| MD | SB32 | Pass | Altering the application requirements for a certain property tax exemption for a dwelling house owned by a disabled veteran or surviving spouse of a disabled veteran by adding a rating decision of the disabled veteran's disability from the U.S. Depar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 673 |
| MD | SB289 | Pass | Altering the name of the Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship to be the Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 733 |
| MD | SB414 | Pass | Establishing the Commission to Advance and Strengthen Fire Fighting and Emergency Medical Services Within Maryland to study and make recommendations regarding the effectiveness and viability of certain incentives, offerings, or practices employed in ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 655 |
| MD | SB840 | Pass | Establishing the Protecting Against Hate Crimes Grant Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund to make grants to nonprofit organizations, including faith-based organizations, to provide security enhancements to protect against hate crimes; requiring the Ex...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 746 |
| MD | SB841 | Pass | Requiring the Governor to include an appropriation in the annual budget bill of $500,000 for the State Department of Education to provide grants to local school systems for expenses related to student field trips to museums of cultural import.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 747 |
| MD | SB343 | Pass | Establishing certain procedures regarding the persons who may establish or receive distributions from an ABLE account in the Maryland ABLE Program for a certain eligible individual; and requiring the Maryland 529 Board to adopt certain procedures reg...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 637 |
| MD | SB248 | Pass | Prohibiting an institution of higher education from refusing to provide a current or former student with a transcript or taking other punitive measures regarding a student's transcript request because the student owes a debt to the institution of hig...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 748 |
| MD | SB280 | Pass | Exempting certain family child care homes, large family child care homes, and child care centers that serve only dependent children of military personnel and are located on a military base or federal property or certified by a branch of the U.S. Depa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 658 |
| MD | SB1 | Pass | Prohibiting a person from knowingly wearing, carrying, or transporting a firearm in certain locations; prohibiting a person from wearing, carrying, or transporting a firearm onto certain property unless the owner or owner's agent has given certain pe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 680 |
| MD | SB559 | Pass | Increasing the appropriation required by the Governor in the annual budget bill for the Maryland Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program from $7,550,000 to $12,050,000.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 628 |
| MD | SB553 | Pass | Increasing the amount of a certain subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for certain military retirement income received by individuals under the age of 55 years to $12,500 and individuals at least 55 years old to $20,000 during the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 614 |
| MD | SB554 | Pass | Establishing the Tricare Premium Reimbursement Program in the Military Department for the Department to award grants to reimburse certain members of the National Guard for the cost of premiums for certain health care and dental care plans; and requir...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 612 |
| MD | SB286 | Pass | Requiring the Department of Veterans Affairs to bury the eligible spouse or dependent of a veteran in a State veterans' cemetery without charge.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 616 |
| MD | SB320 | Pass | Increasing the membership of the Wildlife Advisory Commission; requiring the Governor to appoint a member to the Wildlife Advisory Commission who is an academic researcher with expertise in wildlife biology, wildlife conservation, wildlife management...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 492 |
| MD | SB836 | Pass | Establishing the Maryland Native Plants Program to respond to the increasing demand for, use of, and sale of plants native to Maryland by retail garden centers and retail and wholesale nurseries and to educate the public on native plants; requiring t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 490 |
| MD | SB124 | Pass | Establishing that the Maryland Food System Resiliency Council is in the Office of Resilience in the Maryland Department of Emergency Management; altering the membership of the Council to include a representative of the seafood industry; altering the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 574 |
| MD | SB256 | Pass | Prohibiting the setting on fire or burning of oriented strand board for certain fire-fighting training; and establishing an administrative penalty not exceeding $500 for a first violation of the Act and a civil penalty not exceeding $1,000 for a seco...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 579 |
| MD | SB823 | Pass | Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to provide a discount of at least $40 on annual State park passes for all first responders and law enforcement officers who are Maryland residents.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 511 |
| MD | SB222 | Pass | Altering the definition of "organics recycling" to include the processing of certain compostable packaging materials in a certain manner; requiring the Department of the Environment to approve a single producer responsibility organization to represen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 465 |
| MD | SB650 | Pass | Establishing the State Disaster Recovery Fund to provide disaster recovery assistance to units of local government for individuals and families and for the repair, restoration, reconstruction, or replacement of public facilities, low-interest or no-i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 549 |
| MD | SB848 | Pass | Establishing a Statewide Rental Assistance Voucher Program in the Department of Housing and Community Development to provide vouchers and housing assistance payments for low-income families that are currently on a waiting list under the federal Housi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 446 |
| MD | SB71 | Pass | Specifying that 25% of the net recovery by the debtor on a claim for workers' compensation is subject to execution on a judgment for a child support arrearage.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 321 |
| MD | SB346 | Pass | Establishing a licensing and regulatory system for sign language interpreters under the State Board of Sign Language Interpreters in the Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing; establishing the Sign Language Interpreters Fund to be used exclusively t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 269 |
| MD | SB443 | Pass | Altering the requirements for the subject matter of continuing education courses for licensees issued an initial license by the Real Estate Commission.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 314 |
| MD | SB263 | Pass | Establishing the Access to Mental Health Advisory Committee within the Maryland Higher Education Commission to study the policies and procedures adopted by institutions of higher education in the State regarding access to mental health care and the p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 401 |
| MD | SB341 | Pass | Requiring, on or before August 1, 2024, certain public senior higher education institutions, in consultation with students, to develop and implement a reproductive health services plan; requiring the University of Baltimore, in lieu of developing and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 250 |
| MD | SB497 | Pass | Designating Maryland Rye or Maryland Rye Whiskey as the State spirit.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 308 |
