SB981 - Local Cybersecurity Preparedness and Local Cybersecurity Support Fund - Alterations
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Katie Fry Hester
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Authorizing the Governor for fiscal years 2026 and 2027, to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $10,000,000 for the Local Cybersecurity Support Fund; requiring the Department of Information Technology to provide sufficient information security officers to assist the Director of Local Cybersecurity; requiring that, by July 1, 2025, a local school system shall implement for all school employees multifactor authentication, endpoint detection and response on all system-owned devices, and network monitoring; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
SB575 - Court Personnel - Protection of Personal Information (Judge Andrew F. Wilkinson Judicial Security Act)
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Paul Corderman, William C. Smith, Chris West
Last updated 5 months ago11 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing a certain protected individual or the Office of Information Privacy in the Administrative Office of the Courts to request that a governmental entity or person not publish personal information of the protected individual on the Internet, social media, or social networks or remove the information from any existing publication; specifying certain procedures for the protection of personal information of a protected individual; authorizing certain relief for a violation of the Act; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB146 - Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Eligible Sources - Alterations (Reclaim Renewable Energy Act of 2024)
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Karen Lewis Young, Arthur Ellis, Mary Washington
Last updated 9 months ago4 Co-Sponsors
Altering the definition of "Tier 1 renewable source" for purposes of excluding energy derived from waste and refuse from being eligible for inclusion in the renewable energy portfolio standard; and applying the Act to all renewable energy portfolio standard compliance years starting on or after January 1, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
SB64 - Income Tax - Credit for Employers Providing Parental Engagement Leave
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Joanne C. Benson
Last updated 9 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Allowing employers who provide certain parental engagement leave to certain qualified employees during the taxable year a credit against the State income tax; requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Comptroller, to develop and make available a certain certification form; requiring a certain qualified employee to obtain the signatures of a certain county board member and certain school personnel under certain circumstances; and making the credit refundable under certain circumstances.
STATUS
Introduced
SB899 - Constitutional Officers – Public Disclosure of Personal Information
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Jeff D. Waldstreicher
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring certain custodians to deny inspection of the part of a public record that contains personal information of a constitutional officer except under certain circumstances; authorizing a certain constitutional officer or certain immediate family member of a constitutional officer to request that certain disclosed personal information be removed and that a certain person refrain from future disclosures; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
SB622 - Community Reinvestment and Repair Fund - Funding (Maryland Reparations Act of 2024)
Maryland - 2024 Regular Session
Last updated 8 months ago0 Co-Sponsors
Requiring that a certain amount of revenue from the State individual income tax and Maryland estate tax be distributed to the Community Reinvestment and Repair Fund; altering the rates and rate brackets under the State income tax on certain income of individuals; providing for an additional State individual income tax rate on the net capital gains of individuals; altering a certain limit on the unified credit used for determining the Maryland estate tax; increasing the rate of the sales and use tax for cannabis from 9% to 14%; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
SB435 - Criminal Law – Crimes of Arson – Prohibitions and Penalties
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Jason C. Gallion, William Folden
Last updated 8 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting a person from committing a certain crime of arson that causes injury to a firefighter during the response to the fire or the efforts to suppress the fire; and establishing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 10 years.
STATUS
Introduced
SB917 - Public Schools – Restorative Practices Schools – Establishment
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Benjamin T. Brooks
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Altering the duties of behavioral health services coordinators and the Maryland Consortium on Coordinated Community Supports regarding duties related to implementing Restorative Practices Schools throughout the State; requiring the State Department of Education to develop a comprehensive plan to implement requirements for the establishment of Restorative Practices Schools; and requiring the Department to annually report to the General Assembly on the implementation of Restorative Practices Schools beginning December 1, 2026.
STATUS
Introduced
SB790 - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Employed Individuals With Disabilities
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Katherine Ann Klausmeier, Arthur Ellis
Last updated 4 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to provide Maryland Medical Assistance Program services for individuals under the Employed Individuals with Disabilities Program in accordance with certain requirements; prohibiting the Department from limiting eligibility to receive services under the EID Program based on certain criteria; requiring the Department, on or before December 1, 2024, to submit a report to certain committees of the General Assembly on the impact of implementing an EID Program that serves certain individuals; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB834 - Consumer Protection - Scam Awareness Pilot Program - Establishment (Don't Scam Maryland Act of 2024)
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Katie Fry Hester
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Establishing the Scam Awareness Pilot Program in the Division of Consumer Protection of the Office of the Attorney General to identify common scamming methods used against individuals in the State and to develop and disseminate certain consumer safety messages; requiring the Division to engage certain stakeholders to provide input on the Pilot Program; and requiring the Division to report on the Pilot Program to the Governor and the General Assembly by September 30, 2026.
STATUS
Introduced
SB818 - Information Technology - Artificial Intelligence - Policies and Procedures (Artificial Intelligence Governance Act of 2024)
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Katie Fry Hester, Dawn D. Gile, Malcolm L. Augustine
Last updated 5 months ago19 Co-Sponsors
Requiring each unit of State government to conduct certain inventories and a certain assessment on or before certain dates; prohibiting the Department of Information Technology from making certain information publicly available under certain circumstances; requiring the Department, in consultation with a certain subcabinet, to adopt certain policies and procedures concerning the development, procurement, deployment, use, and assessment of systems that employ artificial intelligence by units of State government; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB824 - Election Law – Absentee Ballot Application – Sending to Eligible Voters Before Primary Elections
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Benjamin Fred Kramer
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring each local board of elections to send the absentee ballot application approved by the State Board of Elections to each eligible voter at least 60 days before each statewide primary election, unless the voter has permanent absentee ballot status.
STATUS
Introduced
SB176 - Sales and Use Tax - Tax-Free Day - Veterans' Day
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Benjamin T. Brooks
Last updated 9 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Establishing November 11 as a tax-free day each year during which an exemption from the sales and use tax is provided for sales to certain veterans; requiring an individual, in order to qualify for the exemption, to provide the vendor evidence of eligibility for the exemption; and providing that evidence of eligibility may consist of a valid driver's license or government-issued identification card that includes a notation indicating that the individual is a veteran.
STATUS
Introduced
SB139 - Driver's Licenses - Suspension for Child Support Arrearages - Exception
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Ronald Lorenzo Watson
Last updated 6 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Establishing a certain exception to the authority of the Child Support Administration to notify the Motor Vehicle Administration of an individual's child support arrearages for the purpose of suspending the individual's driver's license or privilege to drive if the obligor's income is at or below 250% of the federal poverty guidelines; and authorizing the Child Support Administration to consider certain information in determining the income of an obligor under the Act.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB110 - School Construction - Local Cost-Share - Alterations
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Stephen S Hershey
Last updated 9 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Adding an adjustment for the local cost-share for school construction projections for certain counties under certain circumstances.
STATUS
Introduced