Maryland Delegate Sheila Ruth [D]

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MDHB113PassProhibiting 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...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 467
MDHB22PassRequiring 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...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 553
MDHB345PassRequiring 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...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 620
MDHB379PassProhibiting 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...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 597
MDHB420PassRequiring 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...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 568
MDHB449PassRequiring 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...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 517
MDHB457PassRequiring 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...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 567
MDHB601PassAltering 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...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 569
MDHB581PassRequiring each principle 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...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 412
MDHB999PassEstablishing 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...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 448
MDHB1101PassProviding 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...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 535
MDHB1147PassProhibiting, 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...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 488
MDHB1168PassEstablishing 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...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 600
MDHB1206PassEstablishing 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...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 409
MDHB19PassEstablishing the common name of the northern snakehead as the "Chesapeake Channa".
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 572
MDHB120PassAltering 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 ...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 574
MDHB497PassAltering the fee for nonresident sika deer stamps from $25 to $200.
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 592
MDHB437PassCodifying 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 ...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 447
MDHB323PassAdding 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.
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 477
MDHB613PassAltering 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...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 518
MDHB807PassAltering 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...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 512
MDHB1097PassAuthorizing 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...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 487
MDHB1153PassRequiring 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...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 556
MDHB979PassAltering 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...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 590
MDHB991PassEstablishing 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...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 531
MDHB1032PassEstablishing 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...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 458
MDHB1199PassRequiring 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 ...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 646
MDHB332PassRequiring 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...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 648
MDHB1507PassAltering 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,...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 649
MDHB1509PassEstablishing 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; ...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 503
MDHB86PassRequiring 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...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 280
MDHB599PassEstablishing 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...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 123
MDHB538PassEstablishing 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...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 122
MDHB693PassEstablishing 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...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 124
MDHB143PassEstablishing 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...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 292
MDHB1304PassRequiring 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...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 376
MDHB159PassAltering 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 ...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 268
MDHB139PassAdding 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...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 225
MDHB93PassLimiting a tenant's liability for rent to not more than 2 months' rent after the date on which the tenant vacates a leased premises if a physician or psychologist completes a form specifying that the tenant has a mental disorder, the management of wh...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 290
MDHB486PassRequiring the seller of residential real property located within 1 mile of a National Priorities List (NPL) Superfund site to provide the buyer with an addendum to the contract for the sale of the property that contains the identification of the Supe...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 351
MDHB7PassEstablishing the Housing Innovation Fund to provide loans for local housing authorities and county governments to develop mixed-income, cross-subsidized housing; establishing the Housing Innovation Pilot Program in the Department of Housing and Commu...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 212
MDHB534PassExtending the termination date for the Live Near Your School program and a related homebuyer program from September 30, 2024, to September 30, 2030.
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 264
MDHB1117PassEstablishing that a landlord that offers a residential dwelling unit for rent is deemed to warrant the dwelling fit for human habitation; authorizing multiple tenants to join as plaintiffs in a civil action against a landlord and authorizing a court ...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 125
MDHB585PassProhibiting a person from knowingly and willfully making a threat to harm an election official or an immediate family member of an election official because of the election official's role in administering the election process; and establishing that ...
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2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 21
MDHB584PassProviding that certain firefighters, fire fighting instructors, rescue squad members, advanced life support unit members, and members of the Office of the State Fire Marshal who have thyroid, colon, or ovarian cancer are presumed, under certain circu...
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2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 13
MDHB513PassAltering the distribution of revenue from civil fines collected through the use of work zone speed control systems; altering the highways on which a work zone speed control system may be used; clarifying that a system operator does not need to be pre...
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2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 17
MDHB580PassIncreasing, from 15 to 30, the maximum number of days of disaster service leave for employees in the Executive Branch of State government; and increasing, from 15 to 30, the maximum number of days of paid leave the Secretary of Budget and Management ...
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2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 7
MDHB231PassAuthorizing the recipient of a U.S. Department of Defense Next of Kin lapel button to apply for special registration plates; and waiving the initial vehicle registration fee associated with special registration plates issued to the recipient of a Gol...
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2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 24
MDHB447Enroll
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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...
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2024-04-08
Returned Passed
MDHB841Engross
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Requiring that a water bottle filling station be installed in certain new construction beginning October 1, 2024; requiring the Department of the Environment to conduct a certain survey, gather certain data, and identify alternative methods for provi...
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2024-04-08
Motion Laid Over (Senator Ready) Adopted
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