SB26 - Criminal Law - Manslaughter by Vehicle or Vessel - Increased Penalties (Jamari's Law)
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Jack Bailey
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Increasing the maximum period of imprisonment for a first conviction for manslaughter by vehicle or vessel from 10 years to 20 years and for a second or subsequent conviction, or having been previously convicted for certain other crimes, from 15 years to 30 years.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB1009 - Task Force on Responsible Use of Natural Psychedelic Substances
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Brian J. Feldman
Last updated 4 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Establishing the Task Force on Responsible Use of Natural Psychedelic Substances to study and make recommendations related to the use of natural psychedelic substances; and requiring the Task Force to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before July 31, 2025.
STATUS
Passed
SB432 - Public Schools - Active Shooter Safety Drills or Trainings - Requirements
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Cheryl C. Kagan, Brian J. Feldman
Last updated 6 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Maryland Center for School Safety to collaborate with an institution of higher education or a designated federal or national research entity to study the effectiveness and impact of active shooter safety drills or trainings by researching and analyzing data collected by local school systems; requiring the Center to identify best practices for active shooter safety drills or trainings on or before October 1, 2024; requiring local school systems to provide parents with the annual active shooter safety drill schedule; etc.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB827 - Courts and Judicial Proceedings - Jury Examination and Workgroup to Study the Voir Dire Process
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
William C. Smith
Last updated 6 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Specifying the purpose of jury examination in any State court is to identify and remove prospective jurors who are unable to serve fairly and impartially and to allow the parties to obtain information that may provide guidance for the use of peremptory challenges and challenges for cause; establishing the Workgroup to Study the Voir Dire Process; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before June 30, 2025.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB116 - Orphans' Court Judges - Restriction on Practicing Law
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Chris West
Last updated 5 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Altering a prohibition on judges of the orphans' court acting as attorneys to prohibit a judge of the orphans' court from acting as an attorney in matters related to the administration of an estate or a guardianship of a minor within the jurisdiction of the court in any county or Baltimore City, or the preparation of an estate plan or estate planning documents that might come within the jurisdiction of the court in any county or Baltimore City following the death of any individual.
STATUS
Passed
SB631 - Department of Aging - Long-Term Care Insurance - Study
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Ariana M. Kelly
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring the Department of Aging to contract with an independent consultant to complete an insurance study on public and private options for leveraging resources to help individuals prepare for long-term care services and support needs; and requiring the Department to submit an interim report by December 31, 2024, summarizing the progress of the study and a final report by December 31, 2025, to the Governor and General Assembly on the results of the study.
STATUS
Introduced
SB533 - Fishing and Hunting Licenses and Trout Stamps - Complimentary Licenses and Stamp Exemption - Veterans Determined to be Unemployable
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Jason C. Gallion
Last updated 5 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to issue certain complimentary fishing and hunting licenses to certain veterans who the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs determines are unemployable; and exempting certain veterans who the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs determines are unemployable from the requirement to obtain a trout stamp.
STATUS
Passed
SB1124 - Calvert County - Ethics - Conflict of Interest and Commissioner Expulsion
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Michael A. Jackson
Last updated 6 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring the conflict of interest provisions enacted by Calvert County to include certain provisions relating to judicial relief for certain violations of the county's conflict of interest provisions; requiring the ethics provisions enacted by Calvert County to include a provision requiring the Calvert County Ethics Commission to make public any recommendation it makes to expel a Commissioner; and requiring Calvert County to enact a law or regulation that authorizes removal of a county elected official under certain circumstances.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB101 - University of Baltimore - Schaefer Center for Public Policy - Funding and Staffing Requirement
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Cory V. McCray
Last updated 6 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring the Governor, for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2027, to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $1,500,000 to the Schaefer Center for Public Policy at the University of Baltimore; requiring the Schaefer Center, in consultation with the Department of Legislative Services and with assistance from the staff of the State agencies represented on the Apprenticeship 2030 Commission, to provide staff for the Commission; and altering the report date of the Commission from December 1, 2023, to December 1, 2024.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB720 - Correctional Services - Formerly Incarcerated Individuals and Individuals on Probation - Re-Entry Services
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Joanne C. Benson
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Establishing a program within the Division of Correction that provides formerly incarcerated individuals and individuals on probation with certain services; requiring the facility that administers the program to be located in Prince George's County; and requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter an appropriation of $3,000,000 for the program.
STATUS
Introduced
SB685 - Program Open Space - Use of Property - Renewable Energy and Storage
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Malcolm L. Augustine
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Authorizing the use of land that is acquired or developed with funds available under Program Open Space to be used for the generation of electricity from a solar or wind source and the storage of electricity in certain energy storage devices.
STATUS
Introduced
SB569 - State Employees - Four-Day Workweek - Implementation
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Shelly Hettleman
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring, on or before October 1, 2025, the Department of Budget and Management to identify units of State government or functions of State government for which a transition to a 4-day workweek is feasible for 60% of State employees; requiring the Department to implement a 4-day workweek for certain State employees by October 1, 2027; and prohibiting State employees who transition to a 4-day workweek from, as a direct result of the transition, having work hours reduced to less than 36 hours per week or having a reduction in pay or benefits.
STATUS
Introduced
SB843 - Workers' Compensation - Benefits - Hearing Loss
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Katherine Ann Klausmeier
Last updated 5 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
SB387 - Korean American Day
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Clarence K. Lam, Katie Fry Hester
Last updated 8 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim January 13 as Korean American Day; and requiring the proclamation to urge educational and cultural organizations to observe Korean American Day properly.
STATUS
Introduced
SB793 - Maryland Tort Claims Act - Sheriffs and Deputy Sheriffs - County Responsibility
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Chris West
Last updated 5 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Clarifying that a county is responsible for a certain tort claim against a sheriff or deputy sheriff under the Maryland Tort Claims Act; clarifying that, for certain tort claims against a sheriff or deputy sheriff, the State is the proper defendant; and specifying that it is the intent of the General Assembly that the Office of the Attorney General and the State Treasurer work with certain entities when disputes arise regarding the allocation of responsibility for tort claims under the law.
STATUS
Passed