Zoning And Planning
Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Land Use – Expedited Development Review Processes for Affordable Housing – Requirements [SB-356]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring local jurisdictions to establish and implement an expedited development review process for certain proposed affordable housing developments; applying the process to a charitable organization seeking to develop affordable housing on its own land and a public housing authority proposing to develop affordable housing on land owned by a charity or a government entity; and establishing a good-faith waiver for local jurisdictions that cannot implement an expedited development review process.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Hearing Canceled on 01/24/2024
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Housing and Community Development - Affordable Housing - Identifying Suitable Property [SB-333]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Real Estate ]
[Economic Development ]
Repealing a requirement that the Department of Housing and Community Development identify certain property as suitable for use or redevelopment; prohibiting the Department from identifying certain property for use or redevelopment as affordable housing; and requiring the Department to consider certain factors when identifying whether a property is suitable for use or redevelopment as affordable housing.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelly Hettleman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 154 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Housing and Community Development - Affordable Housing - Identifying Suitable Property [HB-283]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Real Estate ]
[Economic Development ]
Repealing a requirement that the Department of Housing and Community Development identify certain property as suitable for use or redevelopment; prohibiting the Department from identifying certain property for use or redevelopment as affordable housing; and requiring the Department to consider certain factors when identifying whether a property is suitable for use or redevelopment as affordable housing.
Sponsored by: Rep. Julie Palakovich Carr
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 153 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Highway Projects - Removal, Relocation, and Adjustment of Utility Facilities - Notification, Work Plans, and Compliance [HB-101]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Energy ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Construction ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the State Highway Administration to provide certain notices to the owner or operator of a utility facility for the removal, relocation, or adjustment of the utility facility for a State highway project; requiring the owner or operator of the utility facility to provide certain information to the Administration; requiring the owner or operator of a utility facility to pay for certain costs and damages under certain circumstances; prohibiting a certain utility from recovering through rates certain costs; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
Referred To Interim Study By Economic Matters on 03/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Districting - Single Member Districts and Legislative and Congressional Redistricting and Apportionment Convention [HB-182]
[Elections ]
Requiring that each legislative district established for the purpose of electing members of the House of Delegates consist of a certain number of single-member delegate districts; requiring the General Assembly to enact a law establishing and governing a Legislative and Congressional Redistricting and Apportionment Convention to establish legislative and congressional districts and establishing certain requirements regarding the Redistricting Convention; establishing the Redistricting Convention; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Bouchat
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/06/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Commission on Veterans and Military Families [SB-88]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Establishing the Maryland Commission on Veterans and Military Families to study and make recommendations for developing and implementing a statewide strategic plan to make Maryland the best state for veterans and military families, including legislative and budgetary recommendations; and requiring the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2024.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 10 on 04/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Economic Development - Tourism Zones - Designation and Benefits [SB-14]
[Economic Development ]
[Tourism ]
[Taxes ]
[Arts and Culture ]
Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipality to designate, by law, an area within that political subdivision as a tourism zone under certain circumstances; providing that the designation of an area as a tourism zone may not preclude the area from being designated as an arts and entertainment district; authorizing a county or municipality to exempt from the admissions and amusement tax gross receipts from certain admissions or amusement charges levied in a tourism zone; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 240 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Coast Smart Council - Duties and Authority [SB-299]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Climate Change ]
[Science ]
Altering the duties of the Coast Smart Council to include the development of eligibility criteria, standards, and procedures for categorical exemptions from the application of the Coast Smart requirements for proposed capital projects that have been designed to include adaptation and resiliency features to prevent or mitigate damage to the maximum extent practicable; and authorizing the Council to recommend certain regulations for adoption by the Secretary of Natural Resources.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 111 on 04/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area Protection Program – Climate, Equity, and Administrative Provisions [HB-233]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Community Development ]
[Water ]
[Economic Development ]
[Public Health ]
Authorizing the Critical Area Commission to adopt regulations governing the transfer of development rights, fee in lieu payments, the assessment of and adaption of the critical area for climate resiliency, enhancing resilience in the critical area, and environmental justice and equity initiatives; establishing certain considerations of climate change, climate resiliency, and equity as general principles and minimum elements of local programs; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 424 on 05/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Housing and Community Development - Just Community Designation [HB-241]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Economic Development ]
[Healthcare ]
