Telecommunications And Information Technology
Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Environment - Covered Electronic Devices Recycling Program - Establishment [HB-830]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Establishing the Covered Electronic Device Recycling Program in the Department of the Environment; repealing certain provisions of law relating to existing covered electronic takeback programs; repealing a certain provision of law authorizing a county to address methods for the separate collection and recycling of covered electronic devices in a certain recycling plan; requiring a separate covered electronic device recycling account within the State Recycling Trust Fund; altering the uses of the Trust Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2024
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Environmental Justice - Investment in Infrastructure Construction Projects [HB-842]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Construction ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring a State agency, in administering certain federal funds, to allocate 40% of those funds to infrastructure construction projects in overburdened communities and underserved communities and an additional 40% of those funds to infrastructure construction projects in communities of color and communities with a high percentage of low- to moderate-income households in the State; establishing the Justice40 Committee; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. (appropriations) on 02/26/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Education – Curriculum Content Standards – Peace and Conflict Studies (Peace and Conflict Studies Education Act) [HB-795]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the State Board of Education to develop curriculum content standards for a high school course on peace and conflict studies; requiring each county board of education to implement a course on peace and conflict studies in each public high school in the county beginning in the 2025-2026 school year; and requiring each public high school to hire a mediator to provide education and support to students and school personnel relating to conflict resolution and peaceful communications in resolving disputes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Harry Bhandari
First Reading Ways And Means on 01/31/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Algorithmic Addiction Fund - Establishment [SB-739]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Healthcare ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Establishing the Algorithmic Addiction Fund; providing that the Fund includes all revenue received by the State from a judgment against, or settlement with, technology conglomerates, technology companies, social media conglomerates, or social media companies relating to claims made by the State; requiring the Secretary of Health to develop certain goals, objectives, and indicators relating to algorithm addiction treatment and prevention efforts; requiring the Secretary to establish a certain grant program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katie Hester
First Reading Finance on 01/31/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
More Opportunities for Career-Focused Students Act of 2024 [HB-837]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring each public high school to inform students of certain employment and skills training opportunities in the same manner in which the school informs students of postsecondary educational options; requiring each public high school to inform students about opportunities in high-skilled careers that do not require completion of a college degree and are in high demand in the State; and requiring a county board to assist public high schools in completing the requirements of the Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Third Reading Passed (134-0) on 04/05/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Office of Legislative Audits - Local School Systems - Report [HB-760]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring each local school system, on or before November 1 of the third year of a 6-year audit cycle, to submit a report to the Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee on the status of implementation of corrective actions to address repeat findings and recommendations identified by the Office of Legislative Audits in the most recent audit; and requiring each local school system to publish the report on its website.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Hornberger
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 39 on 04/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Election Law - Campaign Finance - Draft Committees and Exploratory Committees [HB-792]
[Elections ]
[Finance ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Ethics ]
Applying certain campaign finance requirements for a political committee to draft committees and exploratory committees; establishing requirements and prohibitions for draft and exploratory committees relating to the establishment of the committees, receipt of funds, and permissible disbursements; requiring an authorized candidate campaign committee that results from the draft committee or exploratory committee to make any equipment purchases from the draft committee or exploratory committee at the fair market value of the equipment; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Jones
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Major Highway Capacity Expansion Projects - Impact Assessments and Workgroup (Transportation and Climate Alignment Act of 2024) [HB-836]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Climate Change ]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Energy ]
Requiring the Department of Transportation, in consultation with the Department of the Environment, to establish a process for performing major highway capacity expansion project impact assessments; requiring the Department and a metropolitan planning organization to perform an impact assessment under certain circumstances; establishing the Workgroup to Study Major Highway Capacity Expansion Projects to make certain recommendations to the General Assembly by December 1, 2024, related to certain impact assessments and mitigation plans; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Favorable With Amendments {593127/1 Adopted on 04/08/2024
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Major Highway Capacity Expansion Projects - Impact Assessments and Mitigation Plans (Transportation and Climate Alignment Act of 2024) [SB-681]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Climate Change ]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Energy ]
[Air Quality ]
Requiring the Department of Transportation to establish a process for performing major highway capacity expansion project impact assessments; requiring the Department and a metropolitan planning organization to perform an impact assessment under certain circumstances; requiring the Department to use the impact assessment to determine whether a project meets certain requirements; requiring the Department and a metropolitan planning organization to develop a certain mitigation plan under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Favorable With Amendments Report By Finance on 04/05/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Environment - Covered Electronic Devices Recycling Program - Establishment [SB-686]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Establishing the Covered Electronic Device Recycling Program in the Department of the Environment; repealing certain provisions of law relating to existing covered electronic takeback programs; repealing a certain provision of law authorizing a county to address methods for the separate collection and recycling of covered electronic devices in a certain recycling plan; requiring a separate covered electronic device recycling account within the State Recycling Trust Fund; altering the uses of the Trust Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Malcolm Augustine
