| MD | SB36 | Pass | Requiring the Department of State Police, on or before December 31 each year, to post on its website and submit to the Governor and the General Assembly a report detailing, for the preceeding calendar year, the number of investigations completed by t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 955 |
| MD | SB11 | Pass | Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to include system upgrades required to allow for automated expungement of charges and partial expungement of charges in any vendor contracts being negotiated at a certain time. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 940 |
| MD | SB113 | Pass | Prohibiting an individual from knowingly and with a certain intent soliciting a minor or law enforcement officer posing as a minor to engage in certain prohibited sexual acts with the minor by a certain means. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 834 |
| MD | SB130 | Pass | Prohibiting a person from committing the common law crime of indecent exposure; prohibiting a person from, with prurient intent, committing the common law crime of indecent exposure when the person knows or reasonably should know that a minor is pres... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 859 |
| 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 | SB319 | Pass | Repealing and altering a reporting requirement to require the Maryland Judiciary, instead of the State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy, to report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before October 1 each year on the number of char... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 742 |
| MD | SB379 | Pass | Extending the Task Force to Study Crime Classification and renaming it to be the Task Force to Study Crime Reclassification and Penalties; requiring the Task Force to study the penalties for crimes and civil offenses under State law, the potential ne... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 935 |
| MD | SB391 | Pass | Altering the statute of limitations applicable to the crime of sexual extortion to be 5 years and the crime of stalking to be 10 years; providing that the State may institute a prosecution for revenge porn at any time; and providing that, for purpose... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 772 |
| MD | SB428 | Pass | Establishing a resort beer license, a resort beer and wine license, and a beer, wine, and liquor festival license in Garrett County; altering the hours of sale for alcoholic beverages on Sundays for certain licenses; altering the residency requiremen... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 1044 |
| MD | SB453 | Pass | Authorizing each county to establish an assisted outpatient treatment program; requiring the Maryland Department of Health, on or before July 1, 2026, to establish an assisted outpatient treatment program in a county that does not opt to establish a ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 704 |
| MD | SB774 | Pass | Establishing the Maryland Entertainment District Security Grant Program to assist community organizations, nonprofit entities, and local governments in funding security operations during times of high pedestrian traffic in certain entertainment distr... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 747 |
| MD | SB1009 | Pass | Establishing the Task Force on Responsible Use of Natural Psychedelic Substances to study and make recommendations related to the use of natural psychedelic substances; and requiring the Task Force to submit a report of its findings and recommendatio... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 793 |
| MD | SB287 | Pass | Authorizing the Secretary of State Police to determine the manner and format for applications for certification as a private detective, security guard, security systems technician, and railroad police officer and for a license to provide security gua... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 738 |
| MD | SB1092 | Pass | Increasing the motor vehicle registration emergency medical system surcharge to $40.00 per year for certain motor vehicles; altering certain provisions of law related to the Maryland Trauma Physician Services Fund, including provisions related to the... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 719 |
| MD | SB944 | Pass | Prohibiting the sale of natural membrane condoms, rather than all nonlatex condoms, through a vending machine or other automatic device; excluding a violation of the prohibition on the sale of natural membrane comdoms through a vending machine or oth... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 932 |
| MD | SB315 | Pass | Prohibiting a person from committing a violation of a certain provision of law governing the right-of-way of a bicycle, a motor scooter, or an electronic personal assistive mobility device lawfully in a designated bike lane or shoulder that contribut... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 465 |
| MD | SB344 | Pass | Establishing exceptions to certain criminal prohibitions against trespass on property and the civil tort of trespass for professional land surveyors, and agents and employees of professional land surveyors, who enter the property of another to practi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 606 |
| MD | SB442 | Pass | Altering certain penalties and points assessments for certain motor vehicle violations related to participation in a race or speed contest; prohibiting a person from engaging in exhibition driving on any highway or private property that is used for d... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 570 |
| MD | SB504 | Pass | Requiring recreational vehicle dealers to hold a dealer agreement with a recreational vehicle manufacturer to sell the manufacturer's recreational vehicles in the State; establishing licensing requirements for a recreational vehicle manufacturer, dis... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 526 |
| MD | SB547 | Pass | Prohibiting a person from allowing for the participation of a bear, a cougar, an elephant, a jaguar, a leopard, a lion, a nonhuman primate, a tiger, or a hybrid of any of these animals in a traveling animal act; and providing a civil penalty of $2,00... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 596 |
| MD | SB575 | Pass | Authorizing a certain protected individual or the Office of Information Privacy in the Administrative Office of the Courts to request that a governmental entity or person not publish personal information of the protected individual on the Internet, s... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 415 |
| MD | SB648 | Pass | Prohibiting a person from serving or acting as a contractor, a subcontractor, or a broker between a contractor and subcontractor during the 5-year period immediately following the date the person was convicted of an offense constituting criminal malf... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 639 |
| MD | SB1056 | Pass | Prohibiting licensees that sell cigarettes, other tobacco products, or electronic smoking devices at retail from displaying cigarettes, other tobacco products, or electronic smoking devices for sale unless located behind a counter; requiring certain ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 462 |
| MD | SB740 | Pass | Altering the time period within which a court may prohibit a person convicted under certain circumstances of operating a vessel while under the influence of alcohol from operating a vessel on the waters of the State; requiring the Department of Natur... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 418 |
| MD | SB27 | Pass | Entering into the Cosmetology Licensure Compact; establishing criteria for participating states; authorizing an individual practicing cosmetology to practice in a party state under certain circumstances; establishing the Cosmetology Licensure Compact... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 329 |
| MD | SB1106 | Pass | Correcting 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 this Act is not intended to affect any ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 382 |
| MD | SB273 | Pass | Prohibiting a person from intentionally operating an unmanned aircraft over a correctional facility to record images of the facility without the authorization of the managing official of the correctional facility or the Secretary of Public Safety and... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 101 |
| MD | SB229 | Pass | Altering the maximum civil penalty to which an unauthorized insurer or person that violates certain provisions of State insurance law is subject for each violation; and altering the maximum civil penalty that the Maryland Insurance Commissioner may i... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 120 |
