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MDSB274PassAltering requirements for the housing element of a charter county's comprehensive plan to include requirements related to affirmatively furthering fair housing; requiring the housing element of a comprehensive plan that is enacted or amended on or af...
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2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 89
MDSB476PassProviding that certain firefighters, fire fighting instructors, rescue squad members, advanced life support unit members, and members of the Office of the State Fire Marshal who have thyroid, colon, or ovarian cancer are presumed, under certain circu...
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2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 14
MDSB451Enroll
75%
Increasing the annual compensation of nonstudent members of the Baltimore County Board of Education who are not the chair of the county board from $7,500 to $16,500; providing that the chair of the county board is entitled to receive an annual compen...
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2024-04-08
Returned Passed
MDSB1090Engross
50%
Establishing the Secure Schools Emergency Response Grant Program to be administered by the Maryland Center for School Safety to provide funds to improve emergency notification systems and communications between public elementary and secondary school ...
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2024-04-08
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDSB395Enroll
75%
Requiring a public community college to consider a course or program for English as a second language or English language learner as eligible for world language or humanities credit toward an associate's degree under certain circumstances; requiring ...
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2024-04-06
Returned Passed
MDSB699Engross
50%
Altering the process for distributing the Community Reinvestment and Repair Fund to Baltimore City by allocating certain funds to the Baltimore City Comptroller under certain circumstances; establishing an Equitable Community Investment Council in ea...
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2024-04-05
Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters
MDSB747Enroll
75%
Requiring 20% of certain State aid to be discontinued if a county, municipality, or special taxing district does not submit a certain audit report within 2 calendar years after the deadline for the report, subject to a certain condition; and applying...
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2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled
MDSB797Enroll
75%
Requiring certain information to be provided to the parents of a child with a disability under certain circumstances; establishing the Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Program; establishing the Access to Attorneys...
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2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled
MDSB527Enroll
75%
Requiring, on or before August 1, 2025, each community college to develop and implement a plan to provide students with access to over-the-counter contraception; requiring each community college to submit a certain report to the Maryland Higher Educa...
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2024-04-04
Returned Passed
MDSB591Engross
50%
Authorizing employees of certain public libraries to form, join, and participate in an employee organization and engage in certain other activities related to collective bargaining; requiring employers and certified exclusive representatives to engag...
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2024-04-04
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDSB1026Enroll
75%
Requiring 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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2024-04-04
Passed Enrolled
MDSB150Enroll
75%
Altering the frequency of certain performance audits of the Board of Liquor License Commissioners for Baltimore City to once every 6 years instead of 4 years, and the Board of License Commissioners for Prince George's County to at least once every 6 ...
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2024-04-03
Returned Passed
MDSB1101Enroll
75%
Altering the definition of an eligible institution for the Maryland Police Officers and Probation Agents Scholarship Program to include a community college in the State.
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2024-04-03
Returned Passed
MDSB432Engross
50%
Requiring the Maryland Center for School Safety to collaborate with an institution of higher education or a designated federal or national research entity to study the effectiveness and impact of active shooter safety drills or trainings by researchi...
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2024-04-02
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee
MDSB906Engross
50%
Requiring each political subdivision to inventory vacant commercial buildings, develop a plan to convert certain vacant commercial buildings for residential use, and submit a report to the Department of Housing and Community Development on or before ...
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2024-04-02
To House Environment and Transportation Committee
MDSB342Enroll
75%
Excluding the cash value of any qualified retirement savings plans or individual retirement accounts from the definition of "assets" for purposes of certain property tax relief provided to certain renters; and applying the Act to all taxable years be...
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2024-04-01
Returned Passed
MDSB1058Engross
50%
Requiring county boards of education to establish curriculum guides and courses of study that are aligned with certain content standards developed by the State Department of Education, and requiring the State Board of Education to withhold certain fu...
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2024-03-27
To House Ways and Means Committee
MDSB1102Engross
50%
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; altering the date by which the Accountability and Implementation Board has to con...
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2024-03-27
To House Ways and Means Committee
MDSB1123Intro
25%
Extending the termination date for certain provisions of law that reduce the school facilities surcharge for certain multifamily housing, exempt certain dwelling units from the school facilities surcharge, authorize the governing body of Prince Georg...
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2024-03-21
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDSB29Engross
50%
Requiring that a special election be held at the same time as the regular statewide primary and general elections that are held in the second year of a term to fill a vacancy in the office of Delegate or Senator in the General Assembly if the vacancy...
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2024-03-19
To House Ways and Means Committee
MDSB884Intro
25%
Requiring the treasurer, tax collector, or director of finance for a county to provide a certificate enumerating certain taxes, assessments, and charges against a property and to establish certain procedures to facilitate the issuance of the certific...
