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MDHB211PassProhibiting a person from serving or acting as a contractor, a subcontractor, or a broker between a contractor and subcontractor during the 5-year period immediately following the date the person was convicted of an offense constituting criminal malf...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 638
MDHB382PassEstablishing exceptions to certain criminal prohibitions against trespass on property and the civil tort of trespass for professional land surveyors, and agents and employees of professional land surveyors, who enter the property of another to practi...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 607
MDHB337PassProhibiting a person from committing a violation of a certain provision of law governing the right-of-way of a bicycle, a motor scooter, or an electronic personal assistive mobility device lawfully in a designated bike lane or shoulder that contribut...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 464
MDHB379PassProhibiting a person from allowing for the participation of a bear, a cougar, an elephant, a jaguar, a leopard, a lion, a nonhuman primate, a tiger, or a hybrid of any of these animals in a traveling animal act; and providing a civil penalty of $2,00...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 597
MDHB601PassAltering certain penalties and points assessments for certain motor vehicle violations related to participation in a race or speed contest; prohibiting a person from engaging in exhibition driving on any highway or private property that is used for d...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 569
MDHB605PassRequiring recreational vehicle dealers to hold a dealer agreement with a recreational vehicle manufacturer to sell the manufacturer's recreational vehicles in the State; establishing licensing requirements for a recreational vehicle manufacturer, dis...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 525
MDHB622PassProhibiting consumer reporting agencies from including in a consumer report certain records relating to a criminal proceeding involving a consumer; and prohibiting consumer reporting agencies from relying on information in certain criminal proceedin...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 432
MDHB664PassAuthorizing a certain protected individual or the Office of Information Privacy in the Administrative Office of the Courts to request that a governmental entity or person not publish personal information of the individual on the Internet, social medi...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 414
MDHB1192PassAltering the circumstances under which the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission is required to disqualify an applicant who committed a certain crime involving moral turpitude from holding a video lottery employee license; and altering the defi...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 628
MDHB332PassRequiring the Motor Vehicle Administration, in consultation with Baltimore City and other interested jurisdictions, to prepare a report on motor vehicles owned by Maryland residents that are improperly titled or registered in another state; requiring...
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2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 648
MDHB272PassProhibiting a person from applying for or holding a cannabis license or registration under certain circumstances if an ownership interest in the license or registration is for the limited purpose of satisfying certain requirements of registration or ...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 242
MDHB383PassEntering into the Cosmetology Licensure Compact; establishing criteria for participating states; authorizing an individual practicing cosmetology to practice in a party state under certain circumstances; establishing the Cosmetology Licensure Compact...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 328
MDHB465PassIncreasing, from $5,000 to $10,000, the maximum civil penalty for the knowing failure of an employer to properly classify an individual as an employee; and requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry, on a showing by clear and convincing evidenc...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 309
MDHB693PassEstablishing the Office of Tenant and Landlord Affairs in the Department of Housing and Community Development to provide certain educational resources and information to tenants; requiring the Office to develop and publish a Maryland Tenants' Bill of...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 124
MDHB1308PassProhibiting a person from recording a deed or other instrument that the person knows contains false information; establishing a 3-year limitation on when a prosecution for a violation of the Act may be commenced; establishing a fine not to exceed $50...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 369
MDHB1397PassAltering certain provisions of law prohibiting discrimination based on certain protected characteristics to include prohibitions on discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, race, religious beliefs, marital status, and disability; ...
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2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 377
MDHB67PassAltering the maximum civil penalty to which an unauthorized insurer or person that violates certain provisions of State insurance law is subject for each violation; and altering the maximum civil penalty that the Maryland Insurance Commissioner may i...
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2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 119
MDHB585PassProhibiting a person from knowingly and willfully making a threat to harm an election official or an immediate family member of an election official because of the election official's role in administering the election process; and establishing that ...
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2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 21
MDHB346Engross
50%
Authorizing a person who is at least 21 years age to manufacture a personal use amount of cannabis products or concentrated cannabis for personal use or adult sharing at a private residence if the manufacturing process does not involve the use of a v...
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2024-04-08
Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Carter) Adopted
MDHB810Enroll
75%
Altering the term "rapid fire trigger activator" to be "rapid fire activator"; adding "switch/auto-sear" to the definition of "rapid fire activator" for purposes of certain prohibitions on rapid fire activators; and prohibiting a person from transpor...
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2024-04-08
Passed Enrolled
MDHB1063Enroll
75%
Altering the definition of "underlying crime" that is applicable to certain prohibitions against participation in criminal organizations.
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2024-04-08
Returned Passed
MDHB1062Intro
25%
Authorizing a person to bring and maintain a civil action for defamation under certain circumstances; establishing the statute of limitations for a certain prosecution relating to harassment by distribution of a deep fake image to begin at the time t...
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2024-04-08
Motion Special Order until Later This Session (Delegate Pippy) Adopted
MDHB1065Enroll
75%
Establishing the Maryland Entertainment District Security Grant Program to assist community organizations, nonprofit entities, and local governments in funding security operations during times of high pedestrian traffic in certain entertainment distr...
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2024-04-08
Returned Passed
MDHB1180Engross
50%
Prohibiting licensees that sell cigarettes, other tobacco products, or electronic smoking devices at retail from displaying cigarettes, other tobacco products, or electronic smoking devices for sale unless the products are located behind a counter; r...
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2024-04-08
To Senate Rules Committee
MDHB105Enroll
75%
Authorizing a person to file a petition for expungement of certain records relating to a probation before judgment for driving while impaired or driving while under the influence; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to require persons convicte...
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2024-04-08
Passed Enrolled
MDHB307Enroll
75%
Authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Prince George's County to issue a Class C (fraternal/sororal/service organization) alcoholic beverages license for use by an independent and nonprofit fraternal or sororal organization that meets cer...
