| MD | SB258 | Engross 50% | Altering the State's goals for reducing energy consumption in State buildings; requiring the Maryland Green Building Council to update the High Performance Green Building Program to ensure that the Program aligns with certain greenhouse gas emissions... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 [Hearing: Mar 20 @ 1:00 pm] To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB577 | Engross 50% | Establishing a homeless shelter licensing program in the Department of Housing and Community Development; requiring that license holders be relicensed every 2 years and requiring the Department to develop certain operational and building standards fo... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB565 | Engross 50% | Establishing the Maryland Deaths in Custody Oversight Board within the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services to analyze and make findings and recommendations related to deaths of incarcerated individuals; and requiring the... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB991 | Engross 50% | Establishing an industrial sludge utilization permit; prohibiting a person from utilizing industrial sludge in the State unless the person obtains a permit; requiring the Department of the Environment to provide certain notices and information to cer... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB1024 | Engross 50% | Expanding the Connection Pipe Emergency Replacement Loan Program to include certain sewer pipes and diagnostic actions; altering the maximum amount of a loan that may be made under the Program from $5,000 to $10,000; altering the total amount of loan... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 [Hearing: Mar 21 @ 1:00 pm] To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB1056 | Intro 25% | 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 located behind a counter; requiring certain ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| MD | SB1068 | Engross 50% | Establishing the Maryland 2-1-1 and 3-1-1 Board to take certain actions relating to the establishment of a statewide 3-1-1 system and county 3-1-1 systems and the integration of the 2-1-1 system into a statewide 2-1-1 and 3-1-1 system; establishing a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 Third Reading Passed (45-0) |
| MD | SB1074 | Engross 50% | Establishing an industrial sludge utilization permit; prohibiting a person from utilizing industrial sludge in the State unless the person obtains a permit; requiring the Department of the Environment to provide certain notices and information to cer... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 Third Reading Passed (45-0) |
| MD | SB1099 | Engross 50% | Requiring the State Emergency Medical Services Board, in collaboration with the Maryland Department of Health, to develop and implement an initiative under the Public Access Automated External Defibrillator Program to require that naloxone be co-loca... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 Third Reading Passed (45-0) |
| MD | SB1107 | Engross 50% | Establishing a homeless shelter licensing program in the Department of Housing and Community Development; requiring license holders to be relicensed every 2 years; requiring the Department to develop certain operational and building standards for hom... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 Third Reading Passed (44-0) |
| MD | SB134 | Engross 50% | Establishing the Correctional Ombudsman Unit in the Office of the Attorney General; requiring the Unit to conduct investigations, reviews, and assessments of administrative acts taken by the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services or in... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-16 To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB843 | Intro 25% | Authorizing an inspector employed by the Board of License Commissioners in Cecil County to enter a licensed cannabis business for the purpose of observing whether the requirements of the license are being met, provided that the inspector makes a cert... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-16 Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters |
| MD | SB825 | Engross 50% | Requiring the Secretary of Health, on request of a unit of local government, to delegate to the unit of local government the authority to inspect and to conduct site visits and full surveys of related institutions and nursing homes; and requiring rel... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-16 [Hearing: Mar 28 @ 1:00 pm] To House Health and Government Operations Committee |
| MD | SB300 | Engross 50% | Authorizing, with prior approval of the Maryland Historical Trust and after an internal departmental review, certain archaeological, salvage, excavation, stabilization, and restoration activities of historic structures existing as of December 1, 1985... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15 To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | SB818 | Engross 50% | Requiring each unit of State government to conduct certain inventories and assessments; requiring the Department of Information Technology to conduct certain monitoring and adopt certain policies and procedures; prohibiting a unit of State government... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15 Third Reading Passed (45-0) |
| MD | SB1066 | Engross 50% | Requiring, rather than authorizing, certain sports wagering licensees and sports wagering operators that advertise in the State to contract with certain independent evaluators to evaluate and rate the sports wagering licensee's sports wagering conten... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15 [Hearing: Mar 28 @ 1:00 pm] To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | SB760 | Engross 50% | Requiring a merchant that conducts an online sale of a certain gift card to register with the Division of Consumer Protection in the Office of the Attorney General as an online seller of gift cards; prohibiting a merchant from selling a gift card to ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15 To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | SB21 | Engross 50% | Requiring the Interagency Commission on School Construction to conduct a comprehensive study analyzing the current condition of public high school athletic and physical education facilities in the State and to report to the Governor and the General A... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14 To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | HB1110 | Engross 50% | Authorizing the City of Frederick to participate in the Maryland Intrastate Emergency Management Assistance Compact. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14 To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB807 | Engross 50% | Altering the definition of "aerial survey" for purposes of surveying submerged aquatic vegetation to include other surveys that use certain data; and requiring the Department of Natural Resources to study and report to the General Assembly on the imp... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14 To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB245 | Engross 50% | Authorizing the Department of the Environment to charge a fee for processing and issuing on-site sewage disposal permits and individual well construction permits under certain circumstances; authorizing the Department to establish by regulation a fee... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-11 To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB1250 | Intro 25% | Authorizing a landowner whose land is subject to an agricultural land preservation easement to use the land for the construction and use of a certain wood vault under certain circumstances; requiring a person to have a permit issued by the Secretary ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-11 Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1475 | Intro 25% | Requiring the Secretary of Health, on request of a unit of local government, to delegate to the unit of local government the authority to inspect and to conduct site visits and full surveys of related institutions and nursing homes; and requiring rel... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-08 To House Health and Government Operations Committee |
