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HB496 - Criminal Law - Sexual Crimes - Definition of Consent and Repeal of Force
Emily Khoury Shetty, Elizabeth M. Embry, Gabriel Acevero
Last updated 7 months ago
57 Co-Sponsors
Requiring certain facts to be considered when determining whether a lack of consent exists for the purposes of determining certain sexual crimes; altering the elements of second-degree rape to remove the requirement of use of force or threat of force; and requiring the Maryland Judiciary to report to the General Assembly, beginning October 1, 2024, and each October 1 thereafter, certain data for the preceding calendar year, disaggregated by county and offender age, race, and sex.
STATUS
Passed
HB22 - Agriculture - Pollinator Habitat Plan - Requirements for State Highway Administration
Sheila Ruth, Eric D. Ebersole, Linda Foley
Last updated 7 months ago
18 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the State Highway Administration's pollinator habitat plan to include policies and procedures regarding the use of pollinator habitat areas along State highways; requiring the Administration to track and evaluate federal programs that provide funding for pollinator habitats, native plants, and invasive species control and to apply for any funding that the Administration determines appropriate and beneficial to pollinator habitats; requiring the Administration to update the plan by October 1 each year; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB98 - Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing - Deafblind Co-Navigation Services Program - Established
Aaron M. Kaufman, Dalya Attar, Michael J. Griffith
Last updated 11 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Establishing a Deafblind Co-Navigation Services Program in the Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing to provide co-navigation services at no cost to deafblind individuals in the State; and defining Co-Navigation Services as services providing visual and environmental information or sighted services to assist with communication accessibility in an individual's preferred language and communication mode, and to assist with accessing an individual's physical surroundings and making informed decisions about those surroundings.
STATUS
Introduced
HB166 - Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Eligible Sources - Alterations (Reclaim Renewable Energy Act of 2024)
Vaughn Stewart, Adrian Boafo, Lorig Charkoudian
Last updated 11 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Altering the definition of "Tier 1 renewable source" for purposes of excluding energy derived from waste and refuse from being eligible for inclusion in the renewable energy portfolio standard; and applying the Act to all renewable energy portfolio standard compliance years starting on or after January 1, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
HB115 - Criminal Procedure - Victims' Rights - Notification of Release From Confinement (Jaycee Webster Victims' Rights Act)
Aaron M. Kaufman, Jared Scott Solomon, Dalya Attar
Last updated 7 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Requiring a certain commitment unit to include in a notification given to a victim, victim's representative, or witness regarding the release from confinement of a sentenced defendant or child respondent the telephone number of the Maryland Crime Victims Resource Center.
STATUS
Passed
HB416 - Public Schools - Active Shooter Safety Drills or Trainings - Requirements
Jared Scott Solomon, Vanessa Atterbeary
Last updated 7 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Maryland Center for School Safety to collaborate with an institution of higher education or a designated federal or national research entity to study the effectiveness and impact of active shooter safety drills or trainings by researching and analyzing data collected by local school systems; requiring the Center to identify best practices for active shooter safety drills or trainings on or before October 1, 2024; requiring local school systems to provide parents with the annual schedule of active shooter safety drills; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB212 - Vehicle Laws - Noise Abatement Monitoring Systems - Pilot Program
Julie Palakovich Carr, Mary A. Lehman, Lorig Charkoudian
Last updated 7 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
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, before activating a noise abatement monitoring system, to publish notice of the locations of the systems on its website; requiring a county that authorizes a noise abatement monitoring program to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2025, on the implementation and costs of the program and revenues collected; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB318 - Criminal Law - Theft - Mail and Mail Depository Key
Jared Scott Solomon, Aaron M. Kaufman, Emily Khoury Shetty
Last updated 11 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting the theft of mail from a mail depository owned by the United States Postal Service; prohibiting the theft of a device used to open a mail depository owned by the United States Postal Service; prohibiting the theft of mail with intent to commit identity theft; prohibiting the theft of mail from an elderly person or a vulnerable adult with intent to commit identity theft; and establishing penalties for violations of the Act.
STATUS
Introduced
HB334 - Higher Education - MPowering Joint Steering Council - Funding
Jared Scott Solomon, Marlon Amprey, Frank M Conaway
Last updated 11 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Governor, beginning in fiscal year 2026, to include in the annual budget bill a certain appropriation for the MPowering Joint Steering Council to use exclusively on the University of Maryland Institute for Health Computing; and requiring the amount of the appropriation to increase each fiscal year, up to $6,000,000 in fiscal year 2029 and each fiscal year thereafter.
STATUS
Introduced
HB357 - Agriculture - Confinement of Egg-Laying Hens in Commercial Egg Production - Prohibitions
Jennifer Terrasa, Mary A. Lehman, Nick Allen
Last updated 11 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting a certain farm owner or operator from knowingly confining egg-laying hens in an enclosure in a certain manner, subject to certain exceptions, on and after January 1, 2026; prohibiting a business owner or operator or a farm owner or operator from selling shell eggs or egg products under certain circumstances on and after January 1, 2026; and specifying that a certain certification be obtained in a certain manner to sell shell eggs and egg products.
STATUS
Introduced
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