Montgomery County – Voting Methods MC 03–23 [HB-344]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Authorizing the Montgomery County Council to adopt, by law, a ranked choice voting method or an approval voting method for elections for certain local offices; and authorizing the Montgomery County Council to provide for the format of ballots to be used in an election conducted by ranked choice voting or approval voting.
HB-344: Montgomery County – Voting Methods MC 03–23
Sponsored by: No sponsors
First Reading Ways And Means on 01/25/2023
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Montgomery County - Alcohol Beverage Services - Advisory Board MC 04-23 [HB-345]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the membership of the Advisory Board of the Alcohol Beverage Services of Montgomery County to include a designee of the Director of the Services and a designee of the Director of the Montgomery County Department of Police.
HB-345: Montgomery County - Alcohol Beverage Services - Advisory Board MC 04-23
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 90 on 04/11/2023
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Abandoned Vehicles - Secured Parties - Electronic Notification [HB-262]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing a police department that takes an abandoned vehicle into custody to notify any secured party electronically if that form of notice is agreed to by the police department, the tower, and the secured party in a certain manner; and altering the application of a provision of law authorizing a police department to provide certain alternative public notice of custody of an abandoned vehicle to include circumstances where electronic notice is unacknowledged or undeliverable.
You have voted HB-277: Montgomery County – Alcoholic Beverages – Holders of Class B–BWL (Clubhouse/Lodge) License and Class 7 Micro–Brewery License MC 16–23.
Voting Systems - Ranked Choice Voting and Inclusion of City of Takoma Park Municipal Elections on the State Ballot MC 7-23 [HB-334]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Prohibiting the State Board of Elections from certifying a voting system unless the State Board determines that the voting system will be capable of tabulating ballots cast in an election conducted using ranked choice voting; requiring the State Board to acquire additional voting machines and independent software to tabulate ranked choice voting results if City of Takoma Park municipal elections are approved by the State Board to appear on the State ballot; etc.
HB-334: Voting Systems - Ranked Choice Voting and Inclusion of City of Takoma Park Municipal Elections on the State Ballot MC 7-23
Sponsored by: No sponsors
First Reading Ways And Means on 01/25/2023
HB-1436: Relating to the redesignation of County Court at Law No. 2 of Montgomery County as Probate Court No. 1 of Montgomery County, the jurisdiction and authority of statutory probate courts in Montgomery County, and the composition of the Montgomery County Juvenile Board.
Sponsored by: Rep. William Metcalf
Read First Time on 03/03/2023
You have voted HB-1436: Relating to the redesignation of County Court at Law No. 2 of Montgomery County as Probate Court No. 1 of Montgomery County, the jurisdiction and authority of statutory probate courts in Montgomery County, and the composition of the Montgomery County Juvenile Board..
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Department of Agriculture - Urban Agriculture Grant Programs - Alterations [HB-152]
[Agriculture ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Food ]
Altering the purpose and contents of and the requirements and qualifications under the Urban Agriculture Grant Fund; requiring the Governor, in each of fiscal years 2025 through 2029, to include at least $100,000 for the Fund in the annual budget bill; establishing the Urban Agriculture Advisory Committee to recommend guidelines, policies, and practices for the implementation of the Grant Program; and requiring the Advisory Committee to report to certain committees of the General Assembly by December 30, 2023.
HB-152: Department of Agriculture - Urban Agriculture Grant Programs - Alterations
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar P Barve
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 519 on 05/08/2023
Education - Public Libraries - Collective Bargaining [HB-65]
[Education ]
[Libraries ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Authorizing employees of public libraries to form, join, and participate in an employee organization and engage in certain other activities related to collective bargaining; requiring employers and certified exclusive representatives to engage in good faith bargaining; establishing a collective bargaining process for employees of public libraries; prohibiting employers and employee organizations from engaging in certain actions regarding the exercise of an employee's rights under the Act; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
HB-65: Education - Public Libraries - Collective Bargaining
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
Referred Finance Education, Energy, And The Environment on 03/03/2023
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Prior Authorizations of State Debt - Alterations [SB-1009]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Amending certain prior authorizations of State Debt to alter the requirement that certain grantees provide certain matching funds; extending the termination date of certain grants; altering the authorized uses of certain grants; and changing the names of certain grantees.
SB-1009: Prior Authorizations of State Debt - Alterations
Sponsored by: Sen. Craig Zucker
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 626 on 05/29/2022
SB-270: Montgomery Co. and municipalities with population of 5,000 or more, certain city employees, exempt , return to classified service, provided, Sec. 45-51A-32.113 am'd.
Sponsored by: Sen. Kirk Hatcher
Third Reading Passed on 04/06/2022
You have voted SB-270: Montgomery Co. and municipalities with population of 5,000 or more, certain city employees, exempt , return to classified service, provided, Sec. 45-51A-32.113 am'd..
