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MDSB310PassRepealing a requirement that the Department of Planning serve as a repository and clearinghouse for information concerning federal and State grants, loans, and other financial and technical assistance; repealing a requirement that the Department adop...
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2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 94
MDHB760PassRequiring each local school system, on or before November 1 of the third year of a 6-year audit cycle, to submit a report to the Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee on the status of implementation of corrective actions to address repeat findings and...
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2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 39
MDHB209Enroll
75%
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 ...
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2024-04-08
Returned Passed
MDSB22Enroll
75%
Requiring the Governor, rather than the Mayor and the President of the City Council of Baltimore City, to appoint the members of the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore City with the advice and consent of the Senate; authorizing the Governor...
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2024-04-08
Returned Passed
MDSB166Enroll
75%
Establishing the Waterway Incident Notification System (WINS) Workgroup to study issues and factors regarding the feasibility of establishing a Waterway Incident Notification System to notify members of the public of certain active waterway emergenci...
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2024-04-08
Passed Enrolled
MDSB7Enroll
75%
Adding positive community feedback to the list of records that are not considered personnel records for certain purposes; requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to develop a process for citizens to submit positive community f...
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2024-04-08
Passed Enrolled
MDHB371Enroll
75%
Requiring a petitioner for a recount to select the method for conducting the recount; limiting the methods from which the selection must be made; and requiring a local board of elections to preserve and store certain voter-verifiable paper records an...
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2024-04-08
Returned Passed
MDHB495Enroll
75%
Requiring the Baltimore County School Board Nominating Commission to publish the names of the candidates for appointment to the Baltimore County Board of Education on the Commission's website before interviewing the candidates; requiring meetings of ...
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2024-04-08
Returned Passed
MDHB685Enroll
75%
Establishing the Maryland Aerospace and Technology Commission in the Department of Commerce to promote innovation in the fields of space exploration and commercial aerospace opportunities, including the integration of space, aeronautics, and aviation...
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2024-04-08
Returned Passed
MDSB915Enroll
75%
Altering 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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2024-04-08
Passed Enrolled
MDHB999Enroll
75%
Establishing 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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2024-04-08
Returned Passed
MDSB1005Engross
50%
Altering the administration and membership of the West North Avenue Development Authority; specifying the powers and duties of the Authority, subject to certain limitations; exempting the Authority from certain provisions of law; requiring the Author...
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2024-04-08
Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
MDSB1000Enroll
75%
Requiring a person, at least 60 days before closing on an acquisition of a nursing home, to submit a request for acquisition to the Maryland Health Care Commission and provide notice to residents, resident representatives, and employees of the nursin...
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2024-04-08
Returned Passed
MDSB982Enroll
75%
Altering the duties of the Secretary of Information Technology related to modernization of information technology systems; altering the authority of the Board of Public Works over certain information technology projects; renaming the Major Informatio...
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2024-04-08
Passed Enrolled
MDHB1141Engross
50%
Stating the intent of the General Assembly that the Department of Information Technology evaluate the feasibility of creating a virtual 3-1-1 portal as a source for Maryland residents to obtain nonemergency government information and services utilizi...
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2024-04-08
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDHB1188Engross
50%
Altering the duties of the Secretary of Information Technology related to modernization of information technology systems; renaming the Major Information Technology Development Fund to be the Information Technology Investment Fund; requiring a certai...
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2024-04-08
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDHB1258Enroll
75%
Requiring the registers of wills for each county and Baltimore City to, in coordination, establish a centralized website for use by all registers to publish certain notice; altering certain requirements for publication of notice relating to the appoi...
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2024-04-08
Returned Passed
MDHB1427Engross
50%
Altering the administration and membership of the West North Avenue Development Authority; specifying the powers and duties of the Authority, subject to certain limitations; exempting the Authority from certain provisions of law; requiring the Author...
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2024-04-08
To Senate Finance Committee
MDHB1465Enroll
75%
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...
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2024-04-08
Returned Passed
MDHB1507Enroll
75%
Altering 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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2024-04-08
Returned Passed
MDSB1079Enroll
75%
Extending until July 1, 2025, the expiration dates of certain alcoholic beverages licenses in Baltimore City that are issued for certain areas for certain transfer and renewal purposes under certain circumstances.
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2024-04-08
Returned Passed
MDSB417Enroll
75%
Requiring the State Board of Elections to evaluate the performance of the State Administrator of Elections; requiring the State Administrator to provide a performance evaluation of the election director of each local board of elections to the local b...
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2024-04-08
Returned Passed
MDHB1511Enroll
75%
Establishing a definition of "qualified conservation" for purposes of provisions of law related to forest mitigation banks; requiring the Department of Natural Resources to update a certain model local government ordinance and adopt certain regulatio...
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2024-04-08
Passed Enrolled
MDSB1183Engross
50%
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources and Baltimore City to convene focus group meetings on the establishment of the Gwynns Falls State Park with community members and stakeholders that reside or operate in the vicinity of the proposed State ...
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2024-04-08
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDHB1235Enroll
75%
Extending until July 1, 2025, the expiration date of certain alcoholic beverages licenses in Baltimore City that are issued for certain areas for certain transferal and renewal purposes under certain circumstances.
