Telecommunications And Information Technology
Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners - Veterinary Technicians and Veterinary Assistants [HB-1097]
Authorizing a veterinary assistant to perform certain tasks under the immediate or direct supervision of a veterinary practitioner or a veterinary technician under the direct supervision of a veterinary practitioner; and authorizing a veterinary technician to perform certain procedures, including certain emergency procedures and euthanasia, if the veterinary practitioner determines the veterinary technician is qualified to perform the procedures.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 487 on 05/09/2024
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Emergency Medical Services - Maryland Emergency Department Wait Time Reduction Commission - Establishment [HB-1143]
Establishing the Maryland Emergency Department Wait Time Reduction Commission to address factors throughout the health care system that contribute to increased emergency department wait times; authorizing the Commission to request data from certain entities; and requiring the Commission, beginning November 1, 2025, to report annually to the Governor and General Assembly on its activities and findings including updates on the development, impact and, implementation of the recommended programs on emergency department wait times.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 844 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
9-1-1 Trust Fund - Purposes - Training in Telecommunications Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation [HB-1092]
Altering the purposes of the 9-1-1 Trust Fund to including funding the costs of telecommunications cardiopulmonary resuscitation training.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 800 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services - Establishment [HB-1037]
Establishing the Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services to identify reentry services in the State, develop a plan to establish a new division within the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, and develop a plan to expand certain services for individuals after release from incarceration; and requiring the Task Force to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 937 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Agriculture - Food Processing Residuals Utilization Permit - Establishment [HB-991]
Establishing a food processing residuals utilization permit; prohibiting a person from utilizing food processing residuals in the State unless the person obtains a permit; requiring the Department of Agriculture to provide a certain notice and information to certain persons in a county where food processing residuals will be stored; establishing the Food Processing Residuals Administration Fund; authorizing a representative of the Department to enter and inspect any site where food processing residuals are utilized; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. April Rose
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 531 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Correctional Facilities - Incarcerated Individuals - Costs of Telephone Communications [SB-948]
Providing that a State correctional facility is responsible for the payment of costs charged by a telephone service provider under certain circumstances; providing that a State correctional facility and a telephone service provider may not charge an incarcerated individual or a third party under certain circumstances; and providing that an incarcerated individual's access to or use of telephone equipment and telephone services may not supplant time that the incarcerated individual is entitled to in-person visitation.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Local Cybersecurity Preparedness and Local Cybersecurity Support Fund - Alterations [SB-981]
Authorizing the Governor for fiscal years 2026 and 2027, to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $10,000,000 for the Local Cybersecurity Support Fund; requiring the Department of Information Technology to provide sufficient information security officers to assist the Director of Local Cybersecurity; requiring that, by July 1, 2025, a local school system shall implement for all school employees multifactor authentication, endpoint detection and response on all system-owned devices, and network monitoring; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Energy, And The Environment) on 02/06/2024
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Election Law - Synthetic Media - Disclosure and Regulation [SB-978]
Requiring certain persons that publish, distribute, or disseminate or cause to be published, distributed, or disseminated synthetic media to publish on their website the original content that was manipulated to generate the synthetic media; and requiring certain persons that publish, distribute, or disseminate or cause to be published, distributed, or disseminated synthetic media to include a certain disclosure in a certain manner.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester
Referred Ways And Means on 03/19/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Commercial Law – Consumer Wire Transfers – Liability (Elder Fraud Prevention Act of 2024) [SB-930]
Exempting consumer wire transaction from certain provisions of the Maryland Uniform Commercial Code; limiting liability for damages resulting from consumer wire transfers; defining sufficient notice; requiring investigations; requiring decisions and materials be provided to a consumer; subjecting financial institutions to treble damages; subjecting financial institutions to liability for violation of the Act; prohibiting waiver of consumer rights under the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Government - Technology Advisory Commission - Established [SB-955]
Establishing the Technology Advisory Commission to study and make recommendations on technology and science developments and use in the State; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $100,000 for the Commission; and requiring the Commission to submit a report on its activities and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 31 each year.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Sydnor
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2024
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Behavioral Health Crisis Response Services - 9-8-8 Trust Fund Fees [SB-974]
