| MD | HB62 | Pass | Increasing, from 30 days to 60 days, the time period during which an investigation must be conducted and a written decision must be issued regarding a complaint filed by an applicant or employee alleging discrimination or harassment by an employer; a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 554 |
| MD | SB133 | Pass | Increasing, from 30 days to 60 days, the time period during which an investigation must be conducted and a written decision must be issued regarding a complaint filed by an applicant or employee alleging discrimination or harassment by an employer; a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 555 |
| MD | HB567 | Pass | Establishing generally the manner in which a controller or a processor may process a consumer's personal data; authorizing a consumer to exercise certain rights in regards to the consumer's personal data; requiring a controller of personal data to es...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 454 |
| MD | SB541 | Pass | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 455 |
| MD | HB603 | Pass | Requiring a certain entity that offers an online product reasonably likely to be accessed by children to complete a certain data protection impact assessment by April 1, 2026, under certain circumstances; requiring certain privacy protections for cer...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 461 |
| MD | SB571 | Pass | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 460 |
| MD | SB818 | Pass | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 496 |
| MD | HB136 | Pass | Prohibiting employers from taking or threatening to take adverse action against an employee because the employee takes certain actions regarding rights and responsibilities, complaints, investigations, proceedings, or hearings; authorizing the Commis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 207 |
| MD | SB50 | Pass | 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.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 260 |
| MD | HB394 | Pass | 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.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 259 |
| MD | SB413 | Pass | Prohibiting discrimination based on military status with regard to housing and employment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 323 |
| MD | HB602 | Pass | Altering certain provisions of law prohibiting employment discrimination on the basis of sex and gender identity to also prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 131 |
| MD | HB598 | Pass | Prohibiting discrimination based on military status with regard to housing and employment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 322 |
| MD | HB693 | Pass | 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] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 124 |
| MD | SB666 | Pass | Altering certain maximum amounts of monetary relief the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights is authorized to award if the Commission finds that a respondent has engaged in a discriminatory act under provisions of law regarding public accommodations a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 344 |
| MD | SB704 | Pass | Expanding eligibility for financial assistance under the Appraisal Gap From Historic Redlining Financial Assistance Program to include individuals who purchase certain qualified property after a qualified project is completed, at an affordable sales ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 156 |
| MD | HB873 | Pass | Expanding eligibility for financial assistance under the Appraisal Gap From Historic Redlining Financial Assistance Program to include individuals who purchase certain qualified property after a qualified project is completed, at an affordable sales ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 155 |
| MD | SB1107 | Pass | Establishing the Study on the Establishment of a Homeless Shelter Licensing Program in the Department of Housing and Community Development; requiring the Study to review current habitability and admissions standards of homeless shelters in the State;...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 152 |
| MD | HB1397 | Pass | 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] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 377 |
| MD | HB1386 | Pass | Requiring the State Department of Education to develop guidelines for an antibias training program for school employees; requiring each county board of education to offer training based on the guidelines; requiring each county board, every other yea...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 128 |
| MD | HB17 | Pass | Altering 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 90 |
| MD | SB274 | Pass | Altering 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 89 |
| MD | SB707 | Pass | Adding 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 26 |
| MD | HB1026 | Pass | Adding 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 27 |
| MD | SB614 | Enroll
75% | Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide certain coverage related to prostheses beginning January 1, 2025; establishing that certain insure...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08
Returned Passed |
| MD | SB590 | Intro
25% | 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
Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Simonaire) Adopted |
| MD | HB865 | Enroll
75% | Requiring the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide certain coverage related to prostheses; establishing that certain insurers, nonprofit health servi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08
Returned Passed |
| MD | HB1056 | Enroll
75% | Prohibiting a 340B manufacturer from taking certain direct or indirect actions to limit or restrict the acquisition or delivery of a 340B drug; making a violation of the Act an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice within the meaning of the C...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08
Returned Passed |
| MD | SB986 | Engross
50% | Prohibiting a 340B manufacturer from taking certain direct or indirect actions to limit or restrict the acquisition or delivery of a 340B drug; making a violation of the Act an unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice within the meaning of the Co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-06
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | HB1271 | Engross
