast cancer prevention that targets communities disproportionately impacted by prostate, lung, and breast cancer on or before December 1, 2026; requiring the Department to implement the public education campaign on or before January 1, 2027; requiring the Governor to appropriate, in certain fiscal years, certain funding to the Department for the public information campaign from the Cigarette Restitution Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 813 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Algorithmic Addiction Fund - Establishment [HB-1119]
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[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Establishing the Algorithmic Addiction Fund; providing that the Fund includes all revenue received by the State from a judgment against, or settlement with, technology conglomerates, technology companies, social media conglomerates, or social media companies relating to claims made by the State; requiring the Secretary of Health to develop certain goals, objectives and indicators relating to algorithmic addiction treatment and prevention efforts; requiring the Secretary to establish a certain grant program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Hearing Canceled (appropriations) on 02/27/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Department of Health - Public Education Campaign on Prostate, Lung, and Breast Cancer Prevention [SB-938]
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[Public Health ]
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Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop, on or before December 1, 2026, a public education campaign on prostate, lung, and breast cancer prevention that targets communities disproportionately impacted by prostate, lung, and breast cancer; requiring the Department to implement the public education campaign on or before January 1, 2027; requiring the Governor, for fiscal years 2026 through 2030, to include an appropriation to the Department for the public education campaign from the Cigarette Restitution Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo Washington
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 812 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Algorithmic Addiction Fund - Establishment [SB-739]
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[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Healthcare ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Establishing the Algorithmic Addiction Fund; providing that the Fund includes all revenue received by the State from a judgment against, or settlement with, technology conglomerates, technology companies, social media conglomerates, or social media companies relating to claims made by the State; requiring the Secretary of Health to develop certain goals, objectives, and indicators relating to algorithm addiction treatment and prevention efforts; requiring the Secretary to establish a certain grant program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester
First Reading Finance on 01/31/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Online Data Privacy Act of 2024 [HB-567]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Establishing generally the manner in which a controller or a processor may process a consumer's personal data; authorizing a consumer to exercise certain rights in regards to the consumer's personal data; requiring a controller of personal data to establish a method for a consumer to exercise certain rights in regards to the consumer's personal data; making a violation of the Act an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice that is subject to enforcement and penalties under the Maryland Consumer Protection Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 454 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Online Data Privacy Act of 2024 [SB-541]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Regulating the manner in which a controller or a processor in possession of a consumer's personal data may process the consumer's personal data; authorizing a consumer to exercise certain rights in regards to the consumer's personal data; requiring a controller of personal data to establish a method for a consumer to exercise certain rights in regards to the consumer's personal data; requiring a controller to comply with a consumer's request to exercise a certain right in a certain manner, except under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 455 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Public Health - Maryland Pediatric Cancer Fund and Commission [SB-13]
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[Science ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering the use of the Maryland Pediatric Cancer Fund to require that the Fund be used only for pediatric cancer research instead of only for pediatric cancer research, prevention, and treatment and to allow funds from the Fund to be used for administrative expenses; and establishing the Pediatric Cancer Research Commission to oversee the award of competitive grants from the Fund and to develop criteria and a process for reviewing grant applications.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 925 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Public Health - Maryland Pediatric Cancer Fund and Commission [HB-51]
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[Science ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering the use of the Maryland Pediatric Cancer Fund to require that the Fund be used only for pediatric cancer research instead of only for pediatric cancer research, prevention, and treatment and to allow funds from the Fund to be used for administrative expenses; and establishing the Pediatric Cancer Research Commission to oversee the award of competitive grants from the Fund and to develop criteria and a process for reviewing grant applications.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 924 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Animal Testing and Research - Human-Relevant Research Funding and Animal Testing and Research Contributions [SB-560]
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Establishing the Human-Relevant Research Fund under the administration of the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to provide grants and loans to promote State-funded research intended to develop human-relevant alternatives to using nonhuman animals in medical and product testing and research; requiring, beginning January 15, 2024, research facilities that engage in animal testing or research to pay a contribution, based on a certain number of animals, to the Department of Health; providing a civil penalty for a violation of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 448 on 05/08/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Animal Testing and Research - Human-Relevant Research Funding and Animal Testing and Research Contributions [HB-626]
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[Science ]
[Healthcare ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
Establishing the Human-Relevant Research Fund under the administration of the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to provide grants and loans to promote State-funded research intended to develop human-relevant alternatives to using nonhuman animals in medical and product testing and research; requiring, beginning January 15, 2024, research facilities that engage in animal testing or research to pay a contribution, based on a certain number of animals, to the Secretary of Health; providing a civil penalty for a violation of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 447 on 05/08/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Research Facilities and Testing Facilities That Use Animals - Licensing and Regulation [SB-495]
[Animals ]
[Agriculture ]
[Science ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring each research facility and testing facility in the State to be licensed by the Department of Agriculture to use animals in research, education, or testing; establishing requirements for the use and treatment of dogs or cats by a research facility or a testing facility; prohibiting a research facility and a testing facility from using certain dogs and cats for research or testing purposes and performing certain procedures on dogs or cats; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher
Hearing Canceled on 02/26/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Cannabis Reform [HB-556]
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[Taxes ]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Public Health ]
Renaming the Alcohol and Tobacco Commission to be the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission; establishing the Maryland Cannabis Administration as an independent unit of State government; establishing a regulatory and licensing system for adult-use cannabis; imposing a sales and use tax of 9% on the sale of cannabis; requiring the Administration, by July 1, 2023, to convert medical cannabis licenses to licenses to operate a medical and adult-use cannabis business; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 254 on 05/03/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Cannabis Reform [SB-516]
[Cannabis ]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Taxes ]
[Public Health ]
Renaming the Alcohol and Tobacco Commission to be the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission; establishing the Maryland Cannabis Administration as an independent unit of State government; establishing a regulatory and licensing system for adult-use cannabis; imposing the sales and use tax on the sale of adult-use cannabis at 9%; requiring the Administration, on or before July 1 2023, to convert medical cannabis licenses to licenses to operate a medical and adult-use cannabis business; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 255 on 05/03/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Public Health - Rare Disease Advisory Council [HB-302]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Science ]
Establishing the Rare Disease Advisory Council to study and make recommendations on matters relating to individuals with rare diseases in the State; requiring the Council to convene public hearings, make inquiries, and solicit comments from the public on the needs of rare disease patients, caregivers, and health care providers; requiring the Council to report to the Governor and General Assembly by December 1 each year beginning in 2024 and to provide recommendations on ways to address the needs of persons with rare diseases in the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 360 on 05/03/2023