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MDHB348PassRequiring the Baltimore County School Board Nominating Commission to hold a public hearing on the selection of a nominee for a single vacancy on the Baltimore County Board of Education in a certain manner under certain circumstances; requiring the Co...
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2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 787
MDHB437PassChanging the title of the Chief Executive Officer of the Prince George's County public school system to the County Superintendent of the Prince George's County public school system; establishing the Office of Integrity and Compliance in the Prince Ge...
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2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 792
MDSB792PassEstablishing requirements for the registration and termination of domestic partnerships with the register of wills; repealing provisions on legitimacy and illegitimacy of children and providing for the parentage of a child born or conceived by regist...
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2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 647
MDSB858PassAltering a certain provision relating to the storage of firearms and ammunition in a location that can be accessed by an unsupervised child; and requiring the Deputy Secretary for Public Health Services to develop a youth suicide prevention and firea...
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2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 622
MDHB1079PassAltering the duties and responsibilities of the Prince George's County Board of Education and certain officers of the county board; altering the voting authority of the student board member; requiring the county board to retain counsel and pay certai...
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2023-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 793
MDHB104PassModifying the manner in which the chief executive officer of a municipality may fulfill certain notice requirements concerning proposed municipal charter amendments; and requiring the municipality to maintain certain records or receipts and make the ...
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2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 507
MDHB102PassRequiring the Department of Agriculture to publish a fact sheet on the protection of pets in the event of an eviction or any other loss of possession of real property; requiring a landlord to provide a link to the fact sheet on the Department's websi...
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2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 488
MDSB157PassModifying the manner in which the chief executive officer of a municipality may fulfill certain notice requirements concerning proposed municipal charter amendments; requiring the chief executive officer of a municipality to post an exact copy of the...
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2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 506
MDHB784PassAuthorizing the holder of a Class B beer, wine, and liquor license, a Class C (fraternal/sororal/service organization) beer, wine, and liquor license, or a Class C (veterans' organization or club) beer, wine and liquor license in Prince George's Coun...
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2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 607
MDSB830PassRequiring the Department of the Environment and the Maryland Department of Health, in conjunction with the Board of Environmental Health Specialists, to conduct a study on staffing needs for environmental health specialists in local health department...
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2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 577
MDSB836PassEstablishing the Maryland Native Plants Program to respond to the increasing demand for, use of, and sale of plants native to Maryland by retail garden centers and retail and wholesale nurseries and to educate the public on native plants; requiring t...
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2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 490
MDHB950PassEstablishing the Maryland Native Plants Program to respond to the increasing demand for, use of, and sale of native plants at retail garden centers and wholesale nurseries and to educate the public on native plants; requiring the Department of Agricu...
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2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 489
MDSB471PassRequiring the Department of the Environment to review and update specifications for sediment control plans in a certain manner on or before December 1, 2025, and every 5 years thereafter; prohibiting the Department from authorizing the discharge of s...
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2023-05-08
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 547
MDSB154PassRequiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop and implement a public awareness campaign to encourage the use of mental health advance directives in the State; and requiring the Behavioral Health Administration and the Maryland Health Care Co...
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2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 297
MDSB188PassEstablishing the Rare Disease Advisory Council to study and make recommendations on matters relating to individuals with rare diseases in the State; requiring the Council to convene public hearings, make inquiries, and solicit comments from the publi...
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2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 361
MDHB302PassEstablishing the Rare Disease Advisory Council to study and make recommendations on matters relating to individuals with rare diseases in the State; requiring the Council to convene public hearings, make inquiries, and solicit comments from the publi...
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2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 360
MDHB290PassAltering the Maryland Dent-Care Program; establishing a requirement regarding the reimbursement of dental-related services under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program; establishing requirements on the Maryland Department of Health regarding the cre...
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2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 377
MDHB556PassRenaming the Alcohol and Tobacco Commission to be the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission; establishing the Maryland Cannabis Administration as an independent unit of State government; establishing a regulatory and licensing system for adult-us...
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2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 254
MDSB516PassRenaming the Alcohol and Tobacco Commission to be the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission; establishing the Maryland Cannabis Administration as an independent unit of State government; establishing a regulatory and licensing system for adult-us...
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2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 255
MDSB649PassRequiring the Division of State Documents to make at least the 15 most recent issues of the Maryland Register available to the public for online searching; altering the requirements for a unit of State government to submit certain proposed or emergen...
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2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 349
MDHB817PassRequiring the Division of State Documents to make at least the 15 most recent issues of the Maryland Register available to the public for online searching; altering the requirements for a unit of State government to submit certain proposed or emergen...
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2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 350
MDHB214PassEstablishing the Commission on Public Health to make recommendations to improve the delivery of foundational public health services in the State; requiring the Commission to conduct an assessment of the foundational public health capabilities of the ...
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2023-05-03
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 385
MDSB328PassRequiring the Board of Public Works, for meetings held on or after October 1, 2024, to allow members of the public to submit public comments on agenda items electronically except under certain circumstances; requiring public comments to be included i...
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2023-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 148
MDSB313PassGranting the Town of Mount Airy in Carroll County and Frederick County the authority to exercise urban renewal powers within an urban renewal area under Article III, Section 61 of the Maryland Constitution; and authorizing the municipality to levy ce...
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2023-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 125
MDHB498PassRequiring the Board of Public Works, for meetings held on or after October 1, 2024, to allow members of the public to submit certain public comments electronically except under certain circumstances; requiring public comments to be included in certai...
