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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Noise Abatement Monitoring Systems - Pilot Program [HB-212]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Establishing a pilot program to authorize the use of noise abatement monitoring systems in Montgomery County and Prince George's County to enforce certain motor vehicle noise requirements; requiring a county, before activating a noise abatement monitoring system, to publish notice of the locations of the systems on its website; requiring a county that authorizes a noise abatement monitoring program to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2025, on the implementation and costs of the program and revenues collected; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 624 on 05/09/2024
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Vehicle Laws - Noise Abatement Monitoring Systems - Pilot Program [SB-155]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
Establishing a pilot program to authorize the use of noise abatement monitoring systems in Montgomery County and Prince George's County to enforce certain motor vehicle noise requirements; requiring a county that authorizes a program of noise abatement monitoring systems to report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2025, on the effectiveness, performance, appropriate locations, costs and revenues, and citations issued in relation to the program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo T. Washington
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 625 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Center for School Safety - Firearm Detection Platforms - Evaluation (Maryland Firearm Detection Platform Act) [SB-127]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Public Safety ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the Maryland Center for School Safety, in collaboration with in collaboration with public safety agencies, the State Department of Education, local school systems, the University System of Maryland, and other public institutions of higher education in the State, to conduct an evaluation of firearm detection platforms; and authorizing funds from the Safe Schools Fund to be used to assist local school systems in the procurement and maintenance of firearm detection platforms.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Anthony Muse
Hearing Canceled (education, Energy, And The Environment) on 01/17/2024
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Film Office - Entertainment and Film Funding Grant Program - Establishment [SB-907]
[Film Production ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Entertainment and Film Funding Grant Program within the Maryland Film Office to provide grants to qualifying production entities to assist with the production costs of entertainment and film projects in the State; prohibiting any grant awarded under the Program from exceeding $200,000 for one project; and authorizing the Governor to include an appropriation in the annual budget bill of $5,000,000 to the Office to award grants for the Program in fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter.
Sponsored by: Sen. Johnny Ray Salling
Referred Ways And Means Appropriations on 03/21/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Child Pornography - Prohibitions [SB-899]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting an individual from intentionally retaining 100 or more visual representations of child pornography or child pornography that depicts an individual who is or is indistinguishable from a minor under the age of 5 years.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Dulany James
Hearing Canceled on 03/20/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Public Safety - Safe Neighborhoods Pilot Program [HB-1045]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services to establish a Safe Neighborhoods Pilot Program to provide doorbell cameras or security systems with doorbell cameras to residents of high-crime areas; requiring the Office to report to the General Assembly by December 31, 2025, regarding the usefulness and viability of the Program based on a cost-benefit analysis; and requiring the Governor to include $5,000,000 in the annual budget bill in fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter for the Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank M Conaway
Hearing 3/09 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Noise Abatement Monitoring Systems - Authorization, Use, and Penalties [HB-1130]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing a local government to use noise abatement monitoring systems, if authorized by local law; providing that the owner or driver of a motor vehicle recorded in violation of certain motor vehicle noise requirements 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 noise abatement monitoring system; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Julie Palakovich Carr
Hearing 3/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Products That Contain Mercury - Fluorescent Lamps - Prohibition [HB-1021]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Prohibiting, on or after January 1, 2024, a person from selling or distributing as a new manufactured product a screw- or bayonet-base type compact fluorescent lamp in the State; and prohibiting, on or after January 1, 2025, a person from selling or distributing as a new manufactured product a pin-base type compact fluorescent lamp or a linear fluorescent lamp in the State.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jennifer Terrasa
First Reading Economic Matters on 02/10/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Public Schools - Curriculum and Instructional Materials [HB-1202]
[Education ]
Requiring the posting of curriculum and instructional materials used at public schools on the public school's website; and establishing requirements for the production and inspection of certain instructional materials referenced in certain curriculum.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven J. Arentz
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Solid Waste Disposal and Diversion and On-Farm Composting and Compost Use [HB-1139]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Environmental ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Agriculture ]
Establishing the On-Farm Composting and Compost Use Grant Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; establishing a statewide solid waste disposal surcharge to be collected by owners and operators of refuse disposal systems and requiring that the surcharge revenue be remitted on a quarterly basis beginning April 1, 2024, to the Comptroller; establishing the Waste Reduction Grants Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; authorizing the Department of the Environment to approve a certain local solid waste disposal surcharge program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Regina T. Boyce
