Studies
Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Public Health - Clean Indoor Air Act - Revisions [HB-238]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Prohibiting vaping in certain indoor areas and places of employment and certain mass transportation; requiring that certain signs be posted in each public indoor area and each public entrance to an indoor area where smoking or vaping is prohibited; requiring the convening of a workgroup to study the issuance of alcoholic beverages licenses to tobacconists; and prohibiting the issuance of a local alcoholic beverages license to a tobacconist from July 1, 2024, to July 1, 2026, both inclusive.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 754 on 05/16/2024
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Environment - Impact of Environmental Permits and State Agency Actions [SB-96]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Climate Change ]
[Public Health ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to conduct a climate and environmental equity evaluation regarding the impact of issuing an approval for certain environmental permits; requiring the Department to provide opportunities for residents of the State to opt in to text, phone, e-mail, or regular mail notifications regarding any facility with a pending or final permit approval in or adjacent to the resident's census tract; altering certain reporting requirements for certain State agencies; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Electricity and Gas - Retail Supply - Regulation and Consumer Protection [SB-1]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering a certain charge that may be assessed to a public service company; providing for the recovery of certain costs through rates; establishing an energy salesperson license for certain persons that offer or sell electricity supply agreements or gas supply agreements to customers in the State; establishing an energy vendor license for certain persons that provide energy sales services in the State; prohibiting a certain electricity supplier from marketing electricity as green power unless certain conditions are met; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Malcolm Augustine
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 537 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Health Insurance – Utilization Review – Private Review Agents [SB-93]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring that certain criteria and standards used by private review agents for health insurance utilization review relating to mental health and substance use disorder benefits meet certain requirements; requiring a private review agent to take certain actions before issuing an adverse decision; and specifying the procedure for private review agents to follow when making decisions related to mental health and substance use disorder benefits.
Sponsored by: Sen. Malcolm Augustine
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/02/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Workgroup to Study Funding for the Westernport Wastewater Treatment Facility - Establishment [SB-135]
[Funding ]
[Water ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Environmental ]
Establishing the Workgroup to Study Funding for the Westernport Wastewater Treatment Facility to identify and examine existing funding sources that support the Facility and study whether increased funding could enhance operations at the Facility, the funding sources of comparable facilities in the region, and available and potential federal, State, and local funding sources for the Facility; and requiring the Workgroup to report, on or before December 1, 2024, its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 640 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Commission on Veterans and Military Families [SB-88]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Establishing the Maryland Commission on Veterans and Military Families to study and make recommendations for developing and implementing a statewide strategic plan to make Maryland the best state for veterans and military families, including legislative and budgetary recommendations; and requiring the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2024.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 10 on 04/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Wildland Areas - Belt Woods Wildland [SB-300]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Environmental ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Science ]
Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources, with prior approval of the Maryland Historical Trust and after an internal departmental review, to authorize within the Belt Woods Wildland archeological inventories, studies, and research that involve surface examination or limited subsurface sampling, salvage and excavation of archeological sites, and stabilization and restoration of historic structures existing as of December 1, 1985; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 112 on 04/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Task Force to Study Aggressive and Reckless Driving [SB-168]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
Establishing the Task Force to Study Aggressive and Reckless Driving to study data, research, initiatives, and policies regarding aggressive and reckless driving; and requiring the Task Force to submit an interim report by December 1, 2024 and a final report by December 1, 2025, on its recommendations on actions, interventions, and policies that could reduce aggressive and reckless driving including legislation to be introduced in the 2026 legislative session.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Sydnor
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/05/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Dental Services - Coverage and Rate Study [HB-103]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to study the feasibility of including removable full and partial dentures and setting adequate reimbursement rates for providers on a per-patient basis for house calls and extended care facility calls among the coverage offered by the Maryland Healthy Smiles Dental Program; and requiring the Department to report its findings from the study to the Senate Finance Committee and the House Health and Government Operations Committee by December 1, 2024.
