Vehicle Laws - Driver's Licenses and Identification Cards - Boating Safety Notation [SB-84]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Recreation ]
Authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration to include a notation on the driver's license or identification card of an applicant indicating that the applicant has obtained a certificate of boating safety education if the applicant presents a certain certificate at the time of application.
Maryland Department of Emergency Management – Establishment and Transfer of Maryland 9–1–1 Board [HB-990]
[Public Safety ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Renaming the Maryland Emergency Management Agency to be the Maryland Department of Emergency Management; establishing the Department as a principal department of the Executive Branch of State government; providing that the head of the Department is the Secretary of Emergency Management; requiring the Secretary to be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate; transferring the Maryland 9-1-1 Board from the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to the Department; etc.
HB-990: Maryland Department of Emergency Management – Establishment and Transfer of Maryland 9–1–1 Board
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Krebs
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 287 on 05/18/2021
Maryland Office of the Inspector General – Establishment [HB-948]
[Ethics ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Establishing the Maryland Office of the Inspector General and an Advisory Board for the Office; establishing that the Advisory Board has the powers to appoint and remove the Inspector General; providing for the position, term, qualifications, and authority of the Inspector General; providing that certain records are not subject to disclosure; providing that disclosure of a protected record is a misdemeanor; authorizing the Inspector General to adopt regulations to carry out the Act; requiring certain reports; etc.
HB-948: Maryland Office of the Inspector General – Establishment
Sponsored by: Rep. Melissa Wells
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/03/2021
Maryland Department of Emergency Management - Establishment and Transfer of Maryland 9-1-1 Board [SB-658]
[Public Safety ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Renaming the Maryland Emergency Management Agency to be the Maryland Department of Emergency Management; establishing the Department as a principal department of the Executive Branch of State government; providing that the head of the Department is the Secretary of Emergency Management; requiring the Secretary to be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate; transferring the Maryland 9-1-1 Board from the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to the Department of Emergency Management; etc.
SB-658: Maryland Department of Emergency Management - Establishment and Transfer of Maryland 9-1-1 Board
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 288 on 05/18/2021
Corporations and Associations - Filing Fees - Reductions [HB-779]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
Reducing on a certain timetable certain annual report filing fees paid by corporations and other business entities to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation.
HB-779: Corporations and Associations - Filing Fees - Reductions
Sponsored by: Rep. Ric Metzgar
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/03/2021
Compensation to Individual Erroneously Convicted, Sentenced, and Confined (The Walter Lomax Act) [HB-742]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering a provision of law to require, rather than authorize, the Board of Public Works to pay certain compensation in a certain manner to an individual who has been erroneously convicted, sentenced, and subsequently confined for a felony on receipt of a certain order; authorizing an administrative law judge to issue an order that a certain individual is eligible for certain compensation and benefits from the State; authorizing an individual who has previously received compensation to request supplemental compensation; etc.
HB-742: Compensation to Individual Erroneously Convicted, Sentenced, and Confined (The Walter Lomax Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 77 on 04/13/2021
Public Information Act – Revisions (Equitable Access to Records Act) [SB-449]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring each official custodian to adopt a policy of proactive disclosure of public records available for inspection; authorizing the official custodian to adopt a policy appropriate to the type of public record, to reflect the staff and resources of the governmental unit, and to include publication of public records on certain websites; altering the composition of the State Public Information Act Compliance Board; requiring the Board to receive, review, and resolve certain complaints from applicants; etc.
SB-449: Public Information Act – Revisions (Equitable Access to Records Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Rereferred To Health And Government Operations on 04/06/2021
Maryland Department of Health - Birth Registration - Gestational Carriers [HB-549]
[Healthcare ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring a certain person to attach a copy of an order of the court establishing parentage to a certificate of birth under certain circumstances; requiring, for a birth involving a gestational carrier in which parentage is determined by a certain court, that a certain person enter certain information on the forms provided by the Secretary of Health and attach a certain order to the forms; requiring the Division of Vital Records to immediately take certain actions on receipt of certain documents; etc.
HB-549: Maryland Department of Health - Birth Registration - Gestational Carriers
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseline Pena-Melnyk
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 709 on 05/30/2021
Maryland Department of Health - Birth Registration - Gestational Carriers [SB-215]
[Healthcare ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring a certain person to attach a copy of an order of the court establishing parentage to a certificate of birth under certain circumstances; requiring, for a birth involving a gestational carrier in which parentage is determined by a certain court, that a certain person enter certain information on the forms provided by the Secretary of Health and attach a certain order to the forms; requiring the Division of Vital Records to immediately take certain actions on receipt of certain documents; etc.
