| MD | SB134 | Pass | Establishing the Office of the Correctional Ombudsman; authorizing the Justice Reinvestment Oversight Board to make a recommendation for the distribution of money from the Performance Incentive Grant Fund to the Office for fiscal year 2025 only; requ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 836 |
| MD | SB119 | Pass | 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 |
| MD | SB470 | Pass | Altering the Law Enforcement Cadet Apprenticeship Program in the Maryland Department of Labor to be the Public Safety Apprenticeship Program; expanding the purpose and scope of the Program to promote careers with certain public safety agencies; alter...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 708 |
| MD | SB615 | Pass | Requiring the Governor to annually proclaim September 30 as Maryland Veterans Suicide Prevention Day.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 805 |
| MD | SB694 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to contract with an independent consultant to conduct a certain study of the Health Services Cost Review Commission, the Maryland Health Care Commission, the Maryland Insurance Administration, and the Maryl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 794 |
| MD | SB712 | Pass | Requiring the department charged with oversight of a State-owned nursing home operated by a contractor, instead of the contractor, to provide notice of certain deficiencies and enforcement actions to the Governor, certain members of the General Assem...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 860 |
| MD | SB1099 | Pass | Requiring the State Emergency Medical Services Board, in collaboration with the Maryland Department of Health, to develop and implement an initiative under the Public Access Automated External Defibrillator Program to require that naloxone be co-loca...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 764 |
| MD | SB258 | Pass | Altering the State's goals for reducing energy consumption in State buildings; requiring the Maryland Green Building Council to update the High Performance Green Building Program to ensure that the Program aligns with certain greenhouse gas emissions...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 423 |
| MD | SB448 | Pass | Establishing the Commission to Study African American Civil War Soldiers in Maryland to study the history of the African American soldiers who fought for the Union Army in Maryland and to make findings and recommendations regarding the funding, desig...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 434 |
| MD | SB472 | Pass | Requiring each principal department and independent unit to create a catalog of information relating to permits, licenses, and certificates issued by the department or independent unit and submit the catalog to the Governor on or before October 1, 20...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 413 |
| MD | SB482 | Pass | Establishing the Governor's Office for Children and the Special Secretary of the Governor's Office for Children as the head of the Office; requiring the Special Secretary to chair the Children's Cabinet; requiring the Office to staff the Children's C...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 408 |
| MD | SB524 | Pass | Altering certain terminology that refers to chairs and vice chairs of committees of the General Assembly to be gender-neutral.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 441 |
| MD | SB534 | Pass | Repealing the Electronic Transactions Protection Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 643 |
| MD | SB573 | Pass | Requiring the Secretary of State to furnish a State flag to drape the casket of an eligible decedent; establishing the process for a State flag to be claimed after burial; providing that only one flag may be provided for the death of an eligible dece...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 480 |
| MD | SB616 | Pass | Altering prohibitions on grants from the Maryland Historical Trust; authorizing the Governor, for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter, to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $5,000,000 to the Trust to be used to provide...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 493 |
| MD | SB596 | Pass | Authorizing the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $1,000,000 each year to the Department of Planning to be used as a grant to the Maryland Humanities Council for the Marilyn Hatza Memorial Strengthening Humanities Inve...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 508 |
| MD | SB669 | Pass | Altering certain reporting requirements for the Attorney General; and requiring the Attorney General to publish certain documents on the Attorney General's website.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 440 |
| MD | SB703 | Pass | Requiring the Comptroller to develop and maintain on the Board of Public Works' website a procurement transparency data dashboard; establishing a governance committee composed of the liaisons to the Board from the offices of the Governor, the Comptr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 581 |
| MD | SB775 | Pass | Altering the requirements that certain officers and employees of the State be covered by certain surety bonds to allow the officers and employees to be covered by certain insurance policies; transferring certain duties and responsibilities of the Mar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 438 |
| MD | SB777 | Pass | Removing the State Treasurer from the Board of Trustees for the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation and repealing certain related authority and duties; removing the State Treasurer or the State Treasurer's designee from the Maryland Co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 436 |
| MD | SB1084 | Pass | Establishing the Workgroup for the Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing to study and make recommendations regarding certain services, programs, advocacy, outreach efforts, and other items to improve the quality of life of individuals who are deaf, de...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 442 |
| MD | SB245 | Pass | Adding the Maryland Community Health Resources Commission to the governmental activities and units subject to the Maryland Program Evaluation Act; and extending the termination date to June 30, 2035, for certain provisions of law related to the Commi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 386 |
| MD | SB241 | Pass | Continuing the State Board of Examiners of Psychologists in accordance with the provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act (sunset law) by extending to July 1, 2030, the termination provisions relating to the statutory and regulatory authority...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 393 |
| MD | SB50 | Pass | Providing that a certain final order of the Commission on Civil Rights on a complaint alleging a discriminatory act is appealable in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 260 |
