SB185 - Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing - Deafblind Co-Navigation Services Program - Established
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Mary Washington
Last updated 11 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Establishing a Deafblind Co-Navigation Services Program in the Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing to provide co-navigation services at no cost to deafblind individuals in the State; and defining "co-navigation services" as services providing visual and environmental information or sighted services to assist with communication accessibility in an individual's preferred language and communication mode and to assist with accessing an individual's physical surroundings and making informed decisions about those surrounding.
STATUS
Introduced
SB235 - Prescription Drug Monitoring Program - Dispensers - Veterinarians
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Finance
Last updated 11 months ago0 Co-Sponsors
Altering the definition of "dispenser" for purposes of the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program to include certain licensed veterinarians when dispensing controlled substances for animals in the usual course of providing professional services; and providing that the Program is not required to disclose prescription drug monitoring data to veterinarians.
STATUS
Introduced
SB641 - Department of Agriculture - Spay/Neuter Fund
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Benjamin T. Brooks
Last updated 10 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Altering the contents and authorized uses of the Spay/Neuter Fund; requiring the Department of Agriculture to establish a process through which a person may make a voluntary donation to the Fund; requiring the Department to give additional consideration to certain competitive grant proposals that meet certain criteria; and increasing the fee on commercial feed prepared and distributed for consumption by dogs or cats and registered in the State beginning October 1, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
SB258 - Department of General Services - State Buildings and Facilities - Energy Conservation and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Education, Energy, and the Environment
Last updated 7 months ago0 Co-Sponsors
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 reduction goals; requiring the Department of General Services to identify State-owned facilities that are potential candidates for energy performance contracts; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB848 - Enoch Pratt Free Library - Capital Project Funding
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Mary Washington
Last updated 10 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
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 capital improvement expenses in excess of $1,000,000 for all branches of the Enoch Pratt Free Library in fiscal years 2025 and 2026; and requiring the Board of Trustees of the Enoch Pratt Free Library to demonstrate a 10% match for each dollar of State funds granted.
STATUS
Introduced
SB92 - Places of Public Accommodation - Motion Picture Houses - Captioning
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Benjamin T. Brooks
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring all motion picture houses to offer closed movie captioning for each screening of a certain motion picture; and requiring, if a motion picture is produced and available to motion picture houses with open movie captioning, a place of public accommodation that controls, operates, owns, or leases a motion picture house with eight or more screens in the State to provide open movie captioning for at least two screenings for each motion picture it screens each week for the first 3 weeks after a motion picture premieres in the motion picture house.
STATUS
Passed
SB231 - Insurance – Protections After Loss or Damage to Property
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Finance
Last updated 10 months ago0 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting a public adjuster, or anyone acting on behalf of a public adjuster, from soliciting or attempting to solicit a client during the progress of a loss-producing occurrence or between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m.; requiring a public adjuster to provide notice to the Maryland Insurance Commissioner if the public adjuster enters into a public adjuster contract within 72 hours after the loss giving rise to an insurance claim; altering the statements that are required to be included in a public adjuster contract; etc.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB27 - Cosmetology Licensure Compact
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Dawn D. Gile, Pamela G Beidle, Katherine Ann Klausmeier
Last updated 7 months ago4 Co-Sponsors
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 Commission and its duties and powers; and providing for the amendment of and withdrawal from the Compact.
STATUS
Passed
SB89 - Child Abuse and Neglect - Reports and Records - Disclosure
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Mary Dulany James
Last updated 9 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring a local director of a local department of social services or the Secretary of Human Services to disclose certain reports and records of child abuse and neglect within 30 days after receiving a request if certain conditions are met; requiring the Secretary to notify the State's Attorney's office of a request to disclose certain reports and records of child abuse and neglect; requiring the State's Attorney's office to be given 30 days during which the office is authorized to redact certain portions of the reports and records; etc.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB156 - Port of Baltimore - Renaming
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Guy J Guzzone, Johnny Ray Salling, Pamela G Beidle
Last updated 8 months ago8 Co-Sponsors
Renaming the Port of Baltimore to be the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore.
STATUS
Passed
SB193 - Agriculture - Confinement of Egg-Laying Hens in Commercial Egg Production - Prohibitions
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Karen Lewis Young
Last updated 11 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
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 operator from selling shell eggs or egg products under certain circumstances on and after January 1, 2026; and specifying that a certain certification verifying that the shell eggs and egg products are produced in a certain manner must be obtained before selling shell eggs and egg products.
STATUS
Introduced
SB149 - Vehicle Towing or Removal – Insurer of Record – Electronic Notification
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Jeff D. Waldstreicher
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Authorizing a person who undertakes the towing or removal of a vehicle from a parking lot to notify the insurer of record electronically if that form of notice is agreed to by the tower and the insurer of record in a certain manner.
STATUS
Passed
SB22 - Baltimore City - Alcoholic Beverages - Board of License Commissioners
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Antonio Hayes
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring the Governor, rather than the Mayor and the President of the City Council of Baltimore City, to appoint the members of the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore City with the advice and consent of the Senate; authorizing the Governor, rather than the Mayor and the President of the City Council of Baltimore City, to remove a member of the Board for certain infractions; requiring certain members of the Board to be residents of the City or to have served in City government for a minimum of 5 years immediately preceding the appointment; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB93 - Health Insurance – Utilization Review – Private Review Agents
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Malcolm L. Augustine
Last updated 11 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring that certain criteria and standards used by private review agents for health insurance utilization review relating to mental health and substance use disorder benefits meet certain requirements; requiring a private review agent to take certain actions before issuing an adverse decision; and specifying the procedure for private review agents to follow when making decisions related to mental health and substance use disorder benefits.
STATUS
Introduced
SB104 - Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act of 2024
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Alonzo T. Washington
Last updated 11 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
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 earned wages subtracted from a weekly benefit amount; requiring the Secretary of Labor to set the taxable wage base and the maximum weekly benefit amount in a certain manner beginning in calendar year 2027 and each calendar year thereafter; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
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