Maryland Senator Chris West [R] | Senate | Introduced

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MDSB758Intro
25%
Requiring certain facts to be considered when determining whether a lack of consent exists for the purposes of certain sexual crimes; altering the elements of second-degree rape to remove the requirement of use of force or threat of force; and requir...
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2024-04-04
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
MDSB874Intro
25%
Prohibiting a hospital or an ambulatory surgical facility from employing or contracting with an individual to provide surgical technology services unless the individual completes certain educational requirements and holds a certain credential or prov...
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2024-03-25
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDSB1148Intro
25%
Altering, from intentional to reckless, the mental state required as an element of cruelty to animals owned or used by law enforcement units.
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2024-03-21
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB399Intro
25%
Altering a certain prohibition on advertising for cannabis licensees, products, or services by repealing a prohibition on certain outdoor advertising and instead prohibiting advertising within 500 feet of a substance use treatment facility, certain s...
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2024-03-13
Unfavorable Report by Finance
MDSB794Intro
25%
Requiring the State Board of Social Work Examiners to establish a process to review and approve a person seeking to become an authorized sponsor of social work continuing education programs, subject to a requirement that at least one pathway for appr...
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2024-03-13
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDSB715Intro
25%
Requiring a private construction contract to include a provision requiring the owner to pay the contractor within 45 days after the receipt of a proper invoice following completion of the work or, if the owner withholds all or part of an amount invoi...
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2024-03-04
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDSB635Intro
25%
Altering the number of years of criminal history, from 7 years to 3 years, that are reviewed in a certain reusable tenant screening report; establishing certain prohibitions and limitations on the review and consideration of a prospective tenant's cr...
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2024-02-13
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB632Intro
25%
Authorizing a certain person to petition for a peace order against another person whom the petitioner alleges has conducted visual surveillance of areas of the petitioner's residence where the petitioner has a reasonable expectation of privacy.
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2024-02-12
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB772Intro
25%
Requiring an election judge to establish a voter's identity by requiring the voter to present a valid government-issued photo identification or a valid nongovernment-issued photo identification, and a current bill, statement, or check that states the...
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2024-02-09
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB1037Intro
25%
Authorizing certain police officers to testify as expert witnesses on the ultimate issue of impairment in cases involving driving a vehicle or operating a vessel while impaired by drugs; establishing a certain presumption in cases involving driving a...
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2024-02-07
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB976Intro
25%
Repealing a certain limitation on an exemption for motor or trailer home dealers, and salesmen employed by dealers, from restrictions on the number of annual vehicle shows in which dealers or salesmen may participate.
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2024-02-07
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB901Intro
25%
Altering the notice requirement for a leasehold tenant to apply to redeem a ground lease to require that a tenant must provide notice only to ground lease holders who have registered a ground lease in accordance with certain law.
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2024-02-07
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB757Intro
25%
Prohibiting certain employees, agents, or entities on any information technology owned or leased by a unit of State government from downloading or using any application, including TikTok or WeChat, or accessing any website developed by ByteDance Ltd....
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2024-02-06
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB841Intro
25%
Repealing a requirement that certain motor fuel tax rates be adjusted in future years based on growth in the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers; prohibiting the State or a local jurisdiction from imposing or levying a vehicle-miles-traveled...
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2024-02-06
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee
MDSB31Intro
25%
Prohibiting a provision in a contract or agreement relating to architectural, engineering, inspecting, or surveying services that requires the promisor to defend a promisee against claims brought by a third party.
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2024-02-05
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDSB483Intro
25%
Establishing the Maryland Community Investment Corporation as an independent unit to make investments in certain low-income communities; requiring the Corporation to apply for an allocation of federal new markets tax credits; expanding the eligible u...
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2024-02-02
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB842Intro
25%
Prohibiting a person from intentionally causing physical injury to another if the person knows or has reason to know that the other is an official, umpire, referee, or judge officiating at a sporting event; authorizing a police officer to arrest a pe...
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2024-02-02
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB748Intro
25%
Altering the rates and rate brackets under the State income tax on certain income of individuals; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2023.
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2024-02-01
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee
MDSB792Intro
25%
Altering the jurisdiction of the juvenile court to establish that the juvenile court has exclusive jurisdiction over a child who is at least 11 years old alleged to have committed a crime of violence or a crime involving the use or possession of a fi...
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2024-02-01
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB506Intro
25%
Requiring the State Board of Physicians to adopt regulations authorizing a licensed physician to file an application for administrative expungement of a disciplinary record with the Board and establishing a process for the grant or denial of an admin...
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2024-01-31
To Senate Finance Committee
MDSB602Intro
25%
Altering certain provisions of law relating to waiting periods for the filing of certain petitions for expungement to authorize the filing of a petition a certain amount of time after the completion of the sentence; establishing procedures for the au...
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2024-01-31
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB609Intro
25%
Including law enforcement officers within the scope of certain prohibitions against committing certain crimes against certain persons, damaging certain property of certain persons, burning certain objects, and damaging certain buildings with which ce...
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2024-01-31
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB636Intro
25%
Establishing the Commission to Study the Ability of the Department of Juvenile Services to Provide Effective Social Services to Juvenile Offenders; and requiring the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Genera...
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2024-01-31
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB396Intro
25%
Repealing a certain prohibition against a law enforcement officer initiating a stop or a search of a motor vehicle based solely on the odor of burnt or unburnt cannabis; and repealing a certain provision of law rendering inadmissible certain evidenc...
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2024-01-30
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB389Intro
25%
Authorizing an individual who is at least 60 years old and has been imprisoned for at least 20 years to file a motion to reduce the duration of the individual's sentence; requiring the court to conduct a hearing on a motion to reduce the duration of ...
