Studies
North Carolina 2023-2024 Session
Sound Basic Education for Every Child [HB-960]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Sound Basic Education for Every Child
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Belk
Passed 1st Reading on 05/02/2024
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Buncombe Schools Consolidation Study/Funds [HB-941]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Buncombe Schools Consolidation Study/Funds
Sponsored by: Rep. Rosa Gill
Passed 1st Reading on 05/01/2024
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North Carolina 2023-2024 Session
School-Based Mental Health Service Study [HB-940]
[Education ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
School-Based Mental Health Service Study
Sponsored by: Rep. Becky Carney
Passed 1st Reading on 05/01/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Howard County Task Force to Study Revenue Options for School Capital Needs Ho. Co. 18-24 [SB-1186]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Taxes ]
Establishing the Howard County Task Force to Study Revenue Options for School Capital Needs to identify capital needs of Howard County Public Schools and study options for closing any identified funding gaps through 2035; requiring the Howard County Council to submit a resolution to the Howard County Delegation to the General Assembly if the county council makes a certain determination; and requiring the Task Force to report its recommendations to certain county officials and the Howard County Delegation on or before October 31, 2024.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/02/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Cooperative Housing Corporations, Condominiums, and Homeowners Associations - Funding of Reserve Accounts [SB-1157]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Construction ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring that certain funds for the reserve account of a cooperative housing corporation, a residential condominium, or a homeowners association be deposited on or before the last day of each fiscal year; extending from 3 to 5 years the duration to comply with a certain funding requirement related to reserve accounts; and requiring a residential condominium or a homeowners association to review the reserve study annually for accuracy.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Carozza
Rereferred To Judicial Proceedings on 03/27/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Workgroup to Study the Fiscal and Operational Viability of Public-Private Partnerships for Howard County Public Schools - Established Ho. Co. 14-24 [SB-1155]
[Education ]
[Construction ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing the Workgroup to Study the Fiscal and Operational Viability of Public-Private Partnerships for Howard County Public Schools to study the use of public-private partnerships to reduce or increase the speed of school construction, the potential for public-private partnerships to reduce or improve the quality of school construction, and other possible uses for public-private partnerships; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations by December 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Sen.
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/11/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Surveys [SB-1140]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Science ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
Altering the definition of "aerial survey" for purposes of surveying submerged aquatic vegetation to include other surveys that encompass certain geographic areas and use certain methodologies; and requiring the Department of Natural Resources to study and report on the implications and feasibility of using alternative methods other than an aerial survey to delineate SAV protection zones on or before December 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Sen. Johnny Mautz
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/04/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Soil Conservation Districts - Small Ponds - Plan Review Fees [HB-1465]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Agriculture ]
Authorizing a soil conservation district to recommend a fee system to cover the cost of reviewing plans for small ponds; establishing that any fees collected under the Act shall be supplemental to county and State funds; requiring a soil conservation district, in developing a fee system for small pond plans, to determine for the succeeding year the reasonable cost of reviewing the plans; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Greg Wims
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 524 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Transportation – Regional Transportation Authorities [SB-1126]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Baltimore Region, Capital Region, and Southern Maryland Region transportation authorities to develop and implement certain congestion relief plans; establishing the Baltimore Region, Capital Region, and Southern Maryland Region congestion relief funds as special, nonlapsing funds; requiring the Department of Transportation, in consultation with the Comptroller, to study and report on the feasibility of creating local-option transportation revenues to fund the regional transportation authorities; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy King
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Workgroup to Study Extreme Risk Protective Orders (Sagar Ghimire Act) [HB-1458]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Mental Health ]
Establishing the Workgroup to Study Extreme Risk Protective Orders; and requiring the Workgroup to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by May 1, 2025, on policy recommendations for improving the use of extreme risk protective orders in the State.
Sponsored by: Rep. Harry Bhandari
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/12/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Primary and Secondary Education - Career Ladder Qualifications - Teachers With Relevant Degrees [HB-1433]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Altering the career ladder for teachers to allow teachers with a certain higher degree to participate as an equivalent to teachers with National Board Certification; requiring the State Department of Education to study the efficacy of National Board Certified teachers; and repealing, beginning on a certain date under certain circumstances, the teacher salary increases associated with becoming a National Board Certified teacher or holding a certain higher degree.
