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 8 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 5 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
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 5 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
SB669 - State Government - Attorney General - Reports
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Nick Charles
Last updated 5 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Altering certain reporting requirements for the Attorney General; and requiring the Attorney General to publish certain documents on the Attorney General's website.
STATUS
Passed
SB534 - Electronic Transactions Protection Act - Repeal
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Michael A. Jackson
Last updated 5 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Repealing the Electronic Transactions Protection Act.
STATUS
Passed
SB750 - Labor and Employment - Workers' Compensation - Exceptions to Exclusivity of Liability
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Paul Corderman
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Altering the exception to the exclusivity of an employer's liability under workers' compensation law for covered employees who are injured or killed as the result of the deliberate intent of the employer to injure or kill the covered employee; deeming an employer to have acted with deliberate intent under certain circumstances; establishing an exception to exclusivity of liability of an employer under workers' compensation law for a covered employee who is killed by another employee; and applying the Act retroactively.
STATUS
Introduced
SB155 - Vehicle Laws - Noise Abatement Monitoring Systems - Pilot Program
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Alonzo T. Washington
Last updated 5 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Establishing a pilot program to authorize the use of noise abatement monitoring systems in Montgomery County and Prince George's County to enforce certain motor vehicle noise requirements; requiring a county that authorizes a program of noise abatement monitoring systems to report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2025, on the effectiveness, performance, appropriate locations, costs and revenues, and citations issued in relation to the program; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB400 - Corporations and Associations – Definitions, Emergencies, and Outstanding Stock – Revisions
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Chris West, Jeff D. Waldstreicher
Last updated 5 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Altering certain definitions as they relate to certain Maryland business entities; authorizing a corporation to adopt certain emergency bylaws; authorizing a corporation to take certain actions during an emergency; limiting the liability of certain persons for certain corporate acts taken during an emergency; and clarifying when certain stock is outstanding.
STATUS
Passed
SB916 - Fish and Wildlife - Endangered and Threatened Species - Definitions, Petitions, and Regulations
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Benjamin T. Brooks
Last updated 5 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring certain petitions to review the listing or unlisting of endangered or threatened species to contain certain information regarding the distribution, life, and habitat needs of the species and relevant information about the status of a species; requiring the Secretary of Natural Resources to review and, if warranted, update certain regulations listing endangered or threatened species on or before July 1, 2026, and every 5 years thereafter; and defining "fish" and "wildlife" for certain purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SB437 - Carroll County - Contracts and Purchasing
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Carroll County Senators
Last updated 5 months ago0 Co-Sponsors
Increasing from $25,000 to $50,000 the cost of a public work or improvement or the purchase price of supplies or equipment for which the County Commissioners of Carroll County may enter into a contract; and requiring that when the cost of a public work or improvement or the purchase price of supplies or equipment in Carroll County exceeds $50,000 under certain conditions, the Procurement Officer for the County Commissioner shall advertise for bids for at least 1 week in a media accessible to the general public.
STATUS
Passed
SB673 - State Procurement - Small Business Reserve Program - Goals and Outreach Program
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Nick Charles
Last updated 5 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Increasing the participation goal for certain small businesses for certain procurement contracts from 15% to 20%; requiring the certification agency, in consultation with the Governor's Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs, to develop an outreach program to increase the participation of small businesses that are owned by economically disadvantaged participants in the Small Business Reserve Program and to issue a certain annual report to certain units; and altering the content of certain unit reports.
STATUS
Passed
SB660 - Maryland Voting Rights Act of 2024 - Counties and Municipalities
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Charles E. Sydnor
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Prohibiting local governments from denying or impairing the right of a protected class member to vote; establishing requirements on the State Board of Elections and local governments related to the provision of language-related assistance in local government elections; requiring the Attorney General or the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County to review and grant preclearance to certain policies before enactment or implementation; prohibiting acts of intimidation or obstruction that interfere with the right to vote; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
SB960 - Maryland Clean Energy Center - Climate Technology Founder's Fund
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Brian J. Feldman
Last updated 5 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
SB316 - Motor Vehicle Registration - Exceptions for Golf Carts - Authorization
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Jack Bailey
Last updated 5 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Authorizing counties and municipalities to designate county or municipal highways under their respective jurisdictions on which a person may operate a golf cart; authorizing a person to operate a golf cart only on a highway with a maximum posted speed limit of not more than 30 miles per hour or, in Golden Beach Patuxent Knolls, St. Mary's County, 35 miles per hour, between dawn and dusk, and only if the golf cart is equipped with certain lighting devices; and repealing certain authorizations to operate golf carts in certain local areas.
STATUS
Passed
SB320 - State Retirement and Pension System - Administration - Clarification and Technical Correction
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Michael A. Jackson, Pensions
Last updated 5 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Clarifying that the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System may pay certain incentive compensation to the Chief Investment Officer for the State Retirement and Pension System if the Chief Investment Officer retires from the Investment Division of the State Retirement Agency in a certain manner; and correcting a certain incorrect reference of an age restriction applying to certain members of the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System that participate in the Deferred Retirement Option Program (DROP).
STATUS
Passed