Public Safety - Consumer and Display Fireworks [HB-560]
[Public Safety ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing a person who is at least 18 years old and meets certain requirements to purchase, possess, and use certain consumer fireworks; prohibiting a person from intentionally igniting or discharging certain consumer fireworks in certain circumstances; altering certain provisions to establish that certain provisions authorizing the State Fire Marshal to issue a certain permit relating to fireworks apply only to certain display fireworks; etc.
HB-560: Public Safety - Consumer and Display Fireworks
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2022
Firearm Safety - Storage Requirements and Youth Suicide Prevention (Jaelynn's Law) [HB-659]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Public Health ]
[Crime ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering a certain provision relating to the storage of firearms and ammunition in a location that can be accessed by an unsupervised minor; and requiring the Deputy Secretary for Public Health Services to develop a youth suicide prevention and firearm safe storage guide, with recommendations from a stakeholder committee.
Energy Generation, Transmission, and Storage Projects - Required Community Benefit Agreement and Labor Standards [HB-569]
[Energy ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to condition the approval of a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the construction of a certain generating station or qualified generator lead line and an exemption from the requirement for a certificate of public convenience and necessity on the requirement that the developer of the project take all reasonable actions to enter into a community benefits agreement and adhere to certain labor standards and reporting requirements; etc.
HB-569: Energy Generation, Transmission, and Storage Projects - Required Community Benefit Agreement and Labor Standards
Sponsored by: Rep. Ned Carey
Hearing 2/24 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2022
Business Regulation - Miscellaneous State Business Licenses - Alterations [SB-496]
[Construction ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Economic Development ]
[Small Business ]
Altering certain administrative and enforcement provisions for business licenses issued in the State; altering certain licensing provisions for certain businesses in the State, including construction, garages, peddlers, junk dealers and scrap metal processors, laundries and dry cleaners, storage warehouses, restaurants, chain stores, traders, and vending machines; etc.
SB-496: Business Regulation - Miscellaneous State Business Licenses - Alterations
Sponsored by: Sen. Pamela Beidle
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 315 on 05/12/2022
Energy Generation Projects - Required Community Benefit Agreement and Labor Standards [SB-418]
[Energy ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
Requiring a person who is a developer of a project, on the approval of a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the construction of a certain generating station or qualified generator lead line and an exemption from the requirement for a certificate of public convenience and necessity, to take all reasonable actions to enter into a community benefits agreement and adhere to certain labor standards and reporting requirements; etc.
SB-418: Energy Generation Projects - Required Community Benefit Agreement and Labor Standards
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Third Reading Passed (33-14) on 03/21/2022
Public and Nonpublic Schools - Bronchodilator and Epinephrine Availability and Use - Policies [HB-384]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring each county board of education and authorizing nonpublic schools in the State to establish a policy to obtain, administer, and train certain school personnel to administer in emergency situations bronchodilators to a student who is determined to have asthma, is experiencing asthma-related symptoms, or is perceived to be in respiratory distress; requiring the Department of Education to develop training for school personnel in identification of respiratory distress in students; etc.
HB-384: Public and Nonpublic Schools - Bronchodilator and Epinephrine Availability and Use - Policies
Sponsored by: Rep. Regina Boyce
Hearing Canceled on 04/05/2022
Energy Storage Systems - Income Tax Credit and Grant Program [SB-215]
[Energy ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Grants ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Altering from December 31, 2022, to December 31, 2024, the date by which an energy storage system is required to be installed for purposes of eligibility for a certain credit against the State income tax for the costs of installing an energy storage system; establishing the Energy Storage System Grant Program in the Maryland Energy Administration to provide grants to certain applicants for the purchase and installation of energy storage systems; establishing the Energy Storage System Grant Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; etc.
SB-215: Energy Storage Systems - Income Tax Credit and Grant Program
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 246 on 05/12/2022
Relating To Firearms. [SB-198]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Raises the maximum age of minors for which safe storage of firearms is required from sixteen to eighteen years.
SB-198: Relating To Firearms.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karl Rhoads
Carried Over To 2022 Regular Session. on 12/10/2021
Relating To Renewable Energy. [HB-111]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
Prohibits the use of fossil fuels for electricity generation or storage after 12/31/2045. Prohibits the Public Utilities Commission from approving cost recovery of any application or proposal for generation or storage facilities that use fossil fuels, with certain exceptions. Exempts emergency generators. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD2)
HB-111: Relating To Renewable Energy.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicole Lowen
Carried Over To 2022 Regular Session. on 12/10/2021
Public Health - Maternal and Child Mortality - Review and Perinatal Hospice Services [SB-891]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Authorizing the State Child Fatality Review Team to enter into a certain agreement for secure storage of data and requiring the agreement to provide certain protection and address certain issues; requiring a certain entity to comply with certain confidentiality requirements; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop a certain list of certain perinatal hospice programs; authorizing a perinatal hospice program to request that the Department include certain information on the Department's website; etc.
