Telecommunications And Information Technology
Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Financial Institutions - Third-Party Service Providers - Examinations [HB-250]
[Finance ]
[Insurance ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing the Commissioner of Financial Regulation to examine a third-party service provider as to services and activities performed on behalf of an entity licensed or chartered by the Office of Financial Regulation; requiring the Commissioner to notify a certain licensed person of any examination of any third-party service provider who performs activities relating to financial services on behalf of the licensed person; authorizing the Commissioner to accept the results of an examination by certain entities; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 422 on 05/09/2024
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County Boards of Education - Bid Advertisement Threshold and Electronic Posting of Hearing Notices and Bid Advertisements [SB-170]
[Education ]
[Construction ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Requiring county boards of education to post certain hearing notices and bid advertisements on the websites of certain local school systems; increasing the threshold amount of costs of school buildings, improvements, supplies, and equipment that require county boards to advertise for bids from $25,000 to $100,000; and updating the reference to the State's centralized procurement platform on which county boards may advertise for bids for school buildings, improvements, supplies, or equipment.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jason Gallion
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 275 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Election Law - Election Costs and Administration [SB-129]
[Elections ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requiring that each member of the State Board of Elections receive a stipend as provided in the State budget; requiring the State Administrator of Elections or the procurement officer for the State Board to disclose requests for proposals, invitations for bids, and proposed procurement contracts to the State Board; establishing requirements for invoices for payment sent by the State Board to a local board of elections and payments by a local board to the State Board; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Hearing Canceled on 02/28/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Interstate Social Work Licensure Compact [HB-34]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Services ]
Entering into the Social Work Licensure Compact for the purpose of authorizing regulated social workers who hold interstate compact licenses to practice social work in member states; establishing requirements for multistate licensure; establishing the Social Work Licensure Compact Commission; and providing for withdrawal from the Compact.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Referred Finance on 02/26/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Submerged Aquatic Vegetation - Alteration or Removal Requirements [HB-109]
[Environmental ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Water ]
Authorizing certain persons to alter certain submerged aquatic vegetation in a certain manner and in accordance with certain requirements; authorizing a public utility company or telecommunications carrier to alter certain submerged aquatic vegetation in a certain manner and in accordance with certain requirements; and altering certain requirements related to the alteration or removal of certain submerged aquatic vegetation.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 83 on 04/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Charles County Board of Education - Vacancy Procedures - Timing and Video Streaming and Archiving [HB-151]
[Education ]
[Elections ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring the Charles County Board of Education to fill a vacancy on the county board within 90 days after the vacancy occurs; authorizing the Board to choose not to fill a vacancy that occurs in an election year for a seat that is vacant; and requiring the county board to make publicly available through its website live video streaming and complete video recordings of public meetings during which the county board conducts interviews of applicants for a vacancy on the county board.
Sponsored by: Rep. Edith Patterson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 162 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Education - Maryland STEM Program - Established [HB-213]
[Education ]
[Science ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Funding ]
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: Rep. Dalya Attar
Hearing 1/31 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Election Law - Postelection Tabulation Audits - Risk-Limiting Audits [HB-40]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
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: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Referred Education, Energy, And The Environment on 02/23/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Expungement - Vendor Contracts [SB-11]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
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 any vendor contracts being negotiated at a certain time.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill Carter
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 940 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Energy Administration - Carbon Capture Opportunity Program - Establishment [HB-155]
[Energy ]
[Climate Change ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Environmental ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Small Business ]
Establishing the Carbon Capture Opportunity Program in the Maryland Energy Administration to assist nonprofit and for-profit businesses in the State engaged in carbon capture projects or carbon capture research; and requiring the Administration to use existing resources to administer the Program, establish application procedures, provide technical assistance to participating businesses, assist participants in applying for federal and private grant funding, and publicize the availability of the Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jazz Lewis
Referred Education, Energy, And The Environment on 03/14/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Government - Information Technology - Major Information Technology Development Projects [HB-227]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Altering the definitions of "information technology" and "major information technology development project" for the purpose of certain provisions of law governing information processing and security; requiring a unit of State government to submit certain information to the Secretary of Information Technology relating to a major information technology development project; altering certain responsibilities of the Secretary relating to major information technology development projects; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Referred Education, Energy, And The Environment on 02/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Interstate Social Work Licensure Compact [SB-204]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Mental Health ]
[Human Services ]
Entering into the Social Work Licensure Compact for the purpose of authorizing regulated social workers who hold interstate compact licenses to practice social work in member states; establishing requirements for multistate licensure; establishing the Social Work Licensure Compact Commission; and providing for withdrawal from the Compact.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/24/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Information Technology - Modernize Maryland Oversight Commission - Membership, Responsibilities, and Staffing [SB-247]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
Altering the membership and responsibilities of the Modernize Maryland Oversight Commission; and requiring the Department of Information Technology to provide staff for the Commission.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Hearing Canceled on 01/29/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Submerged Aquatic Vegetation - Alteration or Removal Requirements [SB-281]
[Environmental ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Water ]
Authorizing certain persons to alter certain submerged aquatic vegetation in a certain manner and in accordance with certain requirements; authorizing a public utility company or telecommunications carrier to alter certain submerged aquatic vegetation in a certain manner and in accordance with certain requirements; and altering certain requirements related to the alteration or removal of certain submerged aquatic vegetation.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 84 on 04/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Public Health - Healthy Maryland Program - Establishment [HB-184]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
Establishing the Healthy Maryland Program as a public corporation and a unit of State government to provide comprehensive universal single-payer health care services for residents of the State by January 1, 2026; establishing requirements and prohibitions related to Healthy Maryland, including provisions regarding eligibility, participation by and payments to health care providers, benefits, payroll premiums, funding, and collective negotiations with health care providers; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gabriel Acevero
Hearing 3/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
More Opportunities for Career–Focused Students Act of 2024 [SB-33]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring each public high school to inform students of certain employment and skills training opportunities in the same manner the school informs students of postsecondary educational options; requiring, when informing certain students about certain career opportunities, each public high school to highlight opportunities in high-skilled careers that do not require completion of a college degree and are in high demand; and requiring a county board to assist public high schools in completing the requirements of the Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 281 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Government - Information Technology - Major Information Technology Development Projects [SB-294]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Altering the definitions of "information technology" and "major information technology development project" for the purpose of certain provisions of law governing information processing and security; requiring a unit of State government to submit certain information to the Secretary of Information Technology relating to a major information technology development project; altering certain responsibilities of the Secretary relating to major information technology development projects; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Hearing Canceled on 01/15/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Election Law - Campaign Finance - Draft Committees and Exploratory Committees [SB-16]
[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: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Hearing Canceled on 03/19/2024
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Primary and Secondary Education - Virtual Education - Requirements [HB-1297]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Requiring a teacher preparation program to include certain training related to teaching in a virtual learning environment as a component of instruction; providing that a county board of education may authorize a county superintendent of schools to provide virtual education to students instead of closing the public schools because of severe weather conditions; requiring the Department, by September 1, 2023, to establish a statewide universal learning management system for all public schools in the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Ebersole
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/28/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Economic Development - Success Assurance Model and Fund - Establishment [SB-969]
[Economic Development ]
[Small Business ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Establishing the Success Assurance Model in the Department of Commerce to provide comprehensive and targeted business services to small businesses through professional services entities; establishing the Success Assurance Fund to award grants to certain coordinating services providers, which shall be disbursed as payment to professional services entities selected to provide business services; requiring in fiscal year 2025, the Governor to include $4,000,000 for the Fund in the annual budget bill; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/28/2023