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HB1167 - Maryland Center for School Safety - Secure Schools Emergency Response Grant Program - Established
Linda Foley, Dalya Attar, Vanessa Atterbeary
Last updated 7 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Secure Schools Emergency Response Grant Program to be administered by the Maryland Center for School Safety to provide funds to improve emergency notification systems and communications between public elementary and secondary school personnel, a public safety answering point, and a public safety agency during emergency events; requiring the Center to ensure that the Program is operating and available to each county board by September 1, 2026; and authorizing the Governor to include an appropriation in the annual budget bill.
STATUS
Passed
HB1078 - Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Remote Ultrasound Procedures and Remote Fetal Nonstress Tests
Jamila J. Woods, Tiffany T. Alston, Carl Anderton
Last updated 6 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to provide remote ultrasound procedures and remote fetal nonstress tests if the patient is in a residence or a location other than the office of the patient's provider and the provider follows the same standard of care that the provider would follow when providing the services on-site.
STATUS
Passed
HB1095 - Economic Development – Local Journalism Sustainability Grant Program
Joe Vogel, Linda Foley
Last updated 9 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Local Journalism Sustainability Grant Program within the Department of Commerce; requiring the Department to award grants under the Program to certain small businesses for costs paid or incurred to place an advertisement in a local newspaper, subject to certain limitations; and requiring the Governor to include in the annual State budget an appropriation of at least $25,000 annually for the Program.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1129 - Wildlife - Protections and Highway Crossings
Sheila Ruth, Dana M Stein, Julie Palakovich Carr
Last updated 9 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources, in collaboration with the State Highway Administration, to identify and prioritize certain species whose habitat or movement corridors intersect with State highways and develop tools, technology, and techniques to identify certain State highway infrastructure locations; requiring the Department of Natural Resources to take certain actions regarding a statewide deer population survey on or before November 1, 2024, and June 30, 2026; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1168 - Human Remains - Alkaline Hydrolysis and Natural Organic Reduction (Green Death Care Options Act)
Anne R Kaiser, Regina T. Boyce, Lorig Charkoudian
Last updated 6 months ago
26 Co-Sponsors
Establishing a regulatory system for reduction operators and reduction facilities; establishing requirements and prohibitions related to the performance of alkaline hydrolysis and natural organic reduction and the disposition of hydrolyzed or soil remains by certain facilities; requiring the Director of the Office of Cemetery Oversight and the Director of the State Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors to adopt regulations governing the performance of natural organic reduction; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB1101 - Standing - Environmental and Natural Resources Protection Proceedings (Clean Water Justice Act of 2024)
Sara Norris Love, Lorig Charkoudian, Linda Foley
Last updated 6 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Providing certain persons standing in environmental and natural resources protection proceedings; authorizing persons that meet standing requirements to bring certain civil actions under certain circumstances; requiring a plaintiff, under certain circumstances, to give certain notice and provide certain documentation to the Department of the Environment and the Attorney General and to file a certain affidavit; authorizing a court to grant certain relief, award certain costs, and impose certain civil penalties; etc.
STATUS
Passed
HB1055 - Environment – Highways – Salt Application
Lily Qi, Linda Foley, Michele Guyton
Last updated 8 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
HB1097 - State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners - Veterinary Technicians and Veterinary Assistants
Michele Guyton, Nick Allen, Regina T. Boyce
Last updated 6 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing a veterinary assistant to perform certain tasks under the immediate or direct supervision of a veterinary practitioner or a veterinary technician under the direct supervision of a veterinary practitioner; and authorizing a veterinary technician to perform certain procedures, including certain emergency procedures and euthanasia, if the veterinary practitioner determines the veterinary technician is qualified to perform the procedures.
STATUS
Passed
HB807 - Natural Resources – Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Surveys
Dana M Stein, Linda Foley, Mary A. Lehman
Last updated 6 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
HB735 - Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program
Jennifer Terrasa, Mark Edelson, Adrian Boafo
Last updated 10 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
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