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MDHB125PassAltering certain provisions of law relating to the recordation and inspection of certain military records kept by the clerk of a circuit court to authorize the clerk to keep an electronic record instead of a book to record and index the discharge pap...
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2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 914
MDSB11PassRequiring 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.
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2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 940
MDSB159PassAltering certain provisions of law relating to the recordation and inspection of certain military records kept by the clerk of a circuit court to authorize the clerk to keep an electronic record instead of a book to record and index the discharge pap...
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2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 913
MDSB119PassAltering 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...
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2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 863
MDSB551PassProviding that certain provisions of the Maryland Rules relating to discovery in civil matters apply in a certain administrative proceeding; requiring a court that receives a certain report to promptly notify counsel of record for the committed perso...
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2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 760
MDHB801PassProviding that certain provisions of the Maryland Rules relating to discovery in civil matters apply in a certain administrative proceeding; requiring a court that receives a certain report to promptly notify counsel of record for the committed perso...
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2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 759
MDHB814PassAltering the jurisdiction of the juvenile court over a child of a certain age alleged to have committed a certain offense; altering certain provisions relating to the taking of a child into custody by a law enforcement officer; expanding certain prov...
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2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 735
MDSB905PassAuthorizing researchers affiliated with institutions of higher education who are conducting research to review a court record related to a petition for an extreme risk protective order; requiring the Maryland Judiciary to require an institution of hi...
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2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 929
MDHB1063PassAltering the definition of "underlying crime" that is applicable to certain prohibitions against participation in criminal organizations.
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2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 934
MDSB111PassProviding that a court or a party in a criminal or juvenile delinquency case may not disclose or allow inspection of an electronic or paper court filing, including a charging document, to a nonparty to the case unless the court or the party disclosin...
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2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 877
MDSB134PassEstablishing 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...
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2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 836
MDSB468PassRequiring a private home detention monitoring agency to notify the court within 24 hours after a defendant subject to home monitoring as a condition of pretrial release has violated a condition of home detention monitoring; requiring a private home d...
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2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 893
MDHB458PassProviding that a court or a party in a criminal or juvenile delinquency case may not disclose or allow inspection of an electronic or paper court filing to a nonparty to the case unless the court or the party disclosing or allowing inspection of the ...
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2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 878
MDHB364PassAuthorizing the use of stop sign monitoring systems in school zones in Prince George's County, if authorized by local law; providing that the owner or driver of a motor vehicle recorded failing to obey a stop sign is subject to a citation and a certa...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 678
MDHB432PassReplacing references to mental retardation with references to an intellectual disability in certain provisions of law.
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 444
MDSB442PassAltering 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...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 570
MDHB435PassAuthorizing a court, if an obligor becomes incarcerated, to determine that a material change of circumstances warranting a modification of child support has occurred, provided that the party's ability to pay child support is sufficiently reduced due ...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 427
MDHB601PassAltering 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...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 569
MDSB544PassAltering the process by which a defective corporate act may be ratified; and altering rules for certain legal actions by persons claiming to be adversely affected by a ratification.
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 604
MDHB664PassAuthorizing 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...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 414
MDSB575PassAuthorizing 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...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 415
MDHB761PassProhibiting, beginning December 31, 2026, the location of a school bus stop on any highway with five or more undivided traffic lanes in Montgomery County unless a school crossing guard is posted or a certain traffic control device is placed at the sc...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 676
MDHB888PassAltering the process by which a defective corporate act may be ratified; and altering rules for certain legal actions by persons claiming to be adversely affected by a ratification.
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 605
MDSB1056PassProhibiting 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 ...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 462
MDSB653PassProviding certain persons standing in certain environmental and natural resources protection proceedings; authorizing persons that meet certain standing requirements to bring certain civil actions under certain circumstances; requiring a plaintiff, u...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 536
MDSB75PassIncreasing, from in excess of $10,000 to in excess of $25,000, the threshold amount for certain transfers by a personal representative, trustee, or conservator as a custodian for the benefit of a minor to require authorization by a court.
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 314
