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MDSB26PassRequiring the Correctional Training Commission to adopt regulations for the training, issuance, and use of body-worn cameras by January 1, 2026; establishing the Public Employees' Safety and Health Unit in the Division of Labor and Industry to admini...
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2025-05-20
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 608
MDHB176PassRequiring the Correctional Training Commission to adopt regulations for the training, issuance, and use of body-worn cameras by January 1, 2026; establishing the Public Employees' Safety and Health Unit in the Division of Labor and Industry to admini...
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2025-05-20
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 609
MDHB352PassEstablishing or altering certain administrative penalties; altering or repealing certain required appropriations; authorizing the use of certain funds for certain purposes; establishing certain funds; authorizing, requiring, or altering the distribut...
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2025-05-20
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 604
MDHB675PassAltering from December 31, 2025, to March 31,2026, the date by which a certain report under a certain sexual assault evidence collection kit tracking program is required to be submitted; altering the purpose and use of the Rape Kit Testing Grant Fund...
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2025-05-20
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 668
MDSB669PassAltering the date from December 31, 2025, to March 31, 2026, by which a certain report under a certain sexual assault evidence collection kit tracking program is required to be submitted; altering the purpose and use of the Rape Kit Testing Grant Fun...
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2025-05-20
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 667
MDSB149VetoRequiring the Comptroller, in coordination with the Department of the Environment and the Department of Commerce, to conduct a study to assess the total cost of greenhouse gas emissions in the State and report certain findings to certain committees o...
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2025-05-16
Vetoed by the Governor (Policy)
MDHB128VetoRequiring the Comptroller, in coordination with the Department of the Environment and the Department of Commerce, to conduct a study to assess the total cost of greenhouse gas emissions in the State and report certain findings to certain committees b...
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2025-05-16
Vetoed by the Governor (Policy)
MDHB333VetoEstablishing the Healthcare Ecosystem Stakeholder Cybersecurity Workgroup to develop strategies to prevent cybersecurity disruptions to the healthcare ecosystem, ensure the continuous delivery of essential healthcare ecosystem services, and enhance r...
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2025-05-16
Vetoed by the Governor (Policy)
MDSB455VetoAuthorizing a certain security guard agency to apply for the appointment of special police officers in order to protect property owned or leased by the security guard agency's clients.
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2025-05-16
Vetoed by the Governor (Policy)
MDSB691VetoEstablishing the Healthcare Ecosystem Stakeholder Cybersecurity Workgroup to develop strategies to prevent cybersecurity disruptions to the health care ecosystem, ensure the continuous delivery of essential healthcare ecosystem services, and enhance ...
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2025-05-16
Vetoed by the Governor (Policy)
MDHB1116VetoRenaming and transferring the State Clearinghouse for Missing Children to be the State Clearinghouse for Missing Persons; requiring the Department of State Police to study the Department's capacity to report about persons who have disappeared from, o...
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2025-05-16
Vetoed by the Governor (Policy)
MDSB164PassReplacing obsolete references to the Maryland State Firemen's Association with references to the Maryland State Firefighters Association; and replacing related terminology.
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2025-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 513
MDHB9PassAltering certain definitions related to the Food Resiliency Council; defining what constitutes "healthy food priority areas" as predominantly lower-income areas that have limited access to retail outlets that sell affordable, healthy foods; defining ...
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2025-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 496
MDHB309PassEstablishing certain confidentiality requirements for peer support counseling programs for law enforcement agencies; prohibiting a peer support specialist from disclosing the contents of any written or oral communication regarding a peer support int...
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2025-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 510
MDSB326PassEstablishing certain confidentiality requirements for peer support counseling programs for law enforcement agencies; prohibiting a peer support specialist from disclosing the contents of any written or oral communication regarding a peer support inte...
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2025-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 511
MDSB391PassRequiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to annually review a certain report published by the Independent Investigations Division of the Office of the Attorney General; and requiring the Commission to make any recommendations t...
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2025-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 449
MDSB396PassAltering circumstances under which certain individuals are presumed to have died as a direct and proximate result of an injury sustained in the performance of duties for purposes of eligibility for death benefits.
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2025-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 573
MDSB443PassRequiring that the prosecution for an offense of trafficking a regulated firearm be instituted within 3 years after the offense was committed; reclassifying the prohibition against transporting a regulated firearm into the State for the purpose of un...
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2025-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 465
MDHB580PassReplacing obsolete references to the Maryland State Firemen's Association with references to the Maryland State Firefighters Association; and replacing related terminology.
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2025-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 514
MDSB533PassAltering the deadlines for the completion of the process of review and investigation by a certain investigating unit through disposition by an administrative charging committee under certain circumstances; and requiring a law enforcement agency to fi...
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2025-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 493
MDHB749PassAdding Washington County to the list of counties that exempt agricultural buildings used for agritourism from certain building performance standards and where an existing agricultural building used for agritourism is not considered a change of occupa...
