Maryland Delegate Gary Simmons [D] | Introduced

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MDHB1522Intro

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Requiring, to address a certain funding disparity, that the Governor include at least $5,000,000 to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in the annual budget bill each fiscal year until a total amount of $321,181,312 is appropriated; and authoriz...
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2024-03-20
To House Appropriations Committee
MDHB295Intro

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Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim August 31 as Overdose Awareness Day.
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2024-03-13
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDHB1054Intro

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Exempting a foreign practicing physician applicant for a license from certain education requirements under certain circumstances; requiring the State Board of Physicians to establish a consortium of postgraduate medical education programs for the pur...
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2024-03-13
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDHB1120Intro

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Requiring the State Board of Social Work Examiners to establish a process to review and approve certain persons as authorized sponsors of social work continuing education programs, subject to a requirement that at least one pathway for approval does...
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2024-03-13
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDHB820Intro

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Establishing the Nuclear Energy Development Task Force to study and make recommendations on the deployment of nuclear power generation resources and other related technologies in the State and the establishment of a permanent nuclear energy commissio...
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2024-03-12
Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters
MDHJ1Intro

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Urging the Administration of President Joseph R. Biden to publish the federal Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and for the U.S. Congress to affirm, by joint resolution, the Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amend...
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2024-03-06
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDHJ9Intro

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Declaring the State of Maryland's support of and consent to admitting Washington, D.C. to the Union as a state of the United States of America.
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2024-03-06
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDHB694Intro

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Establishing 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 establish the ENOUGH grant program, subject to certain requirements; requiri...
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2024-02-27
To House Appropriations Committee
MDHB407Intro

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Requiring the Department of Human Services to provide food supplement benefits to students who are residents of the State, are enrolled in an institution of higher education for at least 15 credit hours per year, whose family contribution is expected...
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2024-02-26
To House Appropriations Committee
MDHB564Intro

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Requiring a residential lease to include a requirement that a tenant hold a renter's insurance policy; prohibiting a lease from containing certain requirements regarding a renter's insurance policy; and requiring a landlord to acquire a renter's insu...
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2024-02-15
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDHB1098Intro

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Prohibiting a person from manufacturing, selling, delivering, holding, or offering for sale in the State food that contains brominated vegetable oil, potassium bromate, propylparaben, or red dye 3.
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2024-02-14
To House Health and Government Operations Committee
MDHB1469Intro

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Prohibiting a person from intentionally causing physical injury to another if the person knows or has reason to know that the other is an official, umpire, referee, or judge officiating at a sporting event; authorizing a police officer to arrest a pe...
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2024-02-14
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDHB523Intro

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Authorizing a court to grant a petition for expungement of records relating to a certain conviction at any time on a showing of good cause.
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2024-02-13
To House Judiciary Committee
MDHB1366Intro

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Providing that a State correctional facility is responsible for the payment of costs charged by a telephone service provider under certain circumstances; providing that a State correctional facility and a telephone service provider may not charge an ...
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2024-02-13
To House Judiciary Committee
MDHB1429Intro

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Providing that the creative expression of a criminal defendant or juvenile respondent is not admissible against the defendant or respondent unless the court makes certain findings; and defining "creative expression" as the expression or application o...
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2024-02-13
To House Judiciary Committee
MDHB221Intro

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Altering certain definitions relating to student enrollment that are generally used for the calculation of funding for general education programs.
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2024-02-12
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDHB409Intro

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Finding that local governments pay electric companies large sums to light streets and are limited in how this public safety resource can be managed, the Act authorizes certain counties or municipalities to acquire certain street lighting equipment by...
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2024-02-12
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDHB707Intro

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Altering certain provisions of law to require a certain law enforcement agency to require the use of body-worn cameras, subject to a certain policy, by each sworn law enforcement officer, regardless of rank, employed by the law enforcement agency whi...
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2024-02-10
To House Judiciary Committee
MDHB543Intro

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Increasing the amount of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefit that the State is required to provide for a household that includes an individual who is at least 62 years old.
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2024-02-09
To House Appropriations Committee
MDHB1040Intro

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Requiring, beginning January 1, 2025, the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to provide limited behavioral health services to individuals under the age of 18 years regardless of whether the individual has a behavioral health diagnosis; requiring the...
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2024-02-09
To House Health and Government Operations Committee
MDHB1177Intro

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Providing that certain individuals, before signing a continuing care agreement, are entitled to a certain visit and certain information; authorizing subscribers in a continuing care retirement community to take certain actions and to participate in c...
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2024-02-09
To House Health and Government Operations Committee
MDHB1137Intro

