Maryland Senator Chris West [R]

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MDSB431PassAltering the duties of the Maryland Apprenticeship and Training Council; repealing the Youth Apprenticeship Advisory Committee; establishing the Maryland Office of Registered Apprenticeship Development to scale registered apprenticeships across indus...
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2025-04-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 2
MDSB203PassCreating an exception for vehicles carrying fluid milk products to the prohibition against driving a vehicle subject to an exceptional hauling permit on the interstate highway system; altering certain weight limits and tolerances under an exceptional...
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2025-04-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 52
MDSB333Enroll
75%
Expanding the evidentiary rule on the admissibility of out of court statements made by child victims or witnesses to make admissible an out of court statement made by a child to a forensic interviewer.
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2025-04-07
Returned Passed
MDSB352Enroll
75%
Altering from four to three the number of members elected from each councilmanic district of Baltimore County to the Baltimore County Republican Party Central Committee; and altering the number of members elected from each legislative district of Bal...
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2025-04-07
Passed Enrolled
MDSB427Engross
50%
Altering the designation, administration, and purposes of and eligibility for certain economic development programs; redesignating the Maryland Economic Development Assistance Authority to be the Maryland Economic Competitiveness Fund; repealing the ...
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2025-04-07
To House Ways and Means Committee
MDSB455Enroll
75%
Authorizing a certain security guard agency to apply for the appointment of special police officers in order to protect property owned or leased by the security guard agency's clients.
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2025-04-07
Returned Passed
MDSB533Enroll
75%
Altering the deadlines for the completion of the process of review and investigation by a certain investigating unit through disposition by an administrative charging committee under certain circumstances; and requiring a law enforcement agency to fi...
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2025-04-07
Passed Enrolled
MDSB73Enroll
75%
Renaming the Chesapeake Conservation Corps Program to be the Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr. Chesapeake Conservation and Climate Corps Program.
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2025-04-07
Returned Passed
MDSB585Engross
50%
Establishing an exception to the prohibition against entering or trespassing on real property while wearing, carrying, or transporting a firearm for a retired law enforcement official who has retired in good standing from a law enforcement agency of ...
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2025-04-07
Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate Clippinger) Adopted
MDSB181Enroll
75%
Requiring the Maryland Parole Commission to consider the age of incarcerated individuals when determining whether to grant parole; altering how the Commission evaluates a request for medical parole; repealing the authorization for the Governor to di...
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2025-04-07
Passed Enrolled
MDSB46Enroll
75%
Requiring a certain hearing to be held not more than 10 business days after a certain complaint is filed; and altering requirements relating to service of process in a wrongful detainer action.
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2025-04-07
Passed Enrolled
MDSB811Enroll
75%
Extending the deadline for the reporting requirement for the Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services to be October 31, 2026; and extending the termination date for the Task Force to be June 30, 202...
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2025-04-05
Passed Enrolled
MDSB1007Engross
50%
Providing that the contents of a certain intercepted communication and evidence derived from the communication may be received in evidence in a certain criminal proceeding under certain circumstances.
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2025-04-05
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDSB432Enroll
75%
Altering certain provisions of law relating to waiting periods for the filing of certain petitions for expungement to authorize the filing of a petition a certain amount of time after the completion of the sentence; adding to the list of misdemeanor ...
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2025-04-03
Returned Passed
MDSB956Enroll
75%
Requiring a carrier to pay the same commission rates to an insurance producer for the sale of certain Medicare supplement policies without regard to whether the policies are sold during an open enrollment period, as underwritten policies, or under ce...
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2025-04-03
Returned Passed
MDSB348Enroll
75%
Altering the definition of "private place" as it relates to the prohibition on conducting visual surveillance with prurient intent of an individual without the consent of the individual; and altering the prohibition against conducting visual surveill...
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2025-04-03
Returned Passed
MDSB443Enroll
75%
Requiring that the prosecution for an offense of trafficking a regulated firearm be instituted within 3 years after the offense was committed; reclassifying the prohibition against transporting a regulated firearm into the State for the purpose of un...
