| MD | SB966 | Pass | Amending certain prior authorizations of State Debt to change the names of certain grantees, alter the authorized uses of certain grants, and extend the termination date of certain grants. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 722 |
| MD | SB1080 | Pass | Increasing the number of certain bargaining units for the purpose of specifying certain pay rates for certain employees of the Maryland Department of Health; and requiring that the pay rates of certain employees of the Department who are in certain b... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 630 |
| MD | SB250 | Pass | Prohibiting a county public library from charging a fine for overdue library materials borrowed by a minor or intended for children or teens; prohibiting a county public library from charging a reserve fee for library materials reserved by a minor or... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 208 |
| MD | SB434 | Pass | Altering the calculation of certain funding for the State Library Resource Center for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 180 |
| MD | HB475 | Pass | Establishing the Open-Source Phonics Matching Grant Program within the State Department of Education to provide free, open-source phonics learning materials to be used by adults to tutor students; requiring the Department to periodically review the o... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 270 |
| MD | HB609 | Pass | Authorizing employees of public libraries to form, join, and participate in an employee organization and engage in certain other activities related to collective bargaining; requiring employers and certified exclusive representatives to engage in goo... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 132 |
| MD | HB785 | Pass | Establishing a State policy that local school systems operate their school library media programs consistent with certain standards; requiring each local school system to develop a policy and procedures to review objections to materials in a school l... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 129 |
| MD | SB738 | Pass | Establishing a State policy that local school systems operate their school library media programs consistent with certain standards; requiring each local school system to develop a policy and procedures to review objections to materials in a school l... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 130 |
| MD | SB248 | Pass | Increasing, from one member to two members, the number of public members from each area served by the participating library systems on the governing board for each regional resource center. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 56 |
| MD | HB825 | Pass | Increasing, from one member to two members, the number of public members from each area served by the participating library systems on the governing board for each regional resource center. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 55 |
| MD | HB489 | Engross
Sine Die | Altering the calculation of certain funding for the State Library Resource Center for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-05 To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | SB591 | Engross
Sine Die | Authorizing employees of certain public libraries to form, join, and participate in an employee organization and engage in certain other activities related to collective bargaining; requiring employers and certified exclusive representatives to engag... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04 To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | SB399 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering a certain prohibition on advertising for cannabis licensees, products, or services by repealing a prohibition on certain outdoor advertising and instead prohibiting advertising within 500 feet of a substance use treatment facility, certain s... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-13 Unfavorable Report by Finance |
| MD | HB1463 | Intro
Sine Die | Repealing the requirement that Baltimore City must provide a 25% match to receive State funds for certain operating expenses of the Enoch Pratt Free Library; requiring an appropriation of $10,000,000 to fund aging infrastructure construction and capi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-11 To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | HB208 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting a county public library from charging a fine for overdue library materials borrowed by a minor or intended for children or teens; prohibiting a county public library from charging a reserve fee for library materials reserved by a minor or... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-01 To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB25 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting sexually explicit materials in elementary, middle, and secondary public school libraries and media centers; defining sexually explicit materials as books and auditory and visual material that contain graphic or obscene depictions of sexua... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-19 Unfavorable Report by Ways and Means |
| MD | HB1325 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting a public library, a recipient of a certain award from the Department of Housing and Community Development, the Department, a public housing agency, a county, or a municipality from requiring an individual experiencing homelessness to prov... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12 To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | SB848 | Intro
Sine Die | Repealing the requirement that Baltimore City must provide a 25% match to receive State funds for certain operating expenses of the Enoch Pratt Free Library; requiring an appropriation of $10,000,000 to fund aging infrastructure construction and capi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06 To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | SB163 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the Charles County Public Library to partner with an Imagination Library Program to provide free books to children up to 5 years of age; and requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill for fiscal years 2026 through 2035 an... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-09 To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |