SB738 - Freedom to Read Act
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Nancy King, Pamela G Beidle, Joanne C. Benson
Last updated 5 months ago20 Co-Sponsors
Establishing a State policy that local school systems operate their school library media programs consistent with certain standards; requiring each local school system to develop a policy and procedures to review objections to materials in a school library media program; prohibiting a county board of education from dismissing, demoting, suspending, disciplining, reassigning, transferring, or otherwise retaliating against certain school library media program personnel for performing their job duties consistent with certain standards; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB842 - Criminal Law - Second Degree Assault - Sports Official
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Justin D Ready, Jack Bailey, Mary Elizabeth Carozza
Last updated 8 months ago10 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting a person from intentionally causing physical injury to another if the person knows or has reason to know that the other is an official, umpire, referee, or judge officiating at a sporting event; authorizing a police officer to arrest a person without a warrant if the police officer has probable cause to believe that the person has committed a certain assault; and establishing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a misdemeanor of assault and is subject to certain penalties.
STATUS
Introduced
SB554 - Criminal Procedure - Not Criminally Responsible Verdict - Term of Commitment
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Paul Corderman
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring the court, after a verdict of not criminally responsible for murder in the first degree to commit a defendant to a designated health care facility for life; and requiring a court, after a verdict of not criminally responsible for murder in the second degree to commit the defendant to a designated health care facility for a term of up to 40 years.
STATUS
Introduced
SB55 - Vehicle Laws - Disabled Veteran Registration Plates - Issuance
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
William C. Smith, Mary Dulany James
Last updated 5 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration to issue certain special disabled veteran registration plates to disabled veterans who are between 50% and 99%, inclusive, service-connected disabled as designated or classified by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; prohibiting the Administration from charging certain persons the fee required for replacement registration plates under certain circumstances; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB544 - Corporations and Associations - Ratification of Defective Corporate Acts - Alterations
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Jeff D. Waldstreicher, Chris West
Last updated 5 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Altering the process by which a defective corporate act may be ratified; and altering rules for certain legal actions by persons claiming to be adversely affected by a ratification.
STATUS
Passed
SB527 - Community Colleges - Contraception - Access Requirements
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Ariana M. Kelly, Cheryl C. Kagan
Last updated 5 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Requiring, on or before August 1, 2025, each community college to develop and implement a plan to provide students with access to over-the-counter contraception; requiring each community college to submit a certain report to the Maryland Higher Education Commission on or before September 1 each year; requiring the Commission to submit a certain report to the General Assembly on or before October 1 each year; and authorizing the Maryland Department of Health, on request, to provide certain assistance to a community college.
STATUS
Passed
SB94 - Juvenile Law - Intake and Probation
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Ronald Lorenzo Watson, Mary Elizabeth Carozza, Chris West
Last updated 9 months ago3 Co-Sponsors
Altering provisions of law relating to the juvenile intake process such that certain complaints and case files are required to be forwarded to the State's Attorney under certain circumstances; and altering provisions of law relating to the length of juvenile probationary periods.
STATUS
Introduced
SB485 - Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Modifications
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Antonio Hayes
Last updated 5 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Modifying provisions of law governing application, administration, and enforcement of the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program, including provisions related to the payment of contributions, the calculation of the average weekly wage, the submission of claims for benefits, the application of the Program to self-employed individuals, the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Fund, the satisfaction of Program requirements through private employer plans or insurance, and the use of contributions or other funding by the Secretary of Labor.
STATUS
Passed
SB820 - Hospitals - Care of Infants After Discharge
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Cory V. McCray
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring a hospital to provide certain oral and written instructions on safe sleep environments for infants to the parent or legal guardian of an infant before the hospital discharges an infant into the care of the parent or legal guardian; requiring a hospital before discharging an infant to ask a parent or legal guardian to describe the environment in which the infant will sleep; and requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop a certain list of resources available for an infant's parent or legal guardian.
STATUS
Introduced
SB353 - Confined Aquatic Disposal Task Force
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Bryan Warner Simonaire
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Establishing the Confined Aquatic Disposal Task Force to study and review the overall concept, viability, and available options associated with confined aquatic disposal programs to meet the long-term dredged material placement needs of the State and the financial, economic, and environmental impacts of confined aquatic disposal; and requiring the Task Force to submit a report of its findings and recommendations on or before July 1, 2025, to a certain executive committee and certain committees of the General Assembly.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB555 - Criminal Law - Visual Surveillance With Prurient Intent - Private Place and Minor Victim
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Jeff D. Waldstreicher, William Folden
Last updated 8 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting a person from conducting visual surveillance with prurient intent of an individual located in a residence or place of private use or accommodation without the consent of the individual; altering the penalties for the crime of visual surveillance with prurient intent by use of a camera if the victim was a minor at the time of the offense and the offender is at least 4 years older than the victim; and providing penalties for a violation of the Act of imprisonment of up to 5 years or a fine of $2,500 or both.
STATUS
Introduced
SB969 - Watershed, Stream, and Floodplain Restoration - Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Restoration and Stream and Floodplain Restoration Funding (Whole Watershed Act)
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Sarah K. Elfreth, Guy J Guzzone, Katie Fry Hester
Last updated 5 months ago3 Co-Sponsors
Requiring, in each fiscal year from 2026 through 2030, up to $100,000 from the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund to be used to fund certain operations grants at a rate of $20,000 per project sponsor each fiscal year; establishing the Whole Watershed Restoration Partnership to accelerate restoration of the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays and their watersheds; authorizing the use of the Waterway Improvement Fund for projects that involve the beneficial use of dredged material and for certain water quality monitoring; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB379 - Task Force to Study Crime Classification - Renaming, Membership, and Duties
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Chris West, Mary Elizabeth Carozza, Ronald Lorenzo Watson
Last updated 4 months ago6 Co-Sponsors
Extending the Task Force to Study Crime Classification and renaming it to be the Task Force to Study Crime Reclassification and Penalties; requiring the Task Force to study the penalties for crimes and civil offenses under State law, the potential need for reclassification of certain crimes, the alteration of penalties, and whether certain changes should be made to crimes lacking an explicit mens rea; and requiring the Task Force to report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2025.
STATUS
Passed
SB933 - Harford County - Alcoholic Beverages - Performing Arts Theater License
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Harford County Senators
Last updated 4 months ago0 Co-Sponsors
Altering eligibility for a performing arts theater license in Harford County by altering the definition of "performing arts theater" and authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Harford County to issue the license to a certain for-profit theater, rather than a nonprofit theater; authorizing the holder of the license to sell liquor for on-premises consumption in addition to beer and wine; and altering the license fee from $500 to $1,500.
STATUS
Passed
SB884 - Real Property - Recordation - Procedures
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Mary Dulany James
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring the treasurer, tax collector, or director of finance for a county to provide a certificate enumerating certain taxes, assessments, and charges against a property and to establish certain procedures to facilitate the issuance of the certificate; requiring a collecting agent presented with a certificate to endorse a deed on payment of transfer and recordation taxes and all charges stated in the certificate and establishing that this endorsement is sufficient authority for a transfer on the assessment books; etc.
STATUS
Introduced