Maryland 2023 Regular Session All Bills
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB491
Introduced
2/3/23
Refer
2/3/23
Report Pass
3/6/23
Engrossed
3/10/23
Refer
3/18/23
Report Pass
4/8/23
Enrolled
4/10/23
Chaptered
5/16/23
Passed
5/16/23
Establishing the Task Force to Study School Bus Operator Contracts and Wages in Charles County; requiring the Task Force to study issues related to student transportation, bus driver wages, and multiyear contracts for bus contractors in Charles County and to research best practices in surrounding jurisdictions related to the facilitation of student transportation; and requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the members of the Charles County Delegation to the General Assembly on or before September 1, 2023.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB492
Introduced
2/3/23
Refer
2/3/23
Establishing the rotational harvest pilot program for oysters to be implemented by the Department of Natural Resources; requiring the Department to open certain areas of the Chesapeake Bay to the rotational harvest of oysters in certain manners; requiring the Department, before opening an area to oyster harvesting under the pilot program, to survey and investigate the area to collect certain baseline data and, after closing the area, to continue to monitor the area to collect certain additional data; etc.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB493
Introduced
2/3/23
Refer
2/3/23
Report Pass
3/15/23
Engrossed
3/17/23
Refer
3/20/23
Report Pass
4/6/23
Enrolled
4/7/23
Chaptered
5/3/23
Passed
5/3/23
Establishing the Commission to Study Trauma Center Funding in Maryland to study the adequacy of trauma center funding across the State for operating, capital, and workforce costs; and requiring the Commission to report its finding and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2023.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB494
Introduced
2/3/23
Refer
2/3/23
Report Pass
3/9/23
Engrossed
3/14/23
Refer
3/16/23
Requiring the Secretary of the Budget and Management to assign certain employees of the State Department of Education to the executive, management, professional, and skilled services of the State Personnel Management System and to assign certain employees to certain bargaining units; and requiring that these employees suffer no diminution of pay or benefits.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB495
Introduced
2/3/23
Refer
2/3/23
Requiring each research facility and testing facility in the State to be licensed by the Department of Agriculture to use animals in research, education, or testing; establishing requirements for the use and treatment of dogs or cats by a research facility or a testing facility; prohibiting a research facility and a testing facility from using certain dogs and cats for research or testing purposes and performing certain procedures on dogs or cats; etc.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB496
Introduced
2/3/23
Refer
2/3/23
Report Pass
3/13/23
Engrossed
3/16/23
Refer
3/17/23
Report Pass
4/3/23
Requiring that certain revenue, fees, and examination and investigation fees and assessments relating to commercial financing transactions be credited to the Nondepository Special Fund; and regulating commercial financing transactions, including by establishing requirements related to disclosures, calculations of annual percentage rates, terms of repayments, and other related items, and the extension of special offers.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB497
Introduced
2/3/23
Refer
2/3/23
Report Pass
3/30/23
Engrossed
3/31/23
Refer
3/31/23
Refer
4/5/23
Report Pass
4/6/23
Enrolled
4/7/23
Chaptered
5/3/23
Passed
5/3/23
Designating Maryland Rye or Maryland Rye Whiskey as the State spirit.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB498
Introduced
2/3/23
Refer
2/3/23
Report Pass
3/8/23
Engrossed
3/13/23
Refer
3/14/23
Report Pass
3/27/23
Enrolled
3/30/23
Chaptered
4/11/23
Passed
4/11/23
Repealing the provisions of law establishing and governing the Rural Health Collaborative Pilot; and requiring the Governor to provide an appropriation in the State budget in certain fiscal years to the Mid Shore Health Improvement Coalition.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB499
Introduced
2/3/23
Refer
2/3/23
Establishing the Workgroup to Study Reentry; requiring the Workgroup to examine the current role of State and local agencies in the reentry of formerly incarcerated individuals after completing their terms of confinement in State and local correctional facilities; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations regarding policy changes for improvement of reentry to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 31, 2024.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB5
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
3/16/23
Engrossed
3/17/23
Refer
3/20/23
Report Pass
4/3/23
Enrolled
4/7/23
Chaptered
5/16/23
Passed
5/16/23
Providing that a person who is the victim of an act that would constitute a violation of certain hate crime laws may bring a civil action against the person or persons who committed the act in a court of competent jurisdiction; and authorizing the court to impose an injunction and award certain economic and noneconomic damages.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB50
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Prohibiting the State and certain units and instrumentalities of the State from using any appropriation for a magnetic levitation transportation system in the State; and providing that the prohibition does not apply to certain expenditures for salaries.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB500
Introduced
2/3/23
Refer
2/3/23
Exempting from certain requirements relating to the offering of health benefit plans to individuals and small employers in the State health benefit plans issued through a professional employer organization, coemployer, or other organization that engages in employee leasing.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB501
Introduced
2/3/23
Refer
2/3/23
Report Pass
3/15/23
Engrossed
3/17/23
Refer
3/20/23
Establishing the Aging Infrastructure Improvement Grant Program to be administered and developed by the State Library Agency to provide funds for public library systems to address the aging infrastructure needs identified in the 2022 Statewide Facilities Needs Assessment; requiring the State Library Agency, by October 1 each year, to make grant recommendations to the State Library Board; authorizing the Governor, in each of fiscal years 2024 to 2029, to include $50,000,000 in the annual operating or capital budget for eligible projects; etc.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB502
Introduced
2/3/23
Refer
2/3/23
Requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill for fiscal years 2024 through 2029 an appropriation of $10,000,000 to fund certain capital expenses for the branches of the Enoch Pratt Free Library; requiring the Board of Trustees of the Enoch Pratt Free Library to demonstrate a 10% match for each dollar of State funds granted; etc.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB503
Introduced
2/3/23
Refer
2/3/23
Establishing procedures for child advocacy centers when there is a change in certain health care providers for children at the center; and establishing that the Health Care Worker Whistleblower Protection Act applies to certain health care providers working with child advocacy centers to ensure their protection under certain circumstances.