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SB1187 - State of Emergency – Restoration, Repair, or Replacement of Critical Infrastructure – Suspension of State or Local Law
Bryan Warner Simonaire, Johnny Ray Salling
Last updated 8 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing the Governor to suspend State or local law if necessary for the restoration, repair, or replacement of critical infrastructure related to a declared state of emergency for not more than 1 year after the state of emergency is declared; authorizing the Governor, notwithstanding the termination of the state of emergency, to extend the suspension of State or local law under the Act until the restoration, repair, or replacement of the critical infrastructure is completed; applying the Act retroactively to March 26, 2024; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1178 - Higher Education - Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship - Repeal of Service Terminal Date
Jack Bailey, Malcolm L. Augustine, Pamela G Beidle
Last updated 7 months ago
47 Co-Sponsors
Repealing the service terminal date required to be eligible for the Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship.
STATUS
Passed
SB674 - Abandoned or Sunken Vessels and Waterway Improvement Fund Grants
Sarah K. Elfreth, Jack Bailey, Arthur Ellis
Last updated 6 months ago
7 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
SB818 - Information Technology - Artificial Intelligence - Policies and Procedures (Artificial Intelligence Governance Act of 2024)
Katie Fry Hester, Dawn D. Gile, Malcolm L. Augustine
Last updated 6 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Requiring each unit of State government to conduct certain inventories and a certain assessment on or before certain dates; prohibiting the Department of Information Technology from making certain information publicly available under certain circumstances; requiring the Department, in consultation with a certain subcabinet, to adopt certain policies and procedures concerning the development, procurement, deployment, use, and assessment of systems that employ artificial intelligence by units of State government; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB1180 - Criminal Law - Threats Against Government Officials and Employees - Expansion
Bryan Warner Simonaire
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Prohibiting a person from making a threat to take the life of, kidnap, or cause physical injury to an immediate family member of a State or local official or a certain government employee.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1034 - 9–1–1 Specialist Recruitment and Retention Workgroup
Mary Elizabeth Carozza, Michael A. Jackson, Mike McKay
Last updated 6 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the 9-1-1 Specialist Recruitment and Retention Workgroup; requiring the Workgroup to review the reports submitted by the Commission to Advance Next Generation 9-1-1 Across Maryland, identify and examine certain recruitment and retention challenges, and make certain recommendations; and requiring the Workgroup to submit to the Governor and the General Assembly an interim report of its findings and recommendations on or before December 1, 2024, and a final report of its findings and recommendations on or before December 1, 2025.
STATUS
Passed
SB425 - Maryland Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program - Alterations (Maryland Meals for Achievement Flexibility Act of 2024)
Shelly Hettleman, Guy J Guzzone, Sarah K. Elfreth
Last updated 7 months ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Clarifying that secondary schools participating in the Maryland Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program may serve breakfast in any broadly accessible part of the school; and authorizing elementary schools participating in the Program, subject to certain approval and allowances, to serve breakfast in any broadly accessible part of the school, including from "Grab and Go" carts after the arrival of students to the school, provided that students are allowed to consume the meal in the classroom after the start of the school day.
STATUS
Passed
SB165 - Education – Coaches – Mental Health Training
Shelly Hettleman, Pamela G Beidle, Benjamin T. Brooks
Last updated 6 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the State Department of Education to develop guidelines for public schools and the Maryland Higher Education Commission to develop guidelines for public institutions of higher education to train coaches to recognize indicators of mental illness and behavioral distress in students who participate in athletic programs in public schools and public institutions of higher education; requiring public schools and public institutions that offer athletic programs to provide a certain mental health training to coaches; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB1099 - Emergency Services - Automated External Defibrillator and Naloxone Co-Location Initiative - Requirements for Public Buildings
William C. Smith, Dawn D. Gile, Mary Dulany James
Last updated 6 months ago
26 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the State Emergency Medical Services Board, in collaboration with the Maryland Department of Health, to develop and implement an initiative under the Public Access Automated External Defibrillator Program to require that naloxone be co-located with each automated external defibrillator placed in a public building; establishing a certain immunity from liability for individuals who administer naloxone made available under the initiative in response to a known or suspected drug overdose; etc.
STATUS
Passed
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