| MD | HB109 | Pass | Authorizing 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 83 |
| MD | HB243 | Engross
50% | Requiring that certain owner-occupied property be withheld from tax sale; authorizing a county or a municipal corporation to withhold from tax sale certain property designated for redevelopment purposes; altering certain provisions of law concerning ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08
Third Reading Passed (41-3) |
| MD | HB139 | Enroll
75% | Adding gas and electric utility services to the types of services for which landlords of buildings that contain six or more residential units are required to provide a written notice to a tenant, before the initiation of a lease and each term thereaf...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08
Passed Enrolled |
| MD | HB428 | Enroll
75% | Establishing the Rental Assistance for Community School Families Program to provide rental assistance to eligible student households; requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development, in consultation with the State Department of Educatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08
Passed Enrolled |
| MD | HB468 | Enroll
75% | Establishing the Commission to Advance Lithium-Ion Battery Safety in Maryland to study and make legislative, regulatory, programmatic, or other recommendations regarding certain best practices, standards, and guidelines; requiring the Commission to s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08
Passed Enrolled |
| MD | HB598 | Enroll
75% | Prohibiting discrimination based on military status with regard to housing and employment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08
Returned Passed |
| MD | HB796 | Enroll
75% | Authorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of Carroll County to borrow not more than $29,800,000 in order to finance the construction, improvement, or development of certain public facilities in Carroll County, and to effect such borrowing b...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08
Returned Passed |
| MD | HB864 | Enroll
75% | Requiring each electric company, each gas company, and the Department of Housing and Community Development to develop a plan for achieving certain energy efficiency, conservation, and greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets through certain program...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08
Passed Enrolled |
| MD | HB1028 | Enroll
75% | Establishing the Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment Workgroup to study certain standards related to EV charging stations; and requiring the Workgroup to report its framework and recommendations to the Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Comm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08
Passed Enrolled |
| MD | HB1397 | Enroll
75% | Altering 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; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08
Passed Enrolled |
| MD | HB1393 | Enroll
75% | Altering the scope of certain policy goals with regard to energy systems; requiring the Public Service Commission to report on certain projects relating to certain goals; altering the scope of certain funds that may be used for certain projects; requ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08
Passed Enrolled |
| MD | HB1509 | Enroll
75% | Establishing the Baltimore Regional Water Governance Model Workgroup to study the regional water governance approach in the Baltimore region; requiring the Governor to include an appropriation of $500,000 in the annual budget bill for the Workgroup; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08
Returned Passed |
| MD | HB693 | Enroll
75% | Establishing 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08
Passed Enrolled |
| MD | HB1512 | Enroll
75% | Repealing the termination date for certain provisions of law that expand the authorized uses of the Bay Restoration Fund to include certain costs associated with the connection of a property using an on-site sewage disposal system to a certain existi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-06
Returned Passed |
| MD | HB397 | Enroll
75% | Requiring gas companies serving at least 75,000 customers in their distribution territories and authorizing gas companies serving fewer than 75,000 customers to develop a plan for a pilot thermal energy network system or systems on or before October ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-05
Passed Enrolled |
| MD | HB505 | Engross
50% | Requiring a certain electric company to be a member of a regional transmission organization; and requiring a certain electric company, by February 1 each year, to submit a report to the Public Service Commission regarding certain votes cast by the el...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-05
House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Fraser-Hidalgo, Adams and Crosby) |
| MD | HB283 | Enroll
75% | Repealing a requirement that the Department of Housing and Community Development identify certain property as suitable for use or redevelopment; prohibiting the Department from identifying certain property for use or redevelopment as affordable housi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
Returned Passed |
| MD | HB455 | Enroll
75% | Requiring, for periods beginning after December 31, 2026, 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 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
Returned Passed |
| MD | HB1256 | Enroll
75% | Requiring a certain electric company to file certain time-of-use tariffs with the Public Service Commission by July 1, 2025; requiring a certain electric company to attempt to achieve a certain enrollment target for certain tariffs by January 1, 2028...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
Returned Passed |
| MD | HB130 | Engross
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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-03
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | HB159 | Enroll
75% | Altering certain requirements for procedures relating to electric vehicle recharging equipment; establishing requirements and procedures relating to an application to the governing body of a cooperative housing corporation to install or use electric ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02
Passed Enrolled |
| MD | HB1420 | Engross
50% | Authorizing the Office of People's Counsel to retain or hire experts in the field of cybersecurity; requiring certain public service companies to engage with a third party to conduct an assessment that analyzes certain critical software; requiring ce...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-22
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB1112 | Engross
50% | Establishing that a person that applies for a certificate of public convenience and necessity in response to a certain order is eligible for an expedited review process of the application; requiring the Public Service Commission to give priority to t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB829 | Engross
50% | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health, subject to the limitations of its budget, to provide a virtual mental health awareness and skills building training program for service sector employees; and requiring the Maryland Department of Health, su...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18
To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB1161 | Engross
50% | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB101 | Intro
25% | Requiring the State Highway Administration to provide certain notices to the owner or operator of a utility facility for the removal, relocation, or adjustment of the utility facility for a State highway project; requiring the owner or operator of th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-16
Referred to interim study by Economic Matters |