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2024-01-30
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB552Intro
25%
Requiring the Governor, beginning in fiscal year 2026, to include in the annual budget bill General Fund appropriations of certain amounts for the Broadening Options and Opportunities for Students Today Program.
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2024-01-26
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee
MDSB146Intro
25%
Altering the definition of "Tier 1 renewable source" for purposes of excluding energy derived from waste and refuse from being eligible for inclusion in the renewable energy portfolio standard; and applying the Act to all renewable energy portfolio s...
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2024-01-25
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB381Intro
25%
Requiring certain interscholastic and intramural junior varsity and varsity athletic teams or sports sponsored by certain schools to be expressly designated based on biological sex; prohibiting certain entities from taking certain adverse actions aga...
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2024-01-25
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB378Intro
25%
Establishing the felony of theft of a handgun; and establishing a penalty for theft of a handgun of, for a first conviction, imprisonment of up to 5 years or a fine of up to $1,000 or both and, for a second or subsequent conviction, imprisonment of u...
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2024-01-25
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB421Intro
25%
Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to require certain persons who are convicted of, or granted probation before judgment for, certain criminal offenses related to driving while impaired by alcohol, a drug or drug combination, or a combination...
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2024-01-23
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB438Intro
25%
Establishing that a parent has the fundamental right to direct the upbringing, education, care, and welfare of the parent's child; and prohibiting the State or a political subdivision from infringing on a parent's fundamental right to direct the upbr...
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2024-01-23
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB443Intro
25%
Authorizing an individual to request aid in dying by making certain requests; establishing requirements and prohibitions governing aid in dying, including requirements related to requests for aid in dying, consulting physicians, mental health assessm...
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2024-01-23
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB327Intro
25%
Authorizing the court, in determining legal and physical custody in certain child custody proceedings, to consider certain factors; and authorizing the court to modify a child custody or visitation order if the court determines that there has been a ...
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2024-01-18
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB346Intro
25%
Phasing in, over a period of 3 years, an increase in a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax to allow for a subtraction of all military retirement income beginning in taxable year 2026.
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2024-01-18
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee
MDSB365Intro
25%
Specifying certain qualifications and training necessary for an individual to be appointed or approved by a court as a custody evaluator; and specifying that certain expert evidence is admissible in certain child custody and visitation proceedings un...
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2024-01-18
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB398Intro
25%
Authorizing the reimbursement of certain physicians, qualified health care providers, and hospitals by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board for certain forensic examinations of and health care services provided to a victim of nonfatal strangulati...
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2024-01-18
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB73Intro
25%
Requiring the Department of Juvenile Services to report to the General Assembly, by January 1 each year, on the number of assessments completed during the intake process involving children who commit firearm offenses.
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2024-01-15
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB87Intro
25%
Specifying that certain crimes involving homicide or life-threatening injury by motor vehicle or vessel are violent crimes for the purpose of parole eligibility; increasing penalties for certain crimes involving homicide or life-threatening injury by...
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2024-01-15
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB68Intro
25%
Providing that a person charged with reckless or negligent driving must appear in court and may not prepay the fine if the reckless or negligent driving contributed to an accident that resulted in the death of another person, unless a court for good ...
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2024-01-15
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB94Intro
25%
Altering provisions of law relating to the juvenile intake process such that certain complaints and case files are required to be forwarded to the State's Attorney under certain circumstances; and altering provisions of law relating to the length of ...
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2024-01-15
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB28Intro
25%
Establishing that a violation of a condition of probation, parole, or mandatory supervision that involves the use or possession of a firearm is not a technical violation for certain purposes; requiring the Commissioner of Correction to provide a cert...
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2024-01-15
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB195Intro
25%
Requiring a law enforcement officer to make a certain report to a local department of social services after a certain arrest of a certain child under the age of 13 for purposes of a neglect investigation.
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2024-01-15
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB39Intro
25%
Classifying the theft of a firearm as a felony; and establishing a penalty for theft of a firearm of imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or a fine not exceeding $1,000 for a first offense, and imprisonment not exceeding 10 years or a fine not exceedin...
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2024-01-15
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB52Intro
25%
Altering the jurisdiction of the juvenile court to establish that the juvenile court has exclusive original jurisdiction over a child who is at least 10 years old alleged to have committed a crime involving the use or possession of a firearm; and alt...
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2024-01-15
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB44Intro
25%
Prohibiting the earning of diminution credits to reduce the term of confinement of an incarcerated individual who is serving a sentence for murder in the first degree or murder in the second degree in a State or local correctional facility; prohibiti...
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2024-01-15
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB120Intro
25%
Authorizing a child to consult with the child's parent, guardian, or custodian instead of an attorney before a law enforcement officer may conduct a custodial interrogation of the child.
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2024-01-15
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB318Intro
25%
Authorizing a State's Attorney to file a motion for a reduction of sentence at any time during the period of active incarceration recommending a lesser sentence if it is in the interest of justice; authorizing an individual to file a response within ...
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2024-01-15
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB326Intro
25%
Providing that a law enforcement officer may conduct a certain interrogation of a child if probable cause exists for the law enforcement officer to believe that the child committed a certain crime of violence or a crime involving a firearm and the la...
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2024-01-15
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB311Intro
25%
Expanding the Maryland Food and Agricultural Resiliency Mechanism Grant Program by making qualified nonprofit organizations that operate a farm or community garden that is on at least 250 acres, grows between 2,000,000 and 3,000,000 pounds of produce...
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2024-01-11
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
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