Maryland 2024 Regular Session All Bills
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB424
Introduced
1/19/24
Refer
1/19/24
Providing that during the trial of a criminal case in which a defendant is charged with an assault in the second degree, a certain statement is not excluded by the hearsay rule if the statement is offered against a party that has engaged in, directed, or conspired to commit wrongdoing that was intended to and did procure the unavailibility of the declarant of the statement, under certain circumstances.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB425
Introduced
1/19/24
Refer
1/19/24
Report Pass
2/19/24
Engrossed
2/27/24
Refer
2/28/24
Report Pass
3/27/24
Enrolled
4/1/24
Chaptered
4/9/24
Passed
4/9/24
Clarifying that secondary schools participating in the Maryland Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program may serve breakfast in any broadly accessible part of the school; and authorizing elementary schools participating in the Program, subject to certain approval and allowances, to serve breakfast in any broadly accessible part of the school, including from "Grab and Go" carts after the arrival of students to the school, provided that students are allowed to consume the meal in the classroom after the start of the school day.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB426
Introduced
1/19/24
Refer
1/19/24
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.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB427
Introduced
1/19/24
Refer
1/19/24
Authorizing a community-based organization, with the approval of the Maryland Department of Health, to establish an Overdose and Infectious Disease Prevention Services Program to provide a location for the consumption of preobtained drugs, provide sterile needles, administer first aid, and certain other services; authorizing a Program to bill the insurance carrier of an individual who uses the services; authorizing the Department to approve not more than six programs, preferably two in urban, two in rural, and two in suburban areas; etc.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB428
Introduced
1/19/24
Refer
1/19/24
Report Pass
3/5/24
Engrossed
3/8/24
Refer
3/11/24
Report Pass
4/5/24
Enrolled
4/8/24
Chaptered
5/16/24
Passed
5/16/24
Establishing a resort beer license, a resort beer and wine license, and a beer, wine, and liquor festival license in Garrett County; altering the hours of sale for alcoholic beverages on Sundays for certain licenses; altering the residency requirements for certain applicants for an alcoholic beverages license in the county to require that at least one of the applicants be a resident of the State; prohibiting alcoholic beverages from being brought into places of adult entertainment and consumed or transferred; etc.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB429
Introduced
1/19/24
Refer
1/19/24
Report Pass
3/11/24
Engrossed
3/18/24
Refer
3/19/24
Report Pass
4/3/24
Enrolled
4/8/24
Chaptered
5/16/24
Passed
5/16/24
Repealing uncodified provisions of law relating to the Protestant Episcopal Church, Diocese of Washington, commonly known as the "Vestry Act"; and providing for the governance of religious corporations in union with the Protestant Episcopal Church, Diocese of Washington.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB43
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Authorizing arbitration for disputes regarding certain applications for a certain permit, grant, tax credit, or authorization for a change or alteration of property subject to a certain historic easement.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB430
Introduced
1/19/24
Refer
1/19/24
Report Pass
2/8/24
Engrossed
2/15/24
Refer
2/16/24
Report Pass
4/5/24
Enrolled
4/8/24
Chaptered
4/25/24
Passed
4/25/24
Establishing the Community Health and Safety Works Grant Program in the Department of Housing and Community Development to support certain eligible projects that improve the quality of life within and economic potential of Maryland communities by making targeted investments in crime prevention strategies to address certain concerns in certain areas; establishing the Community Health and Safety Works Grant Program Fund to provide financial assistance in the form of grants under the provisions of the Program for eligible projects; etc.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB431
Introduced
1/19/24
Refer
1/19/24
Establishing that governmental essential workers are presumed to have an occupational disease that is compensable under workers' compensation law after being diagnosed with long COVID under certain circumstances; and applying the Act retroactively.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB432
Introduced
1/19/24
Refer
1/19/24
Report Pass
4/1/24
Engrossed
4/2/24
Refer
4/2/24
Requiring the Maryland Center for School Safety to collaborate with an institution of higher education or a designated federal or national research entity to study the effectiveness and impact of active shooter safety drills or trainings by researching and analyzing data collected by local school systems; requiring the Center to identify best practices for active shooter safety drills or trainings on or before October 1, 2024; requiring local school systems to provide parents with the annual active shooter safety drill schedule; etc.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB433
Introduced
1/19/24
Refer
1/19/24
Establishing the Soccer Opportunities Program in the State Department of Education to increase opportunities for minority students to participate in soccer in their communities; and requiring the Governor, beginning in fiscal year 2026, to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of at least $80,000 for the Program.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB434
Introduced
1/19/24
Refer
1/19/24
Report Pass
2/26/24
Engrossed
2/29/24
Refer
3/1/24
Report Pass
4/4/24
Enrolled
4/6/24
Chaptered
4/25/24
Passed
4/25/24
Altering the calculation of certain funding for the State Library Resource Center for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB435
Introduced
1/19/24
Refer
1/19/24
Prohibiting a person from committing a certain crime of arson that causes injury to a firefighter during the response to the fire or the efforts to suppress the fire; and establishing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 10 years.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB436
Introduced
1/19/24
Refer
1/19/24
Report Pass
3/7/24
Engrossed
3/14/24
Refer
3/14/24
Increasing a certain civil penalty and administrative penalty for employers knowingly failing to properly classify individuals as employees; and requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to refer to the Comptroller and the U.S. Department of Labor certain complaints that allege a violation of certain tax laws under certain circumstances.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB437
Introduced
1/22/24
Refer
1/22/24
Report Pass
2/8/24
Engrossed
2/13/24
Refer
2/14/24
Report Pass
4/1/24
Enrolled
4/3/24
Chaptered
5/9/24
Passed
5/9/24
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 Procurement Officer for the County Commissioner shall advertise for bids for at least 1 week in a media accessible to the general public.