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SB752 - Regulated Firearms - Maryland Voluntary Do Not Sell Firearm Process
Shelly Hettleman, Katie Fry Hester, Jeff D. Waldstreicher
Last updated 10 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to create and maintain a Maryland Voluntary Do Not Sell Firearm Registry in which a person may voluntarily enroll for the purpose of being prohibited from obtaining a regulated firearm by December 31, 2024; prohibiting a dealer or other person from selling, renting, loaning, or transferring a regulated firearm to a purchaser, lessee, borrower, or transferee who the dealer or other person knows or has reason to believe is registered on the registry; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
SB766 - Fair Share for Maryland Act of 2024
Shelly Hettleman, James C. Rosapepe, Mary Washington
Last updated 10 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Altering a certain limit on the unified credit used for determining the estate tax for decedents dying on or after a certain date; altering a certain limitation on the amount of the estate tax for decedents dying on or after a certain date; requiring that certain sales of tangible personal property be included in the numerator of the sales factor used for apportioning a corporation's income to the State under certain circumstances; altering the State income tax rate on Maryland taxable income of certain individuals; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
SB755 - Maryland Department of Emergency Management - Office of Domestic Terrorism Response
Shelly Hettleman, Jack Bailey, Sarah K. Elfreth
Last updated 10 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Office of Domestic Terrorism Response within the Maryland Department of Emergency Management for the purpose of implementing measures to prepare for, prevent, and recover from domestic terrorism and hate crimes; requiring the Maryland Task Force on Preventing and Countering Domestic Terrorism to serve in an advisory role for the Office; and requiring the Department to report annually by December 1 to the Governor and the General Assembly on the Office's activities, proposed legislation, and required resources.
STATUS
Introduced
SB802 - Election Law - Voters with Disabilities - Electronic Ballot Return
Benjamin T. Brooks, Shelly Hettleman, Katherine Ann Klausmeier
Last updated 10 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the State Board of Elections to establish a process by which an individual with disabilities may return a marked absentee ballot to a local board of elections electronically.
STATUS
Introduced
SB823 - State Personnel - Collective Bargaining - Faculty, Part-Time Faculty, Post Doctoral Associates, and Graduate Assistants
Benjamin Fred Kramer, Joanne C. Benson, Sarah K. Elfreth
Last updated 10 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Providing collective bargaining rights to certain faculty, part-time faculty, post doctoral associates, and graduate assistants at certain State institutions of higher education; establishing separate collective bargaining units for the faculty, part-time faculty, post doctoral associates, and graduate assistants; and altering the application of certain collective bargaining laws to supervisory, managerial, and confidential employees of a State institution of higher education.
STATUS
Introduced
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
SB450 - Baltimore County - Speed Monitoring Systems - Residential Districts and Mailing of Citations
Benjamin T. Brooks, Shelly Hettleman, Katherine Ann Klausmeier
Last updated 8 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Establishing that certain provisions of law authorizing the use of speed monitoring systems in certain residential districts apply in Baltimore County; requiring the fines collected by Baltimore County as a result of the use of speed monitoring systems to be used to assist in covering the costs of traffic calming devices in the county; altering a certain reporting requirement of the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to include certain information on a speed monitoring system program in Baltimore County; etc.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB439 - Family Law - Victims of Domestic Violence Program - Certification and Grant Fund
Sarah K. Elfreth, Shelly Hettleman, Ariana M. Kelly
Last updated 6 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Requiring a victims of domestic violence program to be certified by the federally recognized State domestic violence coalition as a comprehensive domestic violence program; establishing the Victims of Domestic Violence Program Grant Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund in the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services; requiring interest earnings of the Fund to be credited to the Fund; and authorizing the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $5,000,000 to the Fund.
STATUS
Passed
SB388 - Prescription Drug Affordability Board - Authority for Upper Payment Limits and Funding (Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for All Marylanders Act of 2024)
Dawn D. Gile, Brian J. Feldman, Pamela G Beidle
Last updated 10 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Requiring the Governor in fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of at least $1,000,000 for the Prescription Drug Affordability Fund which provides funding for the Board; and requiring the Board, under certain circumstances, to establish a process for setting upper payment limits for all purchases and payor reimbursements of prescription drug products in the State that the Board determines have led or will lead to affordability challenges.
STATUS
Introduced
SB426 - Education - Maryland STEM Program - Established
Shelly Hettleman, Jeff D. Waldstreicher, Benjamin Fred Kramer
Last updated 10 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Establishing the Maryland STEM Program in the State Department of Education to provide additional compensation to educators who teach STEM classes at nonpublic schools; authorizing nonpublic schools to apply for the Program and requiring participating nonpublic schools to report certain information to the Department each year; requiring public schools to inform current and retired teachers about the Program and to submit a list of interested teachers to the superintendent of the local school system each year; etc.
STATUS
Introduced
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