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Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and insurers, nonprofit health service plans, health maintenance organizations, and managed care organizations to provide coverage for calcium score testing for individuals who have at least three of ...
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2024-02-09
To House Health and Government Operations Committee
MDHB1314Intro

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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...
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2024-02-09
To House Economic Matters Committee
MDHB686Intro

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Requiring a youth sports program to develop venue-specific emergency action plans for each facility that is used by the youth sports program during relevant athletic seasons; requiring an action plan to include the operation and use of automated exte...
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2024-02-07
To House Health and Government Operations Committee
MDHB722Intro

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Prohibiting a health care provider from knowingly engaging in or causing certain medical or surgical procedures to be performed on a minor without the consent of the parent, guardian, or custodian of the minor if performed for the purpose of attempti...
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2024-02-07
To House Health and Government Operations Committee
MDHB329Intro

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Establishing alternative expiration and renewal periods for a handgun permit issued to a certain retired law enforcement officer.
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2024-02-05
To House Judiciary Committee
MDHB775Intro

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Requiring the State Board of Elections to establish a process by which an individual with disabilities may return a marked absentee ballot to a local board of elections electronically.
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2024-02-05
To House Ways and Means Committee
MDHB579Intro

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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...
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2024-02-02
To House Economic Matters Committee
MDHB493Intro

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Providing collective bargaining rights to certain faculty, part-time faculty, post doctoral associates, and graduate assistants at certain State institutions of higher education; establishing separate collective bargaining units for the faculty, part...
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2024-02-01
To House Appropriations Committee
MDHB405Intro

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Specifying certain qualifications and training necessary for an individual to be appointed or approved by a court as a custody evaluator; specifying that certain expert evidence is admissible in certain child custody and visitation proceedings under ...
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2024-01-31
To House Judiciary Committee
MDHB446Intro

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Providing that a person who has been convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment exceeding 1 year and is currently serving the sentence imposed for the conviction, including a term of parole or probation, or has been convicted of a crime involvin...
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2024-01-30
To House Judiciary Committee
MDHB555Intro

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Prohibiting the unauthorized dissemination of certain personal identifying information without permission, with the intent to threaten, intimidate, abuse, harass or frighten a person, or place the person in reasonable fear of death or serious bodily ...
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2024-01-30
To House Judiciary Committee
MDHB547Intro

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Prohibiting a person from committing a crime of violence while the person is in an educational facility, a medical facility, or a place of worship.
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2024-01-30
To House Judiciary Committee
MDHB724Intro

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Authorizing an individual who is serving a term of confinement to petition a court to reduce the sentence if the individual has served at least 20 years of the individuals term of confinement and at least 3 years have passed since the court decided a...
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2024-01-30
To House Judiciary Committee
MDHB645Intro

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Requiring a vlogger who creates video content that is posted on a social media platform and features a certain minor child to compensate the child under certain circumstances; establishing requirements on social media platforms relating to deleting v...
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2024-01-29
To House Economic Matters Committee
MDHB400Intro

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Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain health insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage and certain reimbursement for annual behavioral health wellness visits; and applyi...
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2024-01-26
To House Health and Government Operations Committee
MDHB717Intro

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Allowing employers who provide certain parental engagement leave to certain qualified employees during the taxable year a credit against the State income tax; requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Comptroller, to devel...
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2024-01-26
To House Ways and Means Committee
MDHB719Intro

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Allowing certain eligible taxpayers who volunteer in a certain elementary and secondary school a credit against the State income tax in an amount equal to $20 for each volunteer hour, not to exceed $500; requiring the State Department of Education, i...
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2024-01-26
To House Ways and Means Committee
MDHB626Intro

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Increasing, from $7,000 to $10,000, the amount of a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for an individual who is a qualifying public safety volunteer for a taxable year beginning after December 31, 2024; requiring each police agenc...
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2024-01-25
To House Ways and Means Committee
MDHB488Intro

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Requiring the Governor to include a certain $1,000,000 in the annual budget bill for fiscal years 2026 through 2028 to provide grants to certain qualifying nonprofit organizations for the purpose of providing training in automotive repair to incarcer...
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2024-01-23
To House Judiciary Committee
MDHB199Intro

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Requiring the governing body of a common ownership community to develop a smoking policy if the property subject to the control of the governing body is a multifamily dwelling.
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2024-01-18
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDHB6Intro

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Altering a prohibition against using the number of arrests made, investigations conducted, citations issued, or warrants served or executed by a law enforcement officer as a criterion for the evaluation, compensation, discipline, promotion, demotion,...
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2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee
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