SB-215: Maryland Department of Health - Birth Registration - Gestational Carriers
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 1/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 12/23/2021
Public Information Act – Revisions (Equitable Access to Records Act) [HB-183]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Elections ]
[Ethics ]
Requiring each official custodian to adopt a policy of proactive disclosure of public records that are available for inspection; authorizing the official custodian to adopt a policy appropriate to the type of public record, to reflect the staff and resources of the governmental unit, and to include publication of public records on certain websites; altering the composition of the State Public Information Act Compliance Board; requiring the Board to receive, review, and resolve certain complaints from applicants; etc.
HB-183: Public Information Act – Revisions (Equitable Access to Records Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Brooke Lierman
Hearing 2/11 At 1:30 P.m. on 12/23/2021
Compensation to Individual Erroneously Convicted, Sentenced, and Confined (The Walter Lomax Act) [SB-14]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Altering a provision of law to require, rather than authorize, the Board of Public Works to pay certain compensation in a certain manner to a certain individual who has been erroneously convicted, sentenced, and subsequently confined for a felony on receipt of a certain order; authorizing an administrative law judge to issue a certain order of eligibility; authorizing a certain individual who has previously received compensation to request an order for supplemental compensation in certain circumstances; etc.
SB-14: Compensation to Individual Erroneously Convicted, Sentenced, and Confined (The Walter Lomax Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 2/04 At 11:00 A.m. (judicial Proceedings) on 12/28/2021
Appointment or Designation of Standby Guardian – Adverse Immigration Action [SB-1239]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Immigration ]
[Children and Youth ]
Making certain provisions relating to the appointment or designation of a standby guardian of the person or property of a minor under certain circumstances applicable to the appointment or designation of a standby guardian of the person or property of a minor in the event of an adverse immigration action against a parent; authorizing a parent to designate a standby guardian by means of a written designation; providing that the appointment of a standby guardian may not be construed to require the termination of parental rights; etc.
SB-1239: Appointment or Designation of Standby Guardian – Adverse Immigration Action
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 749 on 05/15/2018
Appointment or Designation of Standby Guardian - Adverse Immigration Action [HB-1613]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Immigration ]
[Children and Youth ]
Making certain provisions relating to the appointment or designation of a standby guardian of the person or property of a minor in cases of incapacity, debilitation, or death of a parent applicable to the appointment or designation of a standby guardian of the person or property of a minor in the event of an adverse immigration action being initiated against a parent; etc.
HB-1613: Appointment or Designation of Standby Guardian - Adverse Immigration Action
Sponsored by: Rep. Carlos Sanchez
Hearing 3/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/28/2018
Public Health - Healthy Maryland Program - Establishment [SB-871]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Providing that the General Assembly finds that all State residents have a right to health care; providing it is the intent of the General Assembly to establish a comprehensive universal single-payer health care coverage program and a health care cost control system; establishing Healthy Maryland as a public corporation and a unit of State government to provide comprehensive universal health coverage for every State resident; requiring Healthy Maryland to provide certain services for residents of the State by January 1, 2021; etc.
SB-871: Public Health - Healthy Maryland Program - Establishment
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 3/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/04/2019
Public Health - Human Papillomavirus Vaccine - Information and Informed Consent [SB-783]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring a health care provider, before each administration of a human papillomavirus vaccine, to provide an individual with a certain information sheet and obtain written consent on a certain form; requiring that a certain information sheet include, at a minimum, certain statements; requiring that a certain consent form developed by the Maryland Department of Health include certain information; requiring the Department to adopt certain regulations; etc.
SB-783: Public Health - Human Papillomavirus Vaccine - Information and Informed Consent
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris West
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/11/2019
University System of Maryland - Board of Regents - Transparency and Oversight [SB-719]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Altering the membership of the Board of Regents of the University System of Maryland to include the Secretary of Commerce ex officio, one member each appointed by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House, and one additional student member; requiring the Board to make certain meetings available to the public by live and archived video streaming; requiring the Board to review certain annual financial disclosure statements; requiring the Board to provide education and training on its governance policies; etc.
SB-719: University System of Maryland - Board of Regents - Transparency and Oversight
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 345 on 04/30/2019
Health – Vital Records – Health Information Exchange Data Access and Security Protocols and Protections [SB-543]
[Healthcare ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop and implement certain security protocols and protections to prohibit certain persons from accessing certain vital records and minimize the disclosure of certain information from a certain database; requiring certain security protocols and protections to include an auditable record of certain information; and authorizing the Secretary of Health to provide the State designated health information exchange with select information from death certificates for certain purposes.
SB-543: Health – Vital Records – Health Information Exchange Data Access and Security Protocols and Protections
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 759 on 05/25/2019
University of Maryland University College - Renaming [SB-201]
[Education ]
Renaming the University of Maryland University College to be the University of Maryland Global Campus; requiring the publisher of the Annotated Code of Maryland, in consultation with and subject to the approval of the Department of Legislative Services, to correct cross-references and terminology rendered incorrect by the Act; etc.
SB-201: University of Maryland University College - Renaming
Sponsored by: Sen. Paul Pinsky
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/24/2019