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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Real Property - Cooperative Housing Corporations, Condominiums, and Homeowners Associations - Virtual Meetings [HB-705]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring a person conducting a meeting of a cooperative housing corporation, condominium, or homeowners association by telephone conference, video conference, or similar electronic means to provide a participant a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting; requiring certain participants in a meeting of a cooperative housing corporation, condominium, or homeowners association to have equal access to any available chat function; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jennifer Terrasa
Hearing 3/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/13/2024
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Horse Racing - Satellite Simulcast Betting - Alterations [SB-627]
[Gaming ]
[Sports ]
Transferring the regulation of satellite simulcast betting facilities in the State from the State Racing Commission to the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency; altering the definition of "satellite simulcast betting", for purposes of provisions of law governing satellite simulcast betting and permit to hold satellite simulcast betting, to authorize pari-mutuel betting at a satellite simulcast facility in the State on a race that is simulcast from a sending track located in certain states; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Juvenile Law - Police Record Concerning a Child - Confidentiality Exception [HB-703]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Data Privacy ]
Authorizing the public disclosure by the Office of the Attorney General of the name and age of a child injured or killed in a police-involved incident as well as photographic or other visual depictions or descriptions of a police-involved incident resulting in the death or injury of a child, subject to the express consent of the child's parent or guardian.
Sponsored by: Rep. Elizabeth Embry
Hearing Canceled on 02/01/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Information Technology - Prohibited Applications and Websites [HB-617]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting certain employees, agents, or entities on any information technology owned or leased by a unit of State government from downloading or using any application, including TikTok or WeChat, or access any website developed by ByteDance Ltd. or Tencent Holdings Ltd.; requiring by December 31, 2024, the Department of Budget and Management, in collaboration with the Department of Information Technology, to prepare certain guidance for units of State government regarding access to certain applications and websites; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Rachel Munoz
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/26/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Consumer Protection – Online Products and Services – Data of Children (Maryland Kids Code) [SB-571]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring a covered entity that offers an online product reasonably likely to be accessed by children to complete a certain data protection impact assessment on or before 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: Sen. Chris West
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 460 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Social Media Platforms - Vloggers and Video Content Featuring Minors [HB-645]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Human Rights ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring a vlogger who creates video content that is posted on a social media platform and features a certain minor child to compensate the child under certain circumstances; establishing requirements on social media platforms relating to deleting video content featuring minor children; applying certain requirements related to the labor of minors to children compensated by vloggers; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Ebersole
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Consumer Protection - Online Products and Services - Data of Children (Maryland Kids Code) [HB-603]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
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
Maryland Transportation Authority - Video Tolls (Maryland Toll Relief and Accountability Act) [HB-551]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Taxes ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Safety ]
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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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Incarcerated Seniors - Motion to Reduce the Duration of a Sentence [SB-389]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Crime ]
Authorizing an individual who is at least 60 years old and has been imprisoned for at least 20 years to file a motion to reduce the duration of the individual's sentence; requiring the court to conduct a hearing on a motion to reduce the duration of a sentence, unless the court has held a hearing on a similar motion in the preceding 5 years; and requiring a court to consider certain factors in determining whether to grant a motion to reduce the duration of a sentence and to issue its decision in writing or on the record in open court.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Carozza
Hearing Canceled on 01/30/2024
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Prince George's County - Stop Sign Monitoring Systems - Authorization PG 301-24 [HB-364]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Children and Youth ]
Authorizing the use of stop sign monitoring systems in school zones in Prince George's County, if authorized by local law; providing that the owner or driver of a motor vehicle recorded failing to obey a stop sign is subject to a citation and a certain civil penalty under certain circumstances; establishing certain defenses to a charge of an alleged violation recorded by a stop sign monitoring system; requiring the Prince George's County Department of Public Works and Transportation to make a certain report by December 1, 2025; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 678 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Transportation - Vision Zero - Implementation [HB-344]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing certain standards and requirements for implementing the Vision Zero program under the Maryland Department of Transportation; requiring the Department to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 31 each year on the status of Vision Zero, the activities, findings, and recommendations of the Vision Zero coordinator, and certain meetings held in the previous year; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
Rereferred To Judicial Proceedings on 04/05/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Transportation - Vision Zero - Implementation [SB-345]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing certain standards and requirements for implementing the Vision Zero program under the Maryland Department of Transportation.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 603 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Wiretap and Electronic Surveillance Reform Workgroup [SB-313]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
Establishing the Maryland Wiretap and Electronic Surveillance Reform Workgroup to study the effectiveness of Maryland's wiretapping and electronic surveillance laws, examine current technologies, and examine ways to make certain audio and visual recordings more available; and requiring the Workgroup to report its final findings and recommendations regarding revisions to Maryland's wiretapping and electronic surveillance laws to the Governor and General Assembly on or before December 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Folden
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/05/2024
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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
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
Criminal Procedure - Petition to Reduce Sentence [SB-123]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing an individual who is serving a term of confinement to petition a court to reduce the sentence under certain circumstances; limiting the number of petitions that an individual may file to two; and establishing procedures for a proceeding under the Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill Carter
Second Reading Passed With Amendments on 04/04/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Juvenile Law - Custodial Interrogation - Parental Consultation [SB-120]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing a child to consult with the child's parent, guardian, or custodian instead of an attorney before a law enforcement officer may conduct a custodial interrogation of the child.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Carozza
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/15/2024
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Hospitals - Care of Infants After Discharge (Safe Sleep Act of 2024) [HB-177]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring a hospital, as soon as practicable before discharging an infant after the birth of the infant, to provide oral and written resources to the parent or legal guardian; requiring a hospital, before discharging an infant, to ask the parent or legal guardian to describe the sleep environment that will be provided at home; requiring, by January 1, 2025, each hospital to establish a process for providing resources and information about safe sleep environments to parents and legal guardians of infants; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 880 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Child Pornography - Prohibitions and Penalties [SB-65]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a person from possessing more than 100 images of certain child pornography or possessing images of certain child pornography depicting a minor or an individual indistinguishable from an actual minor younger than 13 years of age; providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 10 years; and providing that a sentence under the Act may be separate from and consecutive to or concurrent with a sentence imposed for certain other crimes.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Hearing Canceled on 03/28/2024
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Public Schools - Sexually Explicit Materials - Prohibited in Libraries and Media Centers [HB-25]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Libraries ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting sexually explicit materials in elementary, middle, and secondary public school libraries and media centers; defining sexually explicit materials as books and auditory and visual material that contain graphic or obscene depictions of sexual activity that are not age appropriate or used as part of the approved instructional materials for instruction on family life and human sexuality; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nino Mangione
Unfavorable Report By Ways And Means on 02/19/2024