Maryland 2024 Regular Session All Bills
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland House Bill HB1417
Introduced
2/9/24
Refer
2/9/24
Establishing the Commission for Economic Justice and Racial Reconciliation to study racial disparities in wealth and resources as a result of tax laws and systems in place in the State from the Reconstruction Era through the enactment of and subsequent amendments to the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964; and requiring the Commission to submit a final report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before October 1, 2026.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland House Bill HB1418
Introduced
2/9/24
Refer
2/9/24
Requiring, beginning in the 2026-2027 school year, a public middle school to begin instruction not before 8 a.m. and a public high school to begin instruction not earlier than 8:30 a.m. unless granted a waiver by the county board of education under certain circumstances.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland House Bill HB1419
Introduced
2/9/24
Refer
2/9/24
Prohibiting the intentional fraudulent sale, conveyance, or lease or attempted sale, conveyance, or lease of real property by a person who does not own the real property; prohibiting the acquisition, sale, or conveyance or the attempted acquisition, sale, or conveyance of real property by deception, intimidation, threat, or undue influence; requiring the Department of State Police to disaggregate certain data collected for the Uniform Crime Report; and establishing the Deed Fraud Prevention Grant Fund.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland House Bill HB142
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Authorizing a voter to establish the voter's identity at the request of an election judge at a polling place by presenting the voter's registration card, a valid Maryland driver's license, or certain other identification that contains a photograph.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland House Bill HB1420
Introduced
2/9/24
Refer
2/9/24
Report Pass
3/16/24
Engrossed
3/18/24
Refer
3/18/24
Authorizing the Office of People's Counsel to retain or hire experts in the field of cybersecurity; requiring certain public service companies to engage with a third party to conduct an assessment that analyzes certain critical software; requiring certain regulations adopted by the Public Service Commission to include cyber resilience; and defining "critical infrastructure" for certain provisions relating to the Maryland Cybersecurity Council.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland House Bill HB1421
Introduced
2/9/24
Refer
2/9/24
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 House Bill HB1422
Introduced
2/9/24
Refer
2/9/24
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 House Bill HB1423
Introduced
2/9/24
Refer
2/9/24
Prohibiting the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, health maintenance organizations, and managed care organizations from applying a prior authorization requirement, step therapy protocol, or fail-first protocol for drugs to treat certain mental illnesses or a medication-induced movement disorder associated with the treatment of a serious mental illness.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland House Bill HB1424
Introduced
2/9/24
Refer
2/9/24
Clarifying that, with certain exceptions, not more than one license may be issued in a single jurisdiction to an individual; and increasing from one to four, subject to a certain exception, the number of Class A alcoholic beverages licenses that may be issued in the State to an individual for a certain use.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland House Bill HB1425
Introduced
2/9/24
Refer
2/9/24
Requiring a certain provider of earned wage access services to register with the Commissioner of Financial Regulation; requiring a provider to file a certain surety bond or an irrevocable letter of credit with the Commissioner in a certain manner; regulating providers and earned wage access services; authorizing a certain consumer to submit a written complaint to the Commissioner under certain circumstances; providing the Commissioner with certain investigatory and enforcement authority; etc.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland House Bill HB1426
Introduced
2/9/24
Refer
2/9/24
Report Pass
3/16/24
Engrossed
3/18/24
Refer
3/18/24
Report Pass
4/5/24
Enrolled
4/8/24
Chaptered
4/25/24
Passed
4/25/24
Authorizing the State Department of Education to award funding for a new Judy Center or Family Support Center for planning and development under a certain circumstance; requiring the State Board to approve certain specifications for teachers and administrators relating to time spent in the classroom and time spent on other teacher activities; altering certain requirements relating to student-to-classroom personnel ratios and funding timelines for the Prekindergarten Expansion Grant Program; etc.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland House Bill HB1427
Introduced
2/9/24
Refer
2/9/24
Report Pass
4/8/24
Engrossed
4/8/24
Refer
4/8/24
Refer
4/8/24
Altering the administration and membership of the West North Avenue Development Authority; specifying the powers and duties of the Authority, subject to certain limitations; exempting the Authority from certain provisions of law; requiring the Authority to take certain actions regarding the finances of the Authority; exempting the Authority from certain taxation or assessments under certain circumstances; establishing the West North Avenue Development Authority Fund to be used for administrative purposes; etc.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland House Bill HB1428
Introduced
2/9/24
Refer
2/9/24
Establishing the Electric Vehicle Charging Station Safety Commission to develop policy recommendations to increase safety for vehicle owners and passengers and reduce violent crime and theft at electric vehicle charging stations; and requiring the Commission, beginning by December 31, 2025, to annually submit recommendations to the General Assembly.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland House Bill HB1429
Introduced
2/9/24
Refer
2/9/24
Providing that the creative expression of a criminal defendant or juvenile respondent is not admissible against the defendant or respondent unless the court makes certain findings; and defining "creative expression" as the expression or application of creativity or imagination in the production or arrangement of forms, sounds, words, movements, or symbols.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland House Bill HB143
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Report Pass
2/7/24
Engrossed
2/13/24
Refer
2/14/24
Report Pass
3/27/24
Enrolled
4/8/24
Chaptered
4/25/24
Passed
4/25/24
Establishing the unenforceability of contracts for the sale of condominium units that do not contain a statement by the vendor or unit owner as to whether the vendor or unit owner has actual knowledge of the presence of asbestos in the condominium, including a description of the location of the asbestos, whether abatement has been performed, and the date of any abatement.