| MD | SB680 | Pass | Requiring the judge or jury in certain actions to make a certain determination and assign responsibility and liability in a certain manner; authorizing the State to continue to pursue certain actions if it does not obtain complete relief from certain...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 137 |
| MD | SB776 | Pass | Requiring the Treasurer to consult with governmental entities prior to proposing certain regulations; requiring the Treasurer to adopt regulations, on or before December 1, 2024, that specify asset classes in which the Treasurer may invest; requiring...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 144 |
| MD | SB88 | Pass | Establishing the Maryland Commission on Veterans and Military Families to study and make recommendations for developing and implementing a statewide strategic plan to make Maryland the best state for veterans and military families, including legislat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 10 |
| MD | SB292 | Pass | Altering the title of the Assistant Secretary of State to be "Deputy Secretary of State".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 96 |
| MD | SB280 | Pass | Repealing the requirement that a notary public use a certain protest form.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 95 |
| MD | SB309 | Pass | Repealing the Office of Smart Growth; repealing the position of Special Secretary of Smart Growth; renaming the Smart Growth Subcabinet to be the Sustainable Growth Subcabinet; and altering the membership and duties of the Subcabinet.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 92 |
| MD | SB310 | Pass | Repealing 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 94 |
| MD | SB341 | Pass | Altering the name of the museum operated by the Commission on African American History and Culture in certain provisions of law from the "Banneker-Douglass Museum" to the "Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 57 |
| MD | SB411 | Pass | Renaming the Department of Veterans Affairs to be the Department of Veterans and Military Families; renaming the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to be the Secretary of Veterans and Military Families; requiring the Secretary to appoint a Deputy Secretar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 11 |
| MD | SB459 | Pass | Altering the composition of the Maryland Efficient Grant Application Council by removing the Director of the Governor's Grants Office or the Director's designee and adding the Comptroller or the Comptroller's designee; requiring the Council to study ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 29 |
| MD | SB628 | Pass | Altering the purposes of the Catastrophic Event Account and the Federal Government Shutdown Employee Assistance Loan Fund to provide financial assistance to noncivilian federal employees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 18 |
| MD | SB1007 | Pass | Authorizing the Governor to appoint individuals to the State Board of Elections and the Accountability and Implementation Board during the recess of the Senate under certain circumstances; requiring the Governor to submit a certain nomination to the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 40 |
| MD | SB74 | Engross
50% | Designating the American persimmon as the State fruit.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02
To House Health and Government Operations Committee |
| MD | SB796 | Engross
50% | Establishing the Maryland Disability Service Animal Program in the Department of Disabilities; requiring the Department to select a nonprofit training entity for participation in the Program; and establishing the Maryland Disability Service Animal Pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02
To House Health and Government Operations Committee |
| MD | SB755 | Intro
25% | Establishing the Office of Domestic Terrorism Response within the Maryland Department of Emergency Management for the purpose of implementing measures to prepare for, prevent, and recover from domestic terrorism and hate crimes; requiring the Marylan...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB1070 | Intro
25% | Altering the Canal Place Preservation and Development Authority to be the Passages of the Western Potomac Heritage Area Authority; altering and repealing certain duties and powers of the Authority; establishing the Canal Place Preservation and Develo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-04
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB977 | Intro
25% | Altering the uses of the African American Heritage Preservation Grant Fund to include grants to an African American heritage organization to fund the organization's operations and activities; providing that the Grant Fund shall be jointly administere...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB863 | Intro
25% | Authorizing the Attorney General to seek injunctive relief on behalf of the State on the basis of an imminent or ongoing violation of certain rights of residents of certain health care facilities; authorizing the Attorney General to request a court t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-17
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB169 | Engross
50% | Establishing the Green and Renewable Energy for Nonprofit Organizations Loan Program in the Maryland Energy Administration to provide financial assistance in the form of no-interest loans to nonprofit organizations for the planning, purchase, and ins...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | SB103 | Intro
25% | Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim August 31 as Overdose Awareness Day.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB387 | Intro
25% | Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim January 13 as Korean American Day; and requiring the proclamation to urge educational and cultural organizations to observe Korean American Day properly.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB467 | Intro
25% | Requiring the Governor to annually proclaim the second Sunday in September as Prince Hall Day.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB646 | Intro
25% | Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim November 18 as Hip Hop Day of Service; and requiring the proclamation to urge citizens and organizations to observe Hip Hop Day of Service with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB832 | Intro
25% | Designating the Natural History Society of Maryland as the State natural history museum.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB887 | Intro
25% | Requiring the Department of Veterans Affairs to coordinate with law enforcement agencies to establish a process by which the Department and the First Responders Action Group shall receive certain information about a veteran who was arrested; requirin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB1072 | Intro
25% | Requiring an occupational licensing board to issue a license, certificate, permit, or registration to an applicant who is military trained or who is a military spouse if the applicant meets certain requirements; requiring an occupational licensing bo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
