| MD | HB447 | Pass | Allowing an individual, subject to certain requirements and limitations, to claim a credit against the State income tax for certain qualified expenses if the individual harvests an antlerless deer and donates the deer meat to certain organizations; l...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 770 |
| MD | HB496 | Pass | Requiring certain facts to be considered when determining whether a lack of consent exists for the purposes of determining certain sexual crimes; altering the elements of second-degree rape to remove the requirement of use of force or threat of force...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 761 |
| MD | HB582 | Pass | Establishing the Pava LaPere Innovation Acceleration Grant Program in the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to provide grants to technology-based start-up companies founded by students from institutions located in the Baltimore-Columbia-Tow...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 710 |
| MD | HB597 | Pass | Altering the Law Enforcement Cadet Apprenticeship Program in the Maryland Department of Labor to be the Public Safety Apprenticeship Program; expanding the purpose and scope of the Program to promote careers with certain public safety agencies; alter...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 709 |
| MD | HB575 | Pass | Altering the composition of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board; altering certain duties, powers, and procedures for the Board to make awards to victims of crime; altering the powers and duties of certain employees; altering the amount and types...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 705 |
| MD | HB548 | Pass | Establishing the Task Force on Responsible Use of Natural Psychedelic Substances to study existing laws, scientific data, and practices related to the use of natural psychedelic substances; requiring the Task Force to make recommendations regarding a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 792 |
| MD | HB576 | Pass | Authorizing each county to establish an assisted outpatient treatment program by July 1, 2026; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish an assisted outpatient treatment program in a county that does not opt to establish the program by...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 703 |
| MD | HB583 | Pass | Establishing the Center for Firearm Violence Prevention and Intervention in the Maryland Department of Health to reduce firearm violence, harm from firearm violence, and misuse of firearms in the State by partnering with federal, State, and local age...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 706 |
| MD | HB728 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange to establish and implement the Qualified Resident Enrollment Program to facilitate the enrollment of qualified residents in qualified plans; providing that the operation and administration of the Program...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 842 |
| MD | HB1171 | Pass | Prohibiting the sale of natural membrane condoms, rather than all nonlatex condoms, through a vending machine or other automatic device; excluding the violation of a certain provision of the Act from certain penalties; and authorizing registered nurs...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 933 |
| MD | HB1078 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to provide remote ultrasound procedures and remote fetal nonstress tests if the patient is in a residence or a location other than the office of the patient's provider and the provider follows the sam...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 889 |
| MD | HB823 | Pass | Establishing certain requirements relating to the installation of certain fire safety equipment in residential rental high-rise buildings and certain other property; authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 744 |
| MD | HB113 | Pass | 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, therapeutic, or competitive eq...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 467 |
| MD | HB22 | Pass | Requiring the State Highway Administration's pollinator habitat plan to include policies and procedures regarding the use of pollinator habitat areas along State highways; requiring the Administration to track and evaluate federal programs that provi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 553 |
| MD | HB345 | Pass | Requiring certain petitions to review the listing or unlisting of endangered or threatened species to contain certain information regarding the distribution, life needs, habitat requirements, and status of the species; requiring the Secretary of Natu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 620 |
| MD | HB379 | Pass | Prohibiting a person from allowing for the participation of a bear, a cougar, an elephant, a jaguar, a leopard, a lion, a nonhuman primate, a tiger, or a hybrid of any of these animals in a traveling animal act; and providing a civil penalty of $2,00...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 597 |
| MD | HB420 | Pass | Requiring the Department of Natural Resources and local governing bodies to construct communication boards in certain newly constructed public play areas; defining "communication board" as a device that displays photos, symbols, or illustrations to e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 568 |
| MD | HB449 | Pass | Requiring at least 40% of funding provided under the comprehensive flood management grant program to be used for projects located in or directly benefiting underserved or overburdened communities; and authorizing the Governor to include in the annual...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 517 |
| MD | HB457 | Pass | Requiring a producer or seller of synthetic turf to disclose to a customer typical maintenance practices and costs for removing, replacing, and disposing of synthetic turf; and requiring the Department of the Environment, in consultation with represe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 567 |
| MD | HB601 | Pass | Altering certain penalties and 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 for d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 569 |
| MD | HB581 | Pass | Requiring each principal department and independent unit to create a catalog of information relating to permits, licenses, and certificates issued by the department or independent unit and to submit the catalog to the Governor on or before October 1...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 412 |
| MD | HB999 | Pass | Establishing the Workgroup on Establishing a Science and Technology Best Practices and Innovation Network to identify and analyze options for establishing and maintaining an open access science, technology, and innovation network or hub of citizen sc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 448 |
| MD | HB1101 | Pass | Providing certain persons standing in environmental and natural resources protection proceedings; authorizing persons that meet standing requirements to bring certain civil actions under certain circumstances; requiring a plaintiff, under certain cir...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 535 |
| MD | HB1147 | Pass | Prohibiting, on or after October 1, 2024, a person from installing, supplying, selling, soliciting, or offering for sale playground surfacing materials that contain a certain concentration of lead or a component product, material, or substance to whi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 488 |
| MD | HB1168 | Pass | Establishing a regulatory system for reduction operators and reduction facilities; establishing requirements and prohibitions related to the performance of alkaline hydrolysis and natural organic reduction and the disposition of hydrolyzed or soil re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 600 |
