| MD | HB239 | Pass | Establishing the Accessory Dwelling Unit Policy Task Force to survey and document a representative sampling of the variety of ordinances, laws, codes, and policies regarding the development and operation of accessory dwelling units in areas zoned for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-28
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 798 |
| 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 | 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 | HB680 | Pass | Increasing the total amount of credits against the State income tax that the Maryland Higher Education Commission may approve in a taxable year for certain individuals with certain student loan debt amounts; requiring the Commission to reserve a cert...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 738 |
| MD | HB1219 | Pass | Altering the qualifications for early childhood education teacher certification completed through an alternative teacher preparation program; requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Maryland Higher Education Commission, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 627 |
| MD | HB1149 | Pass | Requiring certain Medicaid funding to be used to provide community services to individuals waiting for services through waiver programs; authorizing certain Medicaid funding to be used for expanding provider capacity in certain waiver programs; and a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 636 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | HB404 | Pass | Authorizing counties and municipal corporations to alter a certain limitation on the combined gross income of a homeowner for purposes of a local supplement to the homeowners' property tax credit; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 530 |
| 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 | HB483 | Pass | Establishing that certain previous convictions for drunk or drugged operation of a vehicle or vessel and grossly negligent manslaughter by vehicle or vessel under certain provisions of law constitute prior convictions for the purpose of determining c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 552 |
| MD | HB626 | Pass | Establishing the Human-Relevant Research Fund under the administration of the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to provide grants and loans to promote State-funded research intended to develop human-relevant alternatives to using nonhuman a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 447 |
| MD | HB676 | Pass | Making certain provisions of law governing cemeteries applicable to pet cemeteries; providing that a certain registered cemeterian, registered crematory operator, or permit holder who sells or offers to sell to the public certain services for pet rem...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 591 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | HB505 | Pass | Establishing that an elevator installed in a privately owned single-family residential dwelling on or after October 1, 2023, is subject to certain inspection and registration requirements; prohibiting the Commissioner of Labor and Industry from discl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 293 |
| 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 | HB800 | Pass | Specifying that 25% of the net recovery by the debtor on a claim for workers' compensation is subject to execution on a judgment for a child support arrearage.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 320 |
| 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 | HB150 | Pass | Establishing that adaptive reuse, retrofitting, and repurposing of existing buildings to develop new affordable multifamily housing is an eligible use of certain financial assistance provided by the Department of Housing and Community Development; re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 174 |
| 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 | HB276 | 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 158 |
| 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 | HB809 | Pass | Altering to July 1, 2025, the termination date for certain provisions of law governing the Minority Business Enterprise Program and its application to offshore wind projects and video lottery terminals; and altering the date by which certain reports,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 137 |
| 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 | HB20 | Engross
50% | Prohibiting an adult from allowing certain minors to ride a horse, donkey, mule, or pony on a highway, a public horse-riding path, or the grounds of a facility for which the primary purpose is recreational, educational, or competitive equestrian acti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-10
Floor Amendment 563421/1 (Senator Jennings) Withdrawn |
| 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 | HB378 | Engross
50% | Altering the Black Bear Damage Reimbursement Fund to authorize grants from the Fund to be made for projects that reduce conflicts between black bears and humans; renaming the Black Bear Damage Reimbursement Fund to be the Black Bear Conflict Reducti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-10
Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation |
| 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 | HB284 | Engross
50% | Altering the definition of "organics recycling" to include the processing of certain compostable packaging materials; establishing a producer responsibility advisory council to provide advice and make recommendations regarding establishing a producer...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-07
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB338 | Engross
50% | Defining "commercial use" in Baltimore City to include multifamily residential development if the development is located within a waterfront commercial zoning district and within a 0.50-mile radius of a commuter rail station.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-06
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | HB299 | Engross
50% | Requiring the Department of the Environment to establish a system to track the chain of custody of synthetic turf installed on sports and playing fields in the State; requiring the custodian of a synthetic turf sports or playing field installed in th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-20
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB329 | Intro
25% | Establishing the Commission on Universal Health Care to develop a plan for the State, by July 1, 2026, to establish a universal health care program to provide health benefits to all residents of the State through a single-payer system; requiring a me...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-16
To House Health and Government Operations Committee |