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2025-04-03
Returned Passed
MDSB126Enroll
75%
Authorizing the trustee of a trust to resign under the Maryland Trust Act on 30 days' notice to qualified beneficiaries, the settlor, if living, all cotrustees, and any person that has a right to replace or appoint a successor to the resigning truste...
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2025-04-02
Returned Passed
MDSB19Enroll
75%
Clarifying the commissions that a guardian of the property may charge; authorizing a trustee of a trust to charge compensation that is reasonable under the circumstances; and authorizing trustees who are financial institutions or members of the Maryl...
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2025-04-02
Returned Passed
MDSB158Enroll
75%
Specifying the manner in which notice regarding an exercise of the decanting power or the sending of a document under the Maryland Trust Decanting Act is required to be provided.
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2025-04-02
Returned Passed
MDSB152Enroll
75%
Establishing that certain crimes relating to animals do not include certain activities; establishing that each animal harmed in a violation of a prohibition against animal cruelty is a separate offense and shall be deemed an individual victim for pur...
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2025-04-02
Returned Passed
MDSB286Enroll
75%
Clarifying required information for registering a domestic partnership or obtaining a marriage license; and requiring a declaration of domestic partnership filed with the register of wills to include the Social Security number of each domestic partne...
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2025-04-02
Returned Passed
MDSB429Engross
50%
Altering the definitions of "target per pupil foundation amount", "collaborative time per pupil amount", "compensatory education per pupil amount", "English learner per pupil amount", "special education per pupil amount", "growth in the target per pu...
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2025-04-02
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDSB428Engross
50%
Establishing the Maryland Leaders in Environmentally Engaged Farming (LEEF) Program; establishing the Maryland Leaders in Environmentally Engaged Farming (LEEF) Program Fund to support actions associated with fulfilling the Program's purpose; definin...
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2025-04-02
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDSB334Enroll
75%
Prohibiting a person from committing a certain crime of malicious or fraudulent burning that causes the death of or serious physical injury to a firefighter; and establishing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a felony and on conviction ...
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2025-04-02
Returned Passed
MDSB326Enroll
75%
Establishing certain confidentiality requirements for peer support counseling programs for law enforcement agencies; prohibiting a peer support specialist from disclosing the contents of any written or oral communication regarding a peer support inte...
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2025-04-02
Returned Passed
MDSB280Enroll
75%
Establishing rules of interpretation related to the uniformed services; altering the rule of interpretation for "veteran"; and altering the application of certain provisions of judicial proceedings, corrections, criminal, family, public safety, and r...
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2025-04-02
Returned Passed
MDSB382Engross
50%
Requiring, in order to make repairs to powered wheelchairs, that a certain manufacturer make available certain documentation, parts, embedded software, firmware, and tools to a certain independent repair provider or owner of a powered wheelchair; pro...
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2025-04-01
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDSB606Enroll
75%
Clarifying the circumstances under which liability for the failure to comply with certain requirements relating to a tenant's right of first refusal to purchase residential property is restricted to the owner of the property and does not attach to th...
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2025-04-01
Returned Passed
MDSB669Enroll
75%
Altering the date from December 31, 2025, to March 31, 2026, by which a certain report under a certain sexual assault evidence collection kit tracking program is required to be submitted; altering the purpose and use of the Rape Kit Testing Grant Fun...
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2025-04-01
Returned Passed
MDSB548Enroll
75%
Authorizing the court, in determining legal and physical custody in certain child custody proceedings, to consider certain factors; and authorizing the court to modify a child custody or visitation order if the court determines that there has been a ...
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2025-04-01
Returned Passed
MDSB274Enroll
75%
Altering a certain requirement under which a court is authorized to order that the testimony of a child victim be taken outside a courtroom and shown in the courtroom by closed circuit television in certain child abuse cases; requiring the testimony ...
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2025-04-01
Returned Passed
MDSB618Enroll
75%
Requiring that an original and renewal application for a license, an identification card, or a moped operator's permit allow an applicant to choose to indicate on the document the applicant's nonapparent disability; requiring the Motor Vehicle Admini...