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2024-03-13
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDSB1117Intro
25%
Requiring governmental units that employ firefighters to compute overtime pay in a certain manner; requiring counties and municipalities to provide certain payroll information to each firefighter employed by the county or municipality; and authorizin...
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2024-03-11
To Senate Finance Committee
MDSB1070Intro
25%
Altering the Canal Place Preservation and Development Authority to be the Passages of the Western Potomac Heritage Area Authority; altering and repealing certain duties and powers of the Authority; establishing the Canal Place Preservation and Develo...
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2024-03-04
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
MDSB869Intro
25%
Clarifying a property owner's right to receive information on the calculation of an assessment; requiring owners of certain buildings to provide certain information to the supervisor of assessments within 90 days after construction of the buildings i...
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2024-02-26
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDSB1152Intro
25%
Establishing the Frederick County School Construction Master Plan Workgroup; and requiring the Workgroup to comprehensively evaluate all school facility needs in the Frederick County Public Schools portfolio, explore and evaluate certain solutions, a...
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2024-02-11
To Senate Rules Committee
MDSB1155Intro
25%
Establishing the Workgroup to Study the Fiscal and Operational Viability of Public-Private Partnerships for Howard County Public Schools to study the use of public-private partnerships to reduce or increase the speed of school construction, the poten...
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2024-02-11
To Senate Rules Committee
MDSB1156Intro
25%
Requiring the Howard County Board of Education, in consultation with the Howard County Executive and the Howard County Council, to publish a model policy on or before January 1, 2025, concerning the inclusion and use of liquidated damages provisions ...
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2024-02-11
To Senate Rules Committee
MDSB1054Intro
25%
Requiring a county or municipality to implement a certain web-based platform for features supporting the tracking and approval of residential building permits for certain residential solar energy projects, residential energy storage projects, and mai...
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2024-02-09
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB1051Intro
25%
Authorizing the Dorchester County Council to, by public local law, abolish the Dorchester County Sanitary Commission, establish a department of public facilities and services, and provide for the department's abilities and functions, subject to certa...
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2024-02-09
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB1126Intro
25%
Establishing the Baltimore Region, Capital Region, and Southern Maryland Region transportation authorities to develop and implement certain congestion relief plans; establishing the Baltimore Region, Capital Region, and Southern Maryland Region conge...
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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
MDSB871Intro
25%
Establishing that the disqualification from receiving unemployment insurance benefits due to a stoppage of work does not apply for any week beginning after the first 14 days of an individual's unemployment resulting from the stoppage of work that exi...
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2024-02-06
To Senate Finance Committee
MDSB981Intro
25%
Authorizing the Governor for fiscal years 2026 and 2027, to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $10,000,000 for the Local Cybersecurity Support Fund; requiring the Department of Information Technology to provide sufficient informati...
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2024-02-06
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB269Intro
25%
Establishing a property tax credit against the State, county, and municipal corporation real property tax on certain properties that provide permanent supportive housing; providing for the calculation of the tax credit; providing for the recapture of...
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2024-02-05
Withdrawn by Sponsor
MDSB844Intro
25%
Establishing that certain firefighters, fire fighting instructors, rescue squad members, advanced life support unit members, and members of the Office of the State Fire Marshal demonstrate disablement for purposes of workers' compensation and are dee...
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2024-02-02
To Senate Finance Committee
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
MDSB639Intro
25%
Expanding eligibility for a property tax exemption for the dwelling house of a disabled veteran to include veterans with at least an 80% service connected disability; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after June 30, 2024.
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2024-01-30
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee
MDSB200Intro
25%
Requiring a county board of education each year to prepare and post to the county's website a report that identifies pathways that public school students may use to travel to school using only safe alternative routes under certain circumstances; requ...
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2024-01-25
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB455Intro
25%
Prohibiting a county board from charging fees to certain students related to enrollment in or completion of The International Baccalaureate Diploma Program or a comparable program consisting of Advanced Placement courses specified by the College Boar...
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2024-01-25
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB356Intro
25%
Requiring local jurisdictions to establish and implement an expedited development review process for certain proposed affordable housing developments; applying the process to a charitable organization seeking to develop affordable housing on its own ...
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2024-01-24
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB306Intro
25%
Authorizing the Critical Area Commission to adopt regulations governing the transfer of development rights, fee in lieu payments, the assessment of and adaption to climate change relevant to the critical area, enhancing resilience in the critical are...
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2024-01-11
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB112Intro
25%
Requiring county boards of education to develop and adopt a policy that prohibits students from using a cellular phone during instructional time unless a teacher expressly directs the student to use a cellular phone for educational purposes; and exem...
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2024-01-10
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDSB121Intro
25%
Requiring the Board of Trustees of the College of Southern Maryland to include funding in the annual budget of the College to reopen the pool on the College's La Plata Campus by December 31, 2024.
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2024-01-09
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee
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