| MD | HB917 | Intro
25% | Requiring a utility owner to submit to the Department of Transportation and the Maryland Transportation Authority, within 60 days after completion, certain information pertaining to the installation or relocation of facilities, infrastructure, or app...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-16
Referred to interim study by Economic Matters |
| MD | HB1242 | Intro
25% | Authorizing the Department of the Environment to adopt certain regulations related to lead telecommunications cables; and requiring a company that applied for a grant through the federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program to subm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters |
| MD | HB1315 | Intro
25% | Requiring the Public Service Commission to consider certain factors before authorizing or approving any agreement related to the premature retirement of an electricity generation facility; establishing a rebuttable presumption that an electricity gen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters |
| MD | HB731 | Intro
25% | Altering the required contents of a certain plan that a gas company may file with the Public Service Commission for proposed eligible infrastructure replacement projects to include certain descriptions, demonstrations, analyses, and notifications; an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12
Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters |
| MD | HB1061 | Intro
25% | Establishing the Public Charter School Facility Fund to provide funding on an annual basis to public charter schools in the State for eligible expenses associated with school facilities; exempting the Fund from a requirement that interest earnings on...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-05
To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | HB518 | Intro
25% | Requiring the Public Service Commission to study the feasibility of and develop a framework for transitioning to performance-based utility regulation in the State; and requiring the Commission to submit an interim report by December 1, 2024, and a fi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-04
Unfavorable Report by Economic Matters |
| MD | HB908 | Intro
25% | Altering certain notice requirements that a supplier of water must give to the Department of the Environment and certain individuals and entities under certain circumstances; requiring a supplier of water to give notice to the Department of the Envir...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1428 | Intro
25% | Establishing the Electric Vehicle Charging Station Safety Commission to develop policy recommendations to increase safety for vehicle owners and passengers and reduce violent crime and theft at electric vehicle charging stations; and requiring the Co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB219 | Intro
25% | Authorizing a utility or local government to remove a tree or shrub on certain private property under certain circumstances, including requiring the utility or local government to provide certain notice to the owner of the property on which the tree ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB409 | Intro
25% | Finding that local governments pay electric companies large sums to light streets and are limited in how this public safety resource can be managed, the Act authorizes certain counties or municipalities to acquire certain street lighting equipment by...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1265 | Intro
25% | Requiring a county or municipality to implement the web-based platform SolarAPP+ for features supporting the tracking and approval of residential building permits for certain residential solar energy projects, residential energy storage projects, and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB1284 | Intro
25% | Repealing an exemption for stream restoration projects from certain application fees for certain projects that impact a wetland or waterway; requiring a person applying for a wetlands and waterways authorization for a stream restoration project assoc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB166 | Intro
25% | Altering the definition of "Tier 1 renewable source" for purposes of excluding energy derived from waste and refuse from being eligible for inclusion in the renewable energy portfolio standard; and applying the Act to all renewable energy portfolio s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1133 | Intro
25% | Increasing the cap on the assessment a county or municipal corporation may impose on each transportation network service from 25 cents per trip to 50 cents per trip.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1046 | Intro
25% | Establishing a distributed generation certificate of public convenience and necessity to authorize the construction and operation of a certain distributed solar energy generating system; requiring the Power Plant Research Program to develop and submi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1328 | Intro
25% | Authorizing a county to enact a local law creating a conservation and restoration fund for a certain purpose; establishing the Utility-Scale Solar Design and Siting Commission in the Power Plant Research Program to provide recommendations related to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1367 | Intro
25% | Requiring a person to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the Public Service Commission before beginning construction of an energy storage device with a minimum energy storage capacity of 1 megawatt; and applying the Act pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1407 | Intro
25% | Prohibiting counties from establishing zoning laws or other regulations that restrict or prohibit the construction or operation of Tier 1 renewable source generating systems or facilities; requiring the Public Service Commission to study the electric...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1379 | Intro
25% | Requiring the Department of General Services, in consultation with the University System of Maryland and the Department of the Environment, to establish a Renewable Natural Gas Pilot Program in the Department on or before January 1, 2025; requiring t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB1378 | Intro
25% | Establishing the Task Force on Washington County Regional Water and Wastewater Governance to study the water supply, wastewater treatment, and approaches to water and wastewater governance in Washington County; requiring the Governor to include an ap...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB1435 | Intro
25% | Altering the maximum generating capacity authorized for certain net metered generating facilities; authorizing an eligible customer-generator participating in certain meter aggregation to receive excess generation from more than one generating system...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB905 | Intro
25% | Altering, for purposes of eligibility for an exemption from the sales and use tax for qualified data center personal property, the definition of "qualified data center" so as to require the payment of certain prevailing wages, employment of certain a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB1280 | Intro
25% | Requiring the Comptroller to distribute to the Transportation Trust Fund revenue from the sales and use tax that is attributable to the sale of electricity used to charge an electric vehicle at an electric vehicle charging station or used to charge a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB1010 | Intro
25% | Providing that provisions of the governing documents of a condominium or homeowners association prohibiting or unreasonably restricting the governing body from installing or authorizing the installation of electric vehicle recharging equipment are vo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