50% | Requiring each unit of State government to conduct certain inventories and assessments by December 1, 2024, and annually thereafter; prohibiting the Department of Information Technology from making certain information publicly available under certain...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-05
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | SB591 | Engross
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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | SB1058 | Engross
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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | SB910 | Engross
50% | Requiring the Governor's Workforce Development Board, in consultation with the Maryland Department of Labor, to conduct a study on discrimination in employment opportunities in the State against individuals who do not hold a high school diploma or a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19
To House Economic Matters Committee |
| MD | HB771 | Engross
50% | Requiring certain public senior higher education institutions to adopt a plan regarding pregnant and parenting students to include referral to on-campus or off-campus services to assist regarding the availability of or eligibility for certain governm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB1297 | Engross
50% | Requiring the State Department of Education to conduct a comprehensive study of the potential use of artificial intelligence in public schools; requiring the study to evaluate best practices for the safe, responsible, and ethical uses of artificial i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB469 | Intro
25% | Specifying that the exception for religious employers to certain prohibitions against employment discrimination applies only to the religious activities of the employers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-16
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB1061 | Intro
25% | Prohibiting an employer from requiring an employee to work on-site at the employer's workplace if the employee provides documentation from a physician or other licensed health care practitioner that the employee has been diagnosed with an autoimmune ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HJ4 | Intro
25% | Affirming the General Assembly of Maryland's commitment to aligning with President Joseph R. Biden's vision for the safe and responsible use of artificial intelligence, as delineated in the Blueprint for an Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-06
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | HJ8 | Intro
25% | Condemning Islamophobia, anti-Palestinian hate, and antisemitism; encouraging certain awareness initiatives; and committing to supporting certain legislation and policies.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | HB368 | Engross
50% | Altering certain maximum amounts of monetary relief the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights is authorized to award if the Commission finds that a respondent has engaged in a discriminatory act under provisions of law regarding public accommodations a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB1417 | Intro
25% | Establishing the Commission for Economic Justice and Racial Reconciliation to study racial disparities in wealth and resources as a result of tax laws and systems in place in the State from the Reconstruction Era through the enactment of and subseque...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1370 | Intro
25% | Requiring Montgomery County Public Schools to require training for school personnel on the prevention of antisemitism, Islamophobia, and other forms of religious discrimination.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-23
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | HB794 | Intro
25% | Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to create and maintain a Maryland Voluntary Do Not Sell Firearm Registry in which a person may voluntarily enroll for the purpose of being prohibited from obtaining a regulated firearm by December 31, 2024;...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-21
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB1422 | Intro
25% | Prohibiting discrimination based on an individual's refusal to undergo a genetic procedure in education, public accommodations, commercial leasing, housing, and employment and by certain licensed or regulated persons.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14
To House Health and Government Operations Committee |
| MD | SB646 | Intro
25% | Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim November 18 as Hip Hop Day of Service; and requiring the proclamation to urge citizens and organizations to observe Hip Hop Day of Service with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB1144 | Intro
25% | Altering a reporting requirement for correctional units relating to restrictive housing; requiring hearing officers and personnel involved with the supervision and care of individuals placed in restrictive housing to undergo certain training; and est...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB184 | Intro
25% | Establishing the Healthy Maryland Program as a public corporation and a unit of State government to provide comprehensive universal single-payer health care services for residents of the State by January 1, 2026; establishing requirements and prohibi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Health and Government Operations Committee |
| MD | HB675 | Intro
25% | Establishing the Education Savings Account program in the State administered by the State Department of Education to provide grants to the account of the parent of an eligible student in order to provide for the eligible student's education; requirin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | HB704 | Intro
25% | Establishing the Education Savings Account program in the State administered by the State Department of Education; providing that the State shall deposit into an account of an eligible student a certain percentage of the per pupil amount of State and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | SB815 | Intro
25% | Authorizing a county or an Equitable Community Investment Council to designate an area that meets certain criteria as a Community Reinvestment Impact District, subject to certain requirements; and requiring that a district shall receive at least 20% ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To Senate Finance Committee |