Sponsored by: Rep. Heather Bagnall
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 904 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Workgroup to Study School Bus Safety (Maryland School Bus Safety Act of 2024) [HB-95]
[Education ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing the Workgroup to Study School Bus Safety; requiring the Workgroup to identify issues related to safety for and behavior of students and bus drivers on buses driven to or from a primary or secondary school in the State; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the governing body of each county and Baltimore City, each county board of education, including Baltimore City, the Governor, and the General Assembly by June 30, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nino Mangione
Hearing Canceled (environment And Transportation) And Hearing Canceled (ways And Means) on 02/07/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Community Schools - Alterations [HB-200]
[Education ]
[Community Development ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Altering certain requirements for community schools and community school coordinators; requiring the Director of Community Schools to create a common needs assessment tool and an evaluation form; requiring a community school coordinator to complete a needs assessment and an evaluation in a certain manner; requiring the State Department of Education to provide feedback on the needs assessment before granting approval; and requiring the coordinator to review and modify the plan implementation periodically.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle Wilkins
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 229 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Soil Conservation Districts - Small Ponds - Plan Review Fees [SB-196]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Agriculture ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
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: Sen. Benjamin Brooks
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 523 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Commission to Study African American Civil War Soldiers in Maryland [HB-133]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Military ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Funding ]
[Veterans ]
[Community Development ]
Establishing the Commission to Study African American Civil War Soldiers in Maryland; requiring the Commission to study the history of the African American soldiers who fought for the Union Army; requiring the Commission to make certain recommendations regarding the funding, design, construction, and location of an appropriate memorial dedicated to African American Civil War soldiers; and requiring the Commission to report its findings and recommendation to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2024.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Referred Education, Energy, And The Environment on 02/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Bus Lane Obstruction - Monitoring Systems Expansion (Better Bus Service Act of 2024) [HB-107]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a person from parking or standing certain vehicles in a dedicated bus lane; making statewide the authority of a local jurisdiction to use, in accordance with certain standards and procedures, a bus lane monitoring system to enforce the prohibition against driving, standing, or parking a motor vehicle in a designated bus lane; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Referred Judicial Proceedings on 03/08/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Public Health – Public Health Services and Protections – Revisions [SB-220]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Military ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Repealing the exceptions that allow the sale, distribution, or purchase of tobacco products, tobacco paraphernalia, and electronic smoking devices to or for certain individuals who are active duty members of the military; authorizing the Maryland Department of Health to reallocate from one county to another county certain projected unspent grant funding relating to cancer to address certain funding needs; altering the duties of the State Council on Child Abuse and Neglect; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 766 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Education - Public High School Athletic and Physical Education Facilities - Study [SB-21]
[Education ]
[Construction ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Interagency Commission on School Construction to conduct a comprehensive study analyzing the current condition of public high school athletic and physical education facilities in the State and to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2024; and requiring the Prince George's County Board of Education and the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, by December 1, 2024, to meet to discuss potential partnerships to upgrade public high school athletic and physical education facilities in the county.
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo Washington
Hearing Canceled on 03/27/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Department of the Environment - Environmental Justice Evaluation of Environmental Permit Applications [HB-24]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Public Health ]
[Community Development ]
[Water ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to perform a certain environmental justice evaluation of certain environmental permit applications under certain circumstances; authorizing the Department to take certain actions on certain environmental permit applications based on certain findings to address environmental concerns; requiring the Department to maintain a publicly accessible website, part of a website, or application that identifies pending permit applications with specific census tracts; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Third Reading Passed (103-36) on 03/18/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Prison Education Delivery Reform Commission [HB-209]
[Education ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing the Prison Education Delivery Reform Commission to develop recommendations relating to education and its impact on the criminal justice system; and requiring the Commission to submit an interim report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by June 1, 2025, and a final report by January 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 945 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Food Waste and Solid Waste Reduction – Grants, Fund, and Surcharge [SB-56]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Food ]
[Environmental ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
Establishing the On-Farm Organic Diversion and Composting Grant Program to award grants to eligible entities to assist with the costs of developing and implementing on-farm composting and compost use, food waste prevention, and food rescue projects; requiring the Department of the Environment to use funds from the Reduce, Recycle, Remanufacture Fund to support the Grant Program to Reduce and Compost School Waste; authorizing the Department to establish a statewide solid waste disposal surcharge; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester
Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Department of the Environment - Study on Deathcare and Funeral Practices [HB-152]
[Environmental ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment, in consultation with the Maryland Department of Health and the Maryland Department of Labor, to conduct a study of the environmental and public health impacts of deathcare and funeral practices in the State; and requiring the Department to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before October 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Senate Conference Committee Appointed (senators M. Washington, Hester And Simonaire) on 04/06/2024