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2024-04-08
Passed Enrolled
MDHB948Engross
50%
Providing that multiple thefts committed by the same person in multiple counties under one scheme or continuing course of conduct may be joined and prosecuted in any county in which any one of the thefts occurred; prohibiting one or more persons from...
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2024-04-08
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB770Engross
50%
Altering the time period within which a court may prohibit a person convicted under certain circumstances of operating a vessel while under the influence of alcohol from operating a vessel on the waters of the State; requiring the Department of Natur...
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2024-04-06
To Senate Rules Committee
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
MDHB576Enroll
75%
Authorizing each county to establish an assisted outpatient treatment program by July 1, 2026; requiring the Maryland Department of Health to establish an assisted outpatient treatment program in a county that does not opt to establish the program by...
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2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled
MDHB667Engross
50%
Establishing that certain crimes relating to animals do not include certain activities; establishing that each animal harmed in a violation of a prohibition against animal cruelty is a separate offense and shall be deemed an individual victim for pur...
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2024-04-05
To Senate Rules Committee
MDHB814Enroll
75%
Altering the jurisdiction of the juvenile court over a child of a certain age alleged to have committed a certain offense; altering certain provisions relating to the taking of a child into custody by a law enforcement officer; expanding certain prov...
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2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled
MDHB5Enroll
75%
Prohibiting a person from committing the common law crime of indecent exposure; prohibiting a person from, with prurient intent, committing the common law crime of indecent exposure when the person knows or reasonably should know that a minor is pres...
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2024-04-04
Returned Passed
MDHB99Enroll
75%
Prohibiting an individual from knowingly and with a certain intent soliciting a minor or law enforcement officer posing as a minor to engage in certain prohibited sexual acts with the minor by a certain means.
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2024-04-04
Returned Passed
MDHB315Enroll
75%
Repealing and altering a reporting requirement to require the Maryland Judiciary, instead of the State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy, to report on the number of charges, convictions, and sentences for certain regulated firearm violations; ...
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2024-04-04
Returned Passed
MDHB454Enroll
75%
Altering the definition of "tax information" for purposes of law governing the confidentiality and disclosure of tax information; authorizing, subject to certain limitations, the disclosure of certain tax information to certain tax compliance organiz...
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2024-04-04
Returned Passed
MDHB548Enroll
75%
Establishing the Task Force on Responsible Use of Natural Psychedelic Substances to study existing laws, scientific data, and practices related to the use of natural psychedelic substances; requiring the Task Force to make recommendations regarding a...
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2024-04-04
Returned Passed
MDHB544Enroll
75%
Altering the statute of limitations applicable to the crime of sexual extortion to be 5 years; altering the statute of limitations applicable to the crime of stalking to be 10 years; providing that the State may institute a prosecution for revenge po...
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2024-04-04
Returned Passed
MDHB565Enroll
75%
Requiring the Department of State Police to investigate any death of an incarcerated individual suspected to be a homicide that occurs while the individual is in the custody of the Division of Correction whether within or outside a correctional facil...
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2024-04-04
Returned Passed
MDHB969Enroll
75%
Requiring, if a victim's initial determination of death recorded on the victim's death certificate was amended or corrected to be undetermined or homicide, an assistant State's Attorney with knowledge of the case to meet with a person in interest on ...
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2024-04-04
Returned Passed
MDHB960Enroll
75%
Repealing a provision of law requring a District Court judge to assign, if practicable, an offender to work the public roads of Frederick County or the City of Frederick as a penalty for a violation of a municipal law or ordinance of the City of Fred...
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2024-04-04
Returned Passed
MDHB1498Enroll
75%
Prohibiting a person from aiding or abetting the unauthorized practice of massage therapy; and providing penalties for a first violation of the Act of a fine of up to $5,000 or imprisonment not to exceed 1 year and for a subsequent offense, a fine of...
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2024-04-04
Returned Passed
MDHB172Enroll
75%
Authorizing the Secretary of State Police to determine the manner and format for applications for certification as a private detective, security guard, security systems technician, and railroad police officer and for a license to provide security gua...
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2024-04-04
Returned Passed
MDHB145Engross
50%
Establishing that the statute of limitations for a prosecution relating to harassment by distribution of a deep fake image is 5 years after the victim knew or should have known of the violation; establishing that it is harassment for a person to dist...
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2024-03-20
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB128Engross
50%
Prohibiting a person from intentionally threatening to physically harm a witness or retaliating against a witness or intentionally soliciting another to threaten a witness or retaliate against a witness to affect testimony before a legislative body i...
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2024-03-20
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB593Engross
50%
Extending from 1 year to 3 years the statute of limitations for prosecutions relating to destroying funerary objects and other elements of a cemetery to begin at the time local authorities knew or reasonably should have known of the violation; and pr...
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2024-03-20
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB892Engross
50%
Prohibiting a person from knowingly recruiting, harboring, transporting, or obtaining an individual for the purpose of appropriating the government benefits of an individual for the benefit of the person or another through deception, coercion, exploi...
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2024-03-20
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB730Engross
50%
Requiring the State Department of Education to develop an instructive program on the collateral consequences of a criminal conviction for public middle school students in the State that shall aim to teach students in grades 6 through 8 about the coll...
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2024-03-19
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee
MDHB288Engross
50%
Prohibiting a person from conducting visual surveillance with prurient intent of an individual located in a residence or place of private use or accommodation without the consent of the individual; altering the penalties for the crime of visual surve...
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2024-03-18
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
MDHB321Engross
50%
Prohibiting a person from committing a certain crime of malicious or fraudulent burning that causes the death of or serious physical injury to a firefighter; and establishing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a felony and on conviction ...
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2024-03-18
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
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