SB473 - Economic Development - Entrepreneurial Innovation Programs - Establishment (Pava LaPere Legacy of Innovation Act of 2024)
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Malcolm L. Augustine, Pamela G Beidle, Benjamin T. Brooks
Last updated 7 months ago16 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Pava LaPere Innovation Acceleration Grant Program in the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to provide grants to technology-based startup companies that are founded by students of postsecondary institutions located in and have their principle places of business in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson Metropolitan Statistical Area; establishing the Baltimore Innovation Initiative Pilot Program within the Maryland Innovation Initiative of the Corporation to provide incentives for and grow certain start-up companies; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB191 - Prince George's County - Public School Employees Property Tax Credit and Office of Integrity and Compliance PG 503-24
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Alonzo T. Washington
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Authorizing the governing body of Prince George's County to grant, by law, a property tax credit against the county property tax imposed on dwellings that are owned by certain eligible employees of the Prince George's County Public School System; requiring the Prince George's County government to submit a certain report concerning the credit to certain persons on or before a certain date; providing that the Office of Integrity and Compliance is an independent unit within the school system; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB1053 - Fisheries - Striped Bass - Closed Season
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Johnny Mautz, Mary Elizabeth Carozza
Last updated 10 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 7 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
SB219 - Senior Prescription Drug Assistance Program – Sunset Extension
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Finance
Last updated 8 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 7 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
SB604 - Judges' Retirement System - Special Death Benefit
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Paul Corderman, Jack Bailey, Joanne C. Benson
Last updated 7 months ago13 Co-Sponsors
Establishing a line-of-duty special death benefit for members of the Judges' Retirement System; providing for health benefits for a surviving spouse, child, or dependent parent who is receiving a special death benefit for the death of a member of the Judges' Retirement System; and providing for the retroactive application of the Act to any member of the Judges' Retirement System who is killed prior to the effective date of the Act.
STATUS
Passed
SB717 - Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Losses From Theft or Fraud
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
James C. Rosapepe
Last updated 10 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
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 7 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
SB573 - General Provisions - State Flag - Casket of an Eligible Decedent
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Paul Corderman
Last updated 7 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
SB774 - Public Safety - Maryland Entertainment District Security Grant Program
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
William C. Ferguson, William C. Smith, Jeff D. Waldstreicher
Last updated 7 months ago11 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Maryland Entertainment District Security Grant Program to assist community organizations, nonprofit entities, and local governments in funding security operations during times of high pedestrian traffic in certain entertainment districts; establishing the Maryland Entertainment District Security Grant Program Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; authorizing the Governor, beginning in fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter, to appropriate up to $1,000,000 in the annual budget bill to the Fund; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB390 - Family Law - Child Support - Actual Income
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Ariana M. Kelly
Last updated 11 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
SB607 - Public Safety - Police Accountability and Discipline - Summary Punishment
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
William Folden, Jack Bailey, Johnny Ray Salling
Last updated 9 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 7 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
SB1177 - Housing Authority of Baltimore City - Subsidiary Entities - Tax and Special Assessment Exemptions
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Cory V. McCray
Last updated 9 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Exempting property from taxes and special assessments of the State or a political subdivision in the State if the property will be used as housing for persons of eligible income and is owned by a subsidiary entity of a Baltimore Housing Authority entity.
STATUS
Introduced
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