| MD | SB137 | Pass | Prohibiting, beginning in fiscal year 2023, the Maryland Transit Administration from purchasing buses for the Administration's State transit bus fleet that are not zero-emission buses, subject to a certain exception; authorizing the Administration to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-30
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 693 |
| MD | SB480 | Pass | Requiring, for certain fiscal years, the Comptroller to distribute certain abandoned property funds to the Tax Clinics for Low-Income Marylanders Fund; establishing the Tax Clinics for Low-Income Marylanders Fund to provide grants to the University o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-30
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 679 |
| MD | SB591 | Pass | Altering the scope of certain tax incidence studies submitted by the Bureau of Revenue Estimates; requiring governmental units involved in the implementation or administration of the taxes and charges evaluated in the study to provide promptly any in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-30
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 517 |
| MD | SB593 | Pass | Altering, for purposes of the homeowners' property tax credit, the definition of "total real property tax" to exclude any adjustments based on other property tax credits against the property tax imposed on a dwelling; requiring the State Department o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-30
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 718 |
| MD | SB720 | Pass | Requiring a single, uniform pay plan for teachers and professional personnel at the Maryland School for the Blind; requiring the Secretary of Budget and Management to establish the pay plan after considering recommendations by the Board of Directors ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-30
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 424 |
| MD | SB779 | Pass | Authorizing the Maryland 529 Board to distribute certain fees in a certain manner; requiring an account holder of the Maryland Senator Edward J. Kasemeyer College Investment Plan to be a State resident and file taxes before July 15 each year to quali...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-30
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 436 |
| MD | SB323 | Pass | Establishing the Maryland Arts Capital Grant Program to provide grants for the acquisition of, the expansion of, the renovation of, or major repairs to a facility or other infrastructure operated by a certain organization; requiring the Governor, for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-30
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 395 |
| MD | SB958 | Pass | Requiring the State contribution to the cost of educating children with disabilities in nonpublic programs to be increased for certain purposes in fiscal year 2023 by 4% over the amount approved by the State Department of Education in fiscal year 202...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-30
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 701 |
| MD | SB5 | Pass | Altering the information to be included in the Health Care Disparities Policy Report Card to include disparities in morbidity and mortality rates for dementia; requiring the Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities to publish health data that...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-30
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 745 |
| MD | SB550 | Pass | Establishing the Sheila E. Hixson Behavioral Health Services Matching Grant Program for Service Members and Veterans to provide funds to local nonprofit organizations to establish and expand community behavioral health programs to serve members, vete...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-30
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 786 |
| MD | SB901 | Pass | Establishing the Resilient Maryland Revolving Loan Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; establishing the purpose of the Fund; authorizing uses for the Fund; requiring certain loans to be for a fixed period; requiring the Maryland Emergency Management ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-30
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 644 |
| MD | SB909 | Pass | Requiring the Governor's Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs, prior to the release of State funds for a certain capital project that receives at least $3,000,000 in a single fiscal year, to review the project for subcontracting oppo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-30
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 728 |
| MD | SB172 | Pass | Establishing a Pathways to Health Equity Program in the Community Health Resources Commission to provide the foundation and guidance for a permanent Health Equity Resource Community program; requiring the Program to provide grant funding to reduce he...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-30
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 741 |
| MD | SB199 | Veto | Establishing the Purple Line Construction Zone Grant Program to provide funds to qualified small businesses to assist in offsetting business revenue lost due to the construction of the Purple Line light rail project; requiring in each of fiscal years...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-28
Vetoed by the Governor (Policy) |
| MD | SB717 | Veto | Altering the type of access and the circumstances under which certain access to new employees by exclusive representatives is required to be permitted by the State, a system institution, Morgan State University, St. Mary's College of Maryland, and Ba...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-28
Vetoed by the Governor (Policy) |
| MD | SB746 | Veto | Establishing collective bargaining rights for certain community college employees; establishing procedures for the selection and certification of an exclusive bargaining representative; establishing a cap of four on the number of bargaining units in ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-28
Vetoed by the Governor (Policy) |
| MD | SB592 | Pass | Altering the contents of a certain report required by the Department of Human Services regarding children and foster youth in the State child welfare system; requiring the State Department of Education, on or before December 1 each year, to report to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-18
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 316 |
| MD | SB778 | Pass | Expanding the purposes of the Regional Institution Strategic Enterprise Zone Program; establishing the Regional Institution Strategic Enterprise Zone Fund in the Department of Commerce to finance certain rental assistance to business entities located...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-05-18
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 207 |
| MD | SB66 | Pass | Establishing the Office of Statewide Broadband in the Department of Housing and Community Development to ensure that every resident of the State is supported by high-quality, affordable broadband Internet service and has the tools necessary to take a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 74 |
| MD | SB719 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health, in consultation with 2-1-1 Maryland, to make certain recommendations relating to the establishment of an opt-in mental health services phone call program that would require a center to call individuals who...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 67 |
| MD | SB414 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the State to reduce statewide greenhouse gas emissions by 60% from 2006 levels by 2030; requiring the State to achieve net-zero statewide greenhouse gas emissions by 2045; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to adopt regulations esta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-12
House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Barve, Stein and Brooks) |
| MD | SB1 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to establish a new unit to assist in evaluating and reviewing certain proposals for new programs and substantial modifications of existing programs; requiring the Governor, for fiscal years 2023 thro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 42 |
| MD | SB370 | Engross
Sine Die | Increasing to $20,000 the amount of a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for certain military retirement income for individuals who are at least 55 years old; increasing to $10,000 the amount of a subtraction modification under th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-24
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | SB647 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the Department of Budget and Management to provide certain reports on federal COVID-19 relief funding; requiring the reports to be submitted on or before March 15, 2021, and quarterly through June 30, 2022; requiring the reports to identify...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-22
To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | SB897 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the calculation of the Maryland earned income tax credit to allow certain individuals without qualifying children to claim an increased credit; allowing certain individuals to claim a refund of the credit; and applying the Act to taxable yea...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-09
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB496 | Pass | Providing certain financing during fiscal years 2021 and 2022 for the purpose of relieving the adverse effects of the coronavirus pandemic; allowing, for certain taxable years, a subtraction under the Maryland income tax for certain unemployment insu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-15
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 39 |
| MD | SB860 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing that, under certain circumstances, public elementary and secondary school employees in the State are presumed to have an occupational disease that is compensable under workers' compensation law after a certain positive test or diagnosis ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-10
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB718 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Department of General Services to initiate proceedings for the acquisition of the property known as Burtonsville Crossing on or before December 31, 2021; and requiring the Department of General Services to acquire certain property by pu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-03
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | SB486 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring an essential employer to give a written statement regarding certain hazard pay paid to certain essential workers at certain intervals; requiring an essential employer to take certain actions related to occupational safety and health during ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-26
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB408 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a person from knowingly obscuring a registration plate for the purpose of evading automated enforcement of the Maryland Vehicle Law; providing a $500 fine for a violation of this section of the Act; increasing the assessments for certain ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-18
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB126 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the State Department of Education to establish, by October 1, 2021, a stakeholder advisory group to develop a reading and dyslexia handbook to guide local school systems in the implementation of best practices for early literacy and dyslexi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-01-06
To Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee |
