Maryland Senator Mary James [D]

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MDSB185PassAltering the purpose of the Maryland State Police Gun Center to include the tracking, screening, and vetting of all firearms surrendered under final protective orders in the State; and requiring each law enforcement agency to report to the Center the...
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2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 624
MDSB280PassExempting certain family child care homes, large family child care homes, and child care centers that serve only dependent children of military personnel and are located on a military base or federal property or certified by a branch of the U.S. Depa...
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2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 658
MDSB289PassAltering 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.
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2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 733
MDSB148PassProviding 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...
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2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 626
MDSB211PassAuthorizing a court to stay the entering of a conviction, defer further proceedings, and place a certain defendant on probation subject to reasonable conditions if the court finds facts justifying a finding of guilt; authorizing the State and a certa...
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2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 711
MDSB553PassIncreasing 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 ...
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2023-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 614
MDSB554PassEstablishing 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...
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2023-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 612
MDSB327PassAltering the purpose of the Heritage Conservation Fund to include acquiring interests in land that can be used by the general public for hunting; establishing the Wildlife Conservation, Education, and Outreach Program to provide outreach and foster a...
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2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 543
MDSB470PassEstablishing certain goals and programs related to land conservation; establishing the Local Land Trust Revolving Loan Program to provide loans to land trusts to purchase land for conservation purposes; authorizing the Maryland Environmental Trust to...
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2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 546
MDSB549PassEstablishing 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...
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2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 431
MDSB798PassEstablishing 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 ...
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2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor, assigned a chapter number, enactment subject to constitutional referendum - Chapter 244
MDSB90PassProhibiting a person from making certain telephone solicitations to a certain called party in a certain manner by restricting the methods, times, and identifying information that the person making the call may utilize; and making a violation of the A...
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2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 413
MDSB269PassProhibiting 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...
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2023-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 167
MDSB379PassRequiring 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...
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2023-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 152
MDSB535PassProhibiting 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; and defining "service dog" as a dog that ...
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2023-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 212
MDSB974PassRequiring 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...
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2023-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 106
MDSB478PassExtending 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.
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2023-04-11
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 12
MDSB971Engross
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Requiring a county treasurer, tax collector, or director of finance to provide a certificate enumerating certain taxes, assessments, and charges against a property and to establish certain procedures to facilitate the issuance of the certificate; req...
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2023-04-10
Motion Special Order until Later This Session (Delegate Barve) Adopted
MDSB547Engross
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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...
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2023-04-06
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDSB252Engross
50%
Providing that a person charged with negligent driving must appear in court and may not prepay the fine if the negligent driving contributed to an accident that resulted in the death of another person; and establishing a penalty for a person convicte...
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2023-03-22
To House Judiciary Committee
MDSB631Engross
50%
Requiring a local director of a local department of social services or the Secretary of Human Services to disclose certain reports and records of child abuse and neglect within 30 days after receiving a request if certain conditions are met; requirin...
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2023-03-22
To House Judiciary Committee
MDSB899Intro
25%
Prohibiting an individual from intentionally retaining 100 or more visual representations of child pornography or child pornography that depicts an individual who is or is indistinguishable from a minor under the age of 5 years.
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2023-03-20
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB867Engross
50%
Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration, in consultation with the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture, to design and issue a Maryland Heroes registration plate that features the images of Harriet Tubman and Frederick Dougla...
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2023-03-13
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDSB893Intro
25%
Requiring the State Department of Education to establish specific goals for the recruitment and retention of teachers in teacher preparation programs; transferring the administration of the Teaching Fellows for Maryland program to the Department and ...
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2023-03-07
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB837Intro
25%
Requiring the State Department of Education to develop certain guidelines on or before January 1, 2024, and revise and enhance instruction about the Holocaust in public schools for certain elementary, middle, and high school grade levels; requiring a...
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2023-02-20
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB238Intro
25%
Requiring the State Board of Education, with the assistance of the Maryland Council on Economic Education, to develop curriculum content for a certain course in financial literacy; requiring each county board of education to require implementation of...
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2023-01-25
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB190Intro
25%
Requiring that a pregnant incarcerated individual be screened for substance use disorder at intake regardless of the jurisdiction or the length of the individual's sentence, be referred to health care providers, and be provided with certain medicatio...
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2023-01-24
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
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