Maryland 2024 Regular Session All Bills
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB316
Introduced
1/11/24
Refer
1/11/24
Report Pass
4/4/24
Engrossed
4/4/24
Refer
4/4/24
Refer
4/5/24
Report Pass
4/6/24
Enrolled
4/8/24
Chaptered
5/9/24
Passed
5/9/24
Authorizing counties and municipalities to designate county or municipal highways under their respective jurisdictions on which a person may operate a golf cart; authorizing a person to operate a golf cart only on a highway with a maximum posted speed limit of not more than 30 miles per hour or, in Golden Beach Patuxent Knolls, St. Mary's County, 35 miles per hour, between dawn and dusk, and only if the golf cart is equipped with certain lighting devices; and repealing certain authorizations to operate golf carts in certain local areas.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB317
Introduced
1/11/24
Refer
1/11/24
Prohibiting the Department of Natural Resources from revoking a person's authorization to catch oysters, striped bass, or crabs unless the person has been convicted of or entered an accepted plea of nolo contendere to a certain crime; altering and establishing certain procedures for the suspension or revocation of an authorization to catch oysters, striped bass, or crabs; and authorizing the Department to reinstate a certain authorization under certain circumstances.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB318
Introduced
1/12/24
Refer
1/12/24
Authorizing a State's Attorney to file a motion for a reduction of sentence at any time during the period of active incarceration recommending a lesser sentence if it is in the interest of justice; authorizing an individual to file a response within 60 days after the filing of a motion to provide any additional information for the court to consider; requiring the court to hold a timely hearing on the motion; authorizing the court to consider certain factors when determining whether to reduce a certain sentence; etc.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB319
Introduced
1/12/24
Refer
1/12/24
Report Pass
3/14/24
Engrossed
3/15/24
Refer
3/16/24
Report Pass
3/28/24
Enrolled
4/3/24
Chaptered
5/16/24
Passed
5/16/24
Repealing and altering a reporting requirement to require the Maryland Judiciary, instead of the State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy, to report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before October 1 each year on the number of charges, convictions, and sentences for certain regulated firearm violations, disaggregated by jurisdiction, race, and gender.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB32
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Report Pass
2/15/24
Engrossed
2/22/24
Refer
2/23/24
Report Pass
4/3/24
Enrolled
4/4/24
Chaptered
5/9/24
Passed
5/9/24
Altering a certain loan program to authorize the Maryland Agricultural and Resource-Based Industry Development Corporation to provide loans not exceeding $10,000 for each seasonal full-time job; expanding eligibility for the Maryland Watermen's Microloan Program within the Corporation to include, starting July 1, 2025, individuals who are residents of the State and hold a commercial fishing license to catch finfish, crabs, clams, or oysters issued by the Potomac River Fisheries Commission; etc.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB320
Introduced
1/12/24
Refer
1/12/24
Report Pass
3/7/24
Engrossed
3/14/24
Refer
3/14/24
Report Pass
3/29/24
Enrolled
4/4/24
Chaptered
5/9/24
Passed
5/9/24
Clarifying that the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System may pay certain incentive compensation to the Chief Investment Officer for the State Retirement and Pension System if the Chief Investment Officer retires from the Investment Division of the State Retirement Agency in a certain manner; and correcting a certain incorrect reference of an age restriction applying to certain members of the Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System that participate in the Deferred Retirement Option Program (DROP).
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB321
Introduced
1/12/24
Refer
1/12/24
Report Pass
2/8/24
Engrossed
2/13/24
Refer
2/14/24
Report Pass
3/27/24
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 municipal corporation to grant, by law, a tax credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on real property that is used for certain hotel or residential development projects; and altering eligibility for a certain property tax credit in Wicomico County against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on real property that is used for certain hotel or residential development projects.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB322
Introduced
1/12/24
Refer
1/12/24
Report Pass
3/7/24
Engrossed
3/14/24
Refer
3/14/24
Report Pass
4/8/24
Requiring the State Board of Trustees of the Maryland Teachers and State Employees Supplemental Retirement Plans to implement an automatic enrollment arrangement for State employees who are hired on or after January 1, 2025; and requiring an eligible employer to deduct wages of an employee for contribution to a supplemental retirement plan in accordance with an automatic enrollment arrangement, unless the employee has elected to withdraw from or cease to contribute to the supplemental retirement plan.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB323
Introduced
1/12/24
Refer
1/12/24
Increasing, from $7,000 to $10,000, the amount of a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for an individual who is a qualifying public safety volunteer for a taxable year beginning after December 31, 2024; requiring each police agency to maintain certain records of the activities of each member of a police auxiliary or reserve, provide each member with a certain report on the preceding calendar year, and provide a certain report and certification that an individual qualified for the subtraction modification; etc.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB324
Introduced
1/12/24
Refer
1/12/24
Requiring a person who holds a handgun permit and accidentally discharges a firearm to register within 90 days for a certain firearms safety training course and complete the course within 6 months of the incident; requiring the Secretary of State Police to revoke a handgun permit of a certain person who fails to successfully complete a certain firearms safety training course; requiring the Secretary to provide certain written notice to a person whose handgun permit is revoked; etc.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB325
Introduced
1/12/24
Refer
1/12/24
Report Pass
2/12/24
Engrossed
2/20/24
Refer
2/21/24
Report Pass
4/1/24
Enrolled
4/3/24
Chaptered
5/9/24
Passed
5/9/24
Requiring producers of architectural paint or a representative organization to submit a plan for the establishment of a Paint Stewardship Program to the Department of the Environment by July 1, 2025, and in accordance with certain requirements; requiring the Department to review and approve certain plans, including a certain assessment; prohibiting the sale of certain architectural paint beginning January 1, 2026 unless an approved Paint Stewardship Program has been implemented by certain producers; etc.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB326
Introduced
1/12/24
Refer
1/12/24
Providing that a law enforcement officer may conduct a certain interrogation of a child if probable cause exists for the law enforcement officer to believe that the child committed a certain crime of violence or a crime involving a firearm and the law enforcement officer has made an effort reasonably calculated to give actual notice to the child's parent, guardian, or custodian that the child will be interrogated.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB327
Introduced
1/12/24
Refer
1/12/24
Authorizing the court, in determining legal and physical custody in certain child custody proceedings, to consider certain factors; and authorizing the court to modify a child custody or visitation order if the court determines that there has been a material change in circumstances since the issuance of the order that relates to the needs of the child or the ability of the parents to meet those needs and that modifying the order is in the best interest of the child.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB328
Introduced
1/12/24
Refer
1/12/24
Requiring that the Governor's proposed budget for each of fiscal years 2026, 2027, and 2028 include an 8% reimbursement rate increase for providers of certain health care services under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program, the Maryland Children's Health Program, and the Community First Choice program; requiring nursing homes to annually submit a certain cost report to the Maryland Department of Health; etc.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB329
Introduced
1/12/24
Refer
1/12/24
Altering the powers and duties of the Chesapeake Bay Trust by authorizing the Trust to retain outside counsel as necessary.