| MD | SB532 | Pass | Establishing the Commission to Advance Lithium-Ion Battery Safety in Maryland; requiring the Commission to study and make legislative, regulatory, programmatic, and other recommendations regarding certain best practices, standards, and guidelines; an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 949 |
| MD | SB943 | Pass | Prohibiting a person from parking or standing certain vehicles in a dedicated bus lane; making statewide the authority of a local jurisdiction to use, in accordance with certain standards and procedures, a bus lane monitoring system to enforce the pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 751 |
| MD | SB135 | Pass | Establishing the Workgroup to Study Funding for the Westernport Wastewater Treatment Facility to identify and examine existing funding sources that support the Facility and study whether increased funding could enhance operations at the Facility, the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 640 |
| MD | SB437 | Pass | Increasing from $25,000 to $50,000 the cost of a public work or improvement or the purchase price of supplies or equipment for which the County Commissioners of Carroll County may enter into a contract; and requiring that when the cost of a public wo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 686 |
| MD | SB474 | Pass | Altering and establishing the definition of "generating station" for the purpose of exempting the construction of certain generating facilities used to produce electricity for the purpose of on-site emergency backup and certain test and maintenance o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 411 |
| MD | SB516 | 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 623 |
| MD | SB804 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Stadium Authority to conduct a certain feasibility study for developing, establishing, and operating a sports tourism facility at Reisterstown Regional Park in northwest Baltimore County; requiring the Authority to consult with...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 615 |
| MD | SB446 | Pass | Authorizing a county or a municipality to establish a certain fund for the purpose of providing support for the repair of infrastructure in a community subject to a condominium association or a homeowners association; and requiring that certain prope...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 297 |
| MD | SB1187 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the Governor to suspend State or local law if necessary for the restoration, repair, or replacement of critical infrastructure related to a declared state of emergency for not more than 1 year after the state of emergency is declared; aut...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB920 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing the Maryland Electric Transmission Authority to serve as the lead State agency on issues related to electricity transmission; and requiring the Authority to advocate on, research, evaluate, and identify certain issues related to electric...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-04
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB1170 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the use of revenue from development impact fees to finance the capital costs for replacement, maintenance, or expansion of public works, improvements, or public facilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | SB1154 | Intro
Sine Die | Repealing a provision of law requring a District Court judge to assign, if practicable, an offender to work the public roads of Frederick County or the City of Frederick as a penalty for a violation of a municipal law or ordinance of the City of Fred...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-11
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | SB583 | Intro
Sine Die | Applying certain prevailing wage requirements for contractors and subcontractors working on certain projects involving, and traffic control activities related to, any underground gas or electric infrastructure of an investor-owned gas company, electr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB1083 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Public Service Commission to adopt certain regulations to oversee electric distribution system planning in the State on or before December 31, 2025; requiring electric companies in the State to submit to the Commission certain plans to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB1051 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the Dorchester County Council to, by public local law, abolish the Dorchester County Sanitary Commission, establish a department of public facilities and services, and provide for the department's abilities and functions, subject to certa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB1138 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering certain apprenticeship requirements relating to public works contracts to require certain contractors and subcontractors to employ a certain number of qualified apprentices or journeymen necessary to meet a certain applicable percentage for ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | SB405 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the Department of the Environment, on or before October 1, 2025, to develop outdoor lighting standards that consider the impact of outdoor lighting on energy consumption, the environment, and public health and safety; requiring the Departme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB780 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a person from selling an Internet-connected device that is intended for minors unless the device is sold with a certain filter, certain privacy settings, and other features; making a violation of the prohibition an unfair, abusive, or dec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB1025 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing a distributed generation certificate of public convenience and necessity to authorize the construction and operation of a certain distributed solar energy generating system; requiring the Power Plant Research Program to develop and submi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB985 | Intro
Sine Die | Expanding the acceptable names authorized for an economic development authority established by a county or municipal corporation; expanding the powers of an authority, subject to limitations in the articles of incorporation of the authority; authoriz...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | SB779 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county to set a special property tax rate for improved residential property cited as vacant and unfit for habitation or other authorized use; establishing a subclass ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | SB37 | Intro
Sine Die | Finding that local governments pay electric companies large sums to light streets and are limited in how this public safety resource can be managed, the Act authorizes certain counties or municipalities to acquire certain street lighting equipment by...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB548 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the required contents of a certain plan that a gas company may file with the Public Service Commission for proposed eligible infrastructure replacement projects to include certain descriptions, demonstrations, analyses, and notifications; an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB200 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a county board of education each year to prepare and post to the county's website a report that identifies pathways that public school students may use to travel to school using only safe alternative routes under certain circumstances; requ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
