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MDSB33PassRequiring each public high school to inform students of certain employment and skills training opportunities in the same manner the school informs students of postsecondary educational options; requiring, when informing certain students about certain...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 281
MDSB376PassRequiring the Governor to include $5,000,000 in the annual budget for the University of Maryland School of Medicine to provide clinical care at the University of Maryland Capital Region Medical Center; and requiring the Governor to include in the bud...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 181
MDSB937PassEstablishing the Grow Your Own Educators Grant Program to provide grants to local school systems for employees who pledge to fulfill a certain service obligation as a full-time teacher in the State; requiring the State Department of Education to admi...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 227
MDSB170PassRequiring county boards of education to post certain hearing notices and bid advertisements on the websites of certain local school systems; increasing the threshold amount of costs of school buildings, improvements, supplies, and equipment that requ...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 275
MDSB1026PassRequiring the State Board of Education to adopt a process for the uniform and timely reporting of certain county board of education budget information to a county governing body; requiring a county board to post certain budget information on the coun...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 218
MDSB281PassAuthorizing certain persons to alter certain submerged aquatic vegetation in a certain manner and in accordance with certain requirements; authorizing a public utility company or telecommunications carrier to alter certain submerged aquatic vegetatio...
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2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 84
MDSB459PassAltering the composition of the Maryland Efficient Grant Application Council by removing the Director of the Governor's Grants Office or the Director's designee and adding the Comptroller or the Comptroller's designee; requiring the Council to study ...
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2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 29
MDSB707PassAdding the Space Force to certain provisions of law related to the armed forces; authorizing military spouses and residents of the State who are members of the National Guard of another state or a reserve component of the armed forces to terminate ce...
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2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 26
MDSB952Enroll
75%
Establishing certain requirements for assisted living referrers, including requirements related to the maintenance of general liability insurance, criminal history records checks, and the provision of certain agreements and descriptions of services; ...
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2024-04-09
Passed Enrolled
MDSB445Engross
50%
Defining the term "Health and Human Services Referral System" for the purposes of certain provisions of law governing the System to mean a certain coordinated system for health and human service resources that is accessible to State residents, rather...
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2024-04-08
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDSB482Enroll
75%
Establishing the Governor's Office for Children and the Special Secretary of the Governor's Office for Children as the head of the Office; requiring the Special Secretary to chair the Children's Cabinet; requiring the Office to staff the Children's C...
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2024-04-08
Passed Enrolled
MDSB672Enroll
75%
Requiring that citations and notices issued as a result of automated enforcement under the Maryland Vehicle Law be sent to the current mailing address on file with the Administration or if a mailing address is not available, the current residential a...
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2024-04-08
Returned Passed
MDSB982Enroll
75%
Altering the duties of the Secretary of Information Technology related to modernization of information technology systems; renaming the Major Information Technology Development Fund; requiring 20% of the amount appropriated to the Fund to be set asid...
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2024-04-08
Passed Enrolled
MDSB783Enroll
75%
Requiring that certain home improvement contracts for the installation of a solar energy generating system on the roof of a building include the installation of a certain wildlife barrier under certain circumstances; requiring a county or municipalit...
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2024-04-08
Passed Enrolled
MDSB541Enroll
75%
Regulating the manner in which a controller or a processor in possession of a consumer's personal data may process the consumer's personal data; authorizing a consumer to exercise certain rights in regards to the consumer's personal data; requiring a...
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2024-04-06
Passed Enrolled
MDSB571Enroll
75%
Requiring a covered entity that offers an online product reasonably likely to be accessed by children to complete a certain data protection impact assessment on or before April 1, 2026, under certain circumstances; requiring certain privacy protectio...
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2024-04-06
Passed Enrolled
MDSB1068Enroll
75%
Stating the intent of the General Assembly that the Department of Information Technology evaluate the feasibility of creating a 3-1-1 portal utilizing artificial intelligence and that the Department prioritize the creation of the portal if feasible.
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2024-04-06
Returned Passed
MDSB362Enroll
75%
Altering or repealing certain required appropriations; authorizing the use of certain funds for certain purposes; altering, from December 1, 2024, to January 15, 2027, the date by which the Accountability and Implementation Board has to conduct and s...
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2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled
MDSB492Engross
50%
Requiring the State Department of Education and the Maryland Department of Health jointly to adopt certain State guidelines for school health services regarding student access to telehealth appointments during the school day in public middle and high...
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2024-04-05
To House Ways and Means Committee
MDSB681Intro
25%
Requiring the Department of Transportation to establish a process for performing major highway capacity expansion project impact assessments; requiring the Department and a metropolitan planning organization to perform an impact assessment under cert...
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2024-04-05
Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
MDSB791Enroll
75%
Altering and establishing requirements and prohibitions related to health insurance utilization review; altering requirements related to internal grievance procedures and adverse decision procedures; altering certain reporting requirements on health ...
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2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled
MDSB818Enroll
75%
Requiring each unit of State government to conduct certain inventories and a certain assessment on or before certain dates; prohibiting the Department of Information Technology from making certain information publicly available under certain circumst...
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2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled
MDSB1074Enroll
75%
Establishing a food processing residuals utilization permit; prohibiting a person from utilizing food processing residuals in the State unless the person obtains a permit; requiring the Department of Agriculture to provide a certain notice and inform...
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2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled
MDSB835Enroll
75%
Requiring a local health department or county government to which the Department of the Environment has delegated authority to administer a septic and well program to submit, on or before December 1, 2024, a schedule of review times for certain well ...
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2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled
MDSB11Enroll
75%
Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to include system upgrades required to allow for automated expungement of charges and partial expungement of charges in any vendor contracts being negotiated at a certain time.
