Telecommunications And Information Technology
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Elections - Ranked-Choice Voting in Contests for Presidential Nomination and Certification of Election-Supporting Technology [HB-215]
Authorizing the State Board of Elections, beginning with the 2028 statewide primary election, to use ranked-choice voting to conduct a contest for the nomination by a political party of a candidate for the office of President of the United States; requiring the State Board to adopt regulations for the review, certification, and decertification of election-supporting technology and to periodically review and evaluate election-supporting technology; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jennifer Terrasa
First Reading Ways And Means on 01/08/2025
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State Department of Education - Driver Education and Career and Technical Education - Funding (Driver Education and Career Education Act of 2025) [SB-161]
Requiring, for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2032, the Governor to include in the annual budget bill certain appropriations to the State Department of Education for the Coalition for Public Safety Training in Schools, Inc., in Prince George's County for certain purposes related to driver education and career and technical education; and requiring the Department to hire an independent contractor to conduct an annual evaluation of the impact of the funding provided by the Act on increasing the number of career-ready students.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Hearing 1/22 At 10:30 A.m. on 01/14/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Finance and Procurement - Local Cybersecurity Preparedness and Response Plan and Assessment - Repeal [HB-209]
Repealing a duplicative provision of law requiring each county government, local school system, and local health department, in consultation with the local emergency manager, to create or update a cybersecurity preparedness and response plan and complete a cybersecurity preparedness assessment in a manner and frequency established by the Department of Information Technology.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Referred Education, Energy, And The Environment on 02/21/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Department of Aging - Senior Call-Check and Social Connections Program [HB-158]
Renaming the Senior Call-Check Service and Notification Program to be the Senior Call-Check and Social Connections Program; providing the purpose of the program is to provide regular, direct communication from the Department of Aging or the Department's designee to an eligible participant to promote wellness and purposeful social engagement; authorizing the integration of services between the Program and Telecommunications Access of Maryland to promote awareness of the availability of accessible telecommunications equipment; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Referred Finance on 02/14/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Department of Information Technology - Maryland Digital Service - Establishment [SB-242]
Establishing the Maryland Digital Service within the Department of Information Technology to support improved service delivery to Maryland residents and agency staff through user-centered design, software development, and product management best practices; requiring the Service to assist units of State government to prioritize the development and procurement of user-friendly, accessible, and multilingual digital platforms to ensure that all Maryland residents can easily access and use government services and information; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Hearing Canceled on 01/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Finance and Procurement - Local Cybersecurity Preparedness and Response Plan and Assessment - Repeal [SB-239]
Repealing a duplicative provision of law requiring each county government, local school system, and local health department, in consultation with the local emergency manager, to create or update a cybersecurity preparedness and response plan and complete a cybersecurity preparedness assessment in a manner and frequency established by the Department of Information Technology.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Referred Health And Government Operations on 03/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Housing and Community Development - Homeless Shelter Certification Program - Establishment [HB-93]
Establishing a homeless shelter certification program in the Department of Housing and Community Development; requiring the Department to develop certain operational and building standards for homeless shelters and minimum standards for the protection of the rights of shelter residents; and requiring the operator of a homeless shelter to participate in a certain Homeless Management Information System.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Hearing 2/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/15/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Housing and Community Development - Homeless Shelter Certification Program - Establishment [SB-234]
Establishing a homeless shelter certification program in the Department of Housing and Community Development; requiring the Department to develop certain operational and building standards for homeless shelters and minimum standards for the protection of the rights of shelter residents; and requiring the operator of a homeless shelter to participate in a certain Homeless Management Information System.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Hearing Canceled on 01/15/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Environment - Plastic Products - Postconsumer Recycled Content Program [HB-69]
Prohibiting certain producers of certain plastic products from selling, offering for sale, or distributing the products to any person in the State unless certain conditions are met; requiring certain producers of certain plastic products to, individually or as part of a representative organization, register yearly, beginning March 1, 2026, and pay a registration fee annually beginning May 15, 2026, to the Department of the Environment; establishing minimum postconsumer recycled content percentage requirements for certain products; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
Hearing 2/14 At 1:30 P.m. (environment And Transportation) on 01/29/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Human Services - Maryland Assistive Technology Program - Establishment [HB-214]
Establishing the Maryland Assistive Technology Program in the Department of Disabilities; providing the purpose of the Program is to increase access to assistive technology services and devices for individuals with disabilities, support the State's efforts to provide assistive technology services and devices to persons with disabilities of all ages, including underrepresented populations, and ensure statewide access to assistive technology lending libraries; establishing the Assistive Technology Services Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Referred Finance on 02/21/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Correctional Facilities - Incarcerated Individuals - Costs of Telephone Communications [SB-56]