| MD | SB223 | Pass | Requiring a principal department of the Executive Branch to give certain notice to the public, the General Assembly, and any exclusive representative with certain bargaining unit employees and hold a public hearing before changing the use, purpose, o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 118 |
| MD | SB269 | Pass | Prohibiting certain persons subject to campaign finance regulation from making or accepting monetary contributions or monetary donations using any currency other than United States currency; prohibiting a campaign finance entity or a person acting on...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 167 |
| MD | SB379 | Pass | Requiring a local board of elections to send, not later than 43 days before an election, a ballot to voters who have made a request and qualify to vote by absentee ballot; altering the procedures for the canvassing of and curing of errors on absentee...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 152 |
| MD | SB535 | Pass | Prohibiting a person from discriminating in the sale or rental of, or otherwise making unavailable or denying, a dwelling to an individual with a disability who has, obtains, or retains a certain service dog; and defining "service dog" as a dog that ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 212 |
| MD | SB974 | Pass | Requiring contractors operating State-owned nursing homes to promptly provide notice of certain deficiencies, enforcement actions, citations, and fines to the Governor, the State agency overseeing the nursing home, certain committees of the General A...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 106 |
| MD | SB781 | Pass | Requiring an application for any new qualified offshore wind project and a certain proposal for an offshore wind transmission facility to be subject to a certain community benefit agreement; requiring the Public Service Commission to request that PJM...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-21
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 95 |
| MD | SB842 | Pass | Requiring the Governor to annually proclaim January 27 as Maryland Holocaust Remembrance Day; and requiring the proclamation to include a declaration of the purposes of Maryland Holocaust Remembrance Day.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-11
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 14 |
| MD | SB23 | Engross
50% | Altering certain qualifications for a journeyman license to provide heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, and refrigeration services to require having held an apprentice license for 4 rather than 3 years and having completed at least 6,000 rather t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-10
House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Qi, Adams and Crosby) |
| MD | SB489 | Engross
50% | Establishing that a county or a municipal corporation has the authority to approve or deny any local permit required under a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the Public Service Commission for generating stations, transmission...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-10
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | SB260 | Engross
50% | Requiring producers of architectural paint or a representative organization to submit a plan for the establishment of a Paint Stewardship Program to the Department of the Environment on or before July 1, 2024, and in accordance with certain requireme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-07
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | SB613 | Engross
50% | Making permanent the Community Solar Energy Generating Systems Pilot Program; requiring a community solar energy generating system to serve at least 40% of its kilowatt-hour output to low-income and moderate-income subscribers under certain circumsta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-05
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | SB318 | Engross
50% | Establishing the Healthy Indoor Air Quality Grant Program in the Maryland Energy Administration; providing that the purpose of the Program is to improve indoor air quality by providing grants to qualified individuals or businesses to install indoor a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-30
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | SB400 | Intro
25% | Requiring all motion picture houses to offer closed captioning for each screening of a motion picture; and requiring that a place of public accommodation that controls, operates, owns, or leases at least two motion picture houses in the State to prov...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-27
Referred to interim study by Judicial Proceedings |
| MD | SB791 | Engross
50% | Altering the duties of an assistant principal on the career ladder; and providing that a requirement for a county board of education to select a certain teacher on the teacher leadership track of the career ladder to write certain curriculum and asse...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | SB490 | Intro
25% | Prohibiting the Department of Veterans Affairs from charging the cost for opening and closing the burial plot when burying a spouse or dependent of a veteran at a State veterans' cemetery.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-17
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB444 | Intro
25% | Altering the composition of the State Board of Electricians; and requiring the Board to license limited energy contractors and limited energy integrators as State licenses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-14
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SJ3 | Intro
25% | Reaffirming the State of Maryland's commitment to and partnership with Taiwan; and supporting efforts of Taiwan.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-14
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB867 | Engross
50% | Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration, in consultation with the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture, to design and issue a Maryland Heroes registration plate that features the images of Harriet Tubman and Frederick Dougla...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-13
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | SB835 | Intro
25% | Requiring the Interagency Commission on School Construction, on or before July 1, 2025, to complete an initial statewide heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning systems assessment of all public school facilities in the State using certain assessme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-08
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB348 | Engross
50% | Altering the calculation of certain funding for the State Library Resource Center for certain fiscal years.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-07
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | SB536 | Intro
25% | Requiring each department or independent unit of State government to include in certain forms questions regarding eligibility for veterans' benefits, provide information on veterans' benefits to certain individuals under certain circumstances, and an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-27
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB475 | Intro
25% | Establishing the Workgroup on the Maryland 529 Prepaid College Trust Program; requiring the Workgroup to identify policies, procedures, and practices that led to issues relating to the earnings calculation formula and Maryland 529 account holders' in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-20
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB837 | Intro
25% | Requiring the State Department of Education to develop certain guidelines on or before January 1, 2024, and revise and enhance instruction about the Holocaust in public schools for certain elementary, middle, and high school grade levels; requiring a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-20
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