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2023-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 147
MDHB561PassGranting the Town of Mount Airy in Carroll County and Frederick County the authority to exercise urban renewal powers within an urban renewal area under Article III, Section 61 of the Maryland Constitution; and authorizing the municipality to levy ce...
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2023-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 124
MDHB636PassAltering the definition of "personal information" for purposes of certain provisions of the Public Information Act to include an individual's personal e-mail address; requiring certain custodians to deny inspection of certain records of personal e-ma...
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2023-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 107
MDHB844PassRequiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to establish and maintain a website that provides certain information on the rights and responsibilities of individuals living in a common ownership community.
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2023-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 216
MDHB1051PassAuthorizing an applicant to appeal a certain decision issued by the State Public Information Compliance Board; authorizing a party aggrieved by a final judgment of a circuit court in a proceeding for judicial review of a certain decision of the Board...
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2023-04-24
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 156
MDSB241PassRequiring 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...
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2023-04-11
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 19
MDHB138Engross
50%
Requiring the Department of Legislative Services to conduct a study on the implementation of a statewide 3-1-1 system to provide individuals with nonemergency government services, resources, and information, both as a standalone system and as part of...
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2023-04-10
To Senate Rules Committee
MDHB147Intro
25%
Requiring each county to prepare a climate crisis plan to address the effects of climate change in the county; requiring each county to submit its plan to the Department of the Environment for review and feedback on or before June 1, 2024; requiring ...
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2023-04-10
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDHB307Engross
50%
Altering a certain provision relating to the storage of firearms and ammunition in a location that can be accessed by an unsupervised child; and requiring the Deputy Secretary for Public Health Services to develop a youth suicide prevention and firea...
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2023-04-10
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB237Engross
50%
Altering the Maryland Dent-Care Program; establishing a requirement regarding the reimbursement of dental-related services under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program; establishing requirements for the Maryland Department of Health regarding the cr...
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2023-04-10
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDSB610Enroll
75%
Requiring a teacher preparation program to include certain training related to teaching in a virtual learning environment as a component of instruction; providing that a county board of education may authorize a county superintendent of schools, unde...
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2023-04-10
Passed Enrolled
MDSB30Engross
50%
Requiring the Department of Legislative Services to conduct a study on the implementation of a statewide 3-1-1 system to provide individuals with nonemergency government services, resources, and information, both as a standalone system and as part of...
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2023-04-08
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDSB279Engross
50%
Requiring the Department of Agriculture to develop, publish, and regularly update a fact sheet on the care and protection of pets in the event of an eviction or any other loss of possession of real property; requiring a landlord to provide a link to ...
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2023-04-04
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDHB607Engross
50%
Requiring the Department of the Environment to review and update specifications for sediment control plans in a certain manner on or before December 1, 2025, and every 5 years thereafter; prohibiting the Department from authorizing the discharge of s...
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2023-04-03
To Senate Rules Committee
MDHB755Engross
50%
Establishing requirements for the registration and termination of domestic partnerships with the register of wills; repealing provisions on legitimacy and illegitimacy of children and providing for the parentage of a child born or conceived by regist...
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2023-03-29
To Senate Rules Committee
MDSB40Engross
50%
Establishing certain requirements for a custodian of records related to certain recordings from a certain body-worn digital recording device worn by a law enforcement officer; and requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission, in co...
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2023-03-22
To House Judiciary Committee
MDSB69Engross
50%
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 certain feedback; re...
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2023-03-22
To House Judiciary Committee
MDHB1006Engross
50%
Requiring the State Highway Administration to develop a certain pollinator habitat plan for the maintenance of vegetated areas along State highways and interstate highways that the Administration is responsible for maintaining; requiring the Administ...
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2023-03-21
To Senate Finance Committee
MDSB663Engross
50%
Requiring each investor-owned electric company, on or before January 1, 2025, to file with the Public Service Commission an application for a pilot program to support residential customer adoption of beneficial electrification measures; requiring the...
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2023-03-20
To House Economic Matters Committee
MDHB901Engross
50%
Requiring a business that offers an online product likely to be accessed by children to complete a certain data protection impact assessment by April 1, 2025, under certain circumstances; prohibiting a business from offering a certain online product ...
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2023-03-20
To Senate Finance Committee
MDHB1075Engross
50%
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...
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2023-03-20
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB517Intro
25%
Requiring manufacturers of certain drugs to operate a certain drug take-back program or enter into a certain agreement with a drug take-back organization or the Maryland Department of Health, in conjunction with the Department of the Environment; req...
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2023-03-17
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDHB1262Intro
25%
Altering the composition of the Tidal Fisheries Advisory Commission and the Oyster Advisory Commission; requiring the Department of Natural Resources, in coordination with the Aquaculture Coordinating Council, the Department of the Environment, the W...
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2023-03-17
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDHB25Intro
25%
Establishing the Healthy Maryland Program as a public corporation and a unit of State government to provide comprehensive universal single-payer health care services for residents of the State by January 1, 2025; establishing requirements and prohibi...
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2023-03-16
To House Health and Government Operations Committee
MDHB155Intro
25%
Prohibiting carriers that offer life insurance, long-term care insurance, and disability insurance policies or contracts from taking certain action regarding coverage based on whether an applicant or policy or contract holder has requested or undergo...
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2023-03-16
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDSB336Engross
50%
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 waterway emergencies; req...
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2023-03-16
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
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