SB1077 - Public Schools - School Security Employees - Appropriations
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Paul Corderman, Katie Fry Hester
Last updated 5 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing local school systems to use certain funds for school security employees.
STATUS
Passed
SB378 - Criminal Law - Theft of a Handgun
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Chris West, Mary Elizabeth Carozza, Ronald Lorenzo Watson
Last updated 8 months ago5 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the felony of theft of a handgun; and establishing a penalty for theft of a handgun of, for a first conviction, imprisonment of up to 5 years or a fine of up to $1,000 or both and, for a second or subsequent conviction, imprisonment of up to 10 years or a fine of up to $2,500 or both.
STATUS
Introduced
SB341 - Commission on African American History and Culture - Museum Name Change
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Cory V. McCray, Malcolm L. Augustine, Benjamin T. Brooks
Last updated 6 months ago9 Co-Sponsors
Altering the name of the museum operated by the Commission on African American History and Culture in certain provisions of law from the "Banneker-Douglass Museum" to the "Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum".
STATUS
Passed
SB426 - Education - Maryland STEM Program - Established
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Shelly Hettleman, Jeff D. Waldstreicher, Benjamin Fred Kramer
Last updated 8 months ago3 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Maryland STEM Program in the State Department of Education to provide additional compensation to educators who teach STEM classes at nonpublic schools; authorizing nonpublic schools to apply for the Program and requiring participating nonpublic schools to report certain information to the Department each year; requiring public schools to inform current and retired teachers about the Program and to submit a list of interested teachers to the superintendent of the local school system each year; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
SB254 - Vehicle Laws - Motor Vehicle Insurance Companies - Requirements
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Judicial Proceedings
Last updated 6 months ago0 Co-Sponsors
Requiring motor vehicle insurance companies to participate in the Administration's online verification program for vehicle insurance policies for law enforcement and administrative purposes; and requiring motor vehicle insurance companies to provide certain customer information details.
STATUS
Passed
SB396 - Criminal Procedure - Stops and Searches - Cannabis Odor and Admission of Evidence (Drug-Free Roadways Act of 2024)
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
William Folden, Jack Bailey, Mary Elizabeth Carozza
Last updated 8 months ago10 Co-Sponsors
Repealing a certain prohibition against a law enforcement officer initiating a stop or a search of a motor vehicle based solely on the odor of burnt or unburnt cannabis; and repealing a certain provision of law rendering inadmissible certain evidence discovered or obtained in violation of a certain provision of law.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1157 - Cooperative Housing Corporations, Condominiums, and Homeowners Associations - Funding of Reserve Accounts
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Mary Elizabeth Carozza
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring that certain funds for the reserve account of a cooperative housing corporation, a residential condominium, or a homeowners association be deposited on or before the last day of each fiscal year; extending from 3 to 5 years the duration to comply with a certain funding requirement related to reserve accounts; and requiring a residential condominium or a homeowners association to review the reserve study annually for accuracy.
STATUS
Introduced
SB882 - Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Pilot Program – Permanent Establishment
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Nancy King
Last updated 5 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Establishing the Growing Family Child Care Opportunities Pilot Program as a permanent program; and extending the appropriation that the Governor is required to make in the annual budget bill to the Program to fiscal year 2026.
STATUS
Passed
SB883 - Education - Virtual Tutoring Services - Background Checks and Fingerprinting
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Nancy King, Malcolm L. Augustine, Benjamin T. Brooks
Last updated 6 months ago7 Co-Sponsors
Requiring a county board of education, a nonpublic school, or a contracting agency that has contracted with a virtual tutoring service to require the virtual tutoring service to conduct a criminal history records check for any individual at the virtual tutoring service who engages with a minor; and authorizing certain criminal history records checks conducted by a virtual tutoring service to satisfy certain fingerprinting and background requirements.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB33 - More Opportunities for Career–Focused Students Act of 2024
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
James C. Rosapepe, Malcolm L. Augustine, Katie Fry Hester
Last updated 5 months ago5 Co-Sponsors
Requiring each public high school to inform students of certain employment and skills training opportunities in the same manner the school informs students of postsecondary educational options; requiring, when informing certain students about certain career opportunities, each public high school to highlight opportunities in high-skilled careers that do not require completion of a college degree and are in high demand; and requiring a county board to assist public high schools in completing the requirements of the Act.
STATUS
Passed
SB1097 - Public Safety - Firearm Safety and Firearm Crimes
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
William C. Smith
Last updated 6 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Exempting an employee of the Department of Natural Resources in the course of performing official duties from certain prohibitions against knowingly wearing, carrying, or transporting a firearm in certain locations; requiring a person or entity operating a gun buyback program to destroy a firearm, including all components and parts attached to the firearm, that is surrendered at a certain gun buyback program; classifying the theft of a firearm or the trafficking of a regulated firearm as a felony; etc.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB852 - Washington County Board of Education - Members - Residency Requirement
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Washington County Senators
Last updated 5 months ago0 Co-Sponsors
Requiring that a member of the Washington County Board of Education be a resident of Washington County for at least 6 months and a resident of the State for at least 12 months immediately preceding the date the member takes office; and requiring members of the county board to maintain a primary residence in Washington County during their term.
STATUS
Passed
SB723 - Baby Food - Toxic Heavy Metals - Testing and Labeling (Rudy's Law)
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Joanne C. Benson
Last updated 4 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring, beginning January 1, 2025, manufacturers of baby food to test a representative sample of each production aggregate of baby food for toxic heavy metals; requiring, beginning January 1, 2026, manufacturers of baby food to make certain information related to the testing and a link to certain guidance and information publicly available on the manufacturer's website; requiring a consumer to report baby food to the Maryland Department of Health if the consumer believes the baby food is being sold with toxic heavy metals; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB98 - Interagency Food Desert Advisory Committee - Food Desert Study
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Johnny Ray Salling
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring, on or before November 30, 2024, Interagency Food Desert Advisory Committee to conduct a study and make recommendations on reducing the number of food deserts in the State and to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the Senate Committee on Education, Energy, and Environment, the Senate Finance Committee, and the House Environment and Transportation Committee.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB380 - Police Recruitment and Retention Workgroup
Maryland - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Chris West, Mary Elizabeth Carozza, Ronald Lorenzo Watson
Last updated 4 months ago6 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Police Recruitment and Retention Workgroup to study issues and factors potentially contributing to recruitment challenges and the decline in police officer retention statewide; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 30, 2025.
STATUS
Vetoed