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2025-04-01
Returned Passed
MDSB590Enroll
75%
Altering the penalties and points assessments related to the offenses of reckless, negligent, and aggressive driving; and adding certain motor vehicle offenses as elements that may contribute to charges for reckless or aggressive driving.
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2025-04-01
Returned Passed
MDSB992Engross
50%
Establishing a process for and certain exceptions to the transfer of assets that are collateral for securing a mortgage, pledge, or security interest without the approval of the stockholders; and repealing provisions of law specifying what shall be i...
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2025-03-28
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDSB929Engross
50%
Establishing the Workgroup on Mail-In Ballot Accessibility to examine current processes in the State relating to mail-in ballot return, including the administrative time and costs, ballot return rates, and security issues, collect information about c...
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2025-03-26
To House Ways and Means Committee
MDSB710Engross
50%
Prohibiting a person from driving, operating, or controlling a motor vehicle in a criminally negligent manner; providing that a person acts in a criminally negligent manner when the person should be aware, but fails to perceive, that the person's co...
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2025-03-26
To House Judiciary Committee
MDSB179Engross
50%
Establishing that not more than one vehicle owned by, or leased to, an unemployable disabled veteran is exempt from vehicle registration fees.
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2025-03-19
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDSB466Engross
50%
Prohibiting a person who is a caregiver to or a family member or household member of an individual from knowingly and willfully exerting unauthorized control over and obtaining the property of the individual with intent to deprive the individual of t...
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2025-03-19
To House Judiciary Committee
MDSB648Engross
50%
Repealing provisions relating to gubernatorial approval of a decision of the Maryland Parole Commission to grant medical parole to an incarcerated individual serving a sentence of life imprisonment.
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2025-03-15
To House Judiciary Committee
MDSB25Intro
25%
Specifying certain qualifications necessary for an individual to be appointed by a court as a custody evaluator.
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2025-03-14
Referred to interim study by Judicial Proceedings
MDSB12Intro
25%
Adding to the conditions under which an individual who creates a trust may not be considered the settlor of that trust with regard to the individual's interest in the trust; and providing that a creditor may not attach, exercise, reach, or otherwise ...
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2025-03-10
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDSB135Engross
50%
Clarifying that a communication between an attorney and a client that acts as a fiduciary is subject to the attorney-client privilege even if fiduciary funds are used to compensate the attorney for services rendered to the client.
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2025-03-07
To House Judiciary Committee
MDSB110Engross
50%
Prioritizing the payment of unpaid child support over certain other claims on an estate of a decedent with insufficient assets to pay all claims in full.
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2025-03-07
To House Judiciary Committee
MDSB44Engross
50%
Providing that a person charged with reckless or negligent driving must appear in court and may not prepay the fine if the reckless or negligent driving contributed to an accident that resulted in the death of another person, unless a court for good ...
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2025-02-21
To House Judiciary Committee
MDSB545Engross
50%
Prohibiting a person from possessing more than 100 images of certain child pornography or possessing or viewing images of certain child pornography depicting a minor or an individual indistinguishable from an actual and identifiable child under the a...
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2025-02-21
To House Judiciary Committee
MDSB783Intro
25%
Requiring a principal or school administration to investigate each student fight or physical struggle; prohibiting a school employee from disciplining a student who, after an investigation, more likely than not used reasonable force necessary to prot...
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2025-02-19
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB791Intro
25%
Altering certain requirements of the career ladder for educators to increase the required percentage of working time a certain teacher must spend teaching in the classroom from 60 to 80%.
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2025-02-19
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB607Intro
25%
Excluding transportation protection agreements from the definition of "preneed burial contract" and "pre-need contract" under the Maryland Cemetery Act and the Maryland Morticians and Funeral Directors Act, respectively; and providing that transporta...
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2025-02-17
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDSB22Engross
50%
Establishing the Task Force to Study Fiduciary Adjudication in Maryland to examine and analyze the efficiency, uniformity, and quality of fiduciary adjudication in Maryland and make recommendations; requiring the orphans' courts, circuit courts, regi...
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2025-02-14
To House Judiciary Committee
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