| MD | SB90 | Engross
50% | Prohibiting a person from making certain telephone solicitations to a certain called party in a certain manner by restricting the methods, times, and identifying information that the person making the call may utilize; and making a violation of the A...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-03
Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters |
| MD | HB218 | Engross
50% | Repealing the requirement that an application for an alcoholic beverages license in Howard County include certain petitions of support signed by at least three residents who are owners of real property and registered voters in the district where the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-03
Favorable Report by Finance |
| MD | HB374 | Engross
50% | Expanding the applicability of the provisions regarding audits of a pharmacy or pharmacist to all pharmacy benefits managers; requiring the Secretary of Health to adopt certain regulations for pharmacy benefits managers that contract with managed car...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-03
Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance |
| MD | HB565 | Engross
50% | Authorizing a holder of a Class 9 limited distillery license to apply for and obtain a Class 8 liquor wholesaler's license with certain privileges.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-03
Favorable Report by Finance |
| MD | SB429 | Engross
50% | Increasing the funding level of the Home Improvement Guaranty Fund that is administered by the Home Improvement Commission from $250,000 to $1,000,000; increasing a certain Fund threshold that determines whether a fee is assessed to each contractor; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-03
Favorable Report by Economic Matters |
| MD | SB496 | Engross
50% | Requiring that certain revenue, fees, and examination and investigation fees and assessments relating to commercial financing transactions be credited to the Nondepository Special Fund; and regulating commercial financing transactions, including by e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-03
Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters |
| MD | HB626 | Engross
50% | Establishing the Human-Relevant Research Fund under the administration of the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to provide grants and loans to promote State-funded research intended to develop human-relevant alternatives to using nonhuman a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-03
Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance |
| MD | HB922 | Engross
50% | Prohibiting the Department of Commerce from denying certain cannabis business entities conducting business in the State certain economic development program benefits under certain circumstances; clarifying the eligibility of certain cannabis business...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-03
Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance |
| MD | HB37 | Engross
50% | Prohibiting a person from making certain telephone solicitations to a certain called party in a certain manner by restricting the methods, times, and identifying information that the person making the call may utilize; providing that the Act does not...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-31
Third Reading Passed (46-0) |
| MD | HB72 | Engross
50% | Altering the definition of "charitable contribution" to exclude an authorization for or a discount on the use of certain services or materials, equipment, or facilities for purposes of provisions of law regulating charitable organizations and charita...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-31
Third Reading Passed (46-0) |
| MD | SB224 | Engross
50% | Requiring the Department of the Environment to adopt regulations on or before December 1, 2023, establishing requirements for the sale of new zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty vehicles in the State; requiring the Department, in consultation with c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-31
Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| MD | HB230 | Intro
25% | Requiring the Department of the Environment to adopt regulations on or before December 1, 2023, establishing requirements for the sale of new zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty vehicles in the State; defining a "heavy-duty vehicle" as one with a gr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-31
Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| MD | SB334 | Enroll
75% | Altering to July 1, 2025, the termination date for certain provisions of law governing the Minority Business Enterprise Program and its application to offshore wind projects and video lottery terminals; and altering the date by which certain reports,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-31
Passed Enrolled |
| MD | HB548 | Engross
50% | Establishing the Maryland Community Investment Venture Fund as an instrumentality of the State for purposes of developing opportunities for banking institutions and credit unions to better serve the needs of low- to moderate-income tracts; providing ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-31
Third Reading Passed (35-11) |
| MD | HB552 | Engross
50% | Establishing the Build Our Future Grant Pilot Program in the Department of Commerce to provide funding for certain costs for infrastructure projects in eligible technology sectors; requiring certain grantees to provide matching funds and to demonstra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-31
Third Reading Passed (43-3) |
| MD | SB506 | Engross
50% | Granting the Town of Forest Heights in Prince George's County the authority to exercise urban renewal powers in areas zoned for commercial use for blight clearance and redevelopment under Article III, Section 61 of the Maryland Constitution; and auth...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-31
Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| MD | SB516 | Engross
