Maryland 2023 Regular Session All Bills
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB897
Introduced
2/15/23
Refer
2/15/23
Refer
2/23/23
Increasing from $25,000 to $50,000 the cost of a public work or improvement or the purchase price of supplies or equipment for which the County Commissioners of Carroll County may enter into a contract; and requiring that when the cost of a public work or improvement or the purchase price of supplies or equipment in Carroll County exceeds $50,000 under certain conditions, the Chief of the Bureau of Purchasing for the County Commissioners shall advertise for bids for at least 1 week in a media accessible to the general public.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB898
Introduced
2/15/23
Refer
2/15/23
Refer
3/8/23
Repealing the definitions of "carrier" and "ERISA" and altering the definition of "purchaser" for the purpose of applying certain provisions of State insurance law governing pharmacy benefits managers to certain persons that provide prescription drug coverage or benefits in the State through plans or programs subject to ERISA; and repealing a certain provision that restricts applicability of certain provisions of law to pharmacy benefits managers that provide pharmacy benefits management services on behalf of a carrier.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB899
Introduced
2/15/23
Refer
2/15/23
Refer
3/14/23
Prohibiting an individual from intentionally retaining 100 or more visual representations of child pornography or child pornography that depicts an individual who is or is indistinguishable from a minor under the age of 5 years.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB9
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Altering State policy regarding the preference to use State employees to perform State functions in State-operated facilities by repealing the requirement that State employees perform the functions in State-operated facilities; authorizing the Board of Public Works to approve certain service contracts if the Board receives a certain certification; and requiring the Department of Budget and Management to send a copy of the certification to the exclusive representative of the affected employees.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB90
Introduced
1/11/23
Refer
1/11/23
Report Pass
3/15/23
Engrossed
3/17/23
Refer
3/20/23
Report Pass
4/3/23
Enrolled
4/7/23
Chaptered
5/3/23
Passed
5/3/23
Prohibiting a person from making certain telephone solicitations to a certain called party in a certain manner by restricting the methods, times, and identifying information that the person making the call may utilize; and making a violation of the Act an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice that is subject to enforcement and penalties under the Maryland Consumer Protection Act.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB900
Introduced
2/15/23
Refer
2/15/23
Refer
3/8/23
Establishing the Climate Technology Founder's Fund in the Maryland Clean Energy Center to provide early-stage funding for start-up companies focused on qualified projects in climate technologies; requiring the Center to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by October 1, each year, on the use of the Fund and outcomes of investments made from the Fund; and requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill for fiscal year 2025, $500,000 for the Fund.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB901
Introduced
2/15/23
Refer
2/15/23
Establishing the Maryland Maternity Care Access Program in the Maryland Department of Health to develop and sustain pregnancy support centers in the State; establishing the Maryland Maternity Care Access Program Fund; requiring the Governor in fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter to include $3,000,000 in the annual budget bill for the Program; requiring a report on the uses of the Fund by October 1 each year beginning in 2024; and establishing an income tax checkoff system for voluntary contributions to the Fund.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB902
Introduced
2/15/23
Refer
2/15/23
Increasing, from 106 to 120 days, the period during which an employer is not required to allow an employee to use earned sick and safe leave; altering the circumstances under which an employer is required to reinstate certain unused sick and safe leave; and altering the circumstances under which an employer is authorized to require an employee who uses earned sick and safe leave to provide certain verification.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB903
Introduced
2/15/23
Refer
2/15/23
Requiring, on or after July 1, 2024, a county that uses an expedited development review process for proposed affordable housing developments to consider certain applications from bona fide religious organizations under the expedited development review process; and authorizing a county to opt out of the provisions of the Act by adopting a certain local law on or before June 30, 2024.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB904
Introduced
2/15/23
Refer
2/15/23
Refer
3/14/23
Requiring that individuals have access to legal representation in certain foreclosure proceedings; establishing the Access to Counsel in Foreclosure Proceedings Program and Special Fund to provide funding to fully implement access to legal representation in foreclosure proceedings in the State; requiring the Maryland Legal Services Corporation to provide access to legal representation under the Program; requiring the Comptroller to collect a fee on residential property sales to be paid to the Fund; etc.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB905
Introduced
2/15/23
Refer
2/15/23
Refer
3/8/23
Requiring each electric company and gas company and the Department of Housing and Community Development to procure or provide for its customers or certain individuals, beginning September 1, 2023, and every 3 years thereafter, certain energy efficiency, conservation, and greenhouse gas emissions reduction programs and services to encourage and promote the efficient use and conservation of energy in support of certain greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals and targets; etc.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB906
Introduced
2/15/23
Refer
2/15/23
Refer
3/8/23
Report Pass
4/6/23
Engrossed
4/7/23
Refer
4/8/23
Establishing the Industry 4.0 Technology Grant Program in the Department of Commerce to provide grants to certain small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises to assist those manufacturers with implementing new Industry 4.0 technology or related infrastructure for certain purposes; establishing the Industry 4.0 Technology Grant Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; and requiring the Governor to include in the budget bill for fiscal years 2025 through 2028 an appropriation of $1,000,000 to the Fund.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB907
Introduced
2/15/23
Refer
2/15/23
Refer
3/8/23
Report Pass
3/20/23
Engrossed
3/20/23
Refer
3/21/23
Establishing the Entertainment and Film Funding Grant Program within the Maryland Film Office to provide grants to qualifying production entities to assist with the production costs of entertainment and film projects in the State; prohibiting any grant awarded under the Program from exceeding $200,000 for one project; and authorizing the Governor to include an appropriation in the annual budget bill of $5,000,000 to the Office to award grants for the Program in fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB908
Introduced
2/15/23
Refer
2/15/23
Refer
4/5/23
Requiring a unit to structure procurement procedures to try to achieve or exceed a certain overall percentage goal of the unit's total dollar value of procurement contracts to be made with historically underutilized business zone businesses; providing for the determination of expected historically underutilized business zone business participation for individual solicitations; including certain historically underutilized business zone businesses in the Small Business Reserve Program; etc.
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Maryland 2023 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB909
Introduced
2/15/23
Refer
2/15/23
Altering the definition of "public safety officer" to include certain public safety officers employed full time by a State public safety agency for purposes of a certain property tax credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on the dwelling of a public safety officer.