| MD | SB137 | Engross | Prohibiting, beginning in fiscal year 2023, the Maryland Transit Administration from purchasing buses for the Administration's State transit bus fleet that are not zero-emission buses, subject to a certain exception; authorizing the Administration to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-12
Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation |
| MD | HB1312 | Engross | Requiring the Maryland Judiciary to collect, maintain, and provide certain access to certain information on eviction actions; requiring the Maryland Judiciary to report to the Governor and the General Assembly on the eviction data by August 31, 2022,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-12
Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings |
| MD | HB776 | Engross | Requiring the State Department of Education to perform a thorough study, analysis, and evaluation of the Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation Project; requiring that the Department evaluate Project services, capacity, and integration...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-12
Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
| MD | HB88 | Engross | Requiring each law enforcement agency to provide confidential access to an employee assistance program or a mental health program to address the mental health issues of police officers related to personal and work-related concerns including stress, f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-10
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | HB156 | Enroll | Requiring a local board of elections to obtain input from large residential communities including institutions of higher education, continuing care retirement communities, senior communities, and military installations when establishing precinct boun...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-10
Passed Enrolled |
| MD | SB95 | Engross | Requiring certain investor-owned gas, electric, or combination gas and electric companies to require certain contractors and subcontractors to pay their employees not less than the prevailing wage rate for certain projects involving the construction,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-10
Third Reading Passed (92-42) |
| MD | HB30 | Enroll | Altering the maximum amount that may be charged to a public service company for a State fiscal year; requiring the Office of the People's Counsel to hire at least one assistant people's counsel to focus on environmental issues; authorizing the Office...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-10
Passed Enrolled |
| MD | SB74 | Engross | Altering a certain provision of law requiring each law enforcement agency to establish an early intervention policy to instead require a system to identify police officers who are at risk of engaging in the use of excessive force and to provide the o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-10
Third Reading Passed (133-0) |
| MD | HB124 | Intro | Requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to adopt regulations, by October 1, 2021, establishing an occupational safety and health standard protecting employees from exposure to aerosol transmissible diseases; requiring the Secretary of Labor,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-10
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB15 | Engross | Establishing the Governor's Office of Immigrant Affairs to create a network of neighborhood-based centers providing immigrant services, assist immigrants in certain matters, assist law enforcement in combatting crimes against immigrants, and promote ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-10
Third Reading Passed (30-14) |
| MD | HB73 | Engross | Establishing the Office of Telework Assistance in the Department of Commerce to establish best practices for telework policies; establishing the Business Telework Assistance Grant Program to assist businesses in implementing telework policies; requir...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-10
Favorable Report by Finance |
| MD | SB105 | Engross | Specifying that certain provisions of law relating to peace orders may not be interpreted to create or impose a duty on a certain employer to file a petition on behalf of a certain employee; making certain provisions of law relating to the filing, is...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-10
House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Atterbeary, Shetty and Williams) |
| MD | HB363 | Enroll | Prohibiting an official or employee from retaliating against an individual for reporting or participating in an investigation of a violation of the Maryland Public Ethics Law.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-10
Passed Enrolled |
| MD | HB289 | Engross | Making certain provisions of law relating to the filing, issuance, and modification of certain peace orders and to the shielding of certain court records of certain peace order proceedings apply to certain peace orders filed by certain employers on t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-10
Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Sydnor, Hettleman and Carter) |
| MD | HB278 | Engross | Altering the definition of "qualified position" for purposes of eligibility under the job creation tax credit program; altering the definition of "revitalization area" to include a certain Tier I county for purposes of the program; applying the Act t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-10
Second Reading Passed |
| MD | SB4 | Engross | Prohibiting an official or a State employee from accepting a gift from an association, or any entity acting on behalf of an association, that is engaged only in representing counties or municipal corporations; and prohibiting an official or employee...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-10
Second Reading Passed |
| MD | HB299 | Engross | Requiring the State Board of Physicians to license genetic counselors; providing that provisions of the Act do not limit the right of certain individuals to practice certain occupations; establishing the Genetic Counseling Advisory Committee within t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-10
Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| MD | HB350 | Intro | Altering the circumstances under which an employer is authorized to require an employee who uses certain sick and safe leave to provide verification that the leave was used appropriately; and authorizing certain employers to deny a certain request to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-10
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB318 | Engross | Stating certain findings of the General Assembly related to the value of fishing and hunting to the cultural and social heritage and the economy of the State; and establishing that it is the intent of the General Assembly that residents of the State ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-10
Third Reading Passed (107-28) |
| MD | SB186 | Enroll | Expanding eligibility under the job creation tax credit program administered by the Department of Commerce to include certain small businesses that hire at least one qualified veteran employee; providing for the calculation of the credit for qualifie...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-10
Returned Passed |
| MD | SB307 | Engross | Establishing the Direct Care Workforce Innovation Program in the Division of Workforce Development and Adult Learning within the Maryland Department of Labor; requiring the Division to provide certain matching grants to certain entities to create and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-10
Favorable Report by Economic Matters |
| MD | SB167 | Engross | Authorizing the State Board of Social Work Examiners to issue a temporary license to practice social work to certain applicants who meet certain requirements; providing that a temporary license authorizes the holder to practice social work only under...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-10
Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations |
| MD | SB172 | Engross | Establishing a Pathways to Health Equity Program in the Community Health Resources Commission to provide the foundation and guidance for a permanent Health Equity Resource Community program; requiring the Program to provide grant funding to reduce he...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-10
Third Reading Passed (97-40) |
| MD | HB581 | Engross | Requiring each essential employer to take certain actions related to occupational safety and health during an emergency; providing that an essential worker has the right to refuse to perform a certain task as provided under certain provisions of law;...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-10
Third Reading Passed (31-15) |
| MD | SB414 | Engross | Requiring the State to reduce statewide greenhouse gas emissions by 60% from 2006 levels by 2030; requiring the State to achieve net-zero statewide greenhouse gas emissions by 2045; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to adopt regulations esta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-10
Third Reading Passed (95-41) |
| MD | HB548 | Engross | Establishing the Commission on Trauma-Informed Care to coordinate a statewide initiative to prioritize the trauma-responsive and trauma-informed delivery of State services that impact children, youth, families, and older adults; requiring the Commiss...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-10
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | SB490 | Engross | Requiring the Board of License Commissioners for Anne Arundel County to employ a chief inspector; and providing for the salary of the chief inspector to be fixed by the Board as in a general county classified salary schedule, within non-represented p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-10
Second Reading Passed |
| MD | HB652 | Engross | Requiring the Office of the Attorney General, in consultation with the Maryland Department of Health and the Maryland Department of Labor, to produce a guidance document, by December 30, 2021, concerning the application of employee protection laws to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-10
Second Reading Passed |
| MD | HB685 | Engross | Requiring that certain employees working at a heightened security interest location be paid a certain wage for certain time periods; requiring certain employers to pay certain covered employees a certain supplement benefit rate in a certain manner be...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-10
Second Reading Passed |
| MD | HB804 | Engross | Establishing a certain whistleblower reward program within the Office of the Comptroller; providing that a certain whistleblower who voluntarily provides certain information to the Comptroller shall be entitled to receive a certain monetary award und...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-10
Third Reading Passed (46-0) |
| MD | HB758 | Engross | Establishing a licensing and regulatory system for the practice of certified midwifery under the State Board of Nursing; requiring the Board to set standards for the practice of certified midwifery and to maintain a list of all licensed certified mid...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-10
Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| MD | HB836 | Intro | Requiring, on or before April 1, 2021, the Maryland Department of Health, in collaboration with local health departments of the State, to adopt and implement a certain plan to respond to the outbreak of COVID-19; requiring, for calendar year 2021, in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-10
Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| MD | SB689 | Engross | Expanding the duties of the Special Secretary for the Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs to include establishing a mentorship program, conducting a feasibility study for creating a technical assistance program to provide support to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-10
Third Reading Passed (133-0) |
| MD | HB943 | Intro | Requiring the Community Development Administration in the Department of Housing and Community Development to administer a home buyer assistance program that assists current students and recent graduates of public institutions of higher education to r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-10
Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| MD | SB637 | Engross | Authorizing the Community Development Administration in the Department of Housing and Community Development to administer a home buyer assistance program that assists current students and recent graduates of public institutions of higher education to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-10
Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed |
| MD | HB1039 | Engross | Altering a certain requirement for certain State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners members who are licensed massage therapists; altering the education requirements for applicants to qualify for a certain license or registration by requiring that cer...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-10
Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| MD | HB1007 | Engross | Altering the renewable energy portfolio standard in certain years to require a certain percentage of energy from Tier 1 renewable sources each year to be derived from certain geothermal heating and cooling systems; requiring a certain percentage of e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-10
Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| MD | SB810 | Intro | Altering the renewable energy portfolio standard in certain years to require a certain percentage of energy from Tier 1 renewable sources each year to be derived from certain geothermal heating and cooling systems; requiring that a certain percentage...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-10
Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance |
| MD | SB916 | Engross | Establishing a certain whistleblower reward program within the Office of the Comptroller; providing that a certain whistleblower who voluntarily provides certain information to the Comptroller shall be entitled to receive a certain monetary award und...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-10
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB1134 | Engross | Stating certain findings of the General Assembly related to the value of fishing and hunting to the cultural and social heritage and the economy of the State; and establishing that it is the intent of the General Assembly that residents of the State ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-10
Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
| MD | HB1322 | Engross | Prohibiting the Governor, the State Superintendent of Schools, the State Board of Education, a county superintendent, and a county board of education from disciplining, suspending, terminating, or otherwise retaliating against school personnel who ch...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-10
Third Reading Passed (30-15) |
| MD | SB902 | Engross | Establishing the Cyber Workforce Program in the Partnership for Workforce Quality Program; providing for the purpose of the Cyber Program; requiring the Secretary of Commerce to direct the Cyber Program; requiring the Secretary to establish certain c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-10
[Hearing: Apr 12 @ 11:45 am]
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | SB800 | Engross | Establishing the Inmate Training and Job Pilot Program at certain institutions of postsecondary education to provide educational and vocational training opportunities for inmates in the 12 months preceding the inmate's date of release; requiring the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-10
Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed |
| MD | SB946 | Engross | Establishing the Historic St. Mary's City Fort to 400 Commission to plan and conduct observances commemorating the 400th year of Maryland's founding in 2034; requiring the membership of the Commission to reflect the diversity of the State to the exte...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-10
Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| MD | HB1364 | Engross | Establishing the Historic St. Mary's City Fort to 400 Commission to plan and conduct observances in 2034 commemorating the 400th anniversary of Maryland's founding; requiring the membership of the Commission to reflect the diversity of the State to t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-10
Second Reading Passed |
| MD | SB627 | Engross | Repealing certain provisions of the Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights; providing for the discipline of law enforcement officers; providing that provisions of the Act supersede and preempt any other law of the State, a county, or a municipal co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-10
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (93-42) |
| MD | HB18 | Engross | Establishing that certain individuals have a right to legal representation in eviction proceedings; establishing the Right to Counsel in Evictions Program to be administered by the Maryland Legal Service Corporation to organize and direct services an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-10
Third Reading Passed (30-15) |
| MD | HB222 | Engross | Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to provide each individual who is released from a correctional facility with a voter registration application and documentation informing the individual that the individual's voting ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-10
Third Reading Passed (36-9) |
| MD | SB525 | Engross | Requiring the Baltimore City centralized booking facility to provide a secure, designated ballot drop box for eligible voters in the facility and to monitor the ballot drop box 24 hours a day and 7 days a week; requiring the Baltimore City centralize...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-10
Third Reading Passed (92-43) |
| MD | HB670 | Pass | Repealing the Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights; prohibiting a police officer from preventing a citizen from recording the officer's actions if the citizen is otherwise acting lawfully and safely; establishing the Maryland Loan Assistance Repa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-04-10
Gubernatorial Veto Override (Legislative date: 4/9/2021) - Chapter 59 |
