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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Election Law - Curbside Voting [HB-641]
Requiring each local board of elections, at least 6 months prior to each statewide primary election, to designate an outside location for curbside voting, subject to the approval of the State Board; requiring a local board to take into account certain factors when determining a location for curbside voting; establishing requirements governing curbside voting; and requiring the State Board and local boards to emphasize in communicating with the public and voters that curbside voting is primarily an accommodation for disabled and elderly voters.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle Wilkins
Hearing 4/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/27/2024
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Health Occupations - Private Dental Offices - Infection Control [HB-499]
Requiring each owner of a private dental office to designate a licensed dentist to be the supervising dentist for the private dental office; requiring a supervising dentist to complete the registration required by the State Board of Dental Examiners and be responsible for all infection control activities within the private dental office; authorizing the Board to charge a fee for the registration of a supervising dentist under the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 905 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Election Law - Local Boards of Elections - Language-Related Assistance [HB-563]
Requiring the State Board of Elections to determine whether there is a significant and substantial need for language-related assistance in certain languages by a local board of elections during an election based on certain criteria; requiring local boards to provide certain language-related assistance and materials in voting and elections to certain voters in certain languages; and requiring the State Board to establish a telephone interpreter hotline.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bernice Mireku-North
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2024
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Motor Vehicles - Work Zone Speed Control Systems - Revisions (Maryland Road Worker Protection Act of 2024) [HB-513]
Altering the distribution of revenue from civil fines collected through the use of work zone speed control systems; altering the highways on which a work zone speed control system may be used; clarifying that a system operator does not need to be present when a work zone speed control system is in use; altering the maximum penalty for a civil citation issued as a result of an image from a work zone speed control system; requiring the State Highway Administration to make a certain report; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 17 on 04/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Work Zone Speed Control Systems - Revisions (Maryland Road Worker Protection Act of 2024) [SB-479]
Altering the distribution of revenue from civil fines collected through the use of work zone speed control systems to include certain distributions for highway and work zone safety purposes; clarifying that a work zone speed control system may be manned or unmanned and a system operator does not need to be present when a work zone speed control system is in use; altering the maximum penalty for a civil citation issued as a result of a recorded image produced by a work zone speed control system; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/04/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Baltimore County - Speed Monitoring Systems - Residential Districts and Mailing of Citations [SB-450]
Establishing that certain provisions of law authorizing the use of speed monitoring systems in certain residential districts apply in Baltimore County; requiring the fines collected by Baltimore County as a result of the use of speed monitoring systems to be used to assist in covering the costs of traffic calming devices in the county; altering a certain reporting requirement of the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to include certain information on a speed monitoring system program in Baltimore County; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks
Hearing 4/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/21/2024
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State Highway Administration - Dynamic Message Sign System - Maryland's Helpline [HB-460]
Requiring the State Highway Administration to provide the telephone number for Maryland's Helpline to the public through the dynamic message sign system located throughout the State.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robbyn Lewis
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/19/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State and Local Parks - Play Area Accessibility - Recreation Communication Boards Pilot Program [HB-420]
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources and local governing bodies to construct communication boards in certain newly constructed public play areas; defining "communication board" as a device that displays photos, symbols, or illustrations to enable individuals with limited language skills to communicate; establishing the Maryland Recreation Communication Boards Pilot Program, subject to funding, to improve play area accessibility by covering the cost of purchasing and installing communication boards at State and local parks; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 568 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Prince George's County - Stop Sign Monitoring Systems - Authorization PG 301-24 [HB-364]
Authorizing the use of stop sign monitoring systems in school zones in Prince George's County, if authorized by local law; providing that the owner or driver of a motor vehicle recorded failing to obey a stop sign is subject to a citation and a certain civil penalty under certain circumstances; establishing certain defenses to a charge of an alleged violation recorded by a stop sign monitoring system; requiring the Prince George's County Department of Public Works and Transportation to make a certain report by December 1, 2025; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 678 on 05/09/2024
