| MD | SB682 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring a certain electric company to submit a report to the Public Service Commission on or before February 1 each year regarding certain votes cast by the electric company and any affiliates of the electric company at a meeting of the regional tr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-05
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | SB537 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering the distance restrictions applicable to a licensed cannabis dispensary; prohibiting a political subdivision from establishing certain zoning requirements for licensed cannabis dispensaries and certain licensed cannabis growers that are more ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | SB85 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing the formation of limited worker cooperative associations; and establishing rules and procedures for the formation, governance, conversion, and dissolution of limited worker cooperative associations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | SB910 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the Governor's Workforce Development Board, in consultation with the Maryland Department of Labor, to conduct a study on discrimination in employment opportunities in the State against individuals who do not hold a high school diploma or a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | SB262 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing the Secretary of State to suspend payment of certain late fees assessed to certain charitable organizations under certain circumstances; and authorizing the Secretary of State to cancel a charitable organization's registration or reinstat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | SB651 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing that certain provisions governing signage at retail service stations supersede inconsistent local law; altering a signage requirement for retail service stations relating to the price of regular gasoline so that the signage prominently d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | SB460 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting a payment to an individual as compensation received for serving as an election judge for a local board of elections in the State from being included when computing the wages required to be subtracted from an eligible claimant's weekly ben...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | SB416 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing the Customer-Sited Solar Program in the Maryland Energy Administration for the purpose of increasing deployment of customer-sited solar energy generating systems and providing grants to eligible customer-generators; authorizing a third p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-16
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | SB469 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing certain individuals who are residents, commercial tenants who are not holders of or applicants for a license, or real estate owners, and who are located within 1,000 feet of the licensed premises to file a protest with the Maryland Cannab...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | SB970 | Engross
Sine Die | Extending for 2 years the termination date for a credit against the State income tax for the installation of energy storage systems in the State; and delaying for 2 years the establishment of the Energy Storage System Grant Program in the Maryland En...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | SB436 | Engross
Sine Die | Increasing a certain civil penalty and administrative penalty for employers knowingly failing to properly classify individuals as employees; and requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to refer to the Comptroller and the U.S. Department of L...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | SB510 | Engross
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] | 2024-03-08
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1483 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring, before the Board of Directors of the Industry Automobile Insurance Association authorizes the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund to withdraw certain amounts, that the Maryland Insurance Commissioner approve a certain certification of a cer...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-06
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1414 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the grounds for disciplining the holder of an electronic smoking devices license or license applicant; altering the scope of the Clean Indoor Act and other provisions of law prohibiting smoking indoors to also prohibit the use of electronic ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-04
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | SB509 | Engross
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] | 2024-03-01
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1365 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a private construction contract to include a provision requiring the owner to pay the contractor within 45 days after the receipt of a proper invoice following completion of the work or, if the owner withholds all or part of an amount invoi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-27
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1197 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a tobacco product manufacturer and a certain electronic smoking devices manufacturer to pay a certification fee of $1,000; authorizing the Executive Director of the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission and the Attorney General to take ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | SB169 | Engross
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] | 2024-02-14
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1407 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting counties from establishing zoning laws or other regulations that restrict or prohibit the construction or operation of Tier 1 renewable source generating systems or facilities; requiring the Public Service Commission to study the electric...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1145 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing that certain firefighters, fire fighting instructors, rescue squad members, advanced life support unit members, and members of the Office of the State Fire Marshal demonstrate disablement for purposes of workers' compensation and are dee...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1379 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Department of General Services, in consultation with the University System of Maryland and the Department of the Environment, to establish a Renewable Natural Gas Pilot Program in the Department on or before January 1, 2025; requiring t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1283 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting discrimination based on an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity by an insurer, an insurance producer, a surety insurer, and a health network when engaging in certain insurance-related business practices.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1425 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a certain provider of earned wage access services to register with the Commissioner of Financial Regulation; requiring a provider to file a certain surety bond or an irrevocable letter of credit with the Commissioner in a certain manner; re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1438 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Payment Program in the Department of the Environment to secure payments from certain businesses that extract fossil fuels or refine petroleum products in order to provide a source of revenue f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1435 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the maximum generating capacity authorized for certain net metered generating facilities; authorizing an eligible customer-generator participating in certain meter aggregation to receive excess generation from more than one generating system...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1424 | Intro
