Maryland Senator Benjamin Brooks [D]

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MDSB165PassRequiring the State Department of Education to develop guidelines for public schools and the Maryland Higher Education Commission to develop guidelines for public institutions of higher education to train coaches to recognize indicators of mental ill...
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2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 734
MDSB453PassAuthorizing each county to establish an assisted outpatient treatment program; requiring the Maryland Department of Health, on or before July 1, 2026, to establish an assisted outpatient treatment program in a county that does not opt to establish a ...
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2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 704
MDSB470PassAltering the Law Enforcement Cadet Apprenticeship Program in the Maryland Department of Labor to be the Public Safety Apprenticeship Program; expanding the purpose and scope of the Program to promote careers with certain public safety agencies; alter...
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2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 708
MDSB475PassEstablishing the Center for Firearm Violence Prevention and Intervention in the Maryland Department of Health to reduce firearm violence, harm from firearm violence, and misuse of firearms in the State by partnering with federal, State, and local age...
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2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 707
MDSB473PassEstablishing the Pava LaPere Innovation Acceleration Grant Program in the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to provide grants to technology-based startup companies that are founded by students of postsecondary institutions located in and ha...
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2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 711
MDSB615PassRequiring the Governor to annually proclaim September 30 as Maryland Veterans Suicide Prevention Day.
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2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 805
MDSB1099PassRequiring the State Emergency Medical Services Board, in collaboration with the Maryland Department of Health, to develop and implement an initiative under the Public Access Automated External Defibrillator Program to require that naloxone be co-loca...
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2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 764
MDSB1034PassEstablishing the 9-1-1 Specialist Recruitment and Retention Workgroup; requiring the Workgroup to review the reports submitted by the Commission to Advance Next Generation 9-1-1 Across Maryland, identify and examine certain recruitment and retention ...
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2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 912
MDSB975PassEstablishing the Reproductive Health Care Clinic Security Grant Program in the Maryland Department of Health to assist reproductive health care clinics in the State with costs associated with security improvements and safety operational expenses; pro...
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2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 768
MDSB325PassRequiring 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 by July 1, 2025, and in accordance with certain requirements; requi...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 588
MDSB472PassRequiring each principal department and independent unit to create a catalog of information relating to permits, licenses, and certificates issued by the department or independent unit and submit the catalog to the Governor on or before October 1, 20...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 413
MDSB482PassEstablishing the Governor's Office for Children and the Special Secretary of the Governor's Office for Children as the head of the Office; requiring the Special Secretary to chair the Children's Cabinet; requiring the Office to staff the Children's C...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 408
MDSB474PassAltering 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 on-site emergency backup and certain test and maintenance o...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 411
MDSB783PassRequiring that certain home improvement contracts for the installation of a solar energy generating system on the roof of a building include the installation of a certain wildlife barrier under certain circumstances; requiring a county or municipalit...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 595
MDSB804PassRequiring the Maryland Stadium Authority to conduct a certain feasibility study for developing, establishing, and operating a sports tourism facility at Reisterstown Regional Park in northwest Baltimore County; requiring the Authority to consult with...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 615
MDSB879PassRepealing a restriction on the harvesting of shellfish between the hours of sunset and sunrise from certain areas leased for aquaculture; and requiring the Department of Natural Resources to establish by regulation the hours for harvesting shellfish ...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 551
MDSB915PassAltering the regulatory approach for controlling invasive plant species in the State, including repealing certain provisions of law relating to a two-tiered regulatory approach and requiring the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a list of prohibi...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 589
MDSB916PassRequiring certain petitions to review the listing or unlisting of endangered or threatened species to contain certain information regarding the distribution, life, and habitat needs of the species and relevant information about the status of a specie...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 621
MDSB196PassAuthorizing a soil conservation district to recommend a fee system to cover the cost of reviewing plans for small ponds; establishing that any fees collected under the Act shall be supplemental to county and State funds; requiring a soil conservation...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 523
MDSB337PassAdding the Secretary of Emergency Management, or the Secretary's designee, and the Chair of the Public Service Commission, or the Chair's designee, as members of the Commission on Climate Change.
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 478
MDSB148PassRequiring at least 40% of funding provided under the comprehensive flood management grant program to be used for projects located in or directly benefiting underserved or overburdened communities; and authorizing the Governor to include in the annual...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 516
MDSB982PassAltering the duties of the Secretary of Information Technology related to modernization of information technology systems; renaming the Major Information Technology Development Fund; requiring 20% of the amount appropriated to the Fund to be set asid...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 497
MDSB448PassEstablishing the Commission to Study African American Civil War Soldiers in Maryland to study the history of the African American soldiers who fought for the Union Army in Maryland and to make findings and recommendations regarding the funding, desig...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 434
MDSB818PassRequiring each unit of State government to conduct certain inventories and a certain assessment on or before certain dates; prohibiting the Department of Information Technology from making certain information publicly available under certain circumst...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 496
MDSB92PassRequiring all motion picture houses to offer closed movie captioning for each screening of a certain motion picture; and requiring, if a motion picture is produced and available to motion picture houses with open movie captioning, a place of public a...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 360
