Telecommunications And Information Technology
Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Economic Development - Entrepreneurial Innovation Programs - Establishment (Pava LaPere Legacy of Innovation Act of 2024) [HB-582]
Establishing the Pava LaPere Innovation Acceleration Grant Program in the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to provide grants to technology-based start-up companies founded by students from institutions located in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson Metropolitan Statistical Area; establishing the Baltimore Innovation Initiative Pilot Program within the Maryland Innovation Initiative of the Corporation; requiring certain appropriations for the programs to be included in the annual budget bill in certain fiscal years; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 710 on 05/16/2024
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Election Law - Postelection Procedures [SB-494]
Altering the records and documents that a board of canvassers is required to investigate under certain circumstances; altering the responsibilities of the State Administrator, the State Board of Elections, and the Board of State Canvassers regarding the certification of election results; authorizing the members of the Board of State Canvassers to appoint certain designees to serve on the Board of State Canvassers; and altering the responsibilities of the Governor regarding election results.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/16/2024
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Criminal Procedure - Expungement - Vendor Contracts [HB-550]
Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to include system upgrades required to allow for automated expungement of charges and partial expungement of charges in certain vendor contracts.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Third Reading Passed (132-2) on 03/18/2024
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Maryland Online Data Privacy Act of 2024 [SB-541]
Regulating the manner in which a controller or a processor in possession of a consumer's personal data may process the consumer's personal data; authorizing a consumer to exercise certain rights in regards to the consumer's personal data; requiring a controller of personal data to establish a method for a consumer to exercise certain rights in regards to the consumer's personal data; requiring a controller to comply with a consumer's request to exercise a certain right in a certain manner, except under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 455 on 05/09/2024
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Public Schools - Student Telehealth Appointments - State Guidelines, Policies, and Access [HB-522]
Requiring, by December 31, 2024, the State Department of Education and the Maryland Department of Health jointly to adopt certain State guidelines for school health services regarding student access to telehealth appointments during the school day on the premises of public middle and high schools in the State; and requiring each county board of education to adopt and implement a certain student telehealth policy before the start of the 2025-2026 school year.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Ebersole
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 195 on 04/25/2024
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Vehicle Laws - Automated Enforcement Citations and Notices - Mailing Addresses [HB-552]
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: Rep. Regina Boyce
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 586 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Public Schools - Student Telehealth Appointments - State Guidelines, Policies, and Access [SB-492]
Requiring the State Department of Education and the Maryland Department of Health jointly to adopt certain State guidelines for school health services regarding student access to telehealth appointments during the school day in public middle and high schools in the State; and requiring each county board of education to establish a certain student telehealth policy.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Rereferred To Ways And Means on 04/05/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Consumer Protection - Online Products and Services - Data of Children (Maryland Kids Code) [HB-603]
Requiring a certain entity that offers an online product reasonably likely to be accessed by children to complete a certain data protection impact assessment by April 1, 2026, under certain circumstances; requiring certain privacy protections for certain online products; prohibiting certain data collection and sharing practices; authorizing certain monitoring practices to allow a child's parent or guardian to monitor the child's online activity or location without providing an obvious signal to the child; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 461 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Election Law - Postelection Tabulation Audits - Risk-Limiting Audits [SB-523]
Requiring the State Board of Elections, in collaboration with the local boards of elections, to conduct a risk-limiting audit after each statewide election; authorizing the State Board, in collaboration with the local boards, to conduct a risk-limiting audit after a special general election; authorizing, rather than requiring, the State Board, in collaboration with the local boards, to conduct an automated software audit after a statewide election; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Washington
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Transportation Authority - Video Tolls (Maryland Toll Relief and Accountability Act) [HB-551]
Requiring the Office of Legislative Audits to perform a performance audit of the Maryland Transportation Authority's toll operations; increasing the number of days within which a person alleged to be liable for a video toll must pay the toll; prohibiting the imposition of a late payment fee for a video toll that exceeds 500% of the video toll; requiring the Authority to offer an installment payment plan to certain persons alleged to be liable for payment of unpaid video tolls and any associated civil penalties; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shaneka Henson
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/07/2024
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Grant Applications and Reporting - Maryland Efficient Grant Application Council - Alterations [SB-459]
