| MD | HB472 | Veto | Requiring the Maryland Transit Administration, in selecting a commuter bus service provider, to use the competitive sealed proposal method of procurement and to conduct the procurement in accordance with the provisions of and the regulations adopted ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-19
Vetoed by the Governor (Policy) |
| MD | HB244 | Pass | Requiring a register of wills to accept certain documents filed electronically through a system established by the register of wills; and prohibiting a register of wills from refusing to accept a document based on the manner in which it was signed.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 661 |
| MD | HB427 | Pass | Altering certain provisions relating to immunity from criminal arrest, charge, or prosecution for a person experiencing a medical emergency after ingesting or using alcohol or drugs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 717 |
| MD | HB495 | Pass | Prohibiting the State Department of Education from increasing the copayment levels, reducing the reimbursement rates, reducing the income eligibility requirements, or implementing an enrollment freeze for the Child Care Scholarship Program in effect ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 732 |
| MD | HB665 | Pass | Requiring the Comptroller and the State Department of Assessments and Taxation to confer to identify ways the Comptroller could collaborate with the Department to enhance access to certain property tax benefits administered by the Department; and req...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 662 |
| MD | HB908 | Pass | Making permanent the Community Solar Energy Generating Systems Pilot Program; requiring a community solar energy generating system to serve at least 40% of its kilowatt-hour output to low-income and moderate-income subscribers under certain circumsta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 652 |
| MD | HB1066 | Pass | Establishing the Commission on Hate Crime Response and Prevention to develop strategies to prevent and respond to hate crime activity and evaluate State laws and policies relating to hate crimes; and requiring the Commission to report to the General ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 773 |
| MD | HB874 | Pass | Establishing the Environmental and Natural Resources Crimes Unit of the Office of the Attorney General to investigate and prosecute cases against persons that violate State criminal environmental and natural resources laws; and requiring the Attorney...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 690 |
| MD | HB726 | Pass | Requiring, unless the child's family requests that the child be removed, that a child on the registry for the Autism Waiver remain on the registry if the child's family relocates out of the State for military service; and providing that if a child on...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 620 |
| MD | HB9 | Pass | Requiring that equity be considered when State transportation plans, reports, and goals are developed; altering the membership of the advisory committee on State transportation goals; requiring the Maryland Department of Transportation to conduct tra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 583 |
| MD | HB36 | Pass | Requiring, in certain actions to repossess residential rental property, a landlord to submit to the clerk of the court evidence of compliance with local rental property licensure requirements and demonstrate that the landlord is compliant with the li...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 481 |
| MD | HB180 | 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 551 |
| MD | HB188 | Pass | Increasing the membership of the Wildlife Advisory Commission; requiring the Governor to appoint a member to the Wildlife Advisory Commission who is an academic researcher with expertise in wildlife biology, wildlife conservation, wildlife management...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 491 |
| MD | HB325 | Pass | Authorizing the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners to issue a license to an animal control facility to administer rabies vaccines; requiring the Board to establish an expedited process to authorize a veterinary practitioner who holds a curre...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 588 |
| MD | HB391 | Pass | Requiring a parking citation issued by a political subdivision, a State agency, or a third-party contractor to include a box that the person issued the citation may check to indicate that the registration plates cited were not issued for the vehicle ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 451 |
| MD | HB470 | Pass | Prohibiting the setting on fire or burning of oriented strand board for certain fire-fighting training; and establishing an administrative penalty not exceeding $500 for a first violation of the Act and a civil penalty not exceeding $1,000 for a seco...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 580 |
| MD | HB834 | Pass | Requiring the Public Service Commission to expand the EV Pilot Program to allow participating electric companies to install EV charging stations in multifamily dwellings in underserved communities; requiring the Commission to terminate the expansion ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 569 |
| MD | HB830 | Pass | Establishing and altering certain requirements related to the installation of equipment for the charging of electric vehicles during the construction of certain housing units; clarifying that a county or municipal corporation may require a greater nu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 582 |
| MD | HB389 | Pass | Establishing the State Specialist for Value-Added Agriculture as a position in the Department of Agriculture to serve as the primary point of contact for individuals engaging in, or interested in engaging in, value-added agriculture in the State; and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 435 |
| MD | HB152 | Pass | Altering the purpose and contents of and the requirements and qualifications under the Urban Agriculture Grant Fund; requiring the Governor, in each of fiscal years 2025 through 2029, to include at least $100,000 for the Fund in the annual budget bil...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 519 |
| MD | HB182 | Pass | Authorizing a county or municipality to execute and record a restrictive covenant modification to an unlawfully restrictive covenant for a property within the boundaries of the county or municipality after providing persons with an ownership interest...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 476 |
| MD | HB102 | Pass | Requiring the Department of Agriculture to publish a fact sheet on the protection of pets in the event of an eviction or any other loss of possession of real property; requiring a landlord to provide a link to the fact sheet on the Department's websi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 488 |
| MD | HB90 | Pass | Authorizing the governing bodies of counties and municipalities to adopt ordinances to regulate invasive bamboo, including by prohibiting a person from selling, planting, and allowing invasive bamboo to grow on the property of the person without prop...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 517 |
| MD | HB503 | Pass | Establishing the Greenspace Equity Program in the Department of Natural Resources to provide grants to eligible applicants for enhancing the public health and livability of overburdened and underserved communities by implementing projects to preserve...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 487 |
| MD | HB289 | 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 479 |
| MD | HB950 | Pass | Establishing the Maryland Native Plants Program to respond to the increasing demand for, use of, and sale of native plants at retail garden centers and wholesale nurseries and to educate the public on native plants; requiring the Department of Agricu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 489 |
