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HB1077 - Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs – Small Business Climate Change Coordinator – Establishment
Sheila Ruth, Nick Allen, Jennifer Terrasa
Last updated 8 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Small Business Climate Change Coordinator in the Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs in the Executive Department to support the State's small, minority, and women-owned business community on matters related to climate change; and requiring, on request, the Coordinator to advise the Governor and the General Assembly on the impact of climate change on small businesses and the effect of a transition to advanced clean energy on small businesses in the State.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1137 - Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Required Coverage for Calcium Score Testing
Jamila J. Woods, Nick Allen, Tiffany T. Alston
Last updated 8 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and insurers, nonprofit health service plans, health maintenance organizations, and managed care organizations to provide coverage for calcium score testing for individuals who have at least three of the following risk factors: diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or a family history of premature coronary artery disease.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1055 - Environment – Highways – Salt Application
Lily Qi, Linda Foley, Michele Guyton
Last updated 7 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Requiring each State agency, county, and municipality to maintain certain records of its highway salt application and submit to the Department of the Environment by July 1 each year a report on its highway salt application for the previous fiscal year, including the total amount of salt applied and the amount of salt the jurisdiction had at the beginning of the fiscal year.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB735 - Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program
Jennifer Terrasa, Mark Edelson, Adrian Boafo
Last updated 8 months ago
28 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program to increase the reuse and recycling of beverage containers and reduce the litter, pollution, and costs associated with beverage containers; prohibiting a producer from selling, offering for sale, or distributing in or importing into the State a redeemable beverage container unless the producer is registered with the Department of the Environment, pays a certain fee, and is part of a certain stewardship organization; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
HB686 - Youth Sports Programs - Venue-Specific Emergency Action Plans - Requirements
Gary Simmons, Lauren Arikan, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 8 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Requiring a youth sports program to develop venue-specific emergency action plans for each facility that is used by the youth sports program during relevant athletic seasons; requiring an action plan to include the operation and use of automated external defibrillators, the provision of first aid, and coordination of care for certain injuries and severe weather conditions for practices or events; requiring the action plan to be available on the youth sports program's website; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1153 - Environment – Water Pollution Control – Protecting State Waters From PFAS Pollution (Protecting State Waters From PFAS Pollution Act)
Sara Norris Love, Julian Ivey, Nick Allen
Last updated 5 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Department of the Environment to identify significant industrial users that currently and intentionally use PFAS chemicals by July 1, 2026; requiring the Department to develop certain PFAS monitoring and testing criteria for certain significant industrial users by January 1, 2025; requiring the Department by June 1, 2025, to develop PFAS action levels for addressing PFAS contamination from industrial discharge for pretreatment permits; requiring the Department to develop mitigation plans by September 1, 2025; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB807 - Natural Resources – Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Surveys
Dana M Stein, Linda Foley, Mary A. Lehman
Last updated 5 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Altering the definition of "aerial survey" for purposes of surveying submerged aquatic vegetation to include other surveys that encompass certain geographic areas and use certain methodologies; and requiring the Department of Natural Resources to study and report to the General Assembly on the implications and feasibility of using alternative methods other than an aerial survey to delineate SAV protection zones on or before December 1, 2025.
STATUS
Passed
HB1179 - Housing and Community Development - Pets in Housing Developments
Dana M Stein, Linda Foley, Kevin M. Harris
Last updated 8 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting an owner or agent of an owner of a housing development that on or after January 1, 2025, received an allocation of certain tax credits from the Department of Housing and Community Development from imposing certain prohibitions and costs related to a resident's possession of pets; and applying the Act prospectively.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1193 - Environment - Coal Combustion By-Products
Mary A. Lehman, Jeffrie E. Long, Nick Allen
Last updated 8 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the owner or operator of a coal combustion by-products unit to submit certain reports and plans to the Department of the Environment and the Power Plant Research Program in the Department of Natural Resources on or before certain dates; requiring the owner or operator of a coal combustion by-products unit to conduct a drinking water survey by September 30, 2025, and submit a report of the survey to the Department of the Environment and the Power Plant Research Program by December 31, 2025; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1206 - Maryland-Ireland Trade Commission - Establishment
Ken Kerr, Courtney Watson, Heather Bagnall
Last updated 5 months ago
70 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Maryland-Ireland Trade Commission in the Department of Commerce to study and make recommendations regarding bilateral trade relations and investment opportunities between Maryland and Ireland; and requiring the Commission by December 1 2025, to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly.
STATUS
Passed
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