Establishing a 9-8-8 fee to be paid by each subscriber to switched local exchange access service, commercial mobile radio service, or other 9-8-8-accessible service; establishing a prepaid wireless 9-8-8 fee to be paid on certain retail transactions; requiring the Comptroller to deposit the 9-8-8 fees and the prepaid wireless 9-8-8 fees in the 9-8-8 Trust Fund; and requiring the Comptroller to adopt procedures for auditing fee collection and remittance by telephone companies and commercial mobile radio service providers.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 781 on 05/16/2024
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Education - Computer Science - Content Standards and Requirements [SB-980]
Requiring public high schools to promote and increase the enrollment of certain students in high school computer science courses; requiring, beginning on or before June 1, 2025, the State Board of Education to update computer science content standards to include certain information; and requiring county boards of education to provide developmentally appropriate computer science instruction in public elementary and middle schools in the county.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2024
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County Boards of Education - Budgets - Notice (Transparency in Education Spending Act) [SB-1026]
Requiring the State Board of Education to adopt a process for the uniform and timely reporting of certain county board of education budget information to a county governing body; requiring a county board to post certain budget information on the county board's public-facing website in an easily identifiable location; requiring a certain audit to be sent to the county council or the county commissioners; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 218 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services - Establishment [SB-1036]
Establishing the Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services; and requiring the Task Force to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2025.
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris West
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 936 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Department of Information Technology - Evaluation and Development of a 3-1-1 Portal Using Artificial Intelligence [SB-1068]
Stating the intent of the General Assembly that the Department of Information Technology evaluate the feasibility of creating a 3-1-1 portal utilizing artificial intelligence and that the Department prioritize the creation of the portal if feasible.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 450 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Assisted Living Programs - Assisted Living Referrers - Requirements and Prohibitions [SB-952]
Establishing certain requirements for assisted living referrers, including requirements related to the maintenance of general liability insurance, criminal history records checks, and the provision of certain agreements and descriptions of services; prohibiting an assisted living referrer from requesting payment for a referral more than 2 years after the referral was made; requiring the Office of Health Care Quality to maintain a certain database of approved assisted living programs; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 839 on 05/16/2024
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Focusing Federal Career and Technical Education Act Funds on Blueprint School-to-Work Apprenticeship Goals Act [SB-1035]
Requiring the State Board of Education to collaborate with the Career and Technical Education (CTE) Committee to develop and jointly approve a plan for career and technical education in the State; requiring the State Department of Education to administer the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act; requiring the CTE Committee, beginning in fiscal year 2025, to review a certain proposal of the Department; requiring the CTE Committee to review the allocation of funds received under the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act;
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Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing Canceled (ways And Means) on 03/27/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Wildlife – Protections and Highway Crossings [SB-902]
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources, in collaboration with the State Highway Administration, to identify and prioritize certain species whose habitat or movement corridors intersect with State highways and develop tools, technology, and techniques to identify certain State highway infrastructure locations; requiring the Department of Natural Resources to develop a methodology and a cost estimate for performing a statewide deer population survey on or before November 1, 2024; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Hearing Canceled on 04/02/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Universities at Shady Grove Regional Higher Education Center – Designation as Community of Innovation [HB-1020]
Designating the Universities at Shady Grove Regional Higher Education Center as the State's Regional Higher Education Community of Innovation; and altering the purposes of the Universities at Shady Grove to include serving a diverse citizenry in an innovative manner to meet the educational needs of the region and fostering individual academic success leading to career success which positively impacts the economy of the entire region.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing Canceled on 03/05/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Watershed, Stream, and Floodplain Restoration - Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Restoration and Stream and Floodplain Restoration Funding (Whole Watershed Act) [SB-969]
Requiring, in each fiscal year from 2026 through 2030, up to $100,000 from the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund to be used to fund certain operations grants at a rate of $20,000 per project sponsor each fiscal year; establishing the Whole Watershed Restoration Partnership to accelerate restoration of the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays and their watersheds; authorizing the use of the Waterway Improvement Fund for projects that involve the beneficial use of dredged material and for certain water quality monitoring; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 559 on 05/09/2024