| SB606 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing a police officer who is denied a certain right to apply to the circuit court at a certain time for an order that directs the law enforcement agency to show cause why the right should not be granted.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| SB670 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the court, in determining the appropriate allocation of custody or visitation between the parties that is in the best interest of the child, to consider the ability of each of the parties to meet the child's developmental needs, the relatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| SB593 | Intro
Sine Die | Repealing a prohibition on pedestrians using a highway of the Maryland Transportation Authority; altering a prohibition on bicycles using an Authority highway; requiring the Authority to construct separated or buffered bicycle ways and pedestrian wal...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| SB601 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing a presumption that the sentencing of a minor convicted as an adult should be transferred to the juvenile court, under certain circumstances, and authorizing the court to do so; and requiring the juvenile court to make a juvenile determin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| SB671 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring that individuals have access to legal representation in certain foreclosure proceedings; establishing the Access to Counsel in Foreclosure Proceedings Program to organize and direct services and resources to provide covered individuals with...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| HB803 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the rates and rate brackets under the State income tax on certain income of individuals; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2023.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| SB599 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop a process to receive federal financial participation for the payment of county or municipal general funds appropriated to community providers that serve individuals with developmental disabilitie...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB636 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Commission to Study the Ability of the Department of Juvenile Services to Provide Effective Social Services to Juvenile Offenders; and requiring the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Genera...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| SB650 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring law enforcement agencies to promptly notify owners of personal or real property regarding certain items or symbols being placed or inscribed on the property; requiring certain property owners to remove the items or symbols within 24 hours a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| SB389 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing an individual who is at least 60 years old and has been imprisoned for at least 20 years to file a motion to reduce the duration of the individual's sentence; requiring the court to conduct a hearing on a motion to reduce the duration of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-30
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| HB706 | Intro
Sine Die | Repealing the prohibition against a person using or possessing with intent to use, delivering or selling under certain circumstances, or manufacturing or possessing with intent to deliver or sell under certain circumstances drug paraphernalia to inje...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-30
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB572 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing that during the trial of a criminal case in which a defendant is charged with an assault in the second degree, a certain statement is not excluded by the hearsay rule if the statement is offered against a party that has engaged in, directed...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-30
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB324 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a person who holds a handgun permit and accidentally discharges a firearm to register within 90 days for a certain firearms safety training course and complete the course within 6 months of the incident; requiring the Secretary of State Pol...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-30
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| HB547 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a person from committing a crime of violence while the person is in an educational facility, a medical facility, or a place of worship.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-30
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB355 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the definition of "item" relating to the prohibition against displaying or distributing obscene material to minors to include a drawing or illustration; and prohibiting certain public schools from displaying certain obscene material under ce...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-30
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| SB396 | Intro
Sine Die | Repealing a certain prohibition against a law enforcement officer initiating a stop or a search of a motor vehicle based solely on the odor of burnt or unburnt cannabis; and repealing a certain provision of law rendering inadmissible certain evidenc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-30
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| HB441 | Intro
Sine Die | Substituting civil penalties in place of criminal penalties for certain offenses relating to possessing, possessing with the intent to distribute, and cultivating cannabis and manufacturing cannabis products.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-30
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB702 | Intro
Sine Die | Allowing a qualified investor that is a pass-through entity that pays a certain income tax on behalf of its members to receive and allocate in any manner a credit or refund of a credit under the Biotechnology Investment Incentive Tax Credit Program; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-30
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| SB676 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Comptroller, beginning in fiscal year 2025, to distribute a certain amount of abandoned property funds to the Tax Clinics for Low-Income Marylanders Fund; requiring the Governor to include $800,000 in the annual budget for the CASH Camp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-30
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| HB446 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing that a person who has been convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment exceeding 1 year and is currently serving the sentence imposed for the conviction, including a term of parole or probation, or has been convicted of a crime involvin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-30
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB639 | Intro
Sine Die | Expanding eligibility for a property tax exemption for the dwelling house of a disabled veteran to include veterans with at least an 80% service connected disability; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2024.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-30
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| HB724 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing an individual who is serving a term of confinement to petition a court to reduce the sentence if the individual has served at least 20 years of the individuals term of confinement and at least 3 years have passed since the court decided a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-30
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB595 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing that certain civil enforcement actions brought by the Attorney General may be instituted at any time.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-30
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB659 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the felony of theft of a handgun; and establishing a penalty for theft of a handgun of, for a first conviction, imprisonment of up to 5 years or a fine of up to $1,000 or both and, for a second or subsequent conviction, imprisonment of u...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-30