| MD | HB1206 | Pass | Establishing the Maryland-Ireland Trade Commission in the Department of Commerce to study and make recommendations regarding bilateral trade relations and investment opportunities between Maryland and Ireland; and requiring the Commission by December...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 409 |
| MD | HB19 | Pass | Establishing the common name of the northern snakehead as the "Chesapeake Channa".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 572 |
| MD | HB120 | Pass | Altering a certain loan program to authorize the Maryland Agricultural and Resource-Based Industry Development Corporation to provide loans of up to $10,000 for each seasonal full-time job; expanding eligibility for the Maryland Watermen's Microloan ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 574 |
| MD | HB497 | Pass | Altering the fee for nonresident sika deer stamps from $25 to $200.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 592 |
| MD | HB437 | Pass | Codifying provisions relating to the Maryland Zero Emission Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Council; altering and clarifying the composition of the Council to include certain public and private sector members; requiring the Council to submit interim ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 447 |
| MD | HB323 | Pass | Adding the Secretary of Emergency Management, or the Secretary's designee, and the Chair of the Public Service Commission, or the Chair's designee, as members of the Commission on Climate Change.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 477 |
| MD | HB613 | Pass | Altering certain authorizations to recreationally catch clams in the State; establishing a recreational oyster license; requiring an applicant for a recreational oyster license to be at least 16 years of age; requiring the Department of Natural Resou...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 518 |
| MD | HB807 | Pass | Altering the definition of "aerial survey" for purposes of surveying submerged aquatic vegetation to include other surveys that encompass certain geographic areas and use certain methodologies; and requiring the Department of Natural Resources to stu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 512 |
| MD | HB1097 | Pass | Authorizing a veterinary assistant to perform certain tasks under the immediate or direct supervision of a veterinary practitioner or a veterinary technician under the direct supervision of a veterinary practitioner; and authorizing a veterinary tech...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 487 |
| MD | HB1153 | Pass | Requiring the Department of the Environment to identify significant industrial users that currently and intentionally use PFAS chemicals by July 1, 2026; requiring the Department to develop certain PFAS monitoring and testing criteria for certain sig...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 556 |
| MD | HB979 | Pass | Altering the regulatory approach for controlling invasive plant species in the State, including repealing certain provisions of law relating to a two-tiered regulatory approach and requiring the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a list of prohibi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 590 |
| MD | HB991 | Pass | Establishing a food processing residuals utilization permit; prohibiting a person from utilizing food processing residuals in the State unless the person obtains a permit; requiring the Department of Agriculture to provide a certain notice and inform...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 531 |
| MD | HB1032 | Pass | Establishing the Tourist Area and Corridor Signage Program to create a system of supplemental guide signs to direct motorists to eligible individual attractions by directing the motorists first to groups of attractions; requiring the State Highway Ad...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 458 |
| MD | HB1199 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Transportation Institute at the University of Maryland to conduct a study to identify methods to improve the Maryland Transit Administration's ADA MobilityLink paratransit service; requiring the Institute to submit a report on ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 646 |
| MD | HB332 | Pass | Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration, in consultation with Baltimore City and other interested jurisdictions, to prepare a report on motor vehicles owned by Maryland residents that are improperly titled or registered in another state; requiring...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 648 |
| MD | HB1507 | Pass | Altering the information that the Maryland Transit Administration is required to publish on its website before holding a public hearing on a major service change to include certain demographic information, a summary of any publicly available minutes,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 649 |
| MD | HB1509 | Pass | Establishing the Baltimore Regional Water Governance Model Workgroup to study the regional water governance approach in the Baltimore region; requiring the Governor to include an appropriation of $500,000 in the annual budget bill for the Workgroup; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 503 |
| MD | HB86 | Pass | Requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with certain groups, to develop training for certain school personnel to identify symptoms of anaphylaxis, asthma, and respiratory distress in students; requiring the Maryland Department of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 280 |
| MD | HB599 | Pass | Establishing the Maryland Community Investment Corporation as an independent unit to make investments and financial assistance available in certain low-income communities in the State; expanding the eligible uses of the Strategic Demolition and Smart...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 123 |
| MD | HB538 | Pass | Establishing the Historic Property Revitalization Director as a position in the Department of Housing and Community Development; prohibiting a local legislative body from prohibiting the placement of certain manufactured homes or modular dwellings in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 122 |
| MD | HB693 | Pass | Establishing the Office of Tenant and Landlord Affairs in the Department of Housing and Community Development to provide certain educational resources and information to tenants; requiring the Office to develop and publish a Maryland Tenants' Bill of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 124 |
| MD | HB143 | Pass | Establishing the unenforceability of contracts for the sale of condominium units that do not contain a statement by the vendor or unit owner as to whether the vendor or unit owner has actual knowledge of the presence of asbestos in the condominium, i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 292 |
| MD | HB1304 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop a process for providing information about the availability of the State's earned income tax credits to individuals enrolled or participating in certain programs or services, or potential enrollee...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 376 |
| MD | HB159 | Pass | Altering certain requirements for procedures relating to electric vehicle recharging equipment; establishing requirements and procedures relating to an application to the governing body of a cooperative housing corporation to install or use electric ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 268 |
| MD | HB139 | Pass | Adding gas and electric utility services to the types of services for which landlords of buildings that contain six or more residential units are required to provide a written notice to a tenant, before the initiation of a lease and each term thereaf...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 225 |
