| 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 | 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 | SB797 | Pass | Establishing the Task Force on Preventing and Countering Elder Abuse; requiring the Task Force to study existing laws, policies, and practices relating to elder abuse and other crimes commonly committed against older adults and make recommendations r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 706 |
| MD | SB831 | Pass | Altering the requirements for governance of libraries designated as regional resource centers; and establishing a governing board for each regional resource center.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 677 |
| MD | SB148 | Pass | Providing for the stable funding and support of trauma-informed, high-quality program and services for victims of crime; requiring the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services to help support certain programs providing servic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 626 |
| MD | SB622 | Pass | Requiring certain Medicaid funding to be used to provide community services to individuals waiting for services through certain waiver programs; authorizing certain Medicaid funding to be used for expanding provider capacity in certain waiver program...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 635 |
| 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 | 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 | SB61 | Pass | Repealing the definition of "public safety officer" for purposes of a certain credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on a dwelling owned by a public safety officer; repealing a certain limitation on the amount of the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 559 |
| MD | SB694 | Pass | Authorizing the State to exchange real property owned by the State for the use and benefit of the Department of Natural Resources with private real property under certain circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 453 |
| MD | SB141 | Pass | Altering eligibility for and the amount of a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for a taxpayer who adopts a child during the taxable year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 550 |
| MD | SB282 | Pass | Establishing the Maryland Forestry Education Fund to expand and enhance the Maryland Forestry Foundation's capacity to provide certain education and resources to forest landowners, the ability of district forestry boards and the knowledge of local go...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 480 |
| MD | SB801 | Pass | Establishing the Cyber Maryland Program in the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to create and execute a talent pipeline that materially reduces workforce vacancies by July 1, 2026, build an advanced cybersecurity workforce, and carry out o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 578 |
| MD | SB922 | Pass | Increasing the mandated appropriation that the Governor is required to include for the Maryland Construction Education and Innovation Fund in the annual budget bill from $250,000 to $625,000 for fiscal years 2025 through 2029.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 493 |
| MD | SB24 | Pass | Repealing a requirement that the Capital Debt Affordability Committee include certain debt that is secured by future federal aid within its review of State tax supported debt; altering the calculation of the maximum amount of debt secured by future f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 455 |
| MD | SB549 | Pass | Establishing the Build Our Future Grant Pilot Program in the Department of Commerce to provide funding for certain costs for infrastructure projects in eligible technology sectors; requiring certain grantees to provide matching funds and to demonstr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 431 |
| 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 | SB3 | Pass | Requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill for fiscal year 2025 an appropriation of $12,000,000 to the 9-8-8 Trust Fund.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 260 |
| MD | SB299 | Pass | Requiring the owners and operators of grocery stores with annual gross incomes greater than $10,000,000 or restaurants with annual gross incomes of more than $1,000,000, beginning on January 1, 2025, to place an automated external defibrillator in a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 305 |
| MD | SB624 | Pass | Allowing an individual or a business entity to claim a credit against the State income tax for the first $500 of the purchase price of an automated external defibrillator purchased for use at a restaurant location in the State with annual gross incom...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 307 |
| MD | SB139 | Pass | Increasing the maximum number of years of eligibility service that certain members of the State Police Retirement System or Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System may have to participate in the Deferred Retirement Option Program (DROP) from 30 to 3...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 400 |
| MD | SB493 | Pass | Establishing the Commission to Study Trauma Center Funding in Maryland to study the adequacy of trauma center funding across the State for operating, capital, and workforce costs; and requiring the Commission to report its finding and recommendations...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 342 |
| MD | SB205 | Pass | Providing certain funding for each county public library system for fiscal year 2028 and each fiscal year thereafter.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 159 |
| MD | SB695 | Pass | Authorizing members of the State Retirement and Pension System to receive service credit at the rate of 4 months for each full year of attendance at a United States service academy that interrupts the member's employment, not to exceed a total of 16 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 126 |
| MD | SB244 | Pass | Authorizing an application for special death benefits to be made for the death of members of the Correctional Officers' Retirement System who were correctional officers who died by homicide after June 1, 2001, were members of the Correctional Officer...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 165 |
| 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 | SB959 | Pass | Abolishing and repealing the Maryland 529 Board; specifying that the State Treasurer is the successor to the Maryland 529 Board; transferring to the Office of the State Treasurer the responsibility for administering the Maryland 529 Program, includin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 113 |
| MD | SB174 | Pass | Extending, until June 30, 2036, the termination date applicable to an exemption from the sales and use tax for certain construction material or warehousing equipment purchased for use in a certain target redevelopment area in Baltimore County.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-11
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 17 |
