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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Government - Equal Access to Public Services for Individuals With Limited English Proficiency and Individuals With Disabilities [HB-1473]
[Disabilities ]
[Human Services ]
[Immigration ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Rights ]
Requiring the Governor's Office of Immigrant Affairs and the Department of Disabilities to convene the Maryland Language Advisory Group, by January 1, 2026, to make findings and recommendations on oversight, monitoring, investigation, and enforcement of certain provisions of law relating to equal access to public services for certain individuals; altering provisions of law relating to equal access to public services for individuals with limited English proficiency to include individuals with disabilities; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 434 on 05/13/2025
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Real Property – Recordation and Land Records – Requirements [HB-347]
[Real Estate ]
Altering certain provisions relating to the filing, maintenance, and transmittal of land records; and defining "land record" as any document recorded by a clerk of the circuit court relating to property.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 65 on 04/08/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Real Property - Recordation and Land Records - Requirements [SB-150]
[Real Estate ]
Altering certain provisions relating to the filing, maintenance, and transmittal of land records; and defining "land record" as any document recorded by a clerk of the circuit court relating to property.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Watson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 66 on 04/08/2025
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Government - Equal Access to Public Services for Individuals With Limited English Proficiency - Modifications [HB-987]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Disabilities ]
Altering provisions of law relating to equal access to public services for individuals with limited English proficiency by establishing certain requirements for certain State departments, agencies, or programs, including establishing certain positions, establishing a certain language access plan, and developing certain guides and offering certain services; and requiring the Office of the Attorney General to provide oversight, monitoring, investigation, and enforcement of certain language access provisions.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Chang
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Real Property - Residential Foreclosures - Procedures [HB-247]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Repealing the use of a preliminary loss mitigation affidavit in an order to docket or complaint to foreclose a mortgage or deed of trust on residential property; altering certain requirements for the filing of an action to foreclose a mortgage or deed of trust on residential property and altering certain requirements for an order to docket or a complaint to foreclose a mortgage or deed of trust; establishing that a copy of a notice of intent to foreclose is not a public record and is not subject to the Public Information Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/07/2024
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
State Government - Regulation Procedures and the Maryland Register [HB-817]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Requiring the Division of State Documents to make at least the 15 most recent issues of the Maryland Register available to the public for online searching; altering the requirements for a unit of State government to submit certain proposed or emergency regulations, work plans, and evaluation reports to the Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review, the Department of Legislative Services, and the Administrator of the Division of State Documents; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 350 on 05/03/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
State Government - Regulation Procedures and the Maryland Register [SB-649]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Requiring the Division of State Documents to make at least the 15 most recent issues of the Maryland Register available to the public for online searching; altering the requirements for a unit of State government to submit certain proposed or emergency regulations, work plans, and evaluation reports to the Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review, the Department of Legislative Services, and the Administrator of the Division of State Documents; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Ferguson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 349 on 05/03/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Residential Ground Leases - Redemption and Extinguishment - Requirements [SB-196]
[Real Estate ]
Repealing the prohibition against a tenant who is seeking to redeem or extinguish ground rent providing certain documentation and payments to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation earlier than 90 days after an application for redemption or extinguishment has been posted on the Department's website.
Sponsored by: Sen. Antonio Hayes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 182 on 04/24/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Real Property - Recordation and Land Records - Requirements [SB-163]
[Real Estate ]
[Property Tax ]
Limiting the requirement that an instrument effecting a change in ownership of real property be endorsed by the assessment office for a county to only those transfers subject to an agricultural land transfer tax; altering certain provisions relating to the filing, maintenance, and transmittal of land records; establishing that a deed of trust or mortgage presented for recordation is not required to be accompanied by an intake sheet or information that would otherwise be provided in an intake sheet unless required by a clerk; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Watson
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/14/2023
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Arizona Fifty-sixth Legislature - First Regular Session (2023)
Government documents; sex identification [HB-2517]
[Data Privacy ]
Government documents; sex identification
Sponsored by: Rep. Laurin Hendrix
House Gov Committee Action: Held, Voting: (0-0-0-0-0-0) on 02/08/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Residential Ground Leases - Redemption and Extinguishment - Requirements [HB-93]
[Real Estate ]
Repealing the prohibition against a tenant who is seeking to redeem or extinguish ground rent providing certain documentation and payments to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation earlier than 90 days after an application for redemption or extinguishment has been posted on the Department's website.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 183 on 04/24/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Ballot Access - Affiliating With a Party - Unaffiliated Voters [SB-39]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Requiring a local board of elections to change a voter's registration from a decline to affiliate with a political party when voter registration is closed if the request to affiliate is received by the local board by 5 p.m. on the day before early voting begins; and providing that the change is effective beginning on the first day of early voting.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Hearing 2/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/27/2023
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Learner's Instructional Permits and Identification Cards - Required Documents [HB-1289]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Authorizing the parent or guardian of a learner's instructional permit or identification card applicant under the age of 18 years to submit documentation in their own name to establish the applicant's State residency; and altering to apply only to applicants enrolled in a public school the requirement that a learner's instructional permit applicant under the age of 16 years submit a copy of the applicant's school attendance record.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/07/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Pilot Program to Evaluate Alternative Registration Plates and Cards [HB-1314]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration to conduct a pilot program to evaluate the use of alternative vehicle registration plates and cards for certain vehicles; and requiring the Administration to report on the results of the pilot program to the Governor and certain committees of the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2027.
Sponsored by: Sen. Johnny Mautz
Hearing 3/30 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/23/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Health Occupations - Podiatric Physicians [HB-790]
[Healthcare ]
Altering the term "podiatrist" to be "podiatric physician".
Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Kerr
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/15/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Vehicle Equipment – Transfer of Catalytic Converter – Regulation [SB-546]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Imposing certain requirements on a person who takes possession of a catalytic converter, including requirements to record certain information and execute a certain document; prohibiting a person from taking possession of a catalytic converter if its identifying information has been manually altered; and prohibiting a person, in certain circumstances, from possessing catalytic converters or their parts if they have been previously installed on a motor vehicle.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/21/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Public Records - Retention and Inspection - Communications (Transparency in Public Records Act of 2022) [HB-395]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Altering the definition of "public record" and defining "record" for the purposes of the Public Information Act and the State records management program to include certain written, electronic, and recorded audio or video communications made in connection with the transaction of public business made or received by an employee or public official of the State; and defining "unit" for the purposes of the State records management program to include the Office of the Governor.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marc Korman
Hearing 2/15 At 1:30 P.m. on 01/25/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Health Occupations - Podiatric Physicians [SB-311]
[Healthcare ]
Altering the term "podiatrist" to be "podiatric physician".
Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Reilly
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 02/22/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Public Records - Retention and Inspection - Communications (Transparency in Public Records Act of 2022) [SB-307]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Altering the definition of "public record" and defining "record" for the purposes of the Public Information Act and the State records management program to include certain written, electronic, and recorded audio or video communications made in connection with the transaction of public business made or received by an employee or public official of the State; and defining "unit" for the purposes of the State records management program to include the Office of the Governor.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2022
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Maryland 2022 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws – Driver’s Licenses and Identification Cards – Temporary Renewal [SB-218]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration to issue a temporary renewal for a driver's license or identification card for a period not exceeding 2 years for certain applicants.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 119 on 04/12/2022