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Vehicle Laws - Lanes of Travel - Slower Traffic and Overtaking and Passing (MOVE GET OUT THE WAY Act) [HB-298]
Expanding to every roadway in the State the requirement that the driver of a vehicle traveling slower than the general speed of traffic drive the vehicle in the right-hand lanes if practicable as determined by the driver; and providing that, on a roadway that has three or more lanes for traffic moving in the same direction with a posted maximum speed limit of 55 miles per hour or more, the far left lane may be used only for overtaking and passing another vehicle in a certain manner and under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Rachel Munoz
Hearing 2/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/18/2024
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Health Occupations - Private Dental Offices - Infection Control [SB-335]
Requiring each owner of a private dental office to designate a licensed dentist to be the supervising dentist for the private dental office; requiring a supervising dentist to complete the registration required by the State Board of Dental Examiners and be responsible for all infection control activities within the private dental office; requiring the owner of a private dental office to designate an interim supervising dentist under certain circumstances; and authorizing the Board to charge a certain registration fee.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/06/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Public Health - Clean Indoor Air Act - Revisions [HB-238]
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
Consumer Protection - Retail Sales - Return and Exchange Policy (Right to Refund Information Act) [SB-24]
Requiring, before the completion of certain retail sales transactions, that merchants provide to consumers notice of the merchants' refund and exchange policies or policies of no refunds or exchanges by conspicuously displaying a certain notice; and making a violation of the Act an unfair, deceptive, or abusive trade practice that is subject to enforcement and penalties under the Maryland Consumer Protection Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Hearing 1/31 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/15/2024
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Public Safety - Missing Persons - Purple Alert Program [HB-195]
Establishing a Purple Alert Program to disseminate information to assist in locating a certain missing person who has a cognitive impairment, mental disorder, intellectual or developmental disability, or brain injury; requiring the Department of State Police to adopt guidelines and develop procedures for issuing a Purple Alert; and authorizing the Department to consult with relevant stakeholders representing citizens with disabilities to develop procedures for the program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marc Korman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 739 on 05/16/2024
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Vehicle Laws - Bus Lane Obstruction - Monitoring Systems Expansion (Better Bus Service Act of 2024) [HB-107]
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 Department of Transportation - Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Awareness, Training, and Response [SB-153]
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
State and Local Correctional Facilities - Operation of Unmanned Aircraft - Image Recording and Delivery of Contraband [SB-273]
Prohibiting a person from intentionally operating an unmanned aircraft over a correctional facility to record images of the facility without the authorization of the managing official of the correctional facility or the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services; prohibiting a person from using an unmanned aircraft to deliver contraband to a person detained or confined in a place of confinement; and requiring a correctional facility to post signage warning of the prohibitions in a visible area on the exterior of the property.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 101 on 04/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Public Health - Clean Indoor Air Act - Revisions [SB-244]
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 County - Speed Monitoring Systems - Residential Districts [HB-58]
Establishing that certain provisions of law authorizing the use of speed monitoring systems in certain residential districts apply in Baltimore County; requiring all speed limit signs within certain segments of certain highways in Baltimore County to include certain signs; and making placement and use of a speed monitoring system under the Act contingent on a determination by the Baltimore County Police Department that the speed monitoring system is necessary and on the approval of the Baltimore County Council.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michele Guyton
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2024
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Agriculture - Pollinator Habitat Plan - Requirements for State Highway Administration [HB-22]
Requiring the State Highway Administration's pollinator habitat plan to include policies and procedures regarding the use of pollinator habitat areas along State highways; requiring the Administration to track and evaluate federal programs that provide funding for pollinator habitats, native plants, and invasive species control and to apply for any funding that the Administration determines appropriate and beneficial to pollinator habitats; requiring the Administration to update the plan by October 1 each year; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 553 on 05/09/2024