Maryland 2024 Regular Session All Bills
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB127
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Requiring the Maryland Center for School Safety, in collaboration with in collaboration with public safety agencies, the State Department of Education, local school systems, the University System of Maryland, and other public institutions of higher education in the State, to conduct an evaluation of firearm detection platforms; and authorizing funds from the Safe Schools Fund to be used to assist local school systems in the procurement and maintenance of firearm detection platforms.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB128
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Requiring the Maryland Parole Commission to consider the age of incarcerated individuals when determining whether to grant parole; altering how the Commission evaluates a request for medical parole; requiring the Commission to develop procedures for assessing parole requests by certain incarcerated individuals; and requiring the Commission to report yearly to the Justice Reinvestment Oversight Board on the outcomes of certain parole considerations.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB129
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Requiring that each member of the State Board of Elections receive a stipend as provided in the State budget; requiring the State Administrator of Elections or the procurement officer for the State Board to disclose requests for proposals, invitations for bids, and proposed procurement contracts to the State Board; establishing requirements for invoices for payment sent by the State Board to a local board of elections and payments by a local board to the State Board; etc.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB13
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Report Pass
3/14/24
Engrossed
3/15/24
Refer
3/16/24
Report Pass
4/3/24
Enrolled
4/5/24
Chaptered
5/16/24
Passed
5/16/24
Altering the use of the Maryland Pediatric Cancer Fund to require that the Fund be used only for pediatric cancer research instead of only for pediatric cancer research, prevention, and treatment and to allow funds from the Fund to be used for administrative expenses; and establishing the Pediatric Cancer Research Commission to oversee the award of competitive grants from the Fund and to develop criteria and a process for reviewing grant applications.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB130
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Report Pass
2/19/24
Engrossed
2/22/24
Refer
2/23/24
Report Pass
3/28/24
Enrolled
4/1/24
Chaptered
5/16/24
Passed
5/16/24
Prohibiting a person from committing the common law crime of indecent exposure; prohibiting a person from, with prurient intent, committing the common law crime of indecent exposure when the person knows or reasonably should know that a minor is present and the minor is at least 2 years old and is more than 4 years younger than the person; and establishing a penalty of imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or a fine not exceeding $10,000 or both on a conviction for the crime of indecent exposure in the presence of a minor.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB131
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Requiring the Department of Transportation to categorize the major transportation projects being considered for inclusion in the Consolidated Transportation Program into four project categories; requiring the Department to rank each project under the appropriate category using the project-based scoring system; and requiring the Department to increase a certain weighting metric by 45% for a project located in a minority, rural, or underserved community.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB132
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Report Pass
2/19/24
Engrossed
2/27/24
Refer
2/28/24
Repealing provisions relating to gubernatorial approval of a decision of the Maryland Parole Commission to grant medical parole to an inmate serving a sentence of life imprisonment.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB133
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Report Pass
2/12/24
Engrossed
2/15/24
Refer
2/16/24
Report Pass
3/29/24
Enrolled
4/4/24
Chaptered
5/9/24
Passed
5/9/24
Increasing, from 30 days to 60 days, the time period during which an investigation must be conducted and a written decision must be issued regarding a complaint filed by an applicant or employee alleging discrimination or harassment by an employer; and authorizing an extension of the time period by up to an additional 30 days if the applicant or employee who filed the complaint provides written authorization to the equal employment officer investigating the complaint.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB134
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Report Pass
3/14/24
Engrossed
3/15/24
Refer
3/16/24
Report Pass
4/3/24
Enrolled
4/8/24
Chaptered
5/16/24
Passed
5/16/24
Establishing the Office of the Correctional Ombudsman; authorizing the Justice Reinvestment Oversight Board to make a recommendation for the distribution of money from the Performance Incentive Grant Fund to the Office for fiscal year 2025 only; requiring the Office to conduct investigations, reviews, and assessments of administrative acts taken by the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, by the Department of Juvenile Services, or in relation to individuals confined by either department; etc.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB135
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Report Pass
2/19/24
Engrossed
2/27/24
Refer
2/28/24
Report Pass
4/5/24
Enrolled
4/8/24
Chaptered
5/9/24
Passed
5/9/24
Establishing the Workgroup to Study Funding for the Westernport Wastewater Treatment Facility to identify and examine existing funding sources that support the Facility and study whether increased funding could enhance operations at the Facility, the funding sources of comparable facilities in the region, and available and potential federal, State, and local funding sources for the Facility; and requiring the Workgroup to report, on or before December 1, 2024, its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB136
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Report Pass
2/5/24
Engrossed
2/8/24
Refer
2/12/24
Report Pass
3/28/24
Enrolled
4/1/24
Chaptered
5/16/24
Passed
5/16/24
Transferring, from the county administrative judge of the circuit court for the county to the clerk of the circuit court for the county, the authority to designate a deputy clerk to perform a marriage ceremony.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB137
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Establishing the Registered Nurse Degree Apprenticeship Program Workgroup to study the feasibility of developing and implementing a registered nurse degree apprenticeship program in the State; and requiring the Workgroup, on or before April 1, 2025, to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor, the Senate Finance Committee, and the House Health and Government Operations Committee.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB138
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Report Pass
3/13/24
Engrossed
3/14/24
Refer
3/15/24
Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county to establish, by law, a subclass of real property consisting of vacant lots or improved property cited as vacant and unfit for habitation or other authorized use on a housing or building violation notice and to set a special property tax rate for certain vacant lots or improved property cited as vacant and unfit for habitation or other authorized use; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2024.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB139
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Report Pass
3/15/24
Engrossed
3/18/24
Refer
3/19/24
Report Pass
4/5/24
Establishing a certain exception to the authority of the Child Support Administration to notify the Motor Vehicle Administration of an individual's child support arrearages for the purpose of suspending the individual's driver's license or privilege to drive if the obligor's income is at or below 250% of the federal poverty guidelines; and authorizing the Child Support Administration to consider certain information in determining the income of an obligor under the Act.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB14
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Report Pass
3/11/24
Engrossed
3/14/24
Refer
3/15/24
Report Pass
4/1/24
Enrolled
4/4/24
Chaptered
4/25/24
Passed
4/25/24
Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipality to designate, by law, an area within that political subdivision as a tourism zone under certain circumstances; providing that the designation of an area as a tourism zone may not preclude the area from being designated as an arts and entertainment district; authorizing a county or municipality to exempt from the admissions and amusement tax gross receipts from certain admissions or amusement charges levied in a tourism zone; etc.