Security Systems Technicians - Applicants - Authority to Practice [SB-713]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Providing that an applicant for registration to provide security systems services may provide security system services and have access to circumventional information if the applicant applied for registration, received an application number confirming receipt, and the application was not rejected by the Secretary of Labor.
SB-713: Security Systems Technicians - Applicants - Authority to Practice
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Fred Kramer
Hearing 2/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2024
Regulated Firearms - Maryland Voluntary Do Not Sell Firearm Process [HB-794]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Mental Health ]
[Crime ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to create and maintain a Maryland Voluntary Do Not Sell Firearm Registry in which a person may voluntarily enroll for the purpose of being prohibited from obtaining a regulated firearm by December 31, 2024; prohibiting a dealer or other person from selling, renting, loaning, or transferring a regulated firearm to a purchaser, lessee, borrower, or transferee who the dealer or other person knows or has reason to believe is registered on the registry; etc.
HB-794: Regulated Firearms - Maryland Voluntary Do Not Sell Firearm Process
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric D. Ebersole
Hearing Canceled on 02/21/2024
Maryland Voting Rights Act of 2024 – Counties and Municipalities [HB-800]
[Voting Rights ]
[Elections ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Prohibiting local governments from denying or impairing the right of a protected class member to vote; establishing requirements on the State Board of Elections and local governments related to the provision of language-related assistance in local government elections; requiring the Attorney General or the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County to review and grant preclearance to certain policies before enactment or implementation; prohibiting acts of intimidation or obstruction that interfere with the right to vote; etc.
HB-800: Maryland Voting Rights Act of 2024 – Counties and Municipalities
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephanie Smith
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2024
Physician Assistants - Revisions (Physician Assistant Modernization Act of 2024) [HB-806]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Requiring that a physician assistant have a collaboration agreement, rather than a delegation agreement, in order to practice as a physician assistant; altering the scope of practice of a physician assistant; altering the education required for licensure as a physician assistant; authorizing physician assistants who are employees of the federal government to perform acts, tasks, or functions during a certain disaster; and requiring the State Board to review and update the list of duties for physician assistants.
Operating a Vessel While Under the Influence of Alcohol - Enforcement (Nick's Law) [HB-770]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Recreation ]
Altering the time period within which a court may prohibit a person convicted under certain circumstances of operating a vessel while under the influence of alcohol from operating a vessel on the waters of the State; requiring the Department of Natural Resources, in coordination with the Natural Resources Police Force, to establish and maintain a database of persons prohibited from operating a vessel on the waters of the State due to a certain conviction for operating a vessel while under the influence of alcohol; etc.
HB-770: Operating a Vessel While Under the Influence of Alcohol - Enforcement (Nick's Law)
Sponsored by: Rep. Stuart Michael Schmidt
Referred Rules on 04/06/2024
Criminal Law - Rapid-Fire Activator - Switch/Auto-Sear [HB-810]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the term "rapid fire trigger activator" to be "rapid fire activator"; adding "switch/auto-sear" to the definition of "rapid fire activator" for purposes of certain prohibitions on rapid fire activators; and prohibiting a person from transporting a rapid fire activator into the State or manufacturing, possessing, selling, offering for sale, transferring, purchasing, or receiving a rapid fire activator with a certain exception.
HB-810: Criminal Law - Rapid-Fire Activator - Switch/Auto-Sear
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 713 on 05/16/2024
Environment - Covered Electronic Devices Recycling Program - Establishment [SB-686]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Establishing the Covered Electronic Device Recycling Program in the Department of the Environment; repealing certain provisions of law relating to existing covered electronic takeback programs; repealing a certain provision of law authorizing a county to address methods for the separate collection and recycling of covered electronic devices in a certain recycling plan; requiring a separate covered electronic device recycling account within the State Recycling Trust Fund; altering the uses of the Trust Fund; etc.
SB-686: Environment - Covered Electronic Devices Recycling Program - Establishment
Sponsored by: Sen. Malcolm L. Augustine
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2024
Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program [SB-642]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Environmental ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Establishing the Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program to increase the reuse and recycling of beverage containers and reduce the litter, pollution, and costs associated with beverage containers; prohibiting a producer from selling, offering for sale, or distributing in or importing into the State a redeemable beverage container unless the producer is registered with the Department of the Environment, pays a certain fee, and is part of a certain stewardship organization; etc.
