| 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 | HB587 | Pass | Authorizing, for a certain period of time, the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore City to exchange a Class B-D-7 beer, wine, and liquor license in a certain area for a Class A-7 beer, wine, and liquor license under certain circumstances; re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 755 |
| 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 | HB751 | Pass | Establishing the Officer and Community Wellness Training Grant Fund to provide grants to local law enforcement agencies for Mental Health First Aid for Public Safety training and Critical Incident Stress Management peer support training; authorizing ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 753 |
| 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 | 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 | HB673 | Pass | Repealing certain requirements that the Maryland Transit Administration increase fares for certain transit services according to the Consumer Price Index; and repealing certain provisions prohibiting the Administration from increasing fares under cer...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 484 |
| MD | HB723 | Pass | Altering the definition of "qualified conservation" for purposes of provisions of law related to forest mitigation banks; altering certain methods of calculating forest afforestation, reforestation, and preservation requirements; authorizing local j...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 541 |
| 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 | HB794 | Pass | Establishing the Baltimore Regional Transit Commission to review and comment on annual budget requests of the Maryland Transit Administration, updates to the Central Maryland Transportation Plan, and certain annual reports and to perform other oversi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 504 |
| MD | HB1049 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Transit Administration to submit a report by December 1, 2023, and each year thereafter on assaults on public transit operators to each local executive authority, the State's Attorney for each county, and certain committees of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 502 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | HB1134 | Intro
25% | Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to adopt, on or before January 1, 2024, and as part of the Maryland Building Performance Standards, a requirement that new buildings meet all energy demands of the building without the use of fossil fuels an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-10
Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation |
| MD | HB298 | Engross
50% | Increasing the maximum number of years of eligibility service that certain members of the State Police Retirement System or Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System may have to participate in the Deferred Retirement Option Program (DROP) from 30 to 3...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-07
To Senate Rules 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 | HB1155 | Engross
50% | Establishing the Workgroup on Establishing a Youth Codesigned Integrated Behavioral Health Model to study youth codesigned behavioral health models and develop a plan and make recommendations regarding the implementation of a youth codesigned behavio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-04
To Senate Rules Committee |
| 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 | HB980 | Engross
50% | Prohibiting a court from revoking a defendant's pretrial release or finding that a defendant has violated probation, and the Maryland Parole Commission from finding that a parolee has violated parole, based solely on the use of cannabis or a positive...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-22
To Senate Judicial Proceedings 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 | HB343 | Engross
50% | Establishing rules for public school athletic schedules for basketball, including the maximum number of games played per week and season and the number of tournament games played each year; requiring each county board of education to decide whether t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-16
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment 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 |
| MD | HB1001 | Intro
25% | Establishing the Baltimore City Workforce Development Automobile Insurance Subsidy Program within the Division of Workforce Development and Adult Learning to provide subsidies for private passenger automobile insurance to eligible graduates; requirin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-16
Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters |
| MD | HB1072 | Intro
25% | Establishing the Task Force to Study the Reconstitution of the Maryland Transportation Commission to review the laws governing the Commission, examine the historic evolution of the duties and activities of the Commission, and make recommendations rel...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-16
To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | HB995 | Intro
25% | Regulating the collection and use of consumer health data by private entities; prohibiting a private entity from certain collection and use of certain health data without the consent of the consumer; authorizing consumers to exercise certain rights i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-14
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1088 | Intro
25% | Altering provisions of law relating to the authority of a political subdivision to adopt ordinances, rules, or regulations that set emission standards or ambient air quality standards under certain conditions; specifying that the requirement for the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-13
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB512 | Intro
25% | Establishing that 10% of certain revenue from fines collected as a result of violations enforced by speed monitoring systems on Interstate 83 in Baltimore City may be used for roadway improvements to entrance and exit ramps along Interstate 83 in Bal...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-07
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB355 | Intro
25% | Establishing the Baltimore City Lifeline Low-Cost Automobile Insurance Program in the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund to offer low-cost automobile insurance policies to residents of Baltimore City; requiring the Program, on receipt of a certain pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-28
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB953 | Intro
25% | Authorizing a community-based organization, with the approval of the Maryland Department of Health, to establish an Overdose and Infectious Disease Prevention Services Program to provide a location for the consumption of preobtained drugs, provide st...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-15
To House Health and Government Operations Committee |
| MD | HB1030 | Intro
25% | Establishing the Task Force to Study Murder Prevention and Reduction in Maryland; requiring the Task Force to conduct a comprehensive examination of factors contributing to homicides in the State; and requiring the Task Force to submit a final report...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB1121 | Intro
25% | Stating it is the intent of the General Assembly to eliminate bias, intentional or otherwise, in housing decisions concerning the sale of single-family residential real property to an individual buyer by removing the name of the buyer from contract o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-13
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB974 | Intro
25% | Establishing the Gun Violence Victim Relocation Program within the Victim Services Unit of the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services to provide certain victims of gun violence certain services and assistance related to rel...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB1029 | Intro
25% | Establishing the Lights On for Maryland Program to authorize law enforcement agencies to provide vouchers to drivers detained at traffic stops to cover the costs of vehicle equipment repairs such as a headlight, taillight, brake light, or turn signa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-13
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB798 | Intro
25% | Requiring that, after the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners takes final action concerning the continued use of a public school facility for specified purposes, the Baltimore City Department of Planning shall appoint a certain community tas...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-10
To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | HB805 | Intro
25% | Establishing the Office of African American Affairs in the Department of Human Services; requiring the Governor to include an appropriation of $250,000 in the annual budget bill for the salaries of two positions in the Office; and requiring the Offic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-10
To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | HB1098 | Intro
25% | Providing additional funding for certain English learners subject to certain conditions; establishing the Dual Language Immersion Program in the State Department of Education to develop, fund, implement, scale up, and sustain the expansion of researc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-10
To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | HB491 | Intro
25% | Establishing a Commission to Study Establishing a Baltimore Regional Transit Authority; requiring the Commission to conduct a comprehensive study of establishing a Baltimore Regional Transit Authority; and requiring the Commission to submit a report ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-06
To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | HB481 | Intro
25% | Increasing, from 3 years to 5 years, the maximum term of imprisonment that may be imposed for wearing, carrying, or transporting a handgun.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-01
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB296 | Intro
25% | Requiring the State Board of Trustees of the Maryland Teachers and State Employees Supplemental Retirement Plans to implement an automatic enrollment arrangement for State employees who are hired on or after January 1, 2024; and requiring an eligible...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-31
To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | HB380 | Intro
25% | Altering the collective bargaining process for State employees, including by requiring the selection of a neutral arbitrator to oversee all aspects of collective bargaining, establishing a process of arbitration in the event of impasse, and providing...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-26
To House Appropriations Committee |
