Places Of Worship
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Annotated Code - Terminology - Clergy and Churches, Faith Institutions, and Places of Worship [SB-24]
Altering certain terminology throughout the Annotated Code that refers to a clergyman to refer to a member of the clergy and churches to refer to faith institutions and places of worship; and defining "faith institution" as any Christian, Jewish, Islamic, Buddhist, or Hindu congregation, or any other religious society, congregation, or denomination.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Hearing 3/24 At 3:00 P.m. on 03/20/2025
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Gettr Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Crime of Violence - Educational Facilities, Medical Facilities, and Places of Worship - Penalty (Sacred Places Safety Act) [SB-1158]
Prohibiting a person from committing a crime of violence while the person is in an educational facility, a medical facility, or a place of worship; and providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a felony and, in addition to any other penalty imposed for the underlying crime of violence, on conviction is subject to imprisonment of up to 10 years.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Rereferred To Judicial Proceedings on 03/21/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Crime of Violence - Educational Facilities, Medical Facilities, and Places of Worship - Penalty (Sacred Places Safety Act) [SB-1150]
Prohibiting a person from committing a crime of violence while the person is in an educational facility, a medical facility, or a place of worship; and providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a felony, and in addition to any other penalty imposed for the underlying crime of violence, on conviction is subject to imprisonment of up to 10 years.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Folden
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/21/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Alcoholic Beverages - Class A License - Food Retailers [SB-1139]
Authorizing a food retailer to offer to purchase a Class A license from a Class A license holder under certain circumstances; and authorizing a food retailer to apply to a local licensing board for a Class A license under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Antonio Hayes
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Corporations and Associations - Methodist Church Trust Requirement - Repeal [HB-1382]
Repealing a requirement that the assets of any Methodist Church be held in trust for the United Methodist Church and be subject to the control of the Church; repealing a provision of law providing that the absence of a trust clause in any deed or conveyance executed before June 1, 1953, does not exclude certain local churches from certain provisions of law or responsibilities related to the United Methodist Church; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Fisher
First Reading Economic Matters on 02/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - 46th Alcoholic Beverages District - Revisions [HB-1052]
Authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore City to issue a total of 10 new Class B-D-7 licenses and a total of 2 new Class A-7 licenses within a certain bounded area; providing that, in the 46th alcoholic beverages district in Baltimore City, a certain license may be issued and an existing license may be moved to a building that is within 300 feet of a place of worship or school under certain circumstances; prohibiting the Board from authorizing a license to a recipient of a certain State grant; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Luke Clippinger
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 1026 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - 46th Alcoholic Beverages District - Revisions [SB-1100]
Authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore City to issue a total of 10 new Class B-D-7 licenses and a total of 2 new Class A-7 licenses within a certain bounded area; providing that, in the 46th alcoholic beverages district in Baltimore City, a certain license may be issued and an existing license may be moved to a building that is within 300 feet of a place of worship or school under certain circumstances; prohibiting the Board from authorizing a license for a recipient of a certain State grant; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Ferguson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 1027 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Alcoholic Beverages - Class A License - Food Retailers [HB-847]
Authorizing a food retailer to offer to purchase a Class A license from a Class A license holder under certain circumstances; and authorizing a food retailer to apply to a local licensing board for a Class A license under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marlon Amprey
First Reading Economic Matters on 02/02/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Prince George's County - Alcoholic Beverages - Issuance of License Near a Place of Worship or School PG 307-24 [HB-817]
Authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Prince George's County to issue an alcoholic beverages license for an establishment that is within 500 feet of a place of worship or 1,000 feet of a school building if a license of the same class had been issued and was held by the same person seeking the new license and was in effect for the establishment before the place of worship or school building was built.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 1022 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Cannabis - Licensee Locations - Restrictions [HB-805]
Altering the distance restrictions from 2000 feet to one-half mile applicable to a licensed cannabis dispensary; prohibiting a political subdivision from establishing certain zoning requirements that are more restrictive than certain zoning requirements that existed on June 30, 2023; authorizing at least 10 individuals who are residents, commercial tenants who are not holders of or applicants for a license, or real estate owners, and are located within 1,000 of the licensed premises to file a protest against a license; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 244 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Governor's Office for Children - Engaging Neighborhoods, Organizations, Unions, Governments, and Households (ENOUGH) Grant Program (ENOUGH Act of 2024) [HB-694]