HB-2892: AN ACT to amend Chapter 232 of the Private Acts of 1953; as amended by Chapter 157 of the Private Acts of 1957; and any other acts amendatory thereto, relative to compensation for Montgomery County General Sessions Court Judges.
Sponsored by: Rep. Curtis Johnson
Pr. Ch. 48 on 04/14/2022
You have voted HB-2892: AN ACT to amend Chapter 232 of the Private Acts of 1953; as amended by Chapter 157 of the Private Acts of 1957; and any other acts amendatory thereto, relative to compensation for Montgomery County General Sessions Court Judges..
SB-2908: AN ACT to amend Chapter 232 of the Private Acts of 1953; as amended by Chapter 157 of the Private Acts of 1957; and any other acts amendatory thereto, relative to compensation for Montgomery County General Sessions Court Judges.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bill Powers
Comp. Became Pr. Ch. 48 on 04/14/2022
You have voted SB-2908: AN ACT to amend Chapter 232 of the Private Acts of 1953; as amended by Chapter 157 of the Private Acts of 1957; and any other acts amendatory thereto, relative to compensation for Montgomery County General Sessions Court Judges..
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Montgomery County - Economic Development - Business Improvement Districts MC 08-22 [HB-1340]
[Economic Development ]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
[Community Development ]
Altering the membership and appointment of the board of directors of a district corporation in Montgomery County; altering the procedures by which certain persons may apply to establish a district corporation or expand the geographic area of a district; limiting the imposition of a certain tax to certain owners of nonexempt property within a district; applying the Act retroactively; etc.
HB-1340: Montgomery County - Economic Development - Business Improvement Districts MC 08-22
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 283 on 05/12/2022
Department of Agriculture - Urban Agriculture Grant Fund [HB-1216]
[Agriculture ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Food ]
[Community Development ]
[Poverty ]
Altering the purpose and contents of and the requirements and qualifications under the Urban Agriculture Grant Fund; requiring nonprofit organizations that receive a grant for purposes of distribution to urban agricultural producers to distribute at least 85% of the grant amount to producers located in low-income census tracts or designated food deserts, of which at least 25% of the grant money is to be distributed to urban agricultural producers in Baltimore City; etc.
HB-1216: Department of Agriculture - Urban Agriculture Grant Fund
Sponsored by: Rep. Melissa Wells
Favorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 04/11/2022
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Elderly Individuals - Howard County and Montgomery County Adult Day Health Care Services Pilot Program and Task Force [HB-1051]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
Establishing the Howard County and Montgomery County Adult Day Health Care Services Pilot Program in Howard County and Montgomery County to integrate the provision of medical adult day care services, home health care services, and medical services provided under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program; authorizing Howard County and Montgomery County to jointly authorize the operation of one or more integrator entities to coordinate services provided under the pilot program; etc.
HB-1051: Elderly Individuals - Howard County and Montgomery County Adult Day Health Care Services Pilot Program and Task Force
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/27/2022
Transportation – Maryland Aviation Infrastructure Impacts Commission [HB-1103]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Maryland Aviation Infrastructure Impacts Commission to study the health and environmental impacts of commercial aviation in certain communities in Maryland; and requiring, for fiscal years 2024 through 2027, the Governor to include in the annual budget an appropriation of at least $430,000 to the Commission.
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Bicounty Commissions - Ethics - Certification of Compliance PG/MC 103-22 [HB-1059]
[Ethics ]
Requiring each bicounty commission to certify to the Ethics Commission that the bicounty commission is in compliance with requirements relating to conflicts of interest, financial disclosure, and lobbying;
and providing that regulations adopted by a bicounty commission relating to lobbying may be modified to make regulations relevant to the bicounty commission.
SB-201: Class 3 municipality, organized under Act 618, 1973 Reg. Sess. (Montg.), airport authority, board of directors, appointed by mayor of municipality, Act 283, 1971 Third Sp. Sess., am'd.
Sponsored by: Sen. Kirk Hatcher
Read For The First Time And Referred To The Senate Committee On Local Legislation on 02/09/2022
You have voted SB-201: Class 3 municipality, organized under Act 618, 1973 Reg. Sess. (Montg.), airport authority, board of directors, appointed by mayor of municipality, Act 283, 1971 Third Sp. Sess., am'd..
Montgomery County - Landlord and Tenant - Tenant Access to Cable Television Systems and Equipment MC 01-22 [HB-918]
[Telecommunications ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Real Estate ]
Establishing requirements for the installation and removal of cable television systems within the individual dwelling units of leased residential property in Montgomery County; authorizing a tenant, landlord, or cable television company to bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction and a county to adopt local laws, ordinances, or regulations to enforce the provisions of the Act.
HB-918: Montgomery County - Landlord and Tenant - Tenant Access to Cable Television Systems and Equipment MC 01-22
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing Canceled (finance) on 03/23/2022