MDSB50PassProviding that a certain final order of the Commission on Civil Rights on a complaint alleging a discriminatory act is appealable in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 260
MDSB451PassIncreasing the annual compensation of nonstudent members of the Baltimore County Board of Education who are not the chair of the county board from $7,500 to $16,500; providing that the chair of the county board is entitled to receive an annual compen...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 358
MDSB540PassEstablishing the School Mapping Data Program in the Maryland Center for School Safety; providing that the purpose of the Program is to provide funds to local school systems to produce school mapping data for each public school in the county, includin...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 166
MDSB542PassRequiring items to be included in a brokerage agreement between a real estate broker and a seller or lessor or a buyer or lessee.
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 359
MDSB738PassEstablishing a State policy that local school systems operate their school library media programs consistent with certain standards; requiring each local school system to develop a policy and procedures to review objections to materials in a school l...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 130
MDSB1026PassRequiring the State Board of Education to adopt a process for the uniform and timely reporting of certain county board of education budget information to a county governing body; requiring a county board to post certain budget information on the coun...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 218
MDSB564PassRepealing certain processes regarding the expiration of certain licenses for real estate brokers, associate real estate brokers, and real estate salespersons; requiring that certain licenses expire on a staggered basis; modifying and setting certain ...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 330
MDSB1178PassRepealing the service terminal date required to be eligible for the Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship.
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 176
MDSB592PassRequiring a local school system to provide to parents at certain individualized education program, individualized family service plan, and 504 plan meetings for children with disabilities certain written informational materials regarding the Maryland...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 173
MDSB567PassRequiring each public institution of higher education to adopt a policy to authorize a student to withdraw from the institution under extenuating circumstances and to refund the student for tuition and fees paid by the student for a certain semester ...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 300
MDSB797PassRequiring certain information to be provided to the parents of a child with a disability under certain circumstances; establishing the Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Program; establishing the Access to Attorneys...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 170
MDSB480PassProhibiting a person from knowingly and willfully making a threat to harm an election official or an immediate family member of an election official because of the election official's role in administering the election process; and establishing that ...
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2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 20
MDSB478PassAuthorizing employers to grant a preference in hiring and promotion to spouses of eligible service members; and requiring the appointing authorities in the Executive Branch of State government to apply a credit of 10 points on any selection test for ...
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2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 6
MDSB477PassIncreasing, from 15 to 30, the maximum number of days of disaster service leave for employees in the Executive Branch of State government; and increasing, from 15 to 30, the maximum number of days of paid leave the Secretary of Budget and Management ...
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2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 8
MDSB476PassProviding that certain firefighters, fire fighting instructors, rescue squad members, advanced life support unit members, and members of the Office of the State Fire Marshal who have thyroid, colon, or ovarian cancer are presumed, under certain circu...
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2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 14
MDSB628PassAltering the purposes of the Catastrophic Event Account and the Federal Government Shutdown Employee Assistance Loan Fund to provide financial assistance to noncivilian federal employees.
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2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 18
MDSB88PassEstablishing 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 legislat...
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2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 10
MDSB341PassAltering the name of the museum operated by the Commission on African American History and Culture in certain provisions of law from the "Banneker-Douglass Museum" to the "Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum".
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2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 57
MDSB425PassClarifying that secondary schools participating in the Maryland Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program may serve breakfast in any broadly accessible part of the school; and authorizing elementary schools participating in the Program, su...
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2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 62
MDSB411PassRenaming the Department of Veterans Affairs to be the Department of Veterans and Military Families; renaming the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to be the Secretary of Veterans and Military Families; requiring the Secretary to appoint a Deputy Secretar...
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2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 11
MDSB707PassAdding the Space Force to certain provisions of law related to the armed forces; authorizing military spouses and residents of the State who are members of the National Guard of another state or a reserve component of the armed forces to terminate ce...
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2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 26
MDSB883Engross

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Requiring a county board of education, a nonpublic school, or a contracting agency that has contracted with a virtual tutoring service to require the virtual tutoring service to conduct a criminal history records check for any individual at the virtu...
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2024-04-08
House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Ebersole, Patterson and Fair)
MDSB543Engross

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Prohibiting institutions of higher education that receive State funds from considering a legacy preference or donor preference as an eligible criterion for admissions standards at the institution; and allowing an institution of higher education to as...
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2024-04-06
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDSB1024Engross

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Requiring that each public middle and high school alter the venue-specific emergency action plan for athletic facilities to incorporate a cardiac emergency response plan; and requiring each public middle and high school to review and update the cardi...
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2024-04-05
To House Ways and Means Committee
MDSB934Engross

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Altering the annual salary of the Sheriff of Baltimore County.
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2024-04-04
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
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