50% | Renaming the Alcohol and Tobacco Commission to be the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission; establishing a regulatory and licensing system for adult-use cannabis; imposing the sales and use tax on the sale of adult-use cannabis at certain rates ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-31
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | HB686 | Engross
50% | Eliminating requirements for collection agencies and certain non-depository financial institutions to maintain separate licenses for branch locations and authorizing them to conduct business at multiple licensed locations under a single license; and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-31
Second Reading Passed |
| MD | SB549 | Engross
50% | Establishing the Build Our Future Grant Pilot Program in the Department of Commerce to provide funding for certain costs for infrastructure projects in eligible technology sectors; requiring certain grantees to provide matching funds and to demonstr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-31
Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed |
| MD | SB634 | Engross
50% | Increasing the amount of the inspection tax levied on marketable oysters shipped in the shell to any place outside the State from 30 cents to $1 per bushel; increasing the amount of the severance tax levied on oysters caught within certain natural oy...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-31
Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed |
| MD | HB709 | Engross
50% | Requiring the Office of the Comptroller, the Office of the State Treasurer, the Department of Budget and Management, the Department of Information Technology, and the Department of General Services, in consultation with a representative of the Modern...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-31
Third Reading Passed (46-0) |
| MD | HB809 | Engross
50% | Altering the termination date for certain provisions of law governing the Minority Business Enterprise Program and its application to offshore wind projects and video lottery terminals to July 1, 2025; and altering the date by which certain reports m...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-31
Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| MD | HB777 | Engross
50% | Requiring each licensed cigarette wholesaler to submit complete and accurate information in the form and manner the Comptroller requires to facilitate compliance with certain provisions of law relating to cigarettes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-31
Third Reading Passed (35-12) |
| MD | HB768 | Engross
50% | Altering the composition of the Western Maryland Economic Future Investment Board; establishing an Executive Director for the Board; and altering the manner in which decisions are made regarding certain proposals for funding.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-31
Third Reading Passed (46-0) |
| MD | SB269 | Engross
50% | Prohibiting certain persons subject to campaign finance regulation from making or accepting monetary contributions or monetary donations using any currency other than United States currency; prohibiting a campaign finance entity or a person acting on...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-31
Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed |
| MD | SB80 | Engross
50% | Establishing a licensing and regulatory scheme to allow the commercial fishing of blue and flathead catfish in the tidal waters of the State using a finfish trotline.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-30
Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed |
| MD | SB34 | Engross
50% | Establishing the State Specialist for Value-Added Agriculture as a position in the Department of Agriculture to serve as the primary point of contact for individuals engaging in, or interested in engaging in, value-added agriculture in the State, etc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-30
Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed |
| MD | SB254 | Engross
50% | Altering the definition of "charitable contribution" to exclude an authorization for or a discount on the use of certain services or materials, equipment, or facilities for purposes of provisions of law regulating charitable organizations and charita...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-30
Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed |
| MD | SB241 | Engross
50% | Requiring the Comptroller, as Administrator of abandoned property in the State, to determine the value of certain nonmonetary abandoned property; and authorizing the Administrator, if it is determined the property has no commercial value and need not...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-30
Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed |
| MD | SB431 | Engross
50% | Authorizing a holder of a Class 9 limited distillery license to apply for or possess a Class 8 liquor wholesaler's license.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-30
Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| MD | SB525 | Engross
50% | Prohibiting the Department of Commerce from denying certain cannabis business entities conducting business in the State certain economic development program benefits under certain circumstances; clarifying the eligibility of certain cannabis business...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-30
Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed |
| MD | SB541 | Engross
50% | Requiring each licensed cigarette wholesaler to submit complete and accurate information in the form and manner the Comptroller requires to facilitate compliance with certain provisions of law relating to cigarettes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-30
Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed |
| MD | SB550 | Engross
50% | Authorizing the establishment of a Maryland Community Investment Venture Fund by the Commissioner of Financial Regulation to develop opportunities for banking institutions and credit unions to better serve the needs of low- to moderate-income tracts;...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-30
Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| MD | SB659 | Engross