SB-891: Public Health - Maternal and Child Mortality - Review and Perinatal Hospice Services
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Carozza
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2021
Estates and Trusts - Wills - Custodianship [HB-1266]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring a person having custody of a will to maintain custody of the will, except under certain circumstances; prohibiting the custodian of a will from taking certain actions related to the will, except under certain circumstances; authorizing the custodian of a will to deposit the will for safekeeping with a certain register of wills under certain circumstances; requiring the custodian of a will to deliver the will to certain persons under certain circumstances; etc.
HB-1266: Estates and Trusts - Wills - Custodianship
Sponsored by: Rep. Wanika Fisher
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 513 on 05/30/2021
Real Property - Emergency Services and Nuisance Actions [HB-1093]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibiting a landlord from using a lease or form of lease that contains a provision that prohibits, limits, or penalizes a tenant or another individual for reasonably summoning the assistance of law enforcement or emergency services; prohibiting a landlord from taking certain retaliatory actions because a tenant or another individual sought the assistance of law enforcement or emergency services for certain purposes; etc.
HB-1093: Real Property - Emergency Services and Nuisance Actions
Sponsored by: Rep. Julie Palakovich Carr
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/02/2021
Election Law – Curbside Voting – Establishment [HB-1020]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Disabilities ]
Providing that voters are eligible for curbside voting under certain circumstances; requiring that curbside voting be made available to all registered voters with disabilities recognized under a certain federal law; requiring each local board of elections to establish a location outside each polling place for curbside voting; requiring that a curbside voting location meet certain requirements; requiring that an election judge give a certain voter a paper ballot or, under certain circumstances, a handheld voting device; etc.
HB-1020: Election Law – Curbside Voting – Establishment
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicole Williams
Hearing 2/23 At 1:30 P.m. on 02/10/2021
Public Health - Maternal and Child Mortality - Review and Perinatal Hospice Services [HB-1112]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Authorizing the State Child Fatality Review Team to enter into a certain agreement for secure storage of data and requiring the agreement to provide certain protection and address certain issues; requiring a certain entity to comply with certain confidentiality requirements; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop a certain list of certain perinatal hospice programs; authorizing a perinatal hospice program to request that the Department include certain information on the Department's website; etc.
HB-1112: Public Health - Maternal and Child Mortality - Review and Perinatal Hospice Services
Sponsored by: Rep. William Wivell
Hearing Canceled on 03/18/2021
Pesticides – Carbofuran – Collection, Disposal, and Prohibition on Possession or Storage [HB-1025]
[Agriculture ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Safety ]
[Science ]
[Food ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Department of Agriculture, in coordination with the Department of Natural Resources, to establish a certain program to address the illegal use of carbofuran and to eliminate stockpiles of carbofuran in the State; prohibiting a person from possessing or storing any quantity of carbofuran in the State on or after January 1, 2024; authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Natural Resources, or a Natural Resources police officer to seize any quantity of carbofuran for enforcement purposes; etc.
HB-1025: Pesticides – Carbofuran – Collection, Disposal, and Prohibition on Possession or Storage
Sponsored by: Rep. Jennifer Terrasa
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/20/2021
Estates and Trusts - Wills - Custodianship [SB-700]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring a person having custody of a will to maintain custody of the will, except under certain circumstances; prohibiting the custodian of a will from taking certain actions related to the will, except under certain circumstances; authorizing the custodian of a will to deposit the will for safekeeping with a certain register of wills under certain circumstances; requiring the custodian of a will to deliver the will to certain persons under certain circumstances; etc.
SB-700: Estates and Trusts - Wills - Custodianship
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris West
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 03/29/2021
Montgomery County - Community Choice Energy - Pilot Program MC 17-21 [HB-768]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Health ]
[Community Development ]
Applying certain laws regarding net energy metering and community solar generating systems to customers served by a community choice aggregator; altering the circumstances under which counties and municipal corporations may act as an aggregator; establishing the Community Choice Aggregator Pilot Program; establishing a process by which, beginning on December 31, 2023, a certain county may form a community choice aggregator; requiring a certain county to develop a plan and give notice of a certain aggregation plan; etc.
HB-768: Montgomery County - Community Choice Energy - Pilot Program MC 17-21
Sponsored by: Rep.
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 449 on 05/30/2021
Public Utilities – Electric School Bus Pilot Program [HB-832]
[Energy ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Public Health ]
Establishing the electric school bus pilot program to be implemented and administered by the Public Service Commission; authorizing investor-owned electric companies to apply to the Commission to implement a pilot program that meets certain standards; requiring a participating school system to consider criteria that benefit students who are eligible to receive free and reduced-price meals; authorizing certain electric companies to recover reasonable program costs subject to the approval of the Commission; etc.
HB-832: Public Utilities – Electric School Bus Pilot Program
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
Hearing 3/30 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/23/2021
Task Force on Facial Recognition Privacy Protection [SB-587]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing the Task Force on Facial Recognition Privacy Protection; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding the use of facial recognition technology by the State and local governments; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 6, 2021; etc.
SB-587: Task Force on Facial Recognition Privacy Protection
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Sydnor
Referred Judiciary on 03/24/2021