SB-642: Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2024
Maryland Voting Rights Act of 2024 - Counties and Municipalities [SB-660]
[Voting Rights ]
[Elections ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting local governments from denying or impairing the right of a protected class member to vote; establishing requirements on the State Board of Elections and local governments related to the provision of language-related assistance in local government elections; requiring the Attorney General or the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County to review and grant preclearance to certain policies before enactment or implementation; prohibiting acts of intimidation or obstruction that interfere with the right to vote; etc.
SB-660: Maryland Voting Rights Act of 2024 - Counties and Municipalities
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles E. Sydnor
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2024
Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program [HB-735]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Environmental ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Establishing the Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program to increase the reuse and recycling of beverage containers and reduce the litter, pollution, and costs associated with beverage containers; prohibiting a producer from selling, offering for sale, or distributing in or importing into the State a redeemable beverage container unless the producer is registered with the Department of the Environment, pays a certain fee, and is part of a certain stewardship organization; etc.
HB-735: Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 02/07/2024
Criminal Procedure - Automated Expungement, Waiting Periods, and Adverse Actions (Clean Slate Act of 2024) [SB-602]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering certain provisions of law relating to waiting periods for the filing of certain petitions for expungement to authorize the filing of a petition a certain amount of time after the completion of the sentence; establishing procedures for the automated expungement of certain clean slate eligible charges; requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to submit a report semiannually detailing the progress and outcomes of the automated expungement process during the preceding 6 months; etc.
SB-602: Criminal Procedure - Automated Expungement, Waiting Periods, and Adverse Actions (Clean Slate Act of 2024)
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Anthony Muse
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2024
Election Law - Automatic Voter Registration - Alterations [SB-605]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Healthcare ]
Altering automatic voter registration procedures at the Motor Vehicle Administration and the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange; establishing requirements regarding the transmission of automatic voter registration information by the Administration and the Exchange, the processing of the voter registration information by the State Board of Elections, and the sending of notices by the State Board and the Exchange; etc.
SB-605: Election Law - Automatic Voter Registration - Alterations
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2024
Criminal Procedure – Automated Expungement, Waiting Periods, and Adverse Actions (Clean Slate Act of 2024) [HB-658]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering certain provisions of law relating to waiting periods for the filing of certain petitions for expungement to authorize the filing of a petition a certain amount of time after the completion of the sentence; establishing procedures for the automated expungement of certain clean slate eligible charges; requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to submit a report semiannually detailing the progress and outcomes of the automated expungement process during the preceding 6 months; etc.
HB-658: Criminal Procedure – Automated Expungement, Waiting Periods, and Adverse Actions (Clean Slate Act of 2024)
Sponsored by: Rep. David H. Moon
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2024
Security Systems Technicians - Applicants - Authority to Practice [HB-679]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Providing that an applicant for registration to provide security systems services may provide security system services and have access to circumventional information if the applicant applied for registration, received an application number confirming receipt, and the application was not rejected by the Secretary of Labor.
HB-679: Security Systems Technicians - Applicants - Authority to Practice
Sponsored by: Sen. Carl W. Jackson
Referred Education, Energy, And The Environment on 03/08/2024
Election Law - Automatic Voter Registration - State Correctional Facilities [HB-627]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering the definitions of "automatic voter registration agency" and "applicable transaction" for the purpose of designating the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services as an automatic voter registration agency and requiring the Department to register qualified individuals to vote when they are released from confinement at a State correctional facility; and requiring the Department to implement an automatic voter registration system on or before January 1, 2025.
HB-627: Election Law - Automatic Voter Registration - State Correctional Facilities
Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle K. Wilkins
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2024
Motor Vehicles - Parking - Armed Forces Special Registration Plates [SB-584]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
Prohibiting a political subdivision from adopting or enforcing an ordinance, a regulation, or a policy that requires payment of a fee for parking a motor vehicle in a parking space served by a parking meter if the motor vehicle has an individually-earned, combat-related armed forces special registration plate or a U.S. Department of Defense Gold Star recipient special registration plate.
SB-584: Motor Vehicles - Parking - Armed Forces Special Registration Plates
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne C. Benson
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2024