| MD | SB470 | Pass | Altering the Law Enforcement Cadet Apprenticeship Program in the Maryland Department of Labor to be the Public Safety Apprenticeship Program; expanding the purpose and scope of the Program to promote careers with certain public safety agencies; alter...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 708 |
| MD | SB623 | Pass | Establishing the Prison Education Delivery Reform Commission to develop recommendations relating to education and its impact on the criminal justice system; and requiring the Commission to submit to the Governor and the General Assembly an interim re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 946 |
| MD | SB620 | Pass | Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to assist incarcerated individuals in accessing federal Pell Grants for higher education; requiring the Department to set goals for the number of incarcerated individuals in certain ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 943 |
| MD | SB712 | Pass | Requiring the department charged with oversight of a State-owned nursing home operated by a contractor, instead of the contractor, to provide notice of certain deficiencies and enforcement actions to the Governor, certain members of the General Assem...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 860 |
| MD | SB718 | Pass | Establishing the Maryland Pathway to Nursing Pilot Program in the Maryland Higher Education Commission to support students in licensed practical nursing education programs who intend to practice nursing as a career in the State; requiring the Secreta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 866 |
| MD | SB559 | Pass | Establishing the Household Goods Movers Registration Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund in the Maryland Department of Labor; requiring the Secretary of Labor to annually calculate certain costs; authorizing the Department to set by regulation certain...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 566 |
| MD | SB485 | Pass | Modifying provisions of law governing application, administration, and enforcement of the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program, including provisions related to the payment of contributions, the calculation of the average weekly wage, the submis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 266 |
| MD | SB511 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to submit a report, or or before October 1, 2024, to the General Assembly that analyzes the apprenticeship mentoring ratio for all nontraditional apprenticeable occupations in the State, with recommendations...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 307 |
| MD | SB846 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor, on or before December 1, 2024, to conduct a study on the actively seeking work requirement of the unemployment insurance system in the State and other states to evaluate the effects of ghosting on actively ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 284 |
| MD | SB1033 | Pass | Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor, on request of a local juridiction and in consultation with the Office of the Attorney General, to provide guidance for the implementation and enforcement of the Maryland Building Performance Standards in re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 205 |
| MD | SB296 | Pass | Continuing the State Board for Professional Land Surveyors in accordance with the provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act (sunset law) by extending to July 1, 2027, the termination provisions relating to the statutory and regulatory authori...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 399 |
| MD | SB288 | Pass | Continuing the State Board of Individual Tax Preparers in accordance with the provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act (sunset law) by extending to July 1, 2027, the termination provisions relating to the statutory and regulatory authority o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 398 |
| MD | SB307 | Pass | Altering the membership of the Board of Boiler Rules to include a representative with at least 10 years of experience in constructing, installing, and repairing boilers and pressure vessels; extending the termination date for the Board to July 1, 202...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 400 |
| MD | SB264 | Pass | Continuing the State Board of Cosmetologists in accordance with the provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act (sunset law) by extending to July 1, 2027, the termination provisions relating to certain statutory and regulatory authority of the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 397 |
| MD | SB261 | Pass | Continuing the State Board of Barbers in accordance with the provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act (sunset law) by extending to July 1, 2027, the termination provisions relating to the statutory and regulatory authority of the Board; and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 396 |
| MD | SB937 | Pass | Establishing the Grow Your Own Educators Grant Program to provide grants to local school systems for employees who pledge to fulfill a certain service obligation as a full-time teacher in the State; requiring the State Department of Education to admi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 227 |
| MD | SB27 | Pass | Entering into the Cosmetology Licensure Compact; establishing criteria for participating states; authorizing an individual practicing cosmetology to practice in a party state under certain circumstances; establishing the Cosmetology Licensure Compact...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 329 |
| MD | SB214 | Pass | Altering the membership of the Maryland Military Installation Council to include the Maryland Secretary of Labor or a designee, the State Superintendent of Schools or a designee, and the President of the Military Alliance Council of Charles County; a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 72 |
| MD | SB234 | Pass | Authorizing the Secretary of Labor to exempt a federal civilian employee who has been furloughed from the requirement to be actively seeking work for unemployment insurance benefits eligibility if, during the furlough, the employee remains able to wo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 103 |
| MD | SB1188 | Pass | Establishing the Fallen Transportation Workers Scholarship Program and the Fallen Transportation Workers Scholarship Fund to provide tuition assistance to a student who was a dependent or is the surviving spouse of a fallen transportation worker; req...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 3 |
| MD | SB212 | Pass | Altering the membership and terms of members of the Behavioral Health Advisory Council; altering the membership of the Commission on Behavioral Health Care Treatment and Access; requiring the Commission, in coordination with the Council, to make reco...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 42 |
| MD | SB84 | Engross
50% | Establishing the Teacher Apprenticeship Startup Grant Program in the Maryland Department of Labor to provide high school and college students and career changers opportunities to begin a career in education; requiring a sponsor particpating in a teac...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | SB1022 | Engross
50% | Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor, the Department of Commerce, and the Maryland Higher Education Commission to each perform certain duties related to defining, identifying, and compiling data regarding the workforce needs in the State and wo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20
To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | SB910 | Engross
50% | Requiring the Governor's Workforce Development Board, in consultation with the Maryland Department of Labor, to conduct a study on discrimination in employment opportunities in the State against individuals who do not hold a high school diploma or a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | SB91 | Engross
50% | Establishing the Leasing Training Program in the Maryland Department of Labor to train, prepare, and connect job seekers with careers in the residential rental housing industry; requiring the Division of Workforce Development and Adult Learning to ad...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | SB1061 | Intro
25% | Prohibiting an employer from requiring an employee to work on-site at the employer's workplace if the employee provides documentation from a physician or other licensed health care practitioner that the employee has been diagnosed with an autoimmune ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB1017 | Intro
25% | Requiring Maryland Correctional Enterprises to develop a plan for program participants to obtain employment after release on parole or supervised mandatory release; requiring the Division of Parole and Probation to report on individuals who participa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB352 | Intro
25% | Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to establish a workgroup to conduct a study on the maximum height restriction for an apartment building with a single-exit stairway in each state; requiring the workgroup to make certain recommendations for ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-04
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB696 | Intro
25% | Requiring the developer of a covered project, on the approval of a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the construction of a certain generating station or qualified generator lead line or approval for the construction of a certain gen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-04
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB1023 | Intro
25% | Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to adopt, on or before certain dates and as part of the Maryland Building Performance Standards, a requirement that new buildings meet all water and space heating demands of the building without the use of f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB1185 | Intro
25% | Requiring professional and occupational regulatory boards to issue licenses, certifications, and registrations to individuals who complete an apprenticeship program that is established under certain provisions of the Act, pass a certain examination, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-21
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | SB994 | Intro
25% | Establishing certain requirements on food service establishments, hospitality establishments, and retail establishments regarding work schedules for employees, including requirements related to the provision of work schedules to employees, notificati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-17
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB631 | Intro
25% | Requiring the Department of Aging to contract with an independent consultant to complete an insurance study on public and private options for leveraging resources to help individuals prepare for long-term care services and support needs; and requirin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-15
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB647 | Intro
25% | Establishing the Abandoned Cemeteries Fund to provide for the care, preservation, maintenance, and restoration of abandoned cemeteries in the State; establishing a certain income tax checkoff for voluntary contributions to the Abandoned Cemeteries Fu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB957 | Intro
25% | Prohibiting, subject to a certain exception, an employer from using an automated employment decision tool to make certain employment decisions; and requiring an employer, under certain circumstances, to notify an applicant for employment of the emplo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB1138 | Intro
25% | 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 | SB984 | Intro
25% | Requiring the Secretary of Labor to prioritize activities, programs, and services that contribute to meeting a certain statewide goal when administering the business of the Maryland Department of Labor; requiring the State Board of Education, rather ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB914 | Intro
25% | Prohibiting discrimination based on an individual's refusal to undergo a genetic procedure in education, public accommodations, commercial leasing, housing, and employment and by certain licensed or regulated persons.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB998 | Intro
25% | Requiring a certain provider of earned wage access services to register with the Commissioner of Financial Regulation; requiring a provider to file a certain surety bond or an irrevocable letter of credit with the Commissioner in a certain manner; re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB104 | Intro
25% | Repealing and establishing the methodology used to calculate the weekly benefit amount; altering the taxable wage base used to determine employer contributions to the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund, the dependent allowance, and the amount of earne...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-02
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB137 | Intro
25% | Establishing the Registered Nurse Degree Apprenticeship Program Workgroup to study the feasibility of developing and implementing a registered nurse degree apprenticeship program in the State; and requiring the Workgroup, on or before April 1, 2025, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB223 | Intro
25% | Repealing the provisions of law establishing and governing the Interagency Committee on Aging Services; and applying the Act prospectively.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-23
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB54 | Intro
25% | Altering certain provisions of law regarding the prohibition on certain departments of State government from denying an occupational license or certificate to an applicant solely on the basis of the criminal history of the applicant by prohibiting a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-17
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB160 | Intro
25% | Specifying a certain tip credit amount that is in effect for certain time periods; prohibiting certain employers of tipped employees, beginning July 1, 2027, from including a tip credit amount as part of the employees' wages and requiring the employe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-11
To Senate Finance Committee |