| MD | SB936 | Intro 25% | Authorizing a landowner whose land is subject to an agricultural land preservation easement to use the land for the construction and use of a certain wood vault under certain circumstances; requiring a person to have a permit issued by the Secretary ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07 Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB993 | Intro 25% | Requiring the Office of the Inspector General of the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission to complete a review of a certain facility within 60 days after receiving confirmation that the construction of the facility is complete; requiring the Washi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-06 To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB158 | Intro 25% | Prohibiting a provision in a contract or agreement relating to architectural, engineering, inspecting, or surveying services that requires the promisor to defend a promisee against claims brought by a third party. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-04 Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB36 | Engross 50% | Requiring the Department of State Police, on or before December 31 each year, to post on its website and submit to the Governor and the General Assembly a report detailing, for the preceeding calendar year, the number of investigations completed by t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-04 To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB942 | Intro 25% | Establishing the Managed Aquifer Recharge Pilot Program; authorizing the Department of the Environment to review, permit, and regulate a process to test the use of treated reclaimed water from a demonstration facility as a source for groundwater augm... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-04 Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB1064 | Intro 25% | Authorizing an inspector employed by the Board of License Commissioners in Cecil County to enter a licensed cannabis business for the purpose of observing whether the requirements of the license are being met, provided that the inspector makes a cert... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-01 To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB1197 | Intro 25% | Requiring a tobacco product manufacturer and a certain electronic smoking devices manufacturer to pay a certification fee of $1,000; authorizing the Executive Director of the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission and the Attorney General to take ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26 To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1131 | Intro 25% | Establishing the Managed Aquifer Recharge Pilot Program; and authorizing the Department of the Environment to review, permit, and regulate a process to test the use of treated reclaimed water from a demonstration facility as a source for groundwater ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-19 Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB357 | Intro 25% | Prohibiting a certain farm owner or operator from knowingly confining egg-laying hens in an enclosure in a certain manner, subject to certain exceptions, on and after January 1, 2026; prohibiting a business owner or operator or a farm owner or operat... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14 To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB1141 | Intro 25% | Establishing the Maryland 2-1-1 and 3-1-1 Board to take certain actions relating to the establishment of a statewide 3-1-1 system and county 3-1-1 systems and the integration of the 2-1-1 system into a statewide 2-1-1 and 3-1-1 system; establishing a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14 To House Health and Government Operations Committee |
| MD | SB1167 | Intro 25% | Authorizing a landlord to offer the payment of a fee in lieu of a security deposit in a residential lease subject to certain requirements; requiring a landlord to purchase certain insurance coverage using a fee in lieu of a security deposit; establis... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14 To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | HB297 | Intro 25% | Establishing the Correctional Ombudsman Unit in the Office of the Attorney General; requiring the Unit to conduct investigations, reviews, and assessments of administrative acts taken by the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services or in... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13 To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB761 | Intro 25% | Requiring each testing facility in the State to be licensed by the Department of Agriculture to use animals in research, education, or testing; establishing requirements for the use and treatment of dogs or cats by a testing facility; prohibiting a t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13 To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB932 | Intro 25% | Establishing the Maryland Agricultural BMP Best in Show Program to provide and prioritize the use of certain funding relating to agricultural best management practices and to increase the cost-effectiveness and environmental, social, and health impac... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13 To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB1271 | Intro 25% | Requiring each unit of State government to conduct certain inventories and assessments; requiring the Department of Information Technology to conduct certain monitoring and adopt certain policies and procedures; prohibiting a unit of State government... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13 To House Health and Government Operations Committee |
| MD | HB226 | Intro 25% | Establishing a property tax credit against the State, county, and municipal corporation real property tax on certain properties that provide permanent supportive housing; providing for the calculation of the tax credit; providing for the recapture of... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12 Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1265 | Intro 25% | Requiring a county or municipality to implement the web-based platform SolarAPP+ for features supporting the tracking and approval of residential building permits for certain residential solar energy projects, residential energy storage projects, and... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12 To House Environment and Transportation 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 | SB1054 | Intro 25% | Requiring a county or municipality to implement a certain web-based platform for features supporting the tracking and approval of residential building permits for certain residential solar energy projects, residential energy storage projects, and mai... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09 To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB1255 | 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 House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1186 | Intro 25% | Requiring the State Highway Administration to install and use at least one interstate speed monitoring system on each interstate highway; establishing procedures for implementing and using an interstate speed monitoring system; requiring the Maryland... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09 To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB1291 | Intro 25% | Requiring, rather than authorizing, certain sports wagering licensees and sports wagering operators that advertise in the State to contract with certain independent evaluators to evaluate and rate the sports wagering licensee's sports wagering conten... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09 To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB1108 | Intro 25% | Authorizing a landlord to offer the payment of a fee in lieu of a security deposit in a residential lease subject to certain requirements; requiring a landlord to purchase certain insurance coverage using a fee in lieu of a security deposit; establis... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08 To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB1042 | Intro 25% | Establishing the Maryland Agricultural BMP Best in Show Program to provide and prioritize the use of certain funding relating to agricultural best management practices and to increase the cost-effectiveness and environmental, social, and health impac... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08 To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB1113 | Intro 25% | Requiring the Department of the Environment to adopt regulations to make the State dust-lead hazard standards and dust-lead clearance levels consistent with certain federal standards within 60 days after a regulation adopted by the U.S. Environmental... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08 To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB1180 | Intro 25% | 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 located behind a counter; requiring certain ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08 To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | SB886 | Intro 25% | Requiring each unit of State or local government responsible for the construction and maintenance of a playground to ensure that the playground is constructed and maintained in accordance with certain safety standards; and requiring a unit of State o... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07 To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |