Maryland Senator Joanne Benson [D] | Introduced

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MDSB1167Intro
25%
Authorizing a landlord to offer the payment of a fee in lieu of a security deposit in a residential lease subject to certain requirements; requiring a landlord to purchase certain insurance coverage using a fee in lieu of a security deposit; establis...
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2024-03-21
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB410Intro
25%
Prohibiting the knowing use, possession, or purchase of unauthorized registration plates for a vehicle; and providing a penalty for violation of the Act of imprisonment of up to 90 days or a fine not to exceed $10,000 or both.
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2024-03-15
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDSB725Intro
25%
Requiring a residential lease to include a requirement that a tenant hold a renter's insurance policy; prohibiting a lease from containing certain requirements regarding a renter's insurance policy; and requiring a landlord to acquire a renter's insu...
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2024-03-15
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDSB993Intro
25%
Requiring the Office of the Inspector General of the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission to complete a review of a certain facility within 60 days after receiving confirmation that the construction of the facility is complete; requiring the Washi...
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2024-03-06
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB828Intro
25%
Requiring each public institution of higher education to adopt a policy to authorize a student to withdraw under extenuating circumstances and reimburse the student for tuition and fees paid for the semester in which the student withdraws under certa...
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2024-02-26
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDSB994Intro
25%
Establishing certain requirements on food service establishments, hospitality establishments, and retail establishments regarding work schedules for employees, including requirements related to the provision of work schedules to employees, notificati...
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2024-02-17
To Senate Finance Committee
MDSB47Intro
25%
Establishing prohibitions and requirements regarding the sale of diet pills to individuals under the age of 18 years; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop a notice with information about the potential health risks of diet pills; and...
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2024-02-12
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDSB642Intro
25%
Establishing the Maryland Beverage Container Recycling Refund and Litter Reduction Program to increase the reuse and recycling of beverage containers and reduce the litter, pollution, and costs associated with beverage containers; prohibiting a produ...
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2024-02-09
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB823Intro
25%
Providing collective bargaining rights to certain faculty, part-time faculty, post doctoral associates, and graduate assistants at certain State institutions of higher education; establishing separate collective bargaining units for the faculty, part...
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2024-02-09
To Senate Finance Committee
MDSB1136Intro
25%
Prohibiting a person from manufacturing, selling, delivering, holding, or offering for sale in the State food that contains brominated vegetable oil, potassium bromate, propylparaben, or red dye 3.
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2024-02-09
To Senate Rules Committee
MDSJ5Intro
25%
Stating that the General Assembly of Maryland conveys to Maryland's Congressional Delegation its support for an immediate, long-term ceasefire in Israel and occupied Palestine, the return of all hostages, and delivery of adequate humanitarian aid to ...
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2024-02-09
To Senate Rules Committee
MDSB1137Intro
25%
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to develop a list of diet pills, make the list publicly accessible on or before January 1, 2025, and update the list on a quarterly basis.
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2024-02-09
To Senate Rules Committee
MDSB1138Intro
25%
Altering certain apprenticeship requirements relating to public works contracts to require certain contractors and subcontractors to employ a certain number of qualified apprentices or journeymen necessary to meet a certain applicable percentage for ...
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2024-02-09
To Senate Rules Committee
MDSB546Intro
25%
Prohibiting the Department of the Environment from exempting a person from the requirement to use certain shoreline stabilization measures for certain erosion protection projects solely on the basis of replacing a structural shoreline stabilization m...
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2024-02-07
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB992Intro
25%
Requiring a landlord to provide certain notice to a tenant when a court has issued a warrant of restitution for a failure of a tenant to pay rent, a breach of lease, or a tenant holding over under certain circumstances; establishing certain procedure...
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2024-02-07
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB958Intro
25%
Establishing the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Payment Program in the Department of the Environment to secure payments from certain businesses that extract fossil fuels or refine petroleum products in order to provide a source of revenue f...
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2024-02-07
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB1075Intro
25%
Prohibiting an individual from distributing heroin or fentanyl or chemical analogues of heroin or fentanyl, the use of which results in the death or serious bodily injury of another.
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2024-02-07
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB145Intro
25%
Authorizing an individual serving a term of confinement to petition a court to modify or reduce the sentence under certain circumstances; providing that a certain petitioner is entitled to assistance of counsel and, if indigent, representation by the...
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2024-02-05
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDSB208Intro
25%
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to increase the hourly reimbursement rate for certain personal assistance services under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to a minimum of $25 per hour; requiring provider agencies to pay the greater ...
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2024-02-05
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDSB724Intro
25%
Prohibiting certain persons from allowing pupils to stand in a school bus while the school bus is in motion; requiring that school buses purchased after October 1, 2024, be equipped with seat belts that are accessible to passengers; requiring school ...
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2024-02-01
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB719Intro
25%
Prohibiting a person from committing a felony against a victim who is a minor within 5 miles of certain locations; and establishing that a violation of the Act is a felony and punishable with imprisonment up to 15 years.
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2024-02-01
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB721Intro
25%
Allowing employers who provide certain parental engagement leave to certain qualified employees during the taxable year a credit against the State income tax; requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Comptroller, to devel...
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2024-02-01
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee
MDSB722Intro
25%
Increasing the amount of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefit that the State is required to provide for a household that includes an individual who is at least 62 years old.
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2024-02-01
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee
MDSB720Intro
25%
Establishing a program within the Division of Correction that provides formerly incarcerated individuals and individuals on probation with certain services; requiring the facility that administers the program to be located in Prince George's County; ...
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2024-02-01
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB427Intro
25%
Authorizing a community-based organization, with the approval of the Maryland Department of Health, to establish an Overdose and Infectious Disease Prevention Services Program to provide a location for the consumption of preobtained drugs, provide st...
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2024-01-31
To Senate Finance Committee
MDSB584Intro
25%
Prohibiting a political subdivision from adopting or enforcing an ordinance, a regulation, or a policy that requires payment of a fee for parking a motor vehicle in a parking space served by a parking meter if the motor vehicle has an individually-ea...
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2024-01-31
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB204Intro
25%
Entering into the Social Work Licensure Compact for the purpose of authorizing regulated social workers who hold interstate compact licenses to practice social work in member states; establishing requirements for multistate licensure; establishing th...
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2024-01-24
To Senate Finance Committee
MDSB314Intro
25%
Establishing the joint and several civil liability of a parent, guardian, or custodian of a minor who commits an act of willful misconduct that results in the death or injury of an individual or damage to property, subject to a certain exception; req...
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2024-01-15
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDSB64Intro
25%
Allowing employers who provide certain parental engagement leave to certain qualified employees during the taxable year a credit against the State income tax; requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with the Comptroller, to devel...
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2024-01-09
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee
MDSB198Intro
25%
Allowing certain eligible taxpayers who volunteer in a certain elementary and secondary school a credit against the State income tax in an amount equal to $20 for each volunteer hour, not to exceed $500; requiring the State Department of Education, i...
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2024-01-09
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee
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