Public Safety - Consumer and Display Fireworks [HB-696]
[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; applying certain penalties to a violation of the Act; etc.
HB-696: Public Safety - Consumer and Display Fireworks
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Hornberger
First Reading Judiciary on 01/26/2021
Medical Cannabis – Dispensary Grower–Processor License [HB-706]
[Cannabis ]
[Healthcare ]
Requiring the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission to license medical cannabis dispensary grower-processors to grow, process, and dispense medical cannabis if certain requirements are met; providing that an applicant for a dispensary grower-processor license may not have received certain disciplinary action from the Commission or have failed to meet certain deadlines; requiring the Commission to establish a certain application review process; etc.
HB-706: Medical Cannabis – Dispensary Grower–Processor License
Sponsored by: Rep. Julian Ivey
Hearing 2/16 At 1:30 P.m. on 01/29/2021
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
Re-referred To Jdc. on 02/01/2021
Relating To Firearms. [HB-31]
[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.
HB-31: Relating To Firearms.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregg Takayama
Act 148, On 07/01/2021 (gov. Msg. No. 1250). on 07/02/2021
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
The Committee On Eet Deferred The Measure. on 03/19/2021
Labor and Employment - Employment Standards During an Emergency (Maryland Essential Workers' Protection Act) [SB-486]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
Requiring an essential employer to give a written statement regarding certain hazard pay paid to certain essential workers at certain intervals; requiring an essential employer to take certain actions related to occupational safety and health during an emergency; authorizing an essential worker to refuse to fulfill a certain responsibility under certain circumstances; prohibiting an essential employer from retaliating or taking other adverse action against an essential worker or other worker for certain actions; etc.
SB-486: Labor and Employment - Employment Standards During an Emergency (Maryland Essential Workers' Protection Act)
Senate Bill 486 Explanation
This bill, entitled the Maryland Essential Worker's Protection Act, aims to:
Provide a special enrollment period for health insurance coverage for essential workers during emergencies
Require essential employers to provide hazard pay to essential workers at regular intervals
Have emergency management agencies evaluate and announce emergencies
Ensure essential employers take actions related to occupational safety and health during emergencies
Allow essential workers to refuse responsibilities in unsafe work environments
Prohibit retaliation against essential workers for certain actions
Enforce the act through the Commissioner of Labor and Industry
Set standards, protocols, and procedures for essential employers
Protect essential workers' eligibility for state benefit programs
Prohibit misclassification of essential workers
Require reporting of positive test results to the Maryland Department of Health
Provide bereavement and health leave for essential workers
Require financial assistance for health care costs for essential workers
Prohibit lowering pay for certain reasons
Make this act apply only prospectively and establish it as an emergency measure
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/26/2021
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
Labor and Employment - Employment Standards During an Emergency (Maryland Essential Workers' Protection Act) [HB-581]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Requiring each essential employer to take certain actions related to occupational safety and health during an emergency; providing that an essential worker has the right to refuse to perform a certain task as provided under certain provisions of law; requiring essential employers to take certain steps to minimize the risk of transmission of an infectious disease; requiring essential employers to report certain test results to the Maryland Department of Health; requiring the Department to categorize and the publish the results; etc.
HB-581: Labor and Employment - Employment Standards During an Emergency (Maryland Essential Workers' Protection Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Dereck Davis
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 736 on 05/30/2021
Public Safety - Access to Firearms - Storage Requirements (Jaelynn's Law) [SB-479]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Altering a certain prohibition to prohibit a person from storing or leaving a firearm in a location where a minor could gain access to the firearm; altering a certain exception to the prohibition; establishing certain exceptions to the prohibition; prohibiting a person from storing or leaving a firearm in a location where an unsupervised minor could gain access to the firearm and an unsupervised minor does gain access to the firearm and the firearm causes harm to the minor or another person; establishing certain penalties; etc.
SB-479: Public Safety - Access to Firearms - Storage Requirements (Jaelynn's Law)
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Hearing Canceled on 01/27/2021
Cecil County - Sales and Use Tax Exemption - Federal Facilities Redevelopment Areas [HB-582]
[Taxes ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
[Real Estate ]
Providing an exemption from the sales and use tax for certain construction material or warehousing equipment purchased for use in a certain federal facilities redevelopment area in Cecil County under certain circumstances; requiring a buyer claiming the exemption to provide to the vendor evidence of eligibility issued by the Comptroller; etc.