Sponsored by: Rep. April Fleming Miller
Hearing Canceled on 02/13/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Workgroup to Study the Fiscal and Operational Viability of Public-Private Partnerships for Howard County Public Schools - Established Ho. Co. 14-24 [HB-1442]
[Education ]
[Construction ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing the Workgroup to Study the Fiscal and Operational Viability of Public-Private Partnerships for Howard County Public Schools to study the use of public-private partnerships to reduce or increase the speed of school construction, the potential for public-private partnerships to reduce or improve the quality of school construction, and other possible uses for public-private partnerships; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations by December 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 3/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/26/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Prince George's County - Development Authority - Established [HB-1413]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
[Housing ]
Establishing the Prince George's Development Authority in Prince George's County to support and develop a certain neighborhood revitalization plan in coordination with certain residents; and requiring, on or before October 31, 2026, the Authority to report its comprehensive neighborhood revitalization strategy to the Governor and certain committees of the General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jazz Lewis
Hearing Canceled on 02/13/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Economic Justice and Racial Reconciliation Act [HB-1417]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Taxes ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Human Rights ]
Establishing the Commission for Economic Justice and Racial Reconciliation to study racial disparities in wealth and resources as a result of tax laws and systems in place in the State from the Reconstruction Era through the enactment of and subsequent amendments to the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964; and requiring the Commission to submit a final report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before October 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marlon Amprey
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/26/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Department of Health - Public Education Campaign on Prostate, Lung, and Breast Cancer Prevention [HB-1293]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop and implement a 3-year public education campaign on prostate, lung, and breast cancer prevention that targets communities disproportionately impacted by prostate, lung, and breast cancer on or before December 1, 2026; requiring the Department to implement the public education campaign on or before January 1, 2027; requiring the Governor to appropriate, in certain fiscal years, certain funding to the Department for the public information campaign from the Cigarette Restitution Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 813 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Environment - Office of Recycling - Mattress Stewardship Program - Establishment [HB-1355]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
Prohibiting, on and after January 1, 2029, a person from disposing of a mattress in a landfill, subject to certain exceptions; prohibiting, on and after January 1, 2029, a person from disposing of a mattress in an incinerator, subject to a certain exception; requiring certain producers of mattresses sold at retail in the State or a certain representative organization to submit a plan for the establishment of a Mattress Stewardship Program in the Department of the Environment for approval on or before July 1, 2025; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 02/12/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Public Health - Maryland Commission on Health Equity and Commission on Public Health - Revisions [HB-1333]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
Requiring the Maryland Commission on Health Equity to develop and monitor the statewide health equity plan required under a cooperative grant funding agreement with the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation; requiring the Maryland Commission on Health Equity to coordinate with the Maryland Department of Health and the Health Services Cost Review Commission when establishing a certain advisory committee; and altering the reporting requirements for the Commission on Public Health.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 787 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services - Study on Location of Individuals Prior to and Following Incarceration [HB-1332]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to conduct an annual study examining and comparing certain data regarding an individual's residence prior to incarceration and on release from a State correctional facility; and requiring the Department by October 1, 2025 and each October 1 thereafter, to report the results of the study to certain committees of the General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Referred Judicial Proceedings on 03/18/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Department of Health - Body Altering Aesthetics Advisory Committee [HB-1327]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Establishing the Body Altering Aesthetics Advisory Committee within the Maryland Department of Health to study whether the current health occupations licensing and certification system adequately regulates the body altering aesthetics industry in the State; and requiring the Advisory Committee to submit interim findings by December 1, 2024, and a final report with any recommended regulatory or legislative changes by December 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing 3/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Health Insurance - Appeals and Grievances Process - Reporting Requirements [HB-1337]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring carriers to report additional data on the number of members entitled to health care benefits under a policy, plan, or certificate and the number of clean claims for reimbursement processed by a carrier to Maryland Health Commissioner.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 891 on 05/16/2024