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2024-04-08
Passed Enrolled
MDSB271Enroll
75%
Altering the information that clerks of the circuit court for each county and administrative clerks for each District Court are required to report to the State Administrator of Elections to include the names of individuals convicted of a felony and s...
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2024-04-08
Passed Enrolled
MDHB233Enroll
75%
Authorizing the Critical Area Commission to adopt regulations governing the transfer of development rights, fee in lieu payments, the assessment of and adaption of the critical area for climate resiliency, enhancing resilience in the critical area, a...
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2024-04-06
Passed Enrolled
MDHB424Enroll
75%
Repealing the requirement that the Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County hold public hearings on assisted family housing proposals; and repealing the requirement that the Montgomery Commission publish a summary of the Montgomery Commi...
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2024-04-06
Returned Passed
MDSB516Enroll
75%
Establishing the Maryland Aerospace and Technology Commission in the Department of Commerce to promote innovation in the fields of space exploration and commercial aerospace opportunities, including the integration of space, aeronautics, and aviation...
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2024-04-06
Passed Enrolled
MDSB623Enroll
75%
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 to the Governor and the General Assembly an interim re...
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2024-04-06
Returned Passed
MDHB973Enroll
75%
Adding positive community feedback that was not solicited by the police officer who is the subject of the feedback to the list of records that are not considered personnel records; requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to de...
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2024-04-06
Returned Passed
MDHB991Enroll
75%
Establishing 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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2024-04-06
Passed Enrolled
MDSB1068Enroll
75%
Stating the intent of the General Assembly that the Department of Information Technology evaluate the feasibility of creating a 3-1-1 portal utilizing artificial intelligence and that the Department prioritize the creation of the portal if feasible.
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2024-04-06
Returned Passed
MDHB1165Enroll
75%
Requiring, in each fiscal year from 2026 through 2030, up to $100,000 from the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund to be used to fund certain operations grants at a rate of $20,000 per project sponsor each fiscal year; establishing t...
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2024-04-06
Passed Enrolled
MDHB4Enroll
75%
Prohibiting institutions of higher education that receive State funds from considering a legacy preference or donor preference as an eligible criterion for admissions standards at the institution; and allowing an institution of higher education to as...
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2024-04-06
Returned Passed
MDHB333Enroll
75%
Requiring the State Board of Elections to maintain a portal on the State Board's website that the public may use to report election misinformation and election disinformation; requiring the State Board to conduct a periodic review of material submitt...
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2024-04-06
Passed Enrolled
MDHB253Enroll
75%
Making alterations and clarifications related to the duties of the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission, the Office of Social Equity, the Advisory Board on Medical and Adult-Use Cannabis, and the Maryland Cannabis Administration; altering the me...
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2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled
MDSB70Enroll
75%
Requiring the Maryland Transit Administration, before announcing any service reduction or cancellation of an existing bus route or line, to compile a report on the impacts of the proposed service reduction or cancellation; requiring the Administratio...
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2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled
MDHB581Enroll
75%
Requiring certain departments and independent units to create a certain 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...
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2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled
MDSB618Intro
25%
Requiring the Maryland Stadium Authority to create a master plan to develop the Pimlico site property that does not include the racing facility site, conduct a certain economic market study, and hold a certain design competition for the site; requiri...
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2024-04-05
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDSB818Enroll
75%
Requiring each unit of State government to conduct certain inventories and a certain assessment; prohibiting the Department of Information Technology from making certain information publicly available under certain circumstances; prohibiting a unit o...
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2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled
MDHB151Enroll
75%
Requiring the Charles County Board of Education to fill a vacancy on the county board within 90 days after the vacancy occurs; authorizing the Board to choose not to fill a vacancy that occurs in an election year for a seat that is vacant; and requir...
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2024-04-05
Returned Passed
MDSB1074Enroll
75%
Establishing 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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2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled
MDHB1122Enroll
75%
Requiring a person, at least 60 days before the closing date of the acquisition of a nursing home, to submit a request for acquisition to the Maryland Health Care Commission and provide certain notice to residents, resident representatives, and emplo...
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2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled
MDHB1271Engross
50%
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...
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2024-04-05
To Senate Rules Committee
MDHB1212Enroll
75%
Establishing that the Executive Director of the State Retirement Agency shall employ a Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion of the State Retirement and Pension System; requiring the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to identify and...
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2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled
MDHB344Engross
50%
Establishing certain standards and requirements for implementing the Vision Zero program under the Maryland Department of Transportation; requiring the Department to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 31 each year on the stat...
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2024-04-05
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB1296Enroll
75%
Requiring the Public Service Commission on June 1, 2024, to open a revised Round 2 proceeding to evaluate certain offshore wind projects; authorizing certain offshore wind projects to submit certain revised plans for project schedules, sizes, or pric...
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2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled
MDSB161Enroll
75%
Authorizing each county board of education that has fewer than 40 community schools and that receives funding from the Concentration of Poverty School Grant Program for the personnel grant and the per pupil grant to expend not more than 15% of the fu...
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2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled
MDSB170Enroll
75%
Requiring county boards of education to post certain hearing notices and bid advertisements on the websites of certain local school systems; increasing the threshold amount of costs of school buildings, improvements, supplies, and equipment that requ...
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2024-04-04
Returned Passed
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