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SB642 - Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program
Benjamin T. Brooks, James C. Rosapepe, Charles Anthony Muse
Last updated 10 months ago
16 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
SB699 - Cannabis – Community Reinvestment and Repair Fund – Distribution and Use of Funds for Baltimore City
Mary Washington
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Altering the process for distributing the Community Reinvestment and Repair Fund to Baltimore City by allocating certain funds to the Baltimore City Comptroller under certain circumstances; establishing an Equitable Community Investment Council in each Baltimore City State legislative district; requiring each council to adopt a governance structure within 45 days after the first meeting and to develop a plan and program to allocate funds to community-based organizations for certain capital projects, services, and programs; etc.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB169 - Green and Renewable Energy for Nonprofit Organizations Loan Program and Fund
Cheryl C. Kagan, Malcolm L. Augustine, Jack Bailey
Last updated 9 months ago
37 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Green and Renewable Energy for Nonprofit Organizations Loan Program in the Maryland Energy Administration to provide financial assistance in the form of no-interest loans to nonprofit organizations for the planning, purchase, and installation of qualifying energy systems; establishing the Green and Renewable Energy for Nonprofit Organizations Loan Fund; authorizing, in fiscal year 2026, the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $5,000,000 for the Fund; etc.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB148 - Comprehensive Flood Management Grant Program - Funding for Underserved and Overburdened Communities
Alonzo T. Washington, Malcolm L. Augustine, Joanne C. Benson
Last updated 6 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Requiring at least 40% of funding provided under the comprehensive flood management grant program to be used for projects located in or directly benefiting underserved or overburdened communities; and authorizing the Governor to include in the annual State budget an appropriation of up to $20,000,000 for the comprehensive flood management grant program in fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter.
STATUS
Passed
SB337 - Environment - Commission on Climate Change Membership - Additions
Brian J. Feldman, Malcolm L. Augustine, Benjamin T. Brooks
Last updated 6 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Adding the Secretary of Emergency Management, or the Secretary's designee, and the Chair of the Public Service Commission, or the Chair's designee, as members of the Commission on Climate Change.
STATUS
Passed
SB883 - Education - Virtual Tutoring Services - Background Checks and Fingerprinting
Nancy King, Malcolm L. Augustine, Benjamin T. Brooks
Last updated 8 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Requiring a county board of education, a nonpublic school, or a contracting agency that has contracted with a virtual tutoring service to require the virtual tutoring service to conduct a criminal history records check for any individual at the virtual tutoring service who engages with a minor; and authorizing certain criminal history records checks conducted by a virtual tutoring service to satisfy certain fingerprinting and background requirements.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB1178 - Higher Education - Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship - Repeal of Service Terminal Date
Jack Bailey, Malcolm L. Augustine, Pamela G Beidle
Last updated 7 months ago
47 Co-Sponsors
Repealing the service terminal date required to be eligible for the Douglas J. J. Peters Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts Scholarship.
STATUS
Passed
SB653 - Standing - Environmental and Natural Resources Protection Proceedings (Clean Water Justice Act of 2024)
Malcolm L. Augustine, Sarah K. Elfreth, William C. Smith
Last updated 6 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Providing certain persons standing in certain environmental and natural resources protection proceedings; authorizing persons that meet certain 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 in a certain manner and to file a certain affidavit; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB818 - Information Technology - Artificial Intelligence - Policies and Procedures (Artificial Intelligence Governance Act of 2024)
Katie Fry Hester, Dawn D. Gile, Malcolm L. Augustine
Last updated 6 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Requiring each unit of State government to conduct certain inventories and a certain assessment on or before certain dates; prohibiting the Department of Information Technology from making certain information publicly available under certain circumstances; requiring the Department, in consultation with a certain subcabinet, to adopt certain policies and procedures concerning the development, procurement, deployment, use, and assessment of systems that employ artificial intelligence by units of State government; etc.
STATUS
Passed
SB1034 - 9–1–1 Specialist Recruitment and Retention Workgroup
Mary Elizabeth Carozza, Michael A. Jackson, Mike McKay
Last updated 6 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the 9-1-1 Specialist Recruitment and Retention Workgroup; requiring the Workgroup to review the reports submitted by the Commission to Advance Next Generation 9-1-1 Across Maryland, identify and examine certain recruitment and retention challenges, and make certain recommendations; and requiring the Workgroup to submit to the Governor and the General Assembly an interim report of its findings and recommendations on or before December 1, 2024, and a final report of its findings and recommendations on or before December 1, 2025.
STATUS
Passed
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