Authorizing the Governor, on the recommendation of the Secretary of Housing and Community Development, to designate certain areas as Just Communities based on certain criteria; and providing for the prioritization of State funding for Just Communities to increase racial, economic and health equity in the State.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 147 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Housing and Community Development - Just Community Designation [SB-308]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Economic Development ]
[Healthcare ]
Authorizing the Governor, on the recommendation of the Secretary of Housing and Community Development, to designate certain areas as Just Communities based on certain criteria; and providing for the prioritization of State funding for Just Communities to increase racial, economic, and health equity in the State.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 148 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Cannabis Reform - Alterations [HB-253]
[Cannabis ]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
Making alterations and clarifications related to the duties of the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission, the Office of Social Equity, the Advisory Board on Medical and Adult-Use Cannabis, and the Maryland Cannabis Administration; altering the membership of the Commission; requiring the Advisory Board to elect a chair and removing the Director of the Administration as chair; authorizing processors to provide cannabis to cannabis licensees; providing that certain violations may be charged by a citation; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 241 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area Protection Program - Climate, Equity, and Administrative Provisions [SB-306]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Community Development ]
[Water ]
[Economic Development ]
[Human Rights ]
Authorizing the Critical Area Commission to adopt regulations governing the transfer of development rights, fee in lieu payments, the assessment of and adaption to climate change relevant to the critical area, enhancing resilience in the critical area, and environmental justice and equity initiatives; establishing certain considerations of climate change, resiliency, and equity as general principles and minimum elements of local programs; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Hearing 1/31 At 2:00 P.m. on 01/11/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Procurement - Preferences - Historically Underutilized Business Zone Businesses [SB-154]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Requiring a unit to structure procurement procedures to meet federal procurement standards and to try to achieve or exceed a certain overall percentage goal of the unit's total dollar value of procurement contracts to be made with historically underutilized business zone businesses; establishing a certain percentage price preference; and establishing certain penalties.
Sponsored by: Sen. Johnny Salling
First Reading Budget And Taxation on 01/10/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Commission on Veterans and Military Families [HB-55]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Establishing the Maryland Commission on Veterans and Military Families to study developing and implementing a statewide strategic plan to make Maryland the best state for veterans and military families, including legislative and budgetary recommendations; requiring the Commission to consult with the Office of Military and Federal Affairs and the Maryland Military Installation Council as part of the study process; and requiring the Commission to report its findings to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2024.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 9 on 04/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Restrictions on Use - Solar Collector Systems - Alteration [SB-49]
[Energy ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Construction ]
Prohibiting a restriction on land use that increases the cost of installing a solar collector system by at least 5% over a certain cost or that reduces the efficiency of the system by at least 10% under a certain energy generation level; authorizing a community association to impose certain restrictions on the installation of solar collector systems in common areas or common elements; authorizing a community association to install a solar collector system in common areas or common elements under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sarah Elfreth
Hearing 2/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/18/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Land Use - Expedited Development Review Processes for Affordable Housing - Requirements [HB-3]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Real Estate ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring local jurisdictions to establish and implement an expedited development review process for certain proposed affordable housing developments; applying the process to a charitable organization seeking to develop affordable housing on its own land and a public housing authority proposing to develop affordable housing on land owned by a charity or a government entity; and establishing a good-faith waiver for local jurisdictions that cannot implement an expedited development review process.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vaughn Stewart
Hearing Canceled on 01/22/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Cannabis Licensing - Zoning Requirements - Alteration [SB-158]
[Cannabis ]
Repealing a provision of law that exempts the use of a facility by a cannabis licensee from certain county or municipal zoning requirements if the facility is used by a grower, processor, or dispensary that held a certain Stage One Preapproval for a license before October 1, 2022, and was not operational before October 1, 2022.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Bailey
Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/22/2024
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Indiana 2024 Regular Session
Interference with boundary marker. [SB-36]
[Real Estate ]
[Property Tax ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Interference with boundary marker. Creates a civil penalty for a person who knowingly or intentionally disturbs or removes a boundary marker, and permits a court to order a person who disturbs or removes a boundary marker to pay for the cost of reestablishing the boundary marker.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Buck
Public Law 10 on 03/11/2024
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Indiana 2024 Regular Session
Tourism improvement districts. [SB-61]
[Tourism ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
[Property Tax ]
[Small Business ]
[Construction ]
[Finance ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Tourism improvement districts. Provides that a person may circulate a petition to create a tourism improvement district (district) within the territory of a county, city, or town (local unit). Specifies the contents of the tourism improvement district plan that must be filed with a petition to establish a district. Provides that, after a hearing on a petition to establish a district, the legislative body of a local unit may adopt the ordinance establishing the district only if it determines that the petition has been signed by at least: (1) 65%
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lonnie Randolph
Representative King Added As Cosponsor on 02/19/2024