MDSB19PassRequiring the District Court to shield all court records within 60 days after the final resolution of a failure to pay rent proceeding that did not result in a judgment of possession; authorizing the District Court, on motion of a tenant, to shield a...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 347
MDSB116PassAltering a prohibition on judges of the orphans' court acting as attorneys to prohibit a judge of the orphans' court from acting as an attorney in matters related to the administration of an estate or a guardianship of a minor within the jurisdiction...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 200
MDSB164PassAltering the definition of "interested person" for purposes of provisions of law governing the estates of decedents, guardians of persons and property, trusts, and powers of attorney.
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 317
MDHB325PassAltering the definition of "interested person" for purposes of provisions of law governing the estates of decedents, guardians of persons and property, trusts, and powers of attorney.
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 316
MDHB324PassIncreasing, from in excess of $10,000 to in excess of $25,000, the threshold amount for certain transfers by a personal representative, trustee, or conservator as a custodian for the benefit of a minor to require authorization by a court.
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 315
MDSB354PassEstablishing the Rent Court Workforce Solutions Pilot Program in Montgomery County and Prince George's County to provide defendant tenants in failure to pay rent cases with workforce resources and information on workforce development, registered appr...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 295
MDHB372PassEstablishing the Rent Court Workforce Solutions Pilot Program in Montgomery County and Prince George's County to provide residential tenants who are facing eviction for a failure to pay rent with information on workforce development and employment op...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 294
MDHB508PassAltering the definition of "abuse" to include labor trafficking of a child by any individual for purposes of provisions of law governing children in need of assistance cases and child abuse and neglect reporting; expanding provisions of law relating ...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 349
MDHB528PassAltering a prohibition on judges of the orphans' court acting as attorneys to prohibit a judge of the orphans' court from acting as an attorney in matters related to the administration of an estate or a guardianship of a minor within the jurisdiction...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 201
MDHB693PassEstablishing the Office of Tenant and Landlord Affairs in the Department of Housing and Community Development to provide certain educational resources and information to tenants; requiring the Office to develop and publish a Maryland Tenants' Bill of...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 124
MDSB550PassAltering the definition of "abuse" to include labor trafficking of a child by any individual for purposes of provisions of law governing children in need of assistance cases and child abuse and neglect reporting; and expanding provisions of law relat...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 348
MDSB680PassRequiring 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...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 137
MDHB723PassAuthorizing 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; requiring that the resident bill of rights for assist...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 141
MDHB834PassRequiring that the conflict of interest provisions enacted by Calvert County include certain provisions relating to judicial relief for certain violations of the county's conflict of interest provisions; requiring the ethics provisions enacted by Cal...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 370
MDSB797PassRequiring certain information to be provided to the parents of a child with a disability under certain circumstances; establishing the Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Program; establishing the Access to Attorneys...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 170
MDHB903PassRequiring certain information to be provided to the parents of a child with a disability under certain circumstances; establishing the Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Program; establishing the Access to Attorneys...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 171
MDHB1117PassEstablishing that a landlord that offers a residential dwelling unit for rent is deemed to warrant the dwelling fit for human habitation; authorizing multiple tenants to join as plaintiffs in a civil action against a landlord and authorizing a court ...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 125
MDSB1106PassCorrecting 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 ...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 382
MDHB1308PassProhibiting a person from recording a deed or other instrument that the person knows contains false information; establishing a 3-year limitation on when a prosecution for a violation of the Act may be commenced; establishing a fine not to exceed $50...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 369
MDSB174Engross

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Altering provisions of law relating to the authority of the Child Support Enforcement Administration to notify the Motor Vehicle Administration of an individual's child support arrearages for the purpose of suspending the individual's driver's licens...
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2024-04-08
Third Reading Passed (104-30)
MDHB311Intro

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Altering provisions of law relating to the authority of the Child Support Enforcement Administration to notify the Motor Vehicle Administration of an individual's child support arrearages for the purpose of suspending the individual's driver's licens...
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2024-04-08
Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate Griffith) Adopted
MDHB346Engross

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Authorizing a person who is at least 21 years age to manufacture a personal use amount of cannabis products or concentrated cannabis for personal use or adult sharing at a private residence if the manufacturing process does not involve the use of a v...
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2024-04-08
Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Carter) Adopted
MDHB948Engross

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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 one of the thefts occurred; prohibiting one or more persons from...
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2024-04-08
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB1180Engross

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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 the products are located behind a counter; r...
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2024-04-08
To Senate Rules Committee
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