| MD | SB640 | Engross
50% | Providing an exemption from the sales and use tax for the sale of electricity used for agricultural purposes under certain circumstances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-10
Third Reading Passed (138-0) |
| MD | SB547 | Engross
50% | Requiring the Office of Statewide Broadband within the Department of Housing and Community Development to conduct a study of broadband services, service providers, infrastructure, and private network investors and submit its findings and recommendati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-06
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | SB311 | Engross
50% | Requiring the State Department of Education to adopt regulations to ensure that children with disabilities who need special education and related services that cannot be provided in a public county, regional, or State program be placed in an appropri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-06
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | SB866 | Engross
50% | Requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill beginning in fiscal year 2025 an appropriation for the Chesapeake Bay Trust and Maryland Agricultural Education Foundation, Inc. that is calculated based on the amount of revenue collected f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-22
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | SB70 | Engross
50% | Altering a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for the first $5,000 of income earned by certain law enforcement officers to include State law enforcement officers who reside in a political subdivision in which the crime rate exceed...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-06
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | SB94 | Engross
50% | 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, 2023.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-06
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | SB973 | Intro
25% | Establishing an affirmative defense to a civil action arising out of certain data breaches; establishing certain requirements for a covered business entity seeking to assert the affirmative defense established under the Act; providing that the Act ma...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-28
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | SB564 | Intro
25% | Establishing the felony of theft of a handgun; and establishing a penalty for theft of a handgun of, for a first conviction, 2 to 5 years of imprisonment or a fine of up to $1,000 or both and, for a second or subsequent conviction, imprisonment for 5...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-27
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB461 | Intro
25% | Allowing, subject to certain limitations, a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for up to a certain amount each year for certain individuals who are receiving certain benefits under the Social Security Act or who are at least 65 ye...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-23
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | SB943 | Intro
25% | Exempting mortgage loans made by community development financial institutions from certain requirements to verify the borrower's ability to repay.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-20
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | SB935 | Intro
25% | Requiring a Baltimore City school police officer and a school resource officer to carry a firearm while present on the premises of the school to which the officer is assigned.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-16
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | SB463 | Intro
25% | Requiring the Secretary of State Police to refund certain application fees under certain circumstances to individuals who were denied a permit to wear, carry, or transport a firearm from July 5, 2019, to July 5, 2022.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-14
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB744 | Intro
25% | Establishing that a violation of a condition of probation, parole, or mandatory supervision that involves the use or possession of a firearm is not a technical violation for certain purposes; requiring the Commissioner of Correction to provide a cert...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-14
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB566 | Intro
25% | Establishing that a parent has the fundamental right to direct the upbringing, education, care, and welfare of the parent's child; and prohibiting the State or a political subdivision from infringing on a parent's fundamental right to direct the upbr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-14
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB522 | Intro
25% | Altering the membership and qualifications of members of the Accountability and Implementation Board; and requiring the Accountability and Implementation Board Nominating Committee to submit a certain slate of nominees to the Governor on or before Au...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-09
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB567 | Intro
25% | Requiring an election judge to establish a voter's identity by requiring the voter to present a valid government-issued photo identification or a valid nongovernment-issued photo identification, and a current bill, statement or check that states the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-09
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB630 | Intro
25% | Requiring that the Executive Directors of the Maryland Transportation Authority, Aviation Administration, and Port Administration, the Maryland Transit Administrator, the State Highway Administrator, and the Motor Vehicle Administrator be appointed w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-06
To Senate Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | SB416 | Intro
25% | Phasing in, over a period of 2 years, an increase in a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax to allow for a subtraction of all military retirement income.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-02
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | SB261 | Intro
25% | Repealing a requirement that certain motor fuel tax rates be adjusted in future years based on growth in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-30
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | SB329 | Intro
25% | Prohibiting a person from willfully or knowingly casting a ballot in a general election in more than one state in the same year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-27
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB169 | Intro
25% | Regulating the use of biometric data by private entities, including by requiring certain private entities in possession of biometric data to develop a written policy, made available to the public, establishing a retention schedule and guidelines for ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-21
To Senate Finance Committee |