| MD | SB480 | Pass | Prohibiting a person from knowingly and willfully making a threat to harm an election official or an immediate family member of an election official because of the election official's role in administering the election process; and establishing that ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 20 |
| MD | SB118 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing a person to file a petition for expungement of certain records relating to a probation before judgment for driving while impaired or driving while under the influence; and requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to require certain pers... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08 Third Reading Passed (113-24) |
| MD | SB590 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering certain provisions of law prohibiting discrimination based on certain protected characteristics to include prohibitions on discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, race, religious beliefs, marital status, and disability. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08 Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Simonaire) Adopted |
| MD | SB608 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering a requirement for a law enforcement agency to file administrative charges relating to alleged police officer misconduct that is required to be reviewed by an administrative charging committee within 30 days; requiring a law enforcement agenc... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08 Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary |
| MD | SB949 | Engross
Sine Die | Providing that a party in a criminal trial involving an allegation of sexually assaultive behavior may not introduce information that physical evidence of sexually assaultive behavior was obtained using certain materials; providing that selling, offe... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08 To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | SB17 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing that each domestic or farm animal harmed in a violation of a prohibition against animal cruelty is a separate offense and shall be deemed an individual victim for purposes of the sentencing guidelines stacking rule; and establishing that... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04 Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| MD | SB123 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing an individual who is serving a term of confinement to petition a court to reduce the sentence under certain circumstances; limiting the number of petitions that an individual may file to two; and establishing procedures for a proceeding u... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04 Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| MD | SB177 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the prohibition against certain sex acts between a law enforcement officer and certain individuals; altering the penalty relating to sexual contact between a law enforcement officer and a person in the custody of the officer by making a viol... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04 Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| MD | SB679 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering the definition of "tax information" for purposes of provisions of law governing the confidentiality and disclosure of tax information; authorizing, subject to certain limitations, the disclosure of tax information to certain tax compliance o... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04 To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | SB404 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing an exemption for a certain person who enters or trespasses on real property while wearing, carrying, or transporting a firearm under certain circumstances. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02 To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | SB65 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting a person from possessing more than 100 images of certain child pornography or possessing images of certain child pornography depicting a minor or an individual indistinguishable from an actual minor younger than 13 years of age; providing... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28 To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB784 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering the sales and use tax rate imposed on firearms, firearm accessories, and ammunition from 6% to 11%; and providing that the sales and use tax does not apply to the sale of certain firearm accessories and ammunition. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28 To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | SB585 | Engross
Sine Die | Requiring the operator of a vessel involved in a collision, accident, or other casualty to return to and remain at the scene of the collision, accident, or casualty until the operator has rendered certain assistance and provided certain information; ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27 To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB100 | Engross
Sine Die | Providing that multiple thefts committed by the same person in multiple counties under one scheme or continuing course of conduct may be joined and prosecuted in any county in which any of the thefts occurred; prohibiting one or more persons from com... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21 To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB1055 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting, unless authorized by the Department of Agriculture, a person from keeping more than 5 roosters per acre on a single property or more than a total of 25 roosters on a single property beginning January 1, 2026, subject to certain exception... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21 To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | SB1111 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the statute of limitations for a certain civil action for damages resulting from certain participation in a criminal organization; altering certain definitions of "criminal organization" and "underlying crime"; authorizing the filing of ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB1150 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a person from committing a crime of violence while the person is in an educational facility, a medical facility, or a place of worship; and providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a felony, and in addition to any other p... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21 Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB1158 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a person from committing a crime of violence while the person is in an educational facility, a medical facility, or a place of worship; and providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a felony and, in addition to any other p... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB373 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering the prohibition against taking and breaking a letter; prohibiting the theft of mail under certain circumstances; prohibiting a person from possessing an arrow key with the intent to use or allow the use of the arrow key in the commission of ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20 To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB744 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering the jurisdiction of the juvenile court over a child of a certain age alleged to have committed a certain offense; altering certain procedures relating to juvenile intake, detention, and probation; requiring the Secretary of Juvenile Services... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20 To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB34 | Engross
Sine Die | Providing that a person who has been convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment exceeding 1 year and is currently serving the sentence imposed for the conviction, including a term of parole or probation, or has been convicted of a crime involvin... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19 To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB458 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting certain political organizations from making expenditures or disbursements to an entity owned or controlled by certain individuals; prohibiting certain political organizations from employing certain individuals or allowing certain individu... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-16 To House Ways and Means Committee |