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2025-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 600
MDHB865PassAuthorizing the transfer of funds from the Catastrophic Event Account to the State Disaster Recovery Fund if the balance of the Fund has been depleted due to use or transfer or the estimated costs for providing adequate disaster relief for a natural ...
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2025-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 559
MDSB871PassRequiring the Department of the Environment to coordinate, in coordination with the Department of Information Technology and the Maryland Department of Emergency Management, cybersecurity efforts within community water systems and community sewerage ...
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2025-05-13
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 495
MDSB175PassProhibiting the sale, offer for sale, transfer, or distribution of non-arc-resistant jacketed corrugated stainless steel tubing; establishing a civil penalty of up to $1,000 for a violation of the Act; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor and ...
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2025-05-06
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 384
MDHB222PassProhibiting the sale, offer for sale, transfer, or distribution of non-arc-resistant jacketed corrugated stainless steel tubing; providing a civil penalty of up to $1,000 for a violation of the Act; and requiring the Maryland Department of Labor and ...
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2025-05-06
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 385
MDSB280PassEstablishing rules of interpretation related to the uniformed services; altering the rule of interpretation for "veteran"; and altering the application of certain provisions of judicial proceedings, corrections, criminal, family, public safety, and r...
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2025-05-06
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 261
MDHB452PassRequiring the Maryland Green Building Council, on or before October 1, 2026, to update or develop guidance for the purchase of outdoor lighting fixtures in consideration of certain recommendations; prohibiting State funds from being used to install o...
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2025-05-06
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 389
MDHB1060PassEstablishing rules of interpretation related to the uniformed services; altering the rule of interpretation for "veteran"; and altering the application of certain provisions of judicial proceedings, corrections, criminal, family, public safety, and r...
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2025-05-06
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 262
MDHB235PassAltering the duties of the Cyber Preparedness Unit in the Maryland Department of Emergency Management; altering the duties of the Office of Security Management in the Department of Information Technology; requiring the Office to submit a yearly repor...
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2025-04-22
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 164
MDSB244PassAltering the duties of the Cyber Preparedness Unit in the Maryland Department of Emergency Management; altering the duties of the Office of Security Management in the Department of Information Technology; altering the content of a certain report on t...
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2025-04-22
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 165
MDHB413PassAuthorizing a person who is at least 21 years of age to manufacture a personal use amount of cannabis products or concentrated cannabis for personal use or adult sharing at a private residence if the manufacturing process does not involve the use of ...
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2025-04-22
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 136
MDSB784PassCorrecting certain errors or omissions in certain articles of the Annotated Code; clarifying language; correcting certain obsolete references; reorganizing certain sections of the Annotated Code; providing that the Act is not intended to affect any l...
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2025-04-22
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 142
MDSB138PassAuthorizing the Maryland 9-1-1 Board to adopt regulations to implement and enforce certain responsibilities of the Board; and authorizing the Maryland Department of Emergency Management to adopt regulations to implement and enforce the responsibiliti...
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2025-04-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 15
MDSB255PassAuthorizing the Adjutant General instead of the Governor to appoint certain staff in the Military Department; and establishing that certain staff in the Military Department serve at the pleasure of the Adjutant General instead of the Governor.
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2025-04-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 20
MDHB181PassAuthorizing the Adjutant General instead of the Governor to appoint certain staff in the Military Department; and establishing that certain staff in the Military Department serve at the pleasure of the Adjutant General instead of the Governor.
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2025-04-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 19
MDHB259PassRequiring a certain DNA sample to be collected in a certain manner from an individual who is required to register as a sex offender; requiring a DNA sample to be collected by a certain individual or at a certain location under certain circumstances; ...
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2025-04-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 91
MDSB36PassAuthorizing the use of the 9-1-1 Trust Fund for costs related to the operation of the 9-8-8 suicide prevention hotline, including software interfaces and joint training; and altering a certain restriction on the use of the 9-1-1 Trust Fund to prohibi...
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2025-04-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 14
MDSB202PassRequiring a certain DNA sample to be collected in a certain manner from an individual who is required to register as a sex offender; requiring a DNA sample to be collected by a certain individual or at a certain location under certain circumstances; ...
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2025-04-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 92
MDHB421PassAuthorizing the use of the 9-1-1 Trust Fund for certain expenditures that support the 9-8-8 suicide prevention hotline; and altering a certain restriction on the use of the 9-1-1 Trust Fund to prohibit funds from being used for expenses solely relate...
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2025-04-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 13
MDHB423PassAuthorizing the Maryland 9-1-1 Board to adopt regulations to implement and enforce certain responsibilities of the Board; and authorizing the Maryland Department of Emergency Management to adopt regulations to implement and enforce the responsibiliti...
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2025-04-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 16
MDSB444Engross

