| MD | HB1122 | Pass | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 817 |
| MD | HB1093 | Pass | Authorizing the Human Relations Commission of Anne Arundel County to apply to a circuit court in any county to seek relief if a party fails to comply with a subpoena.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 989 |
| MD | HB238 | Pass | Prohibiting vaping in certain indoor areas and places of employment and certain mass transportation; requiring that certain signs be posted in each public indoor area and each public entrance to an indoor area where smoking or vaping is prohibited; r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 754 |
| MD | HB120 | Pass | Altering a certain loan program to authorize the Maryland Agricultural and Resource-Based Industry Development Corporation to provide loans of up to $10,000 for each seasonal full-time job; expanding eligibility for the Maryland Watermen's Microloan ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 574 |
| MD | HB233 | Pass | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 424 |
| MD | HB256 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Department of Emergency Management to study issues and factors regarding the feasibility of establishing a Waterway Incident Notification System to notify members of the public of certain waterway emergencies; and requiring the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 546 |
| MD | HB306 | Pass | Establishing the Workgroup on Independent Innovation in Prince George's County to promote innovation and technology in the county; and requiring the Workgroup by January 15, 2026, to report on recommendations regarding strategies to support investmen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 677 |
| MD | HB323 | Pass | Adding the Secretary of Emergency Management, or the Secretary's designee, and the Chair of the Public Service Commission, or the Chair's designee, as members of the Commission on Climate Change.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 477 |
| MD | HB397 | Pass | Requiring gas companies serving at least 75,000 customers in their distribution territories and authorizing gas companies serving fewer than 75,000 customers to develop a plan for a pilot thermal energy network system or systems on or before October ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 564 |
| MD | HB437 | Pass | Codifying provisions relating to the Maryland Zero Emission Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Council; altering and clarifying the composition of the Council to include certain public and private sector members; requiring the Council to submit interim ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 447 |
| MD | HB504 | 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 507 |
| MD | HB573 | Pass | Altering the membership of the Citizens Committee for the Enhancement of Communities Surrounding Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport by increasing the total number of members from 11 to 12 and requiring the Committee to inclu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 471 |
| MD | HB581 | 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 to submit the catalog to the Governor on or before October 1...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 412 |
| MD | HB685 | Pass | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 622 |
| MD | HB688 | Pass | Altering prohibitions on grants from the Maryland Historical Trust; authorizing the Governor beginning in 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 494 |
| MD | HB625 | Pass | Clarifying the topics that may be included in certain training required for each trustee on the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System; providing that the Board of Trustees may satisfy a requirement to provide each member and r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 665 |
| MD | HB664 | 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 individual on the Internet, social medi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 414 |
| MD | HB809 | Pass | Providing that a member of a board, committee, commission, task force, or workgroup created by State law may be removed or suspended for misconduct, incompetence, neglect of duties, or other good cause by the individual or entity that appointed the m...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 469 |
| MD | HB753 | Pass | Requiring an application for investment by the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to include an option for an applicant to provide certain demographic information of the applicant and the geographic area of the applicant's primary place of b...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 633 |
| MD | HB787 | Pass | Establishing the Allegany Regional Recreational Economic Development Authority in Allegany County to support the development and construction of regional recreation facilities to benefit residents and the economic development of Allegany County, incl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 528 |
| MD | HB768 | Pass | Establishing a line-of-duty special death benefit for members of the Judges' Retirement System; providing for health benefits for a surviving spouse, child, or dependent parent who is receiving a special death benefit for the death of a member of the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 485 |
| MD | HB864 | Pass | Requiring each electric company, each gas company, and the Department of Housing and Community Development to develop a plan for achieving certain energy efficiency, conservation, and greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets through certain program...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 539 |
| MD | HB966 | Pass | Requiring the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System to suspend the retirement benefit of a retiree of the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System who is elected as a sheriff within 1 year after retirement; providing for the r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 670 |
| MD | HB857 | Pass | Repealing a restriction which prohibited the harvesting of shellfish between the hours of sunset and sunrise from certain areas leased for aquaculture; and requiring the Department of Natural Resources to establish by regulation the hours for harvest...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 550 |
| MD | HB918 | Pass | Removing the State Treasurer from the Board of Trustees for the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation and repealing related authority and duties; removing the State Treasurer or the State Treasurer's designee from the Maryland Commission...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 435 |