HB-582: Cecil County - Sales and Use Tax Exemption - Federal Facilities Redevelopment Areas
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 281 on 05/18/2021
Agriculture – Neonicotinoid Pesticides – Sale and Storage [SB-375]
[Agriculture ]
[Environmental ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Restricting a person that sells a neonicotinoid pesticide under certain provisions of law to selling a neonicotinoid pesticide only to a certain certified applicator or farmer; and requiring a person selling a neonicotinoid pesticide to store each neonicotinoid pesticide in a manner that is inaccessible to customers without the assistance from the person or an employee of the person.
SB-375: Agriculture – Neonicotinoid Pesticides – Sale and Storage
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 627 on 05/30/2021
Clean Energy Loan Program - Remediation and Resiliency [HB-517]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Water ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
[Economic Development ]
Expanding the purpose of a certain clean energy loan program to include loans for water efficiency projects, environmental remediation projects intended to remove environmental or health hazards, and resiliency projects to increase the capacity of a property to withstand the effects of climate change; adding water efficiency projects and environmental remediation and resiliency projects to the items requiring eligibility requirements under a certain ordinance; etc.
HB-517: Clean Energy Loan Program - Remediation and Resiliency
Sponsored by: Rep. Courtney Watson
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 441 on 05/30/2021
Harford County – Alcoholic Beverages – Assisted Living Program License [SB-386]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Public Health ]
Establishing a Class ALP (assisted living program) beer, wine, and liquor license in Harford County; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Harford County to issue the license to a manager of an assisted living program, but not more than five Class ALP licenses to a person; authorizing the license holder to provide beer and wine for on-premises consumption by a resident or guest; authorizing the license holder to store liquor, prepare mixed drinks, and serve liquor or mixed drinks; establishing a license fee of $3,500; etc.
SB-386: Harford County – Alcoholic Beverages – Assisted Living Program License
Sponsored by: Sen.
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 538 on 05/30/2021
Emergency Medical Services – Paramedics – Vaccination Administration [SB-67]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Authorizing a paramedic to administer certain immunizations and skin testing to certain ambulance service personnel under certain circumstances; authorizing a paramedic to administer influenza and 2019CoV immunizations if the immunizations are under the direction of a certain physician and authorized by the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems, part of a certain outreach effort, and provided in accordance with a certain written agreement; etc.
SB-67: Emergency Medical Services – Paramedics – Vaccination Administration
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Hearing 1/19 At 2:00 P.m. on 12/29/2021
Business Regulation - Flavored Tobacco Products - Prohibition [SB-177]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Small Business ]
Providing that certain licenses to manufacture, sell, buy, and store cigarettes, other tobacco products, and electronic smoking devices do not authorize the licensee to, or to attempt to, manufacture, ship, import, or sell into or within the State a flavored tobacco product; providing that a public statement that cigarettes, other tobacco products, or electronic smoking devices have or produce a certain smell or taste is presumptive evidence that they are flavored tobacco products if the statement is made by certain persons; etc.
SB-177: Business Regulation - Flavored Tobacco Products - Prohibition
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
Hearing 1/28 At 1:00 P.m. (finance) on 12/23/2021
Public Safety - Access to Firearms - Storage Requirements (Jaelynn's Law) [HB-200]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering a certain prohibition to prohibit a person from storing or leaving a firearm in a location where a minor could gain access to the firearm; altering a certain exception to the prohibition; establishing certain exceptions to the prohibition; prohibiting a person from storing or leaving a firearm in a location where an unsupervised minor could gain access to the firearm, an unsupervised minor does gain access to the firearm, and the firearm causes harm to the minor or another person; establishing certain penalties; etc.
HB-200: Public Safety - Access to Firearms - Storage Requirements (Jaelynn's Law)
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 3/01 At 1:30 P.m. on 02/05/2021
Election Law - Registered Voter List Security and Electronic Signature Requirements for Petitions [SB-37]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Requiring the State Board of Elections to adopt regulations specifying requirements for the secure storage and use of voter data for copies of the registered voters list; requiring the State Board to adopt regulations specifying procedures for the collection of electronic signatures on petitions; authorizing certain petitions to contain the electronic signature of certain individuals; requiring electronic signatures to be electronically signed, typed, or affixed to a certain form; etc.
SB-37: Election Law - Registered Voter List Security and Electronic Signature Requirements for Petitions
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill Carter
Hearing 2/04 At 11:00 A.m. on 01/19/2021