SB905 - Public Safety – Extreme Risk Protective Orders – Review of Court Records
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Ariana M. Kelly, Clarence K. Lam, Shelly Hettleman
Last updated 7 months ago7 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing researchers affiliated with institutions of higher education who are conducting research to review a court record related to a petition for an extreme risk protective order; requiring the Maryland Judiciary to require an institution of higher education that has researchers reviewing court records to enter into an agreement providing for the storage and handling of the records; authorizing the Judiciary to institute an injunction or other remedy for a violation of the agreement and to prevent disclosure of certain records; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB1056 - Cigarettes, Other Tobacco Products, and Electronic Smoking Devices - Revisions (Tobacco Retail Modernization Act of 2024)
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Benjamin Fred Kramer
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Prohibiting licensees that sell cigarettes, other tobacco products, or electronic smoking devices at retail from displaying cigarettes, other tobacco products, or electronic smoking devices for sale unless located behind a counter; requiring certain licensed retailers to verify an individual's date of birth before selling cigarettes, other tobacco products, or electronic smoking devices in a certain manner; altering the application fee for a county license to sell cigarettes or tobacco products at retail; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB1032 - Public Schools - Student Use of Force - Authorization
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Jill P Carter
Last updated 11 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Authorizing a student to take reasonable action necessary to prevent violence on school premises or on a school-sponsored trip; authorizing a student to use reasonable force necessary to protect themselves or escape an attack under certain circumstances; requiring the principal or school administration to investigate each student use of force incident; and prohibiting a school from disciplining a student under certain circumstances.
STATUS
Introduced
SB955 - State Government - Technology Advisory Commission - Established
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Charles E. Sydnor
Last updated 11 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Establishing the Technology Advisory Commission to study and make recommendations on technology and science developments and use in the State; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $100,000 for the Commission; and requiring the Commission to submit a report on its activities and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 31 each year.
STATUS
Introduced
SB974 - Behavioral Health Crisis Response Services - 9-8-8 Trust Fund Fees
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Guy J Guzzone
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Establishing a 9-8-8 fee to be paid by each subscriber to switched local exchange access service, commercial mobile radio service, or other 9-8-8-accessible service; establishing a prepaid wireless 9-8-8 fee to be paid on certain retail transactions; requiring the Comptroller to deposit the 9-8-8 fees and the prepaid wireless 9-8-8 fees in the 9-8-8 Trust Fund; and requiring the Comptroller to adopt procedures for auditing fee collection and remittance by telephone companies and commercial mobile radio service providers.
STATUS
Passed
SB953 - Housing - Community Development Program Act - Funding
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Charles E. Sydnor
Last updated 11 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring the Comptroller to distribute $5,000,000 to a certain Community Development Program Fund; and repealing a certain provision providing for the construction of certain Acts of the General Assembly concerning the Community Development Program Act.
STATUS
Introduced
SB960 - Maryland Clean Energy Center - Climate Technology Founder's Fund
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Brian J. Feldman
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Establishing the Climate Technology Founder's Fund in the Maryland Clean Energy Center; requiring the Maryland Energy Administration to use the Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund to provide at least $1,200,000 in each fiscal year for fiscal years 2025 through 2028 to the Climate Technology Founder's Fund; authorizing the Governor, on or before June 30, 2024, to transfer up to $2,200,000 of funds in the the Small, Minority, and Women-Owned Businesses Account to the Climate Technology Founder's Fund; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB952 - Assisted Living Programs - Assisted Living Referrers - Requirements and Prohibitions
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Shelly Hettleman
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Establishing certain requirements for assisted living referrers, including requirements related to the maintenance of general liability insurance, criminal history records checks, and the provision of certain agreements and descriptions of services; prohibiting an assisted living referrer from requesting payment for a referral more than 2 years after the referral was made; requiring the Office of Health Care Quality to maintain a certain database of approved assisted living programs; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB1061 - Employee Autoimmune Disorder Protection Act
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Arthur Ellis
Last updated 11 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Prohibiting an employer from requiring an employee to work on-site at the employer's workplace if the employee provides documentation from a physician or other licensed health care practitioner that the employee has been diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder or other qualifying illness and that on-site work, or travel to and from the workplace, would be unsafe for the employee and the duties of the employee may reasonably be fulfilled at the home of the employee.
STATUS
Introduced
SB989 - Health Insurance - Epinephrine Injectors - Limits on Cost Sharing (Epinephrine Cost Reduction Act of 2024)
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Clarence K. Lam, Charles Anthony Muse, Benjamin T. Brooks
Last updated 11 months ago4 Co-Sponsors
Requiring insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to limit the amount a covered individual is required to pay in copayments, coinsurance, and deductibles for a covered prescription epinephrine injector to not more than $60.
STATUS
Introduced
SB938 - Maryland Department of Health - Public Education Campaign on Prostate, Lung, and Breast Cancer Prevention
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Malcolm L. Augustine, Alonzo T. Washington
Last updated 7 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop, on or before December 1, 2026, a public education campaign on prostate, lung, and breast cancer prevention that targets communities disproportionately impacted by prostate, lung, and breast cancer; requiring the Department to implement the public education campaign on or before January 1, 2027; requiring the Governor, for fiscal years 2026 through 2030, to include an appropriation to the Department for the public education campaign from the Cigarette Restitution Fund; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB1030 - Criminal Procedure - Expungement of Records - Good Cause
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Jill P Carter
Last updated 11 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Authorizing a court to grant a petition for expungement of records relating to a certain conviction at any time on a showing of good cause; and specifying certain criteria for consideration of expungement for good cause.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1023 - Maryland Building Performance Standards – Fossil Fuel Use, Energy Conservation, and Electric– and Solar–Ready Standards (Better Buildings Act of 2024)
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Benjamin T. Brooks, Karen Lewis Young, Clarence K. Lam
Last updated 11 months ago3 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to adopt, on or before certain dates and as part of the Maryland Building Performance Standards, a requirement that new buildings meet all water and space heating demands of the building without the use of fossil fuels, energy conservation requirements, and an electric- and solar-ready standard for certain buildings; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1082 - Solar Energy and Energy Storage - Development and State Procurement
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Katie Fry Hester
Last updated 11 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Authorizing a county to enact a local law creating a conservation and restoration fund for a certain purpose; establishing the Utility-Scale Solar Design and Siting Commission in the Power Plant Research Program to provide recommendations related to solar energy development and land conservation and preservation; requiring the owner or operator of a certain solar energy generating station to plant and maintain a certain cover crop on certain land and submit a certain vegetation management plan to a certain entity; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1022 - Maryland Higher Education Commission - Academic Program Approval and Institutional Mission Statements - Requirements
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Nancy King, Ronald Lorenzo Watson
Last updated 9 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor, the Department of Commerce, and the Maryland Higher Education Commission to each perform certain duties related to defining, identifying, and compiling data regarding the workforce needs in the State and work collaboratively across certain agencies in a certain manner; altering certain requirements for the State Plan of Higher Education; requiring the Commission to establish a Program Review Process Advisory Council; etc.
STATUS
Engrossed
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