Maryland 2024 Regular Session All Bills
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB56
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Establishing the On-Farm Organic Diversion and Composting Grant Program to award grants to eligible entities to assist with the costs of developing and implementing on-farm composting and compost use, food waste prevention, and food rescue projects; requiring the Department of the Environment to use funds from the Reduce, Recycle, Remanufacture Fund to support the Grant Program to Reduce and Compost School Waste; authorizing the Department to establish a statewide solid waste disposal surcharge; etc.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB560
Introduced
1/25/24
Refer
1/25/24
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
Authorizing the Frederick County Board of License Commissioners to issue a municipal golf course license to an official of the City of Frederick designated by the Mayor of the City of Frederick; and authorizing the Board to transfer the license to a different city official designated by the Mayor under certain circumstances.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB561
Introduced
1/25/24
Refer
1/25/24
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 manufacturer's limited beer, wine, and liquor permit in Frederick County that authorizes the holder to allow a licensed caterer or other contracted party to provide sealed beer, wine, and liquor products not manufactured by the holder during private events for on-premises consumption, subject to certain restrictions; authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Frederick County to issue a permit to holders of certain manufacturer's licenses; and requiring the Board to adopt certain regulations.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB562
Introduced
1/25/24
Refer
1/25/24
Report Pass
3/11/24
Engrossed
3/14/24
Refer
3/15/24
Establishing the Workgroup to Study the Salary of the Sheriff of Frederick County to study the salaries of the sheriff in each county in the State and any other law enforcement position with similar responsibilities and preparation requirements as a sheriff and make recommendations regarding the salary of the Sheriff of Frederick County; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Frederick County Delegation to the General Assembly on or before December 15, 2025.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB563
Introduced
1/25/24
Refer
1/25/24
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
Altering the Class C (Weinberg Center) beer, wine, and liquor license in Frederick County to be the Class C (Weinberg Center/New Spires Arts Stages) beer, wine, and liquor license; expanding the licensed premises to include the New Spires Arts Stages; altering the officials who may sign a certain license application; authorizing the license holder to sell beer, wine, and liquor at an event held by an outside group that has rented the Weinberg Arts Center or the New Spires Arts Stages; etc.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB564
Introduced
1/25/24
Refer
1/25/24
Report Pass
2/26/24
Engrossed
2/29/24
Refer
3/1/24
Report Pass
4/1/24
Enrolled
4/3/24
Chaptered
4/25/24
Passed
4/25/24
Repealing certain processes regarding the expiration of certain licenses for real estate brokers, associate real estate brokers, and real estate salespersons; requiring that certain licenses expire on a staggered basis; modifying and setting certain time frames for certain processes regarding the expiration of certain licenses; authorizing the State Real Estate Commission to set a certain fee under certain circumstances; altering certain regulatory requirements for conducting certain continuing education courses; etc.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB565
Introduced
1/25/24
Refer
1/25/24
Providing that the General Assembly may authorize, by law, the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to issue certain Internet gaming licenses; requiring certain implementation legislation to include certain criteria and specifications; declaring the intent of the General Assembly that the State's share of revenues generated by Internet gaming be used for the funding of public education; and submitting the Act to a referendum of the qualified voters of the State.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB566
Introduced
1/25/24
Refer
1/25/24
Authorizing a county board of education to authorize a certain employee to transport a public school student in a vehicle if the driver meets certain requirements; and requiring, on or before December 31, 2024, the Career and Technical Education Committee to establish a certain pathway for students to prepare for a career that requires driving skills and a driver's license and establish an annual goal for the number of students who obtain certain licenses before they graduate high school.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB567
Introduced
1/25/24
Refer
1/25/24
Report Pass
3/11/24
Engrossed
3/14/24
Refer
3/15/24
Report Pass
3/29/24
Enrolled
4/3/24
Chaptered
4/25/24
Passed
4/25/24
Requiring each public institution of higher education to adopt a policy to authorize a student to withdraw from the institution under extenuating circumstances and to refund the student for tuition and fees paid by the student for a certain semester under certain circumstances.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB568
Introduced
1/25/24
Refer
1/25/24
Altering the conditions under which a lawsuit is considered a strategic lawsuit against public participation (SLAPP suit); altering the conditions under which a defendant in a SLAPP suit is not civilly liable for certain communications; establishing certain standards and requirements relating to a motion to dismiss an alleged SLAPP suit; and applying the Act prospectively.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB569
Introduced
1/25/24
Refer
1/25/24
Requiring, on or before October 1, 2025, the Department of Budget and Management to identify units of State government or functions of State government for which a transition to a 4-day workweek is feasible for 60% of State employees; requiring the Department to implement a 4-day workweek for certain State employees by October 1, 2027; and prohibiting State employees who transition to a 4-day workweek from, as a direct result of the transition, having work hours reduced to less than 36 hours per week or having a reduction in pay or benefits.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB57
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Report Pass
3/15/24
Engrossed
3/18/24
Refer
3/19/24
Providing that it is lawful for a person to intercept an oral communication if the person is working as a fair housing tester for a fair housing testing program operated by the federal government, the State, a local government, or a nonprofit civil rights organization under certain circumstances; and providing that the contents of an intercepted oral communication may be used only for the purpose of enforcing federal, State, or local fair housing laws.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB570
Introduced
1/25/24
Refer
1/25/24
Report Pass
3/29/24
Engrossed
4/2/24
Refer
4/2/24
Refer
4/5/24
Report Pass
4/8/24
Enrolled
4/8/24
Chaptered
5/9/24
Passed
5/9/24
Requiring certain gas companies and authorizing certain gas companies to develop a plan for a pilot thermal energy network system or systems by October 1, 2024; requiring a gas company that serves at least 75,000 customers in its distribution territory to submit either one or two proposals for a pilot system to the Public Service Commission for approval by July 1, 2025; authorizing a municipal corporation, county, or community organization to submit neighborhoods to gas companies for consideration as part of a pilot system; etc.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB571
Introduced
1/25/24
Refer
1/25/24
Report Pass
3/7/24
Engrossed
3/14/24
Refer
3/15/24
Report Pass
4/3/24
Enrolled
4/6/24
Chaptered
5/9/24
Passed
5/9/24
Requiring a covered entity that offers an online product reasonably likely to be accessed by children to complete a certain data protection impact assessment on or before April 1, 2026, under certain circumstances; requiring certain privacy protections for certain online products; prohibiting certain data collection and sharing practices; authorizing certain monitoring practices to allow a child's parent or guardian to monitor the child's online activity or location without providing an obvious signal to the child; etc.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB572
Introduced
1/25/24
Refer
1/25/24
Requiring a water utility operating in the State to post on its website or provide to the Department of the Environment documents, data, and information required as part of the water utility's annual water quality consumer confidence report; requiring a certain local government to provide or post on its website certain data and information to a certain water utility; prohibiting the Department from imposing more than a certain amount in fines on certain water utilities for each reporting year; etc.