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SB757 - State Information Technology - Prohibited Applications and Websites
Mary Elizabeth Carozza, Jack Bailey, Benjamin T. Brooks
Last updated 10 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting certain employees, agents, or entities on any information technology owned or leased by a unit of State government from downloading or using any application, including TikTok or WeChat, or accessing any website developed by ByteDance Ltd. or Tencent Holdings Ltd; requiring by December 31, 2024, the Department of Budget and Management, in collaboration with the Department of Information Technology, to prepare guidance for units of State government regarding access to certain applications and websites; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
SB858 - Revenge Porn - Civil Action and Reporting Requirement
Katie Fry Hester, Sarah K. Elfreth, Arthur Ellis
Last updated 8 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Authorizing a person to bring and maintain a civil action for defamation under certain circumstances; and altering the prohibition against revenge porn to prohibit a person from knowingly distributing a computer-generated visual representation that is indistinguishable from another actual and identifiable person under certain circumstances.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB472 - State Government - Permits, Licenses, and Certificates - Processing (Transparent Government Act of 2024)
Jack Bailey, Pamela G Beidle, Benjamin T. Brooks
Last updated 6 months ago
25 Co-Sponsors
Requiring each principal department and independent unit to create a catalog of information relating to permits, licenses, and certificates issued by the department or independent unit and submit the catalog to the Governor on or before October 1, 2024; requiring each principal department and independent unit to post a completed update of information relating to permits, licenses, and certificates on the website of the department or independent unit on or before October 1, 2025; and establishing the Government Efficiency Commission.
STATUS
Passed
SB884 - Real Property - Recordation - Procedures
Mary Dulany James
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring the treasurer, tax collector, or director of finance for a county to provide a certificate enumerating certain taxes, assessments, and charges against a property and to establish certain procedures to facilitate the issuance of the certificate; requiring a collecting agent presented with a certificate to endorse a deed on payment of transfer and recordation taxes and all charges stated in the certificate and establishing that this endorsement is sufficient authority for a transfer on the assessment books; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
SB65 - Criminal Law - Child Pornography - Prohibitions and Penalties
Mary Dulany James, William C. Smith, Jeff D. Waldstreicher
Last updated 9 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Prohibiting a person from possessing more than 100 images of certain child pornography or possessing images of certain child pornography depicting a minor or an individual indistinguishable from an actual minor younger than 13 years of age; providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 10 years; and providing that a sentence under the Act may be separate from and consecutive to or concurrent with a sentence imposed for certain other crimes.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB378 - Criminal Law - Theft of a Handgun
Chris West, Mary Elizabeth Carozza, Ronald Lorenzo Watson
Last updated 10 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the felony of theft of a handgun; and establishing a penalty for theft of a handgun of, for a first conviction, imprisonment of up to 5 years or a fine of up to $1,000 or both and, for a second or subsequent conviction, imprisonment of up to 10 years or a fine of up to $2,500 or both.
STATUS
Introduced
SB380 - Police Recruitment and Retention Workgroup
Chris West, Mary Elizabeth Carozza, Ronald Lorenzo Watson
Last updated 6 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Police Recruitment and Retention Workgroup to study issues and factors potentially contributing to recruitment challenges and the decline in police officer retention statewide; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 30, 2025.
STATUS
Vetoed
SB424 - Criminal Procedure - Admission of Out-of-Court Statements - Assault in the Second Degree
Mary Dulany James
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Providing that during the trial of a criminal case in which a defendant is charged with an assault in the second degree, a certain statement is not excluded by the hearsay rule if the statement is offered against a party that has engaged in, directed, or conspired to commit wrongdoing that was intended to and did procure the unavailibility of the declarant of the statement, under certain circumstances.
STATUS
Introduced
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
SB668 - Department of Human Services - Children in Foster Care - Luggage
Nick Charles, Charles E. Sydnor, Chris West
Last updated 7 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Department of Human Services to establish and maintain a decentralized supply of new luggage to be used to transport the personal belongings of a child in foster care; requiring the Department to provide new luggage to a child who is entering foster care, moving from one foster care placement to another, or exiting foster care; prohibiting the Department from using disposable bags or trash bags to transport items for a child in foster care; and requiring the Department to maintain certain records.
STATUS
Passed
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