| MD | HB992 | Pass | Requiring a local health department or county government to which the Department of the Environment has delegated authority to administer a septic and well program to submit, by December 1, 2024, a schedule of review times for certain well and septic...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 562 |
| MD | HB1023 | Pass | Authorizing the Secretary of Transportation's designee to attend meetings of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Board of Directors on behalf of the Secretary when the Secretary is not available; authorizing the Washington Suburban Tra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 697 |
| MD | HB979 | Pass | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 590 |
| MD | HB996 | Pass | Changing the name of the Consumer Council in the Division of Consumer Protection in the Office of the Attorney General to the Consumer Protection Commission.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 482 |
| MD | HB1012 | 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 437 |
| MD | HB999 | Pass | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 448 |
| MD | HB1032 | Pass | Establishing the Tourist Area and Corridor Signage Program to create a system of supplemental guide signs to direct motorists to eligible individual attractions by directing the motorists first to groups of attractions; requiring the State Highway Ad...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 458 |
| MD | HB1069 | 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 443 |
| MD | HB1168 | Pass | Establishing a regulatory system for reduction operators and reduction facilities; establishing requirements and prohibitions related to the performance of alkaline hydrolysis and natural organic reduction and the disposition of hydrolyzed or soil re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 600 |
| MD | HB1165 | Pass | 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; authorizing th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 558 |
| MD | HB1097 | Pass | Authorizing a veterinary assistant to perform certain tasks under the immediate or direct supervision of a veterinary practitioner or a veterinary technician under the direct supervision of a veterinary practitioner; and authorizing a veterinary tech...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 487 |
| MD | HB1206 | Pass | Establishing the Maryland-Ireland Trade Commission in the Department of Commerce to study and make recommendations regarding bilateral trade relations and investment opportunities between Maryland and Ireland; and requiring the Commission by December...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 409 |
| MD | HB1203 | Pass | Establishing the Strategic Infrastructure Revolving Loan Program in the Maryland Economic Development Corporation to make loans for targeted investments in real estate and infrastructure projects located in sustainable communities, priority funding a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 449 |
| MD | HB1192 | Pass | Altering the circumstances under which the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission is required to disqualify an applicant who committed a certain crime involving moral turpitude from holding a video lottery employee license; and altering the defi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 628 |
| MD | HB1212 | Pass | Establishing that the Executive Director of the State Retirement Agency shall employ a Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion of the State Retirement Agency; requiring the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to identify and minimize ba...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 495 |
| MD | HB1266 | Pass | Requiring the Department of the Environment, in entering into a certain contract under the Clean Water Commerce Account for the purchase of an environmental outcome, to allow for nonuniform payment schedules for certain purposes; and authorizing the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 502 |
| MD | HB1338 | Pass | Limiting the term of a member serving on the agricultural preservation advisory board in Howard County to 3 years; and authorizing members currently serving on the agricultural preservation advisory board in Howard County to complete their terms.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 694 |
| MD | HB1451 | Pass | Establishing the Arts Incubator Workgroup to study how arts and cultural institutions can support local artists; requiring the Workgroup to submit to the Governor and the General Assembly by January 1, 2025, a preliminary report on its findings, incl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 613 |
| MD | HB1465 | Pass | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 524 |
| MD | HB1501 | Pass | Altering the frequency of certain performance audits of the Board of Liquor License Commissioners for Baltimore City to once every 6 years instead of 4 years, and the Board of License Commissioners for Prince George's County to at least once every 6 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 660 |
| MD | HB1509 | Pass | Establishing the Baltimore Regional Water Governance Model Workgroup to study the regional water governance approach in the Baltimore region; requiring the Governor to include an appropriation of $500,000 in the annual budget bill for the Workgroup; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 503 |
| MD | HB1524 | Pass | Altering the location, type, and ownership of horse racing facilities that the Maryland Stadium Authority is authorized to finance; increasing the amount of debt that the Maryland Stadium Authority may issue for certain purposes in connection with ce...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 410 |
| MD | HB1028 | Pass | Establishing the Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment Workgroup to study certain standards related to EV charging stations; and requiring the Workgroup to report its framework and recommendations to the Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Comm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 453 |
| MD | HB1199 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Transportation Institute at the University of Maryland to conduct a study to identify methods to improve the Maryland Transit Administration's ADA MobilityLink paratransit service; requiring the Institute to submit a report on ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 646 |
| MD | HB415 | Pass | Clarifying that the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System may pay certain incentive compensation to the Chief Investment Officer for the State Retirement and Pension System if the Chief Investment Officer retires from the Inve...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 662 |
