Maryland 2024 Regular Session All Bills
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB910
Introduced
2/2/24
Refer
2/2/24
Report Pass
3/15/24
Engrossed
3/18/24
Refer
3/19/24
Requiring the Governor's Workforce Development Board, in consultation with the Maryland Department of Labor, to conduct a study on discrimination in employment opportunities in the State against individuals who do not hold a high school diploma or a degree from an institution of higher education and advancing skills-driven education and training, hiring, and internal advancement practices; and requiring the Board to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and certain committees on or before July 1, 2025.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB911
Introduced
2/2/24
Refer
2/2/24
Prohibiting a person from offering for sale in the State a gene structure- or function-modifying product unless the product is labeled in a prominent and conspicuous manner with the words "Gene structure- or function-modifying product" and all potential risks, side effects, adverse effects, and other reasonably possible effects that the product may have; and establishing penalties for a violation of the Act.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB912
Introduced
2/2/24
Refer
2/2/24
Altering, clarifying, and expanding certain provisions of law relating to the immunity from liability of a parent who leaves an unharmed newborn with a responsible adult under certain circumstances; requiring the Secretary of Human Services to develop, implement, and maintain a public information program to inform the public about the Maryland Safe Haven Program; and requiring the Secretary of Human Services to annually submit a report to the General Assembly about the Maryland Safe Haven Program beginning December 31, 2025.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB913
Introduced
2/2/24
Refer
2/2/24
Authorizing the governing body of a county to adopt, by law, an approval voting method for elections for offices in the executive or legislative branches of county government.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB914
Introduced
2/2/24
Refer
2/2/24
Prohibiting discrimination based on an individual's refusal to undergo a genetic procedure in education, public accommodations, commercial leasing, housing, and employment and by certain licensed or regulated persons.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB915
Introduced
2/2/24
Refer
2/2/24
Report Pass
3/13/24
Engrossed
3/14/24
Refer
3/15/24
Report Pass
4/5/24
Enrolled
4/8/24
Chaptered
5/9/24
Passed
5/9/24
Altering the regulatory approach for controlling invasive plant species in the State, including repealing certain provisions of law relating to a two-tiered regulatory approach and requiring the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a list of prohibited invasive plants by regulation in a certain manner on or before October 1, 2024; establishing certain protocols for assessing certain nonnative plants and determining whether those plants are invasive or whether the plants may be placed on a certain watch list; etc.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB916
Introduced
2/2/24
Refer
2/2/24
Report Pass
2/26/24
Engrossed
3/1/24
Refer
3/4/24
Report Pass
4/5/24
Enrolled
4/8/24
Chaptered
5/9/24
Passed
5/9/24
Requiring certain petitions to review the listing or unlisting of endangered or threatened species to contain certain information regarding the distribution, life, and habitat needs of the species and relevant information about the status of a species; requiring the Secretary of Natural Resources to review and, if warranted, update certain regulations listing endangered or threatened species on or before July 1, 2026, and every 5 years thereafter; and defining "fish" and "wildlife" for certain purposes.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB917
Introduced
2/2/24
Refer
2/2/24
Altering the duties of behavioral health services coordinators and the Maryland Consortium on Coordinated Community Supports regarding duties related to implementing Restorative Practices Schools throughout the State; requiring the State Department of Education to develop a comprehensive plan to implement requirements for the establishment of Restorative Practices Schools; and requiring the Department to annually report to the General Assembly on the implementation of Restorative Practices Schools beginning December 1, 2026.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB918
Introduced
2/2/24
Refer
2/2/24
Changing the name of the Retail Choice Customer Education and Protection Fund to the Education and Protection Fund; and modifying the purpose and uses of the Fund to include educating certain customers on certain energy choices and developing a certain training and educational program for persons licensed by the Public Service Commission as electricity suppliers or gas suppliers.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB919
Introduced
2/2/24
Refer
2/2/24
Extending, for 60 days, the period of time during which the Workers' Compensation Commission may modify an award related to a workers' compensation claim if an appeal is filed during the original 5-year period during which the Commission maintains authority to modify an appeal.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB92
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Report Pass
3/18/24
Engrossed
3/18/24
Refer
3/19/24
Report Pass
3/28/24
Enrolled
4/3/24
Chaptered
4/25/24
Passed
4/25/24
Requiring all motion picture houses to offer closed movie captioning for each screening of a certain motion picture; and requiring, if a motion picture is produced and available to motion picture houses with open movie captioning, a place of public accommodation that controls, operates, owns, or leases a motion picture house with eight or more screens in the State to provide open movie captioning for at least two screenings for each motion picture it screens each week for the first 3 weeks after a motion picture premieres in the motion picture house.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB920
Introduced
2/2/24
Refer
2/2/24
Establishing the Maryland Electric Transmission Authority to serve as the lead State agency on issues related to electricity transmission; and requiring the Authority to advocate on, research, evaluate, and identify certain issues related to electricity transmission.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB921
Introduced
2/2/24
Refer
2/2/24
Requiring that undisputed retention proceeds retained by a unit or a certain contractor under a State procurement contract be paid within 90 days after the date of substantial completion.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB922
Introduced
2/2/24
Refer
2/2/24
Report Pass
4/1/24
Engrossed
4/2/24
Refer
4/2/24
Refer
4/5/24
Report Pass
4/6/24
Enrolled
4/8/24
Chaptered
5/9/24
Passed
5/9/24
Repealing a provision of law prohibiting the Department of Natural Resources from taking any action to reduce or alter the boundaries of certain oyster sanctuaries until the Department has developed a certain updated fishery management plan for oysters.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Senate Bill SB923
Introduced
2/2/24
Refer
2/2/24
Decreasing, over 5 taxable years, the State corporate income tax rate from 8.25% to 6.25%.