Sine Die | Clarifying that, with certain exceptions, not more than one license may be issued in a single jurisdiction to an individual; and increasing from one to four, subject to a certain exception, the number of Class A alcoholic beverages licenses that may ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1387 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting an insurer, with respect to private passenger motor vehicle insurance, from increasing a premium based on the claims history of an insured where two or fewer of the claims within the immediately preceding 3-year period were for accidents ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1367 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a person to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the Public Service Commission before beginning construction of an energy storage device with a minimum energy storage capacity of 1 megawatt; and applying the Act pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1133 | Intro
Sine Die | Increasing the cap on the assessment a county or municipal corporation may impose on each transportation network service from 25 cents per trip to 50 cents per trip.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1255 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting, subject to a certain exception, an employer from using an automated employment decision tool to make certain employment decisions; and requiring an employer, under certain circumstances, to notify an applicant for employment of the emplo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1050 | Intro
Sine Die | Extending, for 60 days, the period of time during which the Workers' Compensation Commission may modify an award related to a workers' compensation claim if an appeal is filed during the original 5-year period during which the Commission maintains au...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1382 | Intro
Sine Die | Repealing a requirement that the assets of any Methodist Church be held in trust for the United Methodist Church and be subject to the control of the Church; repealing a provision of law providing that the absence of a trust clause in any deed or con...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1214 | Intro
Sine Die | Extending for 2 years the termination date for a credit against the State income tax for the installation of energy storage systems in the State; and delaying for 2 years the establishment of the Energy Storage System Grant Program in the Maryland En...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1314 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to waive the filing fee for certain annual reports for the first year that certain business entities are in existence; requiring that 25% of the fees collected be credited to the Child Care S...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1201 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring an occupational licensing board to issue a license, certificate, permit, or registration to an applicant who is military trained or who is a military spouse if the applicant meets certain requirements; requiring an occupational licensing bo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1311 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring, beginning January 1, 2025, all devices activated in the State to enable a certain filter to prevent minors from accessing obscene material; prohibiting a certain person from deactivating the filter; providing that a manufacturer of a devic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1084 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting an employer from requiring an employee to work on-site at the employer's workplace if the employee provides documentation from a physician or other licensed health care practitioner that the employee has been diagnosed with an autoimmune ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1272 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Department of the Environment, in collaboration with the Maryland Commission on Climate Change, to develop a cap-and-invest program that reduces climate-altering emissions in the State on or before December 31, 2024.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1046 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing a distributed generation certificate of public convenience and necessity to authorize the construction and operation of a certain distributed solar energy generating system; requiring the Power Plant Research Program to develop and submi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1193 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the owner or operator of a coal combustion by-products unit to submit certain reports and plans to the Department of the Environment and the Power Plant Research Program in the Department of Natural Resources on or before certain dates; req...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1328 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing a county to enact a local law creating a conservation and restoration fund for a certain purpose; establishing the Utility-Scale Solar Design and Siting Commission in the Power Plant Research Program to provide recommendations related to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB166 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the definition of "Tier 1 renewable source" for purposes of excluding energy derived from waste and refuse from being eligible for inclusion in the renewable energy portfolio standard; and applying the Act to all renewable energy portfolio s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1156 | Intro
Sine Die | Exempting consumer wire transaction from certain provisions of the Maryland Uniform Commercial Code; limiting liability for damages resulting from consumer wire transfers; defining sufficient notice; requiring investigations; requiring decisions and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB847 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing a food retailer to offer to purchase a Class A license from a Class A license holder under certain circumstances; and authorizing a food retailer to apply to a local licensing board for a Class A license under certain circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-02
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB579 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering and establishing the definition of "generating station" for the purpose of exempting the construction of certain generating facilities used to produce electricity for the purpose of onsite emergency backup and certain test and maintenance op...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-02
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB525 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting an employer from discriminating against an individual because of the individual's use of cannabis products under certain circumstances; establishing that certain provisions prohibiting employment discrimination do not prohibit an employer...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-02
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB516 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Climate Crisis Initiative in the Department of the Environment to provide for the assessment of greenhouse gas pollution fees, the provision of certain benefits to households and employers, and the funding of certain climate-related ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-02
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB772 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a person from selling an Internet-connected device that is intended for minors unless the device is sold with a certain filter, certain privacy settings, and other features; making a violation of the prohibition an unfair, abusive, or dec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-02
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB258 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Customer-Sited Solar Program within the Maryland Energy Administration for the purpose of increasing deployment of customer-sited solar energy generating system and providing grants to eligible customer-generators for certain solar e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB267 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing an energy salesperson license for certain persons that offer or sell electricity or gas supply agreements to customers in the State; providing for the terms of electricity supplier, energy salesperson, and gas supplier licenses issued by...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
To House Economic Matters Committee |