Altering the composition of the Maryland Efficient Grant Application Council by removing the Director of the Governor's Grants Office or the Director's designee and adding the Comptroller or the Comptroller's designee; requiring the Council to study and make recommendations to the Department of Budget and Management regarding the creation of a State Grants Ombudsperson; altering certain reporting requirements; and extending the termination date of the Council to June 30, 2029.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 29 on 04/09/2024
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Election Law - Postelection Procedures [HB-471]
Altering the records and documents that a board of canvassers is required to investigate under certain circumstances; altering the responsibilities of the State Administrator, the State Board of Elections, and the Board of State Canvassers regarding the certification of election results; authorizing the members of the Board of State Canvassers to appoint certain designees to serve on the Board of State Canvassers; and altering the responsibilities of the Governor regarding election results.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kris Fair
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 353 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland Department of Health - 2-1-1 Maryland - Oversight [SB-445]
Defining the term "Health and Human Services Referral System" for the purposes of certain provisions of law governing the System to mean a certain coordinated system for health and human service resources that is accessible to State residents, rather than a certain telephone service; repealing the requirement that the Maryland Department of Health evaluate the performance of certain call centers and make certain recommendations regarding the quality of service provided by call centers and corrective action to be taken by a call center; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Craig Zucker
Third Reading Passed (46-0) on 04/08/2024
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Comptroller - Electronic Tax and Fee Return Filing Requirements [HB-455]
Requiring, for periods beginning after December 31, 2026, 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 certain 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 729 on 05/16/2024
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Governor's Office for Children - Engaging Neighborhoods, Organizations, Unions, Governments, and Households (ENOUGH) Grant Program (ENOUGH Act of 2024) [SB-482]
Establishing the Governor's Office for Children and the Special Secretary of the Governor's Office for Children as the head of the Office; requiring the Special Secretary to chair the Children's Cabinet; requiring the Office to staff the Children's Cabinet; requiring the Children's Cabinet to meet not less than four times each year; requiring the Accountability and Implementation Board, in consultation with certain departments, to submit a certain recommendation to the General Assembly by December 1, 2025; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 408 on 05/09/2024
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Economic Development - Entrepreneurial Innovation Programs - Establishment (Pava LaPere Legacy of Innovation Act of 2024) [SB-473]
Establishing the Pava LaPere Innovation Acceleration Grant Program in the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to provide grants to technology-based startup companies that are founded by students of postsecondary institutions located in and have their principle places of business in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson Metropolitan Statistical Area; establishing the Baltimore Innovation Initiative Pilot Program within the Maryland Innovation Initiative of the Corporation to provide incentives for and grow certain start-up companies; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Ferguson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 711 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Education - Maryland STEM Program - Established [SB-426]
Establishing the Maryland STEM Program in the State Department of Education to provide additional compensation to educators who teach STEM classes at nonpublic schools; authorizing nonpublic schools to apply for the Program and requiring participating nonpublic schools to report certain information to the Department each year; requiring public schools to inform current and retired teachers about the Program and to submit a list of interested teachers to the superintendent of the local school system each year; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher
Hearing Canceled (education, Energy, And The Environment) on 01/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Department of Transportation and Maryland Transportation Authority - Utilities Installation - Data Submission [SB-401]
Requiring a utility owner to submit to the Department of Transportation and the Maryland Transportation Authority, within 60 days after completion, certain information pertaining to the installation or relocation of facilities, infrastructure, or appurtenances associated with a utility service within or on certain property; and authorizing the Department or the Authority to take certain actions if a utility owner does not comply with the requirements of the Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/26/2024
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State and Local Parks - Play Area Accessibility - Recreation Communication Boards Pilot Program [HB-420]
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources and local governing bodies to construct communication boards in certain newly constructed public play areas; defining "communication board" as a device that displays photos, symbols, or illustrations to enable individuals with limited language skills to communicate; establishing the Maryland Recreation Communication Boards Pilot Program, subject to funding, to improve play area accessibility by covering the cost of purchasing and installing communication boards at State and local parks; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 568 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2024 [HB-352]
Altering or repealing certain required appropriations; authorizing the use of certain funds for certain purposes; altering the funding formula for community colleges and the State aid program for private nonprofit institutions of higher education; authorizing or altering the distribution of certain revenue; requiring interest earnings for certain special funds to accrue to the General Fund of the State for fiscal years 2024 through 2028; authorizing the transfer of certain funds; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing Canceled on 02/27/2024