50% | Requiring the Office of the Comptroller, the Office of the State Treasurer, the Department of Budget and Management, the Department of Information Technology, and the Department of General Services, in consultation with a representative of the Modern...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-30
Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed |
| MD | SB508 | Engross
50% | Authorizing a person to produce consumable help products for sale by the person; and requiring the person offering a consumable hemp product for sale to ensure that the consumable help product is tested by a State-authorized cannabis or hemp testing ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-28
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | SB532 | Intro
25% | Prohibiting a person from overdosing in certain public places or on a public conveyance; and authorizing a court to refer a person who overdoses in certain public places or on a public conveyance to drug court or substance abuse treatment rather than...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-27
Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings |
| MD | HB1034 | Intro
25% | Establishing the Artificial Intelligence Impact Advisory Board to study certain issues relating to artificial intelligence and the impact that related laws, regulations, and policies have on Maryland citizens; and requiring the Board by December 31, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-27
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB191 | Engross
50% | Providing an addition modification under the Maryland income tax for the amount of certain trade or business expenses paid or incurred during the taxable year that are deducted under the Internal Revenue Code for the payment of certain fines, penalti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-23
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | HB245 | Engross
50% | Requiring the Governor's Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs to include an attestation that all units required to report are represented in its annual report beginning December 31, 2023; requiring the Office to conduct a certain per...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-23
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | HB622 | Engross
50% | Establishing the Industry 4.0 Technology Grant Program in the Department of Commerce to provide grants to certain small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises to assist those manufacturers with implementing new Industry 4.0 technology or related ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-23
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | HB783 | Engross
50% | Revising the minority business enterprise utilization program within the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, including altering the definition of "minority business enterprise", altering the duties of the Office of Supplier Diversity and Inclusi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-23
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | SB222 | Engross
50% | Requiring, by April 1, 2026, and every 5 years thereafter, producers of certain packaging materials to individually or as part of a producer responsibility organization submit a producer responsibility plan to the Department of the Environment for re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-22
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | SB648 | Engross
50% | Authorizing a nursing home that contracts with or uses an electronic health information network or electronic medical record vendor, with the consent of the patient or patient's representative, to direct the network or vendor to release electronic me...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-22
To House Health and Government Operations Committee |
| MD | SB560 | Engross
50% | Establishing the Human-Relevant Research Fund under the administration of the Maryland Technology Development Corporation as a special, nonlapsing fund; requiring that the interest earnings of the Fund be credited to the Fund; requiring the Corporati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-22
To House Health and Government Operations Committee |
| MD | SB116 | Engross
50% | Requiring 20% of certain State aid to be discontinued if a county, municipality, or special taxing district does not submit a certain audit report within 1 calendar year of a certain deadline for the report, subject to a certain condition; altering t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB503 | Engross
50% | Establishing the Greenspace Equity Program in the Department of Natural Resources to provide grants to eligible applicants for enhancing the public health and livability of overburdened and underserved communities by implementing projects to preserve...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB695 | Engross
50% | Authorizing the allocation of grants from the Rural Maryland Prosperity Investment Fund for certain business and workforce development activities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB699 | Engross
50% | Establishing the Equitech Growth Fund in the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to support the economic competitiveness and inclusive growth of emerging and advanced industries in the State through the creation of supporting infrastructure a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | SB874 | Engross
50% | Establishing the Community Health and Safety Works Grant Program in the Department of Housing and Community Development; establishing the Community Health and Safety Works Grant Program Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund to provide financial assistan...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB1060 | Engross
50% | Authorizing the Director of the Office of Cemetery Oversight and the State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors to adopt regulations establishing a process for regulating crematories that utilize natural organic reduction.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21
To Senate Finance Committee |
