Condominiums - Common Elements - Clean Energy Equipment [SB-593]
[Energy ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Construction ]
Authorizing certain governing bodies of a condominium to grant an interest affecting the common elements of the condominium for the installation and use of leased clean energy equipment; and generally relating to the common elements of a condominium and leased clean energy equipment.
SB-593: Condominiums - Common Elements - Clean Energy Equipment
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2023
Election Reform Act of 2023 [SB-864]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
Prohibiting a person from knowingly and willfully making a threat to take the life of, kidnap, or cause physical injury to a county election director; establishing requirements and prohibitions related to a contract with an election service provider; requiring judges of the circuit courts to be elected on a nonpartisan basis; prohibiting a stray mark, blemish, or writing from being the sole basis for invalidating a ballot under certain circumstances; etc.
SB-864: Election Reform Act of 2023
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Hearing 2/24 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2023
Election Law - Citizens Who Live Overseas - Right to Vote [SB-605]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Authorizing an overseas voter to register to vote and vote in federal, State, and local elections in the county where the individual last resided before departing from the United States and was eligible to be registered to vote before departing from the United States; and prohibiting an election director from removing an individual from a statewide voter registration list under certain circumstances.
SB-605: Election Law - Citizens Who Live Overseas - Right to Vote
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Lewis Young
Hearing 3/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2023
Election Law - Voting - Proof of Identity [SB-750]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
Altering the manner in which an election judge is required to establish the identity of a voter; requiring an election judge to refer a voter for provisional voting if the voter is unable to provide the required identification; and prohibiting a person from voting or attempting to vote under a false form of identification.
SB-750: Election Law - Voting - Proof of Identity
Sponsored by: Sen. William Folden
Hearing 3/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2023
Election Law - Electronic Ballot Return System - Study and Request for Proposals [HB-645]
[Elections ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
Requiring the Department of Legislative Services to complete a study on the creation of an electronic ballot return system on or before December 1, 2023; and requiring the State Board of Elections to issue a request for proposals for an electronic ballot return system on or before January 1, 2024.
HB-645: Election Law - Electronic Ballot Return System - Study and Request for Proposals
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Referred To Interim Study By Ways And Means on 03/13/2023
Election Law – Polling Sites – Firearms Prohibitions [HB-580]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Elections ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Voting Rights ]
Prohibiting a person from carrying or displaying a firearm on the premises of a privately or publicly owned building being used as a polling site during an election, including a parking lot, or carrying or possessing a firearm within 100 feet of a polling site during an election, subject to certain exceptions.
HB-580: Election Law – Polling Sites – Firearms Prohibitions
Sponsored by: Sen. Shaneka Henson
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2023
General Assembly Vacancy - Political Party Central Committees - Procedures [HB-563]
[Elections ]
[Ethics ]
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-563: General Assembly Vacancy - Political Party Central Committees - Procedures
Sponsored by: Rep. Julie Palakovich Carr
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2023
Election Law – Ascertainment of Results – Process [HB-594]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Requiring that the Governor ascertain and enumerate the number of votes cast for each candidate in certain elections consistent with the returns of the election received by the Governor in accordance with certain provisions of law; and requiring the Governor to issue and transmit a certificate of ascertainment of presidential electors under certain provisions of federal law.
HB-594: Election Law – Ascertainment of Results – Process
Sponsored by: Rep. Kris Fair
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/30/2023
Election Law – Early Voting – Number of Days [HB-616]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Changing the number of days on which early voting centers are required to be open before a primary or general election by requiring early voting centers to be open beginning the second Sunday, rather than the second Thursday, before a primary or general election through the Thursday before the election.
HB-616: Election Law – Early Voting – Number of Days
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2023
Election Law - Electronic Ballot Return System - Study and Request for Proposals [SB-488]
[Elections ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
Requiring the Department of Legislative Services to complete a study on the creation of an electronic ballot return system on or before December 1, 2023; and requiring the State Board of Elections to issue a request for proposals for an electronic ballot return system on or before January 1, 2024.
SB-488: Election Law - Electronic Ballot Return System - Study and Request for Proposals
Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy King
Hearing 2/24 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2023
Election Law - Citizens Who Live Overseas - Right to Vote [HB-542]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
Providing that citizens of the United States who have never resided in the United States and overseas voters who resided in the State before departing from the United States to live overseas are deemed to be residents of the State for purposes of voter registration under certain circumstances; authorizing an individual who is deemed to be a resident of the State to register to vote and vote in federal, State, and local elections in a certain county; etc.
HB-542: Election Law - Citizens Who Live Overseas - Right to Vote
Sponsored by: Rep. Kris Fair
First Reading Ways And Means on 02/01/2023
Kent County - Board of Education - Student Member [SB-402]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Altering the membership of the Kent County Board of Education to include a student member; and providing for the initial term of the student member of the county board.
SB-402: Kent County - Board of Education - Student Member
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Hershey
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 674 on 05/16/2023
Department of Planning - Collateral Consequences for Individuals With Criminal Records - Study [HB-544]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Planning, in coordination with the Maryland State Data Center, to study, report on, and make recommendations relating to certain collateral consequences for individuals with criminal records; and requiring the Department to report certain information to the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2023.
HB-544: Department of Planning - Collateral Consequences for Individuals With Criminal Records - Study
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
First Reading Judiciary on 02/01/2023
General Assembly Vacancy - Political Party Central Committees - Procedures [SB-366]
[Elections ]
[Ethics ]
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.
SB-366: General Assembly Vacancy - Political Party Central Committees - Procedures
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Hearing 2/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/02/2023
Education - Public Libraries - Collective Bargaining [SB-352]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Libraries ]
Authorizing employees of certain public libraries to form, join, and participate in an employee organization and engage in certain other activities related to collective bargaining; requiring certain employers and certified exclusive representatives to engage in good faith bargaining; establishing a collective bargaining process for employees of certain public libraries; prohibiting employers and employee organizations from engaging in certain actions regarding the exercise of an employee's rights under the Act; etc.
SB-352: Education - Public Libraries - Collective Bargaining
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Hearing 2/16 At 1:00 P.m. (finance) And Hearing 2/22 At 2:00 P.m. (education, Energy, And The Environment) on 02/02/2023