Prohibiting a State correctional facility and a telephone service provider from charging an incarcerated individual or a third party, for an incarcerated individual's use of telephone equipment or telephone services while in the facility; requiring a State correctional facility to pay any costs charged by a telephone service provider; and establishing the Costs of Telephone Communications Advisory Committee to review prison and jail phone call programs and report to the Governor and General Assembly by December 31, 2025.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher
First Reading Judicial Proceedings on 01/08/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Department of Assessments and Taxation and Department of General Services - Property Appraisal Aids - Geographic Images [HB-6]
Requiring the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to prepare, install, and maintain certain appraisal aids that consist of a database of statewide and local geographic images; requiring each county and Baltimore City to reimburse the State for 100% of costs of the data base less than $1,000,000 and 50% of the costs over $1,000,000; and requiring, by June 30, 2025, the Department to develop policies to protect the identity of any individual whose image is captured by oblique aerial photographic imagery.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kris Fair
Referred Budget And Taxation on 03/03/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
County Boards of Education - Student Cellular Device Use Policy - Established [SB-130]
Requiring each county board of education to develop and implement a policy that prohibits students from using a cellular device during instructional time during the school day; and prohibiting the policy from preventing a student from using a cellular device for any purpose documented in a student's individualized education program, to monitor or address a student's documented health issue, or for education purposes when directed by an educator or administrator.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Hearing Canceled on 01/23/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Department of Information Technology - Maryland Digital Service - Establishment [HB-221]
Establishing the Maryland Digital Service within the Department of Information Technology to support improved service delivery to Maryland residents and agency staff through user-centered design, software development, and product management best practices; requiring the Service to assist units of State government to prioritize the development and procurement of user-friendly, accessible, and multilingual digital platforms to ensure that all Maryland residents can easily access and use government services and information; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Referred Education, Energy, And The Environment on 02/21/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Department of Assessments and Taxation and Department of General Services - Property Appraisal Aids - Geographic Images [SB-143]
Requiring the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to prepare, install, and maintain certain appraisal aids that consist of a database of statewide and local geographic images; requiring the Department of General Services to procure for the State a certain uniform system needed for the installation and upkeep of the appraisal aids; and requiring each county and Baltimore City to reimburse the State for 100% of the costs of the database less than $1,000,000 and 50% of the costs over $1,000,000.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
First Reading Budget And Taxation on 01/08/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Data Center Impact Analysis and Report [SB-116]
Requiring the Department of the Environment, the Maryland Energy Administration, and the University of Maryland School of Business, in coordination with the Department of Legislative Services, to conduct an analysis of the likely environmental, energy, and economic impacts of data center development in the State; and requiring the Department of Legislative Services to coordinate preparation of the final report to be submitted to the Governor and the General Assembly by September 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Favorable With Amendments Report By Education, Energy, And The Environment on 03/13/2025
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Sales and Use Tax - Rate Reduction and Services [HB-1515]
Altering the definitions of "taxable price" and "taxable service" for the purposes of certain provisions of law governing the sales and use tax to impose the tax on certain labors and services; altering the rate of the sales and use tax; altering the percentage of gross receipts from vending machine sales and from certain sales of dyed diesel fuel to which the sales and use tax is applied; altering the rate of the sales and use tax applied to certain charges made in connection with sales of alcoholic beverages; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Moon
Hearing Canceled on 03/06/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Howard County Public Schools - Differences in Capital Budget Proposals - Report [SB-1132]
Requiring the Howard County Board of Education, under certain circumstances, to publish on the website of the Howard County public school system a report that details the differences between the Howard County Superintendent of Schools' proposed capital budget and the capital budget approved by the Howard County Board of Education and the detailed rationale for each difference; requiring the Howard County Board of Education to submit the report to the General Assembly; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Professional and Volunteer Firefighter Innovative Cancer Screening Technologies Program - Funding [HB-1472]
Authorizing the Governor, beginning in fiscal year 2025, to include at least $500,000 in the annual budget for the Professional and Volunteer Firefighter Innovative Cancer Screening Technologies Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 783 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Environment - Coal Combustion By-Products [SB-1122]
Requiring the owner or operator of a coal combustion by-products unit to submit certain reports and plans to the Department of the Environment and the Power Plant Research Program in the Department of Natural Resources on or before certain dates; requiring the owner or operator of a coal combustion by-products unit to conduct a drinking water survey by September 30, 2025, and submit a report of the survey to the Department of the Environment and the Power Plant Research Program by December 31, 2025; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/09/2024