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MDHB55PassEstablishing the Maryland Commission on Veterans and Military Families to study developing and implementing a statewide strategic plan to make Maryland the best state for veterans and military families, including legislative and budgetary recommendat...
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2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 9
MDHB225PassRepealing the Office of Smart Growth; repealing the position of Special Secretary for Smart Growth; renaming the Smart Growth Subcabinet to be the Sustainable Growth Subcabinet; altering the membership of the Subcabinet; requiring the Subcabinet to r...
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2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 91
MDHB390PassAltering the name of the museum operated by the Commission on African American History and Culture in certain provisions of law from the "Banneker-Douglass Museum" to the "Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum".
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2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 58
MDHB418PassAltering 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 28
MDHB431PassRenaming the Department of Veterans Affairs to be the Department of Veterans and Military Families; renaming the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to be the Secretary of Veterans and Military Families; requiring the Secretary to appoint a Deputy Secretar...
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2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 12
MDHB819PassAltering the purposes of the Catastrophic Event Account and the Federal Government Shutdown Employee Assistance Loan Fund to provide financial assistance to noncivilian federal employees.
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2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 19
MDHB756Enroll
75%
Requiring the Secretary of State to furnish a State flag to drape the casket of an eligible decedent; establishing the process for a State flag to be claimed after burial; providing that only one flag may be provided for the death of an eligible dece...
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2024-04-08
Returned Passed
MDHB763Enroll
75%
Altering the membership of the Commission on Hate Crime Response and Prevention; and terminating the Commission after June 30, 2027.
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2024-04-08
Passed Enrolled
MDHB1012Enroll
75%
Altering the requirements that certain officers and employees of the State be covered by certain surety bonds to allow the officers and employees to be covered by certain insurance policies; transferring certain duties and responsibilities of the Mar...
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2024-04-08
Returned Passed
MDHB999Enroll
75%
Establishing the Workgroup on Establishing a Science and Technology Best Practices and Innovation Network to identify and analyze options for establishing and maintaining an open access science, technology, and innovation network or hub of citizen sc...
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2024-04-08
Returned Passed
MDHB809Enroll
75%
Providing that a member of a board, committee, commission, task force, or workgroup created by State law may be removed or suspended for misconduct, incompetence, neglect of duties, or other good cause by the individual or entity that appointed the m...
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2024-04-06
Returned Passed
MDHB981Enroll
75%
Requiring, on or before July 1, 2025, the principal departments of the Executive Branch to fully implement certain provisions of law requiring equal access to public services for individuals with limited English proficiency.
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2024-04-06
Returned Passed
MDHB297Engross
50%
Establishing the Office of the Correctional Ombudsman; authorizing the Justice Reinvestment Oversight Board to make a recommendation for the distribution of money from the Performance Incentive Grant Fund to the Office; requiring the Office to conduc...
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2024-04-05
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB581Enroll
75%
Requiring certain departments and independent units to create a certain catalog of information relating to permits, licenses, and certificates issued by the department or independent unit and to submit the catalog to the Governor on or before October...
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2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled
MDHB394Enroll
75%
Providing that a certain final order of the Commission on Civil Rights on a complaint alleging a discriminatory act is appealable in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.
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2024-04-04
Returned Passed
MDHB597Enroll
75%
Altering the Law Enforcement Cadet Apprenticeship Program in the Maryland Department of Labor to be the Public Safety Apprenticeship Program; expanding the purpose and scope of the Program to promote careers with certain public safety agencies; alter...
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2024-04-04
Returned Passed
MDHB504Enroll
75%
Authorizing the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $1,000,000 each year to the Department of Planning to be used as a grant to the Maryland Humanities Council for the Marilyn Hatza Memorial Strengthening Humanities Inve...
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2024-04-04
Returned Passed
MDHB688Enroll
75%
Altering prohibitions on grants from the Maryland Historical Trust; authorizing the Governor beginning in fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter, to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $5,000,000 to the Trust to be used to...
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2024-04-04
Returned Passed
MDHB611Enroll
75%
Repealing the Electronic Transactions Protection Act.
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2024-04-04
Returned Passed
MDHB723Enroll
75%
Authorizing the Attorney General to seek injunctive relief on behalf of the State on the basis of an imminent or ongoing violation of certain rights of residents of certain health care facilities; requiring that the resident bill of rights for assist...
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2024-04-04
Returned Passed
MDHB846Enroll
75%
Requiring the Treasurer to consult with governmental entities prior to proposing certain regulations; repealing the limitations on investment in certain assets in which the Treasurer may invest or reinvest certain unexpended or surplus funds; authori...
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2024-04-04
Returned Passed
MDHB938Enroll
75%
Requiring the department charged with oversight of a State-owned nursing home operated by a contractor, instead of the contractor, to provide notice of certain deficiencies and enforcement actions to the Governor and certain members of the General As...
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2024-04-04
Returned Passed
MDHB877Enroll
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 Comptro...
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2024-04-04
Returned Passed
MDHB918Enroll
75%
Removing the State Treasurer from the Board of Trustees for the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation and repealing related authority and duties; removing the State Treasurer or the State Treasurer's designee from the Maryland Commission...
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2024-04-04
Returned Passed
MDHB887Enroll
75%
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to contract with an independent consultant to conduct a certain study of the Health Services Cost Review Commission, the Maryland Health Care Commission, the Maryland Insurance Administration, and the Maryl...
