SB641 - Department of Agriculture - Spay/Neuter Fund
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Benjamin T. Brooks
Last updated 8 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
SB645 - Maryland Trails Advisory Committee and the Maryland Office of Trails - Establishment (Great Maryland Trails Act)
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Sarah K. Elfreth
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Establishing the Maryland Office of Trails in the Department of Transportation to develop and maintain the Maryland Trails Network, advance the development, maintenance, and use of trails in the State, develop a certain inventory and database, and collect certain information regarding trails; establishing a Director of the Maryland Office of Trails to oversee the Office and collaborate with the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee; establishing the Maryland Trails Advisory Commission; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1043 - Education - Public School Employers and Employees - Subcontracting for Services
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Dawn D. Gile
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Prohibiting a public school employer from entering into a certain subcontracting agreement unless certain circumstances occur; specifying the requirements for a public school employer to enter into a certain subcontracting agreement; providing for the contents of certain subcontracting agreements; requiring a certain public school employee who is displaced as a result of a subcontracting agreement to retain certain status and rights; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
SB556 - Procurement – Construction Contingency Fund
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Johnny Ray Salling
Last updated 5 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Altering the circumstances under which the Secretaries of Budget and Management and General Services may request the Board of Public Works to authorize a certain expenditure from the Construction Contingency Fund to include consideration of price adjustments for material price fluctuations of identified eligible project-specific materials.
STATUS
Passed
SB37 - Public Utilities - Street Lighting Equipment - Acquisitions and Reporting (County and Municipal Street Lighting Investment Act)
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Jeff D. Waldstreicher
Last updated 9 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Finding that local governments pay electric companies large sums to light streets and are limited in how this public safety resource can be managed, the Act authorizes certain counties or municipalities to acquire certain street lighting equipment by purchase or condemnation, convert its street lighting service to a customer-owned street lighting tariff, enter into an agreement to purchase electricity, and contract with an electric company for the maintenance of the street lighting equipment; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
SB333 - Housing and Community Development - Affordable Housing - Identifying Suitable Property
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Shelly Hettleman
Last updated 5 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Repealing a requirement that the Department of Housing and Community Development identify certain property as suitable for use or redevelopment; prohibiting the Department from identifying certain property for use or redevelopment as affordable housing; and requiring the Department to consider certain factors when identifying whether a property is suitable for use or redevelopment as affordable housing.
STATUS
Passed
SB844 - Workers' Compensation - Occupational Disease Presumptions - Hypertension
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Katherine Ann Klausmeier
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Establishing that certain firefighters, fire fighting instructors, rescue squad members, advanced life support unit members, and members of the Office of the State Fire Marshal demonstrate disablement for purposes of workers' compensation and are deemed to have hypertension for purposes of an occupational disease presumption for hypertension if certain requirements are met.
STATUS
Introduced
SB255 - Public Safety - Volunteer Company Assistance Fund - Alterations
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Education, Energy, and the Environment
Last updated 6 months ago0 Co-Sponsors
Transferring certain duties relating to the Volunteer Company Assistance Fund from the Military Department to the Maryland Department of Emergency Management.
STATUS
Passed
SB145 - Criminal Procedure – Petition to Modify or Reduce Sentence (Maryland Second Look Act)
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Joanne C. Benson
Last updated 9 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Authorizing an individual serving a term of confinement to petition a court to modify or reduce the sentence under certain circumstances; providing that a certain petitioner is entitled to assistance of counsel and, if indigent, representation by the Office of the Public Defender; and authorizing a certain person to apply to the Appellate Court of Maryland for leave to appeal a certain order in a certain manner and within a certain period of time after the court passes a certain order in accordance with the provisions of the Act.
STATUS
Introduced
SB160 - Labor and Employment - Payment of Minimum Wage - Tipped Employees
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Arthur Ellis, Cory V. McCray
Last updated 9 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Specifying a certain tip credit amount that is in effect for certain time periods; prohibiting certain employers of tipped employees, beginning July 1, 2027, from including a tip credit amount as part of the employees' wages and requiring the employer to pay an employee at least the State minimum wage; and requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to establish the High Road Kitchen Program as a recognition program for restaurants that do not include the tip credit as part of certain employees' wages.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1054 - Local Government - Building Permits for Residential Solar Energy and Residential Energy Storage Systems - Required Platform and Inspections
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Benjamin Fred Kramer
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
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 main electric panel alterations by August 1, 2025, except under certain circumstances; requiring a county or municipality to adopt certain procedures for required inspections for a certain building permit under certain circumstances; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
SB85 - Corporations and Associations - Limited Worker Cooperative Associations - Authorization (Maryland Limited Cooperative Association Act)
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Mary Washington
Last updated 6 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Authorizing the formation of limited worker cooperative associations; and establishing rules and procedures for the formation, governance, conversion, and dissolution of limited worker cooperative associations.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB73 - Department of Juvenile Services - Firearm Offenses - Reporting
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Ronald Lorenzo Watson, Mary Elizabeth Carozza, Charles Anthony Muse
Last updated 9 months ago4 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Department of Juvenile Services to report to the General Assembly, by January 1 each year, on the number of assessments completed during the intake process involving children who commit firearm offenses.
STATUS
Introduced
SB127 - Maryland Center for School Safety - Firearm Detection Platforms - Evaluation (Maryland Firearm Detection Platform Act)
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Ronald Lorenzo Watson, Mary Elizabeth Carozza, Charles Anthony Muse
Last updated 9 months ago3 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Maryland Center for School Safety, in collaboration with in collaboration with public safety agencies, the State Department of Education, local school systems, the University System of Maryland, and other public institutions of higher education in the State, to conduct an evaluation of firearm detection platforms; and authorizing funds from the Safe Schools Fund to be used to assist local school systems in the procurement and maintenance of firearm detection platforms.
STATUS
Introduced
SB811 - Legal Advertisement or Legal Notice - Publication in Newspaper or Newspaper in General Circulation - Digital Newspapers
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Johnny Mautz
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Altering the meaning of "newspaper" or "newspaper in general circulation" when referring to the publication of a certain legal advertisement or legal notice to include certain publications that are offered in a print format or a digital format under certain circumstances.
STATUS
Introduced