Transportation - Vision Zero - Implementation [HB-344]
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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.
HB-344: Transportation - Vision Zero - Implementation
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
Rereferred To Judicial Proceedings on 04/05/2024
Election Law - Recounts - Procedures [HB-371]
Requiring a petitioner for a recount to select the method for conducting the recount; limiting the methods from which the selection must be made; and requiring a local board of elections to preserve and store certain voter-verifiable paper records and conduct a recount in a certain manner.
HB-371: Election Law - Recounts - Procedures
Sponsored by: Rep. Brooke Grossman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 220 on 04/25/2024
Election Law - Election Disinformation and Improper Influence Related to Voting [HB-333]
Requiring the State Board of Elections to maintain a portal on the State Board's website that the public may use to report election misinformation and election disinformation; requiring the State Board to conduct a periodic review of material submitted by the public through the portal and, to the extent necessary, issue corrective information or refer submissions to the State Prosecutor; and defining "influence" for purposes of certain provisions of law prohibiting improper influence related to voting.
HB-333: Election Law - Election Disinformation and Improper Influence Related to Voting
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Ebersole
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 126 on 04/25/2024
General Assembly Vacancy - Political Party Central Committees - Procedures [HB-347]
Establishing requirements for the filling of a vacancy in the office of Senator or Delegate in the General Assembly by a central committee of a political party under the Maryland Constitution relating to applications, public notice, public meetings, and voting; and requiring a member of the central committee who has applied to fill the vacancy to recuse themselves from voting on the individual to fill the vacancy.
HB-347: General Assembly Vacancy - Political Party Central Committees - Procedures
Sponsored by: Rep. Julie Palakovich Carr
Third Reading Passed (135-1) on 03/18/2024
County Boards of Education - Student Members - Voting Rights and Participation in Executive Sessions [SB-386]
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Providing that student members on certain county boards of education may vote on certain matters and may attend certain executive or special sessions under certain circumstances; and providing that student members of county boards of education have certain voting rights and may attend certain executive or special sessions.
SB-386: County Boards of Education - Student Members - Voting Rights and Participation in Executive Sessions
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Hearing Canceled on 01/25/2024
Relating To Elections. [SB-2138]
Requires that each vote cast for a question on a ballot for the ratification of a constitutional amendment be counted in the negative only if the ballot properly indicates that the vote is in the negative.
SB-2138: Relating To Elections.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joy San Buenaventura
The Committee On Jdc Deferred The Measure. on 01/25/2024
Relating To The Stadium Authority. [HB-412]
Makes the president of the University of Hawaii system and the superintendent of the department of education, or their designees, voting members of the stadium authority.
HB-412: Relating To The Stadium Authority.
Sponsored by: Rep. Andrew Garrett
Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023
Relating To The Hawaii Health Systems Corporation. [HB-1387]
Clarifies that the appointment and removal of the chief executive officer of the Hawaii health systems corporation requires a majority vote by the voting members of the corporation board, rather than by the entire membership of the board.
HB-1387: Relating To The Hawaii Health Systems Corporation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Della au Belatti
Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023
Relating To Condominiums. [SB-1512]
Prohibits the use of proxies in condominium association voting. Requires associations to allow members to vote by mail and attend and cast votes in association meetings through internet, teleconference, or other electronic transmission technology. Requires associations to mail out paper ballots before any annual or other periodic election of board members.
SB-1512: Relating To Condominiums.
Sponsored by: Sen. Donna Kim
Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023
You have voted SB-1561: Proposing An Amendment To Article Ii, Section 1, Of The Hawaii State Constitution To Change The Age Qualification For Voting In State Or Local Elections..
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Compact [SB-359]
Entering into the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Compact; establishing criteria for participating states; authorizing an advanced practice registered nurse to practice in a party state under certain scope of practice rules; establishing the Interstate Commission of APRN Compact Administrators and its duties and powers; providing for the amendment of and withdrawal from the Compact; providing that the Compact is contingent on the enacting of substantially similar legislation in six other states; etc.
SB-359: Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Compact
Sponsored by: Sen. Antonio Hayes
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/24/2024
Election Date; Election Holiday; Terms [HB-250]
An Act relating to municipal and school board elections; declaring Election Day a holiday; relating to terms of office for municipal mayors, municipal governing bodies, elected utility boards, and school boards; and providing for an effective date.
HB-250: Election Date; Election Holiday; Terms
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin McCabe
Prefile Released 1/12/24 on 01/16/2024
Posting Of Unofficial Election Results [HB-225]
An Act relating to the tabulation of ballots; and requiring the division of elections to provide unofficial election results before the results of an election are certified.
HB-225: Posting Of Unofficial Election Results
Sponsored by: Rep. Andrew Gray
Prefile Released 1/8/24 on 01/16/2024
Election Law - Voter Registration List - Absentee Voters (Absentee Ballot Transparency Act of 2024) [HB-164]
Requiring the State Board of Elections or a local board of elections, on request of a candidate, to provide the candidate with a list of registered voters who have requested an absentee ballot for an upcoming election; and requiring that the list of absentee voters provided include the email address and telephone number of each voter on the list, if the information is available.
HB-164: Election Law - Voter Registration List - Absentee Voters (Absentee Ballot Transparency Act of 2024)
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Long
Hearing 2/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2024
Election Law - Election Costs and Administration [SB-129]
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.
SB-129: Election Law - Election Costs and Administration
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Hearing Canceled on 02/28/2024