SB439 - Family Law - Victims of Domestic Violence Program - Certification and Grant Fund
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Sarah K. Elfreth, Shelly Hettleman, Ariana M. Kelly
Last updated 7 months ago5 Co-Sponsors
Requiring a victims of domestic violence program to be certified by the federally recognized State domestic violence coalition as a comprehensive domestic violence program; establishing the Victims of Domestic Violence Program Grant Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund in the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services; requiring interest earnings of the Fund to be credited to the Fund; and authorizing the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $5,000,000 to the Fund.
STATUS
Passed
SB471 - Criminal Procedure - Victim Compensation - Alterations (Victim Compensation Reform Act of 2024)
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Pamela G Beidle, Benjamin T. Brooks, Mary Elizabeth Carozza
Last updated 8 months ago16 Co-Sponsors
Altering the composition of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board; altering certain duties, powers, and procedures for the Board to make awards to victims of crime; altering the powers and duties of certain employees; altering the amount and types of awards the Board is authorized to make to certain victims of crime; authorizing reconsideration and judicial review of decisions of the Board; authorizing the Governor to include certain funding in the annual budget bill for the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund; etc.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB491 - State Retirement and Pension System - Service Credit
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Michael A. Jackson, Pensions
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Repealing a requirement for certain transfers of service to be calculated under a certain formula; correcting a reference to a contribution rate for transfers of service into the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System; and providing for eligibility and service credit in the Employee's Pension System for certain contractual employment by certain members.
STATUS
Passed
SB854 - Agriculture – Nuisance Insects
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Washington County Senators
Last updated 7 months ago0 Co-Sponsors
Requiring, instead of authorizing, the Secretary of Agriculture to implement, under certain circumstances, a program to use Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis to control or eliminate nuisance insects in the State; and requiring, instead of authorizing, the Secretary to carry out a certain project to control or eliminate nuisance insects if the county or municipality in which the nuisance insects are located agrees to pay 50% of the costs associated with the project.
STATUS
Passed
SB158 - Cannabis Licensing - Zoning Requirements - Alteration
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Jack Bailey
Last updated 11 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Repealing a provision of law that exempts the use of a facility by a cannabis licensee from certain county or municipal zoning requirements if the facility is used by a grower, processor, or dispensary that held a certain Stage One Preapproval for a license before October 1, 2022, and was not operational before October 1, 2022.
STATUS
Introduced
SB59 - Hospitals - Care of Infants After Discharge (Safe Sleep Act of 2024)
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Arthur Ellis, Cory V. McCray, Pamela G Beidle
Last updated 7 months ago10 Co-Sponsors
Requiring a hospital to take certain actions relating to the care of infants as soon as practicable before the hospital discharges an infant after the birth of the infant, including providing oral and written educational resources to the parent or legal guardian on how to provide a safe sleep environment and providing a list of resources available for an infant's parent or legal guardian; requiring each hospital, by January 1, 2025, to establish a process for providing and confirming the receipt of the educational resources; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB611 - Frederick and Washington Counties – Bow Hunting – Openly Carrying Handguns
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
William Folden, Jack Bailey, Mike McKay
Last updated 10 months ago4 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting the Department of Natural Resources from prohibiting certain licensed bow hunters from openly carrying a handgun under certain circumstances in Frederick County and Washington County during deer hunting season.
STATUS
Introduced
SB261 - State Board of Barbers - Sunset Extension and Report
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Education, Energy, and the Environment
Last updated 7 months ago0 Co-Sponsors
Continuing the State Board of Barbers in accordance with the provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act (sunset law) by extending to July 1, 2027, the termination provisions relating to the statutory and regulatory authority of the Board; and requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to submit a report to the Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee on or before July 1, 2025, with information regarding the Board as determined by the Committee.
STATUS
Passed
SB757 - State Information Technology - Prohibited Applications and Websites
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Mary Elizabeth Carozza, Jack Bailey, Benjamin T. Brooks
Last updated 10 months ago11 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting certain employees, agents, or entities on any information technology owned or leased by a unit of State government from downloading or using any application, including TikTok or WeChat, or accessing any website developed by ByteDance Ltd. or Tencent Holdings Ltd; requiring by December 31, 2024, the Department of Budget and Management, in collaboration with the Department of Information Technology, to prepare guidance for units of State government regarding access to certain applications and websites; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
SB528 - Income Tax - Credit for Nonpublic School Student Bus Transportation Expenses
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Shelly Hettleman, Benjamin Fred Kramer, Jeff D. Waldstreicher
Last updated 10 months ago3 Co-Sponsors
Providing a refundable credit against the State income tax for nonpublic school student bus transportation expenses paid by an individual resident who is the parent or guardian of the student during the taxable year; prohibiting a tax credit from exceed $1,500 per school student; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
SB674 - Abandoned or Sunken Vessels and Waterway Improvement Fund Grants
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Sarah K. Elfreth, Jack Bailey, Arthur Ellis
Last updated 7 months ago7 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the owner of a vessel that is required to be numbered to include certain contact information for each owner of the vessel with the application for a certificate of number; requiring the Department of Natural Resources, before and after seizing, removing, or taking an abandoned or sunken vessel into custody, to attempt to contact certain individuals in a certain manner; requiring the Department to distribute at least $250,000 from the Waterway Improvement Fund each fiscal year to a certain organization for a certain purpose; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB351 - Criminal Law - First-Degree Assault - Assault With a Firearm
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Ronald Lorenzo Watson
Last updated 11 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Adding a certain intent requirement to the elements of the crime of first degree assault, with regard to committing an assault with a firearm.
STATUS
Introduced
SB148 - Comprehensive Flood Management Grant Program - Funding for Underserved and Overburdened Communities
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Alonzo T. Washington, Malcolm L. Augustine, Joanne C. Benson
Last updated 7 months ago12 Co-Sponsors
Requiring at least 40% of funding provided under the comprehensive flood management grant program to be used for projects located in or directly benefiting underserved or overburdened communities; and authorizing the Governor to include in the annual State budget an appropriation of up to $20,000,000 for the comprehensive flood management grant program in fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter.
STATUS
Passed
SB25 - Property Tax Credit - Disabled or Fallen Law Enforcement Officer or Rescue Worker - Alterations
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Katherine Ann Klausmeier
Last updated 9 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Altering, for purposes of a certain property tax credit for a certain dwelling, the definition of "fallen law enforcement officer or rescue worker" to include disabled law enforcement officers or rescue workers who have died regardless of the cause of death; authorizing, under certain circumstances, the amount of the credit for a dwelling owned by a disabled or fallen law enforcement officer or rescue worker or the surviving spouse or cohabitant to be in the same proportion as the property tax credit initially granted for the dwelling; etc.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB408 - Maryland Department of Health - Reports on Standing Orders and Opioid Overdose Reversal Drugs
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Katherine Ann Klausmeier
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to report, on or before December 1, 2024, December 1, 2025, and December 1, 2026, to the Senate Finance Committee and the House Health and Government Operations Committee on current opioid overdose reversal drugs approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration and, for any approved opioid overdose reversal drug, whether the Department has added the drug to a standing order and, if not, the reasons why the drug has not been added.
STATUS
Passed
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