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB87 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing that a person who is convicted of first-degree murder may be sentenced to death under certain circumstances; and establishing certain procedures relating to custody, warrant of execution, incompetency, method of execution, witnesses, certif...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-30
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB677 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring that candidates for judge of the orphans' court appear on the ballot without party designation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-30
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB555 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting the unauthorized dissemination of certain personal identifying information without permission, with the intent to threaten, intimidate, abuse, harass or frighten a person, or place the person in reasonable fear of death or serious bodily ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-30
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB627 | Intro
Sine Die | Transferring the regulation of satellite simulcast betting facilities in the State from the State Racing Commission to the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency; altering the definition of "satellite simulcast betting", for purposes of provisions o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| HB699 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring law enforcement agencies to promptly notify owners of personal or real property regarding certain items or symbols being placed or inscribed on the property; requiring certain property owners to remove the items or symbols within 24 hours a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| HB220 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing certain local governments to allow, by law, a first-time homebuyer in the State to calculate the homestead property tax credit for property that includes a newly purchased dwelling using a certain method; requiring that the credit for a n...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| HB494 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting certain political organizations from fraudulently claiming to be acting on behalf of a candidate or political party; prohibiting certain political organizations from making expenditures or disbursements to an entity owned or controlled by...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| SB576 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing certain regions for supervisors of real property assessments offices; altering the geographic jurisdiction of property tax assessment appeal boards from county to regional; establishing the membership of the regional boards; and prohibit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| SB565 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing that the General Assembly may authorize, by law, the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to issue certain Internet gaming licenses; requiring certain implementation legislation to include certain criteria and specifications; declari...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| HB663 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the alcoholic beverage tax rates for ready-to-drink cocktails at 40 cents for each gallon or 10.57 cents for each liter; and defining "ready-to-drink cocktail" as a beverage that contains distilled spirits mixed with nonalcoholic beverag...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| HB660 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Green and Renewable Energy for Nonprofit Organizations Loan Program in the Maryland Energy Administration to provide financial assistance in the form of no-interest loans to nonprofit organizations for the planning, purchase, and ins...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| HB142 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing a voter to establish the voter's identity at the request of an election judge at a polling place by presenting the voter's registration card, a valid Maryland driver's license, or certain other identification that contains a photograph.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| HB202 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a local board of elections from removing an absentee ballot from a return envelope or ballot/return envelope or counting the ballot unless the return envelope or ballot/return envelope is signed by the voter and, except under certain circ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| HB672 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a website operator or other person who displays, exhibits, sells, shows, or advertises for sale obscene material to adhere to certain age verification standards.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| HB563 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the State Board of Elections to determine whether there is a significant and substantial need for language-related assistance in certain languages by a local board of elections during an election based on certain criteria; requiring local b...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| HB554 | Intro
Sine Die | Applying certain prevailing wage requirements for contractors and subcontractors working on certain projects involving, and traffic control activities related to, any gas or electric infrastructure of an investor-owned gas company, electric company, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| HB574 | Intro
Sine Die | Regulating commercial financing transactions, including by establishing requirements related to disclosures, calculations of annual percentage rates, terms of repayments, and other related items, and the extension of specific offers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| HB645 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a vlogger who creates video content that is posted on a social media platform and features a certain minor child to compensate the child under certain circumstances; establishing requirements on social media platforms relating to deleting v...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| SB588 | Intro
Sine Die | Increasing, from $15,000 to $20,000, the amount allowed as a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for retirement income attributable to an individual's employment as a public safety employee; and applying the Act to all taxable year...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| SB37 | Intro
Sine Die | Finding that local governments pay electric companies large sums to light streets and are limited in how this public safety resource can be managed, the Act authorizes certain counties or municipalities to acquire certain street lighting equipment by...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| HB638 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the State transfer tax rate and the distribution of State transfer tax revenue.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| HB591 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing that certain requirements for the payment of certain taxes, assessments, and charges do not apply to an instrument of writing transferring real property from the estate of a decedent to an heir or legatee of the decedent.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| SB185 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing a Deafblind Co-Navigation Services Program in the Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing to provide co-navigation services at no cost to deafblind individuals in the State; and defining "co-navigation services" as services providing visu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| HB487 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing that certain unclaimed money held by an electric cooperative and due to a past member is not considered abandoned property; and authorizing an electric cooperative to use this money only to assist members of the cooperative or donate to non...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| SB392 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting adversarial foreign governments from purchasing, acquiring, leasing, or holding any property interest in agricultural land in the State; and requiring the Attorney General to enforce the Act in a certain manner.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| SB247 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the membership and responsibilities of the Modernize Maryland Oversight Commission; and requiring the Department of Information Technology to provide staff for the Commission.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