Establishing the Governor's Office for Children and the Special Secretary of the Governor's Office for Children as the head of the Office; requiring the Special Secretary to establish the ENOUGH grant program, subject to certain requirements; requiring the Office to assign certain staff for a certain purpose; establishing certain reporting and evaluation requirements; establishing the ENOUGH Grant Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; requiring the Governor to appropriate $15,000,000 to the fund for fiscal year 2026; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing Canceled (appropriations) on 02/27/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Court Personnel - Protection of Personal Information (Judge Andrew F. Wilkinson Judicial Security Act) [HB-664]
Authorizing a certain protected individual or the Office of Information Privacy in the Administrative Office of the Courts to request that a governmental entity or person not publish personal information of the individual on the Internet, social media, or social networks or remove the information from any existing publication; specifying certain procedures for the protection of personal information of a protected individual; authorizing certain relief for a violation of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 414 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Court Personnel - Protection of Personal Information (Judge Andrew F. Wilkinson Judicial Security Act) [SB-575]
Authorizing a certain protected individual or the Office of Information Privacy in the Administrative Office of the Courts to request that a governmental entity or person not publish personal information of the protected individual on the Internet, social media, or social networks or remove the information from any existing publication; specifying certain procedures for the protection of personal information of a protected individual; authorizing certain relief for a violation of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 415 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Cannabis - Licensee Locations - Restrictions [SB-537]
Altering the distance restrictions applicable to a licensed cannabis dispensary; prohibiting a political subdivision from establishing certain zoning requirements for licensed cannabis dispensaries and certain licensed cannabis growers that are more restrictive than certain zoning restrictions applicable to certain other entities; clarifying the authority of a political subdivision to alter certain distance requirements; requiring a political subdivision to grant a waiver to certain zoning requirements to certain dispensaries; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Rereferred To Economic Matters on 04/02/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Crime of Violence - Educational Facilities, Medical Facilities, and Places of Worship - Penalty (Sacred Places Safety Act) [HB-547]
Prohibiting a person from committing a crime of violence while the person is in an educational facility, a medical facility, or a place of worship.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheree Sample-Hughes
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/30/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Governor's Office for Children - Engaging Neighborhoods, Organizations, Unions, Governments, and Households (ENOUGH) Grant Program (ENOUGH Act of 2024) [SB-482]
Establishing the Governor's Office for Children and the Special Secretary of the Governor's Office for Children as the head of the Office; requiring the Special Secretary to chair the Children's Cabinet; requiring the Office to staff the Children's Cabinet; requiring the Children's Cabinet to meet not less than four times each year; requiring the Accountability and Implementation Board, in consultation with certain departments, to submit a certain recommendation to the General Assembly by December 1, 2025; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 408 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Corporations and Associations - Protestant Episcopal Church, Diocese of Washington [SB-429]
Repealing uncodified provisions of law relating to the Protestant Episcopal Church, Diocese of Washington, commonly known as the "Vestry Act"; and providing for the governance of religious corporations in union with the Protestant Episcopal Church, Diocese of Washington.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Bailey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 862 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Corporations and Associations - Protestant Episcopal Church, Diocese of Washington [HB-391]
Repealing uncodified provisions of law relating to the Protestant Episcopal Church, Diocese of Washington, commonly known as the "Vestry Act"; and providing for the governance of religious corporations in union with the Protestant Episcopal Church, Diocese of Washington.
Sponsored by: Rep. Edith Patterson
Referred Judicial Proceedings on 02/26/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Prince George's County - Alcoholic Beverages - Issuance of License Near a Place of Worship or School [SB-66]
Authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Prince George's County to issue an alcoholic beverages license for an establishment that is within 500 feet of a place of worship or 1,000 feet of a school building if a license of the same class had been issued and was held by the same person seeking the new license and was in effect for the establishment before the place of worship or school building was built.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 1023 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Worcester County - Natural Resources - Hunting [SB-824]
Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to allow a person in Worcester County to hunt game birds and game mammals on a Sunday, subject to certain time restrictions, during the open season for that game bird or game mammal; authorizing the Department to allow a person in Worcester County to hunt on public land designated for hunting on Sundays, subject to certain time restrictions; and altering the safety zone from 150 to 50 yards from certain buildings occupied by human beings within which archery hunting may not take place.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Carozza
Third Reading Passed (45-1) on 04/05/2023