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2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled
MDSB473Enroll
75%
Establishing the Pava LaPere Innovation Acceleration Grant Program in the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to provide grants to technology-based startup companies that are founded by students of postsecondary institutions located in and ha...
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2024-04-04
Returned Passed
MDSB578Enroll
75%
Authorizing the Governor, beginning in fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter, to include at least $500,000 in the annual budget for the Professional and Volunteer Firefighter Innovative Cancer Screening Technologies Program.
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2024-04-04
Returned Passed
MDSB1036Enroll
75%
Establishing the Task Force on the Creation of a Division of Returning Citizens and Expanded Reentry Services; and requiring the Task Force to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2025.
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2024-04-04
Returned Passed
MDSB677Enroll
75%
Requiring that returns for certain taxes and fees collected by the Comptroller be filed electronically, subject to certain exceptions; altering certain requirements for electronic filing of returns for certain taxes; prohibiting a certain tax return ...
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2024-04-04
Returned Passed
MDSB969Enroll
75%
Requiring, in each fiscal year from 2026 through 2030, up to $100,000 from the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund to be used to fund certain operations grants at a rate of $20,000 per project sponsor each fiscal year; establishing t...
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2024-04-04
Passed Enrolled
MDSB974Enroll
75%
Establishing a 9-8-8 fee to be paid by each subscriber to switched local exchange access service, commercial mobile radio service, or other 9-8-8-accessible service; establishing a prepaid wireless 9-8-8 fee to be paid on certain retail transactions;...
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2024-04-03
Returned Passed
MDSB950Enroll
75%
Authorizing the reimbursement of a sexual assault forensic exam conducted through peer-to-peer telehealth under certain circumstances; requiring the Maryland Sexual Assault Evidence Kit Policy and Funding Committee to conduct a study on the feasibili...
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2024-04-03
Returned Passed
MDSB902Engross
50%
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources, in collaboration with the State Highway Administration, to identify and prioritize certain species whose habitat or movement corridors intersect with State highways and develop tools, technology, and tec...
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2024-04-02
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDSB703Enroll
75%
Requiring the Comptroller to develop and maintain on the Board of Public Works' website a procurement transparency data dashboard; establishing a governance committee composed of the liaisons to the Board from the offices of the Governor, the Comptr...
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2024-04-01
Returned Passed
MDSB649Enroll
75%
Altering the purposes of the 9-1-1 Trust Fund to include funding the costs of telecommunications cardiopulmonary resuscitation training.
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2024-03-28
Returned Passed
MDSB1035Engross
50%
Requiring the State Board of Education to collaborate with the Career and Technical Education (CTE) Committee to develop and jointly approve a plan for career and technical education in the State; requiring the State Department of Education to admini...
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2024-03-27
To House Ways and Means Committee
MDSB864Engross
50%
Designating the Universities at Shady Grove Regional Higher Education Center as the State's Regional Higher Education Community of Innovation; and altering the purposes of the Universities at Shady Grove to include serving a diverse citizenry in an i...
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2024-03-20
To House Appropriations Committee
MDSB16Engross
50%
Applying certain campaign finance requirements for a political committee to draft committees and exploratory committees; establishing requirements and prohibitions for draft and exploratory committees relating to the establishment of the committees, ...
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2024-03-19
To House Ways and Means Committee
MDSB978Engross
50%
Requiring certain persons that publish, distribute, or disseminate or cause to be published, distributed, or disseminated synthetic media to publish on their website the original content that was manipulated to generate the synthetic media; and requi...
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2024-03-19
To House Ways and Means Committee
MDSB494Engross
50%
Altering the records and documents that a board of canvassers is required to investigate under certain circumstances; altering the responsibilities of the State Administrator, the State Board of Elections, and the Board of State Canvassers regarding ...
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2024-03-16
To House Ways and Means Committee
MDSB798Intro
25%
Establishing the Stream Restoration Contractors Licensing Board; requiring a person to be licensed as a stream restoration contractor or be employed by an individual or entity that is licensed as a stream restoration contractor before the person perf...
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2024-03-13
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDSB129Intro
25%
Requiring that each member of the State Board of Elections receive a stipend as provided in the State budget; requiring the State Administrator of Elections or the procurement officer for the State Board to disclose requests for proposals, invitation...
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2024-02-28
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
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
MDSB813Intro
25%
Requiring, on or before January 1, 2025, certain health care facilities to implement a program to provide individuals admitted to the health care facility reasonable access to a telephone.
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2024-02-09
To Senate Finance Committee
MDSB955Intro
25%
Establishing the Technology Advisory Commission to study and make recommendations on technology and science developments and use in the State; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $100,000 for the Commission...
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2024-02-09
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB1132Intro
25%
Requiring the Howard County Board of Education, under certain circumstances, to publish on the website of the Howard County public school system a report that details the differences between the Howard County Superintendent of Schools' proposed capit...
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2024-02-09
To Senate Rules Committee
MDSB1122Intro
25%
Requiring the owner or operator of a coal combustion by-products unit to submit certain reports and plans to the Department of the Environment and the Power Plant Research Program in the Department of Natural Resources on or before certain dates; req...
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2024-02-09
To Senate Rules Committee
MDSB980Intro
25%
Requiring public high schools to promote and increase the enrollment of certain students in high school computer science courses; requiring, beginning on or before June 1, 2025, the State Board of Education to update computer science content standard...
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2024-02-08
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB979Intro
25%
Requiring the State Department of Education, in consultation with the AI Subcabinet of the Governor's Executive Council, to develop and update guidelines on artificial intelligence for county boards of education and to develop a pilot program to supp...
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2024-02-08
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
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