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HB693 - Renters' Rights and Stabilization Act of 2024
Nick Allen, Marlon Amprey, Harry Bhandari
Last updated 5 months ago
48 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Office of Tenant and Landlord Affairs in the Department of Housing and Community Development to provide certain educational resources and information to tenants; requiring the Office to develop and publish a Maryland Tenants' Bill of Rights; requiring the most recently published version of the Maryland Tenants' Bill of Rights to be included as part of a residential lease; limiting the maximum security deposit required by a residential lease to 1 month's rent, except under certain circumstances; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB902 - Prekindergarten - Ulysses Currie Head Start Program - Eligibility for State Funds
Jeff Ghrist, Mark Edelson, Kevin M. Harris
Last updated 5 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing a provider in the Ulysses Currie Head Start Program to receive certain State funds under certain circumstances; and exempting providers in the Program from certain State requirements for eligible prekindergarten providers.
STATUS
Passed
HB877 - Board of Public Works - Transparency Data Dashboard
Scott Phillips, Adrian Boafo, Kevin M. Harris
Last updated 5 months ago
33 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Comptroller to develop and maintain on the Board of Public Works' website a procurement transparency data dashboard; establishing a governance committee composed of the liaisons to the Board from the offices of the Governor, the Comptroller, and the State Treasurer to review the contents of the dashboard for accuracy and completeness; and requiring the Governor, beginning in fiscal year 2025, to include in the annual budget bill such sums as are necessary for one full-time position and data dashboard development software.
STATUS
Passed
HB901 - Higher Education - Part-Time Senatorial and Delegate Scholarships - Alterations
Sarah Wolek, Kris Fair, Catherine M. Forbes
Last updated 5 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Allowing an applicant of a part-time senatorial or delegate scholarship with a documented disability to request from the Maryland Higher Education Commission a waiver from the requirement to carry at least 6 semester hours of courses each semester.
STATUS
Passed
HB887 - Maryland Department of Health - Health Commissions and Maryland Insurance Administration - Study
Joseline A Pena-Melnyk, Heather Bagnall, Regina T. Boyce
Last updated 5 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to contract with an independent consultant to conduct a certain study of the Health Services Cost Review Commission, the Maryland Health Care Commission, the Maryland Insurance Administration, and the Maryland Community Health Resources Commission; and requiring the Department to submit a report on the results of the study to the Governor, the Senate Finance Committee, and the House Health and Government Operations Committee on or before January 1, 2026.
STATUS
Passed
HB874 - State Board of Long-Term Care Administrators - Requirements for Assisted Living Managers
Joseline A Pena-Melnyk, Heather Bagnall, Regina T. Boyce
Last updated 5 months ago
29 Co-Sponsors
Extending, from October 1, 2024, to July 1, 2026, the date by which an individual must be licensed by the State Board of Long-Term Care Administrators before practicing as an assisted living manager in the State; altering the requirements for the manager training course that certain assisted living managers are required to complete; altering the requirements for serving as an interim assisted living manager; and requiring the Board to submit certain reports on assisted living managers to certain committees of the General Assembly.
STATUS
Passed
HB950 - Maryland Transit Administration - Locally Operated Transit Systems - Mandatory Funding
Mark Edelson, Kevin M. Harris, Julian Ivey
Last updated 5 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Requiring, beginning in fiscal year 2026, the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation from the Transportation Trust Fund of $80,533,314 for the Locally Operated Transit System Grant Program.
STATUS
Passed
HB964 - Landlords and Prospective Tenants - Residential Leases - Criminal History Review (Maryland Fair Chance in Housing Act)
Adrian Boafo, Lorig Charkoudian, Kris Fair
Last updated 8 months ago
29 Co-Sponsors
Altering the number of years of criminal history, from 7 years to 3 years, that are reviewed in a certain reusable tenant screening report; establishing certain prohibitions and limitations on the review and consideration of a prospective tenant's criminal history; and requiring a landlord that denies the lease application of a prospective tenant to provide the individual with a physical document stating with particularity each reason for the denial.
STATUS
Introduced
HB953 - Maryland Health Benefit Exchange - State-Based Young Adult Health Insurance Subsidies Pilot Program - Amount of Annual Subsidies
Joseline A Pena-Melnyk, Regina T. Boyce, Bonnie L Cullison
Last updated 5 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Altering the amount of funds the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange is authorized to designate for annual subsidies under the State-Based Young Adult Health Insurance Subsidies Pilot Program for certain fiscal years to include unspent funds designated for subsidies for young adults in a previous calendar year.
STATUS
Passed
HB962 - State Procurement - Small Business Reserve Program - Goals and Outreach Program
Scott Phillips, Adrian Boafo, Kevin M. Harris
Last updated 5 months ago
33 Co-Sponsors
Increasing a participation goal from a minimum of 15% to 20% for certain small businesses for certain procurement contracts; requiring the certification agency, in consultation with Governor's Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs to develop an outreach program to increase the participation of small businesses that are owned by economically disadvantaged individuals; requiring, by each December 1, the certification agency to submit a report on the outreach program and the dollar amount of certain awards; etc.
STATUS
Passed
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