| 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 | HB1071 | Pass | Altering the maximum fines for smoking cannabis in a public place; prohibiting a law enforcement officer from initiating a stop or a search of a person, a motor vehicle, or a vessel based solely on certain factors; prohibiting, under certain circumst...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-28
Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 802 |
| MD | HB366 | Pass | Repealing the termination date on the eligibility of the Maryland School for the Blind for funding under the Public School Construction Program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 640 |
| MD | HB384 | Pass | Prohibiting an institution of higher education from refusing to provide a current or former student with a transcript or taking other punitive measures regarding a student's transcript request because the student owes a debt to the institution of hig...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 749 |
| MD | HB428 | Pass | Authorizing the Board of Regents of the University System of Maryland to authorize a certain grant for the student member serving in the first year of the student's term on the Board of Regents.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 750 |
| MD | HB458 | Pass | Repealing the School Safety Grant Program and the Aging Schools Program as of June 30, 2026; altering provisions relating to school construction approvals by the State Superintendent of Schools; altering provisions related to a public-private partner...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 679 |
| 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 | HB923 | Pass | Providing that the Secretary of Higher Education is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the Governor; requiring each institution of higher education to adopt a written policy that provides reasonable academic accommodations for students to pra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 634 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | HB554 | Pass | Increasing 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 of age to $20,000 during t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-12
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 613 |
| 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 | 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 | HB548 | Pass | Establishing the Maryland Community Investment Venture Fund as an instrumentality of the State for purposes of developing opportunities for banking institutions and credit unions to better serve the needs of low- to moderate-income tracts; providing ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 432 |
| MD | HB552 | Pass | Establishing 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 demonstra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 430 |
| MD | HB551 | Pass | Requiring the Office of Statewide Broadband within the Department of Housing and Community Development to conduct a study as to how the State can incentivize broadband service providers to expand broadband infrastructure to communities that are unser...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 440 |
| MD | HB781 | Pass | Establishing the Equitech Growth Fund in the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to support the economic competitiveness and inclusive growth of emerging and advanced industries in the State through the creation of supporting infrastructure a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 462 |
| 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 | HB477 | Pass | Requiring, on or before August 1, 2024, certain public senior higher education institutions, in consultation with students, to develop and implement a reproductive health services plan to provide at the institution or to refer students to a comprehen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 251 |
| MD | HB669 | Pass | Altering the qualifications for a real estate appraisal license and for a certificate for residential or general real estate appraisal to include completion of certain criteria in the Practical Applications of Real Estate Appraisal program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 387 |
| 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 | HB1148 | Pass | Establishing the Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access to make recommendations to provide appropriate, accessible, and comprehensive behavioral health services that are available on demand to individuals in the State; establishing...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 291 |
| 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 | HB677 | Pass | Extending until fiscal year 2028 the appropriation of $500,000 from the Transportation Trust Fund that the Governor is required to include in the annual budget bill for the operation of the replica sailing vessel known as the Pride of Baltimore II.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 131 |
| 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 | HB843 | Pass | Establishing the Baltimore Regional Water Governance Task Force to study approaches to water and wastewater governance in the Baltimore region; and requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Mayor of Baltimore City, th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 179 |
| MD | HB984 | Pass | Consolidating and altering certain laws governing collective bargaining for certain public employees, including laws related to the establishment of bargaining units, election and certification of exclusive representatives, employee and employer righ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 114 |
| MD | HB550 | Pass | Altering the Electric Vehicle Recharging Equipment Program by extending the duration of the Program through fiscal year 2026, repealing the rebates that may be issued to retail service station dealers, and increasing the limitation on the total amoun...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-21
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 98 |
| MD | HB547 | Pass | Altering the percentage of the federal earned income tax credit used for determining the amount that an individual may claim as a refund under the Maryland earned income tax credit under certain circumstances; repealing a certain limitation on the am...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-11
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 4 |
| 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 | HB609 | Intro
25% | Requiring a waste hauler that disposed of waste to a facility or disposal site located in a county to submit a report on waste disposal activities to the county on or before March 1 each year; and establishing that a waste hauler that violates the Ac...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-10
Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation |
| MD | HB1196 | Engross
50% | Altering certain education funding formulas; requiring, in fiscal years 2025 and 2026, each county board of education to provide for the salary of the Blueprint for Maryland's Future implementation coordinator in the county; requiring the implementat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-10
Third Reading Passed (46-1) |
| 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 | HB876 | Engross
50% | Requiring certain health care providers and health care facilities to provide prompt access to all relevant medical records associated with a case under review by the Maternal Mortality Review Program without undue delay; and providing that certain p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-06
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | HB546 | Engross
50% | Establishing the Maryland Corps Program; requiring the Department of Service and Civic Innovation to administer and provide staff for the Program; requiring a Program participant to work at least 30 hours per week and partner with an on-site mentor w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-31
Third Reading Passed (39-7) |
| MD | HB639 | Engross
50% | Prohibiting a restriction on land use that increases the cost of installing a solar collector system by at least 5% over a certain cost or that reduces the efficiency of the system by at least 10% under a certain energy generation level; authorizing ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-30
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB1138 | Intro
25% | Establishing the statute of limitations for a certain civil action for damages resulting from a certain pattern of racketeering activity; prohibiting a person from participating in certain racketeering activity; authorizing the filing of and establis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-24
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB231 | Engross
50% | Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City to set a special property tax rate for a vacant lot or improved property cited as vacant and unfit for habitation or other authorized use on a housing or building violation notice; and applying...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-23
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | HB362 | Engross
50% | Reclassifying, as a misdemeanor instead of a felony, a certain offense relating to the prohibition against intercepting and disclosing any wire, oral, or electronic communications.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-22
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB882 | Intro
25% | Establishing that the District Court has exclusive original civil jurisdiction over certain residential eviction cases; clarifying that a tenant holding over may file a petition for injunctive relief under certain circumstances; authorizing a landlor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-22
To House Judiciary 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 | HB632 | Engross
50% | Increasing from one to three the number of assistant sheriffs required to be appointed by the Baltimore City Sheriff; and repealing a limitation on the number of certain other staff that the Baltimore City Sheriff may appoint.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-20
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB921 | Engross
50% | Authorizing certain vacant property or nuisance property located in Baltimore City to be subject to a certain in rem foreclosure process; requiring certain procedures for an in rem foreclosure; requiring Baltimore City to take certain actions to comp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-20
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | HB828 | Engross
50% | Clarifying the basis for determining the maximum amount for the fee that a vehicle owner can be charged by a person who undertakes the towing or removal of the vehicle from a parking lot.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-20
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB859 | Engross
50% | Requiring a private home detention monitoring agency to immediately notify the court after a defendant subject to home monitoring as a condition of pretrial release has been missing for 24 hours; requiring a private home detention monitoring agency t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-20
To Senate Judicial Proceedings 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 |
| MD | HB266 | Engross
50% | Requiring each county board of education and authorizing nonpublic schools in the State, before the 2024-2025 school year, to establish a policy to authorize a school nurse or other school personnel designated by the school nurse to administer in eme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-16
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