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2024-04-04
Returned Passed
MDHB1069Enroll
75%
Establishing the Workgroup for the Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing to study and make recommendations regarding certain services, programs, advocacy, outreach efforts, and other items to improve the quality of life of individuals who are deaf, de...
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2024-04-04
Returned Passed
MDHB1158Enroll
75%
Altering certain reporting requirements for the Attorney General; and requiring the Attorney General to publish certain documents on the website of the Attorney General.
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2024-04-04
Returned Passed
MDHB130Engross
50%
Altering the State's goals for reducing energy consumption in State buildings; requiring the Maryland Green Building Council to update the High Performance Green Building Program to ensure that the Program aligns with certain greenhouse gas emissions...
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2024-04-03
To Senate Rules Committee
MDHB1002Enroll
75%
Authorizing the Office of the Attorney General, a Deputy Attorney General, or an Assistant Attorney General to issue a subpoena to a person to produce certain materials, answer written interrogatories, and give certain testimony in furtherance of an ...
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2024-03-28
Returned Passed
MDHB568Engross
50%
Requiring the Governor to annually proclaim May 8th as Community Health Worker Appreciation Day; and requiring the proclamation to urge educational and cultural organizations to observe community health workers with informative programs and activitie...
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2024-03-22
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDHB961Engross
50%
Establishing the Commission on New Americans to study and periodically report on the contributions of new Americans and the availability of government services for new Americans; and requiring the Commission to submit to the Governor and the General ...
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2024-03-22
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDHB993Engross
50%
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim the first week of April as Maryland Climate Education Week; and requiring the proclamation to urge residents of all ages to participate in educational activities that promote awareness of climate change and...
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2024-03-22
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDHB448Engross
50%
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim January 13 as Korean American Day; and requiring the proclamation to urge certain organizations to observe Korean American Day properly.
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2024-03-18
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDHB878Engross
50%
Requiring certain custodians to deny inspection of the part of a public record that contains personal information of a public official except under certain circumstances; authorizing a certain public official or certain immediate family member of a p...
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2024-03-18
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB1174Engross
50%
Establishing the Technology Advisory Commission to study and make recommendations on technology and science developments and use in the State; and requiring the Commission to submit a report on its activities and recommendations to the Governor and t...
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2024-03-18
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDHB712Intro
25%
Establishing that a custodian is required to deny inspection of certain confidential information only if the disclosure is likely to result in substantial competitive harm to the person from which the information was obtained; and establishing that a...
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2024-03-16
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDHB1077Intro
25%
Establishing the Small Business Climate Change Coordinator in the Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs in the Executive Department to support the State's small, minority, and women-owned business community on matters related to clima...
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2024-03-14
Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters
MDHB295Intro
25%
Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim August 31 as Overdose Awareness Day.
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2024-03-13
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDHB1154Intro
25%
Establishing the Office of Domestic Terrorism Response within the Maryland Department of Emergency Management for the purpose of implementing measures to prepare for, prevent, and recover from domestic terrorism and hate crimes; requiring the Marylan...
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2024-03-11
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDHB1491Intro
25%
Requiring the Governor to annually proclaim the second Sunday in September as Prince Hall Day.
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2024-03-07
To House Health and Government Operations Committee
MDHB1066Intro
25%
Altering the uses of the African American Heritage Preservation Grant Fund to include grants to an African American heritage organization to fund the organization's operations and activities; providing that the Grant Fund shall be jointly administere...
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2024-03-06
To House Appropriations Committee
MDHB1523Intro
25%
Prohibiting, except as authorized by federal law, a person from charging a fee or receiving compensation for providing or referring a certain individual to another person for the provision of veterans benefits services or veterans benefits appeals se...
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2024-03-06
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDHB898Intro
25%
Establishing the Maryland People's Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; requiring the interest earnings of the Fund to be credited to the Fund; and requiring the Comptroller to distribute to the Fund 25% of the Maryland estate tax.
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2024-03-05
To House Appropriations Committee
MDHJ3Intro
25%
Stating that the General Assembly joins seven other state legislative bodies and over 75 municipalities and counties in passing a Back from the Brink resolution on reducing the possibility of the use of nuclear weapons; urging members of the State's ...
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2024-02-29
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDHB694Intro
25%
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 establish the ENOUGH grant program, subject to certain requirements; requiri...
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2024-02-27
To House Appropriations Committee
MDHB922Intro
25%
Requiring the factfinder in a public welfare action to make a certain determination and assign responsibility and liability in a certain manner; authorizing the State to continue to pursue certain actions if it does not obtain complete relief from ce...
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2024-02-21
To House Judiciary Committee
MDHB987Intro
25%
Altering provisions of law relating to equal access to public services for individuals with limited English proficiency by establishing certain requirements for certain State departments, agencies, or programs, including establishing certain position...
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2024-02-13
To House Health and Government Operations Committee
MDHB429Intro
25%
Authorizing arbitration for disputes regarding certain applications for a certain permit, grant, tax credit, or authorization for a change or alteration of property subject to a certain historic easement.
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2024-02-12
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDHB1457Intro
25%
Establishing the Common Ownership Community Ombudsman Unit in the Division of Consumer Protection in the Office of the Attorney General to receive and respond to certain complaints; requiring common ownership communities to file certain documents wit...
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2024-02-12
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDHB133Engross
50%
Establishing the Commission to Study African American Civil War Soldiers in Maryland; requiring the Commission to study the history of the African American soldiers who fought for the Union Army; requiring the Commission to make certain recommendatio...
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2024-02-09
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
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