Telecommunications And Information Technology
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Education - Student Personal Electronic Device Use Policy - Required [SB-130]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring the State Department of Education, in collaboration with stakeholders, to develop guidelines for a policy on student use of personal electronic devices during school hours; requiring county boards of education, in consultation with students, parents, teachers, and school personnel, to develop and adopt a policy that limits students from using personal electronic devices except for purposes of a student's individualized education program, to monitor a student's health issue, or when directed for educational purposes; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Third Reading Passed (140-0) on 04/07/2025
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Department of Information Technology - Maryland Digital Service - Establishment [HB-221]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
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]
[Taxes ]
[Real Estate ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Property Tax ]
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]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Energy ]
[Economic Development ]
[Environmental ]
[Data Privacy ]
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
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/16/2025
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Sales and Use Tax - Rate Reduction and Services [HB-1515]
[Taxes ]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
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]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
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]
[Healthcare ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Public Health ]
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]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
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
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Enoch Pratt Free Library - Capital Project Funding [HB-1463]
[Libraries ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Construction ]
[Community Development ]
Repealing the requirement that Baltimore City must provide a 25% match to receive State funds for certain operating expenses of the Enoch Pratt Free Library; requiring an appropriation of $10,000,000 to fund aging infrastructure construction and capital improvement expenses in excess of $1,000,000 for all branches of the Enoch Pratt Free Library in fiscal years 2025 and 2026; and requiring the Board of Trustees of the Enoch Pratt Free Library to demonstrate a 10% match for each dollar of State funds granted.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Edelson
Rereferred To Appropriations on 03/11/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Public Prekindergarten and Child Care Providers - Waiver Action Plan and Assistance Hubs [HB-1455]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
Requiring a county board of education that requests a certain waiver for publicly funded full-day prekindergarten to develop and submit a certain action plan to certain government entities; requiring the State Department of Education, in collaboration with the Accountability and Implementation Board, to establish certain assistance hubs throughout the State to support child care providers and coordinate partnerships within the State's mixed delivery system; establishing the Child Care Provider Hub Advisory Committee; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Solomon
Hearing Canceled on 02/13/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Education - School Employee Antibias Training - Requirements [HB-1386]
[Education ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requiring the State Department of Education to develop guidelines for an antibias training program for school employees; requiring each county board of education to offer training based on the guidelines; requiring each county board, every other year, to provide antibias training to each public school employee whose job duties include frequent interaction with students; requiring that antibias training be job-embedded, paid professional development training that is provided during nonteaching time; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Edith Patterson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 128 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Calvert County - Board of Education - Civil Rights Data Collection and Reporting [HB-1380]
[Education ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the Calvert County Board of Education to collect and update the data required for the federal Civil Rights Data Collection survey each year, collect certain other incident data from each public school and each school bus in the county, and submit a certain report to the Calvert County Delegation on or before February 26 each year; and requiring the county board to submit a certain report to the Calvert County Commissioners and to post certain information on the county board's website.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Fisher
Hearing Canceled on 02/13/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Obscene Material - Device Filters [HB-1311]
[Crime ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring, beginning January 1, 2025, all devices activated in the State to enable a certain filter to prevent minors from accessing obscene material; prohibiting a certain person from deactivating the filter; providing that a manufacturer of a device and certain persons are subject to civil and criminal liability for certain conduct related to device filters; authorizing the Attorney General to take certain actions against persons who violate the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan McComas
First Reading Economic Matters on 02/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Correctional Facilities – Incarcerated Individuals – Costs of Telephone Communications [HB-1366]
[Telecommunications ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
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: Rep. Nicole Williams
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Electric System Planning - Scope and Funding [HB-1393]
[Energy ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the scope of certain policy goals with regard to energy systems; requiring the Public Service Commission to report on certain projects relating to certain goals; altering the scope of certain funds that may be used for certain projects; requiring the Commission to adopt regulations to require investment in certain demand-side reliability and efficiency improvement methods; requiring that certain regulations adopted and orders issued by the Commission by December 31, 2025, be developed in a certain manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brian Crosby
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 540 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Howard County Public Schools - Differences in Capital Budget Proposals - Report Ho. Co. 16-24 [HB-1440]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
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: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 261 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Cybersecurity - Office of People's Counsel, Public Service Companies, Public Service Commission, and Maryland Cybersecurity Council [HB-1420]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Energy ]
[Telecommunications ]
Authorizing the Office of People's Counsel to retain or hire experts in the field of cybersecurity; requiring certain public service companies to engage with a third party to conduct an assessment that analyzes certain critical software; requiring certain regulations adopted by the Public Service Commission to include cyber resilience; and defining "critical infrastructure" for certain provisions relating to the Maryland Cybersecurity Council.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Hearing 3/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/22/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Internet Gaming - Authorization and Implementation [HB-1319]
[Gaming ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Authorizing the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to issue certain licenses to 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; providing that certain payments to certain former video lottery employees may not be subtracted from the calculation of a certain benefit; submitting the Act to a referendum; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary
Hearing 3/26 At 12:00 P.m. on 03/21/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Education - Artificial Intelligence - Study and Regulations [HB-1297]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Cybersecurity ]
Requiring the State Department of Education to conduct a comprehensive study of the potential use of artificial intelligence in public schools; requiring the study to evaluate best practices for the safe, responsible, and ethical uses of artificial intelligence, including practices that protect the personal information of students and school personnel; and requiring the Department to report the results of the study to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2024, and to adopt regulations based on the study by June 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Caylin Young
Third Reading Passed (133-6) on 03/18/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
School Leadership Training Program - Alterations [HB-1287]
[Education ]
Altering the school leadership training program developed by the State Department of Education and the Accountability and Implementation Board to require that the State Superintendent, county superintendents, and the chair and vice chair of the State Board, a county board, and the Accountability and Implementation Board complete the training; combining two leadership trainings into a single training; and providing for the content of the school leadership training.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle Wilkins
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 127 on 04/25/2024