Howard County – Archery Hunting – Safety Zone and Position of Archery Hunter Ho. Co. 15–23 [HB-1005]
[Animals ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Reducing from 150 yards to 50 yards the size of the safety zone for archery hunters in Howard County who are under the authority of a deer management permit or who are actively participating in a hunting program administered by the county within which archery hunting may not take place except under certain circumstances; and requiring certain archery hunters in Howard County to be in an elevated position when hunting any wild bird or mammal within 50 to 150 yards of certain buildings.
HB-1005: Howard County – Archery Hunting – Safety Zone and Position of Archery Hunter Ho. Co. 15–23
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 603 on 05/08/2023
Public Utilities - Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity and Meter Aggregation [HB-1188]
[Energy ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Defining "generating station" as it relates to the requirement to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity or approval from the Public Service Commission for a person who constructs a generating station that has the capacity to produce more than 2 but not more than 14 megawatts of electricity from a solar photovoltaic system; requiring an electric company to provide meter aggregation for certain eligible customer-generators under certain circumstances; etc.
HB-1188: Public Utilities - Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity and Meter Aggregation
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 460 on 05/08/2023
Sewage Treatment Plants - Effluent Discharges, Discharge Permits, and Property Tax Credit for Impacted Dwellings [HB-924]
[Environmental ]
[Taxes ]
[Property Tax ]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to monitor effluent discharged from sewage treatment plants permitted to process at least 50,000,000 gallons of effluent per day, evaluate whether the effluent impacts area midge populations, and place an inspector at certain sewage treatment plants; requiring the Department to post on its website certain status updates and steps taken to address certain deficiencies; and authorizing a certain property tax credit against the property tax imposed on a certain dwelling.
HB-924: Sewage Treatment Plants - Effluent Discharges, Discharge Permits, and Property Tax Credit for Impacted Dwellings
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin Grammer
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 04/10/2023
Public Service Commission – Cybersecurity Staffing and Assessments (Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Act of 2023) [HB-969]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Energy ]
[Telecommunications ]
[National Security ]
Requiring the Public Service Commission to include on its staff one or more employees that are experts in cybersecurity to perform certain duties; requiring the Commission to establish, in coordination with the Office of Security Management, cybersecurity standards and best practices for regulated entities; requiring each public service company to report a cybersecurity incident to certain entities; requiring the State Security Operations Center to immediately notify certain agencies of a certain reported cybersecurity incident; etc.
HB-969: Public Service Commission – Cybersecurity Staffing and Assessments (Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Act of 2023)
Sponsored by: Rep. Lily Qi
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 499 on 05/08/2023
Workgroup on Mold Standards and Remediation [HB-976]
[Public Health ]
[Housing ]
[Environmental ]
[Construction ]
Establishing the Workgroup on Mold Standards and Remediation to study information on mold assessment and remediation to determine the best practices for identifying mold, preventing the development of mold within indoor environments, and remediating indoor molding conditions harmful to public health; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by October 1, 2024.
HB-976: Workgroup on Mold Standards and Remediation
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 347 on 05/03/2023
Economic Development - Nonprofit Sustainability Fund - Establishment [HB-1226]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Nonprofit ]
[Community Development ]
Establishing the Nonprofit Sustainability Fund in the Department of Commerce to provide general operating support to nonprofit organizations in the State; establishing the Nonprofit Sustainability Fund Evaluation Committee to evaluate applications from certain nonprofit organizations in the State for grants from the Fund; establishing criteria for eligibility for a certain grant from the Fund; etc.
HB-1226: Economic Development - Nonprofit Sustainability Fund - Establishment
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
First Reading Appropriations on 02/10/2023
Natural Resources - Antlerless Deer Hunting Programs - Authorization [HB-934]
[Animals ]
Authorizing an individual to sell, offer for sale, barter, or exchange an antlerless deer acquired as the result of participation in a raffle program in the State held during the month of January that has the objective of harvesting an antlerless deer.
Department of the Environment – Green Roof Grant Program [HB-971]
[Environmental ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Construction ]
[Energy ]
[Climate Change ]
[Community Development ]
[Public Health ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Water ]
Establishing the Green Roof Grant Program to provide grants to certain eligible grantees to support the construction of green roofs on commercial buildings; requiring the Maryland Department of the Environment, subject to the availability of funding, to award grants and administer and implement the Program; requiring recapture of a grant award under certain circumstances; and requiring the Department to report to the General Assembly on the Program on or before December 31 each year.
HB-971: Department of the Environment – Green Roof Grant Program
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Ebersole
Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2023
Transportation – Consolidated Transportation Program – Scoring [HB-1052]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring that certain goals and measures used to score certain transportation projects be within certain parameters; altering the goals and measures of the Consolidated Transportation Program; requiring that certain calculations used to score transportation projects be posted on the Department's website and the appendix of the Consolidated Transportation Program; establishing the Workgroup on the Maryland Open Transportation Investment Decision Act; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings by September 1, 2025.
HB-1052: Transportation – Consolidated Transportation Program – Scoring
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Ruth
First Reading Appropriations on 02/10/2023
Electric Companies - Reliability Standards [HB-1103]
[Energy ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring an electric company to include in a certain annual report the location of feeders in the service territory of the electric company that have experienced frequent service interruptions and to develop a plan to reduce frequent service interruptions; and requiring the Public Service Commission to establish, in consultation with the Office of People's Counsel and other entities, electric service quality and reliability standards in a certain manner on or before October 1, 2024.
