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| Position | Bill | Status | Summary | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | SB167 | Passed | Requiring that a physician assistant have a collaboration agreement, rather than a delegation agreement, in order to practice as a physician assistant; altering the scope of practice of a physician assistant; altering the education required for licen... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 919 |
| #2 | SB693 | Vetoed | Authorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of Carroll County to borrow not more than $29,800,000 in order to finance the construction, improvement, or development of certain public facilities in Carroll County, and to effect such borrowing b... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-23 Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative) |
| #3 | SB751 | Passed | Requiring the Secretary of Health to present decisions for the allocations of money from the Opioid Restitution Fund to the Opioid Restitution Fund Advisory Council; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to post on the Department's website cert... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 851 |
| #4 | HB896 | Engrossed | Prohibiting a merchant from selling a certain open- or closed-loop gift card to a consumer unless the merchant meets certain requirements; requiring a merchant to provide to the employees of the merchant training on identification of gift card fraud;... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08 Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Kramer, Hayes and Mautz) |
| #5 | HB1114 | Introduced | Requiring a landlord to provide certain notice to a tenant when a court has issued a warrant of restitution for a failure of a tenant to pay rent, a breach of lease, or a tenant holding over under certain circumstances; establishing certain procedure... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08 |
| #6 | HB332 | Passed | 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 |
| #7 | HB73 | Engrossed | Altering certain provisions of law relating to waiting periods for the filing of certain petitions for expungement to authorize the filing of a petition a certain amount of time after the completion of the sentence; and requiring a court to determine... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 |
| #8 | HB980 | Passed | Requiring the Secretary of Health to present decisions for the allocations of money from the Opioid Restitution Fund to the Opioid Restitution Fund Advisory Council; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to post on the Department's website cert... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 852 |
| #9 | HB230 | Passed | Authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration and local health departments to access electronically from the Maryland Department of Health a copy of a death certificate and, on request, provide any person authorized by regulations with a certified or ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 406 |
| #10 | HB139 | Passed | 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 |
| #11 | HB806 | Passed | Requiring that a physician assistant have a collaboration agreement, rather than a delegation agreement, in order to practice as a physician assistant; altering the scope of practice of a physician assistant; altering the education required for licen... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 920 |
| #12 | HB1256 | Passed | Requiring a certain electric company to file certain time-of-use tariffs with the Public Service Commission by July 1, 2025; requiring a certain electric company to attempt to achieve a certain enrollment target for certain tariffs by January 1, 2028... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 476 |
| #13 | SB1157 | Introduced | Requiring that certain funds for the reserve account of a cooperative housing corporation, a residential condominium, or a homeowners association be deposited on or before the last day of each fiscal year; extending from 3 to 5 years the duration to ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27 |
| #14 | HB932 | Passed | Altering and establishing requirements and prohibitions related to health insurance utilization review; altering requirements related to internal grievance procedures and adverse decision procedures; altering certain reporting requirements on health ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 847 |
| #15 | SB760 | Passed | Prohibiting a merchant from selling a certain open- or closed-loop gift card to a consumer unless the merchant meets certain requirements; requiring a certain merchant to provide training to all employees of the merchant on identifying and responding... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 463 |
| #16 | SB268 | Passed | Altering the enforcement and after-the-fact application approval procedures required as minimum elements of a local jurisdiction's Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area Program to apply to all critical area violations; repealing the 30-d... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 80 |
| #17 | SB651 | Engrossed | Establishing that certain provisions governing signage at retail service stations supersede inconsistent local law; altering a signage requirement for retail service stations relating to the price of regular gasoline so that the signage prominently d... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19 |
| #18 | SB38 | Passed | Requiring that a notice of the pay rate, regular paydays, and leave benefits provided to an employee at the time of hiring be written; requiring that the statement regarding earnings required to be provided to employees by employers be written on the... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 305 |
| #19 | SB87 | Introduced | Specifying that certain crimes involving homicide or life-threatening injury by motor vehicle or vessel are violent crimes for the purpose of parole eligibility; increasing penalties for certain crimes involving homicide or life-threatening injury by... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-15 |
| #20 | SB492 | Engrossed | Requiring the State Department of Education and the Maryland Department of Health jointly to adopt certain State guidelines for school health services regarding student access to telehealth appointments during the school day in public middle and high... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-05 |
| #21 | HB695 | Introduced | Requiring a dealer of used motor vehicles sold or leased in the State to establish procedures under which each consumer, before completing a transaction to purchase or lease a used motor vehicle from the dealer, is notified and provided with a copy o... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12 Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| #22 | HB829 | Engrossed | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health, subject to the limitations of its budget, to provide a virtual mental health awareness and skills building training program for service sector employees; and requiring the Maryland Department of Health, su... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 |
| #23 | HB1402 | Passed | Establishing the right of certain employees of the Office of the State's Attorney in Montgomery County to organize and collectively bargain in accordance with certain personnel law governing county employees; establishing that employees of the Office... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 968 |
| #24 | HB1465 | Passed | Authorizing a soil conservation district to recommend a fee system to cover the cost of reviewing plans for small ponds; establishing that any fees collected under the Act shall be supplemental to county and State funds; requiring a soil conservation... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 524 |
| #25 | SB119 | Passed | Altering the definition of "legally protected health care" to include certain gender-affirming treatment, including medications and supplies, for the purposes of certain provisions of law that prohibit health occupations disciplinary actions and cert... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 863 |