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2024
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Armed Forces – Support of Military Families and Addition of Space Force [SB-707]
[Defense ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[National Security ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Adding the Space Force to certain provisions of law related to the armed forces; authorizing military spouses and residents of the State who are members of the National Guard of another state or a reserve component of the armed forces to terminate certain contracts at any time after the date the service member receives certain military orders to relocate; adding the Space Force and members of the National Guard of any other state to the definition of a "military-connected student" for purposes of the Purple Stars Schools Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 26 on 04/09/2024
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Board of Public Works - Transparency Data Dashboard [SB-703]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Comptroller to develop and maintain on the Board of Public Works' website a procurement transparency data dashboard; establishing a governance committee composed of the liaisons to the Board from the offices of the Governor, the Comptroller, and the State Treasurer to review the contents of the dashboard for accuracy; requiring the Governor, beginning in fiscal year 2025, to include in the annual budget bill an amount necessary for one full-time position and software needed to develop and maintain the dashboard; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Antonio Hayes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 581 on 05/09/2024
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Cybersecurity - Workgroup to Study Data Security - Establishment [SB-692]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing the Workgroup to Study Data Security to study certain data protection standards, identify existing standards that would best be assimilated by State agencies, and develop recommendations on and assess certain fiscal impacts; and requiring the Workgroup to submit an interim report by December 1, 2024 and a final report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by June 30, 2025.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Hershey
Hearing 2/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System - Membership - 9-1-1 Specialists [SB-700]
[Pensions ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing certain individuals who are employed as 9-1-1 specialists and certified by the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to become members of the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System as employees of a participating governmental unit.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Carozza
Hearing Canceled on 02/05/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Comptroller - Electronic Tax and Fee Return Filing Requirements [SB-677]
[Taxes ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring that returns for certain taxes and fees collected by the Comptroller be filed electronically, subject to certain exceptions; altering certain requirements for electronic filing of returns for certain taxes; prohibiting a certain tax return preparer or software company from charging a separate fee for the electronic filing of authorized tax documents; and prohibiting a software company from selling different versions of the same tax software under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 730 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program [SB-642]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Environmental ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Establishing the Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program to increase the reuse and recycling of beverage containers and reduce the litter, pollution, and costs associated with beverage containers; prohibiting a producer from selling, offering for sale, or distributing in or importing into the State a redeemable beverage container unless the producer is registered with the Department of the Environment, pays a certain fee, and is part of a certain stewardship organization; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2024
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Vehicle Laws - Automated Enforcement Citations and Notices - Mailing Addresses [SB-672]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring that citations and notices issued as a result of automated enforcement under the Maryland Vehicle Law be sent to the current mailing address on file with the Administration or if a mailing address is not available, the current residential address on file with the Administration.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nick Charles
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 585 on 05/09/2024
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9-1-1 Trust Fund - Purposes - Training in Telecommunications Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation [SB-649]
[Telecommunications ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the purposes of the 9-1-1 Trust Fund to include funding the costs of telecommunications cardiopulmonary resuscitation training.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 801 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program [HB-735]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Environmental ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Establishing the Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program to increase the reuse and recycling of beverage containers and reduce the litter, pollution, and costs associated with beverage containers; prohibiting a producer from selling, offering for sale, or distributing in or importing into the State a redeemable beverage container unless the producer is registered with the Department of the Environment, pays a certain fee, and is part of a certain stewardship organization; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 02/07/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Internet Gaming - Authorization and Implementation [SB-603]
[Gaming ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Authorizing the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to issue certain licenses to certain video lottery operators and certain qualified applicants to conduct or participate in certain Internet gaming operations in the State; authorizing the Governor, on recommendation of the Commission, to enter into certain multijurisdictional Internet gaming agreements with certain other governments, subject to certain limitations; and submitting the Act to a referendum of the qualified voters of the State.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Watson
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2024