SB1053 - Fisheries - Striped Bass - Closed Season
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Johnny Mautz, Mary Elizabeth Carozza
Last updated 8 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting a person from catching or attempting to catch striped bass or striped bass hybrids in the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries from March 1 through May 15, inclusive, in any year for which the Department does not establish a spring trophy season for striped bass; and establishing an exception for the closed striped bass season to the authority of the Department of Natural Resources to manage the striped bass fishery under a fisheries management plan.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1091 - Education – Blind and Visually Impaired Students – Textbook Equity
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Ronald Lorenzo Watson, Chris West, Nancy King
Last updated 4 months ago8 Co-Sponsors
Establishing requirements for each county board of education regarding provision of the instructional materials that will be used in the upcoming school year by students with individualized education programs; requiring the county board to coordinate with the Instructional Resources Center to provide instructional materials in a specialized format to blind or visually impaired students; requiring, beginning January 1, 2025, certain textbook publishers to provide an electronic file of pupil edition textbooks to a certain entity; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB223 - Interagency Committee on Aging Services – Repeal
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Finance
Last updated 9 months ago0 Co-Sponsors
Repealing the provisions of law establishing and governing the Interagency Committee on Aging Services; and applying the Act prospectively.
STATUS
Introduced
SB806 - Business Regulation – Licensed Home Improvement Contractors – Liability Insurance
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Craig Zucker, Brian J. Feldman
Last updated 5 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
SB219 - Senior Prescription Drug Assistance Program – Sunset Extension
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Finance
Last updated 6 months ago0 Co-Sponsors
Extending to December 31, 2030, the termination date of the Senior Prescription Drug Assistance Program.
STATUS
Passed
SB783 - Public Utilities - Solar Energy Systems and Programs, Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund, and Prevailing Wage (Brighter Tomorrow Act)
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Sarah K. Elfreth, Malcolm L. Augustine, Pamela G Beidle
Last updated 5 months ago9 Co-Sponsors
Requiring that certain home improvement contracts for the installation of a solar energy generating system on the roof of a building include the installation of a certain wildlife barrier under certain circumstances; requiring a county or municipality to implement certain software for features supporting the tracking and approval of residential building permits for residential solar energy and energy storage systems and main electric panel urgrades and derates on or before August 1, 2025, except under certain circumstances; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB87 - Homicide or Life-Threatening Injury by Motor Vehicle or Vessel - Parole Eligibility and Penalties
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Mary Elizabeth Carozza, Katherine Ann Klausmeier, Ronald Lorenzo Watson
Last updated 9 months ago4 Co-Sponsors
Specifying that certain crimes involving homicide or life-threatening injury by motor vehicle or vessel are violent crimes for the purpose of parole eligibility; increasing penalties for certain crimes involving homicide or life-threatening injury by motor vehicle or vessel; and establishing a subsequent offender penalty for causing life-threatening injury by operating a motor vehicle or vessel in a criminally negligent manner.
STATUS
Introduced
SB717 - Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Losses From Theft or Fraud
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
James C. Rosapepe
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Allowing, subject to certain limitations, a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for certain personal casualty losses related to a theft or fraud scheme; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2023.
STATUS
Introduced
SB573 - General Provisions - State Flag - Casket of an Eligible Decedent
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Paul Corderman
Last updated 5 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring the Secretary of State to furnish a State flag to drape the casket of an eligible decedent; establishing the process for a State flag to be claimed after burial; providing that only one flag may be provided for the death of an eligible decedent; and prohibiting the Secretary of State from procuring a flag that is not wholly produced in the United States except under certain circumstances.
STATUS
Passed
SB474 - Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity and Related Approvals - Definition of Generating Station (Critical Infrastructure Streamlining Act of 2024)
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Malcolm L. Augustine, Jack Bailey, Pamela G Beidle
Last updated 5 months ago18 Co-Sponsors
Altering and establishing the definition of "generating station" for the purpose of exempting the construction of certain generating facilities used to produce electricity for the purpose of on-site emergency backup and certain test and maintenance operations from the requirement to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity or certain other related approvals under certain circumstances; and altering the distribution of income tax revenue from corporations that is attributable to certain data centers.
STATUS
Passed
SB390 - Family Law - Child Support - Actual Income
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Ariana M. Kelly
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Altering the definition of "actual income" to include taxes paid by a parent's employer or, if the income is nontaxable, the amount of taxes that would be paid if the income were taxable for purposes of child support calculations.
STATUS
Introduced
SB135 - Workgroup to Study Funding for the Westernport Wastewater Treatment Facility - Establishment
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Arthur Ellis, Mike McKay
Last updated 5 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Workgroup to Study Funding for the Westernport Wastewater Treatment Facility to identify and examine existing funding sources that support the Facility and study whether increased funding could enhance operations at the Facility, the funding sources of comparable facilities in the region, and available and potential federal, State, and local funding sources for the Facility; and requiring the Workgroup to report, on or before December 1, 2024, its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly.
STATUS
Passed
SB637 - Higher Education - Undocumented Students - Out-of-State Tuition Exemption Eligibility
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Benjamin T. Brooks, Shelly Hettleman
Last updated 8 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Altering, from 3 years to 1 year, the number of years an individual or the individual's parent or guardian must file taxes before the academic year for eligibility to receive an out-of-state tuition exemption.
STATUS
Introduced
SB607 - Public Safety - Police Accountability and Discipline - Summary Punishment
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
William Folden, Jack Bailey, Johnny Ray Salling
Last updated 7 months ago5 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing the imposition of certain summary punishment of a police officer for a minor violation of law enforcement agency rules and regulations that does not involve an interaction between the police officer and a member of the public if the facts that constitute the minor violation are not in dispute, the police officer agrees the facts are not in dispute, and the police officer accepts the summary punishment.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB315 - Vehicle Laws - Bike Lanes and Shoulders - Yielding Right-of-Way (Sarah Debbink Langenkamp Memorial Act)
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Ariana M. Kelly
Last updated 5 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Prohibiting a person from committing a violation of a certain provision of law governing the right-of-way of a bicycle, a motor scooter, or an electronic personal assistive mobility device lawfully in a designated bike lane or shoulder that contributes to the serious physical injury or death of a person riding a bicycle, EPAMD, or motor scooter; and providing that a person convicted of a violation of the Act is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 2 months or a fine not exceeding $2,000 or both.
STATUS
Passed