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Requiring a federal firearms licensee or law enforcement agency operating a gun buyback program to destroy each firearm and all its components and parts, that is traded in as part of a gun buyback program; authorizing a certain person or entity to c...
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2025-04-07
Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate Clippinger) Adopted
MDSB564Intro

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Authorizing the transfer of funds from the Catastrophic Event Account to the State Disaster Recovery Fund if the balance of the Fund has been depleted due to use or transfer or the estimated costs for providing adequate disaster relief for a natural ...
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2025-04-07
Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation
MDHB1062Intro

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Requiring the Department of the Environment to coordinate, in coordination with the Department of Information Technology and the Maryland Department of Emergency Management, cybersecurity efforts within community water systems and community sewerage ...
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2025-04-05
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
MDSB925Engross

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Authorizing a person who is at least 21 years of age to manufacture a personal use amount of cannabis products or concentrated cannabis for personal use or adult sharing at a private residence if the manufacturing process does not involve the use of ...
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2025-03-28
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDSB977Engross

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Prohibiting a certain person in possession of certain data, information, and records from sharing or otherwise making the data, information, and records available under certain circumstances; altering certain provisions of law to require a law enforc...
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2025-03-26
To House Judiciary Committee
MDHB1544Engross

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Establishing the Maryland Law Enforcement Public Service Medal as the highest State honor awarded to law enforcement officers for exceptional public service, valor, and heroism; establishing eligibility requirements for the medal and procedures for t...
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2025-03-25
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB24Engross

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Altering certain terminology throughout the Annotated Code that refers to a clergyman to refer to a member of the clergy and churches to refer to faith institutions and places of worship; and defining "faith institution" as any Christian, Jewish, Isl...
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2025-03-20
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDSB153Engross

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Altering certain provisions of law to reflect the renaming of the Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee to be the Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee; altering certain provisions of law to reflect the renam...
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2025-03-20
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDSB580Engross

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Adding Washington County to the list of counties that exempt agricultural buildings used for agritourism from certain building performance standards and where an existing agricultural building used for agritourism is not considered a change of occupa...
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2025-03-19
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDHB238Engross

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Requiring a law enforcement agency to file any administrative charges arising out of an investigation of alleged police officer misconduct that is not required to be reviewed by an administrative charging committee within a certain period of time; et...
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2025-03-17
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
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