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 04/10/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
State Procurement – Minority Business Enterprise Program – Extension and Reports [HB-809]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Altering to July 1, 2025, the termination date for certain provisions of law governing the Minority Business Enterprise Program and its application to offshore wind projects and video lottery terminals; and altering the date by which certain reports, studies, and guidelines must be submitted.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 137 on 04/24/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Garrett County - Board of County Commissioners - Meetings [HB-671]
[Community Development ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Requiring the Board of County Commissioners for Garrett County to meet at least twice a month; authorizing the Board to hold public meetings in person or through live video streaming; and prohibiting the Board from meeting solely through live video streaming for more than two consecutive meetings without a formal declaration of a state of emergency.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jim Hinebaugh
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 473 on 05/08/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Garrett County - Board of County Commissioners - Meetings [SB-524]
[Community Development ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Requiring the Board of County Commissioners for Garrett County to meet at least twice a month; authorizing the Board to hold public meetings in person or through live video streaming; and prohibiting the Board from meeting solely through live video streaming for more than two consecutive meetings without a formal declaration of a state of emergency.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 474 on 05/08/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Transportation – Maryland Rail Authority – Establishment (Maryland Rail Investment Act of 2023) [SB-412]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Establishing the Maryland Rail Authority and the powers and duties that the Rail Authority, acting on behalf of the Department of Transportation, has with respect to the supervision, financing, construction, operation, maintenance, and repair of railroad facilities projects; altering the membership of the Maryland Transportation Authority to include the Executive Director of the Rail Authority; prohibiting the Transportation Authority from passing a budget plan that exceeds $2,800,000,000; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
First Reading Finance And Budget And Taxation on 02/01/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
State Procurement - Minority Business Enterprise Program - Extension and Reports [SB-334]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
[Energy ]
[Gaming ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Altering to July 1, 2025, the termination date for certain provisions of law governing the Minority Business Enterprise Program and its application to offshore wind projects and video lottery terminals; and altering the date by which certain reports, studies, and guidelines must be submitted.
Sponsored by: Sen. Antonio Hayes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 138 on 04/24/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Stop Sign Monitoring Systems - Authorization [HB-367]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Authorizing a local jurisdiction to use a stop sign monitoring system if authorized by local law and if the local jurisdiction conducts certain public engagement and performs certain actions; prohibiting a civil penalty for a violation recorded by a stop sign monitoring system from exceeding certain amounts, based on the annual income of the owner or driver of the vehicle; providing for the distribution of revenue collected by the District Court and local jurisdictions for violations recorded by stop sign monitoring systems; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/06/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Traffic Control Device Monitoring Systems - Authorization [HB-353]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing the use of traffic control device monitoring systems, devices designed to capture a recorded image of a violation, by State and local agencies, if authorized by local law; providing that the owner or driver of a motor vehicle recorded failing to obey a traffic control device is subject, under certain circumstances, to a citation and civil penalty not exceeding $40; establishing certain defenses to a charge of an alleged violation recorded by a traffic control device monitoring system; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/06/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Baltimore County - School Board Nominating Commission - Vacancy Procedures [HB-348]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the Baltimore County School Board Nominating Commission to hold a public hearing on the selection of a nominee for a single vacancy on the Baltimore County Board of Education in a certain manner under certain circumstances; requiring the Commission to make publicly available on its website live video streaming of certain public hearings and certain archived video recordings; and authorizing the Commission to retain and reactivate the applications of certain candidates for certain vacancies on the county board.
Sponsored by: Rep. Catherine M. Forbes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 787 on 05/16/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Consumer Protection – Social Media Regulation and Safety for Children [HB-254]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
Regulating children's social media accounts on large social media platforms in the State; requiring large social media platforms to identify all public social media accounts created or operated by unauthorized minors and delete all associated user data; penalizing a large social media platform that violates the Act with a fine of $100,000 per violation to be deposited in the Digital Citizenship Fund; providing the purpose of the Fund is to assist county boards of education with investing in digital citizenship programs; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar P Barve
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. (economic Matters) on 02/01/2023
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Real Property - Cooperative Housing Corporations, Condominiums, and Homeowners Associations - Virtual Meetings [HB-331]
[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. Terri Hill
Hearing 3/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/22/2023