| MD | HB236 | Pass | Expressing the intent of the General Assembly that at least 2% of the balance in the Homeowner Protection Fund be spent each year to conduct outreach in a certain manner to homeowners in tax sale to encourage the homeowners to enroll in the Homeowner...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 316 |
| MD | HB235 | Pass | Prohibiting in all counties, rather than Baltimore City only, a holder of a certificate of sale from filing a complaint to foreclose the right of redemption for owner-occupied residential property until 9 months from the date of sale; prohibiting in ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 315 |
| MD | HB322 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to expand access to and provide reimbursement for intensive in-home services, case management, and wraparound services; requiring, beginning in fiscal year 2024, the Behavioral Health Administration to fund...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 379 |
| MD | HB283 | Pass | Requiring, beginning on January 1, 2024, the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to provide gender-affirming treatment in a nondiscriminatory manner; requiring that the gender-affirming treatment be assessed according to nondiscriminatory criteria th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 253 |
| MD | HB456 | Pass | Requiring the State Board of Pharmacy to adopt regulations necessary to ensure that individuals who are blind, visually impaired, or otherwise print disabled have appropriate access to prescription labels, bag tags, and medical guides; requiring the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 280 |
| MD | HB573 | Pass | Establishing the Access to Mental Health Advisory Committee within the Maryland Higher Education Commission to study the provision of and access to mental health services in institutions of higher education; and requiring the Commission to report its...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 402 |
| MD | HB705 | Pass | Establishing that every person, as a central component of an individual's rights to liberty and equality, has the fundamental right to reproductive freedom; and prohibiting the State from, directly or indirectly, denying, burdening, or abridging the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor, assigned a chapter number, enactment subject to constitutional referendum - Chapter 245 |
| MD | HB976 | Pass | Establishing the Workgroup on Mold Standards and Remediation to study information on mold assessment and remediation to determine the best practices for identifying mold, preventing the development of mold within indoor environments, and remediating ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 347 |
| MD | HB192 | Pass | Prohibiting certain persons subject to campaign finance regulation from making or accepting monetary contributions or monetary donations using any currency other than United States currency; prohibiting a campaign finance entity or a person acting on...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 166 |
| MD | HB309 | Pass | Authorizing an applicant for State employment or a State employee to file a complaint alleging harassment by an employer within 2 years after the alleged violation that is the basis of the complaint; and increasing, from 30 days to 1 year, the period...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 236 |
| MD | HB328 | Pass | Establishing invoicing and prompt payment requirements for certain State grants; requiring the State to make payment under certain grant agreements within 37 days of the payment becoming due under the agreement or after receiving a proper invoice; an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 155 |
| MD | HB395 | Pass | Requiring a principal department of the Executive Branch to give certain notice to the public, the General Assembly, and any exclusive representative with certain bargaining unit employees, hold a public hearing, submit a certain report, make the rep...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 117 |
| MD | HB535 | Pass | Requiring a local board of elections to send, not later than 43 days before an election, a ballot to voters who have made a request and qualify to vote by absentee ballot; altering the procedures for the canvassing of and curing of errors on absentee...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 151 |
| MD | HB608 | Pass | Prohibiting a person from discriminating in the sale or rental of, or otherwise making unavailable or denying, a dwelling to an individual with a disability who has, obtains, or retains a certain service dog.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 211 |
| MD | HB230 | Pass | Requiring the Department of the Environment to adopt regulations on or before December 1, 2023, establishing requirements for the sale of new zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty vehicles in the State; defining a "heavy-duty vehicle" as one with a gr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-21
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 97 |
| MD | HB339 | Pass | Extending the time for the submission of the final report of the Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission to December 1, 2025; and extending the termination date for the Commission to June 30, 2026.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-11
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 11 |
| MD | HB504 | Pass | Establishing the Maryland Developmental Disabilities Council as an independent unit of State government with the authority to conduct and support advocacy, systems change, and capacity-building efforts to promote inclusive communities and equity in s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-11
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 15 |
| MD | HB191 | Engross
50% | Providing an addition modification under the Maryland income tax for the amount of certain trade or business expenses paid or incurred during the taxable year that are deducted under the Internal Revenue Code for the payment of certain fines, penalti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-10
Third Reading Passed (35-12) |
| MD | HB255 | Engross
50% | Requiring 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 on or before July 1, 2024, and in accordance with certain requireme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-10
Third Reading Passed (35-12) |
| MD | HB204 | Engross
50% | Requiring the Maryland Aviation Commission to consider certain types of impacts of decisions of the Commission or the Maryland Aviation Administration when carrying out certain provisions of law; requiring the Commission to consider information and a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-07
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | HB208 | Engross
50% | Altering certain penalties and the points assessments for certain motor vehicle violations related to participation in a race or speed contest; prohibiting a person from engaging in exhibition driving on any highway or private property that is used f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-07
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB514 | Engross
50% | Increasing the appropriation required by the Governor for the Maryland Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program from $7,550,000 to $12,050,000 in the annual budget bill.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-06
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | HB331 | Engross
50% | Requiring a person conducting a meeting of a cooperative housing corporation, condominium, or homeowners association by telephone conference, video conference, or similar electronic means to provide a participant a reasonable opportunity to participa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-22
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB336 | Engross
50% | Prohibiting a court from requiring a letter of exception for an individual to testify in a criminal proceeding as an expert witness if the individual is reviewing the data, opinion, interpretation, or conclusion of another expert witness or forensic ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-22
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
