| MD | SB558 | Enroll 75% | Increasing the minimum dollar amount of contracts for which the County Commissioners, or any employee of Garrett County, are required to advertise for bids from $25,000 to $50,000; exempting certain contracts for professional services from a requirem... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28 Returned Passed |
| MD | SB114 | Engross 50% | Establishing a Workgroup to Study the Fiscal and Operational Viability of Public-Private Partnerships for Calvert County Public Schools; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Board of Calvert County Commissione... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27 To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | SB135 | Engross 50% | Establishing the Workgroup to Study Funding for the Westernport Wastewater Treatment Facility; and requiring the Workgroup to report, on or before December 1, 2024, its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21 To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | SB437 | Engross 50% | Increasing from $25,000 to $50,000 the cost of a public work or improvement or the purchase price of supplies or equipment for which the County Commissioners of Carroll County may enter into a contract; and requiring that when the cost of a public wo... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21 To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB835 | Engross 50% | Authorizing the County Commissioners of Calvert County to enact an ordinance that establishes a local percentage preference for certain procurement contracts; and requiring the County Commissioners to comply with certain provisions of law under certa... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21 To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | SB763 | Engross 50% | Authorizing the County Commissioners of Somerset County to sell the property at Map 32, Parcel 149 on Revells Neck Road under terms considered appropriate by the county commissioners. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21 [Hearing: Apr 2 @ 1:00 pm] To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | SB807 | Engross 50% | Authorizing the County Commissioners of Somerset County to enact local laws and adopt other measures to manage, direct, and regulate fire, rescue, and emergency medical services in the County; authorizing the County Commissioners to authorize or crea... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21 [Hearing: Apr 2 @ 1:00 pm] To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB928 | Engross 50% | Authorizing the County Commissioners of Washington County to enter into a certain contract for the purchase of one or more vehicles without advertising for bids if the amount involved in the contract does not exceed $100,000. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21 To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | HB1021 | Engross 50% | Authorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of Washington County to borrow not more than $50,000,000 in order to finance the construction, improvement, or development of certain public facilities in Washington County and to effect such borrow... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21 To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | SB693 | Engross 50% | 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] | 2024-03-20 To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | HB186 | Engross 50% | Increasing, from 5% to 6%, the maximum hotel rental tax rate that counties in the Eastern Shore class of code counties may impose. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | HB796 | Engross 50% | 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] | 2024-03-18 To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | HB907 | Engross 50% | Increasing the minimum dollar amount of contracts for which the County Commissioners, or any employee of Garrett County, are required to advertise for bids from $25,000 to $50,000; exempting certain contracts for professional services from a requirem... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | HB975 | Engross 50% | Authorizing the County Commissioners of Somerset County to enact local laws and adopt other measures to manage, direct, and regulate fire, rescue, and emergency medical services in the County; authorizing the County Commissioners to authorize or crea... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-18 To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB609 | Engross 50% | Authorizing employees of 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 engage in goo... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15 To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB870 | Intro 25% | Authorizing the County Commissioners of Washington County to acquire by purchase or condemnation certain property on which a cemetery is located if the acquisition is for certain preservation purposes and ownership of the property cannot be determine... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15 Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB839 | Engross 50% | Increasing from $25,000 to $50,000 the cost of a public work or improvement or the purchase price of supplies or equipment for which the County Commissioners of Carroll County may enter into a contract; and requiring that when the cost of a public wo... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14 To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | HB977 | Engross 50% | Authorizing the County Commissioners of Somerset County to sell the property at Map 32, Parcel 149 on Revells Neck Road under terms considered appropriate by the county commissioners. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14 To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | SB836 | Intro 25% | Authorizing the County Commissioners of Washington County to acquire by purchase or condemnation certain property on which a cemetery is located if the acquisition is for certain preservation purposes and ownership of the property cannot be determine... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-11 Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB1078 | 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 in th... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07 Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1436 | Intro 25% | Requiring a certain organizing committee to make certain determinations and provide a certain report to the county commissioners or county council of a certain county regarding a proposed municipal incorporation; requiring the county commissioners or... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12 To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | HB1384 | Intro 25% | Authorizing the County Commissioners of Calvert County to remove the County Treasurer from office under certain circumstances; and providing that actions taken or not taken by the County Treasurer within 1 year before the effective date of the Act ma... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09 To House Environment and Transportation 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 | SB660 | Intro 25% | Prohibiting local governments from denying or impairing the right of a protected class member to vote; establishing requirements on the State Board of Elections and local governments related to the provision of language-related assistance in local go... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07 To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | HB800 | Intro 25% | Prohibiting local governments from denying or impairing the right of a protected class member to vote; establishing requirements on the State Board of Elections and local governments related to the provision of language-related assistance in local go... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-05 To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | SB591 | Intro 25% | Authorizing employees of 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 engage in goo... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31 To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | HB515 | Intro 25% | Establishing a Workgroup to Study the Fiscal and Operational Viability of Public-Private Partnerships for Calvert County Public Schools; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Board of Calvert County Commissione... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26 To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | HB81 | Intro 25% | Requiring each county to adopt a charter by December 31, 2030, using a certain procedure; altering the method by which a county shall adopt a charter under certain circumstances; requiring the charter to provide for the election of members of the cou... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-18 To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | SB95 | Intro 25% | Increasing, from 5% to 6%, the maximum hotel rental tax rate that counties in the Eastern Shore class of code counties may impose. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-13 To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |