Maryland 2024 Regular Session All Bills
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB587
Introduced
1/25/24
Refer
1/25/24
Report Pass
2/14/24
Engrossed
2/20/24
Refer
2/21/24
Report Pass
4/8/24
Enrolled
4/8/24
Chaptered
5/9/24
Passed
5/9/24
Requiring certain reporting relating to minority business participation in State procurement by industry type to include real property title insurance services, including commercial real property title insurance services; and prohibiting the Special Secretary for the Governor's Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs from waiving a certain reporting requirement related to real property title insurance services.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB588
Introduced
1/25/24
Refer
1/25/24
Increasing, from $15,000 to $20,000, the amount allowed as a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for retirement income attributable to an individual's employment as a public safety employee; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2023.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB589
Introduced
1/25/24
Refer
1/25/24
Report Pass
3/13/24
Engrossed
3/14/24
Refer
3/15/24
Report Pass
4/1/24
Enrolled
4/5/24
Chaptered
5/9/24
Passed
5/9/24
Increasing, from $900,000 to $1,000,000, the amount of an appropriation that the Governor is required to include in the annual budget bill each year for the Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland from the Cigarette Restitution Fund; and repealing the termination of certain provisions of law that require the Governor to include the appropriation in the annual budget bill each year and the Council to use the appropriation to fund the activities of the Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB59
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Report Pass
3/15/24
Engrossed
3/18/24
Refer
3/19/24
Report Pass
4/3/24
Enrolled
4/4/24
Chaptered
5/16/24
Passed
5/16/24
Requiring a hospital to take certain actions relating to the care of infants as soon as practicable before the hospital discharges an infant after the birth of the infant, including providing oral and written educational resources to the parent or legal guardian on how to provide a safe sleep environment and providing a list of resources available for an infant's parent or legal guardian; requiring each hospital, by January 1, 2025, to establish a process for providing and confirming the receipt of the educational resources; etc.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB590
Introduced
1/26/24
Refer
1/26/24
Report Pass
4/8/24
Altering certain provisions of law prohibiting discrimination based on certain protected characteristics to include prohibitions on discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, race, religious beliefs, marital status, and disability.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB591
Introduced
1/26/24
Refer
1/26/24
Report Pass
4/1/24
Engrossed
4/3/24
Refer
4/4/24
Authorizing employees of certain public libraries to form, join, and participate in an employee organization and engage in certain other activities related to collective bargaining; requiring employers and certified exclusive representatives to engage in good faith bargaining; establishing a collective bargaining process for employees of certain public libraries; prohibiting employers and employee organizations from engaging in certain actions regarding the exercise of an employee's rights under the Act; etc.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB592
Introduced
1/26/24
Refer
1/26/24
Report Pass
3/4/24
Engrossed
3/7/24
Refer
3/8/24
Report Pass
4/1/24
Enrolled
4/4/24
Chaptered
4/25/24
Passed
4/25/24
Requiring a local school system to provide to parents at certain individualized education program, individualized family service plan, and 504 plan meetings for children with disabilities certain written informational materials regarding the Maryland ABLE Program: requiring the State Treasurer to develop informational materials about the Maryland ABLE Program that may be distributed electronically or by hand; and requiring the State Treasurer to provide informational materials to the State Board of Education and county boards.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB593
Introduced
1/26/24
Refer
1/26/24
Repealing a prohibition on pedestrians using a highway of the Maryland Transportation Authority; altering a prohibition on bicycles using an Authority highway; requiring the Authority to construct separated or buffered bicycle ways and pedestrian walkways in certain locations under certain circumstances; providing for a waiver from requirements under the Act; requiring the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee to review waiver requests under the Act and provide recommendations to the Secretary of Transportation; etc.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB594
Introduced
1/26/24
Refer
1/26/24
Report Pass
3/15/24
Engrossed
3/18/24
Refer
3/19/24
Report Pass
4/3/24
Enrolled
4/5/24
Chaptered
5/16/24
Passed
5/16/24
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to study the impact of requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to provide comprehensive coverage for the treatment of obesity; requiring the study to identify and compare obesity coverage in other states and examine and estimate any potential savings that may result from requiring obesity coverage; and requiring the Department to report its findings to the House Health and Government Operations Committee and the Senate Finance Committee on or before December 31, 2024.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB595
Introduced
1/26/24
Refer
1/26/24
Report Pass
3/11/24
Engrossed
3/14/24
Refer
3/15/24
Report Pass
4/1/24
Requiring administrators, carriers, and pharmacy benefits managers to include certain cost sharing amounts paid by or on behalf of an enrollee or a beneficiary when calculating the enrollee's or beneficiary's contribution to a cost sharing requirement for certain health care services; requiring administrators, carriers, and pharmacy benefits managers to include certain cost sharing amounts for certain high deductible health plans after an enrollee or a beneficiary satisfies a certain requirement; etc.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB596
Introduced
1/26/24
Refer
1/26/24
Report Pass
2/14/24
Engrossed
2/20/24
Refer
2/21/24
Report Pass
4/8/24
Enrolled
4/8/24
Chaptered
5/9/24
Passed
5/9/24
Authorizing the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $1,000,000 each year to the Department of Planning to be used as a grant to the Maryland Humanities Council for the Marilyn Hatza Memorial Strengthening Humanities Investment in Nonprofits for Equity (SHINE) Grantmaking Initiative; and requiring the Maryland Humanities Council to select, award, and report on grants to qualifying nonprofit organizations under the SHINE Grantmaking Initiative.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB597
Introduced
1/26/24
Refer
1/26/24
Report Pass
3/15/24
Engrossed
3/18/24
Refer
3/19/24
Report Pass
4/5/24
Enrolled
4/8/24
Chaptered
4/25/24
Passed
4/25/24
Establishing the Individuals with Disabilities and Service-Disabled Veterans Boating Fund to provide sailing, boating, kayaking, canoeing, paddleboarding, and surfing opportunities for individuals with disabilities and service-disabled veterans; requiring the Department of Disabilities to administer the Fund; establishing the qualifications for nonprofit organizations to receive grants from the Fund; etc.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB598
Introduced
1/26/24
Refer
1/26/24
Altering the membership of the State Board of Education to include a school principal as a member; and providing for the initial term of the principal member of the State Board.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB599
Introduced
1/26/24
Refer
1/26/24
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop a process to receive federal financial participation for the payment of county or municipal general funds appropriated to community providers that serve individuals with developmental disabilities; and requiring the Department to allocate the federal financial participation to the community providers to which the county or municipality general funds were appropriated.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB6
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Report Pass
3/7/24
Engrossed
3/14/24
Refer
3/15/24
Report Pass
4/4/24
Enrolled
4/6/24
Chaptered
5/16/24
Passed
5/16/24
Altering eligibility for a certain property tax credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax on the dwelling house of certain disabled veterans to include individuals who have been declared by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to have a nonpermanent service-connected disability of 100% that results from blindness or any other disabling cause that was not caused or incurred by misconduct of the veteran; altering the criteria for determining the amount of the credit; etc.