SB832 - State Designations - State Natural History Museum - Natural History Society of Maryland
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Katherine Ann Klausmeier
Last updated 10 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Designating the Natural History Society of Maryland as the State natural history museum.
STATUS
Introduced
SB843 - Workers' Compensation - Benefits - Hearing Loss
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Katherine Ann Klausmeier
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Altering the frequencies in which industrial noise must be for an employer to be required to provide workers' compensation to a covered employee for hearing loss; altering the method used to determine the percentage of hearing loss deafness for purposes of workers' compensation; and altering the method used to determine the deduction required to be made to allow for the average amount of hearing loss from nonoccupational causes in the population for purposes of calculating workers' compensation benefits for occupational deafness.
STATUS
Passed
SB662 - Criminal Procedure - Evidence - Admissibility of Creative Expression
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Nick Charles
Last updated 10 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Providing that the creative expression of a criminal defendant or juvenile respondent is not admissible against the defendant or respondent unless the court makes certain findings; and defining "creative expression" as the expression or application of creativity or imagination in the production or arrangement of forms, sounds, words, movements, or symbols.
STATUS
Introduced
SB810 - Dorchester County - County Property Leases - Notice Exemptions
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Johnny Mautz
Last updated 9 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Exempting a lease of county property for a term of 5 years or less made by Dorchester County from certain notice requirements.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB806 - Business Regulation – Licensed Home Improvement Contractors – Liability Insurance
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Craig Zucker, Brian J. Feldman
Last updated 7 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Increasing from $50,000 to $500,000 the amount of general liability insurance that an applicant for a home improvement contractor license or a licensed home improvement contractor must maintain.
STATUS
Passed
SB816 - Economic Development – Cyber Maryland Fund and Program – Alterations
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Katie Fry Hester
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to administer the Cyber Maryland Fund; altering the uses of the Fund to include administrative expenses of the Program, including hiring staff, consultants, and other professionals as necessary to implement, maintain, and administer the Program and the Fund; requiring the Corporation to adopt standards for awarding grants; and requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $99,000 for the Fund to be used for talent pipeline management.
STATUS
Passed
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 7 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
SB393 - Higher Education - Community College Facilities Renewal Grant Program - Alterations
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Nancy King
Last updated 11 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to distribute grants of equal amounts to each community college each fiscal year under the Community College Facilities Renewal Grant Program; and requiring the Governor in fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter to annually appropriate in the operating or capital budget of the Commission an amount equal to 10% of the appropriation to the Community College Construction Grant Program in the same fiscal year.
STATUS
Introduced
SB831 - Veterans - Persons Providing Veterans Benefits Services and Veterans Benefits Appeals Services - Fees and Compensation
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Katherine Ann Klausmeier
Last updated 10 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Prohibiting, except as authorized by federal law, a person from charging a fee or receiving compensation for providing or referring a certain individual to another person for the provision of veterans benefits services or veterans benefit appeals services; establishing standards for the division of attorney's fees in relation to the provision of veterans benefits services or appeals services; requiring a person who charges fees for providing certain veterans benefits services to comply with certain ethical standards; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
SB844 - Workers' Compensation - Occupational Disease Presumptions - Hypertension
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Katherine Ann Klausmeier
Last updated 10 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
SB847 - Dorchester County - Sunday Hunting - Repeal of Time Restrictions
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Johnny Mautz
Last updated 10 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Repealing the time restrictions that apply to Sunday hunting in Dorchester County.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1115 - Income Tax - Subtraction Modification for Donations to Diaper Banks and Other Charitable Entities - Sunset Repeal
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Craig Zucker
Last updated 10 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Repealing certain termination provisions relating to a subtraction under the Maryland income tax for certain donations to diaper banks and other charitable entities.
STATUS
Introduced
SB36 - Correctional Services - Investigation of Suspected Homicide - Reporting
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Joanne C. Benson
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring the Department of State Police, on or before December 31 each year, to post on its website and submit to the Governor and the General Assembly a report detailing, for the preceeding calendar year, the number of investigations completed by the Department of deaths of incarcerated individuals suspected to be homicides that occur while the incarcerated individuals are in the custody of the Division of Correction and the number of cases referred to the Department for prosecution following an investigation.
STATUS
Passed
SB958 - Responding to Emergency Needs From Extreme Weather (RENEW) Act of 2024
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Katie Fry Hester, Benjamin T. Brooks, Dawn D. Gile
Last updated 10 months ago16 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Payment Program in the Department of the Environment to secure payments from certain businesses that extract fossil fuels or refine petroleum products in order to provide a source of revenue for State efforts to adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change and to address the health impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations; establishing the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Fund to support efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1062 - Education – Prekindergarten and Withholding of County Board Funding (Blueprint Accountability and Flexibility Act of 2024)
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Stephen S Hershey
Last updated 10 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Altering certain dates related to the family share for Tier II children in publicly funded prekindergarten; altering certain dates related to the proportion of eligible private provider prekindergarten slots; repealing the authorization for the State Department of Education to exclude by annual waiver Tier I children who are 4 years old from a certain prekindergarten slot calculation; establishing a process for the Accountability and Implementation Board to withhold certain funding from a county board under certain circumstances; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
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