HB-1103: Electric Companies - Reliability Standards
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/14/2023
Education - English Learners and Dual Language Immersion Programs - Funding and Establishment (Multilingualism Is an Asset Act) [HB-1098]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Children and Youth ]
Providing additional funding for certain English learners subject to certain conditions; establishing the Dual Language Immersion Program in the State Department of Education to develop, fund, implement, scale up, and sustain the expansion of research-based dual language two-way immersion programs in the State; requiring the Governor, in fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter, to include $10,000,000 in the annual budget bill for dual language immersion grants under the Program; etc.
HB-1098: Education - English Learners and Dual Language Immersion Programs - Funding and Establishment (Multilingualism Is an Asset Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
First Reading Appropriations on 02/10/2023
You have voted HB-1098: Education - English Learners and Dual Language Immersion Programs - Funding and Establishment (Multilingualism Is an Asset Act).
Boating - Migratory Waterfowl Season - Prohibited Acts [HB-1085]
[Animals ]
[Sports ]
[Recreation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Prohibiting a person from operating a vessel within 500 yards of a stationary blind or blind site that is occupied and being used for hunting migratory waterfowl during open season.
HB-1085: Boating - Migratory Waterfowl Season - Prohibited Acts
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2023
Higher Education – Student Loans – Notice Requirement and Tax Credit [HB-1081]
[Student Loans ]
[Taxes ]
[Education ]
Requiring a lender to provide a student who has applied for a private student loan with certain information and a certain statement on receiving the student's loan application and annually after closing; prohibiting a lender from closing on a private student loan unless the lender has provided the student with a certain notice; reducing the amount of incurred debt and outstanding debt that an individual must have to qualify for the student loan debt relief tax credit; etc.
Hemp Farming Program - Refined Hemp and Hemp Extract Products - Requirements [HB-1204]
[Agriculture ]
[Cannabis ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Food ]
Requiring a person to receive a certificate of analysis before distributing refined hemp or a hemp extract product in the State; requiring the Department of Agriculture to establish packaging and labeling requirements for refined hemp and hemp extract products; establishing the Hemp Advisory Council to provide advice and expertise regarding the monitoring and regulation of hemp production under the Hemp Farming Program; etc.
HB-1204: Hemp Farming Program - Refined Hemp and Hemp Extract Products - Requirements
Sponsored by: Rep. Seth Howard
First Reading Economic Matters And Health And Government Operations on 02/10/2023
Maryland Native Plants Program [HB-950]
[Agriculture ]
[Environmental ]
[Science ]
[Community Development ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Establishing the Maryland Native Plants Program to respond to the increasing demand for, use of, and sale of native plants at retail garden centers and wholesale nurseries and to educate the public on native plants; requiring the Department of Agriculture to administer the Program in coordination with the University of Maryland Extension and to establish the "Maryland Natives" marketing program; requiring the University of Maryland Extension to hire an extension agent to serve as a native plant specialist for certain purposes; etc.
HB-950: Maryland Native Plants Program
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 489 on 05/08/2023
Primary and Secondary Education - Virtual Schools - Alterations [HB-985]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Authorizing the State Department of Education, a county board of education, or a public institution of higher education to establish a statewide virtual school in the State; authorizing a student who is eligible for enrollment in a public school in State to enroll in any virtual school established throughout the State; repealing certain provisions of law regarding the establishment and operation of virtual schools; requiring the State to distribute certain funds to virtual schools; etc.
HB-985: Primary and Secondary Education - Virtual Schools - Alterations
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Szeliga
First Reading Ways And Means And Appropriations on 02/10/2023
Energy Efficiency and Conservation Plans and Green and Healthy Task Force [HB-1035]
[Energy ]
[Housing ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Public Health ]
[Community Development ]
Requiring each electric company and gas company and the Department of Housing and Community Development to develop a plan for achieving certain energy efficiency, conservation, and greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets through certain programs and services; requiring the Public Service Commission to establish and determine certain greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets; establishing the Green and Healthy Task Force to analyze and advance the coordination of resources to address the housing needs of low-income communities; etc.
HB-1035: Energy Efficiency and Conservation Plans and Green and Healthy Task Force
Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson
Rereferred To Education, Energy, And The Environment on 04/07/2023
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.
HB-1021: Products That Contain Mercury - Fluorescent Lamps - Prohibition
Sponsored by: Rep. Jennifer Terrasa
First Reading Economic Matters on 02/10/2023
Natural Resources - Oyster Inspection and Severance Taxes - Increase [HB-1084]
[Taxes ]
[Water ]
[Environmental ]
[Food ]
[Agriculture ]
Increasing the amount of the inspection tax levied on marketable oysters shipped in the shell to any place outside the State from 30 cents to $1 per bushel; increasing the amount of the severance tax levied on oysters caught within certain natural oyster bars from $1 to $2 per bushel; repealing a certain requirement that a certain tax increase be used for the oyster seed program; and requiring that $1 of each $2 of the severance tax levied be used by certain county oyster committees for the repletion of natural oyster bars.