| #26 | HB87 | Introduced | Providing that a person who is convicted of first-degree murder may be sentenced to death under certain circumstances; and establishing certain procedures relating to custody, warrant of execution, incompetency, method of execution, witnesses, certif... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-30 |
| #27 | SB613 | Passed | Extending, from October 1, 2024, to July 1, 2026, the date by which individuals must be licensed by the State Board of Long-Term Care Administrators before practicing as an assisted living manager in the State; altering the requirements for the manag... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 786 |
| #28 | HB1255 | Introduced | Prohibiting, subject to a certain exception, an employer from using an automated employment decision tool to make certain employment decisions; and requiring an employer, under certain circumstances, to notify an applicant for employment of the emplo... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09 |
| #29 | HB947 | Passed | Prohibiting firearm industry members from knowingly creating, maintaining, or contributing to a public nuisance through the sale, manufacture, distribution, importation, or marketing of a firearm-related product under certain circumstances; requiring... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 714 |
| #30 | SB182 | Passed | Establishing requirements, procedures, and prohibitions relating to the use of facial recognition technology by a law enforcement agency; requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to develop and administer a training progra... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 808 |
| #31 | HB44 | Introduced | Altering the definition of "gross income" to exclude public assistance received in a cash grant for purposes of the renters' property tax relief program and the homeowners' property tax credit program; increasing the combined gross income limit used ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-17 |
| #32 | SB607 | Engrossed | Authorizing the imposition of certain summary punishment of a police officer for a minor violation of law enforcement agency rules and regulations that does not involve an interaction between the police officer and a member of the public if the facts... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28 |
| #33 | SB946 | Introduced | Establishing that a landlord that offers a residential dwelling unit for rent is deemed to warrant the dwelling fit for human habitation; clarifying that certain mold hazards constitute dangerous conditions and defects for which a tenant may obtain r... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07 |
| #34 | SB1166 | Engrossed | Authorizing the State Highway Administration to issue a permit for an outdoor sign along or near a scenic byway on a federal-aid primary highway in Frederick County in conformance with federal law if the sign was erected on or before January 1, 2008,... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08 |
| #35 | HB785 | Passed | Establishing a State policy that local school systems operate their school library media programs consistent with certain standards; requiring each local school system to develop a policy and procedures to review objections to materials in a school l... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 129 |
| #36 | SB375 | Passed | Prohibiting certain provisions from being included in State contracts; specifying that certain provisions are void if included in a State contract; specifying the applicable law and interpretation of State contracts; exempting a State contract relati... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 433 |
| #37 | HB1271 | Engrossed | Requiring each unit of State government to conduct certain inventories and assessments by December 1, 2024, and annually thereafter; prohibiting the Department of Information Technology from making certain information publicly available under certain... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-05 |
| #38 | HB57 | Introduced | Altering the definition of "dispenser" for purposes of the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program to include certain licensed veterinarians when dispensing controlled substances for animals in the usual course of providing professional services; and pr... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-19 |
| #39 | HB50 | Introduced | Establishing the Commission on History, Culture, and Civics in Education to make recommendations to the State Board of Education and the State Department of Education to further the discovery, interpretation, and learning of the history, culture, and... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-05 |
| #40 | SB102 | Introduced | Establishing alternative expiration and renewal periods for a handgun permit issued to a retired law enforcement officer who retired in good standing. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-15 |
| #41 | HB254 | Introduced | Prohibiting a person from engaging in certain activities to evade certain requirements relating to lending or the extension of credit; establishing that a person is a lender subject to certain statutory requirements under certain circumstances; etc. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-11 |
| #42 | HB164 | Introduced | Requiring the State Board of Elections or a local board of elections, on request of a candidate, to provide the candidate with a list of registered voters who have requested an absentee ballot for an upcoming election; and requiring that the list of ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29 |
| #43 | SB105 | Introduced | Requiring an owner of land that encompasses any part of a former plantation to identify and allow visitation to certain burial sites of enslaved persons, under certain circumstances; prohibiting construction of any structure on certain burial sites; ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-15 |
| #44 | SB37 | Introduced | Finding that local governments pay electric companies large sums to light streets and are limited in how this public safety resource can be managed, the Act authorizes certain counties or municipalities to acquire certain street lighting equipment by... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29 Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| #45 | HB131 | Passed | Requiring local jurisdictions with at least 150,000 residents to report certain information for each building or development permit application that includes a residential housing component as part of the development to the Department of Housing and ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 213 |
| #46 | HB209 | Passed | Establishing the Prison Education Delivery Reform Commission to develop recommendations relating to education and its impact on the criminal justice system; and requiring the Commission to submit an interim report of its findings and recommendations ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 945 |
| #47 | HB167 | Engrossed | Requiring the State Department of Education to support and facilitate each county board of education in publishing information on financially accessible dental health available care in the county in student handbooks and on local school system websit... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19 |
| #48 | SB190 | Engrossed | Requiring a law enforcement agency that receives a certain request for a wellness check of an individual to conduct a wellness check of the individual within a reasonable amount of time after receiving the request under certain circumstances. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04 Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| #49 | SB197 | Passed | Authorizing the Maryland Department of Health to reimburse a residential service agency for personal assistance services only if the personal assistance services are provided by an individual classified as an employee. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 882 |
| #50 | HB124 | Introduced | Altering the information that an applicant is required to provide in an application for an alcoholic beverages license; and authorizing a permanent legal resident of the United States to hold an alcoholic beverages license. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14 Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters |
